Chapter 35 - Plan B

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Chapter 35

Title: Plan B!!!

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Max then went with Plan B and the cannons shot at Blackbeard's ship-sized raft. The cannons did no damage as a dark shadow curtain made by Blackbeard swallowed the projectiles.

'Just as expected.' – thought Max, a small smirk appearing on his face. He knew that fighting Blackbeard head-on would be amounting to suicide on his part. Not only could Blackbeard neutralize his Devil Fruit, but the pirate also had a crew who could demolish his own.

Jesus Burgess alone could most likely destroy all of Max's crew and both of them knew that. 

Still, though, Max wasn't disheartened by this. Also, he had picked Drum Kingdom to take over and knew that Blackbeard would come here and attack eventually. He did have future knowledge after all, and Blackbeard's arrival on the island wasn't coincidental. 

From what Max could gather and piece together, then the pirate wanted to find a cure to his 'sickness' in which he was unable to sleep. The man hadn't slept ever since he was born. Max remembered all of that from the Manga and Anime in his last life. 

Someone like that was monstrous in his own way. Like a zombie enemy, always able to fight endlessly, but for others sleeping fatigue would set in. Even the strongest people went to sleep, letting their guard down at that moment.  

Max looked at the situation below him, kicking off the air once more. But this time instead of upward, he did so downward, trying to accelerate his fall.

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-Max POV-

I went through many ideas and tried to incorporate them into actions. Each attack sequence would lead to disaster, meeting them in a fair fight would lead to my death. That was a simple fact here, Blackbeard was stronger than me… WAY stronger actually. The man also had quite the advantage with his crew. 

Normally, I would rather run away from this fight. But now I needed a show of power. Also, I have had time to prepare for this, knowing that eventually, Blackbeard would come here.

There were many ways to fight against someone stronger than you. People like me had their ways of fighting, and I wasn't about to give up my new Kingdom. It would be a pain to get a new one.

Still though, as my body accelerated down, I could feel the wind cutting against my skin. I pulled out a Rumble Ball and crunched it with my teeth.

<Rumble Ball: Fighting Form>

My body immediately started buffing up, my muscles expanded themselves, and the fat around my body burned up. It felt like my metabolism was creating whole new muscles in me by burning my energy. Recently, as a King, I had been feasting almost nonstop, eating very large amounts of food. Together with the ability of a Bear to store energy, it became something truly special.

Still, though, my muscles didn't become too disproportionate. Instead of becoming a bully monster, the muscles just became bigger. 

And as I went down, Blackbeard looked up at me and our eyes met for a split second. He smirked, and I returned the gesture. The man seemed not bothered by my actions and his body posture released a sense of confidence about him. It wasn't like he knew he would win, but rather, he believed in his own victory.

Still, though, I pulled out his spiked bat and Jesus Burgess jumped towards me. 

"YEHAAA!!" he yelled out like some kind of cowboy.

But as his punch came towards me, with an easy <Geppo> maneuver and kicking off the air. I dodged his punch, getting in an aerial battle with me when he doesn't know <Geppo> was a stupid mistake. Still, though, Jesus Burgess doesn't seem like the kind to think rationally anyway.

BAAAAM!!

The spiked bat bashed his head in, the spikes dug in his head and knocked the man unconscious. 

Laffitte saw this and his usual smirk had disappeared, his hat shadowed his eyes. The man attacked as darkened Haki covered his cans. This man knew Haki already, and the white angel-like wings that allowed him flight meant that he most likely had a Devil Fruit.

Since Laffitte had access to flight too, then it meant that using the same strategy as I previously did against Jesus Burgess wouldn't work. Since Laffitte could move midair too.

But as he came closer to me,  a  malicious smile appeared on the man's face. I swung down my spiked bat and our weapons clashed, though normally my bat would have broken down his thin cane. This was more of a battle of Haki, something that I hadn't been learning for even a year yet. Even Luffy hadn't been able to use it well in such a short time. And he had Rayleigh to help him for one and a half years.

"You are quite strong," said Laffitte with a confident look on his face. "Sadly for you, wings give something that using <Geppo> could never allow."

As he said that, suddenly feathers detached from his wings as they turned dark and were thrown at me. 

This was an attack that wasn't shown in the Manga. Laffitte never really fought, so his fighting style was bound to be surprising.

Should I use <Tekkai> and block the attack? No, that would be unsafe.

I decided to disengage Laffitte and jump back, dodging his attack. There could have been poison on them or something, risking it wouldn't have been worth it. I can't allow myself to be injured, and Jesus Burgess was reckless enough to be taken by surprise, but the others won't be so stupid. 

Pow!

Suddenly a gunshot rang out and a bullet came toward my right eye. Immediately I moved my head to the side, yet it still scratched above my brow.

It would have blinded me in one eye if I hadn't sensed it already with my Observation Haki. 

I smirked and looked down at Van Augur, the sniper of Blackbeard's crew. He already had his gun aimed at me, and the muzzle was smoking. That being the only sign to show that he had already attacked. 

Van Augur was eerily quiet, something to keep watch on. Currently, the sky and being able to use <Geppo> was my only safety net. So it would be safe to assume that the sniper will aim for my legs because that was what any logical person would do in that situation.

Pow! Pow! Pow!

Three more gunshots rang out, I sensed the attack and was about to dodge when an invisible force stopped me and started dragging me towards the ground.

I looked at Blackbeard and saw him smirk, a dark swirl in his hand. 

{Black Hole}

I couldn't do anything as the three bullets dug into my body. Both knees were shot and my right dominant arm that held into the spiked bat got shot too, making me drop my weapon down and into the ocean.

Baam!

I plummeted down and Blackbeard fought me in one hand, immediately my Devil Fruit was canceled and I went back into my normal human form. 

"Heh, you are smaller than I thought," said Blackbeard. His hand was easily able to grab into my midsection. "You are small."

"I am average height for a normal person, jackass," I whispered calmly, knowing that the fight was already lost.

"Zehahahahahah!!" Blackbeard laughed. "You still have that spunk on you! Wanna join my crew?"

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A/N: Once this story reaches 500 Power Stones I will post bonus chapter.

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