181 181. The Medallion Reacts

Leo's words echoed through the silent floor. Ivanko and the rest tensed up and was ready to move.

Keeping his eyes on Luffy Leo said in a scornful tone, "You gotta thank your grandfather, Luffy. No marine above the rank of a captain came after you because of him. Sure none of the marines know that you are his grandson, but the top dogs know it."

"You are still free because of him. Without that name you would be rotting away here like the rest. You want to save Ace? Know your place kid. Without power words mean nothing!"

Leo's words stunned Luffy. However that firm light in his eyes didn't waver. He stared at Leo, not intenting to back down.

Leo sighed inside his mind. This kid has an iron will, it's such a shame that he is a pirate.

He turned his eyes over towards Ivanko and the rest and finally settled on Crocodile.

Crocodile's body tensed up when he saw Leo focusing on him. Sand swirled around him and protected him.

"Your sins are far too much, Crocodile. Stay or die."

Leo's voice reached Crocodile like a whisper. His body froze over, he turned his eyes and saw Leo standing right behind him with his red sword resting on his neck.

How did he...

Crocodile failed to capture Leo's movement.

"Desert Spada!!"

Without a moment of hesitation Crocodile jumped up and attacked. Sand gathered and slashed in Leo's direction.

"Death it is."

Leo slashed his sword in return to Crocodile's attack. He was several feet away from Crocodile when he slashed, however he seems to have teleported and stood before Crocodile when his sword was half was down.

How!?

Without giving him a chance to breathe, Leo's sword slashed through Crocodile's chest.

Spurt!

Blood flowed down from Crocodile's chest like a spring. The tremendous power behind the strike rattled his insides as well, he coughed out blood and kneeled down.

One strike! In one strike Leo took down a former Shichibukai!

Ivanko and Jimber had a shocked expression on their faces.

Slash!

Leo had no intention to stop. His blazing red sword sliced through the air and chopped off Crocodile's head.

Crocodile never imagined his life would be over so swiftly. Expression of shock and unwillingness was written over his severed head.

Sheathing his sword Leo looked at Luffy and threw a key to him.

"For the sake of Garp-san, I'll let you off. Get the fuck out of my face."

Luffy grabbed the key and stared at Leo and the dead Crocodile.

"Let's go!"

He took off with Ivanko and the rest. Leo didn't stop them.

Pereperepere.

Just as Leo was about to head upstairs his den-den mushi rang.

"What is it, Sengoku-san?"

A roar came from the other end of the line.

"What are you doing, Leo!? Why did you start a massacre in Impel Down?"

Leo waited for him to finish and said calmly, "I gave them a choice, get back or die. They chose the latter."

"It's not about whether you gave them a choice or not, it's about the consequences of your action. The reason we kept them there is that some of them have very annoying abilities. If they die their devil fruits will appear outside and create trouble. And now you have gone and killed them!"

Leo wasn't bothered by it and said, "Don't worry, Sengoku-san. Just take a report of the men who died, find out how many had fruit abilities, and have our men keep a look out for those fruits."

"You think I don't know how to do my job!? Finish up there and get back to headquarters, I will deal with you later!"

Kachak!

The call ended.

Leo shrugged. He was on his way to the upper floors when his spiritual sense picked up a peculiar scene.

Hm?

A chilling light flashed in his eyes.

Somewhere in Impel Down.

A group of people lead by a large black man with braided beard and some missing teeth were walking through a wide corridor.

"Captain, are we leaving?"

The large black man laughed, "Zihahaha, this many men are enough. Let's go, a war awaits us, and our future. Zihahaha."

They made way through several floors and reached a secret corridor. Just through here and they would be able to retreat.

"Blackbeard, you got some nerve to break out this many level 6 prisoners."

Just as they crossed the secret door a voice was heard from behind. Blackbeard and his crew looked back and saw Leo.

"Zihahaha, if it isn't the upcoming star of marines."

Blackbeard laughed arrogantly. He didn't place Leo in his eyes, as someone with the strongest devil fruit, only admirals and Yonkos were a worthy opponent for him.

Leo's voice turned cold, "Since you chose to forego your Shichibukai title, die."

"Zihahaha, I would love to stay and chat, but I have somewhere else to be. Laffite!"

Leo lashed out with his sword. His sword intent soared and sword rays filled the sky and crashed down towards Blackbeard and his crew.

Just as he attacked a man wearing a hat with a cane in his hands stepped forward. He pulled out a large black cloth out of nowhere. It got big and enclosed everyone of them.

Sword rays flashed and sliced the cloth into pieces but Blackbeard and his crew was gone.

Hm?

Leo was surprised. He looked at the spot where they disappeared and was deep in thought.

Why didn't they use this ability from inside? Is it because of the sea stone lining the walls? Must be.

He shook his head and was about to leave when he froze in place. He flipped his palm and took out the Dragon-Tiger medallion.

He injected his spiritual sense into it. Some kind of energy seems to have been absorbed by it. It looked more active than before.

Leo was excited. After so long the medallion finally showed some activity!

What happened? Is it because of that man's ability?

Must be! Haha, finally there is a lead!