Chapter 29

|Gion - Rabbit of Marine and Lieutenant of White Warrior Marine corps|

The fight starts with Pell charging at Captain Yuuji with his sword in hand. However, sadly for him, he is not fast enough to defeat captain Yuuji's Observation Haki.

Captain Yuuji keeps dodging the incoming attack with ease, and Pell cannot even scratch him with his sword. Even when he has excellent swordsmanship, his physical power cannot keep up. I was barely able to keep up with Captain Yuuji's Observation Haki.

And I go through his insane training. I love Captain Yuuji, but his idea of training is not something I want to experience every single day.

"Stop dodging and fight me!"

I can see Captain Yuuji raise one of his eyebrows and take a deep breath.

"Prepare yourself."

In the blink of an eye, Captain Yuuji appears in front of his opponent and throws his punch. The first punch is a quick punch to his stomach and followed by an uppercut. Then, just as Captain Yuuji is about to jump and kick Pell to the ground, the Royal Guard Captain changes into his semi-human form to fly.

"Oh! You want to fight in the air? Then we will fight in the air."

I can see Captain Yuuji kick the ground and continue kicking the air to keep himself floating in the air.

"What?! How?"

"This is one of the secret techniques many marines learn. This is called Geppo. This lets us have the ability to fly."

"Then let's see if it is as good as a falcon!"

Ohhh! He gets faster in the air. That is understandable. Falcon is the fastest bird in the world, after all.

With its current strength, Pell manages to make Captain Yuuji block his attack instead of dodging. It was a huge improvement, but it was not enough.

*BOOM*

After blocking for half a minute, Captain Yuuji decided to block the incoming attack and punch his opponent right in the head. Pell fell to the ground and created a large crater from the impact. Captain Yuuji lands on the ground and looks at Pell, who is panting at the constant movement he makes.

"You waste your stamina. You are facing an enemy you did not know. You don't know what is my ability, or how I fight but you decide to charge at me with all your strength. That is not a good way to fight someone you don't know. If this is a real fight, you will be dead."

I can see Pell grit his teeth and change back to his human-beast form before flying toward Captain Yuuji once more. However, instead of blocking and dodging like before, Captain Yuuji decided to attack this time.

For each attack on the block, Captain Yuuji hit Pell with double the amount. In a matter of a few seconds, I can see Pell's condition is getting worse and worse. After a minute of fighting, Pell's body is filled with wounds from all the punches and kicks he got from Captain Yuuji.

I must admit. That man has good physical power. They would fall to the ground and go unconscious if it were other people. However, instead of going unconscious, Pell charges again, and I feel this will be his last charge.

"Very well! Come!"

Ah, it looks like Captain Yuuji knows about this as well.

Captain Yuuji moved a little when Pell got closer and thrust his fist forward. His fist hits Pell's face and pushes him to the ground.

*BOOM*

Another explosion is happening, and another large crater was created from the attack. When the dust disappears, I can see Captain Yuuji sitting next to Pell and saying.

"You have a good foundation, Pell. However, it was not enough on the Grandline."

"I-I g-guess it is m-my lost."

I can see the referee have a shocked expression before shaking his head and saying,

"Match is over! The winner! Commodore Yuuji the White Warrior!"

All of the Crew give a loud cheer as our captain wins the fight.

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I sit next to Pell and start healing him. Even with that punch, he has yet to go unconscious. What a stubborn bastard. I like it. He only needs to learn how to use Haki, and he can join the rank of New World fighter.

He will be in the lower-end of fighters, but he was a mid to high-level fighter in Paradise.

"W-Why?"

"Hmmm? What?"

"Why heal me?"

"Why am I healing you?"

"Yes."

"Are you an idiot? We are not an enemy. We are an ally. Why in the hell do I want to let you suffer?"

"Even after I have done?"

"What have you done? You don't do anything. You only ask for sparring matches and nothing more. At least you decide to ask me beforehand unlike some people."

Damn you, Vice-Admiral Garp, and your punch first question never. He kept throwing his punch first to ask for a sparring match.

"I see… I'm sorry."

"What?"

"I'm sorry for my arrogance. I guess I still have a long way to go."

"Yup. You still have a lot to learn but you have a great foundation. After this problem is solved, I will teach you how to awaken your haki."

"Truly?"

"Aye. Anyway, you are fully healed. Try to get up and move your body around."

I see Pell get up from the ground and move his body around. He starts with a slow movement and then starts with a fighting kata that gets faster every second. Finally, after a couple of minutes, Pell stopped and looked at me.

"That is amazing. It is as if my body is at its peak."

"That means the healing is working."

"Is it your Devil Fruit power?"

"That's right. Now, try to turn back to your human-beast form."

He nods his head and changes into his semi-human form.

"How is it?"

"It is weird. The pain is gone but there is a lingering pain that should not be there."

"Ah, that is normal it will be gone in a few minutes. Three to five minutes to be exact. This is the power of Haki. It attacks your spiritual body and the pain will stay inside but because of my healing it will be gone shortly."

As we walk away from the arena, I can see Pell look as if he wants to say something.

"You can ask me anything, you know?"

Pell looked shocked, but after shaking his head for a second, he nodded to himself and said,

"Commodore Yuuji, can I ask for your assistance?"

"Of course. Ask away."

"Can you use your Devil Fruit power to heal the people of Alabasta?"

"Of course. I am just about to ask you to make a makeshift hospital in the nearby city. Our Crew is a healing corps of Marines who offer free healing for every island we visit."

"Then?"

"We will be happy to help you. We just need a building for our hospital and healing station before we are ready to help."

"Of course! We will prepare the building for you. Don't worry, the Royal Family will compensate for your trouble!"

"Ah, we don't need any money or anything. We are doing this for free."

However, the falcon man just ran away to order his men to prepare for our hospital. Well, whatever. I just give back the money if they decide to give us some. They did not know it, but I'm swimming in money from all the bounty I get.

There is a reason why Marines are so vicious when hunting pirates. They also get the bounty on the said pirates, and I hunt a lot of pirates before coming here.

I shake my head and look at Gion, who is holding Jeane on her shoulder, before saying.

"Gion, tell the Crew to take out our hospital equipment. Pell will prepare some place for us."