What should I do next?" Ricchi was in the plaza sitting on the edge of a stone fountain. The sun shined jubilantly on the people of Water 7 and there was a light refreshing mist in the air due to the fountain. Quite unlike him, Lu Dahn wasn't wearing a suit or any formal wear today. Instead he was out in casual clothes. High-water black pants with black slip-on shoes. The up top he wore a black and white striped tank top. With his legs crossed while he sat on the fountain, he was reading over the most recently issued News Coo. He had already read over it multiple times, but now that he was plotting his next move as a Marine, he wanted to take as much as he could into consideration.

Soju was the obvious big mark that needed to be erased. But with Lu Dahn's current forces he knew it'd be foolish to target such a pirate. Both the Bandit King and Bazil Styx had used the Alabasta situation to their advantage and rose to fame due to their exploits on the ruined Kingdom. They were definitely due for a serving of justice, but Lu Dahn didn't want to go for the creams of the crop first. While it'd surely be a statement and send a message to the rest of the lot if he were to capture one of those three, it wasn't the approach he wanted to take. One thing he was sure of was that before they entered the New World, at least one of the big three would be taken down by Lu Dahn's hands.

Of the blight that were the Super Novas, next in line was the one Lu Dahn would come to mark as his target. "Koton Kandy Tera. Hm." Her name had been stuck in Lu Dahn's head for a few days now, so he didn't feel odd about her being his pick. What stuck out for the most part were her crimes which included killing multiple Marine officials. Get had a similar list of offenses, but due to his described nature, if anything the dwarf would come to him. As for Koton, she could be hunted, Lu Dahn just needed to get a lead on her whereabouts or at least where she had previously been.

Just as he had come to the conclusion of which Super Nova would be meeting their demise, an explosion sounded in the distance. Lu Dahn and many others had their attention snatched to the direction the boom came from and soon after smoke began to trail into the sky. "What could this be?" He got up off the fountain and began to walk in the direction of the plume of billowing black smoke. There were multiple blocks he'd have to travel to arrive where the mayhem was unfolding meaning many buildings separated him and the scene. "Typical." He was folding the News Coo as he was walking so he could then stuff it into his back pants pocket. Once he did so, his body would begin to glow for a moment before he turned into a being made of pure light. He wouldn't move at his max speed, for he wouldn't be able to track where he was going while doing so. Instead he moved at a pace his eyes could track where he was going. Even then he arrived on the scene fast enough to see three men running from a bank on foot.

While keeping tabs on the culprits, he gave a quick scan of the area to see no marines of law enforcement in the vicinity to respond to the situation. There surely had to be security in the bank, so it more than likely meant the criminals either subdued or killed them. Lu Dahn sucked his teeth in irritation. Not only was he trying to relax and enjoy the leisure time he had, but seeing his home island being treated with such disrespect had his body moving on its own.

From the sky he had beamed down to a position in front of the fleeing culprits and it froze them in their tracks. "Gah!" "What the hell, where'd he come from." "Shit, split up!" Lu Dahn was about 50m away from them on a main road where civilians still resided. For that reason he didn't want to risk using any ranged attacks and he'd have to resort to capturing the robbers with his hands.

Into alleyways, the miscreants ran. One went left and two went to the right. The Commodore ran forward to where the two alleyways met the main road they were just on. Looking at both detachments, he tried to visualize a mental map in his head to predict where they'd be fleeing to. Obviously there was only one of him, so he'd have to choose which of the groups to go after, the one or the two.

He decided to go left and chase the two. This was because he'd have an easier time chasing one person down as opposed to two people after the others had time to run. With civilians present who were both fleeing the scene and trying to nosily get closer, he couldn't travel as light to get to the robbers and he'd have to give chase in his tangible form. Taking off in a sprint towards the alley, the some of the people blocking his path moved out his way, but others he had to angle and weasel around. Once he made it into the alleyway however it was a straight shot.  

His two targets were straight ahead of him, but another fork was coming up in the alleyway. They'd surely split once more to make the chase all the more annoying. Before then, Lu Dahn had to stop them. With no pedestrians in the way, he didn't hold back and he used his light form's maximum speed to bolt ahead of the fleeing duo. It took much less than a fraction of a second, but he horribly missed his mark for he didn't expect to move as fast as he did. 15m separated him and the fork in the alley, while only 3m were in between the robbers and the fork. Over shot it. He knew he was fast, but didn't expect to be that fast. Despite missing the mark, the display of speed and flashiness of the light he had become before returning back to his normal form, had stopped the robbers in their tracks once more. "What the hell?" "Don't tell me this guy has a Devil's Fruit!" With a bag of cash in one hand and a pistol in the other, one of the robbers opened fire on Lu Dahn only to have to bullets phase through his body as he ran up towards them.

"Fucking hit him man. What are you doing!?" "I am hitting him!... Aren't I!?" A grin slid on Lu Dahn's face as he diminished the space between him and the fork to an equal 3m while still closing in. "Fuck it." Digging in his jacket pocket the second robber pulled out a pocket knife and began to run towards Lu Dahn with it reeled back to slash him. Just as they were about to enter range of each other, Lu Dahn vanished from sight. Even though he moved as a jolt of light, their eyes couldn't see him. "Where'd he go?" The knife wielding robber stopped and looked back at the pistol wielding robber then his eyes widened. "Fuck, behind you!" With his arm extended and his fingers fixed to mimic a pistol, light began to shine from his index finger tip then a thin half inch beam of light fired from his finger tip.

