Newgate & Linlin

I could hear loud explosions the closer I got to Tottoland.

I wanted to stop by East Tottoland so that I could check on Whitebeard's progress, but judging from the way things were looking. It was almost obvious that they had just reached the apex of the battle. I almost wanted to join in, but I knew that it wouldn't make things anymore interesting compared to how things were at the moment.

Instead, I found a nice looking roof where I could sit on while I continued watching the fight. It was quite a distance from the battle, but thanks to my increased senses, it was almost like I was watching the fight upclose.

Whitebeard and Big Mom had yet to make any moves personally, but they were both looking like they were getting close to stepping in personally soon. Instead, I decided to keep an eye on Marco as he started duking it out with Perospero.

It was a bit of a standstill between the two. It was glaringly obvious that Marco hadn't fully mastered Armament haki to an intermediate extent, but neither had Perospero. His candy arrows were doing nothing against Marco's flames, but Marco couldn't seem to land a significant hit on Perospero either. 

On the other hand, Vista and Daifuku were going at it on the other end. As Daifuku's genie kept clashing with Vista's blades. It looked like Vista had the upper hand, but couldn't finish the job. I could feel the mild frustration that came from his every swing, I couldn't say that I could relate.

Meanwhile, Jozu and Oven seemed to be going at it in a battle of strength. Oven was using his heat-heat abilities to try and over heat Jozu, but funny enough, Jozu was literally made of diamonds. So that wasn't working at all, as a result, it ended up being more of a battle of strength compared to a battle of abilities like Marco and Perospero.

"Oi! The fuck are you doing up there?! Didn't you get instructions to stay inside till told otherwise?!" An arrogant voice boomed from below.

Slowly looking down, I saw a small group of pirates being led by a large large lady with a long neck and an even larger hat covering most of her face. On her waist, lay a long blade sheathe with an unsheathed blade pointing right at me.

The lady was very much on guard, and judging by the way her hand trembled slightly while holding the blade. I could literally smell the fear that she had been eminating ever since she took notice of me.

"The fuck are you?! Deaf? I said, get the fuck back inside you deaf bitch!!" The very same pirate who had gotten my attention called out to me again.

"Step back, all of you. He is not someone on your level to insult like that," the lady's young voice echoed out towards the pirate group.

"Lady Amande! I don't think that this fool is someone worth your attention! Allow us to handle him for you!" The pirate said, looking ever so lovingly towards Charlotte Amande.

"Are you going to disobey my instructions? I just told you to fall back. Don't make me say it again," Amande ordered coldly.

They looked reluctant, but they ended up doing so and taking a couple of short steps back. As soon as they got out of our immediate surroundings, the lady turned to face me.

"It's a pleasure to meet the Storm Dragon of the Whitebeard Pirates," she remarked with an even voice.

"I fail to understand why y'all are so hell-bent on interrupting my watch party. Don't you guys have better things to do?" I asked while turning to face the battle. Whitebeard and Big Mom were finally approaching each other.

"We were placed in charge of guarding the town while the battle was happening. We are only acting upon Mama's orders," She explained.

"I guess one of those order's were to die then," I remarked coldly. These morons were about to interrupt the soon-to-be fight between Whitebeard and Big-Mom.

Amande remained silent for a bit, and in the next instant, she lunged straight at me with her sword held high.

"Whether I die or not, Mama's wishes will be followed!"

"I admire your loyalty, but this isn't the time for it."

Dodging her first strike, I rolled backwards before standing up. I was still trying to watch the fight that was gonna happen in a bit. So, my attention was divided, which annoyed me even further.

"Can't you just fuck off?" 

Appearing right behind her, I immediately kicked her back and sent her crashing into a nearby house. I landed gently on the rooftop and continued watching Big Mom and Whitebeard.

The battle had just begun, Whitebeard's naginata shone with a neon hue as it met Big Mom's sabre. The clash immediately generated a devastating wave of Conqurer's haki that almost instantly reached the house that I was in.

The pirates that had happened to be nearby instantly passed out the moment that they felt the wave. Meanwhile, Amande, who was struggling to get out of the now demolished house; started to visibly shake at the Conqurer's haki wave.

"S-such power! A true battle between conqurers!" Amande remarked as she struggled to get on her feet.

"Shut up for a bit, will you? I'm trying to enjoy the fight," I snapped while sitting down.

The two of them had immediately broke out from their little clash. Creating a bit of a distance, Linlin immediately summoned her cloud Zeus and started chucking countless lightning bolts at Whitebeard.

Whitebeard casually deflected all the attacks and lunged at Linlin, who raised her sword just as Whitebeard's naginata slammed onto it. The sheer force of Whitebeard's strength formed another crater where they had clashed. 

However, Linlin had managed to push Whitebeard off before starting another counter attack. They went on like this for quite a bit. Causing havoc wherever they fought. 

In fact, it got so bad that the rest of the battle eventually had to stop so that they could make way for the two of them. Nobody wanted to be a victim of whatever was going on over there. 

It was a great watch, every swing that each one of them had made was solely intent on killing the other. I could clearly sense the killing intent that was eminating from the two of them, but neither were able to get an upper hand. 

Personally, I believe that Whitebeard was holding back quite a bit. The fact that he hadn't used his abilities yet was a clear sign that he had been holding back while fighting Linlin. I was about to wonder why, but it was obvious he was doing so because he didn't want to hurt the crew that happened to be nearby.

I kept watching them fight for quite a bit, until my senses picked up on a scent that should've remained unconcious.

"Wororororo!!! Are you ready for round 2, Boris?!"

Flying high in the sky, I saw a familiar Azure Eastern dragon dancing about riding his orange clouds. His eyes brimming with fighting intent as he glared down on me. He suddenly changed back into his human form, and began descending down on the roof of the house that I had been staying on with quite a bit of speed.

I immediately kicked the roof I was in and pushed myself up to meet the man head on.