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Side Story: SwordInsect's Suffering
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Year: 1516: Above an unknown Island
It hurts... it burns... I feel like my body is on fire. Huh? What happened? Where Am I...? Ha! I remember! I lost to that arrogant bastard, and I'm falling. A severely burnt figure can be seen falling from the sky. Aaarrrghh! That lightning Bastard! I will kill him! Kill him! Kill! Kill!
I should have listened to those humans and prepared for battle. I became arrogant after becoming King... Is everyone dead...? Various images appeared in my mind, a Praying Mantis with a villainous face...'My Queen...' a bunch of praying Mantei around...'My children...' 'Crash...' Aggressive but kind-hearted grasshopper... 'Bugs...' Calm and brilliant Rabbit... 'Humans...' various human faces of Shandians and Skypieans appeared in my mind... 'My Kingdom...' a densely forested island... floating on a white cloud, various Insects and animals living in harmony... Enjoying fights between trespassing humans in a colosseum, a giant towering vine at the center of the island, A magnificent palace placed on it, a city made of gold, enjoying the foods leisurely, training perfunctory... Ah! If I had practiced seriously I wouldn't have been burnt to crisp by that Bastard.
Training... training... I hated this word because of 'HIM' If only I listened to his warning and evacuated... I recalled all the torture he created for me... Ha! Why am I recalling these things? Am I going to die? Well, even if I don't die of injury, I will die after hitting the ground.
A figure can be seen falling towards an island below. Ha! How can I die just like that? Damn it! How can I die without achieving my dream? I recalled the fight with the lightning man... How I despaired at being unable to hit him... I only slashed at him one time in extreme anger, injuring him... Damn it! I will kill him! Who do you think I am? I'm King of Insects! Number one Swordinsect! SCYTHER! I roared, as an invisible wave originated from me, affecting the figures down on the island as well as slowing my fall. *Boom* Crashing onto the ground, severe pain assaulted me, as I lost consciousness. Before fainting, I vaguely saw various silhouettes around me.
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I survived...? I survived after falling from 10000ft. What a surprise?! During the few times I regained consciousness, in my dizziness I overheard the conversation of these figures who rescued me, but before I could identify them I got knocked out by severe pain.
From their conversation, I understood the basic situation of this place. A day after MantisFall '... fall from the sky?', '...like all the bones... hum? It doesn't have bones, right?', 'So Is it injured or not?', 'It looks like dying,'... two days later... 'Hey! It's still alive!', '... save it?', 'Don't you remember that many of us were knocked unconscious when it fell?', 'Let's report above,'...
...three days later... 'What are you doing?', 'I'm making an IV drip', '...where will you find a vein in this roasted thing?', '... randomly, it needs to be alive when they send a team to investigate our report,' ... I can slightly feel some energy in my body due to whatever they injected me...
Five days later... 'Here! Look! This is what fell from the sky,' 'Is it alive? Doctor, check it!', 'Wait! When he fell, many people fainted. Careful!', 'Are you sure! Doctor! We must save him!', '... like it's struck by lightning many times', 'We need to transfer it to a proper facility', '... you waiting for? Hurry up! If we are lucky, we will also have a trump card against those barbarians'.
...ten days later... 'We have stabilized him somehow', 'This is a wake-up call for us', 'Yeah! We should begin to study the anatomy of other species.', 'Say, can we use him to shut those idiots? Is he also having IT?', 'Yeah, as investigated', 'He is somewhat familiar', 'But, can he fight with this body?', 'Want to Cyber him?', 'If we remove these front blade-like legs and change them to...' Hearing this, I remembered the similar option provided to me by Luci... NO! An invisible wave spread from the wrapped-up mantis, staggering the surrounding figures. "... It disagrees!" a figure sighed. "It really has IT! If we..." another figure muttered excitedly.
"No, according to the regulation, we cannot force others," another figure interrupted.
"Stuck up bastard!" the previous figure mumbled. "Whatever! With this, we can shut up those brawny guys," he added.
"*sigh* First we will cure it and try to train it," the first figure replied.
"I think we should prepare all the departments and ready them...," the last figure replied excitedly as I lost consciousness.
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I slowly regained my consciousness as the pain was somewhat bearable. Remembering the conversation before I fainted, I jumped up quickly to check my beautiful awesome sickle legs but was assaulted with burning pain. Enduring, I checked my body condition, which was mangled severely, and I despaired at my body condition. 'Oh! I must run before those humans arrive,' I thought and examined this room.
One side of the room is covered with a weird shiny thing that reflects me just like water but clearer. A door on one side, a bed, and other necessities. 'How to escape? Let's break the door.' I skittered to it.
Before I could try it, "Ah?! You woke up?" an excited voice suddenly sounded in the room, startling me. 'Ghost!' I yelped, looking around warily.
"hahaha! Look at its face, It's funny!" another voice laughed.
"Shut up! Notify others," the first voice yelled in annoyance.
Then the super intelligent me who has watched many movies in Luci's watch, has figured out the shiny reflective thing which is one-way glass. So I glared at the glass, "Ah! It found us," a voice yelped in panic.
As I stomped towards the glass, I realized my current injured state, 'I can't cut that glass,' I groaned, looking at my roasted sickle leg.
'How to escape?' I pondered, as I suddenly recalled the fight with that lightning bastard. He was immune to all my attacks, and I somehow survived his attacks using my half-baked Observation Haki. But the last attack… before I was drowned in lightning… the attack I poured my all seemed to injure him…? Is that the Armament Haki Luci talked about? If I recall that feeling and manage to learn it, it will be a huge help to escape from these humans.
"Huh? What is it doing? Frightened?" the voice exclaimed.
"I-I have an ominous feeling!" another voice shivered.
"Hey! I'm sure! I have seen him somewhere before," a new voice interrupted.
"What are you afraid of? This glass can't be broken so easily," the first voice scoffed, turning to observe the room, and making eye contact with the mantis, sending shivers down his spine even though it couldn't see through the glass.
"Everyone Get down!" I heard the voice as I swung my sickle at the glass, *slash* *crack* *clatter* cutting it easily.
"Wow! This is awesome!" I exclaimed, looking at my legs, which had no additional injury. "It seems I learned armament, Haki!" I became excited and walked towards the shattered/sliced glass.
"Run! The subject escaped! Sound the alarm!" a panicked voice sounded. I threw the bed at the glass, completely scattering it. Stepping on the bed, I entered the observation room and froze in confusion, looking at the 'human' before me.
In front of me stood a big Baboon with colorful paints all over its body. Overcoming my pain, "What the Luci! (Hell) Where are the humans?" I yelled in surprise.
The baboon shivered, "W-we are Human... Do you think I haven't seen a human? *skree* Don't kid!" I interrupted it angrily.
"Don't move! Or I will blast a hole," another 'monkey' yelled, pointing his metallic hands at me.
"Another Monkey?" I blurted in confusion. Looking at a big- round- brown-haired white belly monkey.
"I'm Humandrills! Asshole!" the monkey yelled, "And don't do anything funny," it threatened.
My mind is already in a negative state after being defeated by the Lightning bastard and losing everything. These stupid monkeys, preventing my escape from the humans, are touching my nerves. "Get! LOST!" I roared, as an invisible wave originating from me staggered the monkeys. Using this opportunity, I rushed at that monkey and pushed its metallic hand aside, while punc-*slic-* whatever I did with my broken leg. *Blam* a beam shot from his arms and blasted a hole in the wall.
*startled* I squinted, 'Hmph! Using a Dial! Like it will affect me?' I scoffed. I glared at the remaining fear-stricken Baboon and rushed out.
"WOW! What a beautiful sample! I want it," the 'fear-stricken' baboon exclaimed, blushing in excitement.
Unaware of the perverted monkey, I rushed along the corridor, but a tingling feeling indicated various objects were approaching me. Looking at my Scyth-legs which were twitching in pain, I gritted and recalled the feeling of Armament Haki and sliced the nearby metallic pole.
Bitting the pole and holding it horizontally, 'Even If I don't have my Scyths, I still have ways to fight,' I readied to fight.
