In the smog, Zoro barely recognises a blade slicing its way through the air towards his neck,

Even with tears and smoke in his eyes, his muscle memory kicks in and he swiftly moves his sword to parry the incoming blade,

Successfully doing so, his opponent was left wide open, he then tries to stab the man with his other sword,

But the one wheel man easily wheels out of the way of the stab and kicks Zoro's wound,

Stumbling back, Zoro realises that he cannot win in his current environment, so he musters whatever strength he has left and rushes out of the fumes,

Gasping for fresh air, he can hears the cocky bastard's squeaky wheel and his voice behind him,

"I wonder how long you can stand before you bleed out."

Finally free of the smog, Zoro turns around and forces himself to focus despite the pain,

Suddenly something yanks his ankle, causing him to fall flat on his face, when he tries to stand up, a hand shoves his face back onto the pavements,

"Cabaji update." a familiar voice orders

Without seeing, Zoro could recognises that the voice belongs to the damn red nose clown that stabbed him,

"I don't know where the rest of them are captain Buggy, but I have captured one of them." Cabaji replies

"Slippery brats, anyway, I brought the whole crew here as well, they're not far behind, so kill green hair flashily and join us when you're done."

"The whole crew sir?"

"There are only villagers and snotling brats here Cabaji."

In the distance, a known faint voice,

"Gum Gum"

"Did you hear something?" Buggy wonders

"No sir, I believ-" Cabaji answers but when he notices a pair of hands stretching towards Buggy,

"CAPTAIN BEHIND YOU!"

Before Captain Buggy could react,

"BAZOOKA!"

The pair of hands slam into his back and send him smashing into a nearby building,

No longer held down by Buggy, Zoro grabs his swords, leaps to his feet and dashes at Cabaji,

Cabaji attempts to raise his sword to parry, but it was easily swept aside, and now all he could do now is watch in horror as Zoro's other sword closes in on his throat,

All of the sudden, a floating hand shoots forward, grabs Zoro by the throat with surprising strength and begins to strangle him,

"You think you can kill me that easily?"

"OI! Let him go you red nose bastard!" Luffy demands,

"Ah, Straw Brat, now be a good boy, don't cut in line and wait your turn to die." Buggy retorts and resumes the strangulation

"Let him go and fight me you damn red nose." Luffy demands again,

Infuriated Buggy orders, "Cabaji, kill him."

Without words, Cabaji obeys and cycles towards Luffy,

As quick as a pistol, a fist rams into his stomach, blasting him backward and crashing into his captain,

As a result, Buggy's grip loosens and Zoro yanks the hand off his throat, and swiftly throw it onto the pavement,

"Zoro, are you alright?" Luffy asks

Out of breath, "Yeah" is all Zoro could manage

Behind them, a furry man shouts,

"There those wretched dogs are, KILL THEM!"

And a mob of about 30 pirates screams in delight,

"KILL!"

"FOR THE CAPTAIN!"

"WAAARRRGGGHHH!"

"Luffy, HELP ME!" Jaune yells with a shrill voice as he rounds the corner,

With a short of breath elderly man beside him, "Just keep running boy!"

Before the Luffy and Zoro could move, they could hear two people get up, the hand on the ground then floats up and back towards the clown,