67 Chapter 67

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Usopp shot the pirate's eyes, with what appeared to be tomato sauce. Hot tomato sauce in fact… with extra spice.

"Ahaaaaahahaaaa." The man screamed, Coby took the chance to find a weak spot in the armor. But only saw one opening, and he sighed, kicking the man in the balls.

That made the man's eyes wide open and more of the spicy stuff got into his eyes.

"M-My pearls..." Pearl whispered in horror. All the men felt the silent pain, even Usopp who was far away, crossed his legs.

With that, the man fell.

"I'm sorry for killing your whole lineage." Coby apologized sincerely, while he was fighting to hold back his laughter.

Now that Pearl fell, the rest of the Don Krieg pirates have lost their motivation to fight.

Coby was panting yes, but even he was surprised about his growth. He might not be able to take down the likes of Alvida and Kuro just yet. But he was getting near that level.

But suddenly he felt a shadow over his head. And he quickly spun and blocked the attack with his spear. Only for it to break, and for him to get back a few steps.

And it was Gin who attacked. As he used his odd-shaped weapons… what were they anyway. Gin used a pair of specially weighted tonfa with metal spheres. And he used the weapon with high efficiency.

Coby even with the help of Usopp's shot found it hard to keep up with Gin. Unlike the other canon fodders, Gin had skills, even if he was facing two different opponents.

With fast reflexes, he would dodge Usopp's bullets and Coby's spear, and attack swiftly enough to push Coby back.

"You are good, kid," Gin said as he dodged another one of Usopp's bullets, gripping his tonfa tightly. "But this ends… I might not be at my full strength, but I can take both of you down." He said panting.

While in the past six days, Gin had eaten once that was because Sanji offered it to him, after that, he had gone straight to his captain, and brought back him here, other them some fresh drinking water he hadn't eaten anything. But he could fight with hunger, he was used to it.

Coby's spear clashed with Gin's tonfas.

"Really, you sever him as a captain?" Coby growled, "That makes you no different from any other pirates… scum that picks on the weak when deep down they are weak themselves."

Gin snorted, "Was that supposed to rail me up." He pushed back, "I have served Don for many years, he might not be the beast, but I owe my life to him. And that's why I proudly call him my captain!"

The pirate pushed forward couching as he avoided getting another shot from Usopp, he was angling Coby in a way, where the sniper couldn't get an advantage out of him.

Coby yelped as Gin threw one of his tonfa towards the pink-haired boy, and it made him distracted enough to let go of his spear. Gin used that time to snatch it out of his hands.

"Hey, give that back!" Coby said as picked up one of Gin's tonfa, they had more weight than what Coby was used to.

Gin didn't say anything just broke the spear, throwing it out of the boat. Coby growled a bit afraid, but did the same for the other Tonfa he was carrying.

"Fine, let's do with the old way," Gin said as he tossed his tonfa to his side. "Fist to Fist, Pirate to Pirate."

Coby was the one to rush him, catching the man by surprise. But Gin recovered from the tackle and pushed down on Coby. He was about to slam both of his fist on Coby's back when the pink-haired boy hit him with a quick yet powerful liver punch.

"Uh… why you little!"

The blow was powerful, but Gin was able to hold Coby down and knee him on the face.

"Uh…" Coby took a couple of steps back, and Gin was about to charge for another attack, but was interrupted by a shot from Usopp that hit him right in the face.

"Uh, my eyes." Gin took a few steps back, the shot from Usopp's gun was powerful enough to knock any pirate out of their consciousness, but Usopp went the extra mile and put red chilly essence (basically hot sauce) in his bullets.

While Gin couldn't see clearly, Coby wasn't any better that knee to the face broke his glass now he wasn't seeing clearly. Coby tossed his broken glass to the side as he cocked his fist for another round. "Your blows hurt less than the whale Alvida's." He spat blood, before charging him again.

This went for another few minutes, Coby wasn't trained for long. Only over a week, and yet the training from Luffy and Kuina made him a capable fighter. Maybe it was his talent, or maybe it was him constantly fighting someone stronger and pushing himself over the limit, but it was now showing results.

Coby unlike other beginners didn't have a stamina issue, years of working as a cabin boy under Alivda made his stamina go up by a lot. And also with him constantly getting bullied, he was quite tolerant to pain.

So only after a few days of training, his skills as a talented fighter was showing.

"Why do you even serve that monster… you seemed to be different from the other pirates that I have taken out." Coby said, as he practically brawled with Gin. Getting tossed by him again, but the boy didn't give up and charged relentlessly.

Gin snorted, "This again, you tell me… why do you serve the straw hat. Call, it a hunch, but you aren't in his crew right?" he said, as Coby was getting pushed back. "You speak too much like a Marine… do you really think we pirates have any morals?"

"No." Coby said, his voice drenched with anger. "You pirates don't. I have been in a pirate crew for two years, I was worked there forcefully. I have seen them, rape, kill and even slaughter innocents, but… Luffy isn't like that… he might call himself a pirate, but for me… he's a hero. And that's why I call him Captain. Captain Luffy!"

"So you finally joined the crew, eh?" Luffy said, suddenly appearing right beside Coby and Gin's power struggle. Both fighters yelped and separated seeing the sudden straw hat boy appearing.

"Hey, get back here…" Don said from behind, but an air bullet from Luffy was enough to knock his lights out.

"Don!" Gin yelped.

Coby calmed his resolve and nodded. "Yes, I want to be part of your crew captain."

"Good."

"I also want to be strong and brave? I want to serve my own justice."

Luffy's grin widened. "So, you want to be strong?"

The boy nodded again. And that made the grin on the straw hat just a bit wider.