Chapter 67 (A worthy allie)
Saitama had his innocent dummy face while he was facing Pieck and Galliard from the other side of the table. "So, what you wanted to tell me. You told me it's important." Zeke found his opportunity to say his plan to Saitama.
"Yes, thank you for agreeing to hear this. You will understand that you are on the wrong side of this war, Saitama." Zeke placed his hand on the table whilst Saitama was tapping the glass of the window.
"Oh? Wrong side?" Galliard and Pieck were changing glances between One Punch Man and Zeke. "Yes, those you was calling friends and comrades on Paradis island, they are nothing but manipulators. They using you as their ultimate weapon to kill us all, including all those innocent families you will witness with your own eyes when we reach Liberio." Saitama struggled to stay awake, he managed to accomplish that though.
"Liberio? What is that?" One Punch Man asked without caring much about it. "Liberio is one of the mightiest and biggest cities Marley empire have. We are heading there so we can see our beloved parents again, us and the warrior cadets." Pieck had now concentrated her gaze on Saitama who was trying to scare off a mosquito that was flying over his ears.
"Damn you! Littl-" Saitama looked at them with an apologetic expression, he knew if his disguise blew up, then the entire Marley was going to hunt him down like a wanted criminal and he didn't want to make more enemies without a proper reason.
"Oops, sorry. I forgot about being sneaky and all." Saitama mumbled to them as Zeke cleared his glasses and put them back on again. "At least you didn't make a scene. Now as I'm was saying, you need to trust us and forget those monsters that were only using you for their own sick desires." Saitama holded his chin kinda skeptical, after some seconds he opened his palm and placed his other clenched hand on it.
"Oh? Ahhh! By monsters you mean Genos and that Ryaki girl? They aren't monsters, Genos is my disciple like Akame. As for Ryaki she is bonded uhhh... with an alien I think that took shape of a t-shirt on her." Zeke felt tremendously confused and also worried, so did Galliard and Pieck. "Wait, who are all those people?" Pieck finally made a question for One Punch Man to answer.
Galliard found his courage and spoke too. "Yeah! Answer us now!" Zeke was now extremely serious and calm towards Saitama.
"Most importantly... Does they have powers like... Yours?" One Punch Man nodded to them nonchalant as ever. Zeke smiled, they finally could get intel about the heroes that were in Paradis forces.
"Tell us with details, about them." Saitama yawned in boredom. He wanted to sleep on the table front of him. Although he had to answer Zeke so he could finally leave him. "Awwww! I will tell you what they can do but that's it. I ain't much of a talker." Galliard and Pieck were all ears. Zeke was now staring at Saitama like a mad man to earn information.
"Genos is a cyborg, he can throw fire from inside his metallic arms. Ryaki is a teenage girl that have been half-possessed by an alien she keeps calling it life... something, I forgot its name to be perfectly honest with you all. Her powers... Umm... She wields a red scissors and that's pretty much it. Am I done?" Saitama wanted to get some well-deserved sleep. However Zeke was awed from what Saitama told them and resumed.
"Fire from hands? Scissors weaponry? So they DO have unnatural powers like you, huh?" Saitama shook his head to agree with Zeke so he could leave him be.
Magath from a different table was hearing the entire conversation, so he decided to join an learn more about the forces of Paradis. "Oi, so we finally meet properly... Devil..." Magath glared daggers at Saitama like it was a life and death situation. "Stop calling me devil dude. Who came up with that stupid nickname anyway?" One Punch Man asked without getting a response. Magath instead kept his intense stare on the hero as he reply.
"You do know that if anyone else finds out who you are... everyone on this goddamn train will be shooting and calling you devil, because of the reports I heared from Reiner Braun and Zeke from here. You indeed are the devil, no human has such strength and speed to sink more than twenty battleships so EASILY!" Saitama scratched his head with slightly confusion.
"Then you are all too weak, you should train more often and believing in yourselfs that you could grow stronger. I want to let you know, we human beings are strong because we can change ourselves. Unfortunately I haven't saw any change from all of you." Saitama stated with a now cold expression and shadows around his eyes.
"So what?! You think we will obey and listen to a bastard like you?!" Galliard said loud but thankfully he didn't grab much attention nor anyone around felt Saitama's disguise suspicious. Only few people knew Saitama like the four children, Zeke, Reiner, Galliard, Magath, and Pieck.
