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Chapter 9 - Chapter 9: Giants, Dinosaurs, and Reward

A few days later...

Little Garden, an island where, due to the climate, dinosaurs are still alive.

However, if that wasn't surprising enough, there were two giants from Elbaf who had been fighting on this island for 100 years.

The Giants of Elbaf have a tradition: every time someone gets into a fight, they must go to an island that is not Elbaf and fight until one kills the other. If it's a tie, they must fight again later. Only the winner can return to Elbaf.

At sea, not far away, the ship began to be pulled when a hole opened, creating a whirlpool with water swirling around.

"SPLASH!"

With a loud sound of water, Saeko and Chun-Li saw Harribel floating out of the water holding the fin of the Sea King, Devourer of Islands; it's an overdeveloped golden fish.

"Huh, it's just you, Harribel? Where is Caleb-sama?" Saeko asked.

"He must be on the island." Harribel replied: "He said he had something to do."

"I see." Saeko looked in the direction of the island that was very close.

**

"Gegyagyagyagya!"

"Hahahaha!"

"I see, so you're a bounty hunter." The giant Dorry smiled, but when he asked, his aura was oppressive: "So, you came all the way here knowing about me and want my head?"

Dorry is a well-built giant with a long beard. He usually dresses in a Viking outfit and a helmet that covers his eyes. He is so large that Caleb fits in the palm of his hand.

"Tempting, 100 million Belly is not a small amount." Caleb replied, drinking the wine without flinching. Looking at the giant from the corner of his eye, he continued: "But I'm a little different from the other bounty hunters, I only go after those I don't like."

"Huh? Gegyagyagyagya! I see, I see." Dorry relaxed as he laughed loudly: "So, little friend, why did you come to this island?"

"As I said, I'm a bounty hunter and you two giants are not the only ones with a generous bounty and are on this island." Caleb replied: "And, it's the kind I like to hunt the most."

After finishing speaking, Caleb went back to drinking.

Since it had nothing to do with him or Brogy, Dorry didn't mind. After all, he didn't even know who Caleb was hunting.

What Dorry didn't know was that they were the target of Mr. 3, and Caleb could use that information to get the giants to attack Mr. 3 and earn the friendship of Dorry and Brogy, but he didn't want to.

"There you are."

Walking through the tall trees, Chun-Li appeared in her predominantly blue fighting outfit.

"Gegyagyagyagya! Here it is, already roasted." The Giant Dorry handed over a generous piece of meat with a bone that was five times the size of Caleb.

When he saw Chun-Li, he asked: "Your friend?"

"Yes, her name is Chun-Li, she's part of my group." Caleb replied.

"Gegyagyagya! In that case, be my guest too." Dorry said: "Are you hungry, want a piece of meat?"

"I'll accept." Chun-Li replied.

Sitting next to Caleb, she took a piece of Caleb's meat: "You don't mind, right?"

Narrowing his eyes a little, Caleb then laughed: "No, go ahead."

Slapping his thigh, making explosive sounds, Dorry laughed: "Today is a happy day, receiving two visitors at the same time, after so long without visits. Gegyagyagya!"

'So, this is the giant Caleb mentioned earlier...'

It was hard to believe that someone so big actually existed.

Besides, on the way, she even saw some prehistoric animals.

'I really am in another world.' She sighed softly.

**

"Done." Saeko smiled, satisfied.

On the ground, there was a pile of fish meat on one side and on the other, the bones.

Meanwhile, the sound of a giant's footsteps approaching echoed.

Harribel grabbed her weapon and got ready.

"It must be one of the giants Caleb talked about earlier. Harribel, don't attack," Saeko reminded.

Harribel nodded, but still continued floating in the air, ready to fight if necessary.

From behind the trees, making way by knocking down trees as if clearing grass, a giant appeared.

He was a giant dressed in a Viking outfit, consisting of a red jumpsuit with golden straps, fur lining, a leather strap around his right shoulder and another as a belt, yellow pants with black stripes and fur lining at the bottom, yellow shoes, and a red helmet with two horns. An axe-blade shaped blonde beard, round eyes, a wide smile, and a pig-like nose.

When the giant looked at them, he started laughing loudly.

"Gababababababa!"

The giant's laughter echoed throughout the forest, loud and powerful, making the birds fly away.

"Are you the giant, Brogy?" Saeko sheathed her sword as she asked, recalling the description Caleb had given.

Brogy diverted his gaze from Harribel, who was causing him some strange sensations, to Saeko, who had spoken to him: "How do you know my name?"

"There's someone in my group who knows about you and the other giant, Dorry." Saeko didn't hide.

"So that's it. By the way, do you happen to have alcohol..." Brogy asked, but quickly noticed something strange about that huge pile of meat: "Wait, are those the mortal remains of the Island Devourer?"

"If you're talking about the huge fish that was near this island, yes, that's the one," Saeko confirmed.

Bringing his head closer to Saeko, Brogy asked: "Was it you who did this?"

"Me?" Pointing to herself, Saeko was surprised at first, but soon smiled, denying: "I'm not that powerful. The one who did it was Harribel."

