Chapter 148 - Chapter 150

Metal created sparks in the middle of the street as Vash and agent One clashed sword against gun. The speed of their exchange would have made it impossible for even Vice-Admirals to follow should any of them have been here. The agents fighting against Vash and the twin brothers were created and trained for a single purpose. To take down Amell and the Gotei. And they had been stripped of emotions, as displayed when agent One just watched his comrade get killed by Vash.

Five, ten, twenty, fifty. Countless blows were traded between them and the nameless and mysterious agent One had managed up to this point to perfectly follow Vash's speed in combat. Every haki infused punch was blocked and countered and if Vash tried to fire his gun then the bullet would either get sliced in two or outright blocked.

Agen One sidestepped another bullet and dug his hand into the ground and flipped a piece of the ground up in front of him. He raised his fist and punched the large piece of ground so it exploded and sent hundreds of small pieces of rubble flying towards Vash. The red-cloaked gunslinger watched on in annoyance and confusion, he raised his guard.

'He definitely knows I possess observation haki, so why use a trick that is rendered useless by haki?' Vash had a goofy personality normally. But his mind became a steel trap the moment he stepped onto the battlefield.

'He hasn't moved yet' About a second had passed since agent One created this rain of rubble, and Vash already had two theories about what his opponent was planning. And in his mind he had already come up with at least one countermeasure to any attack he could think of.

Finally, the agent moved. He flashed forward three times and each time he launched a flying sword strike. Vash now had three flying slashes coming at him from three different angles. 'What's the play?' Vash watched the attacks approach, 'A distraction!' The thought came to him just as he used his gun to block the first two attacks. When he raised his arm to block the third, a piece of rubble that just flew passed his head disappeared, and in its place appeared agent One. And Vash was a few milliseconds too late to react to the sword that came flying from the side.

"AAAH! Shit!" Vash bent down and kicked the agent in the stomach, making him crash into the side of a building. Vash flashed away and he reappeared a ways away from the house which agent One had crashed into.

Vash put a hand over his left eye and groaned in pain. He watched agent One get out of the rubble of the house that Vash kicked him into. "Fancy powers you got there. But now that I have seen it, it will not work again." Vash smiled while blood from his left eye ran down his face.

"Stop talking like you are the one that holds the advantage. That cocky attitude will be the cause of your demise." Agent One said with a stoic tone of voice.

"I fully admit that I look down on you and your comrades and I also admit that I underestimated your skills and abilities a little. But don't kid yourself in thinking that you are gonna be the one that will walk out of here in the end. Cap'n could have ended you the second you stepped onto this island. But he let us go and take care of you. So let me show you why!" Vash put a finger on the barrel of his gun and whispered, "Release" and a bright golden light enveloped his gun. And a moment later his gun had transformed into a beautiful golden gun with red tripes alongside both sides of the barrel.

Vash raised his gun and aimed it at Agent One. "It's useless, and you know it is." Agent One said and raised his sword in a guard stance. Vash smiled calmly and said, "Right index finger" Before pulling the trigger confidently. And within the milliseconds, agent One's right index finger disintegrated into nothingness.

"What!?" Agent One flashed away immediately, but Vash's voice rang out again, "Left hand" and just like last time, Vash's attack landed without a problem. Agent One's left hand was entirely gone with nothing left.

"What are you!?" Agent One asked with an ice-cold tone. He glanced at his left hand and his mind started setting up possible countermeasures.

"Vash The Stampede! Nice to meet ya," Vash flashed away and the strength behind his takeoff was so immense that he raised the building behind him to the ground. Before agent One could register what happened, Vash buried his fist in his stomach and sent him flying across the street towards where the twins were fighting. But his body didn't make it that far, Vash appeared above him and kicked him into the ground and created a small crater with his body. All this happened within the span of a second.

Vash appeared above agent One and placed one of his feet on his throat. "Right eye" Vash pulled the trigger and Agent One's left eye disintegrated into nothingness. "Left eye" And Vash took his left eye away as well.

"This was fun, I had a great time. As thanks, I'll give you a quick death." Vash aimed his gun at agent One's head and smiled.

"I'll be waiting in hell." Agent One said stoically. It didn't seem he cared that he had lost, and even less that he was about to die.

"Might be a while before that happens. But make sure to save me a seat." Vash pulled the trigger and with that, he ended the life of agent One.

"Phew, great workout. Hope the twins aren't too banged up, it seems I got separated from them." Vash looked into the distance and felt the small vibrations in the ground which was an indication that they were still fighting the agents.

"Guess I'll go and have a look after I tend to my eye." Vash stretched and released a hearty laugh.

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