41- Fighting against black cat pirates

"Before we say anything, you should get dressed, don't you notice that Ojou-sama is embarrassed to see you like this." Merry said angrily, Ethan was surprised by Merry's words, he looked at Kaya and found that her face had turned red as she turned her face away, while she looked at him from time to time.

Ethan looked at himself and noticed that he was still wearing his pants, and only the upper part of his body was bare. Ethan picked up his shirt and put it on while thinking 'That's weird, is she really embarrassed just seeing my upper body?'

After Ethan put on his shirt, Kaya spoke, "Please tell us who Klahdore really is."

Ethan knew she was going to ask about Kuro so he was trying to remember everything he knew about him earlier to explain to Kaya, "He's a pirate named Kuro, captain of the Black Cat Pirates, I saw a wanted poster of him so I recognized him when I saw him."

"He is a very clever and skilled pirate who has been nicknamed the "Kuro of a Hundred Plans" because of his intelligence. He uses a very special weapon, a pair of gloves with katana blades attached to each finger."

'He's right. I saw Klahdore use that weapon.' Kaya thought while feeling sad, but she still didn't understand why Kuro had attacked Merry.

"Although his execution was confirmed three years ago by the Navy. It seems that he faked his death."

"Ojou-sama that at the same time that your father brought Klahdore to the palace, it must have been really Kuro." Merry said while sighing.

"Looks like you found out about Kuro that he's going to betray Kaya before you came here, can you tell me what happened I can deduce what he's planning."

Then Merry told Ethan everything except Kaya's ability to put Kuro into an illusion. He also did not say that he was there, but rather that Kuro attacked one of the servants in the palace.

"He must have been planning to kill Kaya and make her death an accident so that he inherits all Kaya's property. If my guess is correct, then the accident he was talking about were his pirates."

After hearing Ethan's explanation and conclusions, Kaya quickly left Ethan's room and headed toward her room while Merry followed her.

Ethan went to the girls' rooms and woke them up and told them about Kuro and his plan and that the pirates would attack the island at dawn to kill Kaya. "Let's go. They must come from the Northern Cliff where our ship is."

Ethan and the girls came out of the mansion and saw Kaya with a gun in her hand while Merry was standing next to her trying to stop her from going, Kaya tried to convince Merry, "Don't worry Merry, you know what I can do, so I'll be fine."

Kaya noticed Ethan and the girls leaving the palace, so she approached them and said sadly, "Are you going off the island?"

'Are the stories they told me yesterday false' Kaya started to think negatively, due to Kuro's betrayal on her.

Kaya thought that Ethan and the girls would escape before the Black Cat pirate group came to the island, she was upset when she thought, 'I shouldn't be upset about this, they are people I met yesterday who are impossible to help me, and they are also pirates.'

Even though she could fight Kuro and his crew without their help because of her Devil Fruit ability. But it is painful for someone she met to leave her when he learns that there is someone who threatens her life and does not stay with her.

Ethan approached her and then patted her shoulder and said with a smile, "It is impossible for us to leave the island and you are in danger, we are going to fight Kuro and those pirates."

Kaya was happy that they weren't planning on leaving her, "Do you know where the pirates are now, let me come with you."

"I'm sorry but you have to stay here, it's too dangerous for you if you go there, trust us and let us protect you." Ethan still didn't know that Kaya possessed the ability of a Devil Fruit, and that she was the one who put them in an illusion as soon as they entered the island, if he knew he would never have said such words.

But the strange thing is that Kaya immediately agreed to what Ethan suggested and returned to the palace, after which Ethan and the girls continued to the North Cliff.

When they reached the cliff, sunrise had already begun, and according to Ethan, the pirates should attack by this time.

After waiting for a while, the pirate ship appeared before the eyes of Ethan and the girls.

... ... ... ... ... ...

On the Black Cat pirate ship.

"We have arrived." All the pirates shouted.

"Okay. Hear me well. Let's go outside and do our job." Jango gave orders to the pirates.

"Captain, there is an unknown ship over there, shall I go check it out?" said one of the pirates while pointing at a black ship.

All the pirates gathered and looked at a ship and their eyes immediately shone. They had never seen a ship of such high quality in their lives, Jango said, "It's a wonderful ship that must have so many treasures inside."

Then Jango divided the pirates into two parts, three quarters would attack the island and the other quarter would go to the ship and robbed it.

The pirates broke up, most of them ran toward the cliff, while some ran to the ship. When Nami saw this, she quickly screamed, "They're trying to steal our ship!"

But at this moment, something unexpected happened that shocked both Ethan and the girls. The pirates who were heading towards the ship changed direction and ran towards the pirates who were heading to the cliff, and started fighting among themselves.

'he's the same person who put us in an illusion earlier, looks like he got the Black Cat Pirates into the illusion and made them fight each other.'

Although Ethan did not need to intervene and let the pirates kill each other, he pulled out his swords and quickly headed toward the pirates while telling the girls, "Let's finish this quickly."

After that, Ethan and his crew got into the fight and defeated almost all of the Black Cat Pirates' crew in just a few minutes.

"Damn it, the plan is spoiled now, Captain Kuro will kill me if he sees this." Jango said while gritting his teeth.

"Don't worry you'll die before you even see Kuro." Suddenly Ethan's voice came from behind Jango, Ethan moved toward Jango while swinging his sword quickly as he tried to cut off his head.

At this moment, Jango pulled one of the pirates next to him and made him receive the attack instead, then quickly retreated.

"Heh heh Buchi, look what happened here." Suddenly two people appeared from inside the Black Cat's ship, one fat and the other skinny, the one who had just spoken was the lean one.

"What is all this?" The fat person shouted in surprise when he saw almost all of the Black Cat Pirates killed.

"We still have a trump card." Jango smiled when he heard the two people's voices and then called out to them, "Come, Nyaban Brothers."

Upon hearing Jango's orders, the two of them jumped off the ship and landed in front of him, "Captain, did you call us?"

After that, Janko ordered them to fight Ethan and his crew, who block the way for them, upon hearing Jango's orders, the brothers showed fear.

And when Jango insisted on attacking them, the skinny person started running towards Ethan, and the expressions of fear were still on his face, but when he approached Ethan, the expressions of fear changed to a malicious smile and swing his hand (wearing gloves with cat claws) toward Ethan.

Ethan already knew that the skinny person was feigning fear, so he never hesitated to attack him, first blocking the attack with his sword and then swinging his other sword and cutting off the skinny person's arm.

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