How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 233 Ranking Battle 20

Chapter 233 Ranking Battle 20
Ajin had already noticed it.

After Clo returned to Whiskey Peak from Aruba, he put down the ten claw knives that he had always carried with him.

This only means that Clo has obtained the power to replace the claw knife.

Originally, Ajin could vaguely sense the gap between himself and Clo, but now he can no longer feel it.

Facing Clo at this moment, he even had the illusion that he was facing the former Gawain.

"Who knows?"

Cloe remained calm and instinctively pushed up his glasses with his hand, his eyes still on the two people fighting in the distance.

However, Ajin saw an indescribable loneliness on his face.

Clo murmured:
"I initially thought that the distance between Gawain and I might not be that far away anymore."

Recalling the scene of fighting with Gawain in the desert outside Alabasta, Kuro swallowed his saliva:

"But now I can't see how strong that guy is."

"Isn't this how it should be?!"

A Jin's mouth curled up into a smile:
"The captain is naturally the most powerful one in a pirate group."

"But the distance between people shouldn't be so far."

"What you said sounds a little familiar to me..."

Akin glanced calmly at Zoro who was fighting fiercely with Lucci.

Looks weird.

He turned his head and looked at Clo, and couldn't help but smile:
"If you lose your fighting spirit, you might not even be able to defeat me."

"you?"

Clo glanced at Ajin and raised his chin slightly:

"If you still had a slight chance of defeating me a few days ago, then now everyone on this ship except Gawain is no match for me even if they join forces."

"you……"

Ajin frowned slightly and wanted to refute Clo's words, but he saw absolute confidence in the latter's eyes.

He swallowed back the words he was about to say and asked his original question again:

"What abilities did you get?!"

Clo smiled faintly:
"You'll find out later."

"you……"

boom!
Their conversation was interrupted by a roar in the distance.

Another cactus with a diameter of more than ten meters was cut off by Zoro's flying slash and smashed by Lucci's punch.

The battle became more intense, and the blood in both sides' bodies began to boil. After just a moment's pause, the two men started fighting again.

A Jin looked at the two people in the field and couldn't help but exclaimed:
"Lucci is fine, but Zoro has grown to this level. Shouldn't we say he is worthy of being the monster chosen by the captain?"

"what."

Clo nodded:
"This guy is someone that is valued by both Hawkeye and the captain. His fighting spirit is one of the best among us."

"But there is still a gap between him and Lucci now. It's almost time to decide the winner of this battle."

"Um?!"

Ajin was stunned and subconsciously turned around to look at the two people fighting fiercely on the battlefield.

as predicted.

In just the next moment, Lucci seized the flaw in Zoro's sword move and instantly rushed into the dense sword net, pushing forward with his dark fists...

"Six Styles Secret Technique - Six King Spears!"

Gu——!
A layer of transparent shock wave hit Zoro's chest directly.

Zoro just felt like he was hit by a pirate ship.

A fishy-sweet taste rose in his mouth, and he barely managed to hold the knife in his hand, but his body flew backwards uncontrollably, breaking several giant cacti before falling to the ground.

"Um--!"

Zoro groaned and felt his whole body weakened. He struggled to stand up several times but failed every time.

"Continue?!"

Lucci appeared, his slender leopard tail swaying behind him, his chest rising and falling, and he was breathing heavily.

Obviously he didn't win easily.

"Although I'm reluctant, it's yours now."

Zoro closed his eyes, took out a golden coin from his arms and threw it into the air.

Lucci raised his hand to take it, then opened his palm and took a look.

What caught my eye was a golden coin with the number three engraved on the front and a skull flag with a round shield as the background on the back.

The workmanship of this coin cannot be said to be very exquisite, but the meaning it represents is priceless to Lucci.

"Number three..."

"Compared to the Four Emperors, are they equivalent to the Generals or the Three Disasters to some extent?!"

"Anyway..."

Lucci carefully placed the number three coin in his pocket close to his heart, then leaned over and extended his hand to Zoro:
"I'm waiting for you to take it back."

"Arrogant guy!"

Zoro grinned, complained, then held Lucci's hand and stood up with some difficulty.

