The time of day was high-noon, so the sun loomed perfectly overhead to view the carnage about to unfold on the unsuspecting town of Illusia. The townsfolk were their natural calm selves as long as they stayed away from the unruly East Side of the island that was notorious for civil unrest from Revolutionary factions. This constant revolt and skirmishing is what lured Ondori to the island and town of Illusia first during his period of scouting for his organization of Bounty Hunters. The Ronin himself was on the highest story of the clocktower located in the center of the town about 35m high. Seated on the edge of the open square shaped space where a large bell hung in the center, he observed the town in silence only one of his grunts still with him. The rest were left in the South Blue to hold things down and take up jobs as they came so the organization could gain some weight to their name. This grunt with Ondori was just assigned to keep watch while he scouted from the ledge of the clock tower.

With his personal invention attached to his left eye, he could zoom in enough to see up to 350m away in crystal clear resolution as if he were right there staring at it. His right eye clenched closed, his focus was on the unusually calm eastern side of the town, until his associate tapped him on the shoulder. "Looks like some front of fog is coming from the northern shore. I can't completely make it out." Ondori changed his focus to the northern shore to see what his employee was talking about and wasn't disappointed. "That's odd . . ." Fog usually came in a wider spread as a result of weather conditions from a place further beyond like rain, having arrived in Illusia just yesterday night from the north, he hadn't noticed any weather that'd call for fog to roll in today, the skies were clear save for a few clouds, but they weren't rain clouds. Zooming in on the small fog cloud with his Eye Scope he sadly couldn't penetrate it's depth and thickness. "Hmm . . . You give it a peek and tell me if you can see what's in there." He took the Scope off and handed it to his associate, still peering at the fog cloud as the man tried to visually penetrate the ominous cloud himself. "No luck, wanna check it out?" He handed the scope back to Ondori who fixated it back on his left eye and put a thoughtful finger to his lips. "Nah, we'll just observe from up here until things play out a bit more." The zoom function disabled, Ondori just stared at the fog cloud and the people at the docks who looked at the spectacle up close in confusion. "Hopefully this means we won't be going back to the South Blue without a body from the West Blue." His associate nodded in agreement and went back to standing watch. Trying once more to zoom in enough to pierce the blanket of fog, Ondori caught a glimpse of what were like to doubloons of shimmering gold. "!" He leaned in trying to get a better look almost sliding off the edge of the clock tower. Soon after a single man landed on the docks and the thick fog began to thin out, it was a ship, a ship full of what obviously looked like marauders. "Looky looky!" Ondori exclaimed, this is exactly what he had come for, it would be a good fight if that's what these raiders had come for. Illusia was under Marine control and had troops to boot, so it'd surely be a great show.

As the savages began to storm the town and wreck shit, Ondori kept his eyes on their ship waiting for the fog around the Jolly Roger to clear and become discernible. "Bato, hand me the Jolly Roger log." Fishing through his satchel of belongings, Ondori's grunt withdrew a handy book that a bounty hunter couldn't be found without. A book that contained the drawn image of the Jolly Roger of notable pirate crews. The insignia was fairly familiar to Ondori for he frequently glanced through the book on his free time as well as headhunter bills. The man who first leapt off the ship in the fur coat didn't spark anything in Ondori's mind, his bounty wasn't high enough, but the Jolly Roger he operated under surely did and without a doubt Ondori had thumbed through the pages with his left eye closed to a vaguely familiar area to where he had seen the mark and there it was. "You still got those bombs in your bag right?" Ondori asked as he flipped through the pages. "Yeah they are still in here." Ondori nodded. "Good make sure you're careful with those, the timer isn't ticking is it? It's still a prototype." "No the timer isn't ticking, the displays are still blank." "Good . . . Oh! Here they are, the Gold Leopard Pirates." Ondori switched eyes to peer back through the Eye Scope, skating about the masses to find the man in the fur coat. "These guys are pretty new, but they've been very busy bees. I think we found what we're looking for." His eye was on the man who walked ever so calmly through the chaos, coincidentally he was walking towards the fountain which was at the heart of the town near where Ondori was located. Taking his focus off the man, he looked to the western side of the island where the Marine's operated out of, many hundreds of meters away. It was a bit too far for his scope to get a super clear view, but he could tell they weren't alerted of the invasion yet. Looking to the eastern side of the town, he saw the Revolutionaries were also still in a dormant state, but with the people scattering about in a panic and with scouts always walking the town, soon enough both factions would surely react to the third party.

