Child: Hehe... look at the idiot, there are few fools who will be so careless around here!
(Crash)
The child bumps into something and falls to the ground.
Child: Hey, watch where you're going!
As the child yells, he feels something in his throat and slowly rises from the ground.
Hidan: Hey, kid, who are you?
Child: Ahh... ugh... ugh...
The child can't speak because Hidan choked him.
Hidan puts the child down, and the child starts writhing in pain!
Hidan slowly walks towards the child, gets closer to his face, and asks again.
Hidan: I asked you, who are you?
The child meets Hidan's eyes with fear, almost about to wet himself, but stammers out a response.
Child: I-I'm Al... Alfred, sir.
Hidan: A thief, huh?!
Hidan sees himself in the child, weak, clumsy, and pathetic, but Hidan has a simple rule: "NO MERCY!"
Hidan laughs at the child and says,
Hidan: Open the pouch!
The child becomes happy, thinking that Hidan pities him and will give him some money. He opens the pouch, but as soon as he does, a snake inside it bites him on the shoulder, injecting its venom.
Hidan: If you survive, you'll be rewarded. I'll be around this month, come find me, brat.
In the pouch, Hidan found a venomous snake that he found while wandering after leaving his hideout.
As Hidan walks away, the child collapses in pain and is engulfed in flames...
Hidan: Don't die, brat!
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Child's Perspective:
~ In the morning, I stole some food from the farm to fill my stomach, but the farm owner caught me and beat me up badly. I was bruised all over, wandering with an empty stomach when I saw a man, 180 cm tall, wearing a black cloak with red clouds on it, and his face was hidden due to his hat. He seemed lost in thought. I thought it was an opportunity, so I ran up and bumped into him, stealing the pouch he had with him, and started running. The pouch was moving slightly, but I didn't pay much attention to it. If I got caught again, I would probably die this time.
As I kept running, I collided with something again. Just as I was about to yell "watch where you're going," the man grabbed me by the throat and lifted me up; it was the same man I stole from.
He looked at me and asked who I was, but he held my neck so tightly that I couldn't answer.
He threw me to the ground and told me to open the pouch. Just when I thought I would finally have a meal today, a snake inside it bit me, a snake I knew all too well – a locally infamous, deadly venomous snake. Every year, many people died from its poison in the town, and now it seemed my end had come.
The man told me to live, promising a reward if I survived, but what did it matter? There was no chance of survival with this venom, after all...
...
...
...
NO! I WON'T ALLOW IT, I WON'T ALLOW MYSELF TO DIE!!! I CAN'T DIE HERE! I HAVE UNFINISHED REVENGEE!!! DAMN THIS SNAKE, IT WON'T KILL ME!!!!
AAGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
The child tries to get up from the ground, but his hands don't hold, so he drags himself away from there...
Back to Hidan
~That stupid brat paid the price for stealing from me. Let's see if he can survive; I'm pretty sure of the venom of this snake. After all, it killed a bear it stung. If he survives, he might prove useful, a brat always comes in handy.
As Hidan contemplates these thoughts, he advances towards a bar. When he arrives at the bar, he sees that the thugs inside are having a wild time; they are drinking like crazy, gambling, and harassing the women around. The bartender is too scared to say anything.
Hidan doesn't care about all that and moves towards the counter slowly; after all, he grew up in a dump and is quite used to scenes like this.
Hidan sits on a bar stool and calls the bartender.
Hidan: Hey, bartender!
The bartender's hand and teeth clench, but he struggles to maintain a composed expression.
Bartender: Yes, sir?
Hidan came here not to drink but to gather information, but he's also hungry; an immortal still needs energy.
Hidan: Give me a glass of beer and some food, and also some information, please.
The bartender brings the beer and food immediately.
Hidan tastes the beer.
Hidan: Mmm, quite tasty; it must be wheat beer, but it lacks the simple taste of wheat malt.
Even though Hidan didn't drink much in his previous life to maintain his fitness, he can still tell that this is pretty good.
Bartender: I'm glad you like it, sir.
Hidan: Anyway, now...
Hidan puts more belly on the table and says,
Hidan: I want some information about the island and its surroundings.
The bartender is trying to talk to Hidan, but his attention is more on the thugs.
Bartender: Huh? Could you repeat that, sir? I didn't understand.
Hidan gets annoyed by this and slightly angry.
Hidan: Thh... I said information, information! What is this place? Who rules it? What do you do here? Tell me!
Bartender: This is Wheat Ear Island, a land quite fertile for wheat and its processing. We're best known for wheat beer and other wheat products. In the past, big nobles, counts, and kings used to buy large amounts of wheat beer from this island.
Bartender: But one day, King II. Harvey suddenly disappeared, and the palace split into two sides: Commander Harold and the Noble Ember Family on one side, and Minister Axel and the Noble Brendon Family on the other side.
Bartender: We used to be under the World Government's jurisdiction, and though the taxes were high, we could live comfortably. However, when the two sides went into internal conflict, a civil war broke out, and everything turned upside down. Other noble families had to choose sides, and they split into those who wanted to remain under the WG and those who sought freedom. Unfortunately, Minister Axel's faction won the war.
