Chapter 7

"What's going on?" Luffy asked, noticing that the image had just disappeared. " It's over ? "

"Give me that." Law ordered him, taking the camera. "There must be a second video! We need to know what happened next."

"I'll make it work my way." Luffy assured, getting ready to hit it.

Just as Luffy was about to swipe at the camera, a new image appeared. The video was far from over.

" Yes ! Go ahead, Johnny! Show us what happened! "

However, Luffy was horrified, as was Shirahoshi, upon seeing the scene the camera showed them. All the passengers on the plane were fighting. Whether boys, girls or teachers, everyone was caught up in this general melee. Several were already lying on the ground, their faces bloody while others took advantage of their advantage to seize whatever they found of interest in the bags of the vanquished. Most were lynched, while a few fought together, before turning against their own comrades.

"But... what are they doing?" Shirahoshi wanted to know, seeing a high school boy punching one of his former friends in the jaw.

"Exactly the same thing is happening after the great earthquake, which shook Japan in 2013." Law remarked. "We recorded many accidents and assaults! People no longer had a refuge or something to eat! Fear took over, which made them abnormally aggressive."

"Panic phenomenon?" Shirahoshi understood. "That seems to be fair! Yet, I rather feel like they just lost all trace of sanity."

A girl, who had her hair pulled and her hand crushed by another high school girl, tried to be helped by the only conscious boy who was not participating in this carnage. In fact, he didn't even seem to notice there was a fight going on. He stood like an I and remained perfectly still, with a look that showed no expression.

"Ace! Please help me," she begged, holding out her hand to him.

Luffy's brother completely ignored her and left her to be mistreated by her assailant. All he did was stare at the pilot's body, while he still seemed to wonder what had happened to him.

"Ace? " Luffy wondered, seeing him stay motionless. " But what are you doing? Why don't you arrest anyone? Knowing you, you would never let such a thing happen without reacting. "

In all of Luffy's memories, Ace had always shown himself as a strong, brave, and righteous person. He would never behave. Was it panic that kept him from moving? Or because everyone accused him of having killed the pilot? Luffy didn't know. Anyway, he had to look away from him to try to spot his friends among the people fighting.

Trying to defend himself, Kid had been thrown against a sheet of the plane, while holding his stump in his good hand. Kaya was also in the same situation as him. Nevertheless, compared to the boy, she lay on the ground without giving the slightest sign of life.

"Don't tell me she's dead." Luffy was scared.

Seeing someone pretend to stomp on her, Usopp rushed at him and gave him a shoulder bump.

"Don't touch her, asshole."

However, two other people rushed at Usopp and knocked him down, before starting to kick him.

Coby, on the other hand, was curled up, staring fearfully, as another person tried to pull him up, pulling him by the hair.

"They too are in a bad position. »

In a better situation than the others, Sanji kicked an adult who he pushed back. Trying to counterattack, his opponent threw his fist at him, level with the face. Avoiding him easily, Sanji then took a step towards him before punching him in the chin. Feeling his feet leave the ground, while his jaws clicked, the man finally collapsed on the ground.

"And Nami? And Vivi? " Luffy wondered, trying in vain to make out the people he couldn't see. "Where are they? And Chopper and Zoro! Please Johnny! Film them. »

At that moment, faced with the chaos that was unfurling more and more, Johnny bent down and crawled like a soldier on the ground. Despite the many high school students who remained, he walked down the corridor of the aircraft, making his way among the bodies of the first victims. According to his muffled noises, he must have received at least four blows from other students and even found himself crushed under the body of a person, after his opponent managed to knock him unconscious. Receiving a new blow, he could not suppress a cry of pain that seemed suspicious.

" Did I dream or was her cry quite feminine?" Luffy wondered.

Crawling at the speed of two meters per minute so as not to be spotted took him a long time. But, finally, he arrived in front of the door of a place he deemed safe: the bathroom of the plane.

Before anyone could spot him, Johnny quickly opened the door and ducked behind it.

However, no sooner was he inside the small room than he filmed a strange scene. In the middle of the toilet, two students, an obese one and a tall one, trimmed like an endive, were in their underpants and were holding Tashigi's arms and legs. The poor woman, who, seeing her face, was horrified, was trying in vain to get out of their grip.