Soon, five monkeys appeared in front of me. Well, they are short, the same height as Luci when I met him. 'Ugh! Why am I remembering him?' discarding my random thoughts.
Observing them, I noticed that these monkeys are metallic and of various colors- Black, Yellow, Red, Green, and Blue. "What the...?! What are you guys?" I exclaimed in surprise.
"Kekekeke! Surprise! Surrender now or face my Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce... GO!" a voice sounded around. I looked around warily, 'Tone Dial? Whatever!' and shrugged, focusing on the five mon- Whatever they were. Because, after the voice shouted GO! the hands of the monkeys changed. Black has a blue ghost-like claw floating. Yellow's hands became huge, Red's became a 'U' shaped thingy? Green's hand became a green rotating thing, and Blue's hand became a drill.
"How?" I muttered in surprise.
"Kekeke! Awesome right! They are..." the voice sounded.
"Eisen Dial? Whatever, I need to go," I interrupted, and rushed towards the five colorful things. "W-wait a-a minute? You are really fighting? Why are you not surrendering? I can't understand. You will probably die," the voice yelled in confusion, halting my steps.
I stood silently for a while and spat the rod, "Because, I don't want to be captured by Humans. I rather die..." I yelled, recalling all the terrible things Luci told me about Blue Sea dwellers. Thrown into a zoo, Becomes a slave, forced to fight for entertainment, Captured as a guinea pig to be experimented, and most importantly, has no leisure time.
There was a moment of silence. "But there are no Humans here though," the voice replied.
"Huh?!" I blinked in confusion. "You expect me to believe it?" I asked, deadpan. "Who built this place if not humans?" and demanded.
"Ugh! Come on! Why are you suspicious?" the voice whined. "I swear! There is not a single human on this entire island. All of them evacuated due to war," it explained, earnestly. I relaxed slightly, feeling his honesty and, after noticing the current state of my body, then at the five weird monkeys, 'I won't last long if I fought,' I relented.
"Fine! We can negotiate. But show me some sincerity," I demanded majestically. I need to speak with the person in charge," I ordered.
"Well! I'm one of the people in charge… sort of," the voice replied. "…In person!" I added, isn't it the voice I heard behind the glass?
"Ugh…! Fine!" the voice replied, annoyed/reluctant.
Just then, I heard footsteps approaching from behind. "Tsk!" I gritted, glaring at my 'Retreat path' waiting for the culprit. I soon noticed the previous Metal-like armed monkey arrive using the help of a 'fear-stricken' monkey.
"We are the remaining two who were in-charge of this place," the metal-arm monkey introduced.
"You!?" I asked suspiciously.
Noticing my disbelief, "Yeah! We three are in charge of this place," the previous 'fear-stricken' baboon replied. "Please calm down! You are severely injured," he soothed.
"Yeah! We found you injured. And learned that you fell from the sky," the previous voice added. I looked at the five colorful monkeys blankly.
"Fine! Explain everything from the start," I squinted, oppressing them.
The baboon became ecstatic. "Okay! Fine, Let's go to my lab," he cheered. "Oh! I'm Rafikii! Specialist in BioTechnology & Genetics," he introduced.
"*cough* I'm a specialist in Cybernetics," the Humandrill began painfully. "My name is... Timon, an expert in mechanics and robots," a voice interrupted, followed by heavy footsteps.
I turned to see a seven-foot bulky armored human rushing here. My pupil contracted, "You bastards lied! Why is a human here?" and roared angrily, rushing towards the remaining two.
"Wait! You misunderstood!" the Humandrill panicked. Nearby, Rafikii used his weird staff to deflect my attack. "Will you calm down? Why are you afraid of human? Stupid... specimen!" Rafikii asked, his eyes shining menacingly. Looking at his eyes triggered my dusty memory of Luci when he was ready to do an experi- training on me.
"NO! I don't want to be a test subject!" I roared desperately, waving my sickles randomly.
Suddenly, I felt a sense of crisis and dodged *punk*, a bullet embedded in where I stood. "Oh No! Black Guards are back... at the wrong time," the Humandrill groaned.
"We should stop them from killing it," Rafikii panicked.
The life-and-death crisis stimulated my battle instinct, so I prepared to fight, ignoring my injuries. "Hmph! Dream on!" I scoffed and slid back as another bullet hit.
My Haki triggered a fast-moving enemy, and I weaved through its numerous punches. "Slower than the lightning bastard," I roared, slicing that object and crashing it onto a wall, revealing a slender Humandrill. Just as I stepped to finish him off, I paused and slashed at the air behind me *clang* clashing with a blade to a stalemate. "SKREE!" I roared, sending him flying. *pant* *hu* 'Invisible? How?' I was surprised while dodging another bullet.
'Fortunately, my Observation Haki upgraded while fighting that Lightning Bastard,' I sighed.
I faced them, with laborious breath and a trembling body, holding the steel staff in my mouth which I picked while dodging, *clang* I blocked the bullet with it. 'Now what?!' I eyed my opponents. On one side were two weird monkeys in charge, but I needed to bypass the new monkeys I knocked back. On the other side, are five weird colorful monkeys, a 'Human', and the constant harassment of the sniper.
*CRASH* *rumble* the wall in front of me crumbled suddenly, and through the flying dust, I spotted a huge shadowy figure. "ROAR!" the figure roared, dispersing the dust, which revealed a huge armored Gorilla *clang* *clang* *clang* *clang* pounding his metallic gauntlet on his armored chest in deterrence.
"Oh shit!" I paled. "Yoo-hoo!" a voice called from my side. I turned to see Rafikii, who reached my side unknowingly, *poof* and threw an unknown powder at my face, causing dizziness.
"Have a nice dream!" I heard his voice. Before I completely lost consciousness, I saw the Human's chest split open, and a creature jumped down. "What a mess!" it sighed. "Otto, Gibson, check on Z1! Sparx, Nova, check on Z2!" it ordered as the colorful monkeys moved as ordered. "Antauri..." as I lost my consciousness.
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Regaining my consciousness, I opened my eyes, only to find my sight blurry. No! Water? What is this? Then I noticed Rafikki's elongated reflection and reacted. Then I noticed that I was in a glass tank filled with some unknown liquid. I struggled, only to notice that I was restrained. "Oh! You are awake?!" Rafikki's muffled voice confirmed. 'Ingrate! Who sneak attacked me!' I raged. I couldn't curse because of the oxygen mask. "Don't worry, I will take care of your body, Kekekeke!" He laughed creepily and pressed a button. I felt some liquid injected into my vein as it invaded my body, causing an intense pain as I lost consciousness.
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Opening my eyes again, I stared at the blurry figure in front of me. "... what button should I press? Where did that idiot go? Leaving me to operate this?" I heard it mumble. As my eyesight cleared, I spotted a strange animal, with brown fur, short, it looked like a monkey but not... "I'm not a MONKEY!" as if reading my mind, that creature roared inches away from my face.
When I tried to slash it, I found myself constrained to the table... again. "Shit!" I cursed inwardly. "I'm not a Monkey! I'm a Meerkat," the creature stated dementedly. Then I recalled, 'Isn't this the thing that popped out of that Humans chest, earlier?'.
"Yes, I'm Timon, the thing that popped... Who are you calling a THING?" the thing roared angrily. But... How the hell did he know what I was thinking? I became frightened.
"*clank* *clank* It's using this?" Timon tapped on my head/helmet. "This is a half-backed Brain wave reader. We build it using the help of Mind-Mind user. Oh! Do you know about Devil fruits? Mind-Mind devil fruit was studied to build this. And its user is one of the founders of this place," he ranted.
'Who cares about that? Let go of me! You buffoon!' I cursed angrily, struggling in my restraint.
Timon who was checking the readings on the monitor nearby, roared, "I am a Meerkat! Not Buffoon," indigently. "Forget it! Let's proceed!" he grinned.
'Wait! What?! What are you going to do?' I was startled and panicked.
Grinning maliciously, "Nothing! I'm going to erase your memory and make you into 'MY' Robot," Timon revealed, mischievously.
