One Piece Gunslinger

Call out your companions? Leon scoffed. He hadn't brought any companions; he'd come alone. But Teach certainly didn't know, at least not yet. While Teach was holding back, they could expand their gains.

So Li Ang ignored Teach and instead turned his gun on the others.

"Bang!" Another shot was fired, and the head of another member of the Blackbeard Pirates was pierced through.

"Damn it, they knew I couldn't spread this black mist too much, so they actually targeted members outside the mist," Teach said angrily. Teach's black mist only enveloped himself and the four survivors: Lafitte, Basas, and Van Augur.

"Take cover! Everyone take cover! Captain, this won't do." Lafitte said gravely, "If this continues, even if a few of us manage to avoid being hit by him, we won't have many crew members left."

Those who can join the Blackbeard Pirates are all formidable characters, having rarely used firearms on the battlefield. Those firearms are not only inaccurate but also lack power. Therefore, they only need to focus on the enemies wielding swords and blades in front of them.

But now their perceptions have been overturned. The guns they used to look down on could easily take their lives, and they didn't even find out where the enemy was.

For the first time, I learned to hide behind cover on the battlefield.

With just his gun, Li Ang forced a group of people to take cover, single-handedly unleashing the firepower of a squad of musketeers.

However, Li Ang also wanted to tell them, "Does the cover you find necessarily make you secure? No!"

Li Ang then fired another shot, aiming at two people hiding behind a wooden barrel shelf.

A fragile wooden barrel might be able to stop ordinary bullets, but if it comes to stopping a sniper rifle bullet with considerable penetrating power, even an iron barrel wouldn't be enough, as it would still be able to penetrate it.

Moreover, the space behind the shelf was limited, forcing two people to squeeze together. This resulted in Li Ang's single shot instantly killing both of them.

"This..." Everyone gasped in shock upon seeing the two fall. The power was immense. Van Augur's eyes gleamed; he was now even more obsessed with the sniper rifle. If he could get his hands on it, he could truly become the strongest sniper on the high seas.

Just as the Blackbeard Pirates were in shock, another crew member fell. Leon's firing intervals were extremely fast. One person fell every two seconds.

Teach became even more anxious and shouted, "We can't worry about that now! You guys stay behind me, let's charge!"

Regardless of whether Leon brought any men or whether he came with Ace, Teach no longer cared.

In Li Ang's sniper scope, escape was impossible. If he didn't fight back, he'd be killed instantly. Even if there was an ambush, he couldn't care less.

If things continue like this, the Blackbeard Pirates, which they've painstakingly built up, might be wiped out overnight. And in the end, they'll still have to face Leon and his crew. It's better to just go for it now. Even if they get ambushed, they'll accept it; the enemy is well-prepared and powerful, and they'll have to kneel anyway.

At Teach's command, everyone followed him, running towards Leon's direction. Some of the nearby crew members also took shelter behind the safe fog.

Looking around, all that could be seen was a group of people advancing under a huge black shield, with Teach holding it up, giving Leon the immediate feeling of Reinhardt leading a charge. The only problem was that this shield was quite formidable; it couldn't be broken with high firepower.

However, due to the shield's speed, Teach and the others couldn't unleash their full speed and could only make do with the shield's speed, running forward in a frustrating manner.

To be honest, Li Ang should have left much earlier. Unless he had teammates, he should have run away and moved to another location after his second shot missed. He could have looked for another opportunity to snipe. Otherwise, if Teach caught up with him later, Li Ang wouldn't be in a good position either.

People say you should shoot and then move on, and assassins also believe in striking first and then fleeing far away. Otherwise, they'll lose their lives; as long as they're alive, they can always make a comeback.

But Leon didn't seem like a sniper at all; his relentless fighting spirit made him seem like a berserker. Even as Blackbeard led his crew to charge, he resolutely stayed in place, reaping the lives of Blackbeard's crew members with each shot.

