The finale?

Don Krieg looked at the two pirate captains who were squabbling and wiped the blood away from his chin.

"Let me show you what true strength means."

Luffy and Tom looked at Krieg while stretching each other's mouths and saw him remove a piece of armor from his left shoulder and hold it in front of him.

"I-it's the MH5!"

As the Krieg pirates freaked out over it, Gin pleaded with Krieg to not use it. Hearing the explanation given by Krieg before he fired it, Luffy let go of Tom and jumped to knock the poison bomb away, only for the bomb to blow up and spit out shurikens instead of gas.

Tom looked at Luffy who fell down after getting hit by the shurikens and said,

"Idiot. Falling for the oldest trick in the book."

"I don't read books."

Tom had an understanding expression after he heard that.

"I see, I understand why you're so stupid now."

Just as Tom said that, Krieg asked Luffy,

"Hey brat! Now tell me, who has the right to be the king of pirates?!"

"Me. You don't have what it takes."

Tom looked at the two of them who were fixated on a mere title and saw Krieg ordering his subordinates not to interfere in his fight with Luffy. Tom noticed that Luffy was looking at him with a smug expression.

"Heh, heard that Tommy? He wants to fight me. Stay out of it okay."

Tom's eyebrows twitched when he heard Luffy say that.

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As Tyke dodged the shurikens that came out of the bomb he watched his opponent block them with his iron plates.

Watching his opponent examine the blood that was coming out of his head, Tyke noticed that Pearl started shaking. Pretty soon he started screaming danger and created fire.

Frowning at the heat, Tyke watched Pearl charge at him and dodged him by jumping out of the way. That seemed to have done something to Pearl as Tyke noticed he started shaking.

"Y-you! You made me bleed! I-I won't let you go!"

Tyke frowned at Pearl, who rushed at him again after saying that. Pearl, who thought that his opponent would dodge again was proven wrong when Tyke stopped his charge with his hands, which caught fire.

Shocked at Tyke who did not seem to be scared of the fire, Pearl froze. Tyke looked at his opponent with cold eyes and started talking.

"Are you that scared of a little pain?"

"...."

"Grow up and be a man."

As soon as he said that, he ripped the big iron plate which covered the front of Pearl into two.

Pearl started crying after his defense broke and was just able to watch as Tyke rocked his fist back.

[Violent impact]

Smashing his fist into the midriff of Pearl, Tyke sent him flying. Looking at him falling into water Tyke turned his attention to the side where Gin was fighting Sanji.

Gin gained the upper hand and even pinned down Sanji, but he was unable to deliver the finishing blow after he remembered the kindness the chef had shown him.

Watching his subordinate not follow his orders, Krieg decided to fire the real MH5 this time. As he look at bomb arrive, Tom threw a mask towards Tyke and put one on himself. He looked at Jerry who already had one and looked at the idiot who was scrambling around.

Just as he thought of throwing one to him, it seemed somebody else had already done it. Tom looked at where the mask had been thrown from as the gas filled the area, with most of the chefs jumping into the water.

When the gas cleared up Tom noticed Gin was holding something down on Sanji. Realizing it was probably Gin who had thrown the mask towards Luffy, Tom clicked his tongue and went over.

When Krieg gleefully declared that Gin deserved it and that he had no use for someone who did not follow orders, Luffy screamed Krieg's name in rage and charged at him after telling Gin to not die.

Glancing at Luffy, Tom slapped Gin's cheek and said,

"Oh wow, he's out of it."

Right then, Jerry came with a machine which had three tubes. Putting two tubes into the nose and the last one in Gin's mouth, Tom started the machine.

"W-what are you doing?"

"Oh well, he sucked in a lot of poison right. I'm just taking it out."

'Does it.. work like that?'

Sanji looked on with a befuddled expression as Gin's chest and stomach caved in with the air being sucked out of them. As Sanji started to worry, Tom stopped the machine and took out an air pump and filled Gin's caved in chest and stomach back up.

"I-is it done?"

"Should be."

Sanji looked at Gin and made a horrified expression and said,

"H-he's not breathing."

Just as soon as he said that, Jerry punched Gin's chest, which sent the man into a coughing fit as everyone looked on with stunned expressions.

"There, now he's all good."

"Hmm, good job."