"Don't worry, we're going to have a good time." The tall skinny guy sneered, licking his cheek.

"Me first! Me first!" His sidekick exclaimed, beginning to spread his legs wide open.

"But… But what are they doing?" Luffy asked.

" They're not going to rape her anyway. " Shirahoshi exclaimed.

"They've lost their minds." Antoine told them, without however being worried about the fate of the young woman.

Suddenly, the skinny boy noticed Johnny's presence.

" What do you want ? "

"Wapol? Musshuru? What are you doing?" Wilfred questioned them, in a fearful voice.

It was hearing him ask this question that Luffy's doubts about the identity of the cameraman grew.

" That voice! It's not Johnny's! It's a girl's voice! »

"Catch her." Musshuru ordered Wapol. "That will make one for everyone!"

Immediately, her little brother got up and rushed to the cameraman.

"Come here, my pretty."

Even barely had he time to take a step when a kick suddenly hit him in the face. The force of the blow managed to eject him, head first, into a sink. Musshuru barely had time to turn his head to see Wapol fall to the ground, his face bleeding.

" But that … ? "

Behind him, a newcomer was walking in his direction. Realizing that he was the one who had just hit his brother, Musshuru immediately let go of his victim and displayed a terrified look, while stepping back.

"Ka ... Kata ... Katakuri?"

The psycho from Luffy's class suddenly appeared in front of the camera. The tips of his boots, like his fists, were covered in a thin coat of blood. This was therefore not his first victim. He was far from displaying a sadistic smile, but instead seemed rather annoyed.

"What were you motherfuckers doing?" he asked, his gaze hardening.

"I… I'm sorry! Really sorry, Katakuri! I won't do that again, I promise." Musshuru swore, starting to back up towards the wall of the room.

Far from being calmed by his excuses, Katakuri advanced towards the boy. Feeling in danger, Musshuru continued to beg him. However, as soon as Katakuri was close to him, he began to smile. Then, he lifted his leg and tried to kick Katakuri.

Unfortunately, seeming to anticipate his gesture, Katakuri simply moved one of his hands to grab Musshuru's ankle and stop it without any problem.

"What?" The boy panicked.

Not giving him time to react, Katakuri grabbed him by his collar. Without difficulty, he lifted it off the ground with one hand. Seeing his feet leave the ground horrified Musshuru even more, who was starting to cry while doing what he could to apologize.

"Sorry! Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!"

"Listen to me carefully, you! If there's one thing I hate most of all, it's seeing several guys like you go after a helpless woman!"

I must admit that it was a nice sentence, coming from a person who had just spent a day behind bars for assault and battery.

Having finished what he had to say, Katakuri clenched his fist and slammed it into his opponent's nose. It was a devastating blow. The kind of blow that crushes your facial bones, lands you in the operating room and months of pain treatment. Blood had spurted out and there was a noise that was anything but natural. Katakuri then let go of his victim, who crashed heavily at his feet. Musshuru instantly curled up, holding his nose like a wounded animal. Luffy was amazed at how much he looked like a poor infant, having just been spanked by an adult. Even pressing his hands to his nose, the blood continued to flow down his face.

"My nose! You broke my nose."

Katakuri quickly lost interest in him and looked at the teacher, still panicked, by the treatment that the two high school students were going to subject him to. Kneeling beside her, he asked her in a rather soft voice.

" Are you doing OK ? "

"Y…yes!" She told him, trying to stop shaking. "But … why did you help me?"

"You're the only one of all the teachers who agreed without hesitation to take me on this trip." He reminded her. "I admit I was very bored but you were so nice to me, that I had to at least do this, in order to thank you."

"Katakuri!" A voice called suddenly from behind the cameraman. "What are you doing? I thought we had to get out of here ASAP! Slurp!"

"Yes, yes! I'm coming." He said, taking Tashigi's arm.

" But that … ? "

" Come." He advised her. "No one can control this situation anymore! We have to get out of here."

Taking the teacher with him, he left the bathroom, passing in front of the cameraman. Passing her, he affirmed.

"For a person like you, it's suicide to stay here! Other people will start behaving like those two losers and will target you! Run away with us."

The video then stopped, for good.