Pirates Don't Age, They Only Die

"I don't believe it!"

Kuro gritted his teeth and swallowed the blood in his mouth, then launched the Pussyfoot Maneuver again.

He turned into a phantom and disappeared into the air.

Although his speed was fast, among the strong men he had fought before, there were people who could keep up with his speed.

But the Pussyfoot Maneuver is different.

In order to achieve that exaggerated speed, he even abandoned his own perception and attacked indiscriminately, but in return, he gained a speed more than twice that of his usual speed.

"There's no way a human could keep up with this speed!"

Kuro's voice, coming near and far, was heard again in the air.

The ferocious Cat Claws attacked indiscriminately again; from the mast to the deck railing, everything in sight was leaving cuts at an extremely fast speed.

In a rage, Kuro's speed was even three points faster than before!

But in his blurred vision, the figure standing in the middle of the deck was as still as a mountain, and its mere existence exuded an invisible oppression.

"I don't believe you won't die from this blow!"

Kuro gritted his teeth, protected his face with his arms, and unfolded the sharp Cat Claws at his side. The blade broke through the air and made a piercing scream.

"Cat Out of the Bag Attack!"

As the sound landed, Kuro turned into a stream of light and rushed towards Gawain. He barely raised his head and opened his eyes to look at Gawain in the distance. His blurred vision met a pair of eyes without a trace of emotion…

He really saw it!

The moment this thought came into his mind, Kuro felt terrified, and then Gawain's indifferent voice suddenly appeared in his ears: "Kuro, the upper limit of human beings is much higher than you think!"

As the sound landed, a silver-white light quickly enlarged Kuro's sight, and he instantly realized that Gawain had simply placed the sword in his path.

But in this state, he almost completely lost control of his body and could only barely sense the enemy's position and control the general direction.

In this distance... It can't be avoided!

He will be cut in half!

At this moment, Kuro recalled the tragic scenes of the enemies he had killed, and his heart calmed down. Perhaps he had anticipated this day when he killed the former captain and took over.

Only now did he realize that he was already old when he got tired of the pirate life.

Pirates don't age; they only die!

Whoosh!

The next moment.

Kuro rushed straight into it, but the expected chill of having his body cut off did not come to him.

Instead, he felt a large hand with distinct joints pressing firmly on his chest.

"Cough!"

Kuro coughed up blood again. Although he avoided being cut in half, being forced to stop at this speed was not much different from being hit by a cannonball.

At least five ribs were broken, and his internal organs were damaged to varying degrees. Every time he breathed, he felt like his chest was burning.

Clatter!

A long sword was pressed on Kuro's shoulder. The blade had been curled or even broken in the previous fight, but the person holding the sword made him feel awe-inspiring.

"The East Blue is too small. It can't accommodate you, nor me."

"Be my second in command, Kuro."

Gawain called out to recruit him again. He really wanted to bring the man in front of him under his command.

Even without talking about his potential, just the fact that Kuro is ranked second in the world in terms of IQ makes him a top-notch crew. Besides, Kuro's potential is also impressive.

A screen invisible to everyone unfolded before Gawain's eyes:

[Name: Kuro]

[Potential: bronze]

[Rating: Iron, he has an extremely outstanding talent for footwork, but unfortunately, his physical talent holds him back. However, Iron rating is not his limit!]

Kuro is the only one Gawain has seen so far, other than himself, whose potential surpasses Iron.

According to the system's evaluation standards, if Bronze-level talent is developed to the limit, one can reach the threshold of being a Rear-Admiral in the Marines, and among pirates, he would be a figure with a bounty of over 100 million, enough to serve as a cadre of a large force.

Gawain was also very interested in Kuro's footwork, which was called Pussyfoot Maneuver.

Some people have compared this footwork with the Marines' Shave, but in Gawain's opinion, the two are simply not comparable.

To make an inappropriate analogy, Shave is blink while Pussyfoot Maneuver is acceleration.

The principle of Shave is to hit the ground dozens of times in a short period of time in exchange for super explosive speed.

The Pussyfoot Maneuver can maintain a super-high-speed state all the time, but it has the defect of being uncontrollable.

This skill is very similar to Cavendish's second personality ability, the Kamaitachi of Rommel.

Both of them have speeds that surpass the capabilities of ordinary people, and both have their own limitations, but it is obvious that Pussyfoot Maneuver's upper limit is higher.

After all, as long as the perception problem during high-speed movement is solved, all the defects will be made up, and Gawain happens to know the method.

"Oh."

Kuro chuckled, with a relieved expression on his face:

"Is this my end? It's really ugly."

"Hahahahahaha."

Hoarse laughter echoed across the deck.

The members of the Black Cat Pirates, who had just escaped a disaster, slowly returned to the deck, but the scene before them was completely the opposite of what they had imagined.

Kuro was half-kneeling on the ground, grinning, ready to die calmly after being defeated.

Gawain looked down at him with a hint of regret in his eyes.

"The Pussyfoot Maneuver move has been cracked? How is that possible? How could anyone be able to keep up with the speed of that move?"

Sham spat out a series of questions. If it weren't for the fact that the wounds on his body were still aching, he would have thought it was all a dream.

But looking at Kuro half-kneeling on the deck, all his questions were answered.

"White Knight Gawain, I have heard of this name before, but the bounty is only 8 million; how can he be so powerful?"

Buchi asked in confusion as he slowly stood up.

A sea breeze blew by, bringing a cool breeze, and at the same time, the rolled-up bounty hit Buchi in the face.

He grabbed it and took a quick look. His body trembled violently, and he began to stutter: "Four, four, four, four, forty-eight million?"

"What forty-eight million?"

Sham leaned over to look at the number on the bounty and then compared the photo with Gawain in the distance and felt a chill down his spine:

"White Knight Gawain, bounty... 48 million Belly? Isn't Arlong the one with the highest bounty in the East Blue? When did such a big shot appear?"

"I..."

At this moment, Gawain's eyes swept over.

The Nyaban Brothers raised their hands without any hesitation and announced their surrender.

In order to appear non-threatening, they even took off the cat claw weapon in their hand.

"We surrender!"

"Captain Gawain, we have quite some strength and have some value to you!"

Gawain did not respond but turned to look at Kuro and said calmly:

"The hypnotist named Jango has also surrendered. He was the one who revealed your information to me."

"Kuro, you have no chance of turning the tables."