It's the thrill in the end. In that moment when something stolen becomes mine or is it? That's the bliss I desire.

Jackal had seen power like this once before. No, twice in his lifetime. The first time, was with the Leader of the Mink Tribe, a man by the name of Kahuna. He was a beastly Dog Mink, whose combat prowess and skill with a blade was next to none. The swing of his blade cut forests in half, and it was the kind of power that humbled the mightiest of Minks. The second time was Jackal's old Pirate Captain, Gin. In there travels, there was a time when all of them were pinned down in a bay, with marine vessels on every end. It was in that moment that something awakened in Gin, and he'd began lunging from ship to ship, ripping apart the marine vessels with his barehands. In the wake of all this chaos, Jackal watched all of the action go on around him, Lina's rage, Bazil's coldness and Jackal's opportunistic mindset, they were all tools that in time, would make them the greatest the world had ever seen but at this moment, if Beckham was the Sun, Simon and Mo were large forest fires, then in comparison, the trio were nothing more than a house fire, no, at most, a village burning, and the amount of flames, or the intensity at which they burned, paled in comparison. However, Jackal had been told his whole life, that he was weak. Everything spec of combat ability that Jackal had was struggled for bit by bit. As goal oriented as his mind worked, the moment that Beckham struck Mo and sent her flying into the bar, Jackal lunged into action, using one compact movement to scale the surface and make it to Mo's position. Upon arrival, Jackal would search the woman's body, and wrapped around her waist were a variety of vials, and with his nose alone, Jackal could've told that each of these vials contained a wicked poison. Detaching the belt from around Mo's waist, Jackal attached the poison belt to his own waistline, touching Mo's forehead with an Electro finger. Tapping the woman's forehead, he'd send a surge of Electro through her body that electrocute the woman, paralysing her entire body, increasing the voltage loud enough that it'd cause her to pass-out. Even if she reawaken, her body would've experience complete paralysis temporarily, but it'd be enough to keep her in check for awhile. Strapping the woman over his shoulders, Jackal would return to the position that Bazil was standing at, it'd be at this moment, he'd feel a smack on his arm, and the snarky question of Bazil rippled across his ears.

"He's strong. For what I plan to accomplish... I need that kind of power as well. For my people, for my own goals, I've always known I need to be stronger. Situations like this... Remind me of that, Bazil." Jackal responded. In Jackal's mind, niece or niece not, Jackal was unsure of how deep Lina's bond was with her uncle. Did it matter at all now that she's a pirate or did the man view family above all else? In moments, that decision would be decisive in Jackal's next action but in his head, probing the scenario would be the best foot forward. "Simon!" Jackal shouted, loud enough for all parties present to hear. "At your current level... Without Mo... You can't escape this place alive and alone. I've retrieved Mo. Let's call a momentary truce. There's no way we'll make it out of here without working together. Even then, that muscle bounded Lesser Mink might kick all of our asses. We can all rip each other apart at a later date!" Jackal exclaimed, in a loud but very calm tone. "Skippy! I'm not sure about your family ties and you have no real need to be aligned with us but I'm sure you still have things you want accomplish on these seas. I think we should all retreat for now." Jackal concluded. With that, Jackal had laid his opening bid all of the players on the table. His main bargaining chip was Mo, and if he could've manage to get Simon on his side, then, escape would be possible surely. However, too many unknown factors were in this situation, what of Bazil? Surely, he'd seen the marines power but would he be willing to retreat. Lina? Would she side with her uncle? On thing's for sure, regardless of the decisions presented, Jackal would activate his Kenbunshoku Haki the moment he'd began to ask Bazil this next question. As one last murmur, Jackal would say something loud enough for only Bazil and himself to hear, "Bazil. Did you ever manage to obtain the 'King's' Power?" Jackal inquired smirking.

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It's the thrill in the end. In that moment when something stolen becomes mine or is it? That's the bliss I desire.

As Bazil's arm came impending with violence, Jackal skipped to the right, about one feet to avoid his dagger like arms. "I'll take that as a no." Jackal thought. Lina's decision was made and Beckham had finished off his fight with Simon. The moment Simon lost consciousness, the straw clones he'd created had ceased existence, converting back into human form, with nails wedged into their various appendages. Beckham issued a warning to Jackal and Bazil, offering his salutations to his niece, and began to exit with Simon. It'd be at this point that Bazil would shout his hardcore exiting words and began to shuffle off into another part of the casino, as if this incident hadn't just transpired. With Simon in hand, the marine forces would've retreated, as Simon would've taken the fall for the whole incident. "I'll be taking Mo to help cure my crewmate. With her body paralysed like this, I should be able to get some answers out her as to which poison was afflicted. Then I'll derive a cure with my ship's doctor." Jackal stated. Adjusting Mo's position on his arm, Jackal would've proceeded towards the emergency exit of the casino to the East, bouncing away in ten meter increments until, he'd make to the exit's position. At the back door, he'd be met with the sight of Sinbad, and his men, covered in wounds and in need of medical aid, only eleven them, including his Navigator had managed to make it out alive. As the marines were arresting the remainder of Simon's mates on the outside. "You guys look like shit." Jackal said, smirking playfully. "AH YOU DON'T SAY!?" all of the Jackal Bandits said in unity. Making there way around the back of the casino, Jackal stole a vacant Gecko Carrier, that the Casino used to transport Beli to and fro to the Capital Bank in Alubarna. Sneaking his men into the back of the carriage, and placing one his grunts to operate the ride, Jackal was able to escape the scene under the guise of the Casino sending out a shipment.

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Almost a week later, at the Bounty Desk, a recovered Sinbad travelled with his group of ten to turn in the Bounty on Mo's head. Jackal had scurried off on another one of his missions and Gilbard was able to derive the cure for Jackal's injured crew-mate. Pretending to be an upcoming bounty hunter in the area, Sinbad posed as his alias, Fleur, his face covered in exotic robes. The jailers took Sinbad's statement of finding the woman passed out in a bar of the lower district of Rainbase, covered in bruises and burns. Giving out the Bounty fee, the jailer's took the men's statements, Mo's bounty was officially taken out of the papers. When asked by the marines how did they manage to take out the Mo, Sinbad would chuckle under his mask and state, "The real heroes are those criminals from the newspaper. Bazil. Jackal. Lina. They did all the work. We just picked up the scraps." Sinbad stated before exiting with the money, Jackal had instructed to Sinbad to located Bazil and Lina, giving them their share of the loot before returning to Cactus Island, where the remainder of the Jackal Bandits awaited the setting of their dial. Sandy Isle was way too hot with drama and chaos.

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