224 Chapter 224: Did Scar Lose? Well, Technically…

With those three reinforcements called by Blueno no longer being a threat to Scar, he stopped concerning himself with them and once again started fighting Blueno while the four of us watched everything from the sidelines. The fight lasted for quite a while, and the whole time, it was in Blueno's favor, which is understandable, though I had to give it to Scar. He wasn't going down easily; despite the injuries slowly stacking upon his body along with exhaustion setting it, he was still fighting just as hard when the fight initially began.

As his teacher, I was marginally proud, though as his Captain, I didn't really care much; after all, he was still very weak compared to me, and I wasn't exactly a fan of weaklings. Though most of all, I was jealous. Although he can't tell right now, he's improving rapidly; his proficiency in tekkai and rankyaku has grown, not by a lot, but it was still a respectable amount of growth equivalent to a few days of training, which meant quite a lot, considering it only took him about two weeks to learn both of them, a few days was a lot for the current him.

'Still, while not as talented as me, Scar is quite the prodigy; I wonder how he had never learned of this earlier. If he had trained seriously, he probably would've been about as strong as me when I first arrived in Briss Kingdom.' Mused Diddy lightly as he watched Scar and Blueno dash around the bar, trading numerous blows that would turn an average man into a meat pancake.

As the fight continued with Scar chasing after Blueno, I furrowed my brows slightly as I watched him run; it was only slightly, but I saw him kick the ground a few times in rapid succession. He didn't seem to notice it; he must've subconsciously done it, but I still couldn't help but grin. He was slowly learning soru while fighting Blueno, and although he was still several kicks away from kicking the ground ten times in rapid succession, he was slowly encroaching upon that territory, one step at a time, if you will.

'Hehe, I know soru is the easiest of the six to learn, but still, that's quite impressive; even without my help, he could probably learn Soru within a week after this battle, which is slightly faster than me. Though, to be fair, I had to copy the technique from a wolf and not a human, so it was much more challenging trying to translate the technique, but eh, whatever.' Thought Diddy with a chuckle as he closely eyed Scar, only to slightly smirk before shaking his head and yawning.

Although it was decently entertaining to watch Scar slowly improve while fighting Blueno, even with his prodigy-like talent, he only knew two techniques and had learned them within the last two weeks, so his defeat was inevitable, which was something he also knew since, unlike Freyja, he was actually smart, well, at least smarter than her.

With Scar's limit having been reached and even forcefully surpassed, he was rapidly losing strength, the injuries and exhaustion finally catching up to him, and he could keep it up no longer, something Blueno saw and tried to capitalize on. With quick movements using soru, Blueno swiftly closed the distance between him and Scar before outstretching his finger towards him, intending to use a shigan to pierce right through his heart.

Unfortunately for Scar, while he attempted to dodge, with numerous injuries, exhaustion, and loss of blood, he was too slow, not to mention a little off balance, and so, with a wrong placement of his foot, Blueno managed to stab his finger right through his heart, causing blood to spew everywhere.

'So, is that it?' Thought Diddy lightly as he sat upright and leaned on his knees while looking at the motionless Scar, who suddenly slammed his foot on the ground behind him, slightly surprising Blueno.

With Scar seemingly knowing his fight was over, and he'd lost, he used the remaining strength inside of him that he could muster, using muscle in his body, he tightly clenched his bloody fist and punched Blueno, who swiftly used tekkai. However, as I gazed at Scar's body, I listened to his heartbeat, and I nearly laughed out loud at what I was witnessing; somehow, Scar had managed to perfectly time the pulsing of his heart with his attack, which served to increase the strength of his punch significantly.

The instant Scar's fist landed upon Blueno's face, the might behind his punch broke through his tekkai, smashing his face before flinging him away, causing him to crash into the wall of the bar while he stayed embedded into the wall, lying there unconsciously.

"HAHAHA!" Remarked Diddy as he chaotically laughed in joy while glancing at the unconscious Blueno, only to look at Scar, who promptly collapsed onto the ground, bleeding to death.

While I was enjoying myself, I was forced to suddenly appear in front of Scar as I grabbed the leopard man's paw, the rectangle man's leg with my other hand, and the woman's hand using my tail.

