Without a last look at the okama, Sandy heads towards Nami and Zoro who seem to have started their fight. Usopp and Chopper seem to be done, as they head towards the center of the city. However, the presence of Crocodile in the palace worries him. Especially since he is very close to Vivi.
"It's a mess without a name. But I can't do anything about it, I have to let the others protect her, so let's focus on Zoro and Nami instead!" Aoi and Maru play happy notes as Sandy flies into the sky.
Below, the streets and buildings go by. Sandy runs through the sky watching what is happening in the city, he is a little disappointed that Vivi did not manage to stop the rebels, but if there are traitors among the royal guards, then something might have happened. He approaches the area where Nami and Zoro are running through the streets being chased by two Baroque Works agents. Sandy lands on the ground and begins to walk quietly down the deserted street. Not surprisingly, he sees Nami emerge from the street and run like crazy, out of breath. However, what was not expected is that Nami runs towards him and hides behind him.
"HELP ME! PLEASE! !" The navigator makes the most pleading and tearful face she can as she clutches the red-haired swordsman's coat. Obviously, she wants "the man" to fight for her. Sandy looks at her with a raised eyebrow before turning his head to the woman who was chasing her. With a model-like gait, swaying her hips with each step, a woman in black leather clothing and an afro haircut, advances toward them.
"Well, well, well. Another cockroach has just appeared. " Only a flat look answers her before the swordsman looks away from her to Nami.
"Can I know what you're playing at?" Nami's eyes bore into his and more tears appear.
"She wants to kill me! But I'm not strong enough! Help me! You will beat her in an instant! You are so big and strong!" She said as her eyes flickered. Sandy restrained himself from rolling his eyes at Nami's attempt.
"Wouldn't you rather go hide behind someone else? Where are your friends?" Nami opens her mouth but she couldn't say anything because Sandy picks her up and jumps to the side. The navigator blinks, her head in the chest of the man who is large and plump? She slowly lifts her head to see the blood red eyes staring at their former position before bringing it back to the woman with the afro. Following his gaze, Nami takes a deep breath as she sees black spikes deeply embedded in the ground. The woman's pointed fingers retract back to normal fingers.
"Hey!" Sandy's chest vibrates under Nami's fingers as she blushes with embarrassment. "Can't you see we're talking?" The swordsman's arms gently release Nami, to rest on his swords. The navigator settles back behind the man, glaring at the agent.
"I don't care what you two are talking about, I just want to get rid of you two. So? Who do I start with?" She says with an evil smile as she holds her fingers out in front of her, ready to launch another attack. When Sandy lets out a sigh, scratching his hair as if she wasn't worthy of his attention, anger and annoyance shows on her face and she holds out her fingers once more. The sharp points rush towards the swordsman who frowns slightly. The attack crosses him from side to side in an expression of surprise of the man. She starts to giggle but lets out a cry of surprise when she is kicked in the back and thrown to the ground. Looking behind her, she sees the swordsman looking at her with a smirk. Her fingers planted in an afterimage.
"Wha... What does that mean?!" Sandy shrugs as if it doesn't matter that she tried to kill him.
"You have the wrong opponent. The redhead is your target, not me. So you're going to do me the favor of ignoring me while I watch you." The woman's pointed fingers dig into the ground and she throws a handful of sand in the annoying man's face. The cloud of dust blocks the swordsman's view and she takes the opportunity to throw her fingers into her opponent's heart once more.
Sandy gets sand in his eyes, which irritates his poor eyes, he is more worried about his colored lenses than the woman's attack. The sharp fingers are easily caught and twisted in his grip, while with his other hand he tries to get rid of the sand in his eyes. The agent screams in pain and tries to retrieve her abused fingers, but she cannot. She looks with horror at her twisted fingers in the swordsman's hand. With her other hand, she launches another attack into the arm holding her fingers but is easily caught, though the red-haired swordsman still has his eyes closed. The woman twitches and flashes sharp spikes all over her body in an attempt to skewer Sandy somehow, she looks like a sea urchin with all those thin black spikes. A frown answers the spikes that dig into the man's hands and chest. The agent smiles but it quickly disappears when she realizes that none of her spikes have managed to pierce the swordsman's skin. She widens her eyes as the man's eyes finally open, showing cold, cruel eyes. Her body freezes before the red eyes that stare at her angrily. Sandy's smooth face twists in annoyance and anger. The woman begins to pull more and more on her fingers to stay away from this dangerous man, but she is not strong enough to break free of the hold.