 

Discernible from the common riff-raff of deck swabbers and rowdy savages, was another that seemed to operate under the Gold Leopard. She walked with an energy akin to the man who was ahead of her, despite this, Ondori got the feeling they weren't necessarily chummy with one another or perhaps just not right now. Regardless while Rooster was still perched in the clocktower examining her, she had taken note of his presence as well, she surely wasn't like the run of the mill no-name pirates that were wrecking the town around the two still dormant Gold Leopards. He smiled lightly and reverted the zoom of the Eye Scope back to normal.

"Come on Bato, we're heading down." Bato nodded and waited to follow Ondori, but the Ronin paused for a while and looked around analytically, examining the area. While their intentions with the town seemed to be pretty obvious, Ondori wasn't sure how they'd take to his intrusion on their actions. Not that he was going to side with them or the Marines or try to stop them, but some pirates tended to be uncontrollable dickheads that just attacked anything that moved that didn't operate under their command. Albeit this possibility, the Ronin decided he'd approach them to make his noted presence that much more unconcerning. "Ten by ten, perfect . . ." A light smile accompanied his thoughts, as this was the perfect time to test out his prototype. "Something wrong?" Bato asked as they began walking down the stairs of the clocktower. "Nah, I was just thinking to myself." They had three stories to walk down and Ondori would take his sweet time, as he did so however he'd put a small ploy in the works. "Hand me one of the prototypes please." The sound of the shouting pirates and destruction going on outside could be heard through the clocktower's stone walls, but still Ondori focused on the sound of him and Bato's footsteps while the grunt retrieved the explosive. Around the time they reached the bottom second story of stairs the sound of footsteps coming from the base of the clocktower could be heard. "Secure positioning on top of the clocktower, we'll make short work of these pirates!" Bato's guard rose, but Ondori kept his composure. "Don't worry we aren't doing anything we shouldn't be doing, just keep that in the bag until they pass." Ondori stepped to the side and Bato did as well, both halting their advance down the clocktower as the Marines came in sight. Like trail of ants four marines continued passed the two bounty hunters while one stayed back and spoke to them jogging in place. "We're going to have to ask that you evacuate the premises and head for the designated safety zones." Ondori nodded and then the Marine continued up the clocktower to catch up with his detachment.

"Alright, lemme get it." Pulling the explosive out of his satchel, Bato carefully handed over the device with two hands cautiously gripping it terrified it'd detonate in his hands with the lightest bit of sudden movement. Taking it from his associate with his left hand, Ondori casually walked down to the base of 45m high clocktower and took off his ragged vest, leaving his black gi on to cover his torso. "Watch the door." Bato ran to the wall beside door on Ondori's command, withdrawing a small dagger for anyone who dared to enter. Setting the timer on the explosives, he then wrapped them in his vest to hide them and set them in against the poorly lit interior wall where one wouldn't be able to see them unless they walked and looked around with intentions of finding something and even then, it would only look like a discarded vest since the clothing article was covering the explosives.

Everything setup accordingly, Ondori made his way to the door of the clocktower and Bato opened it for him. Turning back for a quick second he saw the light that invaded the clocktower's base floor didn't reveal the whereabouts of the trap even with the door wide open. "Alright then, lets hope everything goes as planned hahah." Stepping out into the sunshine, Ondori took in the sight of the raid going on. Immensely alert, but seemingly in a trance of glee. Taking a deep breath he released it with an expression of excitement. Looking for the Captain of the Gold Leopard Pirates he saw he had thrown himself in the midst of combat having killed two marines without much effort, if any at all. "Here, take the Eye Scope and meet me wherever that guy is going in about a minute ok?" "Yes sir." Both the bounty hunters knew Bato would just slow Ondori down, so it was best that they split, after all Bato could just pose as a citizen in distress since he wasn't dressed or behaving as a pirate, his dagger was hidden in the depth of his satchel as well, so he was probably the least threatening person out and about right now.