"I don't care if you listen to me or not, I am just saying about our human race. That we can be strong if we train and have the determination to keep going, no matter how hard training gets." Saitama shut Galliard whilst he hissed towards him, the titan shifter knew One Punch Man was right.
"Whatever! Just tell us more about those supernatural freaks the demons of Paradis are hiding from us." Magath ordered Saitama. The Caped hero looked Magath in the eyes serious and made him sweat slightly afraid. "There is also my other disciple, Akame. She claims that her blade can kill with one wound. I don't know and don't care if that's true or not, can I sleep now?" Zeke shook his head negatively next of Saitama.
"Not yet, tell us everything about those supernatural people to us." Saitama sighed considerably bored and exhausted towards them, although he continued. "There is also a girl with black clothes, she might be a goth or something. Her name is Bl-" "Black*Rock Shooter..." Galliard cut off Saitama's sentence as he took everyone's gazes.
"You, Reiner, and Annie have reported to us about that threat as well, 2 years ago." Magath decreed as Galliard remembered when they firstly met Mato Kuroi in the desert. "Indeed, Commander. That girl is insane, if she's even human... Her skin colour is pure white, her left eye is blazing blue fire when she is engaged in combat, from the reports her weapon is a big black cannon that fires huge ignited black rocks! She is using that cannon to deal with her enemies. She was able to break Reiner's armor easily with a few shots from that thing." Zeke was keeping everything in his mind for later on.
"Those are all of them, can I go back and sleep please?" Zeke now smirked at Saitama and said with confidence. "You may." Saitama immediately stood up from his sit and left the wagon, he went to where Reiner, Falco, Colt, and Gabi were celebrating with alcohol.
"You actually believed what he just said? About Genos guy, and that Ryaki woman." Magath questioned his three companions without receiving a guarantee response. "Let's be honest, Commander." Zeke grabbed Pieck's, Magath's, and Galliard's gazes. "Saitama had no reason to lie about them. He is already strong enough to fight an army, including 5 titan shifters." Magath widen considerably his eyes at Zeke.
"Then your plan better work, or else we will have bigger problems to deal with than just the forces of Paradis island." Zeke kept calm as Magath stood straight and left them.
"War Chief Zeke..." Zeke lifted a hand to interrupt Pieck. "No Pieck, it's fine. I will turn Saitama on our side, even if that's the last thing I'm going to do." Zeke stated determined towards his two warriors.
"We are with you, War Chief!" Galliard clenched his hand and uttered to his superior, so did Pieck with a nod.
Saitama walk inside without making anyone noticing his presence, because almost everyone were drunk. Colt was shouting with everyone else's Gabi's name as he had her on his shoulders.
"GABI! GABI! GABI!" Everyone inside the wagon were cheering her because she managed to destroy the train trails with the cluster grenades. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU EVERYONE!" Her ego had reached its point, the girl felt like a true hero.
"Oh? She really enjoying it." One Punch Man stand next of Falco and Reiner who they had an intense talk about inhering the power of the Armored titan. "Sa-Saitama? You already discussed with Zeke-San?" Saitama shook his head to give confirmation to Reiner.
"Very well, guess all we need to do now is to wait." Falco didn't said another word front of Saitama. The three of them were looking at the drunks while Gabi grabbed a bottle of wine. "I deserve it after all!" Gabi lifted the bottle and prepared to drink a sip.
"No alcohol for kids." Saitama in an instant disappeared and reappeared next of Colt. He pulled the wine bottle out of Gabi's hands. "Hey! Give it up!" Gabi gritted her teeth as she jumped down from Colt's shoulders, in result he fell down dizzy.
"Hahah! Go get this chump!" A random drunk guy encourage Gabi even more. One Punch Man was still wearing his disguise. "Give it back you devil... Don't make me blow your cover!" The drunks wasn't having the slightest idea of what Gabi was saying.
"No! I will order an orange juice for you, only adults can drink that stuff." Saitama lifted the bottle up whilst Gabi was trying as hard as she could to reach it. "I am a BADASS Warrior Cadet! I deserve everything, including this drink. Give it to me you devil!" Saitama put the drink next of Falco.
"Can you hold it for a minute? I'll go get some orange juice for her from the other wagon. Don't give it to her or don't drink either." Falco glanced at Saitama. Then back to see an agitated Gabi, demanding Falco to give her the wine.