Nami looks fearfully at the angry man, fortunately for her, this anger is not directed at her. But she has to be careful, because she tried to manipulate him, so he might be angry with her.
"GET OFF ME, ASSHOLE!" A cruel smile stretches across Sandy's lips.
"So many bad words in a woman's mouth. You deserve a punishment, don't you?" The woman's face turns between red with anger and white with fear. But she doesn't have time to know what to choose as she is forcefully thrown against a wall, which collapses under the impact and buries her under the rubble. Her head turns slightly, she can get up, but she prefers to remain on the ground, hoping that the man leaves her alone and that she will be able to warn the others. The swordsman's footsteps get closer and closer to her before stopping two meters from her position.
"I know you are not unconscious. Get up! Unless you want me to come and get you?" Her body shaking with pain, she pushed the rubble away and looked at the man in front of her.
"You're going to kill me anyway, so why are you playing with me?" Sandy raises an eyebrow and crosses his arms.
"I'm not going to kill you, at least... As long as you accept my proposal." The woman squints and gets back on her legs, slipping slightly on some rubble.
"What is your proposal?" The swordsman smiles and points to Nami.
"If you beat the redhead, then I will leave you alone. What do you say?" Nami widens her eyes in disbelief.
"What?! But... But..."
"I agree." The agent straightens up and begins to walk towards the navigator, who backs away more and more.
"Stop! I never agreed to this! Why are you doing this to me?!" She asks as she looks at Sandy who is now leaning against a wall. An amused smile appears on his lips.
"That's for trying to manipulate me. Take responsibility and beat this woman, I don't care if she kills you, you have to do it by yourself like a big girl.
"What?! You can't..." But she stops talking when sharp but slightly twisted fingers come towards her. She manages to dodge the attack by doing a roll. She quickly gets up and looks at Sandy, only to realize he's gone.
"SHIT! You owe me, BASTARD!" Another attack nearly pierces her head. She avoids it at the last moment with another roll. Without losing her rhythm, Nami runs straight ahead, hoping to put some distance between her and the slayer. Logically, the agent should be slower after having taken a wall, but her hypothesis quickly falls to water when the woman catches up with her three streets further.
"Stop running, little rabbit! You can't escape me!" The navigator gritted her teeth and pulled out her Usopp-enhanced staff. She had read the instructions quickly, but she could remember almost nothing about it, she just remembered that it can control the weather.
"Alright! You want to fight?! Then get ready to try my weather stick! It allows me to control the elements and the weather!" The woman squints her eyes and remains on guard.
"Really?" Nami smiles proudly and divides her staff into three parts to form a triangle.
"Eat my power! Fine Tempo!" Sandy, who is watching the fight from the rooftops, facespalms as the pigeons magically emerge from the triangle. "BUT WHAT A JERK!" Nami yells as she swings her staff on the ground, cursing Usopp. The slayer looks at her with squinted eyes. The navigator comes to her senses and resembles the stick to make some kind of gun, but only flowers come out of it. The woman blinks and starts to get angry, realizing that she was afraid of a girl who can't even defend herself.
"I'm tired of your tricks. Prepare to die!" The hands turn into sharp stakes. With a swift kick to the ground, she rushes at Nami to pierce her with a multitude of holes. Nami's clothes rip in her attempt to dodge. With another roll, Nami manages to put some distance back. "You're persistent."
Nami responds with a growl to the woman's condescending tone. While keeping her distance, the navigator reads the notice Usopp wrote for her. The urchin woman is not letting up and continuously attacks her, but almost miraculously, she never manages to hit Nami.
The swordsman looks at the fight with attention, Nami is not able to fight back yet, but she dodges all the attacks wonderfully. The streets are turned upside down and the walls are destroyed in Nami's flight. This could have gone on for a long time, if Nami hadn't changed her behavior and gained confidence in herself.
