33 Chapter 33 - To the Top of Trump Castle! Taking Down the Lieutenants!

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With the wind that carried the paralyzing Devil Gas, Skunk One was shocked by the events, unable to do anything. Seeing that the wind was not simply cooperating, but being controlled by him, he finally understood how they could have been immune to it.

"Noah, Nami, you can go ahead." Nojiko put her quick flintlocks back in the holsters and picked up the might fire flintlocks.

"Alright. Let's go." With a nod, Noah looked a little more at Nojiko and suppressed the worry in his heart. He knew what she was capable of and it was more than enough to finish off the enemy.

And with his cue, they started running towards the castle, without looking back. The figures of Noah and Nami were almost wavering as they quickly passed everyone.

"Not so fast, you bastards, gas!" Skunk One, still feeling a deep anger, was about to strike again, "I'm still going to-"

Shot!

But he immediately stopped speaking when a shot sounded loudly in the place, and he felt his life flash before his eyes as the bullet nearly hit his head.

"I am your opponent." Nojiko spoke calmly as the mouth of her flintlock emitted a faint smoke, "And I won't miss next time."

"You disgusting woman, gas!" Skunk One became enraged, but his inner cowardice was screaming for him to run away. And that's what he tried to do!

Activating his jetpack, Devil Gas began to spread everywhere as the propulsion force carried him upwards. And as the weight of his body was too light, he easily started to float in the air!

'Let's see if you can hit me now!'

With a smile of abnormally large teeth, Skunk One leaned forward and relied on his years of practice to stay stable in the air while spreading a large amount of Devil Gas in the area, wanting to make Nojiko eventually suffocate and become paralyzed! After all, the guy who controlled the wind had already left!

And it was at this moment that he was shocked again.

"Wind Vortex!"

"Might Typhoon Shot!"

With a command, the wind around went through turbulence when the enormous cloud of Devil Gas was scattered in all directions, creating a safe field in the midst of everything. And within this middle, was Nojiko with two flintlocks pistols aimed at him! Fully charged with Wind Manipulation, she did not hold back her Spiritual energy from being spent on these bullets!

BANG! BANG!

And with two blasts, the bullets came out of the barrels with much greater power and speed, in addition to a centrifugal force that was making the air through which they passed whistle! And these two powerful bullets were heading straight for Skunk One!

"Darn, gas!" Putting all possible propulsion force, Skunk One tried to get out of the way of the bullets as fast as possible, as he knew those two would be able to kill him!

But, unfortunately, it was too late!

"AAAARGH!" With a cry of pain, Skunk One felt his right shoulder burn intensely, and a sound of bursting metal sounded behind him.

The bullets, which were going extremely fast, managed to penetrate his right shoulder bone and completely destroy it, as well as penetrate the jet pack behind him, causing a gas leakage that began to spread where he was.

And without any control of the maneuvers he was making in the air, Skunk One began to use all the reserve of the tank going from one side to the other! He looked like an ugly pigeon that completely forgot how to fly.

Nojiko, who was watching his movements, did not waste bullets trying to hit her opponent, who was going too fast in the air. He was out of her scope of agility, so much so that this same speed was actually hurting Skunk One too.

And she just needed to wait for the perfect opportunity. At a certain moment, the bottom of the jetpack pointed to the ground and somehow stabilized, causing the ugly man to be launched upwards non-stop.

"Now!"

Vanishing from where she was, Nojiko ran towards the metal pole that Skunk One was before and used it as a support to jump upwards!

Jump!

And with her jumping strength, she jumped at least five meters into the air, using her wind powers to avoid all of the Devil Gas, and then she did a somersault in the air before doing the unthinkable!

"Geppo!"

Forming a counter wind force in her direction, she used all her strength to give a concentrated kick in this "barrier" and fly towards Skunk One, who was falling already and out of control in the air. And she only needed to control her body in the air to kick his face, rendering him unconscious!

And after she stole control of the jetpack, she managed to make a "safe trip" to the ground and jumped before she got there, causing Skunk One to be the only one to crash on the dirt floor.

Using her wind powers to clear the dust from the air, she saw the deplorable state that Skunk One was in, but at least he was alive. She chose to go after him like that because she was afraid that her bullets might kill him directly from bleeding or else the jetpack would explode and kill him.

"Pant Pant Phew, finally..." Nojiko was breathing heavily on the spot, tired from the battle. And even more so was her leg, which was shaking slightly after trying to perform a false Geppo, "Even counting on help, it was still extremely exhausting..."

And saving her experiences to process more later, she woke up Borodo on the floor and went with him into the castle, which was already being invaded by Noah and Nami.

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Alone inside the throne room, Bear King was restless as he awaited news from his brothers. Honey Queen and Boo Jack were not even on the island, while Pin Joker and Skunk One had just left to fetch his wives.

