Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 1

147. Hasshoken's Might

The war between Clown Pirates & Kizaru's unit is still not finished. Buggy, Cricket, & Palu still fight their opponents. Their battles are the hardest among everyone's battles.

The power gaps between the Marine officers are quite big. Momonga and Dalmatian are much stronger than the officers below them. The same case applies to Kizaru who is much stronger than Momonga & Dalmatian.

Both Rear Admirals show equal strength and battle powers with Cricket & Palu. Their fights are stagnant and no one gets the upper hand since the beginning. The fights look boring to watch even though they fight with all their powers.

'This is bad, I can't go on like this. We can't fight these guys for too long or the Marine HQ will send reinforcements. That is the most problematic aspect from Marine, there will be no end of them,' thinks Cricket.

Palu thinks the same and they start to exert more power in their battle. They need to win before Marine's reinforcements come. Even though Ruff & Deon are trying to fool the Marine HQ, but it won't fool them forever. It's just a matter of time before they realize it and send reinforcement.

Cricket hasn't used Hasshoken since he started fighting Momonga. Now he starts to use it along with both of his Haki types. His Hasshoken surprises Momonga because it's a famous martial art.

"Hasshoken?! How can you use it? You aren't from Kano Country, after all," says Momonga in surprise.

"Why'd you care on how I can use it? You should care more about this fight," says Cricket as he punches Momonga strongly with Hasshoken.

Momonga gets pushed back by that punch even though he has blocked it with his sword. Cricket's punch has become much stronger since they entered Grandline. It will get even stronger if he uses Hasshoken too.

But Momonga isn't weak enough to get overwhelmed by one punch. As a Rear Admiral, he is considered as one of the Marine's strongest power. So he won't lose easily against strong pirates like the Clowns.

"Your Hasshoken is very strong for someone who stole it from Kano Country," says Momonga as he attacks Cricket.

Cricket blocks Momonga's sword with his haki-coated hand and says, "Stole it? Hah, we never steal it, they gave it to Captain after he beat them in their own game. We got it fair & square."

"Fair? Very laughable. As if pirates like you will play fair & square," says Momonga as he sends another attack.

"Hmph, it's up to you for believing it or not. I just tell you the truth," says Cricket as he dodges the sword before sending an uppercut.

Momonga evades Cricket's punch by tilting his head to the side. Then he blocks Cricket's knee attack that comes right after the uppercut. Both of them start to fight at close range again and exert more power.

Both of them are good at using Observation Haki. So they can read & predict their opponent's attacks and defend them. They haven't been injured since they started to fight because they can defend well.

But Cricket is better at using Armament Haki than Momonga. Most Rear Admirals can use Haki, but they're just proficient at one type. And Momonga is more proficient at Observation Haki. He can use armament though, but it's just the basic colorless armament.

Cricket keeps attacking with his Hasshoken & Armament Haki. While Momonga keeps blocking the attacks with his sword. Their fight is still stagnant, but then it changed when they hear a weak cracking sound.

*crack* They look at the source and see it coming from Momonga's sword. It has a visible small crack that caused that sound. But it also has many thin cracks that they didn't realize.