"Contrary to what you think! I do not run away from the fight! Know that for 8 years, the thief that I was, escaped death more than once and without anyone's help! So I forbid you to take me for the first kid that comes along!" The agent looks at her with a small amused smile.
"Oh... Sincerely sorry... But may I ask what makes you so confident?" Nami takes the first part of her stick and blows into it, sending a hot air bubble at the woman, then a cold air bubble, and finally an electricity bubble but it's not very effective...
"Shit! Why isn't it working!"
"I'm tired of playing, I really don't have time for this. Goodbye!" Again pic rushes at Nami, the navigator dodges again but the woman was expecting it and she takes the opportunity to get in close quarters with Nami to punch her in the stomach. The redhead acts instinctively and gives a powerful blow of stick to counter attack, the stick separates by striking the woman.
"Cyclo Tempo!" As if under her orders, the stick starts spinning faster and faster and throws the agent who will crash into a wall. Then like a boomerang, the stick comes back to Nami. She smiles and continues to read the notice to show a grimace to a possible comment of Usopp.
The woman gets up and runs back to Nami as she continues to read the instructions.
"What are you looking at?" Nami turns around with a cry of surprise. "Never look away during a fight to the death! "
Sandy's heart misses a beat as the agent finally manages to hit Nami by impaling her in the middle of the head, fingers can be seen running from one side to the other of the poor navigator's head and chest.
"KYAAAA!" But his concern and short-lived because Nami appears next to her by pulling her tongue.
"You believed it, huh! 3 "
"What?!"
"I changed the density of the air to refract the light, finally I'm doing pretty well with this weapon. "
"A... A mirage?! At this distance?!"
"The climate stick holds no secrets for me anymore! Prepare to die! !" The woman clenches her fists in anger, she hasn't been able to hit her since the fight started, but the kid can't do any damage to her, this fight is starting to become more and more of a battle of endurance.
"You're breaking my feet with your toy! A weapon is made to kill, otherwise it's useless!" The walls collapse one after the other after each attack of the agent. Nami rolls at each of her attachments, pouring water on the ground with her stick. "I'm really starting to get pissed off." The sharp fingers dig into her shoulders which makes them grow enormously. Nami takes the opportunity to blow into her stick to launch hot air bubbles that rise above her.
"Stinger power doping! " The agent's arms turned into a club covered with spikes. Which smashes walls and pylons, sending debris at Nami, creating cuts and bruises.
Sandy notices the presence of a very small white cloud that floats above the two fighters. Nami smiles when she sees it and sends more and more hot and cold bubbles to make it grow. But she is too concentrated on the cloud and does not pay attention to the attack of the agent who lacerates her arm and sends her to the ground.
"It's over!" She said as she raised her arms to deliver a killing blow to the redhead.
"SPEAK FOR YOURSELF! ! " Nami sends a bubble of electricity into the cloud which bursts in a deafening thunder. Sandy puts his hands on his ears not to become deaf. The lightning falls on the woman who roasts at the power of the discharge, but it is not enough and she strikes a new attack that goes through Nami.
"Today the weather will be clear, thanks to the passage of the high pressure. While the humidity and wind will remain stable. But in some areas, there will be a risk of mirage and strong wind. Watch out for tornadoes!" Nami appears behind the woman, who growls and charges her.
"Tornado tempo! " Two small birds attached to cables come out of the stick. Nami turns pale as she sees her attack and the agent smiles cruelly but the birds don't stay put and start circling around the agent spinning faster and faster.
"What's going on?!" Nami asks, clearly surprised. Then the stick comes off and sends the woman through the wall. The power is such that Nami falls to the ground and looks at the hole her attack made in the wall. On the other side, the woman urchin and totally unconscious.
The navigator breathes deeply before a smile appears on her lips and starts to laugh.
Sandy smiles at her victory, he is pleasantly surprised that Nami managed to beat this woman with so few injuries. Obviously, the training is starting to take effect.
"Well done, you managed to survive!" Nami flinches and turns her head towards him, her eyes staring angrily at him.
