[T/N] There's about 100 chapters left to go. Now I don't know anything about the ending or the rest of the plot. So if yall see me take a break from this it means there was something that irritated me in the story, I forgot about it, or Work related stuff.
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Clover raised his blade, Ryu no Ha, in his right hand, blocking the meteor hammer and then shattering it with a single blow. The hammer fragments fell to the deck, broken into pieces.
[Image of what I assume Ryu no Ha would look like]
"So, this is all you've got? No wonder some pirates abandon pride and sell themselves as slaves." Clover sneered, mocking Iruka without holding back.
Flushed with embarrassment, Iruka grabbed a sword from the deck and charged at Clover, leaping high to deliver a powerful slash.
Clover didn't flinch. Coating his body in Armament Haki, he easily blocked the attack.
"Nani?!" Iruka's face twisted in shock. He'd put everything he had into that strike, convinced it would split Clover in half. Yet, there wasn't a single scratch on his opponent.
"Armament Haki! We haven't mastered that—we don't stand a chance! Run!" Mizuki realized the gap between them and Clover. No ordinary pirate could face someone with mastery of Haki.
"Run? Do you think I'll let you?" Clover grinned, grabbing Iruka by the neck and lifting him into the air.
Iruka struggled, swinging his blade wildly. But no matter where he struck, Clover remained unscathed.
With a simple twist of his hand, Clover crushed Iruka's neck and tossed him into the sea, feeding him to the depths.
"You bastard!" The other captain, Izumo, drew two pistols and fired at Clover, but Clover easily dodged every shot.
"Observation Haki! Izumo, let's get out of here!" Mizuki shouted and, without hesitation, dove into the sea.
Izumo followed, jumping overboard as quickly as he could.
Seeing their captains flee, the remaining crew didn't hesitate either. They leapt into the sea, scrambling to escape.
But Clover wasn't about to let them go. He sheathed Ryu no Ha, and a powerful surge of Conqueror's Haki radiated from him. All the pirates fainted, their bodies floating lifelessly in the water. Nearly five hundred pirates would soon litter the sea, their corpses surfacing with the dawn.
"What happened…?" Yoru stepped out of the cabin, staring at the pirates sinking into the depths, stunned. She'd never seen anything like it. How could someone who seemed so relaxed be this powerful?
"Is his bounty really only 28 million? The Marines must've gotten it wrong…" she thought, watching Clover's back.
"Hey, wake up." Clover walked over to Sakuta, who had his head stuck against the side of the cabin. He pulled him up, and after two firm slaps, Sakuta stirred from the pain.
"You! You devil! Mizuki! Kill him!" Sakuta yelled, dazed and frantic. But as he looked around, he only saw the remains of his men scattered across the ship, and Mizuki was nowhere to be seen.
"Mizuki?" Clover chuckled, lifting Sakuta by the collar and dragging him to the ship's edge. "Want me to help you look?"
Sakuta's eyes widened at the sight of the bodies floating below. His face paled, and in his terror, he couldn't stop himself from wetting his pants.