So Teach grew increasingly uneasy as he ran, feeling more and more uneasy the closer he got to Leon. Leon's actions clearly indicated he had some kind of backup plan, some hidden agenda. Teach didn't believe Leon was a fool.

On the contrary, Teach already regarded Leon as a figure comparable to Whitebeard's Taichi. Teach had witnessed Leon's prowess firsthand, both in battle and outside of it. Moreover, Leon was the Revolutionary Army's Chief of Staff, and the current momentum of the Revolutionary Army indicated the strength behind him.

That's why Teach couldn't forget Leon. Not only had he kept Leon's words in mind for the past two years, but he even used them to recruit talent. Moreover, Teach had always regarded Leon as a hypothetical enemy, frequently talking about Leon to his officers, and secretly researching a tactic that was completely useless against non-snipers, all for this moment.

Teach's concerns and precautions proved to be correct. Even though one of Doc Qs died, the others did not panic much, and he was able to withstand Leon's attacks.

Since Teach's concerns have proven to be correct, he is naturally not optimistic about Leon's mindless actions this time.

Chapter 667 Now

Teach had already suspected that Leon might have some backup plan. If that was the case, then sticking together like this would be foolish. If they fell for it, they would all be finished.

Teach naturally understood the simple principle of not putting all your eggs in one basket.

So Teach said to Lafitte, who was standing next to him, "The rest is up to you. Go in a different direction and take a detour to the side."

It must be said that Teach has many subordinates, and after becoming one of the Four Emperors, he possesses immense power. However, his most capable all-rounder, most trustworthy ally, and the one who can handle all kinds of crises is still Lafitte.

Lafitte is a hodgepodge of various images. Top hat, cane, dance. It's a cane dance from jazz, and on that basis, tap dance is added.

His identities are varied: security guard, gentleman, mime artist, clown, magician, dancer, and something else entirely. He seems capable of transforming into a new persona at any moment.

Laffitte possesses the Bird-Bird Fruit, granting her the ability to fly and high mobility. She also has a mastery of hypnosis, allowing her to infiltrate Impel Down and Marine Headquarters without making a sound.

Sengoku and other naval commanders were discussing the issue of losing one of the Seven Warlords after Crocodile's capture, yet Buffett managed to infiltrate the meeting and recommend his own captain. And it actually worked out. This ability is incredibly useful from any perspective.

In addition to his intelligence and martial prowess, he is an outstanding all-rounder.

Lafitte was appointed to this mission in a time of crisis, and now, apart from Blackbeard, he is the only one who can bring any surprises to Leon.

Burgess is muscular and fights straightforwardly. However, as a martial artist, he hasn't yet mastered Armament Haki, making him easily defeated by Leon. Van Augur is even less of a threat; even at the sniper level, the difference is enormous, and Van Augur is practically useless.

Raffi nodded and walked out to the side of the black mist.

Blackbeard cooperated by deactivating the black mist shield the instant Li Angzi was fired and could no longer fire continuously.

"Huh?" Li Ang exclaimed in surprise, looking in Teach's direction.

When Teach saw Li Ang looking at him, even if it was only for less than a second, he quickly raised the black mist again, otherwise it would be bad if Li Ang fired a shot at him in this direction.

"Huh?" Teach retracted the mist, which then rose again in just one second. This left Leon completely bewildered. What the hell was he doing? Was he having a good time being silly?

However, Teach raised the black mist again, so Leon ignored it and continued to fire at the ordinary crew members. After Leon stood still and fired, almost all of Teach's crew members were now dead. Even those hiding in the cabin were killed by Leon's gunfire.

Only a few hid very cleverly, either separated by five or six layers of wooden planks or squeezed into the cannons on the other side of the ship, protecting themselves very well.

However, Teach didn't spend a second making this gesture just to be cheeky or have a moment of fun. It was to draw Li Ang's attention and give him a brief glimpse of what was happening within the black fog.

