424. Sir Crocodile

The rebels' attacks surprise the agents who thought they were still allies. They don't know that Leo and Robin have made the rebels switch sides. The surprise attacks make many agents get taken out because they weren't ready.

But these agents have a lot of experience, so they overcome their confusion fast and fight the rebels back. The war happens just outside Alubarna, so the soldiers can see it. They are confused because they've expected to get attacked by the rebels and agents.

Just like them, Crocodile who supervises the plan is confused and furious. He has planned things thoroughly, but suddenly things don't go as he planned. Everything has gone well so far, after all, so he didn't expect something like this to happen.

"What the hell happened?"

Crocodile clicks his tongue before looking at the palace.

"It seems I need to do this myself."

Leo is now helping the rebels on the battlefield using his swordsmanship. He doesn't use his devil fruit ability though to save his energy. The war has just started, after all, and he needs to fight the main agents, so he needs to save his energy.

Still, even without his devil fruit, Leo is too powerful for these normal bounty hunters. Leo can defeat them with every slash of his blades and Robin doesn't do anything. She just watches from a safe place as everyone else fights.

Robin has a job to do now, which is to find the Straw Hat Pirates. She uses her devil fruit ability to look all over Alubarna to find them by growing eyes & ears using her flower petals. Robin has looked everywhere, but she can't find the Straw Hats.

"Leo, it seems they haven't arrived yet."

"What? Damn, then Koza might fail if Vivi hasn't arrived yet."

"Oh no! Crocodile is moving towards the palace."

"Shit! I need to go there now. Robin, try to keep these guys alive."

Leo runs off after saying that and he moves fast by gliding on the ground using fire on his feet. He goes to the palace very fast and encounters Koza who actually succeeds at persuading the soldiers.

"Koza! Go to the battlefield now, I will go to the palace. Crocodile is going there."

"What?! Then I'll go too."

"No! You need to lead the others, leave Crocodile to me. I can at least hold him for a while."

"Tch, fine, just stay alive."

"I don't plan to die yet."

Leo keeps rushing to the palace while Koza goes to the battlefield with the soldiers. Leo doesn't say it, but he's impressed at Koza for succeeding at persuading the soldiers. Although maybe it's also because the rebels are fighting the agents, so the soldiers believe him more easily.

After a while, Leo arrives in front of the palace and thinks of a way to get inside. But then he hears a battle sound from above, so he propels himself up by shooting fire from his feet. He can't reach it though because it's too high for him.

"Goddamn, it's really high. I can't reach it."

Leo suddenly realizes that he is still limiting himself to do things that he has never done before. He laughs a little because he knows this is the reason he couldn't grow fast. So he smirks before using a lot of his energy to fly up by transforming himself into a fire and shooting himself up.

He succeeds and he smiles widely because it actually works and it doesn't use a lot of his energy. Leo doesn't know yet that by transforming into a fire, he also reduces his body weight because it's now a fire. So he can fly easier and if he masters it, he can fly freely.

Anyway, Leo has arrived on the rooftop now, and he sees the man who becomes their main target, Crocodile. Some other people are there too, but they've been beaten up. An old guy is pinned on the wall in front of Crocodile and Leo knows he is the King.

"Hmm? Who are you, kid?"

"Me? I'm a pirate who will destroy your plan."

Crocodile is silent for a moment before he laughs. "KAKAKA, you must be that Straw Hat's crewmate. Well, let me tell you, your Captain has died. He chased me after being beaten by me just to get beaten again. I decided to kill him because he was annoying."

"You kill Luffy? Heh, what a nice joke. That guy is the most persistent person I've ever met. You thought you've killed him, but are you sure that he has died? He will come back, although you might have gotten defeated by me when that happens though."

"Hoh, what an arrogant statement. You? Defeating me? Kakaka, so funny, kid."

"Yeah, funny."

