One Piece: Luffy’s Big Brother. - Chapter 106

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In a corner of a fast-food, two individuals were currently feasting on a mountain of foods… burgers, fries, chicken wings, desserts, etc… everything was on the table.

That table easily drew attention.

“Munch munch *gulp*, munch munch!”

*Clap* Toshinori who was on the phone ended his call and looked at the young man in disbelief.

“You can eat slower you know…”

“Munch munch munch munch *gulp*!”

“…” Toshinori watched on as the young man gulped down food like a living-machine and wondered where the young man was putting all this.

And most of all, this new acquaintance of his was truly a mystery, he just received two calls from some friends of his, and was informed that this Eden wasn’t from here… In fact, the young man wasn’t registered anywhere in books and wasn’t known at all, no name, no trace, nothing…

The second call was even more surprising… His military friend told him that Eden’s last position recorded was from space! Multiple satellites recorded his descent in the high atmosphere and his crash to the place in question.

“Anyway, Young Eden where do you come from?” Toshinori who was still under shock asked.

“Gulp! Phew! That was delicious!” Edam exclaimed as he gulped his food down and drank water before adding. “Fine, you seem honest…” before his eyes wandered outside and narrowed.

“Even though people are surrounding the place…”

“You… sigh… sorry, but don’t pay too much attention to them… they are my fellow’s heroes friends, they are just here to ȧssure the security of the people here, nothing more…”

“…Okay, you offered me delicious food, so I will trust you for now, so what do you want to know?” Edam said this line and charged at the food again, recharging his stomach who didn’t have anything for days.

“… okay, so first, where do you come from?”

“Another world…*Munch, munch*”

“Is that a joke?”

“Not at all…”

“…” Although he was prepared for this response, Toshinori still couldn’t contain his shock from showing up…

“Is your name truly Eden…?”

“Yeah…”

“Is that superpower of yours a Quirk too?”

“I guess it would be…”

“Can you explain…?”

“Only if you tell me yours…”

“As you can see, it’s strength-type-…”

“Are you sure? That’s truly strange then…” Edam looked at Toshinori and narrowed his eyes. This hero’s power was just too incredible, such raw power strangely reminded him of his own Grandpa Garp who could destroy multiple mountains just to ‘train’ his strength.

“…” Toshinori completely paused and then said. “Anyway, are you here to… invade us?”

“What? No, my arrival here was a total mistake, I was supposed to return home, I too can’t wait to go back okay? I’ve been away for such a long time and no one knows that…”

Edam thought depressingly but then looked down and his eyes darted at his ċhėst as he took hold of what was around his neck.

A gorgeous golden flower pendant was swinging gently around his neck.

The day he created Hancock’s pendant, he had created two exact pendants.

‘Damn, It’s so far away…?’ He held it deeply and said before staring at Toshinori right in the eyes.

“Let’s go somewhere else!”

“What? no, you cannot just go around like that, I’m not entirely certain that you’re not a threat…” Toshinori said with a frown.

“Then come with me if you wish, but I warn you, I will still go with or without you…” Edam said and stood up to leave but Toshinori grabbed his arm.

Edam didn’t fling his hand yet and only calmly looked at Toshinori.

“I will compensate you for this food Old Toshinori, but please warn those people outside not to do anything stupid, I don’t want to hurt your people…”

“…” All Might was taken aback for a moment before he took a deep glance at Edam. “What is your job again?”

“I was a Marine captain with the duty to get rid of pirates… but for various reasons like being bored of it, I stopped doing that…”

“You… you took human lives didn’t you?” Toshinori said with frustration, sadness, and anger. Having done this job for most of his life and being a natural-born hero, he could easily discern a killer when he sees one.

“…And I’m not proud of it…”

“So you really took human lives…” He couldn’t help but muster a pained but angry face.

“…You know… sometimes I just didn’t know if I was killing humans or animals, I just couldn’t tell the difference…” Edam said plainly and added.

“…I don’t know how your world works and I couldn’t care less but in mine, killing and executing the ‘villains’ is perfectly normal…”

“And did your method even worked? Do people stop doing bad things?”

“…No…”

“See? It is unnecessary to kill…!” Toshinori exclaimed with anger.

“… You know I can ask the same thing too, did your method worked…?” Eden asked with deadpanned expression.

“… You… don’t just use my words against-…” But before Toshinori could finish…

“Sure, our methods are questionable but I’ll tell you that I still have a good conscience and do not regret anything!”

“Your world isn’t the only one with powers, mine too has dangerous powers in the hands of bad people, and I know just how much damage they can do! In my world, a normal criminal can do many disgusting deeds by himself without speaking about the power users who can conquer a city as large as this one. The most powerful ones even have entire countries in the palm of their hands…” With that said, Edam finally flung his hand away before adding.

“Good and Evil, my grandpa Zephyr told me that this is a never-ending war! Anyway… our world’s beliefs are different that’s all…” And he made his way out of the fast-food building with Toshinori following closely.

After walking for a while, Edam turned in a deserted alley and jumped on a building, not caring about the mighty hero who gritted his teeth, transformed into his muscle form, and jumped too.