And it was at this moment that the freight elevator of his weapons factory opened its doors, several of his subordinates alongside a large item covered by a cloth. And when he saw this, a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"Finally! My weapon has finally been completed!" With a smile, he washed away the worry in his heart and waited for the weapon to be brought close to him.

At his command, the subordinates removed the cloth that covered the grand weapon. And the King Cannon was soon revealed.

The King Cannon is a four-wheeled tank featuring a giant, screw-like cannon barrel. It is adorned with the four card suits: spade, heart, club, and diamond. A meter gauge on the left side of the tank indicates the charge level required to fire the cannon. The tank's rear houses a feed ramp for the large, drill-designed cannonballs.

The thing about it, that makes it superpowerful on the views of the Trump Siblings, is that the cannon fires its bullets with such force that they can create shock waves spreading through a part of the ocean. If deflected, the vibration is strong enough to shatter a thick sheet of tempered glass.

But before he could celebrate, some of his subordinates came running up to him with a very worried expression.

"Lord Bear King, we have something you might want to take a look at!" With sweat soaking his back, the subordinate nervously held a rolled up piece of paper and offered it to the boss.

"And what could it be to make this news so interesting?" With indifference and a bit of anger, Bear King took the paper from the subordinate's hands and took a look at it. And it was enough to make his eyes widen in shock.

'WANTED'

'Image'

'DEAD OR ALIVE'

'NOAH • D • AVERY'

'฿50,000,000'

"Sir, this is the man who was downstairs a little while ago and is invading the castle with the two women. And more news, Skunk One was seen unconscious in the courtyard through our observation tower."

"Noah D. Avery, fifty million..." With a bubbling anger inside him that was emerging, Bear King tried to control himself not to end up with everyone on the spot. His gaze then stopped on his weapon, the King Cannon, and any concern he had about the high value of the reward went away.

"It doesn't matter who this Avery is. I highly doubt that he can face at least one bullet from my cannon!"

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Meanwhile, climbing the castle stairs.

Noah and Nami were in an eternal struggle against the pirates who came from all sides. No matter how much they sent them all flying, it was as if the Trump Pirates had an infinite supply of manpower!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"Noah, it must be the third time I've knocked this guy down the stairs! Why are there so many people like this??" Nami complained a little angrily after defending herself from a sword with her staff and hitting a pirate in the middle of his legs. She was already sincerely tired of defeating so many of them, even though this was making her increase her combat experience.

"And you think I don't know?" Noah laughed and punched a pirate in the stomach, causing a faint bang sound to come out from his back, "I'm going to start slapping each of their foreheads to mark and know if they are not multiplying."

"Pfft, good plan." Nami laughed a little as she defeated the last pirate in front of them before continuing to run.

After ascending the spiral staircase, they defeated many pirates as they climbed. And after crossing a bridge, both entered a room after defeating a group of pirates. And Noah immediately recognized that room as soon as he entered.

With the wall fully mirrored, on the other side of the glass it was possible to see a type of 'screw' constantly spinning. This unique piece was actually the 'Key', the unique structure that supported the entire upper island. The result of many years of engineering on Clockwork Island.

And this area was also special for containing a trap.

Bang!

"To the left, quick!" Noah heard the door mechanism behind him close as he grabbed Nami's arm and gently pushed her to the left.

And with quick thinking, Nami took advantage of the momentum and threw herself forward, rolling on the ground and stabilising. And as soon as she did that, she felt the ground below shake and some enormous screws on the wall turn as the ceiling began to approach!

"I'll hold it!" And without interruption, Noah reached his hands to the approaching ceiling and exerted all his strength. And concentrating everything he could within him of physical strength, he sent it to his arms and legs.

"Tekkai!"

"Noah!" Nami, who was crouched down, immediately panicked when she saw his state preventing them from being crushed. She immediately looked around wanting to find an exit, but the only one she saw was too far to the right. And that's when she remembered what he had said and where to go.

Still crouched, she began to run to the left and soon felt a different kind of tremor, as if something was approaching. And soon after, the answer to the tremor came.

With the wall opening in two, Pin Joker appeared there with an indifferent pose and a calm look. And with his eyes closed, he began to speak calmly.

"You are really frogs in a bowl, daring to attack our-" But as soon as he saw Nami running towards him, he panicked in surprise.

And grabbing several needles from his sleeves, he threw them at Nami!

"Hari Hari Ken!"

"Cyclone Thrust!"

With the little space she had available, Nami used the principle of her Cyclone Spin attack and used it with a thrust, causing a tornado to appear at the end of the staff and sending all the needles that came in her direction flying!

And without waiting for more surprises, she attacked Pin Joker as soon as she entered the elevator where he was!

"Damn it!" Pin Joker, shocked that she had actually neutralized his blow, drew his foil sword and immediately attacked her.

Shing! Bang!

