Chapter 223: Blueno's Three Friends

With Blueno and Scar having a staredown, they intently eyed each other, studying their opponent, though while doing so, Blueno reached his hand into his shirt pocket, causing me to click my tongue in annoyance; I didn't say anything; it didn't matter whether he called for reinforcements, no one on this island was stronger than me. Hell, besides my own crew, the strongest person was still weaker than Freyja, so they weren't much of a threat in my eyes.

'Heh, funny I mentioned that since I can sense three people heading right for us, including the strongest person on this island.' Mused Diddy with a smirk as he stretched his body and lay on the counter while watching Scar and Blueno, only for the latter to suddenly dash toward the former using soru.

Blueno's use of the rokushiki techniques are below subpar by my standards, but they were good enough to get the job done and allowed him to swiftly reach Scar, who, while he may only know how to use tekkai and rankyaku, wasn't a slouch, he was pretty nimble on his feet, and his endurance wasn't something to scoff at either, after all, you're going to need some high levels of physical endurance if you are having sex with Freyja.

'I actually don't expect Scar to win; if he knew all six rokoshuki techniques, he should've been able to beat him, but with the way he is right now, it's doubtful.' Mused Diddy lightly as he grabbed a cup of beer and drank it while watching Scar and Blueno battle it out, only to spit it out quickly.

"Tch, disgusting. Well, whatever, let's just watch it play out; I'll get a little bit of entertainment when those three other people arrive." Muttered Diddy with a yawn as he rested his head on his hand while his eyes darted around the show, following Scar and Blueno's every move.

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Bringin my hands down, I used tekkai to stop Blueno from stabbing me with his finger, and while tekkai is a defensive technique, it can also be used to increase your raw strength in certain situations since it makes your muscles as hard as iron, which allowed me to prevent Blueno from landing successful attacks a few times; of course, I didn't figure that out; I copied it from Captain, whenever he and Freyja fight.

Leaping backward, I repeatedly swung my legs, launching several blades of wind at Blueno, who used soru to dodge out of the way. This caused me to curse since during this whole fight, I haven't landed a single attack on him—not like it's lasted that long, to begin with, but I've only been on the receiving end.

'Ugh, does Captain really expect me to beat him? Not only does he know all six techniques, but he's also even slightly more proficient than me in the ones I already know. Not to mention, he's a devil fruit user.' Thought Scar with a slight frown as he landed on the ground, only for Blueno to suddenly appear beside him, punching him in the face.

Using tekkai at the last second, I was pushed back several meters before I stopped myself and wiped the blood leaking out of my nose.

"Tsk, his strength also isn't anything to scoff at either." Muttered Scar with a slight frown as he eyed Blueno, who wasted no time and speedily lunged at him using soru.

Dashing toward Bueno, who once again tried to use shigan on me, though I expected it beforehand, so I was able to anticipate and dodge it; stepping in closer, I punched him in the face, but, similar to Captain, his body moved like air, and he was able to dodge it. Relentlessly punching him, which he all dodged, I clicked my tongue in annoyance before suddenly headbutting him in the chin, taking him by slight surprise, and actually landing the attack while using tekkai at the same time, which turned out to be smart since he had also used it.

Flinging him into the air, I quickly caught his leg and was about to slam him onto the ground, but I saw his leg aiming right for my face, and the way his foot was positioned was similar to how Captain's was whenever he used geppo to. Quickly tilting my body to the side, dodging a geppo-enhanced kick that would've more than likely broken through my tekkai, I twisted my body and slammed him onto the bar floor, only to leap into the air and launch an assault of twenty sharp, blade of winds at him; I wasn't going to give Blueno any chance to recover.

"C-Captain, did I get him?" Asked Scar lightly while breathing unevenly as he landed on the ground a few meters away from the small crater, which he ensured never left his sight.

"Haa, he's using his devil fruit now; watch out behind you." Replied Diddy lazily with a yawn as he pointed at the crater while his eyes followed a seemingly nonexistent figure throughout the bar, which progressively got closer to Scar.

Nodding to Captain, I warily eyed the crater where Blueno should be while taking extra precautions for him somehow appearing behind, which never happened, but all of a sudden, a circular line appeared within the very air itself when suddenly it was swiftly opened, followed by a fist punching me in the face, and flinging me right towards Captain, who caught me using his tail.

"Pay attention." Muttered Diddy lightly as he set Scar down using his tail while pointing at Blueno's fist, which had disappeared.

Nodding once more, I carefully eyed all of my surroundings, looking for that similar circular door to appear, and as the seconds passed by, suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I spotted a circular door on the ground itself to my left. Before it could even open, I leaped into the air and launched several sharp blades of wind, hitting Blueno's arm, body, and face; although I didn't do much damage since he had used tekkai, there were still a few decently deep cuts on his body.

He quickly closed the door and disappeared, though I launched a few more rankyaku's just to be on the safe side, landing back on the ground. I once again waited for him to reappear, but I suddenly heard the sound of wood breaking, only to see someone wearing a ridiculous outfit about to stab me in the head with his finger; I didn't even have enough time to dodge as the finger was less than an inch away. However, just as I saw my life flash before my eyes, another finger appeared, though this one had a long, deadly sharp nail with golden brown fur, and it promptly stabbed right through the finger, which tried to end my life.

'I-I hope Captain doesn't make me fight those three as well.' Thought Scar nervously as he glanced at the person wearing ridiculous clothes to retreat while holding his hand, only for two more people in similar outfits to appear.

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Standing in front of Scar, I glanced at the three suddenly appearing fools before grabbing the man's finger I had pretty much ripped off, only to toss it back towards him.

"Heh, I don't care what you three are doing; you're not interfering with this battle. Of course, if you've got a problem with that, you're welcome to try; just know…" Remarked Diddy with a smirk as he glanced at the two others while focusing on the middle one, who suddenly grew much larger.

"… You're all going to die." Added Diddy as he used soru, swiftly appearing right behind the middle one, only to grab his spotted tail and slam his head onto the ground using his foot.

The man beneath my foot tried to escape, but all that amounted to was me squeezing his head harder while forcing him deeper into the ground, which prompted the other two to attack me, though, with one look, I caused the weakest one to momentarily freeze in fear, while I slashed my hand at the other one, who had launched a rankyaku at me, sending one of my own, which easily overpowered his, cutting right through it before cutting his clothes off, only to reveal a dude with a long rectangle nose.

"Hmm, you must be related to that cowardly dude with the long nose from the Strawhats." Muttered Diddy lightly as he gazed at the man, who was glaring at him with his cold eyes.

''Nah, never mind; you're not cowardly enough." Added Diddy with a shake of his head, only to lift up the man beneath his foot before slamming him back into the ground, causing the entire bar to shake.

"Enough. What do you want, Chaos Kong?" Asked the man as he stopped trying to escape from Diddy's foot and instead tried a different way.

"What do I want? Did you not just hear? Let your little friend fight against my pirate member without any of your interfaces; I had given rectangle nose over there a warning, but the next person who tries to attack is getting killed." Replied Diddy with a raised eyebrow as he looked down at the man before tossing him into the wall, only for him to quickly reorient and stop himself.

While I got no response from him, to continue to attack would be stupid. I could easily overpower him, and although his mastery of the rokushiki seemed barely passable, he was still a long way away from beating me.

"Alright, Scar, stop mindlessly standing there; pay attention, you've got a fight to win." Stated Diddy lightly as he leaped back onto the counter before laying on it, seemingly looking relaxed though every fiber of his being was ready to pounce on a moment's notice.