[33]The Battle Of Syrup Village

Luffy, still kneeling and holding his stomach in pain, was shocked.

Wasn't he a rubber man who couldn't feel physical pain? How could this person in front of him make him feel pain? This brought back very old memories...when his grandfather used to hit him with his "love fist".

But even though Luffy knew that he was weak compared to Ren, he didn't give up and his will didn't disappear, as expected from "Nika".

But determination and willpower alone are not enough. Luffy couldn't get up on his feet and tried several times, but he still failed, and every time he tried again.

"Good resolve",Ren looked at this scene with amusement, he was used to seeing such a scene only in anime and he was always on Luffy's side, but this time was completely different.

He was the one playing the role of the "villain" here...and he was also the one who brought the hero of the story to this situation.

It was a strange feeling at first for Ren, but he quickly laughed lightly and then looked at Luffy's deputy, Zoro, who was also struggling to get up.

"Damn!!"

Zoro screamed with a voice full of pain, not only was his sword broken, but he was knocked down with a single punch.

One punch!

How insulting...Zoro knew that Ren was a strong person, but he didn't imagine, even in his wildest dreams, that he would lose to him with a single punch and at lightning speed!

Ren did not care about Zoro and Luffy's struggle, but turned his gaze to Usopp, Marron, and the three children, then said threateningly:"If you don't want to become like them, then you should stay quiet in your places, okay?"

"Yes sir!"

Usopp was the first to shout and agree with Ren's words, then the rest followed him in fear.

When they saw the speed with which the two were defeated and the extent of their pain evident on their faces, all thoughts of resistance disappeared from their minds.

strong! strict ! The strongest pirate in East Blue!

"Good, stay here, and if anyone dares to go against my words, blame themselves later."

Saying this, Ren disappeared using Soru and reappeared in front of the girls.

"Welcome back, Captain~" Nami greeted him, she smiled when she saw him approaching her and cupping her soft body in his hands.

Kaya looked at this intimate scene between the female and the male with clear embarrassment on her face. Her face turned red and she tried to look away, but she could only look at them more carefully.

"cough."

Nojiko tried to intervene to diffuse the awkward atmosphere, she sighed in her mind, they were about to go into a fight to the death with a pirate crew after all.

But she didn't know that this was Ren's way of relieving their stress.

He still had his hand on Nami's waist, then he reached over to Nojiko and grabbed her by the waist as well while placing a small kiss on her lips.

"..."

Kaya looked at this with increasing shame, but Ren didn't care.

"It's time for your first battle, girls." Ren said to Nami and Nojiko, who quickly became serious after hearing his words.

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The Black Cat Pirates were smiling evilly as they prepared to invade this village. Many beautiful women, rewards and money were waiting for them. They would live a wonderful life after this mission and perhaps they might retire from the pirate life. Why not?

But the poor people...didn't know what was coming for them.

"The sun has risen..." jango said , he looked at his crew members, as Kuro's deputy, he could be considered the leader now.

"Go!" jango shouted and then immediately the pirates started running with their swords and pistols in their hands.

But in this time...

"What?! Someone's flying?!"

A random pirate looked up at the sky and then saw a blue-haired woman floating in the air. He couldn't believe it and thought he was still hallucinating because he didn't get enough sleep today.

*Boom!*

A bullet pierced this pirate's head and he fell dead, causing some of the pirates to stumble over his body.

"Enemy attack! Damn they got Zech!"

The pirates shouted and then they all looked up at the sky.

Nojiko, who was using her Geppo to float a few meters above the sky, was holding her gun and aiming at the pirates who looked at her.

"Eeeeh???"

"Am I dreaming? There's a woman flying in the sky!"

"Damn, where did you come from?"

The pirates were clearly confused, and jango was also surprised by the sudden appearance of this strange enemy in front of them.

On the side of Luffy and Zoro, who were watching what was happening, they were also surprised to see someone flying, but their shock didn't last long, especially Luffy, who wasn't a normal human after all.

Usopp and his group were also shocked, and they were watching the battle taking place in front of them with stress and anxiety.

"What? Haven't you seen someone fly before?" Nojiko said in her beautiful voice but she didn't wait for any response.

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

She continued to fire at the pirates below her, killing many of them. Her bullets hit vital areas accurately and rarely missed, thanks to Nojiko's sniping talent.

"Dammit! Woman, take this!" A fierce pirate shouted, then pointed his gun at the sky and was about to shoot.

But at this moment, a voice arrived behind him.

"Tch, you stole all the spotlight from me this time, Nojiko!"

*Swoosh!*

With a cutting sound, the pirate's head separated from his body and fell to the ground.

It was Nami who arrived unnoticed and beheaded him with her cursed sword.