'No! It can't happen! How dare you!' I roared in panic. "Do you know who I am? I am KING SCYTHER!" I struggled in vain.
Ignoring my screech, "Let's begin!" Timon announced. Then I belatedly noticed that the colorful monkeys were already surrounding the table with their weird weapons activated.
When I noticed Timon near the button similar to the one Rafikki pressed, I roared, "NO!" in fear/anger recalling the pain. Then I saw him stagger and look at me in panic. Suddenly, I felt a tingling/burning pain on top of my head before I fainted.
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A loud quarrel woke me up. I felt dizzy and heard their muffled voice. "How do I know that Conquerors Haki will destroy it? And it's unreasonable that he uses it as soon as frightened," Timon's voice complained.
Another voice scolded, "Who asked you to provoke it? It's the only prototype left behind by the Founder. Now you fried it!" angrily.
Enraged, "You left me alone. How is it my fault?" Timon roared.
Speechless, "Are you a kid? Can't you sit quietly?" the voice reprimanded.
"Jeez! Can you guys calm down?" Rafikii interrupted. "You! Adam, Don't kid! That Brain-reader was patched up together by various junks. I'm surprised that it can read Insect's brain wave. Besides, if there is an emergency we can use 'Him' but it's onetime," he calmed the Humandrill.
"Whatever!" Adam scoffed.
"And Timon, there must be a reason for him to be absent," he explained. "Besides, I also agree that this Mantis is a coward," he added.
As my mind cleared, I saw Rafikii standing between a one-foot Meerkat and a huge Humandrill pacifying them, a comic scene.
Hearing Rafikki's words, Timon looked at the Humandrill smugly, 'I'm Right!' was basically written on his face. 'Wait! mantis? Is he talking about me?' I raged hearing Rafikki calling me a coward, then I scanned the room.
"Damn it! Rafikii, You also pranked him?" Adam asked angrily. "What if he holds grudges?" he questioned.
"Hmph! We saved his life and treated his injury. If he holds a grudge for this harmless prank, then he is narrowminded, then I don't want to associate with him," Timon scoffed.
Hearing this, I hurriedly checked my body's condition and was surprised to find that I was healed. Except for my beloved Scythe, other injuries are cured. Hmm! Except for a tingling pain on top of my head. 'So they were just pranking,' I thought guiltily.
"You won't be happy after knowing his identity," Adam scoffed. "As Rafikii guessed, I went to check some important info and visited GymOFight!" he revealed.
"What! Why did you visit that Brawny guys?" Rafikii exclaimed in shock.
"Yeah! What's important info can those brainless guys have?" Timon asked with a shocked expression.
Adam shivered, "It's regarding Dr. Doom!" and uttered, as he felt a phantom pain in his metallic prosthetics. Hearing the name sends chills down their spine as Rafikii and Timon shivered in unison.
I tilted my head in doubt. 'Doom? Never heard of him. Why did this idiot think I'm associated with him?' and squinted at Adam to hear further, while silently cutting the restraints.
"Sorry! I'm a Monkey! I'm really a Monkey! Meerkat? What that?..." Timon began to mumble in shock.
"Fuck! Why are you learning about him? Look! Timon went into shock hearing that name," Rafikii scolded and quickly injected Timon calming him. But only the tremor in his voice indicates his terror.
I was bewildered at their reaction, and using this opportunity, I silently coated my Scyth with newly learned Armament Haki and cut at the restraint. 'Even though they are not hostile, no one wishes to be tied up,' I muttered, successfully cutting one restraint.
"Do you think I have a choice? I had a vague hunch when I saw this Mantis," Adam revealed, pointing at me. I stiffened and acted dead. "So I went to investigate," he added.
"What's that got to do with that Devil?" Rafikii screeched in fear/anger.
Annoyed, "Will you guys shut up and listen?!" Adam glared. Rafikii and Timon, who are now recovered, looked at Adam nervously.
Adam started, "You know that Dr..." but paused, noticing shivering Timon "HE trained all those Muscle Guys," he asked as they nodded. "But before them, he has already taught many people. But his main disciplines are only three," he revealed. Rafikii and Timon held their breath. Even I slowed down my cutting to find their identity.
"One is our Founder Mo," Adam disclosed. The other two nodded as if they knew. "Second one is a long-nosed Tengu, and good at sniping," he continued. "And the last one..." he dragged, as they gulped nervously. "... A Swordsinsect, living 10000ft above in the sky... a giant praying Mantis... named SCYTHER!" he announced.
There was a pin-drop silence, *screech* The sound of my cut due to extreme shock woke them as they turned their heads mechanically towards me. I got down from the table stiffly as I digested this information, and suddenly I was enlightened. Recalling that fear-stricken face of the monkey trio when they heard the name Doom... 'Isn't that the same face I make when hearing Luci's name?' I thought blankly.
'Then... that Doom... they mentioned is Luci? Luci is Doom, then Luci is here?' I trembled in anticipation/fear/panic. I turned to meet three pairs of frightened eyes, which further increased my fear and incited me to scream, "SCREECHAAAAA!" Hearing this, "KREEEAAAA/BHAAAAA/GROOOOOO!" the three monkeys screamed, as I pounced on them.
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"Now, can we finish our earlier conversation?" I asked. "Since you have introduced yourself, now it's my turn," I added. "I'm Scyther, King of Zootopia, a sky island located 10,000 meters in the sky," I introduced as if nothing had happened before.
"Don't act like nothing happened," Timon pouted, nursing his swollen head.
Ignoring him, "Huh? Didn't I fall from the sky? How am I perfectly alright? Am I so Awesome?" I checked my body in amazement. "I am Great!" I praised proudly.
"Bastard! I'm the one who treated you. I wasted my precious medicines," Rafikii roared. But we can't hear anything because of his swollen face.
"Hmm! Did you say anything?" I asked blankly. Seeing him 'silent' I turned to Adam, "Now, you... What's your name?" I inquired in doubt.
"It's Adam Smasher!" Adam replied.
"Yeah! Adam, tell me about this place," I asked.
Adam looked at the miserable situation of his two companions and stifled his laughter. "Keek! Ahem... Where to begin? Hmm... This is Kuraigama Island. Previously, there was a kingdom named Shikkearu. Due to conflict, severe war broke out, and they fought day & night, wiping away the civilization last year," and revealed solemnly.
My eyes widened in shock. 'War? Even in the Blue Sea, there is war? Don't they have large land? Why the hell are they fighting? There was a reason behind the war on Sky Island, but here, why?' I was unable to figure it out.
"Basically, we grew up watching them. Since we were dumb monkeys, some of us began to imitate humans. First, we, Humandrills, imitated them for fun, some chose close-range weapons, and some chose long-range weapons. Soon there was conflict about which weapon was superior, which changed our fun into a serious fight, causing us to split into two groups," Adam explained nostalgic, I listened to him speechlessly.
"Humandrills who used long-ranged weapons grouped as one. Our motto is unity in strength. We aim to help the needy, weak, sick, and old. If we could, we would use our brains to defeat the enemy, then use our weapons if unavoided," he declared proudly.
"Like them?!" I sneered, pointing at the aggrieved Timon and Rafikii. Adam stiffened hearing this, "This... that... they are not Humandrills," and quibbled weakly/guiltily.
"Anyway, another group..." Adam forcibly changed the subject. "Humandrills using lame close-ranged weapons formed another group- Brawny Guys," the three chorused. "Their stupid Motto is Strength is first... Up close and Personal. Their Aim...? What aim can they have? Fighting is their aim!" Adam scoffed in disdain.
"Furthermore, these ruthless bastards will kick out the sick, handicapped, and old. We will take in them and provide them a chance to survive," Adam explained proudly. "On the contrary, we will send our infants to their side to learn," he added. Hearing this, I looked at them with disdain. 'What the hell is this process? Are they Military Orphanage? Are you running an Elder's Nursery?' I complained.
Shaking my head in disbelief, "So you guys fight each other?" I asked curiously.
"No! Why should we fight with those guys?" Adam shook his head in contempt.
