229. Wano and Attack

Watching their subordinates die one by one the three chiefs felt stifled. They imagined the battle to be hard fought but never did they image such strength and coordination from these people.

These four were incredible individually, however they were even more horrifying as a whole.

Dali killed the last vice chief and turned his attention towards the three chiefs. Mace was already dashing towards the three chiefs.

Gravity Blade!

Issho slashed down his sword. The three chiefs immediately retreated.

However before they could move far Issho slashed his sword again.

Gravity Domain!

The ground trembled before sinking in. The three chiefs felt they bodies getting heavy. Their speed got reduced considerably.

Ashura's Rebellion!

A flaming sword slashed at them at this moment.

One of the chief reacted.

Tekkai! Armed!

He steeled his body. Busoshoku haki climbed covered his chest and his arms. He crossed them and blocked the incoming sword.

Boom!

Flames surged as the chief was blown back. It was at this moment a bullet whistled through the air.

The chief was hardly prepared for it. He hastily put up his defence.

Bah!

However the bullet pierced through his arms and fell squarely on his chest. The chief could feel a couple of his internal organs shift. He coughed out blood.

"She does that all the time."

Before he could steady himself a voice came from behind him. He was about to turn around when he felt a prick in his chest.

He looked down. A sword was sticking out of his chest.

"Damn you...

The chief coughed out more blood. His eyes became blurry and soon lost it's colour.

Dali pulled out his sword and flicked it to remove the blood.

"Issho-san, do you want help?"

Issho said without much emotion, "No."

Dali shrugged and stepped back. His body reverted back to normal.

Mace also reverted back to normal. He knew Issho had his own pride.

The remaining chiefs had an ugly expression behind their masks. They looked at each other and nodded.

Both of them immediately took to the sky and escaped.

"Please stay."

Issho spoke slowly and slashed his sword several times.

Gravity Fall!

Swish!

Purple sword rays flashed around the sky before falling. The air got heavy.

The two chiefs faltered for a moment. That was all Issho needed. The purple sword rays struck them.

Boom!

Like a meteor both of them crashed into the ground, leaving a deep pit.

Issho walked to the pit and raised his sword. The ground trembled before breaking apart. The rocked floated and condensed to form two swords.

Busoshoku haki climbed on the stone swords. Right on the heels of that purple light covered it's body.

Cough! Cough!

The two chiefs found it hard to breathe. They coughed out blood and tried to stand up.

Just as they found their footing a strong sense of danger assaulted their minds.

Soru!!

Both of them moved instantly. However Issho simply waved his sword.

Gravity Domain!

The gravity around them increased several fold. The chiefs paused for a moment.

Spurt!

The stone swords stabbed into their chest. It slowly sunk deeper into their body.

Issho released his ability and sheathed his sword.

The chiefs knew they were done for. Both of them stared at Issho, and finally one of them said.

"It seems it wasn't your superior who destroyed the last fleet. It was all of you."

Issho commented, "Accurate deduction."

"What are you plotting? Hiding such strength?"

Issho didn't reply, nor did anyone else.

Soon two more bodies occupied the ground.

"What now?"

Mace asked.

Issho said, "They won't send another fleet so thoughtlessly anymore. We can expect a much harder battle."

Violet was walking back to them from her hideout, "How long?"

"Can't be sure. But if I have to make a guess, two weeks. That's enough time for them to plan."

The rest nodded.

...

The battle between Leo's crew and the World Government couldn't be hid from the world.

Everyone drew in a breath of cold air when they got the news.

Mariejois.

The five elders had solemn expressions.

"An entire fleet, three CP chiefs, more than half a dozen vice chiefs and dozens of elite agents. All dead."

"In the blink of an eye they grew beyond our control."

"There is no point talking about it now. What's next?"

"This is the best time to take them out. However it's impossible to get close to that island."

"Then sink it. Initiate a buster call."

"Agreed."

"Seconded."

...

Wano.

Leo and Flare stood on a sandy beach. He looked at Sunny which had washed ashore.

When they were swallowed by the whirlpool the Strawhats were separated and thrown to different parts of the sea.

Leo walked towards Luffy who was unconscious and knocked on his forehead.

"Ow!"

Luffy woke up and rubbed his forehead. He looked around and asked.

"Where are the others?"

"Gone. The whirlpool threw them off to different parts of Wano."

Luffy was confused for a moment before cheering up.

"I am in Wano!"

He raised his fists and cheered.

Well, it's a fortune to be so carefree. Leo thought to himself as he looked at Luffy.

Just at that moment all three of them picked up movements coming from the jungle behind them.

Two shadows jumped out of the jungle and clashed against each other.

"A baboon and a dog? Why is the baboon holding a sword?"

Leo looked on curiously.

The dog and the baboon growled at each other.

Luffy was curious and rushed towards them. As he got close the ape turned it's eyes at Luffy and growled.

"Huh?"

Luffy shot a glare back. The ape paused for a moment before sitting down obediently, it scratched it's head and let out a silly grin.

"He has got a good grasp on haoshoku haki."

Leo nodded approvingly.

At this moment he raised an eyebrow and looked to the forest.

Bang!

A shot rang out. The bullet whistled towards Leo. He tilted his head, the bullet grazed past his ear.

Pirates?

He frowned.

Several figure rushed out of the forest. They were all riding on a variety of large animals. And alll of them were pointing their rifles at Leo and company.

One of them was about to pull the trigger when he saw Leo raise his arm through the scope.

He straightened his finger and slashed down.

The assaulters didn't know what happened. All of them felt a sting in their chest, they lost strength and fell down from their ride.

Leo put his hand down and walked upto the dead men. He picked up a sack from one of the animals.

When Leo attacked he released his haoshoku haki as well. It scared the large animals, they all had their head bowed down as he walked past them.

When he opened the sack a tiny head popped out. It was a girl. She had bright eyes and looked adorable.

He smiled lightly and asked, "Who might you be, young lady?"

The girl looked at Leo for a second and said, "I am Tama."