thefictionvixens Chapter 354 Ace is Caught
Chapter 354 Ace is Caught
"The Fire Fist and Blackbeard Pirates have made contact." A lieutenant hiding on Banaro Island whispered in the Den Den Mushi.
"They started talking... Blackbeard's sniper shot Fire Fist while he was talking!!" After a low shout, there was silence for a while before the voice rang out again, "Just now a burly guy decided to throw a house at Fire Fist! The battle between Fire Fist and Blackbeard has truly begun!"
"Sir, Blackbeard controlled the darkness and swallowed up the entire town... vanished... the town was released from the black smoke behind him!" The Marine muttered in shock, then reacted and apologized hastily, "I'm... I'm sorry, sir, I was too excited."
"Blackbeard has a devil fruit, I don't know what type it is, but he seems to control a kind of darkness, either parahuman or natural!"
"Lieutenant, confirm whether the Dragon's Son has appeared!" Sakaski stood on the deck and ordered the navy in the Den Den Mushi. He needed to confirm the news first.
"Yes, sir. Dragon's Son did not appear at the scene of the battle between Fire Fist and Blackbeard, but we just discovered a sailboat that had just landed on the island...Sir...Sir, Dragon's Son appeared! And he is moving quickly in the direction of the battle between Fire Fist and Blackbeard!"
"Observe in secret and don't act rashly. Once the pirates' fight is over, attack. Also, if you see them leaving, delay them until I arrive!" Sakaski ordered seriously, "We need to prevent the pirates from leaving this island unless they are dead or handcuffed!"
"Yes, sir!" The navy responded. They were all ready to take their positions, hiding farther away from the town, and paying close attention to the battle between Fire Fist and Blackbeard. The next second, the navy almost screamed out because an extremely huge air wave almost knocked them over, but the battle between Fire Fist and Blackbeard had already been decided. "Sir, Fire Fist has been defeated!"
"Lieutenant, don't act rashly for now. Please report to me if any changes occur!" Sakaski ordered the Den Den Mushi, and then hung up the phone without waiting for the navy to respond. They were still several kilometers away from the coast.
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As soon as Lucci set foot on the island, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but the villagers who fled from the forest in panic gave him an even worse premonition. The smoke and fire columns rising into the sky from the center of the town and the collapsed rocks confirmed his guess.
All his instincts urged him to hurry, to increase his speed as much as possible. The closer he got, the more severely damaged the surrounding environment became. The nearby buildings and plants seemed to have been torn apart. All the buildings were almost razed to the ground, leaving only broken ruins.
He knew who had done this, and he wished desperately that it wasn't that bad, but the flames and darkness playing out over the town told him it was bad, especially when he saw the darkness thickening and expanding with each passing second, threatening to engulf and strangle the flames. It was especially bad! Ace, that idiot! Idiot!
As he approached, Lucci focused all his attention on the flames and deep darkness in the sky ahead. The power of the collision between the two was shocking, but the disappearance of the flames and darkness made him tremble even more.
The only thing to be thankful for was that Ace was still conscious, and the dancing flames around him told him that he was not trapped yet.
As he approached the center of town, he slowed down his pace. He could feel the tension in the hot air, not just because of the battle between Ace and Blackbeard, but also because of something else...
He adjusted his senses to the highest level, and the faint but clear fluctuations in air pressure became more obvious. Lucci narrowed his eyes and concentrated completely.
Before he could release more, the sudden change in the air made him move immediately. He dodged sideways. A bullet flew past his face and embedded into the rubble behind him with a loud crash. Lucci immediately turned his head to look in the direction of the shooting.
"Sniper." Lucci muttered. Their actions seemed to be planned in advance, or did Teach design all this before fighting Ace?
Before he could lock onto the sniper's position, he had already left his original position, quickly and unpredictably, and the sniper hid outside his domineering range.
At the same time, two apples flew towards him. Lucci looked up at the apples in the air, turned his wrist, swung the sword in his hand, and the apples exploded in the air.
Then more apples shot towards him, but before it got close, Lucci cut it open first. However, this time the apple did not explode but instead emitted a strange purple smoke from it. Instinct made him avoid the smoke and stay away from this space.
"Thief, hahaha! Vice Captain, what are you doing here!" Blackbeard's laughter echoed in the street. "I've been waiting for you. You thought you could sneak around, huh?"
Lucci looked in the direction of the voice angrily, and gripped the hilt of the sword tightly, his fingertips turning white. Things were bad. The fact that Blackbeard could appear in front of him proved that Ace was caught.
Blackbeard emerged from behind the debris of the building, followed by his crew. Although he appeared calm, Lucci noticed that blood was oozing from his wounds.
Although he acted as if the damage Ace had done to him was insignificant, his torn cuffs, the burnt holes all over his clothes and the scrapes and cuts on his exposed skin, as well as the bruises on his face and his crooked nose all proved that Ace had dealt him a great blow.
"Are you confident?" Lucci looked at the complacent Teach expressionlessly. "Do you think you can handle the two of us?"
"If you were together, I certainly wouldn't be so stupid, but even God is helping me!" Blackbeard grinned, and his uneven teeth made his smile even more sinister.
"Really? But I think you made a mistake." Lucci smiled sardonically as he looked at the three Blackbeard members who were gradually surrounding him. Ace was in another block. It was obvious that Teach had just finished fighting with Ace and hurried over to stop him, so that there was no one guarding Ace's side. This was good. Shadow also gave him good news. Although Ace was tied up with seastone chains, he was still conscious.
"What?" Teach's laughter suddenly stopped. He watched in shock as Lucci's figure disappeared in an instant. Blackbeard looked around vigilantly, worried that Lucci would suddenly appear from somewhere and attack him.
Even though he had been in the same team with Lucci before, he never had the chance to understand or pay attention to Lucci's fruit ability. He rarely saw Lucci use it in battle when he was on Whitebeard's ship, except for the fight with Jaya.