As it turned out, this tactic worked. I, Li Ang, had no idea that Lafitte had already emerged from behind the black mist, spreading her wings, preparing to circle around from the side and launch a direct attack on the enemy general. Even if she couldn't directly take down the enemy general, she wanted to find any other ambushes or traps Li Ang might have.

Li Ang acted as if he didn't see Lafitte's swaggering movements at all, or rather, not only did he not see them, but he also didn't sense anything unusual with his Observation Haki.

Lafitte's hypnotic skills are truly terrifying. In the instant Teach dispelled the fog, in that one second, Li Ang only glanced at her, and Lafitte had already hypnotized Li Ang, making him ignore Lafitte.

However, this was Lafitte's limit; it couldn't make Li Ang ignore all of them. He could hypnotize one person, but if Lafitte made Li Ang ignore multiple targets, the incongruity would be too severe. Li Ang possessed considerable Observation Haki and would definitely detect the anomaly.

After taking to the air, Lafitte quickly made his mark, though he didn't find anyone else besides Li Ang. However, further along the rugged path, nearing Li Ang's location, Lafitte discovered some cylindrical, bottle-like objects half-buried in the ground—blue, red, and gray in color. Each object had a pull ring-like appendage at its head and was connected to Li Ang's right side by a thread.

Lafitte immediately remembered that Teach had mentioned Leon possessed something that emitted a blinding flash of light, called a flashbang. The one buried in the ground was exactly as described. It seemed this was the flashbang.

However, Teach mentioned blue flashbangs, but there were two other colored items here. Apparently, they also had some kind of function I didn't understand. And once Teach got this far, Leon would immediately pull the pin, giving Teach a hard time.

This shows that Teach is genuinely wary of Leon. Teach, you didn't participate in the operation against Ace two years ago, so you didn't witness Leon defeat Vista and Jozu.

Even so, Teach still managed to thoroughly and meticulously gather information about Leon's various abilities from other people, even finding out that the flashbangs were blue cylindrical objects. It was terrifying.

When Lafitt saw the things half-buried in the ground and looked at the distance Teach was currently at, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He quickly gestured to Teach to slow down.

Lafitte understood that the dark matter created by Teach's Dark-Dark Fruit would be dispelled in an instant if it encountered a strong flash of light, and he himself would also suffer some damage. At that point, the barrier would no longer be able to protect them. It could be said that Leon restrained himself again in this respect.

Did Leon anticipate that Teach would use such a method and develop such a tactic against snipers, which is why Leon made such a setup?

Thinking of this, Lafitte shook his head, dismissing the thought. If that were the case, it would be too fake. What would be the point of playing the game then? If someone could even think of that, wouldn't everything be under Li Ang's control? He might as well just surrender.

Therefore, this is something no human could have conceived of. If it wasn't planned in advance, then it must have been a coincidence that led to this scheme.

Indeed, Leon wasn't as monstrous as some claim. His intelligence was built upon intelligence; for example, in the original work, Teach didn't have this move, nor did he need it. So, Leon was genuinely shocked to see Teach use such a move that completely countered a sniper.

Of course, although Leon was going to deal with the Blackbeard Pirates alone, he was prepared.

First, Li Ang is positioned at the top of a cliff, a strategic location as it's the only vantage point nearby offering him a commanding sniping position. This statement seems problematic; there's simply no other option but to use this spot.

However, there are hidden dangers in this cliff. Unless you can fly or break the cliff, you can only take a detour and sneak up from the rugged path on the side.

So Lafitte was right; Leon's idea was impromptu, and he used Teach's new trick against him.

After all, this not only requires considering that Teach would develop such a targeted move, but also that Teach's own vision would be blocked by the black mist when he used this move, so that the trap could be effective.