Ondori on the other hand was armed with two katanas and didn't really have a soft look to him despite having a childish attitude majority of the time. Pursuing the man in the fur coat, the Ronin ducked and weaved around majority of the marines that took a swung at as he ran by, save for one whom he was forced to partially draw his sword on and butt in the gut with the end of Taka's handle causing him to keel over. Arriving in the bank shortly after the alleged Captain of the Gold Leopards would make his presence known with his quite impressive roar if it had yet to be noted, Ondori would make his own presence known with a tap on the tall guy's shoulder.
"Yo, yo, big fella. You mind if a young bloke tags along for this trip? Promise I got a few tricks up my sleeve that could help." He gave a light chuckle, knowing he probably took away from the atmosphere the titan had just created with his blood curdling shout.

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As Ondori's hand moved to tap the man he noted the presence of the another coming from behind him through the sound of a sword being sheathed and a body hitting the concrete. Before he even turned his head to visually note her presence, he had assumed it was her given how she seemed to be the other super star of the Gold Leopards. Just as his eyes settled on her and her hand that was employed to rest on the hilt of her blade, his finger poked into the brute's chest. It astonished him causing him to jump a bit, for his finger had stopped moving, so apparently the man was moving. Turning his focus back to the giant, he had a large arm placed on his shoulder. Ondori hadn't noticed until this physical contact was established, but the man had a very powerful energy to him, he was a natural born leader, a courageous man, a strong man, an ambitious man, he was surely someone Ondori wanted in his corner, hopefully he could keep his head on his shoulders. "Cool." He slipped from underneath Leparo's arm by ducking his head down and taking a step back "What do you need m-" As he was talking a new character made their debut, a Marine at that. Just what Ondori needed.

With exceptional haste as soon as he saw the man's uniform the Ronin moved both hands to cover his face, really not needing the attention or publicity. Pulling them down just a bit to reveal his eyes, he looked up to the fur coat man as he asked what the Marine was doing here. "I think he's here to stop us . . . he's a Marine after all . . ." Ondori inspected the man a bit more closely and assured himself the guy surely was a Marine or he just didn't dress the part of a pirate. One more spirit entering the bank, the sound of rushed footsteps came from behind Ondori through the entrance he had came through. "Hey Bos-!" Ondori whipped around and moved one hand to a single index finger pressed against his lips. "Shhh-!" Half way through his command for silence however his Time Bomb would have went off, blowing out the stone walls and corners of the clocktower along with a part of the floor to the second story. This details was irrelevant however for what this explosion would achieve on a grand scale was the toppling over of the clocktower since a whole side of the base of the tower and then some was now missing. All the fighting outside seemed to pause when the explosive detonated and the shadow of the falling tower began to devour the town square. Luckily for Ondori and the ones in the bank, the clocktower wouldn't be falling on them nor would the rubble spray outwards to cause harm to them. Albeit they wouldn't be harmed the rubble would block off the main entrance that some of them had just come through after it all settled.

With the tower slamming against the ground destroying the fountain and probably killing a great deal of people, marines (Celia) and pirates alike (oops), it would create a great thick veil of dust in the air all throughout the bank and the surrounding area that was a battlefield. Taking advantage of the newly birthed chaos and confusion that he was prepared for given he set the ploy up, both Rooster and Bato had their eyes clenched shut when the spray of dust came rushing into the bank, it'd surely blind anyone who didn't protect their optics for a nice deal of time. Even after it stopped spraying it'd be a while before it settled making it ill-advised to even move around with one's eyes open. Breathing as well would be somewhat of a hassle, something not even Ondori would be able to avoid, however after retrieving his eye scope from Bato, he'd be able to effectively see in this disastrous environment. Placing the device against his left eye that he shielded with one hand, he kept the right eye sealed shut and operate with this eye alone.