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It was a straight shot with no obstructions in present and the attack was done at speeds which the ruffian couldn't even dream of reacting to. In an instant the beam of light had pierced through the back of the man's thigh and came out the front. "Guuugh." The leg trembled from the pain and the weakening of the muscle. As blood gushed out the wound, the man gave in from the force of his own weight he couldn't bare to carry with a sullied leg. Down to a single knee in a kneel he fell. "Don't fret. That wound is not as bad as it appears to be. A doctor worth his salt will have you back on your feet in no time."

As he had spoke, Lu Dahn had casually walked up to the man and kicked the pistol out his hand across the alley floor. Walking beyond the wounded man, he stopped with 3m of space between him and the knife wielding robber. The man knew he was outclassed and he lifted his hands and had dropped his knife to show this. "You concede?" The robber nervously nodded his head. "I know my limits." Lu Dahn nodded his head an agreement with the man's nature. "Honorable . . . but perhaps a bit too late." Like he had done the man's accomplice he lifted a finger at the man and light began to shine from his fingertip. "Hey what the fuck man!?" Without a morsel of regret Lu Dahn fired two beams of light, the diameter proportionate to his fingertip. The targets were both the man's raised arms that were in the process of dropping in a defensive front at Lu Dahn's course of actions. Despite this the marksman hit both his target with precision. The light would enter and exit out of both the man's biceps and his arms would fall limp as would he crumble to the floor in pain.

"To know your limits is honorable, but to yield only after realizing you took on more than you can handle is quite pathetic."

Ricchi had began to walk away to go and pursue the last robber when the one he just shot through the arms yelled out to him. "Fuck you!" Lu Dahn stopped and turned to look at the man writhing in pain on the pavement. "I know who you are. You grew up here. You're that Ricchi bastard aren't you?" The man's face was very sweaty, presumably from the trauma he was experiencing. "I'm glad to know my reputation proceeds my person, but it's a shame I'm received in such a negative light. No hometown hero treatment?" Lu Dahn had turned back around to address the wounded robber whose face was dripping with sweat from the trauma he was enduring. "Burn in hell Marine." This statement made Lu Dahn's expression go sour with disapproval. He'd had been doing a lot as a Marine to clean things up and he knew this man was apart of the trash he was cleaning up, but it irritated him to be told such things by such filth.

He brought one of his arms up at a ninety degree angle and an orb of light which Lu Dahn analyzed for a while formed in his palm. Both robbers raised and eyebrow at this. "What are you doing? You can't kill us!" Lu Dahn looked from the orb to the wounded men with his visage still sour with discontent until he sighed. "Sadly you're right." He shook his head dismissing the evil thoughts and orb that was in his palm. Walking over to the two robbers he grabbed the sack of Beli each of them had that was laying on the ground then began to take his leave again. He needed to make haste or the other robber would get away. "You won't cat-" Before the fool could finish, without looking Lu Dahn stretched an arm back and unleashes a blue blast of light that annihilated both the robbers and left nothing but ash in their places. The walls of the alley got scorched as well, but it'd be alright. "I've been much too kind lately."

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Activating his observation haki, he turned into a being of light, took off, and began his hunt for the last culprit. With him previously having been thinking of future plots for his career, he was now looking back to how he had been conducting himself and he felt he wasn't being true to who he was as a person. His outlook on justice didn't align with the popular opinion and he was very aware of this. Lu Dahn felt justice needed to be delivered with an iron fist. Less slaps on the wrist and more hard cracking down to make examples out of offenders to lessen the number of future offenders. Was his approach bullet proof? No, but nothing was perfect and he accepted that. He did feel his approach could be effective though and even if others disagreed he'd administer justice as he saw fit. Blood was a fitting price to pay for committing crimes in Lu Dahn's book, after all society had no real use for criminals, so they were all good as dead to him anyways.

Reemerging as himself about 40m high above the ground and the surrounding buildings, he began to scan the area with his eyes. He doubted the last culprit would have taken to the streets where pedestrians were, but it wasn't an impossibility, so he was looking at the streets too. Having no luck with his first look, he again became light, moved to another location not too far away, and looked again. Once again, he came up dry, so he decided he'd go to where he initially suspected the trio was heading to rendezvous and count their spoils.

"Scrap Beach." It was a beach made up of scrap heaps and trash at this point. Many outlaws and degenerates came here and some even lived here, so it wouldn't be outlandish to think the robber would have fled here for refuge. Still in the sky with a bird's eye view, the Commodore soon spotted the last robber still running while weaving around piles of scrap. He was about 75m away and getting further, but distance wasn't an issue as long as Lu Dahn could see the man. By moving at near light speed, Lu Dahn closed the gap to roughly 45m and conjured up a lance made of photons in his free hand. Pulling the arm wielding this weapon back while taking aim, he hurled the javelin as hard as he could through the air and it sailed through the air until it ran the man through his shoulder above the armpit. "Agh!" Transforming into light, Lu Dahn transported himself in front of the man who had lost his balance and fallen from the spear piercing him.

"How'd you find me." Lu Dahn walked up to the downed robber and took his sack of Beli. Throwing the bag over his shoulder so it was with the other two bags the Commodore looked down at the robber and the two locked eyes. Opening and aiming his free hand at the man to show him his palm, a ball of light formed before it turned into a pure of light energy which erased the robber's existence.

Going forward, things would be different now. He had been much too soft on villains in the past, but now he'd begin working harder and punishing harder to make up for it. Returning to the scene at the bank, Lu Dahn saw that the local emergency response forces had gotten a hold on the situation and secured everything. Turning in the bags of Beli,he was thanked for his work and he went about his day.
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