"Hehe, if only you all were stronger, this would be so much fun, but alas, you're all too weak." Stated Diddy with a feral grin as he eyed the three, only to toss them out of the bar, though they all landed upon their feet and paws.

Ignoring the stupid trio, I glanced down at Scar before lightly kicking him onto his back; if nothing were done, he would die in a minute or so; he's already lost a dangerous amount of blood while fighting Blueno, but piercing his heart was just adding insult to injury. I had said this was a fight to the death, and I never intended to help Scar if he had lost, but I wouldn't necessarily call this fight to be his loss.

'If I were to wait until he died, then yes, he'd have lost the fight, but technically, at this very moment, they're both unconscious, so it was a draw. Hehe, I can live with Scar drawing.' Mused Diddy with a smirk as he glanced at Blueno, who was still embedded into the wall, before squatting down and resting his hand atop Scar's chest.

Once I finished transferring some of my vitality to him, which would only delay the inevitable, I picked Scar up and tossed him over my back while walking towards Blueno, only to do the same with him. Leaving the destroyed bar, which is somehow still standing after all that, I tossed Blueno toward the trio, with the rectangle nose man quickly catching him while I just waved at them before walking away.

"Follow me if you want; just know you have a 100% risk of getting killed." Said Diddy with a smirk, only to chuckle while walking down the street with an unconscious Scar on his shoulder.

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"Hmm, now, here's a problem: where do I find a doctor to heal Scar? His heart had been pierced, so first aid was not going to cut it." Muttered Diddy lightly as he walked aimlessly down the street with a thoughtful expression while keeping his head down, walking past a blue-nosed reindeer and a curly-brow chef.

"Wait, that smell; it's familiar." Said Diddy lightly, getting a strong whiff of Chopper as he stopped walking and looked behind him, only to see two familiar backs.

'Heh, perfect, what luck, it looks like the Strawhats are here as well. Sebas had said that reindeer dude was a good doctor; he should be able to heal Scar.' Thought Diddy with a smirk as he looked at Chopper and Sanji, only to suddenly appear in front of them, catching them both by surprise.

"IT'S YOU!" Said Sanji and Chopper simultaneously as they pointed at Diddy, who smirked before nodding.

"Yeah, now here, my crew mate is injured; heal him." Said Diddy calmly as he held Scar in his arms before dropping onto the ground at Chopper's feet or hooves, causing him to squeal.

"Eek! How is he still alive with injuries like those!?" Exclaimed Chopper as he quickly opened his blue backpack, grabbing numerous badges, only for Sanji to stop him with his leg.

"Tch, why should we help your crewmate, you bastard?" Asked Sanji with a scowl as he bit down on his cigarette while eyeing Diddy, who simply bared his fangs at them, freaking Chopper, who nervously gulped. 

"Well, I won't kill you; that sounds fair, no?" Replied Diddy with a smirk as he licked his fangs, causing Sanji to aggressively click his tongue before removing his leg from Chopper, who ran towards Scar, quickly bandaging him up.

"What happened? How did he get so wounded?" Asked Chopper anxiously while caring for Scar as he glanced up at Diddy, who folded his arms.

"Eh, just some dude named Blueno; he works or used to work at a bar; I don't know what he's going to do now; that place is fucked." Said Diddy lightly with a shrug of his shoulders as he glanced down at Chopper, whose expression constantly twitched.

"Anyways, how long will it take for Scar to heal? We can't stay in one place for too long, you know, killing a celestial dragon and all that; the Marines are hunting us like crazy." Added Diddy as he gave Chopper a curious look, causing him to shake his head.

"A few days at most, his chest and heart had been pierced; he will not be able to do anything physically demanding for a while; otherwise, he'll risk reopening the wound on his heart. This is, of course, all under the assumption I can heal him." Stated Chopper with a frown as he intently focused on Scar, only to glance up at Diddy, who nodded before turning around and walking away.

"Cool. Just toss him into the ocean once you finish healing him. Pandemonium should pick him up, or he'll swim towards them, either one." Remarked Diddy lightly as he waved his hands while walking away, leaving a flabbergasted Sanji and Chopper.