After finishing his patrol, Lafitte came to the bar to drink. However, when he finished his drink and was about to leave, he saw a group of people who had become quite famous recently walking in.
"Hey, hey, hey, isn't that Drake of Reverse Current Sand, the strongest assassin group of the Quicksand Guild? Why is he here?"
"Reverse Current Sand Drake? What's that?"
"Idiot, that's a powerful assassin organization that has killed Pirates with bounties of 200 million, Vice Admirals, and even the King of a certain country. That assassin organization is called Reverse Current Sand, and its leader is Drake!"
"Hiss, this guy dares to kill anyone. Isn't he afraid of retaliation from the Marine, kingdoms, and Pirates?"...
After Drake and his group walked in, many people in the bar immediately recognized them.
After all, Drake and his team had killed quite a few people during this time, and they were all people of status and influence, which instantly made him famous and his reputation echoed throughout the Four Seas.
"Lafitte, the famous violent security guard of the West Blue, you've made those nobles quite unhappy. It won't be long before they might ask the Marine to arrest you."
"How about joining my team? As long as you join my team, the Marine or nobles won't dare to touch you. If they dare to touch you, we'll kill them!"
Drake walked directly up to Lafitte and extended an invitation.
Although Drake's Reverse Current Sand team had a core group brought from the Limitless Pirates, they were also constantly recruiting suitable people to join and grow stronger.
"Hehe, that's a sudden offer. Could you give me some time to consider it?"
Although Lafitte was very tempted to accept Drake's sudden offer, given his naturally violent personality which was very suitable for an assassin.
He hadn't considered going out to Sea before, mainly because he couldn't manage on the Sea alone and didn't have a suitable team to go out to Sea with.
But Drake's invitation required consideration, as choosing the right team had a significant impact on him.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, a red light flickered in Drake's eyes, and he looked in another direction.
"Since you want to consider it, then I'll treat you to a spectacular battle. I hope that after this battle ends, you can give me a definite answer. Come with me!"
Drake looked at Lafitte and smiled.
With that, Drake walked out of the bar.
"Hey, hey, hey, that Drake of Reverse Current Sand actually invited Lafitte?"
"And what is the great battle Drake mentioned?"
"Quick, follow them! I feel like something big is happening!"...
Many people in the bar heard the conversation between Drake and Lafitte. Seeing Lafitte follow Drake out, many people in the bar immediately followed, wanting to see what was happening.
At the port of Wilmer Island, several Marine ships were docked. Leading them was Kuzan, known as one of the "Monster Vice Admirals".
"This target is very dangerous. You immediately set sail and leave here. I will send you a signal after I capture the criminal, and you can come back then!"
After getting off the ship, Kuzan said sternly to his subordinate.
"Yes, Vice Admiral Kuzan!"
The subordinate also knew that they couldn't help Kuzan here and would only be a hindrance, so they immediately boarded the ship and sailed away from the port.
"Honestly, I just arrived in the West Blue, and the Governor of the West Blue is already dead. I really have a tiring life!"
Kuzan covered his head and walked towards the town ahead. His target was inside this town.
However, he hadn't walked far before he stopped, because the target criminal was already walking towards him, and it was Drake and his group.
"Hey, hey, hey, that's Kuzan, the Monster Vice Admiral from Marineford. He actually came here. Is he here to capture Drake of Reverse Current Sand?"
Those who had followed Drake and his group out of the bar quickly saw Kuzan's arrival.
"Enel, you guys go and drive away the people nearby. Tell them, if they don't leave, don't blame us if they die later!"
Drake said to his companions beside him.
In the Reverse Current Sand created by Drake, Enel was Drake's deputy. Besides him, there were also Audrina Marley, who ate the Animal-type Snake-Snake Fruit, Red Snake form; Nomie Bazel of the Fishman Tribe; and Bayue Vincent, a Lion Man of the Mink Tribe.
These four were the core members under Drake, of course, there was also Lafitte, who was still undecided.
"No problem!"
Hearing Drake's words, Enel and the others immediately took action, driving away the surrounding civilians. As for those who loved watching the commotion and refused to leave, Enel didn't bother with them; they would die if they died, it wasn't a loss to Enel and his group.
Kuzan heard Drake's words, but didn't immediately attack or stop Enel's actions, because he also didn't want to accidentally harm the surrounding civilians when the fight broke out!
"From your appearance, you don't seem like a great evil person. Why become an assassin?"
