Chapter 168 - Chapter 170

A week later in the New World on a tiny little island with just a medium-sized castle on it, screams of terror were heard from all over the island. Inside the run-down castle hall, a group of pirates were on the ground pissing themselves while crying profusely. "WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS, Y-YOU MADMAN!" The pirate captain looked up at the sadistically smiling man sitting on the chandelier. All around him on the floor was his crew with arms missing, intestines spewing out of their bodies, and some of the pirates were currently beating each other to death with any means necessary. They used their teeth, they gouged the eyes out of their comrades who they fought together with just minutes ago.

"Why? I don't think this has a rational explanation for it. If I am mad as you say, how could I possibly explain why I am doing what I am doing? Can't it be so that I'm just crazy?" The man laughed sadistically and something appeared in the middle of his index finger and his middle finger. "Time to say goodbye, kid. Think twice before entering the New World. This sea is not for the weak!" The thing that the man now held was a playing card and he threw it and pierced the head of the pirate captain sitting there crying.

"I think that is the first pirate to piss his pants in front of you, Hisoka." Bradley appeared at the doors to the castle. He looked inside and saw what could honestly only be described as hell on earth. "This is disgusting, Hisoka. I knew you liked to play around with your victims, but if this continues, our fake feud might actually turn real soon enough." Bradley spoke to Sengoku and Garp about a pirate he headed to New World to capture. That was Hisoka. They had set up this fake feud between them six years ago when Bradley was still under judgment for whether he had what it took to be an Admiral. This feud helped elevate his position and throughout the years they had a few real sparring battles disguised as real life and death battles so their feud would not be forgotten.

"Sure, that day will only come when the captain declares it so. And the captain loves me so you'll be stuck with me forever!" Hisoka smiled and jumped down from the chandelier.

"Good to see you again, Bradley!" Hisoka and Bradley casually bumped fists and Hisoka said, "Let's get out of here, these fellas will kill each other soon enough. It's starting to become depressing to watch on how much difficulties they have in killing one another." He started walking out of the castle and now the pirates outside had stopped screaming, indicating they had likely all died after a fierce struggle. This was the reason Hisoka was so feared in the New World. Extreme mastery of observation haki is the only way someone can ever escape his illusions. This rookie pirate crew was a perfect example of what Hisoka could make you do with just one simple illusion. Back when Akainu was delivered by Hisoka to Marineford, Sengoku declared that anyone that doesn't have high mastery of observation haki is forbidden from going near Hisoka. Once caught, without haki it's completely impossible to escape his illusions, and his illusion has no time limit nor range limit. He is among the most famous and feared pirates in the world. The Marine dreads Alucard just a little bit more than Hisoka, but both of them can cause the Marines to mobilise everything to kill them, that's how scared Sengoku is of those two commanders.

"How is Marine life treating you?" Hisoka asked while making his way to his ship. Bradley shrugged his shoulders at the question, "As well as it can, I suppose. I just killed Cracker for the Marines so Big Mom will likely come after me now." His words caused Hisoka to turn around and look at him while continuing walking backwards.

"Oh yeah? So that's why you asked to meet, you wanted me to inform Lord Amell of it. Here I was foolish enough to believe my good friend just wanted to see me after so long." Hisoka stretched out his tongue and pouted sadly.

"Stop that, you creepy clown. Just get the message to Father, will you!" Bradley handed Hisoka the envelope containing his full report on the encounter and battle prowess of Big Mom's commander.

"Will do, my absolute best friend in the whole world!" Hisoka took it and simply threw it in the air and it disappeared. Hisoka and Bradley arrived at Hisoka's ship and it was filled with men and women dressed as clowns. All colours in existence could probably be found on his crew's clothes. As soon as they got close, a young woman looking to be nineteen years old jumped down from the ship. Her hair was styled as two ponytails with one coloured black and the other one white. She was wearing a feminine and slightly tighter version of Hisoka's own outfit. Her outfit was also divided between black and white colours.

"Boss! How did the show go? I am so sad I missed it, I apologize for oversleeping again!" She got down on her knees with a genuinely pained expression on her face. She was absolutely stunning, but her beauty was somewhat ruined by the obvious craziness seen in her eyes and her exaggerated movement when she talked and moved around.

"They sang a beautiful tune, Melody. Though they died quite pathetically so we left early." Hisoka said and shrugged his shoulders. Melody, his second-in-command looked on his in confusion, "We?" She tilted her head.

"Yeah, Bradley is here!" Hisoka pointed at Bradley that stood right next to him. Melody seemed to only notice his existence when Hisoka acknowledge him to be there. This was further proof of how mad she was. She would often do this, she even did this to Amell. She once forgot he existed and interrupted him when giving a command to Hisoka as those two came to talk to the emperor. The surprising thing to the guards that day was that Amell didn't do anything to Melody. Hisoka had immediately knocked most of her teeth out of her mouth then delivered a savage beating so extreme that even Amell couldn't recognize her.

"Oh, hello Admiral!" She bowed in and greeted him in obvious sarcasm. Bradley didn't wanna bother with her so he pretended to not notice her.

"Let's get on board, we can't miss it!" Hisoka said excitedly. Melody once again tilted her head at him. "What do you mean, boss?" Her tone displayed obvious confusion.

"I told you already! I guess more beatings are needed to improve that memory." Hisoka shook his head in disappointment. "Anyway, in two days, Kenshin and Mihawk will fight for number one swordsman in the world. It's a secret event and most journalists have been invited by the Gotei and will be there to record it. So we need to hurry!" Hisoka said and jumped up on his ship. Bradley followed, with Melody following last.

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