"Then who are they fighting? If they aim to fight?" I asked suspiciously.
"What else... Didn't we split because of our combat preference? Similarly, they split themselves internally according to their weapon type, and fight each other to prove that their weapon is superior." Adam explained. 'What a stupid reason! Is Luci really their teacher?' I wondered.
"So you guys are only working as a Nanny?" I asked impatiently.
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Adam roared, enraged. "Do you know how powerful we were? In the beginning, those brawny guys could not compare to us. We will beat them from afar. We were so strong that they left us alone and began to fight among themselves." He continued.
I looked at him with disdain. "I was somewhat conscious when you brought me. I remember everything you guys discussed," and snorted. "Your plan to use me against someone!" I revealed. "And you say you are strong?" I demanded.
Irritated, "Didn't I use past tense? Forget it! How can an insect know grammar?" Adam retaliated, angering me.
Before I could explode, Adam interrupted, "Yes, we WERE powerful. Until that devil set foot on this Island," and explained solemnly/fearfully. "That day, I remember it clearly. We were, as usual, strolling around, mocking the brainless guys and imitating the humans, and suddenly we heard an agitated cry," he paused.
"So, we rushed towards the sound, to find a monkey protecting a wounded man in a wheelchair from... from the Devil," Adam gulped nervously. "So, we shot him with arrows to prevent him from hurting the monkey," he trembled.
"At that time, we can't understand human language, so I don't know what they argued about and we were wary about humans," Adam revealed. "And suddenly, those Brainless guys arrived as the tension reached its peak. So when I saw that human looking/yelling at us, I shot him subconsciously," he replied bitterly. "You are really Brave!" I sneered. 'You will suffer if he is really Luci,' I thought.
Ignoring my sarcasm, "Then something in him changed... I don't know how to describe it, my instinct screamed. I felt like a ferocious predator locked on me. No... it's even more terrifying than that," Adam blabbered in fear.
"Adam... Adam... Adam Smasher! Calm down or I will smash you!" Rafikki yelled. "I don't want to deal with another nervous breakdown," he complained, side-eying Timon.
"I'm FINE! fine!" Adam waved. "After that, they argued again, and the Devil spoke to the Brainless guys, and then he suddenly punched me! Catching me off-guard," Adam shuddered as he placed his hands on his prosthetic arms. "Then he went with those idiots," he sighed.
I gulped, "What does he look like?" and asked nervously.
The three looked at each other after hearing my question and nodded. Timon took a cloth and covered his eyes. Adam 'looked' brave, and then Rafikii pressed a few buttons to reveal a safe hidden in the wall. Opening the safe, he took one of its contents and pressed a button on it. The device in his hand projected a bluish beam of light onto the floor, which slowly formed a holographic figure.
I gasped, identifying the figure, silver hair, black half-mask, cunning/mischievous eyes, that presence... It's him... Luci, but slightly taller. Now, I am really interested in this story, "What happened next?" I asked the pale Adam excitedly.
Recovering from his... whatever... Adam took a deep breath, averting his eyes from the projected image. "Then... then the left behind paralyzed human and the monkey approached us. And from the monkey, named Mo, we learned that the Devil and the Monkey knew each other for a long time and found the paralyzed guy in the wheelchair a few days ago on an abandoned ship," he added.
'That monkey is probably someone he picked after me, poor gu-*US, poor us,' I sighed in pity.
Adam continued, "Then we brought them to our gathering place after the guy in the wheelchair offered to treat my hand," looking grateful. "Then, under their instruction, we gathered the necessary materials from the destroyed towns to stabilize the injury of the wounded man," he continued.
"A few days went by quickly as that SUUPEER man treated his injuries. I can't remember clearly, but his operation was tragic. We heard his screams for a long time. Later, we learned that a big, lengthy 'ship' hit him when he tried to stop it," Adam revealed. I tilted my head in confusion. 'Operation? What kind of injury does that 'ship' caused?'.
Then Adam became solemn, "We thought that the days would go by calmly, but after a month they appeared... the brainless guys rushed and before we could react, they thrashed us," gritting angrily. "Then the Devil himself swaggered and mocked Mo for a while, then left, leaving us in humiliation," Adam gnashed his teeth.
"From that day we began to prepare... for the so-called 'one-month war'. According to them, the Devil planned to attack us every month. And he followed it... From then on, those brainless guys became battle maniacs and we were unable to contain them even with new weapons provided by our two saviors," Adam explained, glumly.
I rolled my thoughtfully, "If they are so powerful, why should I help you? I can go to them. On top of that, I'm their senior..." I dragged, revealing that the mantis trained by the 'Devil' was me.
The trio looked livid upon hearing this. "You ungrateful bastard!" Timon raged. "Who cured your injuries? Maybe I will kill you!" Rafikii replied maliciously.
"Enough! Calm down, you two!" Adam yelled, calming them.
Adam looked at me. "Yeah! You can go, no one will stop you," and replied calmly, taking me by surprise.
"Really?!" I asked, surprised. But totally missed the malicious/mischievous smirk exchanged between the trio.
"Yeah! It's true," Adam nodded. "but listen to the story fully," he hinted. I nodded.
Adam coughed to hide his gloating, "I said earlier that we were not that intelligent, and can't even understand Human speak, then how do you think we grew this powerful?" and asked, making me think deeply. 'Yeah, how did they become intelligent? They are just normal monkeys? Wait! Am I also an intelligent?' I wondered. 'Hmph! If not, how can I become a King?! It's just these monkeys are dumb,' I decided.
Seeing them looking at me, "Ahem! I'm born intelligent! I can't comprehend what you are saying," I explained without missing a heartbeat. 'The first thing to learn from Luci is shamelessness,' I thought shamelessly.
The trio stared at me blankly, "Yeah! You are born shame- *ahem* intelligent," Timon gritted. I narrowed my eyes, did he call me...
Adam interrupted, "Ho, yeah! Didn't I say about Mind-Mind Devil Fruit? Mo is its user," He revealed, as I choked on my saliva, "Monkey? Devil fruit?" in disbelief. "What a waste!" I sighed.
Ignoring my remark, "The Mind-Mind Fruit's power is to affect the mind. It can create an illusion, or hallucination, rewire your motor control, affect memory, make the illusion real, etc. But Founder Mo is so brilliant that he used his power and knowledge to create a virtual world," Adam replied enthusiastically. 'Virtual World? What's that?' I tilted my head in confusion.
Noticing my confusion, "To put it simply, he can send your mind to another world that he created." Adam explained, blowing my mind off. I stared at him in bewilderment and amazement. "Awesome! Have you gone to that world?" I asked hurriedly.
Hearing my outburst, the trio smirked proudly. "Yeah! We have gone to the worlds and learned our respective specializations," Adam admitted generously. "He first sent us dumb minds to ordinary game worlds, where we need to learn to survive. Increasing our intelligence," he added.
"Then I was sent to the main world of Pervert Cyborg: Franky and Cyberpunk," Adam revealed, proudly. "It's the world our other founder Franky started," he beamed.
"Pervert Cyborg?" I asked in bewilderment. "Oh! It's Battle Angel: Something? We just use this name," Adam explained.
"Oh! I went to the world of Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go, Power Rangers, etc.," Timon revealed, as I glanced at the colorful monkeys knowingly.
"Lion King, Marvel Universe, is my game," Rafikii waved, unimpressed.
Realizing that they were showing off, I got annoyed. "What's that got to do with me? Continue the story," I retorted.
Seeing me getting irritated, "Fine...!" Adam nodded. Then he drank some water and began, "Since we can get knowledge, then they can also get knowledge. They indeed became battle-trained at the beginning, but how did they keep up with our technology?" expressing.
'Hmm! From what I examined, they indeed have powerful weapons, which even I will have difficulty coping with. How did they fight with their bare bodies?' I wondered. 'Did they also use Virtual Worlds?' I assumed, looking at the trio in shock.
