"I want his blood!"
Seeing the eager look in Rocks's eyes, Ignis didn't intend to act himself.
But he still reminded Rocks not to turn his prey into pulp.
"Then let me see how strong his Six Powers are!"
Rocks smiled cruelly and leaped directly from the flying warship, heading straight for Kuroki.
"Here he comes!!"
Kuroki, who was slaughtering the crew of the Wang Zhi Pirates, felt that terrifying, awe-inspiring aura.
This was the world's worst pirate, the one who had killed Admiral Walker!
Back when Rocks invaded the Holy Land, Mary Geoise and disrupted the Reverie, Admiral Walker, one of the Marines' strongest fighting force, had only served as a speed bump for Rocks, killed in an instant.
No one knew how strong Rocks truly was!
Whether he could successfully infiltrate the Rocks Pirates would depend on his acting skills.
Kuroki cleanly killed a pirate and faced the approaching Rocks expressionlessly.
His current identity was that of a defiant, rising pirate star. He couldn't show too much fear or weakness.
"Vohahaha! Kuroki, let me see your swordsmanship!"
Rocks slashed at Kuroki with his sword, his eyes full of mockery.
"Rocks! Then let me, too, see the strength of the world's strongest pirate!!"
Kuroki fully entered the persona of a defiant pirate, gritting his teeth and slashing back as if resigned to death.
The next moment, however, Kuroki's long sword was shattered by Rocks's sword.
Under Rocks's terrifying cannonade sword technique, Kuroki was sent flying, coughing blood, and crashing into the rubble.
Kuroki was horrified. The tearing pain from his body made him feel like he was dying.
'Why was this happening?'
'Had the Rocks Pirates stopped recruiting?'
'Why was he attacking so viciously?'
'Damn it, would he really follow Wang Zhi's fate and die on Elysium Island?'
"Tsk, tsk. Can't even block one blow?"
"Back when Newgate had a bounty of just over 100 million and Kyo had a bounty of just 300 million, they both took one of my blows."
"But you, with a bounty of 444 million, can't even block one. You're pretty pathetic."
Rocks appeared atop the rubble, grabbed Kuroki's head, and lifted him out.
He had also observed Kuroki's hands.
It was exactly as Ignis said, this 'swordsman' lacked sufficient calluses. But some of his fingers were surprisingly thick.
"Captain Rocks is truly the world's strongest pirate. Who on these seas could be your opponent..."
"I overestimated myself..."
Kuroki coughed blood from his mouth and nose. Seeing that Rocks hadn't immediately killed him and was even speaking to him, he felt he still had a chance to infiltrate the Rocks Pirates.
He immediately put on a look of defiant admiration for Rocks.
"Swordsmanship isn't your strength. Let me see your hand-to-hand combat!"
"Fight with everything you've got, or you will die!"
Rocks smiled viciously and threw Kuroki to the ground.
He planted his sword in the dirt beside him and waited for Kuroki's attack, barehanded.
'Is this an initiation test?'
Kuroki stood up, enduring the pain. According to past intelligence, Shiki, Kyo, and Charlotte Linlin had all been beaten up by Rocks.
Whether he could gain Rocks's approval would depend on this test.
But he was most proficient in the Six Powers. What techniques should he use against Rocks?
"Captain Rocks, I specialize in swordsmanship..."
"I'm sorry it doesn't meet your standards."
Kuroki didn't dare reveal the Six Powers and insisted on his 'swordsmanship'.
"Then why not use the Six Powers? Judging by your fingers, you're pretty good with Finger Pistol."
The next moment, Rocks's words froze Kuroki in place.
Endless terror completely overwhelmed the CP0 agent.
'How? I've had been exposed!'
'Was Rocks, that brute, really this perceptive?'
'No, it was the test with those bloodshadow bats earlier!'
'Damn it, the sudden attack by those bats had made him instinctively use Kami-e to dodge and Tekkai to defend.'
So he had been seen through by Ignis from the very beginning.
The Rocks Pirates' Vice Captain and Great Strategist was this terrifying.
With Rocks's immense strength and Ignis's unparalleled wisdom, it seemed the World Government would face an unprecedented enemy.
"Vohahaha! Scared you speechless?"
"Ignis said your disguise class was a failure. Now it seems your psychology class is a failure too."
Rocks grinned, disgust for this CP agent growing. He had genuinely admired Kuroki as a rising pirate star.
But it turned out to be a plot against him!
"Captain Rocks, I'm not..."
Driven by the fear of death, Kuroki tried to struggle.
But Rocks grabbed Kuroki's fingers and snapped them.
"Ah!!"
Kuroki screamed instantly, falling to his knees before Rocks, trembling.
"You World Government hounds, training the Six Powers instead of Haki!"
"Besides failing disguise and psychology, your combat skills are also a failure!"
Rocks ignored Kuroki's screams, grabbed his shoulder, and broke it with a cracking sound.
Rocks then threw the screaming Kuroki violently towards the flying warship.
"Damn CP agent, wasting so much of my time!"
Rocks was very annoyed. He had wanted Kuroki to replace Wang Zhi as a new crew member.
But now, both had become Ignis's prey.
Rocks pulled his sword from the ground and wandered aimlessly around Elysium Island.
He planned to make Elysium Island his first territory, starting by raising the Rocks Pirates' flag there.
The 'Pirate Guru' Wang Zhi and Elysium Island had considerable fame in the New World.
But now they would become stepping stones for the Rocks Pirates.
Aboard the flying warship, the Xebec's Sword.
Ignis waved his finger, using his Gravity ability to catch Kuroki, who had been half-crippled by Rocks.
"Tsk, tsk. The World Government's tactics are so unoriginal."
Ignis unhesitatingly drove the Shichiseiken through Kuroki's other shoulder.
"Are there any other CP agents on this island?"
"I'm assuming there are some assigned to be your contacts?"
Ignis thought it would be perfect if there were a few more CP0 agent elites, at the level of Vice Admirals or elite Vice Admirals.
"You!!"
Kuroki felt as if Ignis could see right through him. 'How could this be?'
"So there really are more!"
Ignis quickly summoned bloodshadow bats to devour Kuroki's blood and broke his legs, completely weakening his vitality and will.
He would use the Shichiseiken to control Kuroki, first find the locations of the other CP0 agents, then wipe them all out and turn them into his food.
Soon, the half-dead Kuroki, with the Shichiseiken invading his mind, revealed the hiding places of the other two CP0 agents.
"Hahaha, Newgate, Linlin, come with me to hunt some rats!!"
Ignis instantly finished devouring Kuroki's blood, took Newgate and Linlin as his bodyguards to eliminate the remaining threats, and slapped the World Government in the face.
And collect a little bonus for himself.