Chapter 6 - Iron VI
- Location
- Denmark
"You are Red Leg Zeff aren't you, you might be older, but I can see the similarities between now and your old Wanted Poster." Krieg speculated openly, and the Oldman seemed to confirm.
"Hmm, so what?" Zeff stated. "That was a long time ago, and as you can see I'm retired." The cook pointed to his pegged leg. "Now take the food to your men before more starve to death." I could hear the impatience in Zeff. I guess he really wanted Krieg out of his restaurant before more damage was done.
"I see that you lost that famous Red-Leg of yours truly a shame. But that is not what I'm interested in. You're a pirate that had spent almost twenty years on the Grand Line. And I do not believe for a moment you didn't keep a Log of what you experienced on that sea. Now I want for you to give it to me!" Krieg demanded.
I just wished that Krieg would shut up and leave. I could walk away myself from the conversation, but this was fascinating stuff to hear.
"Wow, you've been to the Grand Line old man?" Luffy butted in on the conversation.
"I have, and I will not deny that I indeed wrote a Log, of my travels. I will not give it over to someone like you, that Log is my pride as a former Pirate and giving it over would shame my men and me." Zeff went down hard on Krieg. It was something I could admire about the "good" Pirates in this world. Their steel hard conviction.
"Then I just steal it, if you won't give it to me. That ocean might have defeated me, but I'm still the mighty Don Krieg. I had the manpower and ambition to conquer that sea, but I lacked a crucial thing when I went to that ocean. Information. And with your Log, and this ship I will start my conquest a new." Krieg tried to sound so impressive, I almost wanted to laugh.
Look at him trying to be Iskander. I thought. Sorry Krieg, but you will never get anywhere in life your much too weak for this world. You're the Voice of your will, is not strong enough to carry you. Man, when did I get all philosophical?
When the other cooks tried to stump on Krieg's inflated ego, but he rebuffed all of them.
"You think you can beat me? You must all be crazy I am Don Krieg, the greatest Pirate of the East Blue and the man who will become King of the Pirates!" Welp Krieg just sealed his fate, he shouldn't have said that.
"Hey!" Came Luffy's voice. "You are not the who will become King of the Pirates. I am!" Luffy shouted. And there was the difference between Krieg and Luffy and nearly every other Pirate that spouted those words. That when Luffy spoke those words, there was an inherent truth to them, that what he was saying was possible and it would happen. And Pirates like Krieg just sounded shallow and spoke nonsense.
There was no way I could truly describe those feeling with words, only it was something one had to experience for themselves.
And of course, with Luffy's declaration, the restaurant went crazy.
"What the hell are you talking about/Kid stand back down or you be killed."
I saw Sanji give Luffy a thinking look like he was contemplating something.
"You said something brat?" Krieg asked the rhetorical question. "Be thankful I'm feeling a little merciful right now, so I let that comment slide."
"You don't have to let it slide. I was just stating the truth." Came Luffy's retort.
"This isn't a game," Krieg snarled.
"Of course." I didn't think Luffy understood what Krieg was talking about, or maybe he did, and Luffy actually had a higher thought process than the rest of us.
"Did you hear even Krieg couldn't make it in there?" Voice interrupted the current conversation and cut right through the atmosphere it had generated. "I won't say anything bad so let's just give up on going there."
"Oh shut your mouth." Another voice responded.
We all turned around to see who was talking.
And sitting at a table was Usopp and Zoro.
"So Luffy are you about to start a rumble? Do you need a hand?" The swordsman asked.
"Oh hey, Zoro, Usopp. No, I don't, you just stay sitting down." Our Captain answered.
"Ha, those are your crewmates? They look like a rather small bunch." Came Krieg's mocking voice.
"What are you talking about I've got three more members."
"You just counted me in, didn't you?"
