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Chapter: What?ME?
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«Log Book Entry: 20» «Year:1509~ Mid-July»
» It has been one and a half years since I came to Skypiea, and I am two and a half years old. Turns out, this is the year 1509, which means I was born in 1507. What the heck! I am 2 yrs younger than Luffy and the same age as Chopper. Anyway, I do not look like a two-year-old, so no one could guess my actual age.
» For the past year, I trained hard and successfully learned to control my claws & teeth. Now I can retract and extract them easily whenever necessary. But I have gotten used to wearing a mask it was made with my baby clothes. It covers the lower half of my face.
» I have also re-learned a very useful skill- Parkour. It is a skill with great mobility. It helped me to escape from dangerous situations many times in my previous life. Another reason is that, I can't exercise heavily in this kid's body, so this is perfect to train. I trained it by doing pranks and escaping from the people, having names on 'The List'. At least I didn't forget my previous knowledge.
» During this training, I discovered an important detail about my memory loss. The memory attack does not appear often, when I'm on an adrenaline high. I can't be sure of it, so it needs more experiment. But when I'm in relaxed state, the memory attack appears often.
» I also have begun swimming in the sea as training, and also to increase my food by fishing. It was difficult the first time I entered the white sea due to the low density of water, but I quickly got used to it. I also swam to the Upper Yard many times but did not stay there long.
» The war between Skypieans and Shandians is still going on. And I don't know why the Skypieans are fighting? They are clearly fighting for Earth in the Upper yard, but I don't think there is any place prepared to cultivate food. So they are wasting time, money, and life for nothing.
» Let's worry about it later. I also-
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'*sigh*, I'll read it afterward,' I turned off the watch and wore it back on my wrist because of people gathering around here. It became my habit to read the Log Book when I'm bored.
I looked at the people gathering around here; children, their parents, the elderly, white berets, etc. They are all waiting for Gan Fall, whom I must have probably met but forgotten.
"Why am I even here? If they want to enjoy a festival, why should they drag me here?" I grumbled, checking out the crowd.
"We should get to the bottom of this today," suddenly one person shouted angrily. Well, it seems they do not gather here for a festival.
"I can't take this shit anymore. There's already war going on, on top of it, we want to deal with this," complained another person.
"Yeah, we will not move from here until God gives a proper solution," complained a woman.
As the crowd became restless, God Gan Fall and his entourage slowly arrived. Then Gan Fall took a seat, surveying the crowd. I felt his eyes linger on me, then he sighed at the sudden realization.
I am confused at his action 'What did he realize?' I stared at him.
"HESO!" everyone greeted him, breaking me out of the staring.
"Heso!" he greeted back, looking tired.
"So why are you all gathering here? On what case is the trial for?" he inquired, smiling wryly. 'The day which I hoped won't arrive is finally here.' he lamented, looking at me again.
There was silence among the crowd at this question as everyone looked at each other in embarrassment or shame, wanting someone to start. I suddenly felt many eyes glancing at me.
'If he asked a question reply, why the silence? I thought, looking curiously at the crowd. 'And why the hell are you looking at me? I don't know the reason,' I scoffed at the people staring at me.
'Come on! Quick, I have many things to do.' I impatiently started tapping my feet.
"Well, he is the reason for this trial," finally someone pointed at me, to which everyone nodded.
"WHAT! ME?" I yelled in alarm, being suddenly pointed at. 'The crowd gathered because of me?' I finally know why I'm here and their odd behavior at that question.
"What did I do to you? I don't remember you," I questioned. Everyone sighed in annoyance.
"How can you remember? You remember nothing," shouted most of them.
"Who told that? I remember this guy. I think he is a doctor," I pointed doubtfully at a person, "and I remember her. She gives me food." I pointed at the woman surrounded by kids.
I suddenly perked up seeing three kids among them, "Ah, I remember them, they are Tom, Dick, and Harry, that's the dumb names by the way" I waved at them cheerfully. 'That's not our name' they shouted back which I ignored.
