"Enemy attack!!!"
Buggy stared at the pirate fleet dropping from the sky, yelling in panic. But his voice quickly died down—
A big hand covered his head. Captain Roger.
"Chill, Buggy. Time to fight!"
Looking up, he saw Roger's face—never rattled by anything.
"Damn you, Roger!!! Shiki!!!"
"Roger!!!"
Among the dozen warships, on the flagship with its golden lion head carved at the bow, a golden-haired man stood there.
"Now this is what a real pirate looks like..."
Just seeing him from far away, Aus felt the pressure of a top-tier monster.
Former Rocks Pirates officer, one of the New World's three overlords—
Golden Lion Shiki!!!
"How many times have I said this, Roger!" Robes fluttering, cigar clenched in his teeth, Shiki spoke with magnificent arrogance: "We had our grudges when we were young, but let's forget all that!"
"With the ancient weapon location you know, plus my forces and plans, we can definitely rule the world! Become my right—"
"Bang—"
Before he could finish, a gunshot cut Shiki off mid-sentence.
Who?
How dare someone interrupt the Admiral's speech—they're dead meat!
The Flying Pirates' grunts broke into cold sweats, frantically looking toward the gunshot.
"Damn... still no good?" A sigh came from beside Roger.
Next instant, on Shiki's Armament Haki-covered face,
A pitch-black bullet kept spinning until its momentum died and it slowly dropped into the sea.
Shiki's words stuck in his throat. Veins bulged on his forehead, eyes quickly locking onto the figure beside Roger—
A long-haired kid in military uniform, smoke still curling from his rifle barrel.
"Bastard!!!"
"You're asking for death!!!"
Shocked and furious voices erupted from the Flying Pirate fleet. Obviously this move had seriously pissed off the Admiral.
But some of those shouting, locked onto by Aus's Observation Haki, couldn't escape his sniping.
Red light flashed in his pupils, followed by crimson muzzle flashes.
Future Sight Armament bullets—unless your Observation Haki beat Aus's, you could only tank them with stronger Armament Haki.
Non-officers went down in one shot.
"Hahahaha!!! That's my answer, Shiki!!!"
Seeing this, Captain Roger burst out laughing.
Obviously pissed now, Shiki snarled: "So you want me to kill you here?"
"Means we're gonna crush every last one of you!!!"
Aus had fired the first shot of war. What followed was one hell of a brutal battle.
Aus started with sniper shots. After enemy ships closed in, he just drew his long blade and vanished with Shave.
Most grunts didn't even see him move before feeling fresh wounds on their bodies.
But officers soon came hunting.
Some massively built strongman—seemed like a Flying Pirates captain or something. Aus obviously sucked at remembering random faces.
"That brat actually dares fight Captain Dak! He'll get brutally murdered!"
The surrounding grunts didn't dare get close to Aus, but that didn't stop them hyping their officers.
The size difference was obvious—
A five-foot kid versus a thirteen-foot giant. Just looking showed the gap.
But Dak facing Aus obviously wasn't relaxed, sensing intense danger from this kid!
"Your future doesn't have the word 'victory' in it."
Aus held his black blade one-handed. Limited by age, his Armament Haki wasn't deep, but basic coating worked fine.
Chasing thrills and battles was for better Haki training, plus making a name on the seas.
Captain Roger's grand vision for the world—he wanted to taste every bit himself.
Wealth, fame, power...
"Boom—"
The whole deck started caving and rolling. Countless grunts went flying. Dak's body covered in jet-black Armament, he charged forward swinging at Aus.
"Clang—"
Thick smoke cleared. Unlike the crushing scene spectators expected, that seemingly frail military figure stood rock-solid.
Aus had blocked that heavy punch with just one Armament-covered hand!
"Nice strength, but slow as a damn snail."
Aus's tone dripped contempt. That arrogant attitude instantly made Dak lose his shit and start going berserk!
Easier than expected.
Aus's mouth curved into a slight smile, seemingly satisfied with his opponent's performance.
Future Sight loved this type of enemy most—ones who just raged and attacked wildly.
But his opponent's Armament mastery was above his—Aus definitely acknowledged that.
So when Aus wanted to fight, he'd trade blows. When he didn't, he'd kite around like walking a dog.
The quality of Aus's Armament training kept climbing.
Meanwhile Dak was full of frustration, getting so pissed he almost learned Life Return.
Originally thought this was just dealing with some brat who disrespected the Admiral—could score points with the Admiral while avoiding those Roger Pirates monsters. Should be easy work.
But way more annoying than expected. Plus the kid was brutal at trash talk.
Damn it...
"Ugh...!!!"
Throwing another punch, Dak felt like he hit something solid. A rumbling sound rang out. He started getting excited but suddenly noticed something wrong.
Cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
How's this possible... This monstrous strength, how could some kid have it?!
After Aus caught his fist, he tried pulling it out but couldn't budge it.
His opponent's strength was way above his!
Dak's eyes showed shock, but he only saw boredom in Aus's eyes.
"Your quality's still too low. Your Armament improvement can't even match taking a beating from the Captain."
"Trash pirate."
Aus grimaced, using incomprehensible monster strength to swing Dak's whole body around, making surrounding grunts cry out.
Dak tried steadying himself but couldn't. His whole body spun in circles as he got swung through the air.
With a sudden release, Dak's entire body flew to another ship.
Then...
Uh,
Got chopped down by Gaban's axe.
After tossing that guy, Aus just let loose completely. Seeing nearby grunts mostly cleared, he used Moon Walk + Shave heading back toward the Oro Jackson's bow.
Shanks and Buggy were on ship too, currently back-to-back, facing off with surrounding pirates.
"One-Sword Style: Black Light!"
A black blade flash cut through. Aus wielded his black sword, slashing through the crowd to break the encirclement and regroup with them.
"Thank god, it's Aus! Aus, get over here quick!"
The battle was too brutal. Even though the Roger Pirates were all elite, they still felt overwhelmed by the endless assault.
The ship's fighters couldn't even babysit three kids.
Buggy looked tough outside but was panicking inside.
Aus arriving here seemed to carry light itself!
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