Swain VS CP0

Swain was completely stunned!

Looking at that outfit and comparing it with his memories, he immediately confirmed it.

"Why would CP0 appear in a place like this?"

In his eyes, CP0 was simply too conspicuous! This mysterious spy organization stood above the Marines and answered directly to the Celestial Dragons.

Swain still remembered that during Luffy's future battle against Kaido on Onigashima, one of them had interfered, causing Luffy to be critically injured by Kaido. Fortunately, Luffy had awakened Gear Fifth: Nika and survived the desperate situation!

Later, on Egghead, Lucci, who had risen to become CP0, had also fought Gear Fifth Luffy for a while. Though he had been utterly crushed, that was still enough to prove CP0's strength.

"At this point, Lucci hasn't become the head of CP0 yet. The one in front of me is probably a current CP0 member!"

Hidden in the shadows, Swain quickly analyzed the situation.

"Then Woli probably hasn't noticed an enemy intruder either. After all, this guy's arrival was far too sudden."

"With my current strength, I could probably only hold out against him for a few minutes."

He carefully calculated everything.

Don't think CP0 was easy to deal with. The fact that they could be compared to Luffy and Zoro after they became Four Emperors showed just how powerful they were. It was only because the Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji they encountered were even stronger that CP0 seemed somewhat weak.

It wasn't that Swain was particularly weak. He was simply too young, and he had yet to fully master the Three Colors of Haki.

Take Gaban, one of One Piece Roger's crew, for example. Even in his youth, he had strength comparable to Rayleigh at his peak. He was a one-in-ten-thousand talent.

Meanwhile, the masked man who had been standing under the moonlight finally began to move. He held something resembling a Compass in his hand.

If one looked closer, they would see a mermaid statue carved along the edge of the Compass.

The masked man suddenly turned and looked toward a certain spot, narrowing his eyes as his Observation Haki gradually swept through the area.

Not good! He's about to find me! Swain thought.

Because the place the masked man was staring at was exactly where he was hiding.

"Shigan!" The masked man suddenly Teleported in front of Swain and launched a vicious killing blow.

But to the masked man's disappointment, Swain had sensed where he was about to strike and had turned that part of his body into an element in advance.

"Hm? This ability... So you really did eat it!"

The masked man was clearly somewhat enraged. He shifted sideways to block Swain's path, preparing to unleash another killing blow.

"Shock Gun!" Fortunately, Swain reacted in time. Using the impact force between them, he forcibly drove them apart.

Seeing Swain retreat over a hundred paces away, the masked man said gloomily,

"Kid, I'll give you one chance. Kill yourself right now, and I can still grant you a quick death!"

Swain replied, "At least give me a reason. Why are you trying to kill me?"

"We don't seem to have any grudge against each other."

As he spoke, one hand fumbled for something inside his left pocket.

Seeing this, the masked man smiled. Yet rather than being comforting, his voice sent a chill down the spine.

"I already searched everything within ten miles of this place. There's no one who can save you."

As a professional spy, he naturally had to do whatever was most beneficial for completing his mission.

"Did the Five Elders send you?" Swain probed.

At the same time, he carefully watched for any change in the masked man's emotions.

Sure enough!

When the words "Five Elders" were mentioned, the masked man tilted his head slightly, looking somewhat surprised.

But in the next second!

He charged straight at Swain, sweeping out with a solid right roundhouse kick.

At the same time, he said sinisterly, "You know a little too much."

Swain had no time to react. The gap between their speeds was simply too great.

Bang!

Swain was kicked hundreds of meters away like a cannonball, kicking up dust several meters high as he crashed into the ground.

The masked man stood at a distance, silently watching that spot.

He frowned. "Still not dead?"

The moment he spoke, a flash of light shot into the sky from within the dust.

"More helpers?" The masked man immediately became wary.

"I need to end this quickly!"

At the same time, a staggering figure moved within the dust.

It hurt so much!

That was Swain's first thought as he stood up.

"But the old man has to be stronger than him, right? I just need to hold on for a few more minutes!"

He was still considering how to stall for time when his opponent gave him no such chance, instantly rushing in again.

There was no hesitation whatsoever!

"Rankyaku!"

"Sea: Tentacles!"

Their voices rang out one after the other.

Another deafening explosion rang out, like two bombs colliding.

The masked man remained standing where he was, while Swain was blasted several meters back. Fortunately, he was no longer in as miserable a state as before.

"So strong... but still within what I can handle." Swain wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve.

Yet the masked man was far from calm. This brat...

As the Signal Flare's glow shot into the sky, Woli in District Two saw that streak of red light. Against the dark night, it was simply too conspicuous!

"Little Swain is in danger?!" Woli's expression changed drastically.

"I have to get there quickly!"

Before his words could even echo, he was already hundreds of meters away, racing toward the Signal Flare.

On the main battlefield, Swain and the masked man had already exchanged dozens of moves.

Though Swain was injured every time, he had at least managed to stabilize the situation.

"Sea Bind!"

Several black sea chains coated in Armament Haki shot toward the masked man, but he dodged every one of them.

Still, they widened the distance between them.

"Perfect!"

Swain crossed his hands, bending his fingers slightly backward. Ten blue rings of waves appeared behind him.

"Shock Gun!"

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

"Tekkai!" The masked man had no choice but to defend, because even he would be injured by the attacks' power.

Swain hovered in the air, rapidly calculating how he could escape.

Running was impossible—he could never outrun the man. But fighting him head-on was no good either.

"Attack as defense!" He made that decision.

Then he unleashed another overwhelming barrage of attacks upon the ground.

"Have you had enough?" the masked man said in a cold voice.

Then, his aura suddenly surged!

Haki! Swain immediately realized something was wrong.

Swain had been able to trade blows with the masked man largely because of his Devil Fruit ability.

Once Haki came into play, it would be bad news for him.

But it was already too late. Even if the masked man's Haki was not especially strong, it was more than enough to deal with a greenhorn like him.

The masked man threw a punch through the air. Swain had no time to dodge and took it head-on.

His throat immediately filled with sweetness, and he spat out blood.

At a critical moment like this, how could he simply wait for death? He first unleashed Sea Waves, but the blue rings behind him gradually dimmed. He was trying to buy time and wait for Woli to arrive.

"Out of tricks?" The masked man appeared before him and, from above, swept Swain to the ground with a whip-like kick. Swain crashed through three or four trees before finally stopping.

"I already told you. Suicide might be the easiest way to die."

The masked man stepped on Swain's head.

Like a judge, he coldly declared, "It's time for you to go."

Swain felt the intense killing intent above his head and wanted to counterattack, but his body had already run out of strength.

Perhaps because he was about to die.

His heart was filled with extreme unwillingness. Why?!

He kept asking himself hysterically.

"Must this life end so carelessly too?"

He was furious, feeling that Heaven had treated him unfairly.

Even with his head pressed into the dirt, he still forced out each word, as though swearing to the heavens with the resentment of two lifetimes!

"I... refuse... to!!!"

Just as the masked man's foot was about to crush Swain's head.

An immense aura erupted, spreading outward from Swain in a sweeping arc, accompanied by black lightning.

"Conqueror's Haki!!"

Even the masked man was shaken, sent flying several meters away.

"What powerful Haki!"

"Today, I will kill you!" the masked man snarled.

"Who the hell do you think you're killing, you bastard?!" A deep, thunderous voice suddenly rang out.