Kasai rushed forward as the man started chuckling to himself. "Nah, I don't need this sword," he stated confidently as he sheathed the coin-sword. "I'm the man who's gonna be the next pirate king, Ildefonso!" he bragged, pulling out a deck of playing cards and drew one, holding it between his fingers. Kasai didn't let himself get distracted, closing in on him. "Tarjeta Afeitar!" the man cried out as he flicked his wrist, throwing the card. Kasai sidestepped to avoid it, but it suddenly split in midair, one half going right for him. Kasai sighed as the card clinks against his Ryuo. "Oh great, a haki user," Ildefonso sighed, pocketing the rest of the cards and pulling the blade out again. "Was that like, a gimmick?" Kasai asked, causing him to scoff in reply. "They woulda cut right through ya cuz they were actually metal, but your dumb haki hack is dumb so Hya!" he lunged forward, thrusting at Kasai, who jumped up and shifted into his full wyvern form.
Kasai flew down and spun his whole body, slamming his tail into Ildefonso's side. He screamed as the tail went right through, cutting him in half. Kasai started screaming too, and Ildefonso stabbed the sword through his shoulder, laughing triumphantly. "That's my gimmick! The cards are just a trick I can do~" he stated, his top half floating back to his legs and reconnecting. "Wanna see some real shit?~" he asked sadistically, rushing ahead towards Kasai with his hand out. Kasai flinched, instinctively throwing up all his haki around himself. Ildefonso thrusted his bare hand at Kasai, smashing his chest and pushing him back a bit. Kasai stumbled back, a look of fear in his eyes. "Yeah, haki again," he sighed before smirking. "But you felt that right?~"
He jumped back as Frank threw a quick punch at him, Kagaku coming in from behind. "W-Wait! Don't let him put his palms on you!" Kasai cried, causing them to stop just as Ildefonso's body broke into pieces and started floating around, smashing against Frank's body. Kagaku pulled his crossbow and shot for his head, but Ildefonso bit down on his sword and spun his head midair, saw blading the stake in half. "Ok, that's weirdly efficient," Kagaku complimented. Ildefonso spun through the air towards Kagaku, but Kasai shifted between them, catching his attack with Ryuo. He then punched his face, causing Ildefonso's head to fly back. "Hey! Not the face man!" he screamed. Kasai sighed, "Why're you even with these pirates? I know Ballgoon didn't make you boss." He responded with a chuckle as one of his hands took the sword from his mouth, "You wouldn't get it."
Ildefonso became whole again, cracking his neck as he clutched the sword's handle. He then shifted his attention to the stairs, hearing approaching footsteps. "Man, it's getting real crowded in here," he sighed, jumping up and over the group and running for the exit. "Lloyd'll get 'em!" Frank stated, running after him. Kasai and Kagaku waited as the rest of the crew came back up. "Hey! Ildefonso! You said you'd help!" Ballgoon cried out before Harmony tossed him to the side. "Who's Ildefonso?" Julio asked, crossing his arms. Petrian, encased in wax on Harmony's shoulder, chimed in. "He's a pirate with a sizeable bounty of 180,000,000. He's known for his sword that looks like it was made of coins." Julio's demeanor changed as his face filled with dread. "A... coin sword!?" he repeated, to which Kasai nodded. He dashed ahead, leaving the crew behind. "I think that guy killed his dad..." Minx informed, running after him. Kasai, Kagaku, and Harmony all nodded amongst each other as they dash ahead, but all stop when they hear a scream.
Frank was on his knees, kneeling over his brother's body, which was left in various pieces. "That's what he did to my Ryuo before..." Kasai said, looking away. "Holy shit... He didn't do that before..." Julio stated, and Minx patted Julio's leg. "Poor guy..." Harmony clutched her fist, and suddenly disappeared. "Captain?" Kagaku asked, the first to notice her gone. Meanwhile, Ildefonso was running through the city. "Ain't no way I'm getting killed here! I'm gonna be that king no matter what!" he said to himself. "Stop right there!" a pink bunny marine cried out from ahead, spotting the fleeing pirate. "Ildefonso! You're under arrest!" she stated, rushing towards him. He thrusted his palm at her, "Get outta my way brat!"
Harmony appeared right beside him, grabbing his wrist and smashing his face in with her other arm, throwing him back with enough force that his arm popped off. "You think you can just get away with what you did!?" she cried, gripping his arm tightly as the rest of her body burst into flames. Ildefonso started crying out as his arms were getting burned. "S-Stop it!" he cried as she dropped the flames, Shaving up to him and using his arm like a bat to smash his face again. "WHY THE FACE!?" he cried, thrusting his other palm against her thigh, but nothing happened outside of a slap sound. "Oh yea- I have to be whole to use my awakening power..." he chuckled. She pulled his limbs off, beating him with his other arm too before encasing them and his legs in wax. She carried his torso back to the mine entrance and Lucky, very confused, followed behind her.
