Arthur quickly ran away from Kuri region, heading towards Mount Atama Yama, although Arthur moved away from the small town, he did not show any expression of relaxation and continued to run frantically.
After about a quarter of an hour of running, Arthur found himself pursued by several men dressed in strange clothes consisting of a robe made of animal skins filled with black fur and they also put a few horns on their heads to express their belonging to the Beasts Pirates.
'Those fuckers are faster than I expected!' Arthur sighed silently inside him, and continued running, heading towards the forest that appeared on the horizon.
Bang! Bang!
Suddenly a gloomy expression appeared on Arthur's face and he quickly jumped to his right side, rolled into the ground dodging several bullets fired at him.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Arthur continued to roll while several bullets hit the ground behind him, when he found that the Pirates behind him had stopped shooting, he quickly jumped up, pulled out some long needles and quickly threw them towards the surprised men.
The Pirates with good vision jumped, dodging the thin needles coming towards them, while some repelled them with his sword, the few people who were injured had superficial injuries and did not pose any danger to their lives.
Arthur stood in place while the soil covered his white robe and the Reed hat he was wearing also fell off making his face show well.
Arthur looked around and found that his sudden attack did not cause any harm to his enemies, this matter made him show an expression of surprise and shock but he regained his composure and restored his normal expression.
He swallowed a mouthful of saliva while assuming a fighting posture, reaching out his slightly trembling hand and pulling out his medium-quality sword.
All the Pirates noticed Arthur's terrified actions, which made them lower their guard a little, with a simple signal from their captain, the Pirates dispersed and surrounded Arthur from all directions, leaving him trapped with no escape outlet.
After a few seconds of silence one of the Pirates spoke and asked by his hoarse voice:
"Who ordered you to kill our members in the bar a little while ago?" And why did you do that? Don't try to lie to me, otherwise I will beat you until you confess everything." after the man finished his questions, he motioned for his comrades to get closer to Arthur and tighten the noose on him even more.
After hearing the questions Arthur showed a frightened expression and spoke hesitantly:
"I didn't.. No one ordered me, you bastards deserve to die for what you did to Mom, you ruined our lives, especially that bastard George, I achieved my revenge on him." Arthur showed a sad expression while looking up, as if he fulfilled his deepest desires.
After hearing Arthur's motives, the Pirates' expressions did not change, as if something ordinary and expected had happened.
The pirate captain looked at Arthur and calmly said: " Kill him!"
As soon as his followers heard his orders, one of them jumped towards Arthur and cut with his sword, aiming at his chest, Arthur did not hesitate to react and put his sword in front of him to repel the attack coming to him, and with a strong kick hit the pirate in his vital area, making him moan and move away from Arthur.
His friends did not delay in attacking and cut towards Arthur, Arthur showed expressions of fear and began to defend desperately, but some attacks hit him superficially, causing scarlet blood to fill his white dress.
Arthur fell and rolled on the ground avoiding several attacks, as soon as Arthur got a little away from the Pirates, he found that they had stopped attacking and were looking at him with looks of contempt and ridicule.
Arthur stood up and found that his body had become stained with blood and soil that had mixed with his blood, his hair parted and a small bloody scar appeared on his left cheek.
"You are so weak, I don't understand how you managed to kill that bastard George, when he learns that he died by an ignorant child like you, he will suffocate in his grave out of anger"
The Pirates started laughing one by one showing their disdain for Arthur, Arthur took the opportunity and ran hysterically towards the forest near him.
But only because of his injuries he ran erratically, the Pirates did not catch up with him and continued to laugh, Arthur, who turned his back on them, showed a small smile on his face, his expression was relaxed as if nothing that was going on had bothered him.
He ran slowly until he approached the forest, at which time he changed his relaxed expression to a pained one and fell to the ground, while he began to gasp violently.
The Pirates calmly walked towards him and stood around him while they began to make jokes and made fun of him.
Arthur's eyes full of despair and The Voice of his miserable gasp were something that made them amused.
Suddenly someone pulled out his sword and pointed at Arthur's neck and said:
"Game time is over!"
"Uaaah!" A sudden scream appeared around them causing the Pirates to turn around to find one of their comrades had fallen to the ground while a man dressed as a samurai stood behind him while hiding his face and holding a sword full of blood in his hand.
"Who are you? What do you think you did by killing one of the Pirates of Kaidou of the Beasts?" As soon as the pirate leader finished his sentence, dozens of men appeared around them, all dressed in samurai clothes while hiding their faces.
"What are we going to do now!" expressions of fear appeared in the hearts of the Pirates when they found themselves trapped, but they did not dare to retreat, unless their commander ordered them.
"Let's get out of here!" With cautious steps the Pirates left, none of the men who surrounded them stopped them because they did not want to enter a useless fight.
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Arthur stretched out on the floor while his eyes were fixed on the backs of the people who had left.
'That's fine, the first part of my plan worked, I'll leave those fuckers now, but I'll kill them at the earliest opportunity.' Arthur sighed silently inside and turned his eyes towards the men around him who picked him up and took him into the forest.
After about a quarter of an hour of walking through the forest, the strange men arrived at a small camp set up in a primitive way, the camp was filled with boxes full of fresh fruits and meat.
In the center of the camp sat a giant man about five meters tall whose swollen barrel-like body made his appearance very strange and unnatural. Arthur was familiar with this person because he was one of his targets through this charade.
Ashura Doji is the leader of the bandits in the Kuri region and one of the Nine Scabbards who followed Oden.
Ashura sat in a relaxed posture while the young man looked in front of him whose body was filled with wounds and there was a look of serenity in his eyes.
"What's the reason behind your fighting Kaido followers?" Ashura asked indifferently as he studied the young man in front of him.
Arthur pretended to move with difficulty, took a moderate sitting position and spoke respectfully:
"I killed one of their colleagues in revenge"
Ashura looked at Arthur with a thoughtful expression and asked:
"Why?"
A bitter expression appeared on Arthur's face as he pretended to remember the past.
"7 years ago I was living in Ebisu town with my mother, despite the injustice and mistreatment we were subjected to there by the followers of Kaidou and Orochi, but we continued to live waiting for the day when Wano Country will be liberated again.
My mother was spending the day working as a maid in the House of a Shogun's follower, but she fell under the eyes of a pirate named George, who harassed my mother on a daily basis, but she always repelled him.
One day he came to her drunk and tried to rape her, but she resisted him and stabbed him in the hand with a small dagger and because of this he killed her without any mercy.
After I found out about it, I swore to take revenge on him and take my revenge."
Arthur's words were intermittent and unclear at times, he coughed and threw blood shots to show them how much he was suffering, injuries like this were normal for Arthur, who is used to pain but wants to make his acting more credible.
Many of the surrounding bandits showed expressions of sadness while looks of doubt still hung on Ashura's face, after a few seconds of silence he asked again.
"How did you manage to kill this so-called George?"