chapter 87

Johnny's point of view:

I arrive at the island while carrying the unconscious rear admiral and land next to Bob while greeting him with a smile.

"What's that thing in your hand, captain?" Bob asked while looking at the rear admiral. "I brought him just in case we ended up needing a hostage or something," I explained while shrugging my shoulders.

"I Know that Wilson and Laffite will manage somehow, but I don't want to leave anything to chance," I concluded, causing Bob to nod as I turned to watch the fight as the vice-admiral threw Wilson into the ground and rushed towards Laffite.

Laffite looked at the approaching vice-admiral calmly while calmly smiling as he drew a gun and began shooting in his direction. Still, the bullets did not seem to slow down Momonga as he deflected them all without batting an eye.

The vice admiral reached Laffite with no trouble, promptly swinging his blade at Laffite's chest. Laffite, knowing blocking the Haki-coated sword with his cane would be useless, merely moved backward.

The sword hit nothing but air, and Laffite acted immediately, swinging his cane and hitting the back of the vice admiral's sword, pushing it further down, and messing up Momonga's stance.

Laffite's hand moved at incredible speed, gripping the vice admiral's wrist as he moved forward, crashing into Momonga's chest with his shoulder, turning around, and throwing him into the ground with an over-shoulder throw.

The vice admiral tried to correct his posture in the air to stop his momentum and charge at Laffite again, but he had to stop and turn around to stop a gigantic fist aimed towards him as Wilson was upon him once again.

Sword met fist again, with a thundering thud, as Laffite made his move, appearing behind the vice-admiral with the butt of his cane, pointed at Momonga's back, preparing to strike him at the center of his spine.

Still, the vice-admiral quickly reacted by removing one of his hands from the sword, hitting Wilson's fist, and pushing it away from his sword while using the force of the attack to spin around and meet Laffite's cane with his foot.

The force of the vice admiral's kick sent Laffite reeling backward as he turned around, slashing Wilson's chest and drawing a long, thin, red line across it.

Wilson did even so much as grunt in pain as he reached with his four arms, hugging Momonga with a savage grin as Laffite began charging towards them with Geppo, with the tip of his cane that was radiating a flaming hue, aimed at Momonga's back again.

The vice admiral noticed Laffite charging towards him from the corner of his eye and began violently struggling. Still, Wilson tightened his grip on him further by transforming into his original gorilla form, which was now at least two meters taller than what it used to be. (Five meters, originally.)

Upon realizing that he couldn't free himself, Momonga coated the fingers of his hand in Haki as he began repeatedly thrusting them into Wilson's body while using Shigan.

Wilson responded by cocking his head backward and slamming it into the vice admiral's head, which disoriented the latter. Still, that didn't cause him to stop his actions as blood began to leak from Wilson's body and Momonga's forehead.

Laffite arrived a second later, thrusting the tip of his cane at the vice admiral's Haki-protected back with a fiery explosion. That, however, still didn't stop the vice-admiral, as he continuously kept thrusting his fingers into Wilson's thick hide, even as Laffite hammered him with the red cane.

The stalemate continued for several seconds until the Momonga managed to free loosen Wilson's grip on him thanks to his constant struggle, wriggling out of Wilson's hold with Kami-e.

Momonga ignored Laffite, who kept hammering his back as he swung his sword at Wilson's neck. Still, just as Bob and I were getting ready to jump in and save Wilson, the four-armed gorilla suddenly raised his head to the sky, roaring loudly enough to send the birds in the vicinity into a frenzy as they began flying in all directions.

Wilson's eyes glinted as he lowered his head and met the vice admiral's sword with his forehead, causing sparks to fly in the air with a loud metallic sound.

The vice admiral's eyes widened as Wilson moved his head back, revealing his forehead covered by a black, metal-like coat of Armament Haki.

Wilson roared again, quickly holding the vice admiral, head-butting him with his Haki-covered forehead and sending him crashing into the ground.

"You can take care of the rest, Laffite," Wilson said while cracking his neck with a smirk as he turned around and made his way towards Bob and me.

Laffite merely shrugged with his usual amiable smile drawn on his face as he looked down on the vice-admiral, as the latter got up from the crater he created after crashing into the ground while holding his head.

It was also this time that Elly and Kozue finished dealing with the remaining marine soldiers. So they made their way towards me to spectate the rest of the fight with us.

"I see what's happening here," vice admiral Momomnga said in a calm tone as he turned to look at the unconscious rear admiral lying in front of me.

"You people want to use me, a marine vice admiral, as a stepping stone," he remarked while chuckling calmly, but there was a vein bulging on his forehead.

"However, I refuse to be a part of this farce any longer," the vice-admiral said, promptly sheathing his blade. "Kill me if you wish, but mark my words, no matter what happens today, you will regret it sooner or later," he stated as he sat down cross-legged, putting his sword in front of him.

"Justice will always find its way," he concluded, closing his eyes and ignoring us. "Rehahahaha, tough luck, Laffite. It looks like the vice-admiral has had enough of us already," I said while laughing loudly as I looked at Momonga, who was meditating peacefully as if we no longer existed.

"We'll find you something else, so let's get out of here," I said while shaking my head with a smile. "We have a ship to loot after all," I concluded as I turned around and launched myself into the air with Geppo, making my way towards the marine ship.

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We quickly made our way back to the marine ship and began looting it immediately after anchoring the black pearl next to close by. As expected, the marine ship had numerous log poses, eternal posses, maps, and weapons.

It also had the necessities like food and drink, along with approximately fifty million berries. I imagine that money was supposed to be the salary for west blue's marine branch soldiers, but I didn't care.

We also took enough cannons to fill the black pearl. We didn't exactly need them, but they were there, so why not?

"Why did we leave them there, captain?" Byron asked as the entire crew was gathered on the black pearl's deck, watching the marine ship sink into the sea after we took everything we could take from it.

"The vice and rear admirals," Byron added after I sent him a questioning look. "The poor marines were minding their business, and we attacked them first. There's no point in killing them or harming them any more than we did," I replied with a smile, shaking my head.

"Besides, if we kill them, we'd end up with a large target on our back, and there will be a marine admiral on our asses before we know it," I concluded.

"That's not what I meant, captain," Byron replied while shaking his head. "I meant we could have taken them hostage and asked for a ransom or something," Byron explained with a curious look.

"That, huh? Well, we've already defeated two people with vice admiral's strength, so I won't put past the marines to sacrifice them to get rid of us," I replied while looking at the sinking marine ship.

"For all I know, we could have gone to receive the ransom and found ourselves surrounded by an entire marine fleet, or worse, an admiral," I added in a grave tone. "It isn't worth it," I concluded, shaking my head firmly.

"Alright, you guys, we're already pirates, so take out the flag and hang it on the top of the black pearl's main mast," I ordered with an eager smirk as I watched Elly go inside the captain's quarters to retrieve a black flag, with the samurai band logo drawn on it. (Autor note: It's the logo printed on the back of Johnny's coat in the story's cover picture)

Elly thus quickly made her way to the top of the main mast, hanging the flag and causing us all to cheer. "Now we only need to receive our payment from that yellow turd, beat the crap out of him, and do one last thing on Kano country before making our way to reverse mountain," I exclaimed while watching my Jolly Roger flap in the air with a smirk.

(Author's note: discord gg/sEtqmRs5y7 <—- the link to my discord server. It already has a couple of awesome guys with memes and constant discussions about one piece)