INIIDF-Chapter 59 Not Quite Cloud Riding, Just Cloud Climbing

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"What? You said you saw a Marine that big?"

"Yeah, over ten meters tall! But he had a stubbled face and a girlish demeanor, it looked totally creepy!"

"Hahaha, you've had too much to drink, you're just talking nonsense!"

The pirate named Suler, holding a bottle of rum and a longblade at his waist, kicked open the door and left the noisy, smoky bar into the night.

Inside the bar, Liam placed a bill on the bar.

The barmaid took the money and looked as if she wanted to say something, but Liam had already jumped off the high stool and was heading for the door.

In the rowdy bar, someone had already noticed the boy ordering milk. They silently watched him, saw the money in his pocket, exchanged glances, and grinned as they followed him out of the bar.

Under the starry night, in the quiet streets of the city.

Pirate Suler walked, drinking rum and wiping his mouth with one hand, the other resting on the hilt of his blade. He glanced back to take in his surroundings.

"Yo, wet morning dew... dampening the black suit..."

Liam followed a few feet behind, playing with the disgruntled green Den Den Mushi in his hand.

"Cobblestone streets, foggy..."

He hummed a random melody.

Unbeknownst to him, a few thugs from the bar, possibly bandits or other pirates, were following him with sinister grins on their faces.

"The father speaks in whispers..."

'B.I.B.', wrapped in black Stand Energy flames, casually kicked out a foot, tripping the thugs. 

Thud! 

They all fell face-first to the ground.

"What the hell..." The thugs lay on the ground, stunned and bleeding from the nose.

Liam continued to follow the pirate, ignoring the sounds of fighting and screaming behind him.

As he passed a pile of garbage, he picked up a twisted metal plate and weighed it in his hand.

With Liam's increased strength, 'B.I.B.' became more powerful. For those thugs who came from the bar, B.I.B. had the advantage of being invisible to them. He didn't even need to use his ultimate attack to deal with such low-level opponents. 

In no time, the thugs were beaten unconscious and left in their underwear, with a note written in blood on a piece of paper: Kujo Jotaro.

A bill fluttered down onto the unconscious thugs.

Kacha, 

Suler stepped on a dry leaf and crushed it.

Suddenly, he stopped, grabbed the hilt of his blade, and said coolly, "Let's see, which idiot is it this time?"

Liam followed him into a dead-end alley.

With a quick motion, he twisted the metal plate into an iron bar and held it, smiling, "Oh? It seems you're not unfamiliar with being hunted as a pirate?"

"You think I make money by robbing ordinary people?"

Suler drew his blade and turned to reveal a dangerous smile, "Ignorant bounty hunters always think that the amount of the bounty reflects a pirate's strength... My 130,000 belly bounty has brought me over 13 million! All from fools like you... huh?"

He stopped mid-sentence when he saw that his opponent was only a boy of about 1.4 to 1.5 meters in height, and was stunned.

"A kid?!"

Liam didn't hesitate as he lunged forward with the iron rod.

A black energy-covered mask with glowing white eyes flew from behind him, skimming the ground before reaching Liam.

Liam stepped lightly on the mask, leaped high, grabbed the iron rod so tightly it almost left an imprint on his hand, and swung it with all his might at the pirate's head.

Clang!

Suler drew his blade and blocked the blow.

The blade reflected the moonlight, vibrating slightly as it struck the iron bar.

"That boy! Such strength!!" Suler was shocked.

Liam landed and immediately threw an elbow, striking Suler in the chest and abdomen.

"Ugh!!"

Suler screamed but gritted his teeth, grabbed Liam's hair, and delivered a flying knee to his collarbone.

"…!!"

Liam's face contorted in pain as he nearly lost his breath from the blow.

"You ignorant brat, die already!"

Suler coldly raised his blade to strike.

The glint of the blade reflected Liam's pained expression as he lifted his head slightly.

Only he could see the black mask already half embedded in Suler's skull. With a single glance, he could command 'B.I.B.' to kill the pirate instantly.

Alternatively, he could use the power of the Pipe-Pipe Fruit to create a hole in the ground to avoid the blade...

Shua!

Suler's blow missed.

The boy had deftly dodged, suffering only a shallow cut on his arm.

"Ptooey!"

Liam spat blood, twisted his neck, and said, "You're strong! Definitely not a 130,000 belly weakling... much stronger than these low-level pirates."

Suler replied coldly, "It seems you've fought other pirates before?"

Without waiting for an answer, he slashed horizontally.

Clang!

The iron bar struck the longblade.

Liam used all his strength, speed, reflexes, and flexibility.

He unleashed the full extent of his two to three months of training in the pirate king's world, but he still found himself at a disadvantage.

Although Liam was usually reckless, he was actually careful not to expose himself too early. All of his fights had been won by using the unique properties of his Stand, dominating his opponents with ease.

When it came to normal combat experience, Liam was still somewhat lacking. Against a fierce pirate who made his living on the sea, he quickly found himself in a dangerous situation.

"Stronger! Faster!"

Liam dodged a blow, a gash forming on his cheek, beads of blood flying.

He concentrated on the pirate's movements.

In his mind, he recalled the techniques of the antelope woman he had seen on the flower boat.

"You wicked little brat!"

Suler roared, unleashing a blade strike more ferocious than any he had ever seen.

As a sword-wielding pirate, he had killed at least a hundred pirates, civilians, and bounty hunters. The moment he struck...

He knew that the boy was dead.

Even he wouldn't be able to dodge this blow.

Liam's figure suddenly disappeared under the blade.

He planted his feet firmly, almost breaking the ground, and burst forth with unprecedented speed, circling around Suler's back.

As Suler's face filled with shock, Liam placed his hands on the ground and, using the flexibility he had gained from his gymnastics training, supported himself in a handstand... burst out from under the blade, circled to the back, and with a seamless, coordinated motion that could only be described as graceful, delivered a spinning kick ruthlessly to the pirate's neck!

Thud!!

"Uh... uh... how is that... possible..."

Suler's neck veins bulged as his eyes slowly rolled back, and he collapsed quietly.

Clang, 

His sword fell from his hand and plunged into his abdomen, the blood-red tip protruding from his lower back.

This cunning pirate, who had lured and killed many bounty hunters with his low bounty, died impaled on his own sword.

"Huff... huff..."

Liam panted heavily from behind.

Although the fight hadn't lasted long, it had taken a great deal of his strength.

He clenched his slightly shaking hands and exhaled deeply, still feeling an exhilaration.

Looking down at his feet, Liam stomped and muttered to himself, "Soru? Or Geppo? Or Rankyaku?"

"Doesn't matter..."

"Anyway, this somewhat validates the Life Return talent. Complete control of the body to increase explosive power..."

The black mask floated out of Suler's skull and landed in Liam's hand.

Liam placed the mask on his face, then lay back on the ground, staring at the crescent moon in the night sky.

"Compared to real Rokushiki, I'm still far, far behind! This kind of burst speed is nowhere near Soru's or Luffy's Second Gear..."

"No cloud riding, just cloud climbing..."

After a short rest, the "faceless" black armor phased through the wall and approached Suler's slowly cooling body.

"Jotaro! Stop!" Liam stood up and patted his butt, "This is Chopper and Giorno's doing..."

...

In the middle of the night, the Bounty Department of the Marine Base had a visitor.

A sleepy Marine opened the door to see a bloodied black-haired boy holding an unidentified leg, leaving a trail of blood behind him.

The Marine immediately snapped awake.

"Marine Uncle, this is the pirate we agreed upon!" Liam grinned, "Counting him as 130,000, I'm really losing here!"

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