"Uh? Y-Yeah." Falco mumbled. One Punch Man temporarily left to find a juice for Gabi. "Ah, excuse me glasses dude. Where can I get an orange juice or even grape juice." Galliard hissed at Saitama and stood up to shout at him. "Glasses dude!? He is War Chief Zeke for you!" Saitama shrugged and scratch his itchy nose.
"So... Where can I find a juice?" Zeke tried to think something quick.
"Unfortunately except from alcohol we only have wate-" Saitama cut his phrase and said with an unsure expression. "I'll take it. Still works for a child." The hero followed Zeke so he could give him a cup of water.
"Falco, give me the wine." Gabi stared at Falco with a serious gaze. "No! Saitama said n-" Gabi grabbed the bottle out of Falco's grasp and pushed him back. "What?! So now you calling him by his name? You are so stupid." Reiner didn't interfered. He instead had flashbacks when he was a warrior cadet back in the old days.
"Oi! What will mister Saitama going to say about that?!" Gabi showed a cocky smirk at Falco before she reply. "Like a give a damn FUCK! About that devil! HAHA!" She start drinking like a thirsty animal, however she felt dizzy after the third time she lifted the bottle to drink.
"Ohh... Everythi-ng... *Hiccup* spinning..." The bottle was almost empty. She pass it back to Falco while now she had red cheeks. "Y-You all s-saw that? *Hiccup* I am do-ing wh-at I want!" She was struggling to hold her balance and not fall like Colt did five minutes ago.
Saitama returned with a cup of water, he had an expressionless face when he saw Gabi being completely drunk like most of the people inside the wagon.
"Didn't I told you to not give her the wine?" Falco looked down scared and disappointed for himself. Reiner wasn't paying attention and he was staring at the other drunk now.
"My head hurts." Gabi uttered in a low tone. Saitama sighed tremendously bored and approached her. "You need to sleep so this headache can go away." Saitama picked Gabi up and put her behind his back. "There's any beds into this train?" Reiner's gaze shifted towards One Punch Man. "Uh, yeah. Over there." Reiner pointed at a door that was leading into another wagon. "Sleeping quarters are there." Saitama nodded with slightly care as he walk with Gabi on his back.
He opened the door and entered the wagon. The voices and laughs stopped, this wagon was giving the idea that it was abandoned because no one was sleeping on any bed. "There you go. When we reach that Lebaro I will come to wake you up." Saitama placed Gabi softly and gently on the bed.
"Ok. Time to lea-" Saitama turned around but suddenly a tiny hand holded his. It was Gabi with blushed cheeks. "Eh?" The hero turned his blank face back to her. Gabi's eyes were gleaming. "Spend *Hiccup* the night with me de-devil." Saitama holded his chin curious for a few seconds, then he looked at her with a lifted finger like he was in a class. "Nope, first off. I am not a pedophile, I already have a girlfriend and you are drunk, you have no idea what you saying."
Gabi blushed even more as she bit her lips. "I know what I am saying, right now I want your body to keep me warmth. About your girl-girlfriend.. ...forget about her and stay with us in *Hiccup* Liberio." Gabi ended her sentence proudly. "Hold up." Saitama tightened his palm to prevent her from telling anything else.
Saitama uttered with a neutral expression on his innocent face. "I'm not well versed in relationships, but I have a little experience, and I think forcing a relationship like this is not a healthy thing to be done. Especially in your current situation. You are drunk child, don't you get it? You hated me when I first met you all, and now you love me. That's surely the wine that is speaking, not yourself." Gabi lifted her head slowly to reach him.
Saitama immediately back up his lips from hers. The Caped baldy was still feeling blank and bored. The girl ignored Saitama's excuses and smiled, then she whispered to him still blushed "Hey, devil, want to have lots of unprotected vaginal sex with me and ejaculate in my cervix *Hiccup* over and over until I get knocked up? I'm ovulating right now." She touched the hero's chest whilst he smacked his head.
"The wine messed you up, you need to sleep so you can calm down." One Punch Man walk near the exit door to head into the previous wagon. "WAIT!" Gabi shouted in a desperated tone.
"What?" Saitama looked at her with his dumb face. "Please... Sleep with me... I can't take *Hiccup* it anymore." "Well, I can keep you company but forget about doing anything erotic. You're a child, you are too young to learn about that stuff." Gabi smirked to that as she took off her upper clothes. "I will prove to you that I'm a woman." She was now half naked.
Saitama took his gaze away from Gabi's chest. "Put those clothes back immediately." He ordered the child without success.
"You have to come here and put them back on me by yourself." She blushed and covered her embarrassed expression.
