20 Captain Salazar (1/2)
After deciding on their next course of action, Nate and Sasaki went towards the Marine Base in order to steal a marine ship while also taking care of any troubles.
”Shouldn't we inform Rin about this?” asked Sasaki.
”Nah, Let her enjoy her shopping. We can take care of this mess by ourselves.” stated Nate.
They quickly made there way towards the base after asking for directions from the bystanders. The base was pretty fortified for the likes of East Blue. When they reached near it's huge gates, they noticed few guards patrolling.
”I will take care of the soldiers, you take care of the gate.” said Nate as he rushed towards the Marines.
Before most of the Marines could react they were knocked out by Nate who blitzed past them. The result of the training can be clearly seen, one of the major improvements being his body, now he could use techniques like Bararaq Kauza with out any repercussion, and due to mastering Eternal Haki he could even increase the potency of the lightning.
While Nate was taking out the Marines, Sasaki walked up to the front gate and unleashed one of his techniques.
”Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū : Sōryūsen Ikazuchi!!” murmured Sasaki as he unleashed two diagonal strokes that seemed to form a compressed air slash in the form of a cross that reached the gates in an instant. With a loud explosion the gate was sliced apart into pieces, while the attack although weakened still continued on to strike the building behind.
”Ohh! So he can use compressed air slashes.” Nate was surprised by the attack, although he too wielded a sword and could be considered as a swordsman he isn't skilled enough to use projectile slashes. ”If he is able to use Haki, he might be almost at level of Zoro.”
Noticing the commotion, Marines started to gather and Nate sensed a strong presence among them and guessed that it might be the captain of this base. Nate and Sasaki walked into the Marine compound and saw about a hundred Marines in front of them.
”I hope you are prepared for your funeral. Pirate scums like you infested these seas for far too long.” said a man who seemed to be leading the Marines. His appearance reminded Nate of 'Armando Salazar' from the movies, he used to be a pirate hunter who had sworn to kill Jack Sparrow. Nate noticed that he seemed to have lost his left hand and right leg as he was sporting a peg leg in place of his lost leg along with a cane.
”Know that you died under the hands of Captain Salazar. Now men!! Fire!!!!” shouted Salazar.
It was followed by the Marines repeatedly firing their rifle at both of them, Nate used his lightning to repel them away while Sasaki deflected them using his sword. Noticing that the attacks were ineffective, Salazar ordered his soldiers to focus on attacking the swordsman while he will take care of the other one. He chose Nate after he noticed his lightning assuming that he might be a devil fruit user and knew that the Marines here aren't strong enough to handle one.