One Piece: How Can I Become King Of The Pirate If You Don’t Work Hard?

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! 

Barely blocking Kuro's attacks again and again, more wounds gradually appeared on Gin's body.

More wounds gradually appeared on Gin's body.

Blood was flowing everywhere on his body as if he was being tortured through slow slicing.

Kuro's voice could still be heard from time to time around him.

"I will cut off all the flesh from your body piece by piece until you die from bleeding to death!"

In a rage, Kuro no longer had the gloomy and cold face he had before. At this moment, his face was full of ferociousness.

In the increasingly bloody scene, he felt an unprecedented excitement as if his soul was trembling.

At this moment, he just wanted to skin his opponent alive!

Gin remained silent.

As the attack became faster, he gradually realized the core problem of Kuro's move: "Vision is limited, and hearing is completely blocked by the sonic booms produced by high-speed movement."

"At such a high speed, you can't even control your body, right?"

"The scratches everywhere are the best proof. This is an ability that attacks indiscriminately."

The more he spoke, the more Gin's eyes became brighter:

"You are very strong, much stronger than me, but compared to Captain Krieg, no, compared to the weapons he made for killing, the gap is like that of creatures from two different dimensions!"

"Kuro!"

"You will definitely lose! We will definitely win!"

As he spoke, the tonfa in Gin's hand swept across and collided with Kuro's Cat Claws, making sparks fly in the air.

"You…"

The Cat Claws and the tonfa crossed each other, and the two men started to wrestle.

Kuro was clearly in the upper hand, suppressing Gin tightly, but the shock in his eyes could not be described in words:

"Besides that man, is there anyone else who can crack the Pussyfoot Maneuver?!"

"Ah."

Gin raised a sinister smile:

"You must be very afraid of death, right? That's why you created this move that completely suppresses the enemy in terms of speed, even at the cost of your own perception."

"But fighting is a matter of life and death. How can you win without gambling?"

"Since I can't sense it, I might as well just leave everything to luck!"

"My intuition tells me where the enemy will attack from!"

The next moment.

Kuro's figure disappeared into the air in an instant. He pushed the speed of the Pussyfoot Maneuver to the limit.

The leather shoes on the soles of his feet began to crumble under the strain as they were unable to endure the relentless impact due to moving at high speed.

Kuro simply went barefoot in order to pursue faster speed!

Faster!

Faster!

Faster!

It is so fast that it is beyond imagination, like the wind and lightning, so fast that the opponent doesn't even have time to think!

As Kuro's speed increased rapidly, the speed that was already unspeakably fast was directly broken through to a whole new dimension.

It was as if a wind of death was blowing around, and the claws on the ten fingers were all red due to high speed!

"Then let's make a bet; what would be the results, your luck or my death!"

Kuro's fighting spirit grew stronger and stronger.

As he moved at high speed, his back and waist were arched, like a predatory cat shrugging its shoulders, and his whole body leaned forward greatly because only in this way could he barely maintain his balance.

Five fingers are stretched out to maximize the lethality.

Kuro's expression became more ferocious, but Gin's face was calm.

In the blink of an eye, Gin's already bruised body was covered with countless scars, blood was splattered, and the tragic scene made people around him dare not look directly at it.

"It seems like your luck in gambling is not very good!"

Kuro's disembodied voice was heard again in the air.

"Here!"

Gin's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened at this moment, and an inexplicable feeling rose in his heart.

There's no reason or even logic, but he just knows where Kuro will attack from.

With an almost precognitive instinct, Gin subconsciously swung the tonfa in his hands.

Then, the ball on the top of the tonfa, with a force powerful enough to split rocks, hit Kuro's chest and abdomen head-on.

Boom!

Kuro, who was moving at high speed, suddenly stopped and flew backward like a cannonball; he smashed through the outer wall of the harbor and was buried by falling rocks.

"Is it finally... Over?!"

Gin was breathing heavily.

When he came to his senses, and the adrenaline subsided, he felt severe pain in every part of his skin.

Gin looked towards the ruins in the distance with an expression of lingering fear.

Although this battle was extremely short, it was the most dangerous battle he had ever experienced in his life.

Kuro was simply too fast, so fast that it was no longer within the reach of a human being. If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't control this move, ten of him wouldn't be enough to defeat him.

"It seems that luck is on my side this time!"

After saying that, a Gin turned around and prepared to leave, but at this time, a harsh sound came from the ruins again…

Whoosh!

Five scratch marks appeared on the rock that was pressing on Kuro's body. 

Kuro barely stood up; his one arm was hanging limply at his side, and waves of burning pain came from his chest.

His body had reached its limit, but the look in Kuro's eyes when he looked at Gin was blindingly bright at this moment: "Aren't you curious?"

"Why can you sense my attack as if you could predict it?!"

"I originally thought it would be impossible to see something like this before entering the Grand Line. I haven't even experienced it myself, but it's definitely true!"

"Observation-Haki!"

"I finally understand why even that monster, Gawain, would have that expression when talking about this ability."

"The advantage of reading your opponent's attack first is too great!"

"Hahahahahaha."

Kuro raised his hand and pushed his glasses with his palm. An almost crazy expression appeared on his face. He was obviously excited to the extreme!

"He didn't lie to me! He really didn't lie to me!"

"It's just that the pressure I faced before was not great enough to stimulate the power that was always hidden in my body. But now it's different. We... Are equal!"

"One arm is broken, and more than six ribs in my chest were broken by your attack. My internal organs are also damaged to varying degrees."

"Next... It's a life-and-death battle. I might really die, but are you ready?"

"Monster!"

Gin took a deep breath, his face filled with extreme fear: "Do you still want to fight?"

"Ah."

Kuro licked his lips, the fishy-sweet taste covering the tip of his tongue. His severely injured body took one step at a time while shaking. 

Every step he took left a blood stain on the ground.

Life and death?

He no longer cares.

A peaceful life?

It doesn't seem so important at this time.

It was not until this moment that he finally saw his true self and understood why he wanted to abandon his identity as a pirate. There was only one answer!

Boring!

This mediocre world and the weakest sea have made him lose even the slightest interest in drawing his weapon.

Even those opponents who were once much stronger than him did not seem so invincible in front of his well-planned tactics.

It was not until the moment he met Gawain that he felt the long-lost excitement in the fight with Gawain, so much so that his soul was trembling!

"I am truly a complete and hopeless villain!"

"Only fighting, pain, and bloodshed can bring me a little comfort in this boring life!"

"Hahaha!"