"Where is Genos when I need him?" Saitama was now trying to find a way to stop this.
Into another wagon
"We will be in Liberio in a couple of hours." Zeke mumbled with a sternly voice.
"Yeah. I know." Magath looked outside the window. He had thoughts about the other heroes who they were going to face when they attack Paradis island. 'Tsk. More guys like that Saitama exists eh? I will kill them all.' Magath ended his thoughts and rest on the seat.
"...War Chief." Zeke looked at Pieck curious.
"Ah? What is it, Pieck." The woman next of Galliard planted a small grin and spoke to him. "I know we can turn him. Saitama will be Marley's greatest and strongest allie in the upcoming war." Zeke felt satisfaction as he exhaled. "That's the spirit, Pieck. Galliard, you should be positive too." The other titan shifter didn't talk back. He had a mad expression facing the window.
"Come on devil, satisfy me." Gabi was now begging One Punch Man. Saitama sat down on another bed next of hers. "I hope tomorrow you won't remember anything from what you saying." He rest his bald head on his hand.
"Awwww! I w- *Hiccup* won't give up so... easil-" Gabi closed her eyes, she finally lost her senses and fell asleep. 'Oh, I need to do something about that.' Saitama decreed in his mind as he picked up Gabi's clothes. He gently put them on her body once more without waking her up.
"Few. That was close." Saitama left Gabi to rest and met Reiner and Falco in the other wagon. "You put her to sleep?" Reiner asked moderately worried about his cousin.
"Yeah, she was behaving weird, but she closed her eyes at the end. What that wine had in it anyway?" Saitama saw the bottle on a wooden box, he picked a glance inside of it.
"Why this looks familiar?" The hero asked himself while he turned the bottle upside down, a few drops fell on the floor. It was a bright pink colour. "Wh-What?! That's not wine..." Reiner replied surprised towards One Punch Man and Falco.
"You know what is that liquid, mister Saitama?" Falco asked. Worrying about Gabi's condition.
"Genos might remember this, I think it's somekind of uhhh... Love? Potion? I'm not sure." Saitama's answer didn't brought relief to Reiner nor Falco. "Love what?" Saitama though once again.
'Hmm, some of those love drinks appeared here too. I better be a little more careful.' He grabbed the bottle and wash it with water.
"What was that all about?" Reiner asked with his hands clenched.
"Oh, nothing." The hero scratched his head and went back to Zeke's group.
6 hours later
The train stopped, the soldiers were walking outside of it with happy expressions. "Yio, wake up child." Saitama was patting Gabi's head with a finger, she opened her eyes surprised. "HUH?! Wha-Ouch... My head hurts a little, what did you do to me devil?" She received a neutral face from Saitama whilst he reply to her "Stop calling me devil, I didn't do anything to you. You wanted to do weird things with me." He mumbled in honestly.
"What you mean weir-" "Gabi, we have arrived to Liberio, come outside." Reiner stated from outside the window, Gabi forgot Saitama and immediately stood up from the bed. She ran outside to see her beloved city once more. The girl had happiness written all over her face, Saitama walk outside as well. Zeke waved at him as Pieck appeared next of Saitama.
"So this is uh..." "Liberio." Zeke pointed out for One Punch Man. "Yeah, that." Saitama looked at the massive city, it was familiar with Z city. Only in medieval version though. Gabi said out loud with raised hands to everyone. "We came back alive!" Reiner was listening to her but his gaze was on Saitama. "To our beloved homeland! Liberio!" The city had a massive river with dozens of bridges.
Gabi shouted as hard as she could with her hands around her mouth. "WE'RE HOOOOME!" Galliard was holding Colt who had a painful headache. "Gabi, pipe down sheesh." Colt tried to shut her up.
"It's your own fault for drinkin' so much even though you know you can't handle it." Galliard said to Colt with a serious face. Falco had something to add in here also. "Who the hell gave my brother alcohol?" From the other side of the path it was Saitama next of Pieck. Zeke and Magath were carrying luggages to the front. "Colt seemed like he wanted some, so.." Zeke cut Pieck off by saying.
"For goodness' sake... Letting Pieck's thoughtful gift go to waste all over the railcar like that, unbelievable." Magath had a comment as well. "Looks like we really should've shut them up last night..."
Reiner was now attempting to stop his cousin from screaming. "Come on now, stop that!" Saitama had a neutral expression as always, he didn't know where they were taking him, but he surely wanted to have a bit of fun.