"Marines, why are you hiding?"
"Didn't you come to take my life? Come on!"
"Ah!"
Seeing Kyros evade his attack, Lou Winter forced an ugly smile onto his face and roared at Kyros. The pain from his arm grew clearer by the moment, and strangely, an intense burning sensation was now coming from the stump of his severed arm.
The piercing pain made it difficult for Lou Winter to concentrate.
Blood splattered across the deck with every attack he made. Lou Winter could feel himself growing weaker. Even the punch he had just thrown at Kyros had not carried his full strength.
If I don't take down this Marine quickly, I'll definitely die here!
Tsugikuni Yoriichi hasn't attacked again. Instead, he's letting us attack this Marine. Why?
Does using his Devil Fruit require me to meet some condition?
Or is it because that guy has run out of stamina? Or is he using us as stepping stones for this guy?
After his attack missed, Lou Winter did not continue pursuing Kyros. Instead, he watched his subordinates gang up on Kyros while observing Tsugikuni Yoriichi, seated at the bow, from the corner of his eye. His mind raced.
He could not figure out Tsugikuni Yoriichi's intentions, nor did he know how to break this deadlock.
And during the brief time Lou Winter spent thinking, the pirates on deck had already surrounded Kyros.
Besieged by the many pirates, Kyros desperately used Soru, weaving and darting through the crowd. The longsword in his hand never stopped moving, either blocking or counterattacking.
In the blink of an eye, three or four pirate corpses had fallen at Kyros's feet. But under the siege of so many people, Kyros was having a rough time as well. Several pirates had landed attacks on him. If he had