Although Zoro had a premonition of this result, he was still somewhat unwilling when it really came to this.

"Next time, next time I will definitely take it back!"

"No!"

between words.

Zoro turned his head and looked at Clo in the distance, with a flame burning in his eyes:

"Next time I want that!"

"Oh~"

Kuro smiled slightly, not at all moved by Zoro's provocative look, and couldn't help but joked:
"Heal your wounds first. Otherwise, if you get into trouble this time, you won't be able to hold your head up for a few months, especially..."

Clo glanced at Sanji, who was still practicing frantically before the game and was lost in crazy fantasies.

"Some man who is the worst to you."

Zoro looked at Sanji and his expression suddenly froze.

No, if I really lose to Curly Eyebrows, this bastard will laugh at me for the rest of my life!

"Chopper!"

"Dr. Chopper, reporting to you~"

Chopper, wearing a white coat, took small steps and hurried to the scene from behind.

Although the crew's self-healing ability has been greatly improved with the help of Gawain's badge, after experiencing such a fierce battle, they still need to check whether there are any hidden injuries.

Such work is naturally the responsibility of the chief ship doctor, Chopper.

Under Chopper's command, the two deputies took Zoro back to the temporary camp in the rear to treat his injuries.

……

The live battle continues.

The battle between Zoro and Lucci was just the opening of this ranking battle. As one pirate after another appeared and fought, the rankings of everyone were gradually determined.

Van Oka defeated Kalifa and Chopper successively, but finally fell in front of Sanji.

"So~"

"This kind of one-on-one frontal combat with a limited battlefield range is really disadvantageous to snipers~"

Sanji looked down at the bullet hole on his shirt, and couldn't help but raise his hand to light a cigarette for himself. After exhaling a puff of smoke, he continued:
"If you really want to put the battlefield in a place where you have the upper hand, I dare not appear in your sight."

"Hahahaha~"

"This is the fate of a sniper~"

After a few chuckles, Van Oka reluctantly left the field, and Sanji also went off to rest. At this point, except for the two people, Chloe King, who had always been as steady as a rock, the rest of the Gawain Pirates had basically challenged their opponents, and they all had more or less scars on their bodies.

This ranking battle was different from the previous ranking battle in the East China Sea that was based on the martial arts tournament. Due to Gao Wen's absence, no clear rules were set.

If you have your eyes on an opponent, just challenge him directly. If the opponent avoids fighting, he must hand over his coin to the challenger.

It's so simple and crude that it's outrageous.

now.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Ajin and Clo who were sitting side by side.

Seeing this, the two men did not wait any longer. They slowly stood up and walked into the battlefield, standing opposite each other, and the meaning was self-evident.

The air around suddenly became noisy, and the invisible domineering aura had already begun to collide in the void before the war even started.

……

"The only two who haven't taken action yet are these two."

"As the two top cadres initially recruited by the captain, their powers are undoubtedly at the level of inhuman monsters."

"But who of these two will be stronger?"

"It should be Captain Akin, right? He, like Vice Captain Crow, has mastered the dual-color Haki, and has the advantage of the Bones-Bone Fruit."

"I don't think so."

After bandaging the wounds, Lucci, Zoro and Sanji walked out of the temporary ward and sat side by side, looking at the two people on the battlefield with interest.

"A few days ago, Clo left Whiskey Mountain alone and went to Arubana, where he got the most suitable fruit from the captain."

"The fruit that is most suitable for...myself?!"

Sanji was stunned, and the cigarette he was about to smoke stopped in mid-air.

When it comes to the person with the strongest individual fighting style in the Gawain Pirates, the first person that comes to mind is Crow.

After the fusion of shaving, the shaving skill can also achieve short-distance charging ability, and its burst speed is even far beyond shaving.

This also led to Clo's fighting style of relying on high-speed breakthroughs, and if his attack fails, he can escape thousands of miles away.

"No wonder Mr. Kuro even gave up his familiar claw knife. Did he obtain some kind of devil fruit ability that best suits him?!"

"But what fruit can be combined with Claude's fighting style?!"

laugh--!
As soon as Sanji finished speaking, a sound of breaking air was heard from the battlefield in the distance.