"Hi Nami~Thanks for help." Nojiko had come down from the sky because using Geppo was a bit tiring.

Even though Nojiko who possessed Observation Haki was able to see what the dead pirate was planning, she was still thankful for her little sister's help.

"That's nothing~" Nami said, then swung her sword and cut down a pirate who was trying to cut her with his sword.

The pirate fell dead, and the rest of the pirates looked at this new enemy with fear.

"Damn it! They keep appearing one after one out of nowhere!" jango blamed his bad luck, but he wasn't worried. After all, they had the numerical advantage, and the enemy were just slightly violent little girls.

Or that's what he thought...

However, back at Luffy's place, Zoro looked at Nami , he saw her sword and then stared at it so hard that he forgot his pain and humiliation from the loss.

He wanted to fight this duel! But he knows that this is not the right time, as he remembers that these two girls were with the person called Ren for this, with obviously the crew that the man spoke about.

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The battle continued and the balance began to tip in favor of Nami and Nojiko. Nojiko sniped the pirates and shot them down with one bullet while moving between them quickly using "Geppo."

The same goes for Nami, who cut down every pirate who tried to attack her, while dodging bullets using her physical strength, which exceeds 10,000 points.

Ren watching this scene was satisfied with his girls' performance, while Kaya looked at this with her mouth wide open, she didn't know that the two girls who were the same age or a little older could fight pirates and shed blood so easily.

Kaya wasy yet accustomed to the sight of blood, and she was about to vomit if she didn't want to show her weakness to her leader.

But Ren knew that she was forcing herself to put up a strong facade and he didn't mind it, he would solve the problems with mental strength with time, he had the time.

"A bunch of losers! It can't go on like this! If I delay any longer, Captain Kuro will kill me!"jango screamed and started to get worried, then an idea came to his mind.

"Buchi! Sham! Come here!"

As soon as jango said the two names, two people came out of the vertical ship, the contrast between these two people was obvious.

One of them was thin, with green hair and a curved back. His ears resembled cat ears, and his eyes were green, while there was a provocative smile that didn't leave his face. He was wearing a dark blue shirt with light gray buttons and a purple tie. He also had light blue shorts, brown shoes, and white socks sticking out of them. While he wears dark gloves with sharp cat claws sticking out of them.

His name was Sham.

The other is an obese person in white and black cat clothes, with pale skin, sharp teeth and small eyes. He wears a hat that covers one of his eyes and has cat ears on top of it just like Sham. He wears black and white pants in addition to a yellow and black scarf and wears brown shoes. He has a blanket that he wears as a cloak on his back. colored purple and black, with a white edge, as well as a shoulder pad on his left arm, and he has pale blue gloves with cat claws.

His name was buchi.

The duo were the strongest members of the Black Cat Pirates crew after Kuro!

"Eh..Eh..it looks like you're having fun." Sham and Bushi said in unison and then looked at the situation on the battlefield.

jango was about to speak but the two had already moved.

Using their speed, they moved through the crowd of pirates towards a specific target, they were targeting Nami.

Ever since they saw the girl slicing up the pirates with her sword they identified her as already their enemy.

Nami, who was busy fighting the weak pirates and easily defeated them, sensed the approach of danger.

*Swoosh!*

With the sound of iron clashing, Nami stopped sham and buchi claws that were aiming at her with her sword.

Despite her physical strength, she was pushed back a little.

"You've got some skill, girl."

"HaHaHa"

Unlike in the original work, buchi and sham didn't pretend the weakness.

They sensed danger from this woman, especially from her sword!

They wanted to get rid of her as quickly as possible using a surprise attack.

Now with the two arriving and the rest of the pirates flocking in, Nami was surrounded on all sides.

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

"Don't forget that I'm still here" Nojiko had floated into the air using Geppo and started sniping the weak pirates surrounding Nami, leaving her free to fight against the two more comfortably.

She didn't want to hunt buchi and sham, they were her sister's prey after all.

"?!"

Nojiko, who was in the air, suddenly sensed danger.

Thanks to her Observation Haki, she knew the source of the danger and then twisted her body to the left.

*Swoosh!*

"Don't interfere in this! Your my enemy!"

jango, who threw his sharp rings at Nojiko, was at the height of his anger. He was very late for his scheduled appointment and wanted to hurry.

Unexpectedly, obstacles appeared in his way.

Perhaps the only good news for him is that Captain Kuro hasn't appeared yet, which means that he is still patient and perhaps he will only receive a small reprimand.

Or that's what he thought...

jango didn't know that no matter how much he waited, Kuro would never come.

Because he had already died at Ren's hands!

Returning to the battle, Nojiko looked at the person who attacked her coldly.

'If it weren't for Observation Haki, this would have been a little dangerous...'

