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Chapter 511 - Tar Black Gale

"Zyui…." A deep voice that was like a growl said, causing the man in a thick leather jacket and a fabric hood over his head. He was wearing a thin sweat jacket beneath the Leather, and beneath that was a white dress shirt. He also wore jeans and dirty sneakers. 

His face was 'hard'. Square, and chiseled. High cheekbones. Sharp eyes, a hard brow, black vaguely spiked hair beneath 

A brow, near black shimmering slime, goopy, viscous formation came from the shoulder of the man's jacket. Soaking through it and forming into a skull, or vaguely humanoid, gray eyes with dark purple surrounding its eyes. Its mouth was full of sharp, long, jagged teeth that were Blueish and Green in tint 

A tongue from within was fully a mix of all three colors. Blue on the bottom, Purple across the top with splotches of green mixed into be one gradient 

"What?" Zuyi spoke in a medium pitched voice. The voice, Dur, responded "It's not a good idea to leave them behind…We need people with us…" He said as he leaned in closer to Zyui. 

Zyui 

'The Black Gale'

Bounty: 462,620,00

Dur, his 'Other Half' is said, in his own words, to have been with him ever since he ate that cursed fruit. The 'Tar Tar' fruit. He was…How old again? He had such a hard time remembering some times because at moments it all became fuzzy. 15. Yeah. 15. He's lived with Dur longer than he had without. 

"So? They're nothing but a bunch of hired mooks. Constantly being switched out for other crews…" Since he came from the West Blue, he'd been hopping from crew to crew. He'd chosen to become a pirate to…Why did he want to become one? 

He hadn't slept in days. Even if Dur had tried his best to make him. Their relationship was…Complicated. Often they got into fights, and would switch between being close friends, brothers, or even something more. Others one would go into a rage that ended up being destructive. Thats why. Thats why he became a pirate. So he didn't have to be confined to an island in the West Blue 

He grew up in the Estanbal Region of the West Blue, the Island of Otto 

Long ago there was once a revolt on this island against a tyrannical government. Not much is known about this history. At one point the people of Tovara knew pieces of the history. Refugees from the Fifty years war came to this island. Estanbal Region of Sea is Home to the 'Estanbal Islands'

These islands are extremely close to one another physically. Within the past one hundred years bridges were built that connect each of the islands together. The largest of these bridges are 2 kilometers long. with the rest sitting around over a kilometer in length. Before these bridges.

There were ferries that crossed the distance. The areas were considered entirely different islands. But sometime within the past 100 years. The islands were unified. And thankfully so. Seeing as how this is the closes island to Reverse Island. A necessary stop for those wishing to enter the grandline. Strait is the 'Main' island. With the largest amount of shops and stops for supplies and rest. Inns, weapon stores, information, supplies.

Otto is the 'Port' Island. This is where the ships coming to Estanbal are required to make port. Seeing as how their is no public docks around the other islands. Delight is the restaurant and food district of the region. Most food related outlets are here, from stalls, to restaurants, fisheries, butchers and the like. There are some scattered on Strait. But for very specific needs this is where they'll be found. Delight even has its own signature food of the same name. 

But all this? That meant nothing to a Kid like Zyui who was born to a Family that doesn't matter. A Family that has now utterly abandoned him after not only destroying one of their important trade ships and collapsed two of the Bridges that lead through to Strait when he was confronted by Marines. 

Often Dur blamed Zyui, and Zyui, Dur. 

After that? It was Hoping from crew to crew, hiring, selling, stealing, fighting, destroying. It felt like such a…Blur? Useless? Meaningless? Or was it Enthralling, Awesome, and All Encompassing of his life? 

Was it great? Or was it mindless? He fought a Vice Admiral by the name of Zheng. Leader of a Marine base that had been protecting a trade route and stretch of sea that was integral to shipments and more wealthy islands tied to the World Government 

"Get up. Now." Dur suddenly spoke, a growl that only Zyui could hear as he was forced to his feet by the manipulation of his body by Dur. "You're a real curse Dur…" 

"Yeah. And you think I wanted to be branded to you?" Dur shot back with venom in his words as he absorbed back into his shoulder "So where to first then, Captain?" 

They switched often between being Captain and First Mate. They shared the Titles together. "Hee. Hee should be the first one back, I like him." Hee, was not a nondescript individual neither named. Hee was a man that had stuck with Zyui since about the second half of Paradise 

Hee was a Swordsman Gunman. Using both a sword and a pistol in tandem with one another. Able to land a shot from 1,000 yards. 

"Yeah…He sounds like a good one to start with…" His hand then formed into tar and shot forward! A black brown pillar stretching with tendrils around it and sticking to the tree high up above. With a tug, he flew up through the air!

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