While the dust was still an obstruction, Rooster could still make out the frames of the people in the bank. "Hey yo." He was careful with his breath control as to not inhale heavily and send dust particles into his lungs, light shallow breaths were taken into between sentences. "I can still see. You want me to kill this Marine guy while he can't or what?" It'd still be a short while before the dust settled given a colossal 45mx10mx10m clocktower had just crashed onto the earth, and with the Marine more than likely blinded, Ondori had a huge advantage over him. His hand would grip on the handle of Treachery and his heart pounded with excitement and bloodlust, should he get the go ahead, he wouldn't hold back.

 

As Ondori's grip on the blade loosened, he felt the primal emotions the blade Treachery influence him with fade from his body. "Aww . . . Oh well, Bato follow me!" Snatching his associate by the hand to lead him through the dust, the two would make their way towards the vault. "And make sure you tell your higher ups it was Ondori Gilga who blew up that clocktower for me!" His declaration was rather ballsy and while he wasn't the cocky type or one to care for the limelight, Ondori could use the publicity. Not only would it get his Bounty Hunting company some wind under their wings, but it'd also get his name out there as someone to look out for. As someone who planned on being the World's Greatest Swordsman, he'd need some eyes on him as much as he wasn't really a fan of it all.

"Grab a hostage, we're gonna need some leverage if we get held up by Marines." "Might need some help carrying this Beli too." Bato coughed through his sentence. The dust was a little less thick back here out eh main lobby and int he corridors, but it was still a bit of a problem and dampened vision. Both of the Bounty hunters snatching an employee by the wrist, they continued deeper in the bank, there was only one path to take so they had to be going the right way. "Y'all are gonna help us break into you guy's vault and get some guap okay?" His voice was rather cheerful despite the fact he was taking the woman as not only a tour guide and soon to be accomplice, but also hostage.

"You really thinking pinning your name to the clocktower was a smart move?" Ondori looked at Bato whom he held by the wrist in his right hand, his hostage in his left, both had their eyes sealed closed. "Think it's still too soon for me to try to break away from the pack?" Bato groaned and nodded."You're not fucking around with wanna-be crime syndicates this time. You're fucking with the World Government, I wouldn't be surprised if this gets you a target on your head." Rooster thought about it, Bato was right, but this was what he wanted and what he needed. "If I die, then I die. I gotta dive in the deep end eventually, I won't become the greatest by playing it safe." Bato sighed and let it go.

"Anyways!" Hitting the switch back to cheerful, he stuffed the thoughts into the back of his mind for something to think of once all of this was said and done. "Gimme the details of your safe. How thick is it? What's it made of? How much Beli is stashed inside?" "Um . . . it's um, steel . . . with about two million inside." Ondori's heart raced and his hands moistened a bit with sweat. "Two million, holy shit." "Hey, don't forget you have to split it with those guys back there. They look strong and you don't need to have them gunning for you too!" Coming to a stop, they reached a dead end where a large vault was. "Yeah you're right, so that's almost seven-hundred thousand each . . . I can fuck with that. The dust didn't reach back here, watch the hostages and make sure they don't run off or anything." As he spoke he gave the vault a few knocks, thick and it surely was steel.

"That's not gonna be easy to cut through is it?" Ondori shook his head side to side. "Not if you're an average swordsman, but luckily I think I'm out of that bracket." This was Ondori's first true test on his journey to becoming great. Every famous swordsman has their tale of the first time they cut through steel and hopefully Ondori would be able to brag it was during a successful bank heist in Illusia. The thought made a smirk slither onto his face. "Wish me luck." With that he gripped the handle of Treachery, a blade more powerful than Taka despite the sentimental value the blade had to him and he spread his legs into a stance that would allow his draw to be as powerful as could be. His right hand on the handle of Treachery and his left on the sheathe and few green flames began to burn on the surface of the weapon, but they had no offensive capabilities thus didn't harm him. After a deep inhale he drew the blade vertically with all his might. Exhaling a sharp breath of air to carry the stroke and ensure it had the needed amount of "umph" behind it, he got shivers to the last fiber of his soul as he felt the cursed blade make contact and slice into the steel. At the end of the draw his weapon wasn't in the vault's steel body, but held upward towards the ceiling, waiting for the results of his training to come into fruition.

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