He had seen this person before, on Whole Cake Island, where he had repelled Andy in his giant ape form with a single blow.
Jack the Drought, under the Four Emperors Kaido, captain of the Mammoth, with a bounty of 800 million!
"Hmph, I should be the one asking you, who are you?" Jack snorted, putting down the barbell. "What is your purpose here?"
"Tell Kaido to come talk to me."
Vladimir looked down at him and said calmly, "What are you, that you can decide what I want to say? You are not qualified."
He was here to collect a debt. What good were the subordinates? He needed the captain.
"Heh heh heh… More arrogant than me, you're just asking for death! Do you think having a flight ability, having wings, means I can't kill you?"
A flash of anger crossed Jack's face. He suddenly leaped, actually jumping dozens of meters high.
He raised his right fist, covered in Armament Haki. The black fist slammed towards Vladimir.
Seeing this, the pirates below shouted with schadenfreude.
"Captain Jack, take him down!"
"You dare provoke our Kaido Pirates, you're just asking for death!"
"It's just a flight ability, having wings, do you think you're an Archangel?"
Vladimir raised an eyebrow. Without dodging, he directly raised his hand and, with a bang, actually managed to grab Jack's fist.
"What!?" Jack's expression changed. He was shocked to find that he couldn't break free.
The next moment, a force came, and his fist began to make cracking sounds, as if it would be crushed at any moment.
"Impossible! With Haki entanglement, what kind of brute strength is this!?"
Jack's eyes widened, looking as if he had seen a ghost.
He had Haki entanglement, and this person was just using brute strength, no, just the grip of his hand, and he was about to crush his fist.
"I said, tell Kaido to come talk to me!"
Vladimir snorted, suddenly released his grip, and then waved his hand through the air.
Dong!
Jack felt an invisible force hitting him, like a buzzing fly being swatted hard.
With a thud, he fell into the sea, kicking up a spray of water.
"Captain Jack!!"
The pirates on the ship were greatly alarmed and shouted in unison.
Vladimir snorted in dissatisfaction. "If you don't call Kaido out soon, I'll tear down this broken ship of yours!"
…too chuunibyo, embarrassing…
...
"If you don't call Kaido out soon, I'll tear down this broken ship of yours!"
Vladimir snorted, showing a hint of impatience.
The pirates on the ship remained silent. Several of them directly jumped from the ship's edge into the sea to rescue Captain Jack.
Jack the Drought was an ability user. Even with his powerful strength, he had developed resistance to seawater. However, dreaming of swimming in the sea was just that, a dream. If they didn't rescue him, he would only sink to the bottom of the ocean.
"Are you alright, Captain Jack?" the pirate who rescued him asked anxiously.
"Pfft…"
Jack sat cross-legged, spitting out seawater, his expression extremely annoyed. "Damn it, I was careless~!"
Although he was reckless, his brain wasn't broken. If he had dealt with it seriously, he wouldn't have been so easily knocked into the sea.
However, he had to admit that this winged fellow was very strong, with terrifying strength at the very least.
As he was thinking, he saw Vladimir flapping his wings and slowly descending onto the deck.
The other pirates, seeing this, instinctively took a few steps back.
Jack's eyes flickered. He spoke in a low voice, "You're looking for the captain, what business do you have?"
Hearing this, Vladimir remained silent. He simply looked down from above, his gaze as calm as water, exerting immense pressure on them.
Neither side spoke, and the atmosphere suddenly turned cold.
After a full half-minute, Jack finally spoke first. "The captain isn't here…"
Under the pressure, Jack felt a subtle sensation, similar to facing Captain Kaido, no, even exceeding it.
"Where?" Vladimir asked concisely.
"I don't know."
"It seems you really want your ship sunk."
With a cold snort, Vladimir suddenly raised his hand. The next moment, his gaze sharpened. "Scale of Fear!"
Dong!
A vibrating sound echoed in the ears of all the pirates. This vibration seemed to come from a soul level.
In their perception, the entire Mammoth pirate ship was shaking violently, and the evil man before them was as terrifying as a demon.
"Conqueror's Haki?!"
"No, it's just his aura…"
"Impossible! Who is this person!"
Several low exclamations sounded. The next moment, hundreds of pirates on the ship suddenly fell unconscious. Then, many more, unable to withstand the pressure, knelt down in unison, gasping for breath.
In the New World, Conqueror's Haki wasn't particularly rare, but this was clearly not it. It was just aura, presence.
"You bastard!"
Jack could still maintain his composure, but he was extremely shocked internally. He had only seen this level of aura from the Four Emperors' Shanks.
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