Leo suddenly shoots himself forward and arrives in front of Crocodile very fast. He slashes his firey cutlasses at Crocodile's body and Crocodile gets cut easily. Leo lands and realizes that the fire on his blades has disappeared now.

He is quite surprised, but he ignores it and runs to the King. Leo cuts the rope that holds the King and then jumps to the left with the King to evade Crocodile's sand attack. His instinct tells him that he needs to evade that because it felt dangerous.

Leo immediately whispers to the King to bring him some water. The King is still confused because he doesn't know Leo, but Leo tells him to think about it later. Their priority now is defeating Crocodile and they need water to do it.

The King nods and then runs into the palace. Crocodile shoots sand toward the King, but Leo blocks it by crossing his cutlasses. He gets pushed back a little, but his blocking allows the King to escape. Crocodile is pissed, but Leo just smirks while coating his cutlasses with fire.

"Fire? So you are a devil fruit user, huh? A logia type I assume. Is that the source of your confidence?"

"Not really, I just know I need to beat your ass, and I will do it."

"Then, let's see if you have the ability to do it."

Crocodile shoots a sand blade and Leo evades it before rushing toward Crocodile. Leo slashes his right cutlass at Crocodile, but the man blocks it using his metal hook. Then when Leo is about to slash using his left cutlass, Crocodile sends a punch at his stomach.

Leo expects it to pass his fire body, but to his surprise, Crocodile's punch actually hurts him. He gets flung back a little and he holds his stomach with a surprised expression. He realizes his previous instinct to evade was right.

"Kakaka, as I thought, I can touch you. Don't you know that sand is a good fire extinguisher? Your weak fire won't be able to damage my sand, but I can damage you. This doesn't look good for you, kid."

"Tch, so his sand can damage me, huh? This changes some things, but the way to defeat him is still the same. Damn, where's that old man?"

Leo is looking for the King who finally appears while bringing a glass of water. Leo's face becomes dark instantly while looking at the glass of water. He wanted the King to bring a lot of water, but the King only bring a glass.

While slapping his face, Leo realizes that it's also his fault for not telling the King to bring a lot of water. So he sighs and decides to accept the glass of water. But Crocodile knows his intention, so Crocodile shoots a sand blade at the glass of water.

Leo acts fast and destroys the sand blade using his blades. It worked before, so he knows he can break Crocodile's sand attack using his blades. He immediately takes the glass of water and store half of the water in his mouth while holding the rest in his left hand.

Now, Leo's weapons are a cutlass and a glass of water. He looks ridiculous, but Crocodile doesn't laugh because Leo has rushed toward him again. Leo is very fast because he shoots himself forward using his fire.

When he arrives in front of Crocodile, Leo splashes the water in the glass at Crocodile. Croco evades it easily, but he can't evade the water that Leo spits out of his mouth. The water splashes on his face, so Crocodile closes his eyes reflexively.

Leo slashes his right cutlass at Crocodile's face and almost hits him. But Crocodile opens his eyes and slides back to evade the blade. Crocodile can't evade perfectly though, and Leo's attack cuts his facial skin, giving him a vertical wound that crosses with his horizontal scar.

It isn't the end though because Leo suddenly shoots himself forward again. He slashes his cutlass upwards, but Crocodile makes a sand wall to block it. Leo's cutlass is stuck in the sand wall, so he clicks his tongue and pulls it back.

When he's done, Crocodile has dried his face and looks at him angrily. He smirks and taunts Crocodile again even though he has run out of water. They fight again and now Leo is very careful of Crocodile's attacks.

Leo focuses on evading and blocking Crocodile's attacks. He still can't find a way to damage Crocodile without water. His fire keeps getting extinguished and can't damage Crocodile's sand body. When Leo gets cornered, they suddenly hear a loud sound calling Crocodile from afar.

Both of them take a look and see Luffy is being carried by a big bird. Crocodile looks unpleased, while Leo is smirking. Now it will be 2 vs 1, so their chance of winning will be higher, that's what Leo thought.

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