章 203: Finale

[ Third Person POV ]

Pirates Festival

Ken slowly got out of the wall of the arena. As soon as he landed on the ground, he cracked his neck before looking at the idle Mont. Fiore.

"That fucking hurt...."

Mont. Fiore, slowly returning his gaze, slowly raised his rapier and held it in front of his face.

Ken wasted no time dissolving into lightning and rushing right at Mont. Fiore.

Mont. Fiore quickly swung his blade at Ken. The Armament Haki that was on Mont. Fiore's blade made it hard for Ken to dodge by turning into lightning, so Ken raised his arms and had to block the attacks for defense.

He eventually ended up kicking Mont. Fiore and pushing the man back.

"It seems that I won't be able to win this battle if I don't start thinking creatively," Ken muttered, "let's see the full extent of the Rumble-Rumble fruit's ability."

Mont. Fiore was curious to see what Ken had been talking about. So he slowly placed his rapier down on the ground and stood patiently as he watched Ken focus.

Ken shut his eyes as he stretched his arm. Lightning slowly began to bloom from his hands as it took the form of a spear like object. When Ken opened his eyes, he was surprised to find a long spear made of pure lightning in his grasp.

"Well, that's convenient," Ken chuckled a bit.

"Have you prepared yourself accordingly?" Mont. Fiore interrupted Ken's train of thought.

Ken looked at Mont. Fiore and quickly nodded, he readied himself for the next bout of fighting.

"Then, I believe that it is now my turn to take the initiative!" Mont. Fiore promptly nodded before taking a step forward.

Ken almost lost sight of him, but it was thanks to his Observation Haki that he managed to raise his spear of lightning just in time to block the attack.

The rapier quickly clashed against the lightning spear as the two individuals were locked in a struggle to overpower each other.

'He got even faster! If it wasn't for my Observation Haki, I'd have already lost!'

Ken immediately knew the formidability of the man standing opposite of him who held down his rapier. He was about to raise his foot again to kick Mont. Fiore back again, but Ken's foot was immediately met with Mont. Fiore's.

"Did you really think that I'd fall for the same trick twice?" Mont. Fiore's voice echoed as he pushed Ken back, "I can tell that you are rather proficient at using Haki, but your Devil Fruit Mastery is sub-par. It's almost like you had eaten the fruit not too long ago."

Ken did a flip to make some more space before he threw his lightning spear at Mont. Fiore. The spear quickly passed through the air as it made its way to its intended target, but Mont. Fiore wasted no time stepping to the side to avoid the lightning spear.

Ken immediately summoned a lot more lightning spears around him before sending them Mont. Fiore's way. He held another lightning spear in his grasp and lunged at Mont. Fiore after sending the others.

Mont. Fiore calmly dodged and deflected all the lightning spears that came his way. Throughout the entire time, his eyes remained on Ken, almost as if he had been observing the man's movements while all of this had been happening.

Ken's lightning met Mont. Fiore's rapier and another series of clashes ensued soon after.

On the other hand, Carla was struggling to get up. She was exhausted from fighting Pato, and Bubble Jack was an even more formidable opponent for her compared to the Racoon Dog.

"Give up, Girlie. You're not going to win this fight," Bubble Jack said as he turned to look at the fighting happening between Mont. Fiore and Ken.

Just as he was about to turn and leave, Carla's voice could be heard speaking up.

"Wait."

Bubble Jack ignored her and kept walking.

"I said, wait."

Carla immediately appeared behind Bubble Jack and landed a devastating round house that sent him right through the Arena's wall. Carla still looked battered and bruised, but something about her demeanor had changed.

Either way, the audience loved the sudden turn of events. However, Bubble Jack didn't.

"This Bitch-!" Bubble Jack growled as he let out his Conqueror's Haki out, making some spectators within the audience pass out as a result.

Something strange was happening to Carla. Her wounds were quickly healing, and she wasn't looking as tired as she initially was. It wasn't something that someone could see on a daily basis.

Bubble Jack, was one of those people who wasn't accustomed to these kinds of developments.

"The fuck are you? I've never seen that before.....not that it matters!" Bubble Jack immediately lunged at Carla.

Carla gritted her teeth as she raised her arms to block Bubble Jack's punch. The punch immediately sent her flying back crashing into the Arena's walls.

Bubble Jack didn't stop there, however, he immediately kicked the ground and followed her all the way to the Arena's wall.

"Bubble Rush!"

Bubbles immediately appeared around Bubble Jack as he immediately started beating Carla further and further into the walls of the arena. With each blow, a rush of Armament Haki coated bubbles immediately rushed and hit Carla as Bubble Jack raised his other fist to hit her.

This kept going for quite a bit, until Bubble Jack got tired of beating her in the wall. By then, the structural integrity of the Arena was slowly beginning to get compromise. Pieces of the arena where Bubble Jack had beaten Carla into was slowly beginning to fall apart slowly.

It also didn't help that the other holes that the Mont. Fiore, Carla, Bubble Jack, Ken and Pato had made during the fight were also helping with the further deterioration of the arena.

Bubble Jack slowly began to look around.

"What the fuck?"

The audience, who were once cheering in excitement and entertainment, slowly began to realize the dire situation that they were in, and quickly made their way to the exits.

"Quickly, move!"

"Do you want to be buried in here alive?! I said move!"

"I'll kill all you fools if I have to, now move!"

The panic that had set in within the audience caused even further more chaos within the arena. Explosions, gun shots and screams began to be prevalent around the audience. The chaos caused seemed only to help the arena fall into itself completely.

The numerous floors and countless structures of foundations seemed to be too outdated for the Arena to contain the sudden developments.

Mont. Fiore and Ken immediately stopped fighting when they began to feel the arena tremble.

"The fuck?! Isn't this arena supposed to be structurally sound?!" Ken asked bewilderedly.

"There's no time to think about this, we need to leave immediately," Mont. Fiore replied solemnly as he sheathed his rapier.

Bubble Jack was already on the way out of the arena without needing to ask. Meanwhile, Carla remained motionless within the hole in the wall. A figure quickly appeared in front of the hole as the arena began to collapse.

It was Stussy.

"It'd be a shame if we were to leave you to die here~" Stussy said, as she slowly got in the hole to drag her out, "Let's see how far I'll be able to take you~"

Eventually, the arena ended up collapsing on itself. Shaking the entire island in the process. Some of the spectators that had happened to be in the audience didn't manage to make it out alive, as a result. They ended being buried alive in the rubble, probably already dead.

Buena's face was pale, meanwhile Boris looked at the fallen arena interestedly.