P S M Chapter 14: The sniper.

 

Although the pirate captain was increasingly strong and powerful in every attack, the swordsman who fought against him was not weak, and his agile skills circled the pirate captain to launch attacks back and forth, using superb swordsmanship from time to time to pierce out tricky points in pirate's body with fierce blows forcing the pirate captain back to defense. But because the strengths of the two sides are similar, it won't be possible for a while.

But if the stalemate between them continued, and when the pirates would resolve the last armed forces on the merchant ship and would come back to help their captain, it could be estimated that the slender swordsman would be defeated again, the slender swordsman was also clearly aware of this situation. 

The slender swordsman tried several active attacks to break the deadlock, but the pirate captain on the opposite side obviously knew the situation was beneficial to him, he used his two swords swinging them wildly to repel the swordsman’s attack, and he even slightly suppressed the swordsman who was forced to kept retreating, and gradually was far away from the battle circle on the other side.

When Lin Yu had just arrived at the deck, he saw this scene and saw someone on the boat was fighting the pirate captain, the two of them fought evenly, and the swordsman used a familiar sword technique, Lin Yu probably had a preliminary judgment in his heart, regardless of these two guys, he directly hurried up like a flash to rush to the others pirate in the other direction where they surrounded the circle of swordsmen.

A cold sword light kept flashing, only a terrible bone-cracking, and screams kept ringing. In just a few seconds, under Lin Yu's attack, seven or eight pirates fell to the ground, and the tragic situation of the fallen pirates had not only scared these pirates but also aroused their ferocity. So, the remaining pirates took up their weapons and screamed: "Let's go! Let's kill him!" 

Lin Yu had sensed a danger coming from behind, so he turned to stop the big sword that was going to attack him from behind, while turning around he kicked the chest of the pirate who crept behind him with a big kick. The enormous force had directly knocked out the pirate and hurled him like a cannonball. The pirate's companions who were behind him were transformed into a ground gourd with him and crashed into the pile of debris on the deck.

Too weak. The strength of these guys was really too weak. Lin Yu was estimated that they were not as strong as the three pirates in the cabin. At least those three guys were equally vulnerable, but at least they had a sense of combat, and these little guys except for their large number of people, had really no good point. Even if they attacked together, they would have no effect on Lin Yu's speed and strength.

The sword played in Lin Yu's hand like a dancing butterfly, drew a beautiful track after another, and each track was accompanied by a bloody flower. After a while, there were most pirates lying around Lin Yu.

It seemed that this group of pirates was not so good except for the captain's strength. Just as Lin Yu had killed the pirates with a single sword shot, he breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to solve the problem of the pirate captain in one effort. Suddenly a fatal sense of crisis came to his heart. Without thinking about it, he immediately rolled forward and went behind the mast.

With a "bang" sound, a bullet penetrated the mast where Lin Yu was before.

"Sniper!!!"

Although Lin Yu's sense of crisis had already been warned crazily before the gunshot, the time was too short. When he was already to roll forward, it was still a little late and in that instant, a bullet had hit his shoulder. Fortunately, he had taken refuge. Although the bullet struck his shoulder, it didn't touch the bones. It was just a little skin injure.

"I am always oblivious to the danger! Over the past year, I have stopped the pirates step by step and gradually improved my forces, and everything has gone too well. What has worsened my vigilance now? I didn't assess the strength of the pirates and didn't wait cautiously. I got on a merchant ship that was at war, and I was still distracted in the battle. If it wasn't for luck, I could even be killed with that gunshot at that moment, and the injury could definitely hurt me now, but in this dangerous world, I can't be carefree!” Feeling the tingling sensation of the wound, Lin Yu stood up warned silently in his heart.

Lin Yu looked at the seven or eight pirates who were still standing in the distance and looked at them intently, even if he didn't dare to come to them because he was injured, he knew that the killing situation that he had caused in just a dozen seconds had successfully scared the remaining pirates, and now that the number of pirates left was minimal, the merchants could also handle it easily. Then the biggest threat to him now was the sniper hiding in the dark, and he should find a way to get rid of him. After all, he didn’t have the natural devil fruit ability that can be immune to bullets or the special superhuman devil fruit like Monkey D. Luffy and he didn’t have the physique or armed dominance that could directly resist bullets, so the effect of bullets still threatened him big.

Although he just now did not determine the specific location of the sniper due to the hasty evasion but based on the place where he was hit and the direction from which the bullet came, he could still roughly determine the location of the sniper. So, the next step was to report for himself because it's time for revenge for the shot.

Lin Yu bent down, using the cargo piles and other obstacles on the merchant ship to move rapidly toward the top of the merchant ship's cabin, changing directions from time to time to disrupt the sniper's judgment.

With gunfire after gunshots, Lin Yu quickly approached the top of the cabin. At this time, he could clearly see the one holding the long gun on the top of the cabin and found the pirate with the mustache who kept aiming and shooting merchants.

When the mustache sniper was a short distance away and at the moment when he saw the obstacle turned over to him and before move away, the muscles of Lin Yu's right arm suddenly bulged, and he pointed the sword away at the mustache sniper and threw it toward the pirate with the mustache. The pirate with the mustache was in an unbelievable state. It seemed to be questioning himself why the swordsman throws the sword out and why doesn't just hit the mustache sniper's chest with the sword. The swordsman who didn't follow the routine with a huge force brought the mustached pirate to fly, and he raised it up with the rifle in hand and after drawing a parabola in mid-air, the mustached pirate and the sniper rifle landed on the top of the cabin with a bang.

Lin Yu, who had thrown out the sword, had tumbled for a few laps under the reverse force and then jumped up from the side of the cabin. At this time, the mustache sniper was lying on the board with both hands holding the blade of his sword, showing that he was breathing more and breathing less.

Walking to the mustached sniper, without hesitation, he had directly pulled out the sword that was tightly held by his hands. It brought out a large amount of blood and also caused the mustached sniper's chest to bleed continuously, speeding up the death of the mustached pirate. Seeing the unbelievable look in the mustached sniper's eyes, it seemed that he understood what he meant.

Lin Yu silently rolled his eyes and said, "Isn't that stupid? Do I, a swordsman, have to stand under your sniper shot, of course not, I rush to the cabin and then make you eat a bullet, at the same moment when you jump up, and fly directly, can it be better for you a sword to kill you, idiot?"

The mustached sniper, his eyes widened by Lin Yu's words, swallowed his last breath unwillingly.

"If I can be injured by such idiot sniper, am I even more idiot... I'm still floating and drifting recently."

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