Crew Strength Improvements

Inside the restaurant, the rest of the crew looked strangely at the 2 people at the table.

Their captain suddenly brought a child of unknown whereabouts, who kept eating like crazy.

"Captain, who is this child?" Vincent could see that the child's body was malnourished and bruised.

"Well, he's our new member" Vlad said while playing with a coin in his hand.

"Big brother, don't you think it's a bad idea to bring children with us?"

Enel asked while scratching his ear.

Vlad rolled his eyes at this, replying, "Enel, you forgot that you're also a damn brat."

"But big brother, it's different, you know I'm strong!" Enel stood up as electric arcs appeared.

"Brat, I'll have to put your feet on the ground with my fists"

Vlad knew that Enel had a point, but when he found out about Kuro's situation and learned his name, he wanted to take him away.

Kuro, who had lost his parents last year, depended on robbery to make a living.

Sneaking around like a rat and using clever and brilliant ideas to get their hands on their targets.

Although he may now be considered useless, Vlad believed that someone like that was worth investing in.

"Don't worry, this child has potential, and I'll give him one of the fruits later."

When the others heard this they stopped bothering and sighed as they saw the child eating like he was starving.

.....

In one part of the island, after eating and getting the east blue map.

Vlad was surrounded by Enel, Brook and Vincent.

Not far away Kuro watched as he flew with amusement.

Vlad had decided to give him the Zoan fruit of the Japanese giant wasp, by eating it, it could be said that Kuro was the 3rd fastest member of the group.

Don't underestimate the speed this fruit can provide, it was incredibly fast being one of the fastest insects.

Kuro watched the tension created between the other 4.

He had agreed to go with Vlad after the latter showed him good will, anyway he didn't have a "home" before.

Vlad, who made a signal with his fingers, suddenly saw 3 figures launching towards him.

Enel was the first to arrive, with a kick that was dodged by Vlad.

"Enel, your attacks are too predictable"

As Vlad spoke, he appeared behind Enel with a black fist blocking Enel's vision.

Enel, who received a merciless blow, flew away like a comet.

Since Vlad learned armor haki until recently, he had started training quite a bit with Enel.

It doesn't take long for Brook and Vin to want to get together and now they are like this.

Brook, with agile strides, launched several thrusts.

Vincent too, performing a full boxing combo.

But it was useless, with Vlad's speed and vision, it was impossible to hit him.

Vlad, after dodging all the blows, grabbed the heads of the two with his huge hands.

*boom*

Brook and Vincent had a collision that left them stunned.

Enel, who arrived flying and launching several rays, disappeared from time to time trying to make effective use of the speed of his fruit.

Enel's rays were becoming more and more annoying as Enel was growing.

Vlad did not have the luxury of taking all of Enel's electrical attacks, or it could severely damage him over time.

Enel, who saw that even the speed of his rays was not enough, observed the smile on Vlad's face.

"Tsk, I can only fire six 1 million volt beams at the moment, but I doubt that will be enough to finish him off."

Enel who was thinking of countermeasures, noticed that the smiling face was moving.

Enel received a blow with a fist that made him vomit saliva.

Although they were both fast, Enel was simply unable to react in time.

Just then Brook appeared, running quickly while his sword gave off a cold breath.

"Soul solid" Brook spoke while wielding his sword.

Vlad, who was grazed by this sword, felt his muscles tense and freeze from the cold.

In 2 seconds Vlad's entire arm was frozen.

This was a new skill Brook learned under Vlad's guidance.

With the aura of his soul, he can cover his sword, freezing it in the process.

Brook didn't stay to watch, giving several more attacks, he managed to make Vlad take a few steps back.

Vlad was not afraid of being cut by Brook's sword.

The problem was that the sword only needed to pass a few inches close to freeze him.

"Hmm, annoying"

Vlad activated his supersonic speed, causing Brook to see the illusion of a large number of Vlads surrounding him.

Because it was moving so fast, afterimages were left behind.

Brook, not having observation haki, was unable to distinguish between what was real and what was false.

Vlad took advantage of this and attacked Brook from several angles.

Grabbing a bruised Brook, I catch him and throw him into the distance.

As he finished with Brook, a fiery flame approached his back.

After dodging it, Vlad looked at Vincent who had his hands on fire.

The strange thing was that Vincent's head turned into a burning lamp, which did not allow Vincent's face to be seen, as if he were wearing a mask.

This was a new trick he learned, by turning this way, Vincent was able to throw flames from a distance.

The bad thing about this was that it could only last 10 minutes before it overheated and damaged itself.

Vincent who released a large amount of flames, heated up the environment, making Vlad sweat a little.

Just as Vlad dodged all of Enel's lightning, Vincent's flames were no problem either.

After dodging several attacks, Vlad managed to get close to Vincent.

"This is going to hurt Vin" With a smile, Vlad spoke before starting to do a series of combos with punches and elbows.

Vincent, who was beaten with fists, was the second to collapse.

Enel, who was also hit earlier, shouted and launched his attack.

"1 million volts! Take this!"

An electric ray much larger than the previous one appeared before Vlad's vision.

Vlad noticed that behind the lightning, Enel was following him, trying to take him by surprise.

"Hehe Enel, you still have a long way to go"

Vlad, who this time decided to cover himself and resist to finish off Enel with a single decisive blow, stood with his hands crossed wrapped in haki.

Just as the attack was in front of him, the lightning suddenly passed by, without dealing any damage.

"Huh?"

Vlad, who was watching Enel's smile, felt somewhat strange, but he still hit hard.

When the blow came, Enel did nothing to defend himself, receiving and disappearing in several electric arcs.

Noticing this, Vlad immediately understood what was happening.

Another Enel appeared behind him, who was touching his back with his hand and speaking words.

"1 million volts"

Vlad had been tricked by Enel, the supposed lightning bolt from before was a cover along with the clone.

Enel knew that Vlad was able to anticipate all his movements through his observation haki, so he came up with this plan, which although it would not escape Vlad's eyes, could reach him.

Vlad received a massive electric shock of 1 million volts, which caused his nerves to quiver in pain.

Vlad, who received a strong shock this time, released smoke from his mouth as his hair went from straight to curly.

"Well, Enel you really did it this time, well done"

When Vlad finished speaking, a great repulsive force expelled Enel.

Enel, who transformed into his element to free himself from the repulsive force, extended his arms to launch two successive 1 million volt rays.

Vlad had some paralyzing effects due to the electric shock from before.

This forced it to form a large sand dome which protected it from lightning.

The sand surprised Enel, but he did not stop and continued to throw out 1 million volt rays.

Vlad, who controlled the sand with the power of magnetism, felt that it was enough.

Coming out of the arena, Vlad flew straight towards a tired Enel, placing his fingers on the brat's forehead.

"Enough, you did well, let's stop the practice for now"

Vlad, who had finished the practice, analyzed everyone's situation.

Everyone had become more capable since the last fight with the CP agents.

Enel had more resistance and freedom with lightning, better control and even learned to use clones composed of electricity.

Brook who also learned a very annoying new skill which consisted of freezing with his sword.

And finally Vincent who could now launch attacks at a certain distance with a strange but cool helmet on his head.

As for Vlad, he had learned armor haki but could only wrap his fist for now.

Vlad had put aside his fruit to focus on his physique, however his devil fruit has already awakened and he even has monstrous control and precision with it.