"Also, why did you kill Vice Admiral Alucard Michael, the Governor of the West Blue, for a bounty of only 100 Berry?"
Kuzan asked, completely puzzled.
According to his investigation, Vice Admiral Alucard Michael, the Governor of the West Blue, was killed because someone placed a bounty on his life in the Quicksand Guild, and the reward was only 100 Berry.
It was ridiculous that the Quicksand Guild would even post such a bounty, and even more laughable that someone actually accepted it, and not only accepted it but actually killed Vice Admiral Alucard Michael.
Such a ridiculous scene actually happened, and Kuzan encountered it!
"Wonderful, you are the first person to ask me that, and you're a Marine. The Marines I've seen before never even ask, they just attack directly and then get killed by me!"
"Since you asked, I'll answer you. I became an assassin simply because I like killing, but I disdain killing defenseless civilians."
"As for the Vice Admiral Alucard Michael you mentioned, it's just that the person who posted the bounty, I felt sorry for him, and that Vice Admiral Alucard Michael did something that made me unhappy."
Seeing that the surrounding crowd hadn't been completely dispersed and the other party hadn't attacked, Drake kindly answered Kuzan's question.
He grew up in the Limitless Sea from a young age, educated under Nox's philosophy. Although he wasn't a good person, he wasn't an utterly evil person who killed for pleasure, and he certainly wouldn't attack the weak, because that would dull his sword!
As for the matter of Vice Admiral Alucard Michael, it was entirely because this guy secretly provided green channels for many human traffickers and even frequently made black money by selling people.
Nox's child, under Nox's influence, deeply hated human traffickers. Drake was not a busybody; if he didn't encounter them, he wouldn't travel thousands of miles to punish those human traffickers. But who made Vice Admiral Alucard Michael so unlucky?
That day, Drake coincidentally met an old father whose daughter had been kidnapped. After the father pleaded, Drake agreed to help him and told him to post a bounty in the Quicksand Guild. That's how the incident Kuzan mentioned, Drake killing Alucard Michael for a 100 Berry bounty, came about.
"What did Alucard Michael do that made you willing to kill him for a 100 Berry bounty?"
After hearing Drake's answer, Kuzan frowned and continued to ask.
"Clang!!!"
However, at this moment, Drake no longer had the patience to continue answering his questions. The moment his Supreme Grade Swords Futsu no Mitama was drawn, a violent and ferocious killing intent surged out.
Ryuo Haki perfectly combined with his own Sword Intent power, and the dark shadow power attached to the sword body, making Futsu no Mitama look like an evil demon sword from hell.
The moment Drake's foot slammed down, the ground instantly caved in, and he disappeared from his original spot in an instant.
"Horizontal Sword Technique: Spanning Four Directions!"
With an extremely fast sword drawing speed, he unleashed a single slash, yet it created four sword afterimages. The four swords simultaneously slashed towards Kuzan's body from four directions.
Like Gaenie, Drake also focused on learning Nox's Limitless Sword Style, and then, based on the Limitless Sword Style, he forged his own path.
However, perhaps due to the rivalry between the two brothers, one walked the Vertical Sword path, and the other walked the Horizontal Sword path.
Kuzan had been watching Drake. Even though Drake attacked very quickly, Kuzan's Kenbunshoku Haki captured him the moment he made his move.
"Are they afterimages?"
Seeing the four sword shadows, Kuzan subconsciously thought that only one was real and the other three were fake, but his Kenbunshoku Haki couldn't discern which one was real.
So Kuzan could only use Kenbunshoku Haki combined with his Devil Fruit ability to preemptively elementalize parts of his body to dodge.
"Ice Age!!"
As Kuzan rapidly retreated, a finger-sized ice particle appeared at his feet.
This seemingly tiny ice particle instantly erupted with an extremely powerful freezing force, freezing everything within a radius of three hundred meters.
"Dark Night Guard!"
The moment the freezing force was about to touch Drake, a large amount of shadow power appeared around Drake, forming a protective shield that guarded him in all directions.
However, the freezing power also froze this shield, turning it into an oval ice crystal statue.
"All four were real. The information said he was only seventeen and a Sword Master, but I didn't expect him to be a Grand Swordmaster!"
"That shadow power is the power of a Devil Fruit, but I don't know what Devil Fruit it is!"
Kuzan frowned as he looked at the two deep sword wounds on his body. He dodged two of the swords, but failed to dodge the other two.
The Marine had very little information about Drake because almost every Marine who had come into contact with Drake had died, which meant Marineford couldn't gather much information about him.