"Do not joke with me punk! I am Don Krieg Captain over five-thousand men and fifty ships. We were all decimated by that sea in seven days because we lacked information." That statement certainly brought forth a response from the others around me. "Even if your comments are just bluffs it shows how ignorant you are to reality. And if you keep spouting such nonsense I'm going to kill you after I've fed my men." He picked up the bag of food Zeff had given him. "I'm going to give you a final warning if you have not left before my men recover I'm going to kill you all. And if you still feel like defending your restaurant, when it will be my pleasure to end you." Krieg walked out of the restaurant, leaving Gin behind.
When Gin began to apologize for what happened, Zeff decided to quickly tell him that he was not to blame what happened, but it was the cook's own fault, for attacking Krieg.
When they quickly turned their aggression to Sanji and blamed him.
I just ignored the drama, as I didn't want to be apart of it and laid myself on furry stomach next to the table Usopp, Zoro and now Luffy was sitting at.
I only paid attention when Luffy asked Gin a question.
"Hey, Gin? You said you didn't know anything about the Grand Line, but you guys went there didn't you?" The rubber man asked.
"It just that I couldn't believe the truth, I couldn't believe what happened actually did, we had already suffered some damage, but then, but then he showed up." Gin said fearfully. "To think that the entire Krieg Amada was destroyed by single man."
"What Impossible!" Nearly everyone shouted at the same time.
"We had no idea what was going on, but our ships sank one by and if it hadn't been for the storm sending us out and through the Calm Belt. The main ship would have been sunk to. I don't know how many of our other ships survived. I don't want to think about it, I don't want to think about that Hawk-Eyed man slaughtering us all."
"What!" I heard Zoro exclaim.
And Zeff followed upon it. "Yes, that sounds like the work of Hawk-Eye Mihawk."
"Mihawk!" The cooks of the Baratie exclaimed.
"That was him you saw, wasn't it? Those eyes that glare right through the soul. If you only had given me a description, I wouldn't have believed you, but the fact he cut up all your ships confirms it was him." Zeff spoke.
"Hawk-Eye Mihawk whose that?" I heard Usopp ask.
"Beats me." Came Luffy's unhelpful answer.
"He's the guy I'm looking for," Zoro replied.
"Oh yeah, didn't Johnny say something about that?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah, but I seem the idiot got his information mixed up, but now that I am aware that he's there I'm much more excited to go to The Grand Line," Zoro said with glee.
I could hear a conversation happen between Gin and Sanji, but Ignored it in favor of this one.
"Yeah, I can't wait to get there. Hey, Lobo are you excited for the Grand Line it sounds awesome?" Luffy asked me.
It was a rather simple question to answer. [I do Captain, and I can't wait there looks to be a lot of strong people there.]
"Still can't believe you made a wolf join us." Zoro. "No offense."
You get away with it, this time Zoro.
"Hey, Lobo is a smart wolf."
"You a bunch of idiots rushing to your death!" Came Sanji's remark to our conversation.
"That is true," Zoro said. "But could you remove the "Idiot" part from that. Ever since I decided to the greatest swordsman in the world, I threw away my attachment to life. The only one who has the right to call me an idiot is myself."
"Me too."
"As a real man, the same also goes for me."
"Liar."
"…Psh, what a load of crap." Sanji said in response to my crewmates.
Though the same could be said for me, since I decided to go with Luffy, there was a good chance I too would die.
"Haven't you retards realized the situation we're currently!" Patty yelled at us. "Outside is giant Galleon filled with Don Krieg's best officer's and the man himself who are currently-"
Bang
Patty stopped speaking as we all heard the sound of a gun going off, and then the sound of men yelling.
"They are about to attack all cooks get ready for combat," Patty ordered as he picked up a pitchfork to use, and I had no idea where he had gotten it from.
Swush.
I heard it.
The sound of wind flying by.
And then it all went crazy.
Boom
A loud boom followed the wind, and the ship began to tilt and move all over the place.
I heard the men now screaming.