"If you're Brogy, my master said you're good at roasting dinosaur meat." Harribel descended a little to float at Brogy's head height: "If you roast meat for us, I don't mind sharing a bit of alcohol with you."

"Gababababababa! Very well, be my guests~!"

**

Minutes later, a volcanic sound echoed loudly.

Dorry stood up, grabbing his sword and shield: "It's time."

"Already?" Caleb said: "While you're at it, I'll go get my reward."

"Gegyagyagya! See you later, little friend." Saying that, Dorry moved forward.

Now only Caleb and Chun-Li remained.

...

Meanwhile, in a wax cabin, there was a medium-sized man with a frail appearance with the number 3 on his vest and on his head with his pompadour. He wore blue glasses with transparent lenses.

His outfit closely resembled a circus uniform, blue and white striped with a wine-colored bow tie.

The other person was a teenage girl with a childlike appearance, relatively large eyes and blush circles on her cheeks. She was quite short in stature and wore dark red hair tied in braids.

Her outfit consisted of a wide-brimmed pink hat with a green band, a dark blue T-shirt with the word "GOLDEN" written in orange, a sky-blue shirt with a cloud pattern, a brown overall skirt with the top part folded down, blue striped socks, and large red shoes with white cuffs and white soles.

"Shall we just sit and wait, Mr.3?" the teenage girl asked.

"Hehehe... My motto is... Big Crimes with Dirty Tricks." Mr.3 said with a nasty giggle: "There are many ways to defeat enemies without needing to fight. Hehehee..."

"Whoosh!"

"What's happening!?"

Getting up quickly, Mr.3 heard a sound of something moving very fast.

"BRUM! BRUM! BRUM!!"

Suddenly, the roof of the wax cabin he created began to slide to his left.

"The giants found out!?" He was terrified.

He's the type who stays relaxed when his plans work, but when something goes wrong, he panics.

"Calm down, Mr.3." The teenage girl said, but her own legs were shaking.

When the top of the wax cabin completely slid off, he saw Caleb and Chun-Li just above the wax wall.

Caleb looked at Mr.3 and said: "Haha, you look even more disgusting than I expected."

Crooked smile with thick sausage lips, small eyes, and weird pompadour hair shaped like the number 3.

He was the kind of person that just looking at him made you want to hit him.

"Why are you here..." Mr.3 recognized him: "Bounty Hunter, Caleb Saga!"

"For your bounty, of course." Caleb spoke as if stating the obvious.

Hearing that, Mr.3 went on guard while his voice sharpened as he shouted: "Don't think that just because you're someone known in East Blue, you can act like you're something in front of me!"

When Mr.3 tried to use his Akuma no Mi, he found it strange.

'Why is the world upside down?'

Marianne, also known as Miss GoldenWeek, brought her hands to her mouth, muffling a loud scream: "Kyahhhh!"

Chun-Li, still standing on top of the wax wall, had a shocked look.

Caleb, who was now behind Mr.3 with steam coming from his mouth and blue lightning crackling around his body, returned the Tessaiga to its sheath.

Meanwhile, time, which seemed to have gone into slow motion, returned to normal.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!"

Miss GoldenWeek let out a loud scream.

"Thud... Thud... Thud..."

Rolling, the head stopped right at Marianne's feet, staring at her with wide open eyes, as if it couldn't understand what was happening.

Marianne's eyes rolled back and she collapsed stiffly backward.

Meanwhile, Caleb took out his D-Dial and stored Mr.3's body and head.

When he did that, the wax created by Mr.3's power also began to disappear.

Chun-Li almost lost her balance, landing on the ground on one foot.

Chun-Li didn't think much upon seeing Caleb decapitate Mr.3. She had seen his wanted posters and knew he was a disgusting person who committed various types of crimes and had even just heard his latest comment about his "Great Motto."

**

Unlike the canon event, the giants, after having a clash, drank together, but neither of them had their stomachs explode from tampered drinks, since Mr.3 didn't have the chance.

Now, both groups had met.

As for Marianne?

She must still be napping somewhere in the forest. In the end, she was still a child. Of course, living in a place like this without protection was hard even for her—especially unconscious—so Caleb built a wooden house using Modeling. Until she wakes up, it should be enough.

"Gababababababa! I see, I see, so this is the guy they talked about." Brogy said, looking at Caleb: "So small, but I feel a terrifying Haki power coming from you."

"Not to mention he eats almost as much as we giants. Gegyagyagya." Dorry added.

"You're not wrong!" Brogy looked at the piles of bones beside Caleb and laughed loudly: "Gababababababa!"

Character Assimilation:

In Progress:

-[Jigoro Kuwajima 69%]

-[Aquaman 41%]

-[Shirai Kuroko 36%]

Caleb smiled while looking through the holographic screen, taking a bite of dinosaur meat.

'The more I eat this – the faster I assimilate them.' Caleb thought: 'Especially Jigoro Kuwajima and Aquaman.'

Eating a freshly roasted piece of meat, Caleb said out loud: "Hahaha! This is good!"

"Isn't it?"

"Gegyagyagyagya!"

"Gababababababa!"

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