Leroy slammed his feet against the ground! The Staircase to the Plaza coming closer and closer! Red Sash was leading the charge no! No longer was he falling behind! No longer was he at the tail end of everything! He wasn't late!
He heard the charging crowd of the Red Beard fleet behind them! The strongest of the crew on the second city were holding their own against the Admiral Candidates!
Muromachi's eyes narrowed. Leroy beginning to see the peaks of the Scaffold come over the horizon! Staircase coming closer and closer! The top of Azars head and Muromachi's face was about to come into view! His right foot raising to slam into the first stair-
"Initiate Fortification; Obex." Muromachi simply ordered. And in a second! Leroy's foot was thrown into the air! A Massive 100 meter wall that was almost nearly as thick shot up through the sky! Causing leroy to fall backwards onto his back with a surprisingly harsh slam!
All around the Second Layer, the wall enclosed and cut off the Plaza and HQ building from the rest of the cities and areas meant for civilians! The Massive Marine Logo blazoned across the tempered durasteel that was almost 100x stronger than durasteel! Truly cutting off and halting the advanced
"HRAH!" Leroy screamed! Instinctively slammed his fist into the steel as hard as he could! Gear Seconds full throttle bolstering him! It shook the entire plate of metal! But-
The Vibration did not go all the way through?! It had been dissipated and absorbed?! There was steel that even Leroy could not dent?!
Not only was this Tempered Durasteel solid. But it was also Reinforced with shock absorbers and mechanisms within the the elevator machining to redistribute the force downward and into the Island and then into the sea floor!
If someone wanted to break it…They'd have to produce enough energy to not only overcome the Steel's durability, but power to also destroy the island and over come the shock redistribution system by overloading it all!
Suddenly, as Leroy is about to leap up through the air and attempt to overcome the Wall, a pang in his chest stops him! In a moment, the Gear 2nd falters and disappears! If Leroy's heart beat falters, it stops the heart from beating as hard as it needs to flow the blood to enter the technique!
His heart fluttered, chills feeling his body as he could a rush of light headedness. If one could see his eyes, they would see his pupils begin to dilate out of sync with one another. His breath began to hitch and become irregular.
"Red Sash! Red Sash!!" Mar-Syl entered into Leroy's vision. The Pyro Monarch cupping his face as he had a look of worry and nervousness for his friends condition "Leroy!"
Leroy still did not respond. His face was slack. Mouth drooping and eyes heavy, threatening to constantly stay closed.
"Shit…" Mar-Syl pulled Leroy onto his shoulders. The smaller man hanging as Diva spotted the two "There he is! Damnit Red Sash! Why'd you go running off like that! We thought you were still fighting in the First Layer!"
Back when Leroy had been outed as Tigres son. Leroy hadn't realized that he was almost immediately split up from Mar-Syl and Diva. The sheer crowd of Marines and Pirates descending upon them. Vice Admiral Netzeah had been the one to keep them apart for so long with the help of their Mercury Devil Fruit!
"Diva!" Syl and Diva were limping. The Mercury Logia having damaged and poisoned their blood stream had it not been for Divas Chem Chem fruit to force the chemicals out of their systems
"Whats going on with him?!" The Three ran away from the wall. The fighting Fleet and Fleet Admirals continuing. "I Don't know!" Mar Syl replied, twisting into a building that was miraculously undamaged. All of the buildings save for a few were Lodging for High Ranking Marines. The room they were in was some sort of massive foyer, filled with marine memorabilia, flags of the world government and marines, displays of metals, and other forms of luxury
High Officers of the Marines were paid a highly handsome sum in the millions of Berry. With even more coming in from missions, training, and opportunities.
"He just suddenly collapsed! He's all fucked up!" Mar-Syl gently laid Leroy on a bench his eyes frantically looking around. It was a panic attack on top of something else. Currently Leroy was Dissociating. Experiencing severe depersonalization and derealization. In his own mind it was as if he were looking through his eyes and feeling emotion with no sense of context.
"Its his body! The Adrenal Fruits…He'd had Five of them in only today! That amount of Adrenaline boosted him but tied with that technique…Boosting his Hearts power caused palpitations…On top of my Chemicals I put in him, Oxidizers, Stimulants, Medicine…I can sense the amount of pain he's in. And he's been pushing through it since Styx!"
Styx had been hours ago. Experiencing near death at the Warden of the Prison, Poison, Acid, Wounds…
"He's still not healed a bit! He must be operating at below 50% of his capability. But he's forcing himself to use all of it and go past it! That risky! For anyone, even an Emperor can't do that for too long. Their body, stamina, it all ends up being too much and takes a lot of strain on the body and muscles to produce the effects that would typically be easy to accomplish- Only if they were rested and at peak health!" Diva explained
Just because he could go beyond. Doesn't mean that it would be easy on his body. The bigger the crash would come after! And Leroy- no matter his current strength, was not as experienced or with the same durability of stronger pirates that could logically do so for a good amount of time!
Everyone had thresholds. But his…He had just reached it and collapsed!
"Yeah…I've heard of people able to fight for days!" Mar-Syl added
"True. But thats either the very strongest, and or they're pacing themselves. Even the very strong can have fights that last only a few hours and have the same result as days simply because they didn't pace themselves and were giving it their all, taking risks, and perhaps outstanding circumstances. Like dumping a gallon of water all at once instead of slowly…"
"I see.." His gaze lowered to Leroy "Is there anything we can do? Theres only an Hour or so left before Azar is executed! And that wall is blocking the way!"
"There is…But its risky…In his current state…It could send him into shock and completely put him out of fight for goo-" She was interrupted. A hand coming to grab her. It was Leroys…He spoke in a shaky voice. Eyes lidded, and face glossy with sweat
"D…Do it…Now! I…Won't let it kill me…Death can take me…When- When I let it!" Even with his sheer look of pain and fatigue on his face. His brow was scrunched into a deep look of utter conviction!
Diva sighed. But a smile came over her face. And nodded
"Okay. Just lay back. This is going to hurt. It'll take a while…I'd say…10 minutes at least! Are you willing to wait that long?" Diva leaned in to ask.
"Do it." Leroy sternly confirmed
"What are you going to do?" Mar-Syl asked. Watching as her hands began to glow slightly. And aura illuminating from her, as the veins began to show, electricity of blue beginning to spark. Diva's fruit infused chemicals if she directly touched a person or object. But to ensure an absurd amount of flow. Holes began to form across her hands, allowing not only multiple chemicals to go in at once and at increased speed
"Quite a lot…First I'll dump electricity at a certain voltage and amount in the right way to restart his nervous system, increasing nerve conductivity. Then I'll use stich to cease the wounds from getting worse. But it won't heal. The rest of that energy will then revitalize his spirit."
"After that, I'll inject Cellular energy precursors to cause the body to allow for better ATP production…Regulate his Cortisol, Get Dopamine in him, and reset his Adrenal tolerance." Her hands landed on Leroy. Her face starting to sweat from the pure concentration and energy required to create so much complex Molecular structures.
"Iron, Vitamins, Agh…Oxidizers and chemicals to flush lactic acid build up in his muscles."
"Finally…I'm gonna load his body with Hormones to Boost Red Cell production, suppress pain, all to mobilize his body! He might get stroke…Or utterly collapse…But this is to get him going full speed ahead again!"
Leroy's body began to almost vibrate. Muscles twitching! Flexing again and again from the electricity! And then the burn of the chemicals started to hit! And he screamed!
"Aghhh!" He let out a primal wore of pain and suffering!