I knew it.
He was here now, right on time.
Dracula Mihawk, The Strongest Swordsman in the world, was here.
"Hmm, so what?" Zeff stated. "That was a long time ago, and as you can see I'm retired." The cook pointed to his pegged leg. "Now take the food to your men before more starve to death." I could hear the impatience in Zeff. I guess he really wanted Krieg out of his restaurant before more damage was done.
"I see that you lost that famous Red-Leg of yours truly a shame. But that is not what I'm interested in. You're a pirate that had spent almost twenty years on the Grand Line. And I do not believe for a moment you didn't keep a Log of what you experienced on that sea. Now I want for you to give it to me!" Krieg demanded.
I just wished that Krieg would shut up and leave. I could walk away myself from the conversation, but this was fascinating stuff to hear.
"Wow, you've been to the Grand Line old man?" Luffy butted in on the conversation.
"I have, and I will not deny that I indeed wrote a Log, of my travels. I will not give it over to someone like you, that Log is my pride as a former Pirate and giving it over would shame my men and me." Zeff went down hard on Krieg. It was something I could admire about the "good" Pirates in this world. Their steel hard conviction.
"Then I just steal it, if you won't give it to me. That ocean might have defeated me, but I'm still the mighty Don Krieg. I had the manpower and ambition to conquer that sea, but I lacked a crucial thing when I went to that ocean. Information. And with your Log, and this ship I will start my conquest a new." Krieg tried to sound so impressive, I almost wanted to laugh.
Look at him trying to be Iskander. I thought. Sorry Krieg, but you will never get anywhere in life your much too weak for this world. You're the Voice of your will, is not strong enough to carry you. Man, when did I get all philosophical?
When the other cooks tried to stump on Krieg's inflated ego, but he rebuffed all of them.
"You think you can beat me? You must all be crazy I am Don Krieg, the greatest Pirate of the East Blue and the man who will become King of the Pirates!" Welp Krieg just sealed his fate, he shouldn't have said that.
"Hey!" Came Luffy's voice. "You are not the who will become King of the Pirates. I am!" Luffy shouted. And there was the difference between Krieg and Luffy and nearly every other Pirate that spouted those words. That when Luffy spoke those words, there was an inherent truth to them, that what he was saying was possible and it would happen. And Pirates like Krieg just sounded shallow and spoke nonsense.
There was no way I could truly describe those feeling with words, only it was something one had to experience for themselves.
And of course, with Luffy's declaration, the restaurant went crazy.
"What the hell are you talking about/Kid stand back down or you be killed."
I saw Sanji give Luffy a thinking look like he was contemplating something.
"You said something brat?" Krieg asked the rhetorical question. "Be thankful I'm feeling a little merciful right now, so I let that comment slide."
"You don't have to let it slide. I was just stating the truth." Came Luffy's retort.
"This isn't a game," Krieg snarled.
"Of course." I didn't think Luffy understood what Krieg was talking about, or maybe he did, and Luffy actually had a higher thought process than the rest of us.
"Did you hear even Krieg couldn't make it in there?" Voice interrupted the current conversation and cut right through the atmosphere it had generated. "I won't say anything bad so let's just give up on going there."
"Oh shut your mouth." Another voice responded.
We all turned around to see who was talking.
And sitting at a table was Usopp and Zoro.
"So Luffy are you about to start a rumble? Do you need a hand?" The swordsman asked.
"Oh hey, Zoro, Usopp. No, I don't, you just stay sitting down." Our Captain answered.
"Ha, those are your crewmates? They look like a rather small bunch." Came Krieg's mocking voice.
"What are you talking about I've got three more members."
"You just counted me in, didn't you?"