Nojiko thought as she canceled Geppo and descended to the ground, still carrying the gun that her lover Ren had given her. She quickly reloaded it and broke through the crowd of pirates, heading towards jango.

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Returning to the battle between Nami and the two brothers.

The surprise attack had failed, and a violent battle began to unfold. The brothers tried to wound Nami with their claws and used their speed to do so, but all of their attacks were repelled.

The sound of metals grinding against each other filled the battlefield, Zoro looked at the battle with interest.

No, not just Zoro, but Luffy and the rest as well.

"It's time to end this!" Nami, noticing that the attacks were getting slower, screamed and used all her physical strength to push the two away.

From the beginning of the battle until this moment, Nami had been resisting the thirst and bloodiness of the sword with her mental strength, and this made her a little tired.

She inhaled the air and concentrated, she wanted to do the same thing she did when she was with Ren on the ship on their way to this village.

Sham and Buchi sensed that the danger around them had increased and intensified their attacks further.

Everyone was watching this battle, Nojiko, jango, and the rest of the pirates stopped in there places and watched what was happening.

"Miss NAMI will be okay right?" Kaya asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, I trust in her," Ren replied simply.

"Now it's time to end this!"Nami shouted angrily, then the next moment she lashed out with her swoy at Sham and Buchi, pushing the two backwards.

*Swoosh!*

Nami used her maximum speed to disappear from her place and then appear in front of the two in an instant.

*Swoosh!!!*

Nami swung her Sendai Kitetsu sword at the two.

A crimson blade of compressed air shot towards them, it was longer than the previous time and exceeded a meter and a half.

"Aaaagh!!"

"Agh, it's hurt!"

The two fell to the ground, a deep wound could be seen on the two's chest, the blade was able to hit the two because they had always been together and never separated, and they also didn't expect their enemy to have such a skill.

It wasn't over yet, Nami took the opportunity and stabbed her sword into buchi's chest to make sure he was dead.

Then she arrived in front of Sham, who was groaning on the ground with tears coming out of his eyes, and looked at him with disdain.

"This is the fate of the loser..."Nami said in a calm voice, but everyone could hear her because the battlefield became quiet.

But in light of this calm, no one noticed a female figure quietly sneaking towards a specific person...

Returning to Nami, she cut off Sham's head in a smooth motion, marking the end of the battle.

The three children couldn't bear to look at this bloody scene and quickly vomited. Usopp was frightened and his body began to tremble as usual. Even Marron felt afraid of the cruelty and strictness of this woman duelist.

Zoro and Luffy looked at this with serious eyes. Zoro wouldn't mind the two of them dying. This was the fate of the loser in the duel, as Nami said.

But Luffy wasn't like that. He didn't see any reason to kill them. Didn't they lose anyway and couldn't do anything?

But Nami didn't know their thoughts, and even if she did, she wouldn't care.

"These losers are dead too! I have to act myself and eliminate these girls and then-"

Before he finished speaking, he sensed someone behind him.

"Shut up."

Nojiko said coldly, the barrel of her gun pointed at his head and was ready to fire.

"!!!"

jango panicked.

'I've lowered my guard! Damn, when did this woman sneak in here?! 'I forgot about it while I was watching the previous battle!'

True, Nojiko took advantage of her stupid enemy's preoccupation and quietly sneaked away using Geppo and reached behind him.

His life now belongs to her.

*Applause* *Applause* *Applause*

*Applause* *Applause* *Applause*

Ren who watched this show was satisfied, then started applauding his girls.

"Good job, Nojiko, Nami." He ascended into the sky using Geppo, then looked at the pirates still alive below him and looked at Nami who was happy because his words, finally turning his gaze to jango.

"I didn't tell you this...but your Captain Kuro is already dead. I killed him."

"!!!"

"What?!"

jango screamed, even forgetting that there was a gun pointed at the back of his head.

"Don't raise your voice at the captain!" Nojiko shouted coldly and was about to shoot unless she saw Ren's signal telling her to stop.

jango was frightened by the threat and calmed down a little, but he still couldn't believe that Captain Kuro was dead.

"As I told you, I killed Kuro and set up a trap here to trap you...as for why I am telling you this, there is no specific reason, maybe just for fun?" Ren himself didn't know why he told them this.

The pirates who heard his words began to scream and cry. They had lost many of their friends in this battle and it turned out that all of this was an orchestrated trap!

"You bastard!!" jango could no longer contain his anger and screamed and was about to attack.

*Boom!*

But Nojiko would definitely not let him do anything, she pulled the trigger, jango died and his body fell to the ground.

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

*Boom!*

Nojiko killed the rest of the surrendering pirates, they were of no use anyway

In the Battle of Syrup Island, the remaining members of the infamous Black Cat crew were eliminated.

Number of survivors: 0