I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

"Kro asked."

"By acting preemptively to kill Mr. Merry, isn't that pre-planning?"

“Mr. Merry is my savior, I can’t let him die.”

"Mr. Merry, step outside the room and protect Miss Kaya."

Bai Yun said.

Merry immediately obeyed, and Bai Yun then swung his stick sharply to the right, blocking the pursuing Crowe.

"when!"

"Silent footwork, that's really terrifying."

"But at such close range, it's not so easy to escape a sniper's sight."

Bai Yun wore a faint smile, seemingly mocking Kro.

Chapter 56 Battle in the Hall

In the living room of Ke Ya's mansion, Bai Yun blocked Chloe's pursuit of Melli with a stick.

Kro was somewhat impressed with Bai Yun, this pretty boy. He hadn't expected that Bai Yun could stop him from using the Silent Step technique. At the same time, he was also puzzled by Bai Yun's words.

"You really know me."

"I've been missing at sea for three years, so how would you, at your age, know me?"

With one hand, Kro pressed down on Bai Yun's long staff with his cat-like paw, he sat on the right and stared at him from the side, asking a question.

"you guess."

Bai Yun smiled, but his tone was quite infuriating.

Kro immediately swung his other hand to grab it, "Guess? Guess your grandma!"

Moreover, the hand that was pressing down on Bai Yun's long staff quickly jammed it.

If Bai Yun wants to dodge, he has to give up the long staff.

But he didn't expect Bai Yun to bend down and dodge, and the hand pressing down on the stick suddenly lost its strength, and the long stick turned into a pistol.

"Surprised?"

Bai Yun bent over backwards and fired instantly in that position.

"boom!"

Kro opened his eyes slightly and moved instantly, but the distance was too close, and he was still grazed in the waist by a bullet.

A bullet graze feels like being slashed by a knife.

Kuro's physical condition was naturally excellent, given that he was a famous pirate. His wound wasn't deep, but it was still bleeding slightly.

Despite this, Kro didn't look at the wound even once, showing no concern whatsoever.

Instead, he stared intently at the flintlock pistol in Bai Yun's hand.

"Devil Fruit?"

"you guess."

"Cough cough!!"

Bai Yun still used those two words, but after saying them, he couldn't help but cough twice.

During his unconsciousness, the effect of replicating Zoro's body expired, and with his own physical abilities, he developed a fever after only lying on the shore for a short while.

Kro noticed that Bai Yun was unwell, which was good news for him.

The fight was about to resume in the next second.

Kaya was worried about Bai Yun, who had a fever; how could he possibly defeat Kro?

"Klohartl!"

"stop fighting."

"You want my property? I'll give it all to you, just leave the village now."

Kaya broke free from Merry, ran into the house, and stood behind Bai Yun, saying...

"I think you misunderstood."

"What I want is money, but I also want stability."

"In three years, I have cultivated a good image in the eyes of the people in the town."

"I want this money rightfully, I want to live here, do you understand?"

"Therefore, it was necessary for you to die unexpectedly when the pirates attacked the village."

Kro said these words without any expression.

Kaya was so shocked she couldn't speak; she couldn't believe that the person in front of her was really the one who had taken care of her for three years.

Kuro wanted to live here, but then the pirates attacked the village to kill her, all for the sake of having a legitimate reason to do so.

After three years together, there wasn't a single emotional fluctuation between us; we're practically not the same person.

........

Having said all that, Kro stopped talking and activated Silent Step to continue his attack on Bai Yun.

Bai Yun's flintlock pistol instantly transformed into three swords, a style reminiscent of Zoro's Three-Sword Style.

Sparks flew as three swords blocked Kro's claws.

Merry quickly pulled Kaya outside.

The next second, the two moved quickly in the hall. They fought back and forth but were not seriously injured. The poor, innocent furniture was smashed to pieces as the two swept past.

........

As time went by, Bai Yun gradually lost ground.

Not only could he only use 6% of Zoro's strength, but he also had a fever.

After forcefully shaking off Kro, Bai Yun quickly retreated away from Kro.

Kro also stopped, taking a break in the middle. He didn't expect this kid to be able to hold him off for so long, but he also knew that Bai Yun was almost at his limit, as evidenced by the fact that the more he fought, the less force he had.

"Whoo~"

Bai Yun let out a breath and looked at Ke Luo. He didn't want to use his trump card here, so he chose to use his words.

The three cuts that turn back into a bracelet demonstrate sincerity.

"Look behind you."

Kro didn't understand why Bai Yun turned the knife back into a bracelet.

But thinking that Bai Yun couldn't do anything about it, he turned around and saw the morning sun shining into the room through the window.

It's already past midnight.

"It's already past midnight."

"Don't you have a lot of confidence in your plan?"

"But the village seems very quiet now."

Bai Yun then stabbed him.

Kro turned to Bai Yun, "Do you know what happened?"

"Ha, you have brothers, and I have my partners too."

"I reckon they've stopped the Black Cat Pirates at the slope by now."

"How about we make a bet?"

"Let's go take a look at the slope together."

"Let's see who wins. If you win, I'll kill myself."

"And you don't need any conditions, just come with me."

"After all, I promised my partner that I couldn't keep the whetstone for myself every time."

Bai Yun returned home.

“You’re using me as a whetstone!” Kro replied with a gloomy face.

Chapter 57 Battle on the Slope

Don't worry about these trivial things.

"Just tell me if you dare or not. Keep hitting me, I'm not afraid. I believe my partners will be here soon."

"And you, the plan has already gone wrong. With your personality, you'd be hard-pressed not to see it for yourself, wouldn't you?"

Bai Yun's words seemed to see right through Kro's heart.

"It won't be too late for me to kill you first."

Kro pushed down his glasses with his palm and looked directly into Bai Yun's eyes, his gaze like that of a predator looking at its prey.

Bai Yun's lips curled up slightly, and the next second he appeared behind Kro.

At this point, Kroo could no longer remain calm; his expression turned to surprise, and he immediately turned around.

“This is my silent step.”

"How could you possibly?!"

Bai Yun smiled and said, "Guess."

At the same time, he thought to himself, "What's wrong with the Silent Step? I don't want to learn it anyway. It's not as good as the Navy's Six Styles of Shave."

........

After returning from this system, Bai Suoyu gained a more complete understanding of his Replica Fruit ability.

The ability to replicate techniques is different from the ability to replicate Devil Fruit powers.

First, let's talk about the "vision" replication (which can only replicate half of its strength).