Unfortunately, things didn't go the way they planned. Tyler sensed the presence of the Vice Admiral outside the storm after twenty days.
"Guys, the Vice Admiral is outside. We will be leaving from this area. Miya, get ready to control the ship!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Frank and Adam immediately began putting all of the training equipment, tents, and other items on the ship.
On the other hand, Tyler walked to the deck of his ship. With his eyes closed, he began smelling the surroundings.
After twenty days, he had improved his smelling ability. Now, he could smell the slightest difference in strength.
For example, he could smell the difference between him and Onigumo was at least ten times bigger.
Although his Devil Fruit control, swordsmanship, and six-styles had improved within a month and twenty days, it wasn't enough.
In terms of his Devil Fruit, he could control lightning and wind, but they weren't strong enough to kill or seriously injure a Vice Admiral.
His swordsmanship hadn't reached the point where he could cut the steel. He was still missing something, an experience, a battle.
In terms of six-styles, he had mastered all six styles, but it wasn't something that instantly elevated him from a Commodore level to Vice Admiral level.
So, in his mind, he was at the Rear Admiral Level, still weaker than Marineford Arc Luffy.
On the other hand, he could use his hybrid transformation for hours and his full transformation for at least an hour.
Alongside his control over the storm, he had no problem leaving this island.
"Captain, we are ready!"
"Alright, I will give them one last gift."
He said while waving his hands. The massive wind started generating around them, pushing towards the other side.
At the same time, several more clouds appeared above the island.
Onigumo noticed something strange about the storm and shouted.
"Everyone, prepare yourself!"
Just as he said that, several lightning bolts rained down from the black clouds.
[Rising Phoenix Stream]
Onigumo produced six arms on his back and held a total of eight sabers. He spun and swung his swords towards those lightning bolts.
The gleaming light of the Armament Haki shone brightly under the lights of lightning bolts before releasing several large sword slashes towards the sky.
Several of those lightning bolts were split in half, and only a few fell over the waters of that island.
It wasn't enough.
Onigumo took a deep breath, watching the clouds in front of him. While using Moonwalk, he rushed towards those clouds.
[Eight Sword Style]
[Eight World Division]
He pointed all of his swords in front of him before rushing towards those clouds. He channeled his power and Haki into his swords.
Then, he waved his swords, creating eight different slashes on perfectly equal parts, creating a rectangle with a cross in the middle.
Whoosh!
The entire storm cloud in front of the island was split into different pieces before they slowly moved away from the island.
Onigumo landed on the ground and spread his Observation Haki.
His expression turned ugly.
"They are not here."
"Sir, that can't be true. We have their vivre card."
Soro spoke while taking out the vivre card that was still pointing towards the island.
Onigumo then sensed a presence on the island and clenched his fist, smashing the nearby mast.
"They fooled us. That Vivre Card belonged to a Den Den Mushi."
He released a deep breath and said.
"At least, we weren't the ones that got fooled. It was those CP agents. But we do need to speed up our search."
"Contact all of the Marine Branches in the West Blue. Since they have decided to set sail, find them at any cost."
"Yes, Soro!"
Soro gave him a salute and left.
On the other hand, Onigumo gripped his swords tightly and muttered.
"Soon, soon, I will have that damn pirate inside the Impel down."
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In Red Tiger Ship;
"Captain, have we left that vice admiral behind?" Miya asked.
"Yes!"
Tyler nodded.
Then, he looked at Frank and winked.
Frank understood his intentions and immediately ran to the kitchen. He brought several of the large sake bottles and jugs.
Frank served the sake to the crew.
Holding the jug in his hand, Tyler looked at his crew and said.
"Things don't go as planned, but somehow we managed to train there for one and a half months."
"We have gotten stronger, but we still haven't fought a real battle. Although we ran away from the Vice Admiral, it doesn't mean we are cowards."
"So, let's get ready for a battle! Are you with me?"
"Yes, Captain!"
Three of them roared at the same time.
Even Frank was feeling excited. Adam was excited and afraid at the same time. His upper body was stable as it could be, while his legs were shaking.
Miya was particularly excited. After all, she was a pirate before all three of them. She hadn't had a proper battle for a while.
The only pirates and criminals she faced before on this ship were too weak.
At this moment, Tyler took out a piece of paper.
"What's this?"
"Vivre card?"
"Captain, who does it belong to?"
Three of them asked different questions immediately.
"It belongs to one of the men who was chasing us. That damned Turtle took ten million berries for this."
"Captain, who are they?" Frank asked.
Tyler released a deep breath and said.
"They are from Doflamingo Pirates. According to Turtle, they came here to capture me and send me to Kaido as a way to form a relationship with them."
When they heard that, all three of them got angry.
"Damn it! How dare they? Captain, let's shred them to pieces."
Miya roared, clearly understanding the underlying meaning behind word 'capture' and 'send'.
"Captain, we have trained enough. It's time to take action."
Frank was particularly beaming with killing intent. His captain's current situation reminded him of his own.
On the other hand, Adam just wanted to fight. His Giant-like instincts were suppressing his cowardly nature, making him more warlike.
Even his legs stopped shaking.
Tyler saw the reaction of his crew and nodded. He was happy with their reaction because it was genuine.
They weren't angry because they were targeted. They were angry because of the reason why they were targeted.
"Currently, only Diamante, one of their top office and his team are in the West Blue. They seemed to be fleeing from Onigumo for a while now."
"And, with this, we can find where they are hiding."
He held the vivre card tightly in his hand and said.
"This time, we will not just find them but also crush them. Crew, get ready for the battle!"
"Miya, I will leave this in your hand. Take us to their place!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Miya immediately took the vivre card, watched her compass, and the map before she started driving the ship towards the direction the vivre card was pointing.
While she was doing her job, Frank and Adam started polishing their new weapons.
Yes, they also got new weapons.
After a lot of investigation from Turtle, it was found that Tyler's big sword was one of the twenty-one Great Grade Swords.
That was quite a surprise.
Since he got such a powerful sword, naturally, he wanted the best for his crew. So, he asked if they wanted weapons.
Miya rejected. She already had a gun and a Sea Stone chain. With these two weapons, she didn't need any more.
Frank asked for a rapier. According to him, his Devil Fruit could thrive if he were able to add his vibrational force to weapons.
But he needed a weapon that was light, sharp, and easy to move. Rapier came to his mind.
Although they didn't get a weapon of twenty-one Great Grade Swords, they did find a rapier at fifty Fine Grade Swords.
Because of this, he also learned swordsmanship with Tyler. Unlike Tyler, he focused more on infusing his power with a rapier's sharpness.
On the other hand, Adam used a hammer. Although it wasn't one of the famed swords, they found a hammer of that quality.
As for how they acquired these weapons, it was simple. Tyler asked Turtle to sell his vivre card at that exact price.
Although only two more buyers bought his location, it was a profit of one hundred million berries.
That's why Marine got their hands on his location.
According to Turtle, he only planned to sell it to Diamante since he believed Tyler would be able to escape from this man or even defeat him.
After buying a lot of information and these weapons, Tyler still had thirty million left.
Of course, he didn't ask for that money. Instead, he asked Turtle to keep it for now.
After all, he might need that to dodge the Vice Admiral or even buy something else.
That being said, he planned to buy a new Den Den Mushi once they settled their battle with Diamante.