Chapter 3: domain and haoshoku
I calmly watched the audience's shocked expressions as I poked my ear with my little finger - as if I wasn't the one who had just threatened a celestial dragon with death.
"It's you!"
Sharlia pointed her finger at Jason and spoke with some emotion in her voice. Looking at the girl, I raised an eyebrow and spoke calmly.
"Ah! You're the strange girl with a bubble on your head... It looks like you're being a good girl, so I'll reward you later."
I nodded, thinking that I was being very generous and kind to people. It's not every day that mortals get to sleep with an all-powerful God.
Sharlia's cheeks turned red when she heard Jason say that, but she didn't say anything to contradict Jason. Unlike her father and brother, who were shocked by the insolence of that humble commoner.
"How dare you speak to my daughter like that, you lowly commoner?"
Saint Rosward spoke in a voice full of anger, but it was his arrogant son who acted first.
Pointing his pistol at Jason, Saint Charlos spoke in a nasalized voice with mucus dripping from his nose.
"You! It was you who angered me and raised the price of the mermaid!"
"..."
I pulled my nose out and looked calmly at the gun pointed at me.
"It was me, pig, what are you going to do with that information?"
"!"
Everyone at the auction wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible. That man wasn't satisfied with annoying a celestial dragon, but he also dared to offend the man by calling him a pig.
"You... Die!"
Saint Charlos looked at the man angrily when he realized he had been called a pig and fired his gun at his face.
He could already see the bullet penetrating the man's forehead and he fell to the ground lifeless. But reality tends to disappoint.
"What?"
The bullet landed less than 30 centimeters from Jason's face and remained floating until it lost its force and fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
"... You pointed your gun and shot me... I imagine you're betting your life on it."
Luffy looked at the man and realized that he had already heard a similar phrase from Shanks, and was a little surprised.
I calmly pulled a snot out of my nose and pointed it at Charlos, shooting him in the left leg.
Zhiiiim~
The little ball broke the speed of sound and went through St. Charles' leg, coming out the other side and hitting the ground.
"Hyaaak"
St. Charles felt pain after a long time and fell to the ground in agony, rolling from side to side.
"Did he hurt someone using a rangoon?"
"... What power?"
Some people were surprised by the power of a snot, but others realized what the man had just done.
"HE HURT A CELESTIAL DRAGON!"
"C-CORRAM! AN ADMIRAL IS COMING HERE!"
All the commoners and nobles were frightened and ran for the exits while shouting wildly.
"What an annoying noise. Silence, vermin!"
I spoke in a calm voice and a gust of mental pressure left my body and spread throughout the hall.
Within seconds, all the people began to fall one after the other like dominoes.
"What?"
Law, Kidd, Saint Rosward, Sharlia, Luffy and his gang were the only ones who remained conscious.
"Who is that man?" Sanji asked as he felt his legs shaking.
"...!!" Zoro also felt a sense of danger coming from the unknown man.
"... Haoshoku. So he has!" Law looked at Jason and realized now that he was no ordinary character in this world. Someone with that kind of haki couldn't be ordinary.
"Ah! So the pirates of the current generation managed to resist?"
He said in a monotone voice, not at all impressed - this haki is just the basic one, not the strongest version that can destroy the souls of weaker beings.
Ignoring the surprised and cautious looks from the novice pirates, I approached and appeared in front of the beautiful mermaid.
"Hi, beautiful."
"Hiiiip"
With a calm smile, I gently stroked Caimie's head, eliciting a strange cry from the girl.
"C-caimie..."
Hatchan, Nami, Pappag and the others were anxious about Jason's intentions with Camie.
"Would you like to become my wife in this world?"
I said in a tender voice that touched the virgin mermaid's heart.
"I... I..."
Caimie stammered as her cheeks turned red and she looked everywhere but at me.
"Wow, what a cute little girl."
I smiled as I put a finger on the explosive necklace around Caimie's neck, causing it to activate.
"P-stop! Caimie's going to die."
"Straw hat, help Caimie."
"Don't touch the necklace! She'll explode."
Ignoring the noise of the people, I simply took the collar off Caimie's neck without letting her explode.
"There... A free mermaid."
Jason said with a smile as he looked at Caimie crying. He had no intention of paying Berry's billion and he didn't want to have Caymanie as his slave either.
"Aren't you going to pay for the mermaid?"
A voice came from Jason's right. It was Disco, one of the people Jason had let become conscious.
"Of course not."
He just wanted to play with Charlos' face. Obviously, he wasn't going to pay 1 billion Berry to give up.
"Do you know whose auction house this is?"
Before Puck could complete his sentence, his head was severed from his neck by an invisible blow.
"You've already said too much for a simple extra."
I said as I stared coldly at Puck's headless corpse.
Seeing such a bloody scene in front of her, Cainie was so frightened that her eyes twitched slightly. Jason looked at the girl and didn't care at the moment. He could taste a mermaid later, but right now he just wanted a good fight.
"Who are you?"
Luffy approached Jason with a serious expression and looked ready to fight if Jason reacted strongly.