"Yeah! You guessed right. They also got trained using Mo's power." Adam nodded in frustration. "You must think we are insane? But this is the truth. Each time they defeat us in the fight, they will kidnap Mo and force him to use his power. They even created a contribution list to use Mo. Top contributor will use Mo first, then followed by others," and explained bitterly.
Hearing this, I looked at him weirdly. "Geez! Is this how you word it? Is he a prostitute or what? Since I'm intelligent, I can understand it. If it's some others they will assume wrongly," and advised earnestly.
Adam blushed, "Ah! My bad, use Mo's powers!" and corrected.
"According to the info we collected from the discarded handicapped Humandrills, their training was to send them to a life-and-death battle in the virtual world. And everyone got thrashed severely by the opponent, which was personally created by the Devil himself." Adam revealed gloatingly...? "And they hate that being to their core," he added, smiling eerily. I got an ominous premonition, as Adam continued, "That character will trash-talk his opponents non-stop, while beating. It was voiced by Doom," he smiled.
My green exoskeleton paled several times. As if reading my mind, "Yes, that character is a Praying Mantis named... SCYTHER!" Adam revealed. "...which is you," then pointed at me gloatingly.
"Kakakak!/Oohuhuhuh!/Lololololo!" the trio began laughing after knowing my situation. "Skre... skreeskree... SREEEKREKREKRE!" I laughed maniacally, halting their laughter. "Uh-oh!" Timon squeaked, as I snapped my head towards them and pounced.
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"So, I heard that you guys need my help in dealing with someone?" I asked, panting slightly. "Who are they? How strong they are? How will you guys help us? What will you compensate?" and asked seriously.
"Fuck! Not again!" Timon groaned, twitching in pain.
"Damn! my precious medicine. Bastard! I will cure your amnesia!" Rafikii's muffled roar could be heard behind the Rafikii-shaped hole in the wall.
Nearby, Adam was weeping bitterly, "My precious! You meanie! How can you do this?" he sniffled, holding his broken prosthetics.
I nearly could not digest seeing a two-foot-round monkey weeping, looking at me resentfully. "Oh! You want revenge on those who caused this injury and destruction?" I asked in understanding. "But he looks powerful. I may not be able to defeat him." I replied in fake pity. Unable to digest my shamelessness, the trio gritted.
Hearing this, "Don't worry, we will train you!" Rafikki declared, leaning in through the hole.
"I will provide all the hardcore machines for the training," Timon sat up, his eyes shining brightly.
"We will utilize all our resources to make you so strong that no one can defeat you," Adam announced, fire burning in his eyes. "I propose to use the 'Supremely Highly Extremely Deadly Hellish Devil Training plan'. Do you agree?" he proposed.
"I Agree!" Timon yelled without missing a beat. "My goal is to make Dr. Doom's training cute compared to us," he added maliciously.
"Shit! I have overdone it," I panicked. "Hey! What are you guys planning?" I shuttered. "I'm a patient!" and quibbled.
"Don't worry! I will make a comprehensive medical plan so no one will die easily," Rafikii replied, as various colorful blobs hovered around him. 'Damn! He is a Devil Fruit user?' I panicked.
"I will take my chance with my juniors," I proposed. "I won't bother you anymore. See ya!" I waved, rushing towards the exit.
"Super Force Monkey Team Hyperforce!" Timon yelled as he settled into the cockpit of his Human-mech. "GO!" he roared as the cockpit door snapped shut.
"Black Guards!" Adam roared, as various monkeys in black combat uniforms surrounded me. "SMASH!" he waved.
"SKREKYAAAAA! Help!" I screamed, taking off from there as they pounced after me. Thus, beginning my gruesome training.
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They threatened me to do the so-called training, but it was pure torture. They forced me to do weird things and assured me that it was training, but yelled, 'In the name of science' before starting it.
At one time, "This is a Gravitational Survival chamber!" Timon introduced a weird-looking machine. "You just need to survive in there," he smiled kindly, but the weird-colored monkeys readying behind him said otherwise. Remembering the fight I had with them, it was annoying. They have weird weapons. If I was about to defeat them, they would further transform after yelling, 'Power Rangers Hyperforce Go!' and become powerful. Then they will even get weird vehicles called Zords which annoy me further, then they become dangerous if they combine their Zords to become Megazords. 'Fuck! monkey-looking thing, I will get you back!' I cursed, entering the grinder-like machine tremblingly.
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Then I was also forced to compete in the arena- which contains different natural habitats and harsh weather. Many weird animals called cyborgs live there. They are half-animals and half-machines, and they all fight weirdly. Who gives guns to animals!? Oh...! Animals! No, it's all Luci's fault. And what's annoying is that there are five Cyber animals called Furious Five, consisting of a Tiger, Crane, Snake, Monkey, and to rub salt in my wound, there is also a mantis on that team- a tiny one. They all specialized in close Combat?! Didn't they claim that they abhor it? Then why are they learning it, send them to Muscle guys! What a hypocrite! "Fuck you, Adam!" I roared, flying into the forest, knowing well that it was heard by him who was overseeing this place.
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And there are also some normal days, "You dumb insect! How many times I will explain about Bio-feedback? Why can't you learn?" Rafikii cursed me.
"Fuck you! This is the first time I'm hearing about it," I raged. Well, Luci said something similar, but... who cares?
"Oh! Forget it!" Rafikki waved. "Just remember, Will is a powerful thing. You can do anything with it," and explained mysteriously. I rolled my eyes, annoyed, ducking under a tree branch.
"I have used various chemicals and increased your body potential," Rafikki grinned in satisfaction. I shuddered to hear this, 'This idiot's Chem-chem Fruit is dangerous,' I mumbled.
"So, you will molt soon. If you use Bio-feedback while molting, you can even change the shape of your body," Rafikii revealed excitedly. "Isn't your back sticking out while fighting?" he eyed my back.
"I'm an Insect! That's how I was born!" I raged, recalling that everyone would aim at my back while fighting.
"I know! But what if it could be solved with a combination of Bio-feedback and your Molting? You could get a streamlined body and can also walk upright, then your combat power will increase," Rafikii explained.
I'm shocked to hear this, "It's cool! I will definitely try," I determined, then looked at Rafikii gratefully. "You are the only good guy here," and cried.
"You came to that conclusion too soon." Rafikii grinned, making my heart skip a beat.
"What do you mean?" I asked vigilantly, only to find myself in an unknown location. "Where is this place?" I asked in shock.
"Kekekeke! I just sold you to the Brawnies!" Rafikii proclaimed and jumped up into the tree. "Stay alive!" he wished and disappeared.
I took a deep breath in anger. "No one is good on this island!" I cursed. But the rustling sound around made me vigilant, as slowly one figure after another, Humandrills emerged, each carrying Axe.
"Kakaka! The information is true! The real Demon Instructor is here," one Humandrill laughed.
"Let our Axe Gang be the first to test you," another declared bloodthirsty.
"Guys! There is some misunderstanding. Let's talk," I tried to converse.
"KILL HIM!" One Humandrill threw the axe.
"Holy Shit!" I dodged the axe and turned tail. "I will never forget this! You buffoon!" and ran cursing.
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Year:1517: Kuraigama Island
*CLANG* *swish* *slash* *crack* Various figures can be seen besieging one figure desperately. That besieged figure looked weird. It looked like a Praying Mantis but was standing upright supported by his two pairs of hind legs. And somehow reduced the size of his big protruding back, which is now upright.
*Bang* Dodging a Hammer, *screech* parrying a spear, *swish* attacking a mace-wielding figure, ducking a thrown axe, Blocking a sword, and simultaneously attacking a shield-wielding figure using the double-bladed weapon held in his mouth, slashing the scythe at the two figures that punched and kicked him. "Hmph!" I scoffed, as the wings in my back vibrated at a strange frequency, causing dizziness to these Humandrills.
"Tornado slash!" I yelled, as I spun and took off vertically, causing a tornado-like slash, sending them flying. Using my flight advantage, I spun and flew vertically above them, then dived, accompanied by my slash at the remaining Humandrills, incapacitating them.
I landed slowly and looked at the only figure remaining. "*huff* Now it's your turn. How long are you going to watch? Mojo Jojo!" I asked, taking a deep breath.