"YOU! ! How dare you reappear in front of me?! I almost died because of you!" Sandy rolls his eyes. He sits quietly on the rooftops and puts his head in his hand.
"Calm down, you're alive and you know how to use your gun now, who are you complaining about?"
"What am I complaining about... Do you really have no qualms about letting a frail young girl face danger?! Don't you have any shame?!"
"Shame? Why? I'm not a knight in shining armor, you know, plus I did some damage to that woman before your fight, so technically I helped you." Nami screams in anger and continues to insult him until he gets up and starts to leave.
"Hey! I'm not done! Where are you going?!" Sandy takes a deep breath and turns his head towards her.
"I have better things to do than listen to you insult me. We're in the middle of a war, let me remind you." Nami immediately calms down and looks around.
"It's true that I don't have time to waste, I have to find Vivi. But you don't waste anything to wait!" The navigator starts to run but stops, horrified, at Sandy's words.
"There's a bomb in this town, find it. Otherwise everyone will die." She turns to look at Sandy, but he has disappeared. Without waiting, Nami runs as fast as she can toward the palace.
Zoro is frustrated, really frustrated. He can't get past the defense of the man in front of him, Mr. 1. What's even more frustrating is that he technically knows how to hurt him and beat him, but his mastery of the weapon haki is not enough and it's not like he's able to throw air blades with his swords. He only manages to send gusts of wind that barely ruffle his opponent's clothes. But one thing he is sure of is that he will win this fight!
"You have no chance of beating me, give up."
"Keep talking, egghead. The more confident you are, the greater my victory will be!" The blades clash with Mr. 1's transformed arms. "You may have a body as strong as steel, but I know you're not invincible." The man looks at him with a neutral, bored face.
"Maybe, but by the time you figure it out, you'll already be dead." He swings his leg to slice through Zoro's legs, who dodges in extremis.
"Demon Slash! Tiger Slash!" Zoro quickly executes his two best techniques and sends his opponent to the ground in a plume of dust, but he gets up without difficulty and without a scratch.
"No matter how hard you try, you can never hurt me. You're just wasting time." The blows rained down one after another, and unlike Nami, the swordsman was slashed from all sides.
"Shit!"
"Stay focused if you want to stay alive." Mr. 1 delivers a powerful blow, which Zoro blocks with his blades, but the shockwave sends him crashing into the wall and he finds himself buried under the rubble. He hurts all over and he feels his blood escaping from his body. With an animalistic roar, he gets up and lifts the half of the house he fell under and throws it at the officer who looks at him with round eyes.
"A swordsman worth his salt must attack again and again!" Armed with his three swords, Zoro rushes towards his opponent who easily cuts the house into small cubes. "All I have to do is slice you up!" The swordsman gives attacks faster and faster and in angles almost impossible to avoid, he manages several times to hit the neck of Mr 1, in order to cut his head. But no matter how hard he tries, he can't manage to hurt him.
"You're starting to piss me off!"
"Me too." The man's arms begin to spin on themselves to form two drills with blades on each arm. The drills spin on themselves, causing the blades to glow, which are the entire length.
"What are you? A drill?"
"No... A killer." The blades clash once more. Both opponents force to push the other away, until the man smiles and withdraws his arm. This simple gesture causes Zoro to lose his balance and find himself defenseless against the other murderous arm that slams into the swordsman's chest. But no blood is spurted, Mr. 1 frowns at the absence of blood. Zoro is also surprised because instead of a sensation of pain, he feels a huge heat in his whole body. Is it the haki ? He doesn't have time to think more, he grabs his swords and brings the feeling of heat up to the tip of his swords. My swords are an extension of my body, I feel them, they are part of me. They are alive!
"DEMON SLASH! "
"ATOMIC SPURT!"
The sound of tearing flesh echoes through the deserted street, blood gushes from Mr. 1's chest as he falls to his knees.
"Thanks for the fight." Zoro looks straight ahead, despite the presence of the armament haki on his body, the last attack gave him a deep gash in the chest.
"Haaa... Ha... And now... What are you going to look for to slice... the diamond maybe?!"
"No... That would be a waste..." The man turns slightly and flashes a small smile despite the blood coming from his mouth.