Bartender: After the war's end, all relations with the WG were cut off, and the Marine branch on the island was shut down. It might seem peaceful to people from outside, but taxes remained the same because the money that used to go to the WG now went to Axel and his supporters. So, shortly after, a rebellion erupted, and another fierce civil war took place, leaving the royal family destroyed.
Bartender: Our island is near the entrance of the Grand Line, close to Arabasta. As a result, pirates who enter the Grand Line took advantage of the government's collapse and settled here. Worse, bandits, bandits took everything from us, and now you see, our dignity and honor mean nothing.
While the bartender is explaining all this, a girl enters. She is about 1.60-65 meters tall, blonde, clean-faced, fair-skinned, wearing a short skirt and a white blouse, a beauty personified.
The girl enters, and all the thugs' mouths start watering.
Startled, the girl quickly moves towards the bartender.
Bartender: You foolish girl, how many times have I told you not to come while these scoundrels are here? I'm afraid they'll attack you one day.
Girl: Dad, I was bored at home; you know that.
Bartender: Ah, my daughter, ah... Go inside quickly and stay away from these scoundrels...
Just as the bartender says this, someone from behind puts their hand on the girl's shoulder, and
Thug: Hey, beauty, come and have some fun!
As the thug pulls the girl away, she struggles and tries to escape. The bartender yells,
Bartender: Get your filthy hands off my daughter!!
The thug takes out his gun and starts shooting at the bartender, but due to his drunkenness, he can't aim properly, hitting the bottles on the counter instead.
The bottles shatter, and some pieces stick to the bartender's shoulders, but he hasn't had a chance to respond yet. Meanwhile, the girl picks up a broken bottle from the floor and stabs it into the thug's throat. The thug, who was already drunk, couldn't react, and he dies from the bleeding.
The girl, shocked by the first time she killed someone, remains on the floor, paying no attention to her pain. The bartender, uncaring about his pain, rushes to his daughter and tries to take her away. However, another thug grabs the bartender and throws him onto a table. The table shatters, and the bartender cries out in pain. The girl starts running towards her father...
But before she reaches her father, another thug grabs her and tears her clothes apart. The girl is left completely exposed, and seeing her situation, the bartender's eyes turn bloodshot from rage, but he doesn't have the strength to get up. The thugs swarm around the girl, and she cries for help.
However, reality was harsh; nobody was like Luffy or stupid. Similarly, Hidan didn't care because it didn't concern him. But at that moment, the bartender lying on the broken table beside Hidan looked at him and said,
Bartender: P... p... please, even if not for me, help my daughter... please?
Hidan: What exactly concerns me about this?
Bartender: I have an important family heirloom; please help my daughter... c-cough... c-cough... c-cough...
Even while struggling to speak, the bartender manages to catch Hidan's attention.
~Tch... I hope the reward is worth it.
~System, how many people are here, and what are their powers?
[Analyzing...]
[Analysis Complete!]
[There are fourteen thugs!]
[Ten thugs are (D) level, three are (C) level, and one is (B-) level!]
~Alright, let's get this done!
Just as one of the thugs was about to make a move on the girl's chest, a Scythe sliced the thug's head in half.
The shocked thugs looked around, seeing a pair of eyes descending on them like the Grim Reaper, and I guess that was the last thing they saw...
Hidan swung his Scythe, killing four more.
"Nine left."
Hidan swung his Scythe once again, finishing off the remaining (D) level thugs. However, one of the (C) level thugs managed to block the Scythe and swung his short sword towards Hidan, catching him off guard. The sword impaled his gut.
Once the sword was embedded, the relieved thugs were caught off guard again as Hidan swiftly dispatched the remaining (C) level thugs!
Only the (B-) level thug remained, who, unlike the others, didn't rush towards Hidan for death. He wielded a mace and aimed it at Hidan's foot. Unexpectedly, Hidan jumped backward and somersaulted, creating some distance between them.
Hidan: We'll have a bit of a challenge this time, huh!
Gathering chakra in his foot, he stepped on the wall. After spending hours wandering in the forest, he had also mastered chakra manipulation. He leaped from the wall towards the thug, executing a complex hand sign in less than five seconds, and...
"Fuuma Technique: Tsubaku Mandara!"
In the blink of an eye, the thug found himself trapped inside a pyramid!
Since the opponent couldn't use Haki, he got stuck in the barrier.
Thug: Damn you, what is this?!
Hidan approached the thug and asked,
Hidan: Tell me who you are and how many of you there are?
Thug: Hahahaha... Did you think you could get information from me? What does it matter if you know? You'll die eventually! Hahahahaha...
Hidan closed his left hand and...
~System, absorb their life essences and transfer them to the Character Change Card...
[Ding!]
[Life essences are being absorbed!]
Red, orange, and green colors flowed from the surrounding corpses and gathered within Hidan.
[Ding!]
[Life essences have been absorbed!]
[Ding!]
[Congratulations! "Character Change Card" has been upgraded! (E) ————> (D+) ]
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