That Humandrill walked out calmly. It donned a huge white blade on its back. "I will destroy your arrogance, SCYTHER!" it roared, unsheathing the sword, and rushed at me.
"Come On!" I roared, slashing my Armament Haki-covered scythe, beginning my new round of fight. Then we continued to fight for a whole day, destroying the vicinity. Just as we were exhausted, and decided to end with one move, my Observation Haki detected an extremely fast-moving small object flying towards... no, above us, and fell on the other side.
"What's that?" I exclaimed in surprise, resisting an attack.
"Don't know! Don't Care!" Mojo Jojo yelled, pressing his blade further.
"Sigh! It's a foot!" a voice replied wryly. We snapped our heads towards the voice to find a black-haired human, with a short beard and weird sideburn. His eyes are distinguishingly yellow, similar to an eagle. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a golden crucifix around his neck. He also has a large black blade strapped to his back.
"Mojo Jojo! Your imposter is here," I complained, to the Humandrill. Mojo Jojo twitched their eyes in annoyance/embarrassment, upon hearing this. "And what do you mean by Foot? Will someone throw a foot?" I asked in disbelief, knowing well that he couldn't understand me.
"An annoying guy has arrived," Mihawk uttered, folding his hands.
I began, "Look at his audacity! He copied you and occupied your castle..." complaining when my Haki detected another object arriving.
"Bastard! Dumb! How dare you blast my foot?!" a voice screamed angrily.
"Let go of me! Idiot! Why are you dragging me!?" another voice struggled.
A blue-haired human holding a monkey burst out from the canopy, rushing towards us as if attracted to the previous object. "Who used my foot as a cannonball? It's you! Shut up!And... Hmm!" the human paused, spotting us.
Since he was an intruder, we slashed at him unceremoniously as he approached us. To my surprise, he threw the monkey to safety, and then blocked or dodged our attacks.
"Huh!" I exchanged glances with Mojo and we began to attack vigorously. Numerous flying slashes attacked that intruder, and to my surprise, he dived straight into it. 'Does he have strong Haki?' I wondered, only to see him shredded into ribbons.
"WHAT!?" my eyes bulged out in shock. I stared dumbfounded at the 'ribbons' that fell in front of us, *chop* suddenly the 'ribbons' joined together, revealing, "Bastard! Why are you attacking me?" a blue-haired, big red-nosed man, yelling angrily.
My eyes lit up seeing this. 'What a weird human! It's probably Devil Fruit!' and stared at him with twinkling eyes.
"Huh!? Insect? Monkey? And Why is this insect huge?" the man yelled after identifying his attackers.
Ignoring him, "Hey! Mojo! Did you see it? This guy can't be cut," I indicated. "How about a competition? Let's see who cut this man into many pieces?" I proposed, excitedly. Mojo thought for a while and nodded, slightly interested. 'I'm first!' he expressed.
"Oh! You guys can't understand me. Where is Dumb? Oi! Dumb!" the man called and spotted 'his' monkey surrounded by that group of armed monkeys. The man stiffened seeing this, "What are you doing to 'my' Monkey?!" and roared ferociously, then rushed there.
*swish* a flying slash rooted him, as he watched his Red-Round nose fall from his face. "Tsk!" Mojo looked dissatisfied at wasting his chance, so he followed up and shredded the round 'ball'.
The man stared blankly at red 'dust' floating in front. Veins bulged on his face, as he became furious. "Bastard! I have tolerated you enough!" he roared at the Mojo after sticking his nose, on his face, which just merged.
Since Mojo's turn ended, he intended to let me try, so he retreated, "I slashed 20 times," as he reported. But a black fist enlarged in his view, which he blocked hastily, sending him staggering back a few steps. "Where do you think you are going? You Hairy Bastard!" the man roared, following up with his attacks.
I blinked at this situation, then walked towards the Humandrills surrounding that monkey, ignoring the fight. On the way, I snorted at Mojo Jojo's 'copycat' who was watching the fight nearby and stealing Mojo's moves.
Nearing the group, "Are you alive?", "Where were you?", "Bastard Mo!", "Send me to the virtual world, I want to beat that Mantis!", "I'm first! I will pummel that bastard!", I heard the Humandrills clamoring surrounding the bewildered Monkey.
The monkey responded, confused. "Huh? What?!", "Mo? You found the wrong per...-monkey!", "I'm not! I can't!", "Ok, FINE!" his outburst silenced the Humandrills.
"I will give priority to the one who slices him the most," the monkey grinned, pointing at the man fighting Mojo. I was shocked by this, 'Didn't they come together?' and wondered.
The Humandrills paused hearing this, "Really?", "Don't back out!", "I'm winning," then picked their weapons and ran towards the fight. "Only use sharp weapons!" the monkey reminded, sweating nervously. "Phew! Dodged the bullet!" it muttered.
"Oh! So he is invulnerable to cuts, Huh!?" I asked. "Yeah! He is... Gah! Who?!" the monkey screamed in panic and looked at me. "SCYTHER! What are you doing... Wait! Why Am I calling you Scyther? Who are you?" it began then changed the conversation, looking confused.
"How do you know my name?" I asked, narrowing my eyes menacingly.
The Monkey began to fidget, "Huh? Don't know! I can't remember! And who is this Mo they misidentified as?" he asked, looking confused.
"Don't worry! I will find it soon." I grinned maliciously, causing the monkey to shudder. "No! How will you check!? You don't need to check! It's just some memory loss," the monkey began.
"No need to explain! I know!" I assured, silencing him.
"Huh? What did you understand?" that monkey panicked, "Don't go! I'm speaking the truth!" I walked away, waving in the air, as a Black-suited Humandrils popped out of their camouflaged suit.
"Black Guards! Catch that monkey and that human!" I ordered, "I will find your secret myself!" I said to the pale monkey. Well, how did I become their leader? Hard fist *um* scythe.
"What!? No!" the monkey panicked, trying to run away, but was surrounded by guards.
"Hey! Hey! Hey! Why are there more monkeys?" the human shouted in panic. "Oi! Hawkeye! I spotted you earlier! Save me! Ask these monkeys to stop," he yelled at the copycat. 'Oh! They knew each other!' I deduced from seeing their interaction. 'Whatever!' I shrugged. 'Now it's my turn to play, that bastard Mojo!' I cursed as I groaned from pain due to my previous fight with Mojo.
I noticed that these monkeys didn't pose any threat to that human. The Humandrills were beaten and were sent flying with various injuries. I motioned the Black Guards to surround him and walked towards the fight, "Chop-Chop Explosion!" the human roared, exploding on the spot, sending his Haki-covered body parts flying, attacking the monkeys surrounding him. I braked to dodge the flying monkey and then stepped over another monkey, wailing in pain, and rushed towards that man who was yelling, "Bastards! I'm gonna kill you!".
As if noticing my arrival, the man passed his scolding and turned towards me. Well, what was remaining of him, as I timed it so that I would reach him before his body parts. "Come On!" he roared as his floating fist punched my sickle. *thunk* his feet blocked my other attack. I looked at him to see a malevolent grin on his face as his head turned upside-down laughing, "Hehehehehe!" I shuddered at this. 'What are you?' I rolled my eyes.
"That's what I should be asking you~" he replied as if he read my thoughts. "Chop Chop Barrage!" he roared. *thud* *clang* *bam* as various attacks fell on me, which I hurriedly blocked. After retreating, I belatedly noticed that most of his body parts were near him, after beating those Humandrills, from the corner of my eye, I could see Humandrill groaning on the ground with various poses, and only Mojo was fighting a fist and a feet.
Obviously, I also noticed that his feet are floating differently than the rest of the part. It's like... stepping on the air? How? Who cares? Focus on his next move. His parts converged near his head, which still had a malicious grin on its face, and he yelled, "Chop Chop Missile!" as the Haki-covered body parts were launched at me. Annoyingly, they were accurate, and the ones that I dodged put a hole in the ground, surprising me.
