Chapter 25 The Final Battle

As I woke up I quickly got ready. Soon though I stopped as I thought excitedly 'Man my body is much stronger now! What happened!?!?' After this though I quickly headed downstairs and was met by George.

"You're finally here." George said as he looked at me in hatred. "Indeed I am." I said as I stood outside the living quarters. "So what it will automatically begin or is there a time where it will activate?" I thought aloud as George looked at me in disgust.

Soon after my question was answered as 02's voice sounded "The tournament will now begin. Participants are Cyril vs George. Due to there not being a 3rd place participant 1st place will get both prizes."

"What are the prizes?" I asked curious as to what I could acquire. "Well the 1st place prize is a pair of Black Gold Glove. These glove increase overall strength while also being a defensive equipment. The 2nd place prize is an Amulet Of Fire capable of throwing a fireball once a day with the power of that of Peak Stage 1. Last but not least the 3rd place prize is a haki training manual explaining how to train each haki besides Haoshoku haki." 02 said as I grew excited.

'The first place prize will definitely be useful if I cant use Purifier and the third place prize could allow me to confirm if I am training correctly and change any errors.' I thought as I grew excited to battle.

"Well if there are no more questions I shall begin to countdown." 02 said when George interrupted quickly. "Wait before that could we have an actual fight to the death?" He asked with a sinister gaze. "Only if both participants accept." 02 replied with as he looked towards me.

After thinking about it for a moment I nodded as I said "Well if he doesn't kill me today he'll eventually kill me anyway." With that 02 began to countdown "3,2,1 BEGIN!"

As he said that George and I were immediately seperated by a mysterious force. Soon after though George swiftly charged at me. In response I quickly brought out Purifier and slammed it towards him.

Immediately he blocked with his glaive as he felt 2 impacts and then 3 as he was sent flying. Both the phantom images along with Purifier had hit him sending a huge force his way.

"PUUH!" He coughed as blood flew out of his throat. George continued to fly through the air for 10s of meters till suddenly he plunged his glaive into the ground and twisted around it as he shot at me.

'Dumb move.' I thought as I swung Purifier towards him. Once the first phantom image was about to hit George his glaive suddenly appeared in his hand as he slammed onto it sending him flying.

"How!" I exclaimed in shock as George propelled towards me ready to strike. What I had not known at the time was George had become 1 of the 4 Yonko within the world and had acquired a "skill" called instinct of the Yonko granting him strong instincts. (Now before people complain that he wouldn't have got Yonko he's too weak. Remember there are only so many people that fit the age range along with having the One Piece types and being strong enough to fill the requirements.)

Once George was 3 meters in front of me I willed Purifier to disappear as his glaive flew towards me attempting to slice me in half. In a flash though I jumped at him as my fist now coated in haki clashed with his glaive sending us both hurdling backwards.

"What!? How?! You clearly picked flail as a weapon." George exclaimed in shock as I didn't respond and just ran at him. Immediately he stabbed towards me as I dodged to the side and kicked his ankle in a swift motion.

"ARGHHH!" He groaned in pain as I quickly kneed him in the face. Due to this he flew back a few meters as I approached cautiously 'Lesson no.1 dont be careless.' I thought as I was ready for him to attack at any second.

My suspicion was confirmed when he attempted to kick me, an attack which I dodged easily. Still though I was fooled as dirt flew into my face. Immediately I closed my eyes as I jumped backwards.

As I retreated I could hear George screaming "AHHHHHH!" While I heard him run towards me. Soon after the air dispersed as his glaive pierced through the air towards me. "NOT TODAY F*CK*R!" I shouted as I activated Kenbunshoku haki and quickly dodged underneath and punched George's arm.

"GAHHHH!" He screamed in pain as I opened my eyes and saw him falling forward. Suddenly though his body twisted as he threw his glaive at me with his good arm piercing my shoulder. "AGHHH!" I shouted as it immediately disappeared and reappeared in George's hand.

Quickly I dove towards him as I sent vitality to the wound to heal it. George seeing this quickly got back on his feet and stabbed towards my fist as we clashed yet again. This time we barely moved as I began to send a flurry of punches his way which he deflected with his glaive.

Seconds soon passed as seconds turned into minutes and then finally an hour passed. 'How is he still going at it!?!' I thought shocked at how much stamina he had.

Now we were both filled with cuts and bruises as we stared at each other. We were going to clash for the final time when suddenly I felt a huge pain from my back.

"PUUU!" I spurted out blood like a faucet as a fimiliar black glaive poked through my chest. My vision began to darken and I looked behind me and saw that it was GEORGE!

There were 2 of him I didn't know what happened though as my eyes clossed shut.