35 Ch 35 : Tricking Crocodile

On top of the deck, a black fist once again clashed with the sands.

Crocodile and Zephyr had exchanged a few rounds of attacks, but neither of them could get the advantage.

In terms of raw power, Zephyr indeed was above Crocodile.

But Crocodile's Logia was tricky, and it was hard to handle even after using Armament Haki.

After all, he could appear and disappear everywhere.

Using Soru, Zephyr's fist came quickly.

Crocodile looked at Zephyr coldly, sand shield quickly appeared, and with the sound of a boom, it blocked Zephyr's punch.

Then the sand shield then scattered everywhere, and Crocodile continued to control the sand surrounding Zephyr.

In an instant, a wave of sand shot out towards Zephyr, who was rushing towards him.

Seeing this, Zephyr immediately jumped high, and using Moonwalk, he avoided Crocodile's attack.

From the side, Cade could see that Crocodile did not really use 100% of his attacking power.

His Logia was just too destructive. Once he used his true power, then the ship might have split into two, and it had brought a lot of leeway for Zephyr.

Everything was going according to plan. By ambushing them, one could see that Crocodile could not really display his strength on the deck, unlike in the land.

Though even so, Cade could also see Zephyr's stamina had dropped a lot since the beginning of the battle.

Maybe because he was getting older, his stamina and strength were far comparable to in his prime, and he could not solve Crocodile easily even with all these advantages.

At this time, a voice came from the side.

" What is it, old man? Are you having such a hard time?"

Cade, with his observation Haki had long expected this. However, to think they are still taking this long, it seems they were underestimating their enemy a bit.

Rob Lucci, Khalifa, Kaku and Blueno.

They watched Zephyr struggle and sneered.

Around their feet were the cold corpses of the Baroque Work Agents.

Though the Baroque Works Agents might be strong, they were still nothing compared to the Cp9, which mastered the marine six styles and was trained by Zephyr.

Even Mr. 1, who boasts his defensive capabilities, was easily one-shotted with Rokukogan.

Crocodile saw most of his subordinates had been handled, and his face grew grim.

In this case, even if he managed to deal with the Sullivan Kingdom and rob their technologies, his plan would still take a setback with this huge amount of casualties.

" Bastard, I'll make you all pay! Sandstorm!!!!"

He no longer cared about the number of casualties, and all he cared about was making the guy in front of him pay.

His eyes grew cold, and a huge sandstorm appeared on the deck. Even Zephyr had gloomy faces, and the member of Cp9 could only hide.

Against such a high-level battle, they all were one step short. And only after fully mastering the Haki would they be able to stand and help Zephyr.

Zephyr also did not blame the member of Cp9 for not helping him.

His face grew serious, but his hand trembled.

The result of this battle would be decided in the next attack.

In case he failed, they all would be defeated by Crocodile.

He was trying to use his observation Haki to predict what would be the result of their next clash, and Zephyr's face did not turn really good.

However, in spite of everyone getting ready for the final clash, Cade was the only one that had the word calm written on his face.

Everything was going according to his plan, and now he was ready to make his move.

" Itachi " walked slowly. But even so, it had brought a new amount of sheer pressure on Crocodile.

' This guy, what is he going to do?'

Crocodile's ideal tactic was to handle Zephyr first. Then Itachi and the rest of Cp9. Now he had not even handled Zephyr yet, and this "Itachi" was ready to move. Of course, he would go gloomy.

Nonetheless, Crocodile was going all out.

The Sand Storm was getting bigger and bigger. And in this situation, even Zephyr could not do anything but try his best to hold on.

However, in this kind of storm, there is a guy who seems unimpacted, and Crocodile's face goes beyond surprised.

If Crocodile was a bit calmer, he might have noticed there was something strange about this "Itachi" or he was just an illusion.

But the current Crocodile was far from calm, that he was not able to notice such small details.

Crows scattered, and when it reappeared, Itachi had already stood in front of Crocodile. Floating with crows on his feet.

" What do you want to do?" Crocodile asked. His face was gloomy as he looked at Itachi, who seemed to be not bothered at all by the sandstorm.

Under Crocodile's questioning gaze, "Itachi" was calm.

He raised his hand and pointed toward Alabasta, as he nonchalantly said:

"Pluton, do you think it is really in Alabasta?"

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