Tom patted Jerry's head and started going towards the ongoing fight between Luffy and Krieg. Though Luffy seemed to be the stronger one between the two, Krieg held his ground by using the weapons he had.

Joining his two shoulder plates together, Krieg made his so-called ultimate melee weapon, the Battle spear. Exploding when it made contact with any hard surface, it was an extremely deadly weapon with the explosions being bigger depending on the contact.

As Krieg cornered Luffy with the help of his spear, he went in to land a fatal blow.

Finding himself mid air as he was dodging the explosions, Luffy saw the spear heading straight to him.

Thinking of hitting the spear and taking the brunt of the explosion, Luffy got ready when he saw someone rush in and kick the shaft of the spear which sent it flying into the water.

Krieg looked at Tom who had kicked his shaft away and remembered it was him who had punched him earlier on. Quickly turning his right arm Tom's way, he unleashed his hidden flamethrower.

Jumping out of the way of the flames, Tom landed on the side. Luffy, who had landed close to him, turned to him and said,

"Don't get in the middle of my fight!"

"What the hell?! I saved you, you ungrateful bastard!"

"I didn't ask you! Stop meddling!"

Tom was about to say something to that, but Luffy had already rushed ahead to fight Krieg. Not wanting to be left in the dust, Tom followed right behind him.

Seeing Krieg's confident expression as his armor blocked all of Luffy's attacks, Tom sneered and sent a punch aiming at Krieg's face. Krieg noticed that and crossed his forearms in front of his face to defend against the strike.

Just as Krieg was waiting for the impact, he felt someone grab onto his hands and pull them apart, making him defenseless again. Stunned as he lost in strength, the last thing he saw was Tom's evil smile as his nose got crushed by a knee and he was sent flying.

Tom watched Krieg crash into the broken remains of his galleon's main mast and smirked at Luffy.

"That's how you do it, you idiot."

"I would've broken it in a few more hits."

"You.. you insolent fools!"

As they were about to start arguing again, they saw Krieg had gotten to the top of the broken mast.

"I am Don Krieg, the world's strongest man, armed with the best equipment!"

"What the hell is this guy on about?"

When Tom wondered out loud, he noticed Luffy had taken off and flew straight at Krieg.

[Gomu gomu no bazooka]

Seeing Luffy hit Krieg's armor again, Tom clicked his tongue muttering that he doesn't learn. Krieg, as he flew back from the impact, opened up the armor he had on his chest, which shot out explosives.

Seeing Luffy get blown up, Sanji shouted in worry. But it seemed to be alright as Luffy emerged from the smoke and hit Krieg with another [Bazooka] which broke the armor and made him cough out blood.

But it seemed to not be over, as Krieg turned to Luffy and threw an iron net he had hidden in the armor on his left forearm. With the intention of drowning him, Krieg ordered his men to shoot at Luffy.

As they took out their crossbows, they were easily stopped by Sanji, Jerry and the snipers that were on the Merry go. Luffy tried to get his limbs out of the net so he could take Krieg down before he sunk them both into the ocean.

Krieg, who felt gleeful thinking he had Luffy noticed someone had jumped at him. Looking at the blue haired pirate who kept punching him in the face, Krieg was filled with rage.

Seeing Krieg's expression, Tom smirked at him and unfurled his claws, slicing apart the iron net before kicking Krieg in the face.

Landing back, Tom looked at Luffy who had a dissatisfied look on his face and said,

"This is the second time I had to save you."

"I didn't need you to. I had it covered."

"Hey listen here you, you ungrateful-"

"I am Don Krieg! The strongest man in the seas!"

Tom turned his attention to Krieg, who started spewing some crap about himself when Gin, who had woken up completely, knocked Krieg out. As his fellow crewmates were shocked that he did that, he thanked Sanji for his kindness and approached Luffy and thanked him.

"What for?"

"Haha, it's nothing much."

Gin looked at Tom and thanked him as well for saving his life. To which Tom replied,

"Yeah yeah whatever. Get going already, you're an eyesore."

Looking towards an empty boat which had stayed intact, Gin inquired if anyone owned it. When no one replied yes he ordered all his crewmates to get on it and to start unfurling the sails.

After they had reached some distance away from the restaurant, Gin turned back and shouted,

"I hope we cross paths on the Grand line one day!"

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When Jonny and Yosaku, who were standing guard near Zoro the whole time the fight was going on came out, they noticed their boat had gone missing somehow.