Chapter 96

I returned to Sabaody slightly angry. Yet it is not every day that it is possible to corner the admiral and almost finish him off. This bastard will probably learn a lesson, and after licking his wounds, it will be even more difficult with him. I won largely thanks to an unexpected moment, with a teleportation and a unique power to neutralize the powers of other fruits. All this took the admiral by surprise and he had a hard time. He chopped off his own legs and fled, I admit, ruthlessly and intelligently. The admiral has vast combat experience over the years of service, so it is not surprising that he easily found a way out even from a critical situation. My Star Hammer could have gravity pushed it down a bit and slowed it down a bit, but Star Slash works in a completely different way. The hammer is needed for a strong and overwhelming attack, and the cut is for a very fast and deadly blow. The gravitational compression on both attacks is very different, so the cut simply couldn't slow down Kizaru. It is a pity, an ordinary pirate simply would not have thought of it and probably died. The admiral's abilities are also terribly strong, speed is just his main advantage, in the power of attacks he is not as strong as me, but speed ... Perhaps if he knew all my tricks, he could just wear me out with his light attacks. This is exactly what he did with my teleportation, it still has limits. Previously, I could use it a couple of times by force, but now it's not bad a few dozen times. But of course this was not enough in this battle ...

Only two of my abilities worked against the admiral, this is the suppression of the force of the fruit tree yami and the gravitational effect. The second may not have much effect on him, but at an important moment it helped me slow down and injure him. My gravity is not yet at the level to distort the light, so fighting Kizaru with her is very unpleasant. But this allowed me to injure him, even if he was a logia, which means he was rather well suppressed ... Even so, I am making good progress, although it does not please me ... Kizaru's weaknesses are in his fruit if I cancel his power Pica Pica, then he's a dead man. Well, do not forget about the severed leg, it is not so easy to recover from this in a week, and he simply cannot help but go to the war with Whitebeard. I think at our next meeting, everything will be much more problematic ...

Argh, we need to find a pirate with a good bounty before sailing to Marineford ...

Hmm, wait a minute ... Hehe, it looks like someone can do me a good job and help in strengthening. But first, it's worth going back, I don't think they could go far. I hope the guys were able to deal with Kuma and the other fat man.

When I returned to Sabaody, I found the site of our battle. It was in Grove Sixty, at the local Marine base. Since there was almost no one here, with almost all of the Marines sent to capture the pirates, this was the perfect place for the two of us to fight. With our strength, it was wise to move away from civilians. Lots of mangrove trees cut down, a few hewn hills, watch buildings and of course a pretty spoiled island spoke of the power of my last attack. I think if I aimed it cleanly at the grove, it would probably split in half. Still, it was a mangrove island, it was much easier to do than with the usual one. The long track stretched for hundreds of meters, and in its depth many tree roots could be seen.

- Not bad, the sentinels will have to restore it for a long time. - I grinned and headed towards the guys. The battle seems to be no longer heard, well, with the strength of Zoro and Sanji, this is quite understandable.

When I arrived, I found a quite expected picture. The ground was covered with many craters and cuts, and some of them contained the wreckage of Vegopunk's machines. Also, there were two people who were still alive. This is natural for Kuma and Sentomaru, the condition of this couple was deplorable. Next to them, not far away, on one of the felled trees, the guys were sitting and discussing something. When Zoro looked up, everyone looked in the same direction as his gaze. Then Nami waved at me and the others smiled.

I went downstairs and asked:

- Well, a tough fight?

Sanji snorted.

- One attack and all these pieces of iron just exploded, what kind of fight is this?

- And Kuma? - I was curious.

"Not a bad fight, this guy was a tough nut to crack, but he couldn't hold out against my sword. Zoro chuckled.

I nodded.

- Fine, and the fat man in the apron?

North took a sip of his rum and held out in a relaxed tone:

"I had to show him how strong the Bone Devil is.

- Pha ha ha, bone devil? Did you come up with this yourself? Sanji laughed as everyone picked up and laughed as well.

North looked at everyone with irritation and grunted.

- When the children are frightened with fairy tales about me and the cap, I will see which of you will be the first to envy.

Everyone continued to laugh, but the redhead seemed offended and left, drinking rum.

- Okay, we need to finish a couple more things before sailing, as well as drop in somewhere after, but for now ... - I looked in the direction of Kuma and said:

- Let's chat with the prisoner.

When I approached the huge body of the Shichibukai, I sighed.

- Why are you lying? You've been conscious for a long time.

Kuma turned his head to me and said:

- I lost, now my plans are down the drain, so what's the point of running away?

- Plans? You mean working with Vegapunk?

Kuma nodded.

- We had a deal, but now ...

- So what's stopping you from continuing to do business with him?

Shichibukai sighed sadly.

- The defeat of one of the shichibukai can cost me dearly, Vegapunk will understand, but the rest ...

- Then return to Dragon.

Kuma shook his head and held out:

- If I could...

I chuckled:

- Well, lying here and blowing snot you will not solve anything, I do not know what your deal is, but if it is important, then try to come up with another plan. We will not kill you, be ... - I waved my hand to him and went to the guys waiting for me. Kuma said nothing, but just sighed and slowly began to rise.

I used to want to prevent him from becoming a mindless cyborg, but now ... It seems to be very important for him, it was all for a reason. This guy was definitely not stupid and could not be fooled, so there was something important hidden in this. So it was stupid to interfere, he is not small, he will figure out his problems himself. We can say that after Zoro spared his skin, our debts are settled, I hope he will sort out his affairs ...

After all, we headed to our ship, as soon as we got out of the island, who knows who else they can send here, so it was worth dumping. And of course, there were a couple more things to be solved, I hope the pirates had not yet had time to leave the island ...