Everyone turned to look.

Then the air around Cloe began to surge as if it was boiling.

His body swelled up, and a layer of snow-white hair grew on his limbs, fluttering in the wind.

A tail with a sharp blade swayed behind him, and there were two blades extending outward on his arms.

It looks ferocious and murderous!

"Is this the same animal-type mythical beast as the captain?!"

Lucci murmured.

He had seen a similar description in the information about devil fruits within the CP organization, but he couldn't remember which devil fruit it was.

Sanji on the side also reacted at this moment:

"That's right!"

"It has obvious characteristics of a mustelid, but the blades on its arms and tail tips are not found on normal animals, and I'm very concerned about that..."

Sanji's pupils shrank slightly:
"The airflow around Mr. Clo is in a different direction from the wind. This is... a sickle-weasel!"

"A legendary creature, the invisible wind, can inflict wounds on people that are painless."

Sauron was stunned:
"Are you sure you're not talking about Clo's fighting style?!"

“They are exactly the same.”

Sanji shook his head, and became more certain of his guess:

"This can precisely explain why even Mr. Kuro, the brain of the pirate group, couldn't sit still after seeing this fruit."

"This fruit is perfectly suited to his fighting style. In his hands, it may be able to exert power beyond imagination!"

"But is there really a fruit in this world that is compatible with users of special abilities to this extent?!"

There was a tone of disbelief in Lucci's voice.

He had seen far more people with special abilities than those present, and he knew better than anyone that most people with special abilities needed to spend a lot of time becoming familiar with their abilities after acquiring them.

This process may even take several years to complete.

But if Kamaitachi's ability is really as Sanji said, then his compatibility with Cloe will be infinitely close to 100%.

The adaptation process is almost non-existent and you can use it right away.

"You'll find out after you read it!"

……

Looking at Clo's unusual posture at the moment, everyone couldn't help but start talking, and their voices even got louder and louder as time passed.

At the same time, they are also looking forward to the next battle.

"This is a battle between the second and third in command of the Gawain Pirates!"

"This time, even if I die, it's worth it!"

One pirate looked crazy, attracting the attention of his companions.

As everyone is looking forward to it.

On the battlefield, Ajin was facing an unprecedented feeling of oppression, with a layer of fine cold sweat already seeping out of his forehead.

Damn it!
This feeling... is like seeing the captain during the martial arts tournament. How much stronger has this guy Clo become?
"how?"

Clo had a smile on his face. He looked at Ajin in front of him and the shocked eyes of the people around him, and felt secretly happy.

Sure enough, that pervert Gao Wen was just an exception. After all, how could anyone grow to his level in just over a year? !

Now I feel comfortable, completely comfortable.

"Are you giving up?!"

"Don't joke, I've been preparing for this day for a long time."

Ajin's face was solemn. One bone after another extended from his body, intertwining and entangled with each other, and in an instant twisted into a pure white armor.

Because of the Bone-Bone Fruit, his height suddenly grew to over two meters and seventy centimeters in half a year, and he became even more muscular. The height of his shoulders alone was over four meters.

Then a layer of pitch-black armed color slowly emerged, until all the white bones around Ajin were dyed black.

This is Ajin's other trump card besides the two-bone form.

Compared to the Observation Haki that he awakened earlier, he is actually better at Armament Haki, and his talent in this area is also more outstanding.

click!
click!
click!
……

Accompanied by a piercing sound, the already exaggerated bone armor on Ajin's body expanded again, arming his body to the extreme.

The ferocious posture made everyone around him lose their minds for a moment.

"This attitude... is too outrageous?!"

"You know nothing!"

"What's really exaggerated is Captain Akin's Armament Haki, which is enough to completely cover this body."

"That's right. Originally, I thought the winner of this battle should be Vice Captain Crowe who gained new abilities, but now... it's hard to say!"

……

"An Armament Haki that is stronger than mine, is this your trump card?!"

Cloe looked at Ajin, who was armed to the teeth and could be called a war machine, and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

But the confidence in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest:

"Indeed, you are the closest thing to that monster Gawain besides me on this ship, but it is not enough, far from enough."