"And I don't need to remember every Tom, Dick, and Harry I come across," I snapped at the person who accused me. Then turned to the three kids. "Not you guys," I reassured them. 'Hey! Are you listening to us?' they demanded.
"So what did I do? Tell me about it from the start," I questioned the people around, ignoring those three.
"God! he is such a pain in the ass. Do something about it," someone shouted at GanFall and all of them started complaining about something, which I don't recall doing.
"Ok! everyone, calm down," Gan Fall calmed them down. "Don't be hasty, I will hear out everyone's complaint," He promised them, looking wary.
"Matron, how he is in the orphanage? Is he causing any problem?" Gan Fall inquired the food lady.
"I can't be sure if he is a problem or not," she sighed indecisively. "Sometimes he is Ok but other times not," she began to explain.
"Well, He has a very high appetite, and the food in the Orphanage is not enough for him," she expressed in sadness, thinking about the orphanage situation.
"Due to it, he started fishing in the sea and asks me to cook the fish he caught," she grieved at allowing a kid to work at this age.
"He will also leave the remaining fish to others, which eased some food problems in the orphanage." the matron's expression eased a little.
"Then he suddenly started to prank some kids," she frowned a little.
"It was harmless at the beginning, like scaring them by screaming from behind, tying tail behind them, etc.," she revealed, which caused murmuring in the crowd.
"I ignored it at the beginning and thought he is taking out his anger on them since those kids called him by names," she revealed the cause to which Gan Fall raised his brows.
"Then one day I think those kids formed a group to get revenge on him," she bitterly disclosed.
She suddenly paled. "I don't know what they did to him but from that day on it is the beginning of the nightmare, for them and also me," she stuttered.
"Their clothes will disappear while they bathe or there will be bugs crawling in their bed, shoes, etc., or reptiles in their cabin, like lizards, small snakes, etc.," she shivered thinking about it.
"Sometimes, he will apologize if things went extreme, and will tell stories as peace," she breathed, calming down.
She smiled wryly. "It was peaceful for some days, but later I found out that he started to prank, outside the orphanage," she informed, before paling "and for the last two weeks…" she started.
"Wait, you can tell other things afterward," interrupted a person. I became annoyed and glares at him.
"God, did you know what he did to our kids?" that person pointed at the kids who were standing with their parents. 'Hmm, he looks like a leader of the parents.' I guessed.
"One day, the kids gathered together and asked him 'what are you?'" He started pointing at me.
'Is this a question a child should ask?' I raised my brows.
"Instead of replying, he asked them 'What they are?' to which the kids looked confused. So he told them he will explain about it," He retold before glaring at me. I blinked innocently.
Then he pointed at the antenna-shaped hair on his head and continued, "He asked them 'what is this?'. They replied 'It's hair' but he denied it and claimed that it was an antenna. Then he started explaining how cockroaches, ants, etc., use their antenna, turning it into a long lecture about bugs." He breathed heavily in anger.
"By the end, he brainwashed them into thinking that they were descendants of bugs and that's the reason everyone shaped their hair like this is a tribute to the ancestors," he bellowed, amusing many, including Gan Fall.
"Hahaha, they are really stupid if they believed it," I rolled on the floor laughing my ass off. "Man, I wish I remembered it, it's so funny,". I gloated, wiping the tear from my eyes.
"SHUT UP! you cause it," shouted everyone.
"Then he gave them some bugs and taught them how to raise them," the parent continued. "Then further convinced them that if they satisfy the bugs, then it will one day teach them 'cool way' of speaking using antennas and they will get a superpower," he panted furiously.
"It took us great effort to convince them it's false. Even then, some kids are adamant about throwing the bugs away and got attached to them," complained another parent, pointing at some kids carrying some box in their hands.
"Oh! That is the reason I saw them with bugs. I thought it was some kind of custom for kids to raise bugs." I punched my palm in enlightenment.
"My bad, sorry for thinking wrongly," I apologized to them sincerely.
"You are the reason they have it in the first place," shouted the parents.
'I will go deaf like this,' I complained, inserting the earbud came with the watch. It is small and almost looks invisible when wearing it.
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