Otherwise, this thing would be half-buried in the ground, completely undisguised, and there's no way to disguise it (covering it with a layer of soil wouldn't make a flashbang work). Lafitte would see it as soon as he took to the air, and even if Teach didn't fly, he could still spot it from several meters away.

It was only in this current state that Teach walked up to it, stepped on it, and discovered the trap in the ground.

So this was actually for escaping. Li Ang's plan was to fire two shots, then the Blackbeard Pirates would charge over yelling, and with Blackbeard and the others running at full speed, Li Ang would fire two or three more shots, and then he would reach the trap location.

If Li Ang detonated these things at that time, although it wouldn't cause too much damage, it would at least disrupt Teach and the others' actions, hindering them and allowing him to escape. There was no other way; this was the only sniping point, so Li Ang could only do his best to fire as many shots as possible to weaken the Blackbeard Pirates.

However, Blackbeard had developed the Black Mist Shield, which put Leon in no hurry. This move not only prevented Leon from sniping the executives but also slowed Teach down. Leon then leisurely finished off Blackbeard's crew, knowing the outcome would be the same as always: he would pull the pin and escape.

Teach's Dark Shield move was debatable in its effectiveness; it resulted in more casualties but saved the officers. Otherwise, Leon would have undoubtedly focused all his shots on the officers. In the end, after defeating Teach, only a bunch of useless, incompetent soldiers remained.

However, the script will not follow that setting now. Lafitte's powerful hypnotic ability successfully allowed Fang to discover Li Ang's arrangements ahead of time.

Could Lafitte get Leon to trigger the mechanism? Of course not. So Lafitte went to the place where these things were buried, pulled a sharp blade from his cane, and aimed it at the silk threads below.

Lafitte dared not cut off the connection prematurely, otherwise Leon would notice his presence. Teach wasn't nearby; he couldn't dodge Leon's bullets alone.

When Teach arrived at this point and saw Leon preparing to pull the silk thread, Lafitte quickly swung his sword.

"Auntie!" x2

One is Li Ang's, and the other is Lafitte's.

Then Li Ang was stunned; the mine he had planned to plant did not explode.

"How did you get there?!" This also made Li Ang notice Lafitte.

Chapter 368 Eat My Big Black Ball

With Lafitte making such a big move, and the trap he set failing to activate, it would be difficult for Li Ang not to discover Lafitte.

But it's too late to discover Lafitte now; he's already completed his mission.

Li Ang immediately hurled a shot, but it was too late; it was directly absorbed by Teach's powerful black mist.

Before Leon could throw his gun, Lafitte had already slyly retreated. Lafitte had only cut the thread at the last moment, and was not far from Teach. Moreover, after witnessing Leon's gun skills, he naturally wanted to show off and run away. Only a fool would stay and get shot.

"Impressive. I didn't expect you, Teach, to have so many capable people under your command," Li Ang remarked.

However, he had no intention of surrendering. His hands were not idle either. He flipped his hand and threw another grenade, intending to use this grenade to detonate the other grenades, thinking of throwing the trap that had failed to detonate.

However, it was too late. After learning about the trap from Buffett, Teach had been on high alert. Suddenly, Teach shouted, "Darkness Point!"

A black hole appeared beneath him, centered on him, sucking in the ground and everything on it, including the traps laid out earlier and the grenades Li Ang had thrown.

Li Ang's carefully laid plans thus vanished without a trace.

"Hehehehe, now you should call me Blackbeard, Captain Blackbeard, Chief of Staff," Teach said smugly.

At the same time, the moment Li Ang threw the grenade, Bashas, ​​who had been holding back for so long, could no longer restrain himself and rushed straight towards Li Ang, wanting to shake off the frustration of hiding behind the black fog.

"Wait! Basas." Lafitte rushed forward, knowing that Basas alone couldn't handle Leon.

Upon seeing the two people running towards him from the front and back, Li Ang remained calm and instantly switched to "Striker," firing a shot in the direction of Basas.