439. Joining The War

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Dalmatian attacks first by jumping at Kuroko in his half-beast form. He sends a punch at Kuroko but it gets dodged, so his fist hits the ice ground. Kuroko jumps to the left and Dobberman chases him.

Dobberman swings his sword from the left while Kuroko is still jumping. He thought that Kuroko can't dodge, but he is underestimating Kuroko too much. Kuroko drops his body and slides on the ice ground to evade the sword that moves right on his face.

However, Kuroko doesn't just slide on the ice, he catches Dobberman's right foot. He uses it to spin around and kicks Dobberman's left foot from behind. Dobberman falls behind while Kuroko gets ready to attack again.

Yamakaji doesn't let him do it and attacks from behind. But Kuroko parries Yamakaji's sword using his metal pipe that has been angled at 45 degrees. Yamakaji's sword slides on the metal pipe and Kuroko takes this chance to send a back kick at Yamakaji.

He sends Yamakaji to fly some meters back before he pushes himself up using his metal pipe. He does it to evade Dalmatian's attack. Then Kuroko spins himself in the air as he falls and he swings his metal pipe at Dalmatian.

Dalmatian blocks it using his arms, but he still gets flung because of the powerful impact. Kuroko grins while looking at Dobberman who has gotten up and rushes to attack him. These Vice-Admirals are really tough and don't know when to stop.

Kuroko blocks a straight swing from Dobberman using his metal pipe. He is still in the air, so he can't stop the force of Dobberman's attack. The force sends him flying quite fast and he is moving toward Yamakaji who is ready to slash him.

But he uses his flying speed to increase his attack power instead. He clashes his pipe attack with Yamakaji's sword attack. Both of them get pushes back a little and Kuroko finally stands on the ground again.

The 3 Vice-Admirals attack him together again and he is getting more excited as their fight goes on. Kuroko Buggy mostly blocks or evades the Vice-Admirals' attacks. He only attacks once in a while, but his attacks are just enough to push them back without injuring them too much.

"Amazing, he holds up against 3 Vice-Admirals on his own."

Tashigi is very impressed with Kuroko, but Smoker thinks otherwise.

"Do you really think so? He doesn't seem to be trying in my eyes. He could defeat Vice-Admiral Onigumo in a short time, so his attack should be very powerful. Yet all his attacks can only push them back even though he landed a lot of clean hits."

"T-then..."

"He is holding back, or should I say, he is playing with them, and I'm sure they realize it too."

Smoker is right, Kuroko is playing around with them to buy time when the escapees try to get the broadcast denden mushi. The 3 Vice-Admirals who realize that he isn't serious are getting irritated by this. They have done their best, but he is still matching them even though he isn't serious, so obviously they are pissed.

The 3 starts to attack more fiercely, but Kuroko can still handle them with ease. He even starts to play by redirecting their attacks so that they will hit their comrades. It's a fun way to fight, but he rarely uses it because he likes direct clashes more.

"Oi, oi, oi! What's wrong with you guys? Didn't you say you would defeat me? So why are you fighting each other now?"

"Ugh, this damn bas-"

Dalmatian can't finish his sentence because Kuroko redirects Yamakaji's attack at him. Then he trips Dobberman who rushes at him. He makes Dobberman falls on his 2 comrades and the 3 of them are falling in one spot.

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