Chapter 214: Dark King Rayleigh (1/2)
Chapter 213: Dark King Rayleigh
Michael was not the kind of person who acted ruthlessly.
Someone like Jesus Burgess, the "Fighting Champion," had made it clear that he intended to cause trouble, so Michael had ordered Van Augur to fire without hesitation.
But someone like Rayleigh, who had shown no hostility, deserved a chance.
Both he and Van Augur were proud men. Especially after getting their new guns, they had never considered the possibility that they might lose to an enemy—not when both of them were here!
They simply could not imagine who this visitor was, or whose ship he had come from.
When the old man Rayleigh climbed the mountain in no time and found himself facing their guns, he finally relaxed. He raised both hands to show that he posed no threat, then asked with a smile, "This old man merely wanted to see who could shoot a weapon that far."
At long range, without Observation Haki activated and under the premise of being ambushed, even he—even Whitebeard—might not be able to stop that bullet.
But at a distance of less than twenty meters, the gap between them shrank infinitely.
At this distance, Rayleigh no longer felt any danger. He chatted with them casually, hoping to draw them out. As for Michael and Van Augur, neither of them considered Rayleigh particularly dangerous. "You're pretty good," they said, narrowing their eyes as they steadily aimed their guns at Rayleigh—one large gun, one small gun.
People always thought that snipers in One Piece had no means of defense at close range.
But that was complete nonsense.
Although Usopp's father, Yasopp, carried an enormous musket on his back, he usually fought with two pistols.
At close range, gunpowder retained all its kinetic force. As long