Part eight - Demons of East Blue 8/??

- I will kill ... I will kill ... I will kill you! YOU'RE IN DEEP TROUBLE!!!

Yosaku did not expect any other reaction - Craig pounced on him with the fury of a mad dog. Red eyes on rollout, drooling in all directions and incessant roar. Craig waved his stick-bomb as if possessed. In the course of this waving, Yosaku unexpectedly found out that the spear weighs more than a ton - the guy blocked one of the blows with his hand. Yosaku immediately understood why the pirate considered himself a "perfect person." Considering that an ordinary adult man could barely walk with a bag of cement in his hands weighing fifty kilograms, Craig, able to swing a one ton spear, and even with one hand, really looked "superhuman". Yosaku himself had long been training with two two-ton dumbbells or one four-ton dumbbell, so he could only describe Craig in one word:

- Weak.

Yosaku avoided all the blows of the literally distraught Craig without any problems. By grabbing his stick bomb, Don lost his only advantage. In close combat, Yosaku was several times faster and stronger. While Craig poured fire, bullets and stakes on him, and even when the guy himself did not expect anything like this, Don could still defeat Yosaky. Now? No chance. At a certain moment, Craig either subconsciously realized this himself, - consciously hardly, he was too proud monkey, - or simply decided to use another of his for the time being hidden weapons - which was most likely. But this time, when Craig once again directed his hand at Yosaka, the guy was ready, if not for everything, then almost everything. So Don didn't get anything.

It turned out that this time Craig decided to use an iron network. It is quite understandable why. Can't hit your opponent? So catch him! So Craig tried to catch, but Yosaku just dodged without any problems. Right now, the guy, being extremely collected and completely healthy, could dodge both bullets and stakes, so a much slower network did not become a problem for him at all.

- Too slow, - Yosaku chuckled, and then he went on the offensive.

After all that happened, Yosaku again abandoned plans to quickly kill Craig, so his swords lying on the sand remained intact. Instead of swords, Yosaku decided to use Craig's own bomb on a stick. Dodging the iron net, the guy rushed forward, right at Don. Craig, in order to shoot Yosaka with a net, intercepted the spear with one hand, which is why he was hopelessly late with his counterattack. Slipping under Don's spear, Yosaku slammed his fist right into the center of his so-called "world's toughest armor." Luffy had long taught the guys to hit the weakest spots, but right now Yosaku was going to destroy everything that made Craig a respected Don. His armada had already been sunk, the army was more than half destroyed, the weapon turned out to be useless, so Yosaku had only to destroy his armor, which he was so proud of, and win. Another result of communication with Luffy. Despite his bloodthirstiness, he almost always preferred complete moral destruction to physical:

- To kill means to get rid of all torment and worries, and even to send to the next adventure, - somehow one of the evenings, a satisfied Luffy began to explain. - However, if you really want to destroy a person, then destroy everything that he has ever believed in. Destroy everything that makes this person that person, and then leave him alive ... or at least, before you kill, give him enough time to fully and fully understand his position. Then and only then will you really destroy it. This will torment him even after death, I guarantee!

So Yosaku now decided to act on the basis of these words. After Craig caused him to endure so much pain, Yosaku knew that simple murder would not satisfy him now. No, Yosaku was going to completely destroy his opponent. Any other outcome would have left him unsatisfied. Revenge is a nice thing, especially if you know how to do it correctly. Yosaku knew. And not only him. And that was one of the main reasons why the Straw Hats were a serious threat beyond their individual strength. Moreover, the world was full of people with monstrous strength. However, few of these monsters knew how to properly use their power beyond the primitive "kill" and "destroy". Luffy knew. And he shared this knowledge in abundance with his family.

So, as all the Hats, without exception, were convinced, the World Government was still very lucky that Luffy prioritized the desire to "adventure" and receive the title of "Pirate King". If everything were different, the world would have to deal with the second Dragon - the most wanted man in the world, the commander-in-chief of the revolutionaries, and the only person who dared to openly challenge the entire World Government. On the other hand, why only with the second Dragon? Rather with the first Luffy! Because it is not yet clear who would end up worse. Although, again, why is this "incomprehensible"? While the Chief Revolutionary has never been seen by the Hats' team, they never imagined that the world could carry someone potentially even more dangerous than Luffy. So yeah, of course, the World Government is very fortunate that Luffy is not focusing on creating his own revolutionary movement, but on "adventures."

Naturally, it will not be too long before all the Hats will realize how naive they were, arguing in a similar vein. After all, who said that one cannot be combined with the other? And even if Luffy does not create any revolutionary movement, it will have little effect on the final result. And given Luffy's captaincy, all the Hats, willy-nilly - more just involuntarily than voluntarily - will be involved in the confrontation with the World Government to the very top. And although such an outcome could be predicted in advance, people have always tended to close their eyes to the obvious. Especially if it helped them maintain faith in a happy ending. Naivety, so naive.

Luffy always did only what he wanted, therefore, sooner or later, but he simply had to cross the road to the World Government in general, and the Marines in particular ... as well as Shichibukai, Yonko, Cypher Paul, one specific god, and more a whole bunch of different organizations. All of this was just inevitable given Luffy's personality and aspirations, but as stated, people love to deceive themselves. Hats in this regard are no exception. However, their faith in a "happy ending" had only a few days to live. Departure for the Grand Line was just around the corner, which means meeting with the mentioned organizations and people too. And with the unmentioned.

Yosaku began his revenge by taking Craig's "bomb on a stick" away from him. Don was quite strong and fast, and, often, in his battles, if the enemy somehow miraculously got to him, he did not even need to use any weapon: only his fists were enough. If someone stronger turned out to be against him, Craig took up his weapon, and victory was again guaranteed to him. In other words, having clashed with Yosaku, Don found himself in a position in which he had never found himself in his entire life - in the position of the weak.