"ENEMY ATTACK!"
Buggy looked up at the pirate fleet descending from the sky, shouting loudly with a bit of panic, but his voice quickly came to a halt.
A large hand covered his head, it was Captain Roger.
"Calm down, Buggy. Get ready for battle."
Looking up, the face that came into view was Roger's ever-unshakable expression.
"Sashiburi dana! Shiki!"
"Roger!"
Among more than ten warships, on the leading ship whose prow was carved with a golden lion's head, a man with golden hair fluttering in the wind stood there.
"This is what a real pirate is..."
Even from afar, Riven could feel the pressure of a top-tier powerhouse.
Former Rocks Pirate crew member, one of the three great rulers of the New World, Golden Lion Shiki.
"I've said this how many times already, Roger," With his robe fluttering and a cigar in his mouth, Shiki spoke grandly, "Although we had quite a few grudges when we were young, just forget about them."
"As long as we have the world-destroying weapon you know the whereabouts of, plus my forces and plan, we can definitely rule the world and make you my right—"
BANG!
Before he could finish his words, Shiki was interrupted by a gunshot.
'Who? Who dared interrupt the captain's speech? They'll definitely be killed.'
The soldiers of the Golden Lion Pirates were sweating coldly and quickly looked toward where the gunshot had come from.
"Ahh... as expected, it still doesn't work?", A sigh came from beside Roger.
In the next moment, on Shiki's Haki-covered face, a pitch-black bullet was still spinning, until its kinetic energy was exhausted, slowly falling into the sea.
Shiki's words stopped abruptly in his mouth, veins bulged on his forehead, and his eyes immediately locked onto the figure beside Roger. It was a young man in military uniform with medium-length messy hair, the muzzle of his long rifle still smoking faintly.
"BASTARD!"
"YOU'RE ASKING TO DIE!"
Sounds of shock and rage echoed from the Golden Lion Pirates fleet. Clearly, this act had seriously offended the captain's authority.
However, some of the ones shouting, under Riven's Observation Haki lock-on, couldn't escape being sniped at all.
A red gleam flashed in his pupils, followed by the muzzle of gun after gun glowing scarlet.
He could foresee incoming Haki-coated bullets. Unless one's Observation Haki was more advanced than Riven's, the only option was to take the hit with superior Armament Haki.
Non-officer pirates were getting shot down one by one.
"Wahahahaha! That's my answer, Shiki!", Captain Roger laughed as he spoke upon seeing this scene.
It was obvious that with these words, Shiki became visibly enraged, "So you're saying I should just kill you here?"
"I mean to crush all of you."
The first shot of war had already been fired by Riven, followed by an exceptionally fierce battle.
Riven first took a few stealth shots, and once the enemy ships came closer, he simply drew the long rifle from his waist and vanished from the spot with a "Shave."
Many grunts didn't even notice his figure before they felt a few new wounds on their bodies.
But soon, an officer came after him.
A particularly burly man, seemingly a captain of the Golden Lion Pirates or something, Riven clearly didn't have a great memory for unfamiliar faces.
"That brat actually dares to fight Captain, he'll definitely be brutally killed, right?"
The surrounding pirate grunts didn't dare approach Riven, but that didn't stop them from bragging about their officer.
After all, the size difference was evident: A 1.6-meter brat versus a 4-meter hulk, just looking at it was already a mismatch.
But Captain Dark in front of Riven clearly wasn't so relaxed, because he felt a strong sense of danger from this brat.
"In your future, the word 'victory' don't exist."
Riven held the black rifle in one hand. Although limited by age, his Armament Haki wasn't too advanced, but simple coating was still possible.
He sought excitement and combat to better temper his Haki, and also to make a name for himself across the sea.
The grand dream that Captain Roger painted for the world, he wanted to take every piece of it for himself. Wealth, fame, power...
Boom!
The whole deck began to sink and roll, countless pirate grunts were sent flying, Dark fully coated in glistening black Haki charged forward and swung a punch at Riven.
Clang!
Thick smoke dispersed. Contrary to the spectators' expectations of a one-sided beatdown, that seemingly skinny military figure stood firmly in place.
Riven blocked the heavy punch with just one Haki-covered hand.
"Good strength, but your speed is like a snail's," Riven's tone and expression were full of contempt. That arrogant attitude immediately made Dark lose his cool and go berserk.
Much easier to deal with than expected.
Riven curved his mouth in a faint grin, seemingly very satisfied with his opponent's reaction.
The kind of enemy he liked most when using Future Sight was exactly this kind, mindlessly angry and blindly aggressive.
Though his opponent's Haki skills were above his, Riven acknowledged that.
So when Riven wanted to fight, he exchanged blows; when he didn't, he just dodged and kited.
Riven's Haki training value kept increasing.
As for Dark, he was already boiling with frustration, almost red-eyed to the point of unlocking Life Return.
Originally, he thought he was just dealing with a brat who offended the captain. It would've earned him credit and avoided clashing with the monsters of the Roger Pirates. Should've been easy work.
But it was way more troublesome than expected, and on top of that, the brat was excellent at taunting.
'Damn it..."
"Ugh!"
After throwing another punch, Dark felt like he had struck solid matter, and even heard a booming noise. He was about to celebrate, but suddenly sensed something was wrong.
A cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
'Impossible… How could such monstrous strength exist in a brat?'
His fist was caught by Riven, and when he tried to pull it back, he realized it wouldn't budge at all.
The opponent's strength was far above his.
Dark's eyes were full of shock, but all he saw in Riven's eyes was boredom.
"Your purity is still too low. Your Armament Haki's progress is slower than getting beaten by the vice-captain."
Riven clicked his tongue and, using an incomprehensible monstrous strength, swung Dark's whole body around, drawing exclamations from the surrounding grunts.
Dark gritted his teeth, trying to stabilize himself, but found it completely impossible. His whole body was flung into the air, spinning.
With a sharp release, Dark was hurled toward another ship, and then...
Got axed to the ground by Gaban.
After tossing that guy, Riven went all out. Seeing that the nearby grunts were almost cleared, he immediately used Moonwalk + Shave to return to the front of the Oro Jackson.
Shanks and Buggy were both on the ship, currently back-to-back, confronting pirates surrounding them.
"First Rifle Art: Black Light!"
A slash of black rifle light tore through. Riven wielded the black rifle, cutting through the crowd to reunite with the two.
"Great, it's Riven! Riven, come over here quick."
The battle was too fierce. Even though all of the Roger Pirates were elites, under the endless waves of attacks, they were starting to get overwhelmed.
The ship's fighters couldn't even spare the effort to protect the three brats.
Buggy looked fierce on the outside, but was actually panicking hard inside.
At this moment, Riven charging to the rescue seemed like he was glowing with light.
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