"Damn it! That woman Milan already got away! We can't waste any more time! We have to escape right now, or we'll really die!"
Clyde, in his kangaroo form, saw that Milan had slipped free. His face darkened as he cursed under his breath. Without waiting for Boss Ante, he stomped the ground hard. With the explosive speed and strength granted by the Kangaroo Fruit, he shot off into the distance.
But after only a few steps, an ANBU member was already standing in his path, hands forming seals.
"Looking for death!"
Clyde glanced left and right, confirming there was only one ANBU. A cruel glint flashed in his eyes as he charged straight forward.
In his view, the ANBU were strong, but with just one opponent, he was confident. With the overwhelming speed and power from his fruit, he could take this fight.
"Illusion Technique: Hell Viewing Jutsu!"
At that moment, Clyde heard the ANBU say something he couldn't understand, and then
The world in front of him twisted violently, as if heaven and earth had flipped upside down.
All around him was a sea of raging flames.
Cannon fire roared. Shattered limbs flew through the air.
Wailing screams and warped laughter overlapped and echoed.
This This is my hometown?
Clyde stopped dead, eyes dull as he stared at the hellscape before him. Fear and panic crawled up his face.
A memory he never wanted to touch surged up from the depths of his mind.
"Clyde! Run!"
A young, beautiful girl ran toward him, but right behind her was a pirate with a savage grin. The pirate raised his blade and brought it down without hesitation.
Blood sprayed. The girl collapsed with despair on her face.
"No!"
Clyde's eyes turned red. His heart felt like it was being torn apart as he charged forward like a madman.
…
Thud!
In the middle of his sprint, Clyde suddenly crashed to the ground. His body automatically reverted from the kangaroo man form back to normal.
His eyes were wide, hollow, and unfocused. His body twitched uncontrollably, and a gurgling sound rattled in his throat.
Across from him, the ANBU member who had cast the illusion walked closer. Behind the mask, those eyes were cold and emotionless.
A kunai slid lightly across Clyde's throat.
Splurt!
Blood poured out. Clyde stopped struggling and went still.
…
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
An ANBU member raised his right hand to the mouth of his mask and blew out a roaring fireball. The blazing mass surged toward Ante with scorching heat.
Whoosh!
Ante, also trying to flee but intercepted by another ANBU, vanished in an instant and reappeared behind him.
He leapt into the air, spun his body fully, and whipped out a vicious side kick.
Bang!
The ANBU member threw up an arm to block. Even so, the sheer force sent him flying.
But while tumbling through the air, the ANBU snapped his wrist. Three kunai shot out in a triangular formation toward Ante.
At the same time, he forcibly twisted his body midair, landed, and slid backward several meters.
Then he pushed off hard. With a flick of his hand, another kunai appeared in his palm.
Ante's vision blurred. A figure rushed him at extreme speed.
"This kind of trick" Ante curled his lip in disdain. His arm moved in a storm of afterimages, and he caught all three kunai cleanly in his hand.
"Do you even know who I am? I am the supreme leader of the Gambino family, Gambino Ante! I'm not like those useless worms you slaughtered so easily. No matter who you are, if you dared destroy the Gambino family I built, you'll pay a horrific price! And right now, you'll taste that price!"
He shot a cold glance toward Clyde's corpse in the distance, cursing him as worthless. Then he turned back to the ANBU charging in, a savage grin spreading across his face.
He understood it.
In a single night, the Gambino family had been wiped out by a little over forty mysterious enemies.
He admitted he couldn't fight them all together.
But one on one, he feared no one.
He swore that one day, he would make them repay this blood debt.
And before that, he would collect interest.
"Then let you witness it. A power so rare even on the Grand Line. Proof of a true strong man Armament Haki!"
Ante raised his arm high. An invisible force coiled around it, and confidence shone across his face.
But just as he was about to deliver a lethal blow, a faint sound reached his ears.
"What was that?" Ante frowned and looked down.
On his ankle, the one he had used to kick the ANBU away, a strange paper tag had somehow been stuck there. It was burning, leaving only a corner behind.
"This What is this?" Ante stared in confusion as it burned away completely.
Boom!!!
A violent explosion erupted and swallowed him whole. The shockwave hurled rocks and dirt in every direction.
"Aaah!"
Ante's scream echoed in the blast. His body flew into the air like a broken doll. His right leg was shredded, blood spraying wildly through the air.
Whoosh!
The ANBU member rushing him didn't slow down at all.
The explosive tag detonated, blasting Ante backward, and the ANBU kicked off the ground and leapt upward.
As he passed by Ante's falling body, a cold flash cut through the air like lightning.
Splurt!
Blood burst out. Ante's scream stopped instantly.
His body crashed to the ground, lifeless.
Tap.
The ANBU member landed steadily. He swept a cold gaze over Ante's corpse, gripped the blood soaked kunai, and then became a blur again, racing off to hunt down the remaining mafia members who were fleeing in all directions.
…
Rustle rustle.
Thud thud thud!
In the dark forest, hurried footsteps kept pounding.
Under the moonlight, Milan's beautiful face was filled with tension and lingering fear.
"These people are way too strong They're all Devil Fruit users Who the hell are they?"
The distant screams stabbed into her ears, and shock and terror churned in her chest.
She had never imagined that she, one of the Gambino family's top executives and the second strongest, would end up fleeing in such a miserable state.
"The Gambino family is finished. What do I do now? Right, the Zephyr Kingdom. Their corps commander was already killed by Clyde, and their army took heavy losses. If I seize that country, I can rebuild my own power!"
As she ran desperately toward the escape ship, she calculated in her mind.
Suddenly, a sharp blade light slashed in from the side.
Milan's expression changed instantly. She drew her long blade and blocked in front of her.
(End of Chapter)
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