Opening the door, I looked inside, checking my corners first, ensuring no one was about to sneak attack me, though after a few seconds, I released a sigh of relief before entering while closing the door behind me. I was about to search for the two people who operate the communications room, but I wasn't required to as they were already lying on the ground right next to each other, being tended to by a nurse, which caused me to frown as I remained silent.

I could tell something was off; after all, from how Captain had explained his haki, only those with a strong enough will can stay conscious, which meant this nurse probably wasn't just your average nurse.

'Better safe than sorry.' Thought Trenza as he grabbed her second pistol, the one filled with lead bullets, and pointed it toward the nurse's head from behind.

Just as I cocked the pistol back, the nurse suddenly leaped to the side, causing me to quickly follow her with my pistol while shooting her, but with her erratic movements, she managed to dodge everything. Inwardly cursing, I stopped firing at her, causing her to stop running as she turned and eyed me with her cold, emotionless pair of eyes.

"Who are you?" Asked the nurse emotionlessly as she eyed Trenza while the ship trembled intensely.

"I'm Trenza, the Marksman of the Frenzy Pirates! Now, could you just make this easy for both of us and-" Replied Trenza pridefully as she puffed out her chest, though she was forced to stop speaking as the nurse had thrown her clipboard at her.

Using Sunaipu, I blocked her thrown clipboard before retaliating with several shots as she ran toward me, causing me to also run away since, just from the display of her speed, she was definitely physically stronger than me. While running after me, the nurse managed to just barely dodge my shots, seemingly calculating where I'd shoot beforehand and dodging preemptively, though when she got too close, I managed to scrape the side of her cheek. Forcing her back a few meters, I clicked my tongue in annoyance at this cat and mouse game as I used Sunaipu, though this time I shot at where her legs would be, slowing her down even more, though I didn't know how long that would last.

Sunaipu was filled with rubber bullets, which, while do hurt, won't do nearly the same amount of damage as standard bullets.

'Tch, what to do, what to do!?' Thought Trenza with a slight panic as she ran circles around the room, which was just big enough for her to always stay ahead of the nurse.

While running in a circle, I tried dashing to the door, hoping I could create some space between us in the narrow hallway, though when I did so, the nurse seemed to ignore my bullets as she charged right at me. Seeing her rapidly approach me, if I continued, I was confident I'd make it out into the hallway, but she'd be directly behind me, and if she caught me, I'd almost certainly be dead. Changing directions, I ignored the door and continued running within the confines of this room, which she seemed to appreciate more as she stopped charging and returned to her previous safe distance; though her little stunt did cause her to take several bullet wounds, unfortunately, nothing serious.

'Though maybe, if I continued to do that stunt, she'd make a mistake, cause at this rate, she's just waiting for me to run out of ammo; at that point, I'll just be a sitting duck.' Pondered Trenza with a frown as she ran around the room with an emotionless nurse chasing behind her.

Repeating the process, every time I ran a lap around the room, I would always try to reach for the door, only to stop at the last second, and after a few times, I managed to shoot her in the arm and shoulder, though it didn't seem to affect her at all. While this plan may be a little stupid and predictable, it still forced the nurse to charge me, exiting her safe zone since I was truly trying to escape into the hall, as that would make it much easier to shoot her, and that forced her to charge me every time; I was baiting, and she knew, but she was required to take it every time.

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'Though at this rate, I'm going to run out of ammo.' Thought Trenza as she interchanged her shooting between her actual and rubber bullets, conserving her real bullets as long as possible.

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Our cat-and-mouse chase continued for what felt like a long yet short time, and, to my frustration, despite having pumped several bullets into the nurse's body, causing her to bleed everywhere, she was still chasing after me with a murderous glint in her eyes. However, what filled me with dread was when I pulled the trigger, only for the sound of an empty chamber to ring out; almost immediately after, the nurse charged right toward me.

"Dammit! Take this, you stupid Nur-Ugh!" Yelled Trenza as she stopped running, turned around, and threw her pistol at the nurse, or she tried to, but the nurse had grabbed her arm before she could.

"Now I can kill you." Said the Nurse with a slightly sadistic smirk as she clenched her fist, snapping Trenza's forearm, though before she could even register her broken arm, she was punched in the abdomen.

She punched me so hard that all the air in my lungs vanished as I kneeled to the ground, grabbing my stomach in pain while my broken arm hung limp beside me.

'F-Fuck!' Thought Trenza in pain as she pointed Sunaipu at the nurse, who smacked it out of her hand before grabbing her by the hair and lifting her up.

"You shot me 13 times; I shall repay you for each bullet." Remarked the Nurse, and with a vicious smirk, she violently punched Trenza in the face.

"One. Two. Three. Four…" Added the Nurse as she violently punched Trenza in the face while counting.

Each of her punches was so devastating; not even when Captain hit me with his bo-staff was it this painful; by the time she punched for the eighth or ninth time, I could hardly see out of one of my eyes, while all I heard was a constant ringing in my head. The force of her punches traveled throughout my entire body, causing my body to tremble with each punch, and when she finally finished, after the thirteenth punch, she gave me a look, one I couldn't see, as my vision was blurry, while her voice was just muffled incomprehensible nonsense.

"Hmph, I'll keep you alive; the world government may want some information from you." Remarked the Nurse with a slight smirk as she looked at Trenza's bloody and broken face before dropping her onto the ground.

Seeing the woman walk away, although I felt like I could barely move, I pushed through the pain and reached behind me, underneath my clothes, and pulled out a third pistol; although I was smirking, given the damage to my face, I didn't know whether I was actually smirking or not, but either way, it didn't matter.

'Should've killed me.' Thought Trenza with a smirk as she pointed her pistol at the Nurse with her blurry vision and wobbly arm before pulling the trigger.

After I pulled the trigger, I saw the nurse stop moving, and a few seconds later, she collapsed onto the ground, causing me to smile as I, too, fainted.

(Note: just imagine a looney toons ass fight)

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Dodging the slash of his sword, I gave him a two-piece combo before leaping into the air, kneeing him in the chin. When he landed on the ground, he tried to stand back up, but I wasn't nice enough to give him a chance, and with a powerful kick to the side of his head, he lay sprawled, unconscious on the ground.

"Haa, that took longer than I would've liked, but, oh well." Said Scar, slightly out of breath as he looked at the CP agent he beat before walking forward.

Picking him and his companion, I tossed them both onto my shoulder and walked out of the communications room, though instead of heading right for the place Father told us to all meet up at, I went to check upon Trenza because if she happened to fight a CP agent like me, she'd be in for a tough fight.

After a few minutes of running, I finally arrived at Trenza's assigned communications room; setting the duo down, I entered the room with my dagger in hand, though when I spotted Trenza lying in the corner of the room, I quickly dashed for her.

"C'mon, be alive." Muttered Scar in concern as he reached down and placed his hand atop her heart, only to sigh in relief when he felt it pump with vitality.

Most of my worries vanished now that I knew Trenza was alive, and from the looks of things, it seemed she had one hell of a fight, though I'm just glad she's alive. Standing up, I holstered my dagger and picked up Trenza as I exited the room, only to frown when I noticed them lying on the ground.

'Maybe there is a cart nearby?' Thought Scar as he quickly searched the vicinity, which rewarded him with a small cart meant for food.

"Welp, not the best, but it's better than nothing." Said Scar as he brought the cart back and placed his agents on the bottom, along with Trenza and one of her agents, on the top while carrying the last one over his shoulder.

"Alright, now to head to the meeting point." Muttered Scar as he ran through the halls, careful not to tip the cart over.