Chapter 42: John strikes
Because the four had not yet met Doflamingo, they were still looking for the right person to recognize him as their king, and they joined the Coleman Pirates and also wanted to check if Coleman had the qualifications of a king.
After following Coleman for a while, they realized that Coleman was not the man they were looking for and did not have the qualifications of a king, but just because they themselves were not yet strong enough, they did not dare to leave the pirate group so easily.
Do not look that these four men are young, but in fact they have long been pirates, and they all have the traits of cruel and vicious pirates, in which there is not a drop of compassion.
Not wanting to be ordinary pirates, the four of them have been looking for a person with the qualifications of a king since they found each other.
At this point, knowing that Coleman was facing a strong enemy, they didn't even consider joining Coleman to meet the enemy, instead, the first thing they thought of was to leave him behind and run.
"We can't fight the Marines fiercely, let's find an opportunity and retreat immediately."
"Fine".
The four of them made a decision, and quickly came to a consensus, deciding to run away as soon as the opportunity presented itself.
After absorbing the plant's life energy, John's strength quickly recovered and he soon opened his eyes.
"Officer Matt, the pirates who are still alive have already left the forest I created."
Matt immediately yelled, "After them, surround them, don't let any of them escape."
Now he was in awe of John, and on receiving the news he went to round up the pirates at the first opportunity.
Before Coleman could think about it, the Marines had already surrounded them, and the ferocious pirate instantly gave up on the idea of running away and glared at the Marines with a fierce glare, determined to fight them to the end.
"Kill".
Officer Matt didn't hesitate either, faced with the few remaining pirates, he issued a direct order to fight and kill.
At first, the marines and pirates attacked with all their might, but the fleet greatly outnumbered the wounded pirates and prevailed at the start of the battle, the pirates simply could not withstand the attack of the marines.
There were exceptions to this rule: the remaining pirates were not all weak, there were still a few strong figures such as Coleman and a few high-ranking pirates who were not weak but instead killed a few Marines.
Officer Matt, who was not fighting, saw that Coleman had killed several Marines and rushed forward in a rage, intending to fight Coleman.
"Peberton, take ours and help Officer Matt and the others."
John gave the order to Peberton, now even though he had regained most of his strength he was still out of his mind and needed a break so he told Peberton to help Matt first.
"No problem, leave it to me."
Peberton also rushed there with his people and began to look for another strong pirate for a duel.
Although Peberton was inferior to John in strength, he was not bad to be part of the elite class and his strength was high. The pirate he met was not weak and the two fought each other.
However, the situation on the battlefield of Officer Matt was not so good, as Coleman was a pirate with a bounty of almost 90 million bailey, and in addition to being cruel, he was also very strong.
Luckily for the Marines, due to their numbers, there were many who collaborated with Matt, so while they couldn't defeat Coleman, they weren't defeated, they just reached a stalemate.
"You damned watchman, you killed so many of my people, and I have to look for people again, I will kill you all."
Coleman was a little wary of the powerful man who had just created the forest, but after the fight, he found that the Marines didn't seem to be that strong, so his confidence immediately increased and he screamed with a grin.
With that grin, Coleman's fighting strength increased so much that he overtook Major Matt and the others who were barely on their feet.
In this world, individual strength can sometimes be decisive, and there is nothing wrong with taking on a hundred people, alone.
Although Coleman was not considered a strong pirate, the strongest officer he faced was only a lieutenant who was not very strong and therefore he died quickly, so it was normal that the Marines did not know how strong he was, defeat a pirate with a reward of more 80 million is very difficult for a simple lieutenant commander.
Even though he couldn't beat him, Officer Matt didn't back down and still tried to take him down.
The duty of the Marines is to eradicate the pirates, how can they retreat when faced with a crew of pirates, and if they retreat, how can they match the uniform and cloak of justice they wear.
What's more, Matt knew that as long as he held on a little longer, John could rest a little longer, and when John came to his senses, he would definitely be able to destroy this pirate.
John naturally saw that Matt's situation was bad, and seeing that Matt was going to hold on as long as possible, he spit on a little headache and went to help.
"Go to hell".
Matt got hit hard by Coleman, his body was thrown to the side and blood poured out of his mouth, Coleman twirled and raised his sword and stabbed hard.
P / p: When something is twisted, the thing gains inertia, and due to this, the speed and impact force increase, due to inertia.
"Not good". Matt's heart skipped a beat.
"Bah!"
Coleman stopped abruptly as several vines appeared, wrapping around his blade arm and preventing him from lunging.
"Who is this?"
Coleman was furious and turned his head to see a teenage Marine staring coldly at him from the other side of the vines.
"Officer John". Matt was very happy to see John.
"I'm on my own, Officer Matt."
John's tone was icy and even though he had a slight headache, it didn't matter much anymore as he looked at Coleman, tugging hard on the vine holding his hand, he pulled Coleman's body towards him, he took a few steps, then Coleman hard put his feet on the ground and broke the vines with a blow of his hand.
"Hairless brat, if you seek death, I will kill you."
With a snarl, he swung the large blade in his hand, which was over two meters long, and lunged at John to kill him.
"Soru!"
Before Coleman could lunge at John, John had already used Sora and was instantly behind Coleman.
"Rankyaku!"
The vacuum strike generated by Rankyaku hit Coleman, who turned in time to parry him with his blade, but the powerful force still forced him to keep retreating.
John continued to attack with Rankyaku punches as he gained the upper hand, causing Coleman to only parry passively, being pushed back and forth by John, taking several Rankyaku hits, but it doesn't look like he was seriously injured.
"Shigan!"
The advanced Shigan and Rankyaku techniques were constantly used in John's hands when he was at the academy, he specialized in Rokushiki as he was well aware that Rokushiki were very powerful techniques and could be used for a long time.
It can be said that among the students of their period, the one who studied and understood Rokushiki the most, John was definitely the first, even Sakaski, the training maniac, was not as good as him in terms of understanding Rokushiki.
Zephyr already had a high level in Rokushiki, plus John watched the anime and had more ideas, variations on how to use it, so his use and understanding of Rokushiki became even stronger.
Zephyr has repeatedly praised John's success in Rokushiki, saying that he is a genius in all things Rokushiki.
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