“Yes, Demon skyler is here!”
With the Four Seas isolated, the actions of the Hell Pirates in the West Blue only caused Skyler and Laffitte to frequently appear in various newspapers.
Catching the eyes of certain factions.
But for the pirates of the South Blue, they had no intuitive feel for it, merely viewing it as just another rising faction on the sea.
Their only talking point was probably that the Captain of the Hell Pirates, Demon skyler, used to be a member of the Tils Pirates and had already gained a small reputation in the South Blue before rising to prominence.
However, it wasn’t long before someone was targeted by the demon.
The Kid Pirates.
Hailing from the South Blue, a future member of the Worst Generation, and a rising star who, just like Luffy, shone brightly after entering the New World.
Right now, his pirate crew had just taken shape and was beginning to make a name for itself in the South Blue.
It didn’t have the scale of later generations yet, but his officers were already in place.
He had set out to sea a few months earlier than Luffy.
“Eustass Kid, user of the Magnetic Fruit.”
“Congratulations, being chosen by our Captain is enough to show that you are a fruit with considerable potential.”
Dark clouds pressed down upon the sea amidst a torrential downpour, creating a suffocating atmosphere.
On a pirate ship, Laffitte and Skyler descended from the sky and landed on the bow.
Their visit put everyone in the Kid Pirates on high alert, and Kid showed up immediately to confront the duo from the Hell Pirates.
Laffitte stepped forward, glanced at the solemn-faced crowd, and smiled.
“Demon skyler!
What is the meaning of this?”
Kid showed not a shred of fear, instead questioning them domineeringly with Haki.
His tone was icy cold, giving off the impression that he was ready to start a fight at the slightest disagreement.
Behind Laffitte, Skyler did not reply, merely looking down at them coldly as he drew his sword.
“Want to fight…
Very well, if I slaughter the two of you, it will prove that the Grand Line isn’t as dangerous as I thought…
My pirate crew will soon make its name known across the four corners, letting everyone know the power of Eustass Kid!” Seeing Skyler’s movement, Kid licked his lips and said fiercely.
His fighting spirit was obvious.
As his words fell, he raised a hand, electricity crackling across his arm, and a powerful suction force frantically drew in all kinds of scattered metallic objects on the ship.
Forming two colossal mechanical arms.
This transformation was terrifying, full of impact.
It gave people a sense of deterrence.
“Captain, be careful!” Killer, wearing a mask nearby, sidled up to Kid and reminded him cautiously.
Skyler was, after all, a major pirate with a bounty exceeding 100 million, whereas their Kid Pirates had only set out to sea not long ago, and the crew’s manpower was still quite small.
Unlike the always decisive Kid, Killer thought things through more.
Why would Demon skyler target them?
And why was he coming straight at them?
Also…
what did the fruit mentioned by Demon Sheriff Laffitte just now mean?
Gripping his black blade, Skyler jumped down from the bow and advanced step by step.
“Go to hell!”
Kid let out a loud roar, striking first as he swung his terrifying mechanical giant hand into a fist, smashing toward Skyler like a falling meteorite.
Swoosh!
Skyler’s calm gaze glanced briefly at the shadow overhead.
With a flash of his hand and a drop of his blade, Battojutsu!
A crescent-shaped slash cleaved through, and Kid’s mechanical arms were instantly sliced apart!
Kid, still in the middle of running, instantly lost his balance, his body uncontrollably plunging toward the ground.
His pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks, the icy rain beating against his face, his brain temporarily crashing.
What happened?
“Right now, you are still too naive…
You don’t even have the value for me to kill you.” Within a breath, a black shadow flashed close by, and the fallen Kid saw a pair of feet—Skyler’s feet.
Sounding at the same time was also the man’s casual words.
Such an ordinary sentence, yet it felt like a sharp sword piercing straight into Kid’s heart!
Mockery, humiliation, naked apathy.
This was unbearable for Kid, who had an extremely strong competitive streak.
“Don’t be so full of yourself!” Kid wore a furious expression.
Even though he had lost his balance, he still used astonishing explosive power to swing his other mechanical arm, crashing over with awe-inspiring might.
Bang!
The next second, Kid’s mind trembled wildly.
He saw Skyler extend a single hand, blocking his decently powerful mechanical arm with bare flesh alone.
The astonishing impact caused the entire hull to sway violently on the sea surface.
The metal parts clustered together exploded in an instant, falling scatteredly from midair.
Yet Skyler didn’t budge an inch.
“Ah!”
Suddenly, Kid’s vision blurred, hot blood obscuring his sight.
His face had been slashed by a blade.
From forehead to chin, leaving a striking wound.
Kid let out a muffled groan and staggered to the ground.
“Captain!”
Killer, Heat, and Wire, the three officers, changed expressions drastically and moved to step forward.
But a few bullets fired amidst gunshots flew over, halting their actions.
Laffitte, holding a smoking flintlock, said softly, “Please do not disturb our Captain’s interest.
If you guys want to play, I can keep you company.”
As he spoke, Laffitte twirled his cane, blocking the three of them and separating them from the battlefield.
“Damn it!”
Heat cursed.
If they didn’t make a move soon, Captain Kid would be in danger!
Without needing to spell it out, the three tacitly split up, running fast and attacking Laffitte from different routes and angles.
Laffitte drew his slender sword body, murderous intent welling up in the depths of his eyes.
…
On the other side, Skyler ignored Laffitte and the others whose battle had begun, bringing a foot down toward Kid’s head.
Continually applying pressure with the sole of his foot.
“You are too weak…”
“Live on pathetically…
Go to the Grand Line, go to the New World…
I hope that when I see you again, you can become stronger.
A person’s arrogance stems from their own strength.
Right now, you have no qualification to look up at me, understand?”
“To be honest, you…
made me a bit disappointed.”
Kid gritted his teeth tightly.
Just as he tried to struggle, his arm was broken by Skyler using the back of his blade.
A cracking bone sound rang out.
Every single word Skyler said was a humiliation to Kid!
This caused Kid’s anger to burn, wishing he could perish together with the man before him, but he understood…
he couldn’t do it.
At this moment, the weight on his head lightened, and the sole stepping on his head disappeared.
“Heat!
Wire!”
Killer’s despairing cry came from behind.
Kid looked back, and his entire person was stunned.
Beneath the curtain of rain, Skyler appeared beside the two officers like a ghost.
Barely able to see his blade-drawing motion, his two companions were sliced apart at the waist, directly dismembered!
His own companions were killed right under his nose.
Yet he was utterly powerless!
Bang!
The second-in-command Killer was also instantly caught by Laffitte when an opportunity arose, stabbed in the back by a sword, and fell down.
Meanwhile, the dominance displayed by Skyler made the other ordinary minor crew members not dare to act rashly at all.
Amidst the rustling rain, Laffitte walked to Skyler’s side like an attendant, and the two looked at Kid and Killer, who had already lost their combat capability.
Without saying anything more, they successively leaped into flight, darting into the ink-black clouds high above, and disappeared.
For the Kid Pirates, although today wasn’t catastrophic, for Captain Kid, the future supernova, it was an unacceptable day nailed to the pillar of shame.
“Demon skyler!”
Across the boundless sea, Kid’s furious roar resounded.
However, his enemies had already departed long ago.