"It's polite to say your name before asking the others, kid."
Jason appeared in front of Luffy with his body releasing an oppressive pressure. He didn't want to fight this weak version, but that didn't mean he would let Luffy act arrogantly in front of him.
"Q-How fast."
Zoro and Sanji, who had also joined Luffy, were amazed at Jason's speed - he was in one place and appeared in another instantly.
"... I am Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will become the King of the Pirates."
"..."
Zoro and Sanji were surprised that the captain had managed to speak his mind about the whole situation.
"All right, then. Are you friends with that mermaid?"
Jason didn't laugh or care about Luffy's dream, because he knew he would make it come true if nothing unforeseen happened.
"Yes. Caimie is our friend and thank you for rescuing her."
"Hmm, I want 1 billion Berry for her."
"What?"
"Yes, that's the price I paid for her and, as her friend, you must pay it if you want her back."
That's Jason's logic.
Zoro and Sanji's lips twitched - You just killed the person in charge of the Auction because you didn't want to pay the billion, but now you want to charge them?
"I don't have that kind of money." Luffy muttered quietly.
"What? You want to be the Pirate King and you don't have 1 billion Berry to save a friend?"
Jason sneered coldly at Luffy and made the boy in the straw hat feel ashamed.
"Stop!"
Luffy was confused when the powerful voice sounded again.
"What?"
Saint Charlos, who had a mischievous smile on his ugly face, was startled when he lost his body movements.
The same thing happened to his father, Saint Rosward.
"Why can't I move my body?"
The two celestial dragons held two golden snails in their hands.
"It's not time for them to show up yet. Come to me and give me these snails."
Jason spoke coldly and Charlos and Rosward walked against their will to Jason.
"No. I can't move my body."
"Stop it."
The two finally got close to Jason.
"On your knees, pigs."
With a mixture of amusement and satisfaction, Jason watched the father and son duo kneel in front of him, as they lifted the golden snail in front of their bodies.
"So close, yet so far, huh?"
Jason mocked lightly as he slapped the father and son on the cheeks.
"Just press that button and an admiral will come to your aid."
Jason spoke and punched the celestial dragons, but they couldn't do anything.
"... What's this guy's power?"
Law was stunned and a little afraid to see Jason hurting and humiliating the heavenly dragons.
"This guy is crazy."
said Kidd with sweat dripping from his forehead. Despite being a cold and crazy pirate, he still didn't have the guts to hurt a celestial dragon.
"Do you want to hit them too, straw hat?"
Jason spoke calmly as he beat the celestial dragons with a club he had taken from somewhere.
"No."
Booom~
A wall was blown up on the stage and an elderly voice was heard.
"You see, my dear giant? This place is a complete mess."
"The auction is over, and I stole their money... Looks like it's time to bet."
Jason stopped beating the celestial dragons and picked up his golden curls.
Looking at Rayleigh, Jason thought again of a way to make the old man fight him.
"Rayleigh-san." Hatchan shouted at the old man.
"Oh, hatchi!? Hey, it's been a while! What are you doing here?"
Seeing hatchan, Rayleigh was pleasantly surprised, but his expression changed when he looked around the place he was standing.
First, he saw several fainted people on the auction floor, then he saw the beheaded auctioneer and finally he saw two celestial dragons kneeling and being beaten by a young man with a piece of iron.
"... What a mess. Hey, kid, you know who they are, right?"
Rayleigh asked the man he had never seen in his life.
"Heavenly pigs."
"That's right! Heavenly dragon pigs."
Rayleigh was surprised at the young man's audacity in calling the heavenly dragons pigs, but he didn't mind too much since he dared to beat them up.
"Do you also know that they can call Navy admirals?"
"Only when they're in possession of it, but they chose to give it to me."
Jason then showed the snails to Rayleigh and put them away somewhere.
"Anyway, what are the chances of the pirate king's right-hand man fighting me?"
Jason spoke with a smile and launched a blast of haoshoku in rayleigh's direction.
"!" Rayleigh raised an eyebrow in admiration and also launched another haoshoku blast to meet Jason's.
"Oho, that's some impressive haki you've got there, but my fighting days are behind me."
"Oh, that's too bad."
Jason spoke regretfully and delivered another blow to the celestial dragons' head, causing Rayleigh to twitch his lips.
"... You're going to kill them like this and you don't want that."
Rayleigh decided to give a hint to the boy with a strong conqueror's haki, since he thought the boy was a new pirate.
"Oh, these guys are already condemned to death by me."
Jason spoke with a sweet smile that gave the heavenly dragons goosebumps, but they could do nothing but kneel.
"... Are you going to kill them?"
"Yes."
"Do you know what happens next?"
"I'm counting on it."
"What's your name?"
"Jason D. Winchester."
"... hahaha, all right then, looks like you know what you're doing."
Rayleigh decided to leave Jason to his things. Since he's a D, then it's okay. After that, he looked at the straw hat on Luffy's head and smiled.
"I really wanted to meet you, Monkey D. Luffy."