Chapter 126: No Chance of Winning

Chapter 126: No Chance of Winning

Enel suddenly says, "Let me fight that diamond head."

Cricket gets a tickmark hearing how Enel calls him, "Oi, who'd you call a diamond head, you drum-man?"

"You want to challenge Cricket?" asks Buggy to Enel.

"That's right. He is your strongest member, right? If he can defeat me, then I will join your crew. But if I can defeat him, then tell me how you could touch my body," says Enel.

Buggy grins hearing that, but his clueless crewmates are getting confused now.

"He is the one who I've told you before," says Buggy.

"Ah!" says everyone in realization.

"So he is that Enel guy," says Palu.

"Heh, at least he looks strong," says Mantis.

"How is it, Cricket?" asks Buggy.

"Sure, let's do it," says Cricket while grinning.

Enel smirks hearing that because he is sure he can defeat Cricket. But Buggy's next words make him frown and rather angry.

"Cricket, don't overdo it. I want a living crew, not a dead one," says Buggy as he walks to a distance with the others.

"Aye aye," replies Cricket.

"Tch, you should've told him to not die," says Enel pissedly.

The Clowns ignore him and just smirk hearing that. They know Cricket's strength and know that he won't lose to Enel. He isn't the 2nd strongest for nothing. His dedication to being strong is very high like Buggy.

Cricket & Enel get into their position and are ready for the duel. They stare at each other with eyes full of confidence. But Cricket is more relaxed than Enel who is still rather wary of his opponent.

Enel doesn't know whether Cricket can touch his body like Buggy or not. But he needs to assume that Cricket is capable of that and he needs to be careful. Still, he is sure that he is stronger than Cricket, so it won't be a problem even if Cricket can touch him.

Buggy then starts the duel and both fighters make their move. Enel shoots a lightning bolt toward Cricket as an opening. Cricket dodges to the side and rushes at Enel.

"Ho, lightning power. That sure is good power. But it is still very weak," says Palu.

"Lightning, huh? Maybe he can help me in my research about electricity," says Ruff.

*BAM* Soconut hit the table in anger.

"I've told them to not return just for a few days, but they didn't listen. They're too full of themselves," says Soconut in frustration.

"Where do you think they are now?" asks a minister.

"What else? They must've died. There's no such thing as mercy in pirate war," says Soconut.

"Forget about the Half-Wings. We need to think of what we'll do after this. Without them blocking the Blue Sea Pirates, the threat to Birka will increase. We need to find a replacement for their crew's job," says Surian.

"How if we take the other Sky Pirates to work under us like the Half-Wings?" suggests a woman minister.

"That's a good idea, but also not that good at the same time. The Half-Wings crew is the strongest in our area, while the others are just so-so. Most of them also don't have a high number, so they won't be able to defeat some big Blue Sea Pirate crews," says Sapple.

"Can't we just combine them and make them work together?" asks another minister.

"Hmph, do you think pirates like them will work together with other crews? They'll even fight with their crewmates over trivial things, not to mention with other crews. They aren't soldiers who will listen to orders," says Soconut.

"Soconut is right. That idea won't work because our subjects are pirates. That's why I think we need to stop relying on pirates and start doing it ourselves. We will make a special unit for this job. How about it?" asks Surian.

"Do we have enough men?" asks a minister.

"No, that's why we need to recruit more men now. But I think this is the best solution because this division will be right under us," says Surian.

The ministers discuss it and they agree with it.

"How about those Blue Sea Pirates?" asks a middle-aged woman minister.

Surian gets serious and says, "We can only watch them and hope that they won't create another problem. Because when that happens, none of us will be able to stop it."

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