"Do not joke with me punk! I am Don Krieg Captain over five-thousand men and fifty ships. We were all decimated by that sea in seven days because we lacked information." That statement certainly brought forth a response from the others around me. "Even if your comments are just bluffs it shows how ignorant you are to reality. And if you keep spouting such nonsense I'm going to kill you after I've fed my men." He picked up the bag of food Zeff had given him. "I'm going to give you a final warning if you have not left before my men recover I'm going to kill you all. And if you still feel like defending your restaurant, when it will be my pleasure to end you." Krieg walked out of the restaurant, leaving Gin behind.
When Gin began to apologize for what happened, Zeff decided to quickly tell him that he was not to blame what happened, but it was the cook's own fault, for attacking Krieg.
When they quickly turned their aggression to Sanji and blamed him.
I just ignored the drama, as I didn't want to be apart of it and laid myself on furry stomach next to the table Usopp, Zoro and now Luffy was sitting at.
I only paid attention when Luffy asked Gin a question.
"Hey, Gin? You said you didn't know anything about the Grand Line, but you guys went there didn't you?" The rubber man asked.
"It just that I couldn't believe the truth, I couldn't believe what happened actually did, we had already suffered some damage, but then, but then he showed up." Gin said fearfully. "To think that the entire Krieg Amada was destroyed by single man."
"What Impossible!" Nearly everyone shouted at the same time.
"We had no idea what was going on, but our ships sank one by and if it hadn't been for the storm sending us out and through the Calm Belt. The main ship would have been sunk to. I don't know how many of our other ships survived. I don't want to think about it, I don't want to think about that Hawk-Eyed man slaughtering us all."
"What!" I heard Zoro exclaim.
And Zeff followed upon it. "Yes, that sounds like the work of Hawk-Eye Mihawk."
"Mihawk!" The cooks of the Baratie exclaimed.
"That was him you saw, wasn't it? Those eyes that glare right through the soul. If you only had given me a description, I wouldn't have believed you, but the fact he cut up all your ships confirms it was him." Zeff spoke.
"Hawk-Eye Mihawk whose that?" I heard Usopp ask.
"Beats me." Came Luffy's unhelpful answer.
"He's the guy I'm looking for," Zoro replied.
"Oh yeah, didn't Johnny say something about that?" Luffy asked.
"Yeah, but I seem the idiot got his information mixed up, but now that I am aware that he's there I'm much more excited to go to The Grand Line," Zoro said with glee.
I could hear a conversation happen between Gin and Sanji, but Ignored it in favor of this one.
"Yeah, I can't wait to get there. Hey, Lobo are you excited for the Grand Line it sounds awesome?" Luffy asked me.
It was a rather simple question to answer. [I do Captain, and I can't wait there looks to be a lot of strong people there.]
"Still can't believe you made a wolf join us." Zoro. "No offense."
You get away with it, this time Zoro.
"Hey, Lobo is a smart wolf."
"You a bunch of idiots rushing to your death!" Came Sanji's remark to our conversation.
"That is true," Zoro said. "But could you remove the "Idiot" part from that. Ever since I decided to the greatest swordsman in the world, I threw away my attachment to life. The only one who has the right to call me an idiot is myself."
"Me too."
"As a real man, the same also goes for me."
"Liar."
"…Psh, what a load of crap." Sanji said in response to my crewmates.
Though the same could be said for me, since I decided to go with Luffy, there was a good chance I too would die.
"Haven't you retards realized the situation we're currently!" Patty yelled at us. "Outside is giant Galleon filled with Don Krieg's best officer's and the man himself who are currently-"
Bang
Patty stopped speaking as we all heard the sound of a gun going off, and then the sound of men yelling.
"They are about to attack all cooks get ready for combat," Patty ordered as he picked up a pitchfork to use, and I had no idea where he had gotten it from.
Swush.
I heard it.
The sound of wind flying by.
And then it all went crazy.
Boom
A loud boom followed the wind, and the ship began to tilt and move all over the place.
I heard the men now screaming.
I knew it.
He was here now, right on time.
Dracula Mihawk, The Strongest Swordsman in the world, was here.