And in a fluid movement, Nami used a short staff to parry the sword attack while quickly attacking with the other and hit Pin Joker's knee, quickly disarming him! And continuing her movement, she connected the two short staffs to form her full staff and swept towards him!

"Flicking Tail!"

Disarmed and without time to react, Pin Joker could only watch Nami's staff hit his jaw and then everything turned black!

"Stop!" Nami, without caring about anything else, eagerly searched all over the elevator for a button and soon found a red one between two arrows, which she forcefully pressed.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Thud!

The sounds of the surrounding mechanisms quickly stopped until they returned to normal and the floor stopped rising.

"Noah! Are you okay!?" With concern, Nami ran to Noah. She also felt that the floor began to descend and the door through which they had passed also opened.

"Pant, yes, I'm fine. Just a little tired." Sweating profusely, Noah felt the intensity of using Tekkai several times beginning to hit his fatigue. And cracking his back, he just held onto Nami's waist before giving her a kiss, "Thank you for saving me."

"Yes, yes, I'm the heroine of the story..." Nami did not refuse the kiss when she pulled him a little closer. And after they stopped, she helped him to the elevator, sitting on the floor with him.

After resting for a few seconds, when she was about to press the elevator's up button, a familiar voice shouted at them.

"Wait a minute!"

A blue head soon appeared in their sight and Nojiko appeared, a little sweaty from having run so much to get here. She soon entered the elevator and sat on the floor next to Noah, resting her legs.

"Where is Borodo?" Nami asked when she felt the absence of the iron arm guy.

"He is very slow, so I ran ahead to try to keep up with you." Nojiko breathed a little and then pointed to Pin Joker, who was outside the elevator, "And who is this guy?"

"I don't know." Noah and Nami just shrugged when the latter pressed the elevator's up button, and soon they were full steam ahead going to the throne room.

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While inside the elevator, the three of them were resting on the floor, unconcerned about the impending "final boss" encounter.

"Do you plan on facing this Bear King alone?" Nami asked, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Preferably." Noah shrugged, a small smile on his face. "It's fun when pirate captains face off."

"Saving an island, facing a tyrant, and all you say is that it's fun?" Nojiko's eye twitched slightly at his simplistic way of putting it, but she didn't blame him.

Even though she and Nami didn't have combative personalities, they inevitably began to enjoy experiencing the results of their training and taking down the captains one by one. If it were a few days ago, they never imagined they would be doing this.

'Maybe I would still be harvesting mikans in the hope that one day some miracle would happen, while Nami would spend her entire life as a thief. And when nothing else could be done, we would be old and bitter, feeling the regret of a lifetime without fighting.'

With similar thoughts passing through the minds of both women, they snuggled a little more into Noah, as if he was their source of rest.

And shortly after, the elevator door opened at its final destination at Trump Castle, and the three were already standing.

"Finally, you've arrived, Pin Joker. Tell me at least-" Bear King heard the noise of the elevator doors opening and immediately imagined it was his brother. But all he had to do was take a look there to know it wasn't.

His expression, going from a mix of anger, disgust, and lust, finally settled into one as he watched the culprits for overthrowing his "kingdom" come out of the elevator and walk into the throne room.

"Wow, this is a pretty cool place. If we remove some ugly decorations, like that big gun and that shitty bear there, the place will look much nicer." Noah casually commented as he looked around the place, and also took a look at the Key under him, which kept spinning and keeping the island upright.

Nami and Nojiko, next to him, held their laughter and just gave brief smiles. And after looking at Bear King and finally deducing that no one in the "family" escaped the adjective 'ugly', their attention focused on something else.

"You're Avery, right?" With half-closed eyes, Bear King rose from his throne while continuing to stare at him, "You've come a long way to get here."

"My name is Noah." Speaking with an indifferent face, he cracked his knuckles, "And I didn't come from far away. News about the pathetic tyrant of Clockwork Island are always the worst, so they don't have much reach."

"Hehe, do you think your words can hit me?" Bear King laughed a little while holding his belly, and soon after his lustful eyes landed on Nami and Nojiko, "I thank you for bringing my brides to me. I will use the money from your reward for our wedding."

"…"

Already emotionally prepared for this situation, Noah still couldn't avoid having a vein stand out a bit on his forehead when hearing his words. Watching and knowing that someone was lustful was one thing, but when that person directed lust towards his women, things went in a totally different direction.

But before he could speak or do anything, Nami was the one who spoke first.

"Not wanting to disappoint, but already disappointing, we are already married." Nami raised her left ring finger to show the large diamond ring she always carried in her pocket.

Nojiko also raised her left hand, showing an equally beautiful diamond ring. The two had been waiting to show this to Noah for a while, but never found an opportunity. Now would be a great time.

And as these words fell on Noah and Bear King's ears, they both looked at each other with a tacit understanding now.

'I will kill you and then these women will be mine!'

'I'm going to kill you and then show the world that these are my women!'

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