"Only the most outstanding adults in this world can get this medal. Bullet, you're just a child soldier like us. How could you get something so important? You're a monster, a monster addicted to war. You'll end up killing us all!"
The child soldiers gathered together, fearing Bullet's power. One of them even snatched the medal from Bullet's hand.
"This great medal doesn't belong to a monster like you!"
They were Bullet's classmates, but in the long war, they were deeply afraid of Bullet's power, which was not something a human should have.
Can an eight-year-old child receive a country's highest military honor?!
Absolutely not!
This fear reached its peak at this moment. Only those who had been with Bullet for many years knew that this man's heart was full of violence and killing. One day he would destroy his own country!
Therefore, they wanted to kill Bullet right here! Using traps they made themselves, after subduing Bullet, they would be saving the country, and only they deserved the medal!
That's what they thought, and they also got some very good tools. A can of poison gas collected by the army suddenly appeared in their dorm. As long as they used this poison gas, even a monster like Bullet would have to surrender.
Just like now, they easily trampled on Bullet's body and snatched away the medal they considered the highest honor. If they had fought head-on, Bullet would have torn them to pieces, but now they were stepping on him!
"You... you bastards!" Bullet's body was being kicked and punched by his former comrades. The poison gas was eroding his nerves, trying to make him pass out. This was a feeling he had never had before, an extreme closeness to death.
Death, he had never thought about this question, because he was the strongest. He had defeated all kinds of enemies. It was because he had always enjoyed victory that he was able to get the medal, but he never thought he would lose to people he used to trust.
"?!"
Bullet wanted to use his last bit of strength to resist, but the poison gas was very strong. He couldn't use his strength and could only watch as they set the room on fire and ran out happily.
The flames burned, and Bullet could feel the temperature rising, baking his body. The burning seemed to drive away some of the nerve-numbing effects of the poison gas, but he still didn't have the strength.
Could it be...
Was he really going to die here?
"..."
Suddenly, in the burning house, footsteps sounded.
Did someone not leave? Were they worried about him and coming to kill him?
Bullet tried his best to stand up, but he felt even more dizzy. Even though the flames were burning on his body, even the pain of the burning was gradually fading.
"Actually, too much trust is the biggest poison. With your strength, even a little bit of caution would have prevented them from hurting you with this level of poison gas."
Just as his heart sank, just as he was about to pass out, a woman's voice suddenly appeared in his ear.
He used his last bit of strength to raise his eyes and could only see a lower body wearing leather shoes and pants. But from the figure and the previous voice, it was a woman.
"You probably still want to live, right?" the woman said again. "As long as you can see what I look like, I will give you a new life and a new level."
Bullet didn't want to die, at least he wanted to kill those former comrades who ambushed him!
So he tried his best to raise his head. He had to see who the other person was!
"Who... who's going to die here!"
Bullet gritted his teeth, and suddenly his brain felt empty. It seemed like some kind of power was transmitted from his paralyzed nerves. His spirit seemed to be lifted infinitely, and a powerful force was transmitted from his mind to his entire body, and finally released.
A powerful force burst out from Bullet's body, spreading all the way outside. The child soldiers who had run outside and were watching the burning room suddenly rolled their eyes, foamed at the mouth, and fell down.
Conqueror's Haki!
At this moment, in the critical moment of life and death, Bullet awakened Conqueror's Haki. At the same time, a new force surged in his body, allowing Bullet to finally see the woman's whole body.
She was wearing a white shirt and a black tie, with orange-pink hair. But what shocked Bullet the most were her eyes. Those eyes were like black holes, absorbing everything in the world, and even his soul seemed to be sucked in.
Then, he lowered his head again because he was about to pass out from the poison gas.
"What a good child."
Bullet saw the woman slowly bend down and gently touch his body with one hand. The next moment, he felt his numbed brain suddenly become clear, and he was quickly regaining control of his body!
"What's your name?" the woman asked again.
"Bullet, Douglas Bullet!" Bullet said loudly.
"Douglas, that's your commander's last name, right? Discard it. From now on, you are Bullet, Bullet of The Black Order." Makima said softly.
"You are... Marshal Makima of The Black Order?" Bullet suddenly remembered The Black Order organization, which was very popular recently. The leader of this organization seemed to be the woman he had seen in the newspaper before!
"With your talent, it's a pity for you to be in a country like this. Follow me, and I'll let you see true power."
"You... you can also chase that power!"
Makima stretched out her palm, pointing in one direction, only extending her index finger and thumb, like a gun, and then said softly,
"Bang..."
In an instant, it felt like something was released from Makima's hand.
What did she release? Bullet didn't know, but he knew something was going to happen. In the next second, Makima's figure had completely disappeared, leaving only a sentence in the burning room.
"Look at this country again with your current eyes. When you sincerely want to pursue power, come to The Black Order and find me."
He stared blankly at Makima's suddenly disappearing figure and couldn't help but say slowly,
"Power..."
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