2 months later.
Marine branch 77th.
"Commodore pudding pudding" held a bag of 3 million berries and entered the main office of branch.
There stood a teenage boy with an indifferent look on his face and a katana on his waist.
He was looking at the severed head of an pirate which was placed nearby on a big round table .
As he noticed the presence of branch head commodore pudding he shifted his gaze from the severed head to the marine.
A chill ran down pudding's back . As if he was being started down by an predator . Despite being the older one in the room.
As he focused on the boy's face he noticed a sharp youthful face with deep amethyst eyes which were eerie and calm like stillness of night.His hairs were tied neatly in a ponytail with few scattered wavy hairs which were falling on his face.
It was hard to believe by looking at the boy's appearance that he's the one to wipe out a pirate crew of 42 men.
Commodore pudding walked upto him and said in a calm manner-
"Pirate hunter Ashborn-we have confirmed the identity of pirate captain you brought "iron jaw dargo" with an bounty of 3 million berries and his voice captain with an bounty of 1.5 million berries - "
He handed over the pouch of money as he spoke-
"Here - this is the complete money of 4.5 million berries you earned."
As ash held the bag of berries his indifferent face cracked a rare smile and his entire mood shifted into playful and goofy nature-
"..myy .....myyy ..! Sir pudding . Thankyou for your generosity."
With a flick of his hand he put the money in his system storage pudding saw this but said nothing believing it as one of those essentric devil fruit abilities.Instead he metioned-
" As I have already mentioned to you before-The Navy values your skills and wants you to join their ranks.you are young and talented with enough hardwork you might even reach the ranks of an rear admiral!"
Pudding said with enthusiasm.
"Think about it,join the Navy kid. I'll even put in a good word for you . "
Ash smiled playfully and made a thinking pose for few seconds then said in essentric playful tone-
" How about.......NO ? "
"....hahahahaha..."
He laughed idiotically for few seconds then paused.
~sigh~
Ash sighed and looked into pudding's eyes and said with an sincere smile.
" I prefer my freedom sir . The Navy restricts that, moreover .....you.....know ....uh. I ....uh am not quite a big fan of those money throwing golden pig bastards of celestial dragons.....so I probably won't fit in "
He paused for a second then said as he moved towards the door to leave-
"So I'll have to disappoint you and the Navy sir~"
~sigh~
Pudding sighed as he said-
" Alright kid,I won't push you further though I suggest you don't talk about those celestial dragons like you did just now it would cause you a lot of problems , also don't become a pirate atleast or I'll come myself to arrest you."
"Aye aye sir ~"
Ash gave aock salute with 2 fingers and disappeared into the hallways.
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2 Days later.
Somewhere on the harbours of orange town.
Ash tied his small boat with a rope to a pole by the harbours and got off the boat.
He was here to capture the pirate captain "Buggy the clown" .....well more like to loot him!
Ash mused as he walked onto the broken and barren streets of orange town.
"I don't even care about his bounty man.I just want to meet this legendary character with his flashy charishma he had in the orignal series."
As he got to the center of the town,he noticed a circus like tent structure,he smiled and moved towards it.
Few moments later-
A burly looking man 40 years old probably ,
with a cat like hairs blocked Ash's way.He was riding a giant strange looking lion like creature and was drinking Rum or wine or whatever the fuck that liquid in that shitty bottle was.Even the lion seemed drunk !
"Man....no matter how many times I see them,they surprise me everytime with how strange and unique they look in real life - i mean what the hell is even this ? "
Ash muttered as he stared dumbfounded at the strange duo blocking his way.
" ..Huh ?.....who the hell are you pretty bastard !? Don't you know the island is occupied by Buggy pirates ! And why are you carrying a sword with you...looking for Death !?"
The man with cat ears- Mohji was his name if ash rememberd correctly . An executive officer of Buggy pirates. And right now he was glaring at ash .
Seeing no response from ash he got angry and growled-
" Richie[lion's name] kill this Man ! "
~Roar~
....Grrrr...grr..
The lion roared and growled as the giant beast over 10 meters lunged at Ash.
Seeing this Ash jumped back to avoid the claws which were towering over him.
As the lion lunged again to attack again,ash clenched his fist and took a single step- within a breath he was above the beast right above the beast's head.
With all his strength he punched it's head while twisting his body to add more force behind the attack.
The beast was smashed on the ground with a loud "Bang" as the puch had enough strength that the ground had spider web like cracks.
As the beast lost consciousness Mohji screamed in panic-
" Richieeeee Nooo ! "
" Now...now , it just lost consciousness, it's still alive- though suggest you don't make any foolish move unless you want me to end the beast's life?"
Ash spoke in amusement seeing how comically mohji's eyes were bulging out of his sockets.
".....Y-you ..I remember now! You are pirate hunter Ashborn who recently had been hunting pirates repeatedly."
Mohji spoke in panic and fear as sweat trickled down his face-
'hnmm may be he finally sobered enough from whatever shit he was having?'
Ash mused his thoughts as he was having the time of his life seeing Mohji panic.
He grinned wide and gave a mock Bow-
"Myy-...Am I famous already ? "
Just as Ash was trying to have fun with Mohji a "Boom" sound loud with an explosive cannon blast came from the circus like tents.
"Well....well, aren't your friends quite a lively bunch. Hnm.....are they trying to lit firecrackers for my welcome ?...Hahaha ."
Ash grinned and chuckled like a kid who just discovered a fun friend he can mess with.
He spoke as he started moving towards the circus-
" I suggest you stay away from there and get your pet a doctor "
He gave a side long glance and a mazy wave of his hand as his silhouette blurred slowly.
"Ugh...T-that bastard ! Humiliating me like this... Captain buggy will get you for this! "
Mohji muttered in irritation but did not interrupt ash as he moved away.