“Wait!”

“…?”

“You want a peaceful place? Follow me!”

“…”

With that… All Might burst out in speed in a certain direction as Edam quietly followed him.

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Soon, they arrived in what Edam would call a ghost town, or ghost city in this case because it was thoroughly empty.

He took a glance around as multiple people surrounded him but kept a certain distance away from him.

Among them was a strange man with a long scarf around his neck, a guy with a rectangular face, and a woman in a sėxy tight suit.

“Hello, I’m Eden, a pŀėȧsurė…” Edam casually greeted them.

“Cementos.” The rectangular face said.

“Midnight handsome…” The woman in a tight suit said.

“…” The last didn’t bother to say anything.

“Hey, Eraser Head present yourself at least…” Cementos said exasperated.

“Yeah yeah…”

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With a thought, multiple layers of blood-red barrier appeared with him at the center slightly blurred.

“We’re never too careful…” He glanced at Toshinori before minding his own business.

He touched his golden pendant again and closed his eyes.

[Hear me…]

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*One-piece, Amazon lily*

Inside a certain room, Hancock was sitting on her bed with White Snow in her hands ċȧrėssing it gently. Her eyes were dead and sad, her soft face was pale and feeble, clearly not having enough nourishing foods, and her body as frail as a tree’s leaves.

Her once pure black hair now had a very faint and subtle tint of purple on it.

Living seemed to be so dull and horrible for her nowadays, she felt all her will to live seeping away as days passed by.

The dėsɨrė to end it here was ever so tempting and death was opening her arms to her every now and then.

Once again, if it wasn’t for her sisters…

She didn’t know how many days passed and forgot everything else… But even then, every single day and even every single hour and second, her eyes would unconsciously wander to the pendant on her neck, not believing the facts showing up in front of her.

And once again, for the thousand times already, she looked at it and saw the sour taste of truth…

Nothing… still lightless… the blood inside had now congealed into a little small marble of dark blood.

It was disgusting and rather unpleasant to keep it, but she could watch this thing from minutes to hours sometimes without tiring. It had already become a daily habit kind of.

Again, just like the other days, she was about to shed tears before sleeping when she noticed something…

“…?”

The blood that was once congealed into a marble was turning liquid and was slowly vibrating with many ripples in it… as if a stone was thrown into a calm pond, or like a radio signal captured.

Thump… Thump… Thump…

“What’s happening?” Her purple-blue eyes lit up slightly as she held the pendant in her palm and watched it.

“…Hear me…” A masculine and distant voice suddenly sounded out in the air.

And when she heard it, the beauty’s melancholic and dull pupils seemed to gain a bit of clarity.

“What?” She shook her head slightly thinking that she was hearing some voices.

“I’m going crazy-…”

“Hancock…!”

!!!

“Edam…!”

If the first time she was hesitant and unsure of what she heard, now she was completely sure that she heard her own name!

With that, she hurriedly clenched the pendant in her hands and cried.

“Edam…!?”

“It’s you right? You’re not dead right? I’m not hearing things right? Tell me that I’m not dreaming!” As she said this her big purple-blue eyes kept streaming tears down.

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*Meanwhile, on Edam’s side*

The moment she clenched the pendant, the faint signal he was receiving suddenly became clear as he heard her and…

It completely broke his heart into a thousand pieces…

He could see her…

If he concentrated deeply on the task he could actually get some images out of this, and he saw her… so pale, so sad and unhealthy, crying so much just from the sound of his voice…

He should have been happy to hear her and he did, but seeing her like that just broke him…

“I- I- I’m so sorry…” Unknown to himself at this moment, tears began to fill the corner of his eyes.

“*Sob* It’s- It’s really you right…? You’re not a dream right? Not again right…? Please, I can’t stand it…*sob*” She broke in tears still thinking it was a dream.

‘Again?’ This line devastated his heart to smithereens.

“It’s really me…! I’m here, I’m not gone, I’m still here…” Even more tears rushed to his eyes…

“Where are you…? I- I’ve searched for you everywhere…” She was gasping between her breath and was covering her mouth still not quite believing it.

“I- I don’t know, I’m on another planet…”

“What…?” She replied with a rather confused and hazy mind.

“Bu- but don’t worry, I will find a way to come back! I swear…”

“…”

“Hancock, please, forgive me… I didn’t know this would happen… it’s all my fault…” a teardrop perhaps already dripped down.

“…I don’t care about your apology…” from the other side Hancock said and paused.

“…I-… I am-…”

If words could kill, Edam would have perhaps died on the spot, no, in fact, he would have plan to hit his head against countless mountains, if it wasn’t for…

“…So just come back to me already, you big idiot!” She shouted a bit and then cried again with a hand covering her mouth.

His eyes opened wide in surprise as he heard her sentence.

And in response, his head rapidly and repeatedly nodded like a hen.

“I will! No matter what… I’m coming back!”

At this instant, the determination was burning like a firestorm in the depth of his eyes.

“Hmm…*sob* come back quick…”

“Yes, I’m coming back soon…”

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Should have post two chap, but I got sick and lost my inspiration midway…tch….