" " - Speaking

' ' - Thinking

[ ] - System Talking

!! !! - Crew Card

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The moment the bridge made of iron chains was complete, the treasure pirates started to quickly rush across it,

When Leo saw this, he only had one thought in his mind, 'Should I let them cross it, or not,'

"Hmmm, Nah!" Leo voiced, as a smirk emerged on his face as he let out a burst of Conqueror Haki on them.

At that moment, a wave of oppressive pressure descends on all the pirates,

A few Treasure pirates who were crossing the bridge immediately started to fall unconscious and dropped into the sea,

Other pirates who were lucky that they were on the deck immediately started to drop senseless with their eyes turned white, leaving Mad Treasure as the only one to stay barely conscious,

Mad Treasure was on his knees with his hand slammed on the floor as he tried to support his body.

When Leo saw this, he had a predatory smile on his face as he jumped from his ship to there to confront Mad Treasure,

*Thunk*

Mad Treasure, who was in a trance because of the pressure, immediately snaps out of it when the sound of something landing reaches him,

When he looked up, he saw that boy... no, not a boy but this monster, who just defeated his entire crew with just one gaze, standing there with his eyes locked on him with a predatory smile on his face,

Mad Treasure steels his resolve and gazes at him with a healthy amount of fear still hidden in his eyes and asked, "Who are you,"

"Hehehe, don't you already know that? I am just a captain that you were asking to come and surrender, so here I'm," Leo answered while face becoming even more relaxed as he saw his power level,

[Name: Mad Treasure

Power Level: E- ]

'So, without using any skill or transformations, I am only one sub-level stronger than him,'

'Ooh, this is going to be a fun fight,' as the grin on Leo's face only widens at this thought,

"Yes, of course, you are, so as one captain to another," Mad Treasure said as he stood on his feet and shouted, "Just Die,"

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The moment he spoke that a large number of chains with sharp tips rushed out of his body to Leo at a blinding speed,

Leo seeing the tremendous amount of chains rushing toward him, jumped to the other side of the ship to dodge them,

The chains crashed on the deck, forming a big hole where Leo was standing before,

'While I could have taken them head-on without taking any damaged by them, I don't want to develop a bad habit of taking hits which I can easily dodge,'

'And more importantly, the momentum of those chains could have pushed me towards the edge of the ship or even,' Leo gulped while thinking about it,

While Leo was thinking about those thoughts, Mad Treasure started to prepare his most powerful move without even waiting to see the result of his previous attack, as he was sure that Leo would dodge his attacks or something,

"Chain Armor," Mad Treasure muttered as the chains started to wrap around his entire body to create a durable armor of chains,

The moment armor was complete Mad Treasure rushed towards Leo with his fist pulled backward.

Leo, being lost in thoughts, was not able to react to the punch on time and got fisted at his face.

After being punched in his face, Leo stumbled a few steps backward,

'Ok, note to self, do not get lost in thought in a middle of a fight,' Leo thought as he narrowly dodged his next punch by tilting his body sideward and quickly countering with his own straight punch to his armored chest,

Mad Treasure stumbled back because of the force of that punch before he rushed toward Leo again and let out a fury of punches at him,

Leo, who was prepared for his attacks, started to dodge them while throwing his own attacks at the armored man,

'This armor should increase my strength and speed with considerable margin, and also gives me the durability of steel, so how he can still hurt me, and how the hell, his strength, and speed is faster than me,' Mad Treasure fearfully thought while a fury of kicks landed on his armor as he tries to punch him,

'Hmm, so he is now completely fighting like a berserker,' Leo thought with a grin as he continues dodging his punch.

And this continues for a few more minutes as both of them continuously try to beat the shit out of each other, but this punching contest ends when Leo dodges another one of his punches and delivers a powerful turning kick to his side,

As the kick landed on his armor, *Crack* Mad Treasure slid a few meters backward with his armor full of cracks,

"Give up, Treasure, as you can't defeat me," Leo ordered with a smirk on his face,

"No..." Mad Treasure started speaking, but it was cut short by a fist covered in electro burying in his stomach,

*SMASH*

The armor instantly broke down as Leo retrieved his fist and let him fall on the deck,

"I was not asking you. I was telling you bitch," Leo scolded the fallen figure.

"And this one for that cheap shot," Leo said as he soccer kicks him in the ribs,

'Even if I wasn't hurt by that, it still feels good to get even,' Leo thought with a smile, but it quickly turned into a scowl as he looked at the condition of his clothes,

As Leo gazes at his ship and he noticed Zoro sitting at the railing side looking at him with a bottle of booze while eating snacks,

When Zoro saw him looking, and said, "8 out of 10,"

"Hn," Leo just looked at him with a confused gaze.

"I deduct to 2 points, for the ending, other than that good fight," Zoro explained before taking a gulp from his bottle.

"Ha ha ha, very funny, now get your ass off that set and come here," Leo snarled at him.

"Alright, but for what," Zoro asked as he jumped onto the ship.

"I want you to help me search this ship, but first I want to ask about him," Leo informed while pointing a the unconscious Mad Treasure.

"So, what should we do of him," Leo asked.

"I don't know, just kill him or something," Zoro replied in an uncaring tone.

"Exact same were my thoughts at first, but then I want to ask him something before deciding his fate," Leo shrugged.

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