'It's dangerous!' I gasped, punting away one body part after another. After punting most of the body parts, 'Well, It's time!" I grinned at him. My expression startled the man, as if he could see any expression on my green insect face.
But he still recalled all his body parts, and I grinned at the result. "Damn it! Bastard!" the chibi Human roared angrily.
Before I could further instruct, "OH! What do we have here?" Rafikii intruded, annoying me.
"Get Lost! Who called you?" I rolled my eyes.
"Ah! You hurt me!" Rafikki reacted fake-hurt. "I... Why did you come?" Ignoring Rafikki I asked the seven-foot 'man' a.k.a Timon's mecha. "Tsk! We helped you," Timon's voice sounded, and then pointed at the Super Robot Monkey Team who arrived riding various weird vehicles called Zords.
"Release those parts! Bastards!" the Human yelled. Then I noticed the Zords holding various body parts of the 'chibi' Human.
Rolling my eyes, "I send those parts flying to them!" I expressed annoyed.
"Take him away!" I waved as the Black guards swarmed the Human and packed him. The human blinked in confusion, then reacted, "Let me go! You kidnappers! Why are you capturing me? You were the ones who cut me first!" and roared angrily.
Hearing his accusation, I reacted, 'Yeah! Why are we capturing him? For Cutting! No! He intruded! Yes, he is an Intruder,' then ignored his accusation 'righteously'.
Amid his 'begging' the human spotted his money companion, who was also caught, he raged/gloated, "Bastard Dumb! It's all your fault," the Human roared.
The monkey who was in a confused/panicked state because of me, "Shut it! Buggy!" roared in annoyance, then noticed the Human's situation. "Kekekekakaka! Buggy, there is a stupid kid that looks like you! Come and see!" Dumb mocked.
With annoyance, "Damn You! Who's fault is this?" Buggy roared shark-teethed.
Dumb widened his eyes in disbelief, "I kindly brought you to train your Devil Fruit! Is this how you repay me?" and asked indigently.
"Train!? When? Being cut by these Monkeys can be called Training?" Buggy was enraged by this.
Ignoring their bickering, we prepared to return to our base. I glared at the copycat standing nearby and passed him. Suddenly we heard the "Pfft..!" sound. I paused and looked at the copycat, who was as stoic as ever.
Buggy knowing the reason behind that laugh, "Bastard Mihawk! Did you just laugh at me?!" screamed unhappily. Mihawk calmly looked away from 'chibi' Buggy then he turned around and strode away. Only the slight shaking of his shoulder could explain his mood.
"Stop Bastard! Don't run! Wait, Save me!" Buggy roared indigently. We stared blankly and sighed in relief that the man didn't come to save Buggy. Because that man was dangerous, then we continued on our way. *Sling* then the sound of drawing a sword halted our steps. 'Damn! Did he come back?' I cursed and turned my head mechanically '*phew* It's Mojo!' I sighed in relief and noticed that everyone was having the same reaction.
"What do you want?" I asked Mojo in annoyance.
"That!" Mojo pointed at Dumb Monkey. "Mo! Leave Him!" he demanded.
I looked at 'Mo' in confusion. Before I could respond, "MO! Where!?" Rafikii exclaimed, then looked at Dumb.
*Thud* *Thud* *Thud* Timon drove his 'Human' Mecha yelling, "Show me! Show me!" pushing through the crowd, and gathered around Dumb scaring him.
Ignoring the commotion, I squinted, "I refuse!" and grinned maliciously, picking up my weapon. 'Looks similar!', 'But Not!', 'The face...!', 'Looks different!', I heard Rafikii and Timon bicker, then focused on Mojo and Humandrills gathering behind him.
"He promised!", "I slashed him three times!", "Hmph! Me ten times!", "Leave him! You wimps!", "Are you trying to keep him to yourself?", "If only Dr. Doom was here!", "Gah! Do tell that name!", "But it's true!" the Humandrill's began to make a commotion.
"It seems you didn't receive enough beating!" I grinned, as Black Guards gathered around me, leaving the 'captives' to those two idiots.
"Who trashed whom?" Mojo grinned. "You guys have been harassing us since our boss left, and have no result. We will avenge for it," he roared.
"Avengers Assemble!" he roared. Then *Boom* *Boom* *Boom* Humandrill carrying a Huge shield lined up in the front yelling, "Shield Heros!", followed by spear-wielding Humandrill behind "Spear Demons!". Then other humandrill gathered behind them in a formation familiarly, yelling, "Axe Gang!", "Hammerdrills!", "Mace gang!", "Staff club!", etc.. I rolled my eyes at their names, after they assembled "AVENGEEEE! HOOHAHOO!" they roared.
I grinned in anticipation, "Black Guard, Ready!" I waved, as the cyborg-Humandrills, warmed up their weapon, guns, guns, guns, missile launchers, guns, grenade launchers, flame throwers, etc. 'Asshole!' I cursed at them for using these weapons. 'Why can't we use those awesome weapons?' I drooled remembering all those sci-fi weapons back at the base.
After confirming that Rafikii and Timon retreated with the captives, "Fire!" I ordered expressionlessly. *ratatatata* *bang* *bang* *Boom* *bang* *Boom* *Swish* *Boom* Various guns fired at the Brawny Monkeys, who blocked them with haki-coated shields or smacked them away with their weapons, the missiles were intercepted by throwing axes.
"Ah! It's fun!" I grinned enthusiastically.
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"Can't you guys give a rest?" Rafikii complained as he changed my bandage.
I stared at him in resentment, "Who was the one who left me in the forest... Ok, ok I won't complain," I began before Rafikii relented.
"It's done!" Rafikii informed, patting his hands.
I stood up and flexed my body to check the bandage restriction. "Let's go! We have something important to do," I reminded and went out.
Rafikii's eyes widened in anger, "Don't order me! Bastard!" he roared angrily.
Exiting the room, I proceeded to my destination at the end of the corridor, a heavily secured door guarded by Black Guard- Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4. Have I explained about Black Guards? Well, they are copycats of the anime Cyborg 009. Z1- Assaulter- Speedy Cyborg, Z2- Assasin/Engineer- Enhanced Gene & Awesome Equipments, Z3- Juggernots- They are heavily Armed Gene enhanced Cyborg... very costly. Z4- Sniper/Stricker- Gene-enhanced Cyborg proficient in Weapons. These four work as a team called Black Guards. There are also five groups similar to them with various combinations. Well, those three at least do their work properly.
The door opened after scanning me, to reveal the 'Big Three' inside along with Hyperforce Monkeys and Furious Five...? What the hell! I glared at the mantis standing on the Buggy's head.
Noticing my arrival the three who were surrounding the Dumb Monkey asked, "What to do with them?" "Do you want to slice them?" "Leave it to me, I will smash them," the three asked eagerly.
"Well, Let's... Wait a minute?! How the hell did you arrive before me?" I stared at Rafikii in shock.
"Kekeke! It's a secret!" Rafikii winked mischievously.
I stared at him speechlessly, "Whatever!" and ignored him. "Bring in Z0!" I ordered, shocking the trio.
"What!?"/ "Straight to Z0? without other methods?"/"Are they special to use Z0?" the trio made a commotion.
"Yeah! Bring Z0 directly, it's just an intuition..." I replied eyeing the Dumb.
Looking at my determination the trio compromised and Adam went to bring Z0.
"Why don't we use that Helmet?" Timon asked doubtfully.
"Didn't you break that thing?" I replied doubtfully.
"ME? You broke it! Not me!" Timon jumped angrily. "Besides, I have already fixed it," he retorted.
"Really? Why can't I remember?" I tilted my head in confusion.
"Your memory loss act won't work on me, Bastard!" Timon huffed in anger.
"Hmph, If you fixed it, I wonder if that helmet will roast their head off?" Rafikii commented.
"You, Shut up! baboon!" Timon snarled. "No one underestimates my talent!" he roared.
Hearing this, "Their head?" Dumb asked in confusion. "Are you planning to use us as Test subjects?" and roared in anger.
"Dumb! What are they saying?" Buggy panicked. "And bastard insect! Ask your mini-you to move from my head," he roared.
I looked at him in confusion, and after seeing the snickering Timon and Rafikii I reacted, "How does it look like me?" and glared at Buggy.
"Um! Like mantis!" Buggy replied confused, looking up at the mantis standing on his head.
"Skree! Don't compare me with it! Bastard!" I roared, angrily. "And, Don't look proud!" then yelled at the Mantis cyborg.
"Idiot Buggy! Don't change the subject! They are going to use us as a Test subject," Dumb yelled. "And how the hell did you understand its language?" he asked curiously.
"WHAAT!?" Buggy yelled in surprise.
Irritated, "Can you shut their mouth?" I ordered Timon. "And how can this monkey speak like Human?" I wondered.
"Huh? You are not our boss!" Timon replied blankly. I rolled my eyes speechlessly, "Your SUUUPPEER boss was not back for two years!" I pointed. "Who knows whether he is alive?" I added.
"Shut up! What do you know?" Rafikii snapped. "Ever since Mo and Doom rushed out of the island, he is busy running the business alone!" he retorted.
"What business? Labourers? I mocked.
"How dare you? Labourers? What do you know about our Noble job?" Timon retorted angrily.
"How Noble?" I sneered in disdain.
"Well, we are underground Mercenaries. We spy, rob, espionage, Assassinate, Intelligent broker, sell weapons, murder, these kinds of things," Timon counted out, dumbfounding me, even though I had heard it many times.
"I'm speechless every time I hear it," I muttered, "Damn you! Is this Noble?" then yelled, as captive Dumb nodded.
"Yeah! That's what Nobles called Celestial Dragons do! Doom said," Rafikii replied as he was studying Buggy's sliced-up body immersively.
I blinked in confusion, "I don't know them but I now loath them," and grumbled.
Timon continued, "Anyway, Boss Franky will return to his Home in the next year or so, So he will be back. So... What do you think about this?" ignoring Timon's ramble, I asked Rafikki pointing at Buggy.
"Well, He is immune to chops," Rafikii explained. "Oh! All cuts? Tried every weapon? Paper cut? Laser cut? Plasma Cut? Or he is only immune to chopping?" I asked a series of questions. Dumb paled hearing this and looked at Buggy in pity.
"What are they talking about? Translate it! Are they talking about my Nose? What's with your look?" Buggy demanded Dumb.
Dumb reacted quickly, "Oh! They are discussing regarding... your training plan!" and replied.
"How I wish they could speak like you? I must thank them for their hard work," Buggy sighed.
Nearby Timon paused his ramble, "Don't ignore me... How about I build a Laser room and make him cross while chased by a sword-teethed cyborg animals?" and joined our discussion.
"Oh! Rafikii, you also could not slice his body," I reminded. "Um! Is he also immune to needles? How about I build..." Timon began when Adam returned followed by an old Humandrill in a wheelchair.
"Oh! He came back, spoiling our fun!" Timon groaned.
"Yeah! How I wish this human could understand us!" I lamented and grinned at Buggy, who grimaced back.
"Now, only this Dumb understood us," Rafikki sighed, looking at the shocked Dumb.
"What? It's all a joke?" Dumb asked disappointedly.
"Are you guys really friends?" I asked my doubt in surprise.
"I brought Z0! What are you talking about?" Adam arrived and asked, we shrugged innocently.
Adam eyed us suspiciously, "Whatever! Gibson! set it up!" and ordered the Hyper Monkey Team. Blue Monkey nodded, then waved at the other four monkeys as they dragged a box and began to set it up under Gibson's order.
As they worked, I finally cast my eyes on Z0- the old ma-monkey. "So, this is Z0?" I muttered.
Why is this guy Z0? Because he is the result of the operation done trying to imitate Cyborg 001, they got Mo's brain data and then tried to implement the same in this Humandrill. Outcome- paralyzed, only his brain is active. Fortunately, due to advanced robotics and medicals, his brain is connected to a chip that is used to control his wheelchair and communicate using the display screen. [What are ya lookin' at?] the screen displayed.
I calmly averted my gaze. Apparently, Luci set off from this island because of a similar case. According to the trio... founder Mo's brain nearly fried because of overuse of Devil fruit power. Monkey's brain can't endure the amount of 'work' forced by Luci. Waste of Devil fruit. Identifying the problem, Luci took Mo away to find a cure.
"Ok! It's done!" Timon announced as Gibson showed the Ok sign.
I nodded, "Fix him up!" and pointed at Dumb.
Sparx and Otto picked Dumb and strapped him to the chair. "Wait... wait! What are you doing? Help!" Dumb screamed in terror.
"Oi... oi... oi... oi!" Buggy yelled in disbelief, "Leave him alone! Bastard! or I will kill you!" and threatened.
Ignoring their commotion, they fixed a wired helmet on Dumb's head and connected one end to a machine and another connected to a slot in Z0's head. [As agreed! After this I'm free!] the monitor displayed.
The trio became silent. "Fine! After this, we will arrange for your Leave!" Adam nodded.
So, why are we connecting Z0 with Dumb? Other than paralysis, he additionally got some sort of superpower, well he can read minds if connected with necessary devices. A tiny bit of Mo's power.
As the machine powered up, the huge display connected to the machine lit up as blue lights clustered together to show an Old Humandrill. [Ah! It's much better!] the figure stretched.
We stared at the screen in anticipation, Buggy also calmed down seeing this, as he could read the subtitles generously generated by Z0.
[I will begin my entry!] Zo replied as the machine whirred. [Oh! His memory is missing! Then I will reboot it] he nodded, as the screen flashed.
The screen began to display a video of a monkey [A baby monkey waking up to the unknown, surviving by eating whatever he gets his hands on, lazing his days...] "Whoa! Is this Dumb's memory?" Rafikii exclaimed in surprise.
"Yeah! But why are we watching his life? Do we want to watch him growing all the year?" Timon frowned, as others shrugged.
"Z0! Fastforward! Show only important things," Adam asked Z0.
[Will try!] Z0 replied.
I continued to watch the video [...Monkey fighting with other monkeys... protecting his brother when he does weird things... saw a huge terrifying Human dragging a kid and made him fight the 'monkey King'... while the Human stood nearby laughing BWAHAHAHAH...] "Ah! GARPu!" Buggy yelled in shock.
We looked at him in surprise, then ignored him. [...hiding from the huge four-legged Tiger... running away while being chased by a huge black bear... crossing the river using crocodile as stepping stone... Playing with the waves... Finding a bag containing weird things... eating a disgusting fruit...]
"Oh! That's Devil Fruit!" Timon yelled.
"And! Isn't his brother... looks like Mo?" Rafikii asked doubtfully.
"Yeah! I think so!" Adam squinted. "And, whose bag is that? it contained High-tech products?" he asked excitedly.
I also looked at the so-called Mo, 'So, this guy is my junior *bah* fellow sufferer?' but... "Are you guys blind? He was there from the beginning! Why are you only identifying him now?" I asked irritated.
The trio was embarrassed and averted their eyes then began to discuss among themselves ignoring me. "Face-blinded idiots!" I rolled my eyes at their antics and focused on the video. [After eating the Devil fruit and gagging, the monkeys discarded the Devil Fruit and ran away. As they were playing along the banks of a stream, suddenly the screen flicked red like an alarm and the monkey dodged hurriedly avoiding a stick swiping at them.
"HOW DARE YOU EAT MY DEVIL FRUIT!?" a roar followed. The terrified monkeys slowly turned to spot a Flaming Devil with open Black wings, tails swinging menacingly, as electricity crackled on its body.
"KREEECCCCHH!" they screamed as the screen turned blood red and snapped out]
"KREEEEE/ MEEEEEEP/GYAAAAA/ SKREEEAAA!" we all screamed instinctively after spotting Luci's terrifying form. To my horror, I spotted Z0 tremble as if he was having a fit.
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LogicNoLogic: Hmph! Let's see how John interferes with this. How dare he call me a Newbie Author? Now, Scyther is protogonist. But... why is this island influenced by him?
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