"Haaa... I bow..." He falls heavily face down and doesn't move.
Sandy looks down from the rooftops and is happy that Zoro has finally managed to awaken his haki. A toothy grin decorates his lips, he will be able to move on to the second part of the training.
"Hey I know you're watching us! You can stop hiding!" Sandy blinks and sees Zoro looking in his direction. Not particularly surprised, he drops to the ground and walks quietly towards the bleeding swordsman.
"That was a good fight, I see you're just starting to understand how the haki works." Zoro takes a long look at him, detailing him. When he was locked in that sea granite cage, he didn't really have time to observe him. The red hair with black tips makes the man stand out in a crowd, his sharp red eyes give the impression that he can read your soul, and the long black and red coat with the burgundy shirt gives him the same style as Dracule Mihawk, but it's the swords at his belt that catch his eye, one is gray with a black snake on it, and the second blade is hidden by the long coat.
"Thanks for the compliment, and for the help earlier. Did you use the haki to cut the bars?" Sandy smiles and nods.
"Exactly, it seems that you know about the existence of haki. How did you learn about it? Most of the time, it's once you're in the new world that you know of its existence." Zoro grunts as he stretches his aching muscles, he feels Chopper is going to try to tie him to the bed again.
"It's our mentor who teaches us the haki. But don't count on me to tell you who it is." Sandy smiles and shrugs.
"I'm not going to ask in this case. But I can say that if you and your friends unlock the haki this early in your journey, then you should survive the new world." The green-haired swordsman flashes a toothy grin.
"We are not going to survive the new world, we are going to conquer it and become the most powerful crew this sea has ever seen." Sandy raises an eyebrow as he continues to smile.
"I'm looking forward to it, but it's not until you get to Sabaody that you can start making that kind of pitch."
"I suppose you're from the new world to give this kind of speech? " The swordsman asks as he puts his swords away at his belt and removes the scarf from his head.
"Indeed, I travel the world and write books about what I see. I must say that this war is likely to do a lot of damage, especially because of the bomb that is hidden somewhere in this city." Zoro's eyes widen at this revelation.
"Wait... Are you serious?! A bomb?! A fucking bomb?!" Sandy's smile fades a bit as he nods his head.
"Yes, the redhead and the cook already know about it. They must be heading for the palace. You should join them, the rebels are ready to sack it."
"The rebels? So Vivi couldn't stop them in time..." Mutters our swordsman.
"If you're talking about the princess, then I reassure you. She's fine and she's in the palace." Zoro nods his head, reassured. "On the other hand... Crocodile is also in the palace." Zoro's body tenses to the extreme and looks at him with wide eyes.
"WHAT?! COULDN'T YOU HAVE STARTED THERE?! I don't have time to waste!" Sandy watches Zoro go in one direction.
"Uh... The palace is that way." Zoro skids and walks past him, growling that he knew it. Sandy rolls his eyes before leaving for the palace. Now everyone has defeated their agent and is heading for the palace. The waves that Sandy perceives do not reassure him at all. Vivi is in distress and Crocodile is gloating, he also feels the aura of the king of Alabasta who is in a very bad way. He quickens his pace and soon sees the huge building, hundreds of years old and which has housed the royal family for several generations. The royal guards are tense and face the rebels who start to invade the place. The fighting is violent and bruising, the cries of rage and pain are barely muffled by the sound of clashing weapons and falling bodies.
Sandy's eyes turn dark at the spectacle caused by Crocodile.
"One day you'll have to pay for those deaths, Croky. Too bad it's not me who has to judge you. Let's hope you make it up to me one day..." With a leap through the air, the red-haired swordsman arrives in the palace courtyard, only to see Vivi screaming at a young man on the ground. And Crocodile fighting a jackal man in very bad shape.
"As long as I am alive, I will fight!" Says the Shichibukai's opponent.
"That's what I call stupidity..." Said the sand man in an annoyed tone.
"Koza, Vivi, get out of here! I should be able to hold him for a few more minutes!" The two youngsters nod and head to the square to stop the rebels. Crocodile growls as he looks at the runaways, but he is currently occupied by the man in front of him.
Vivi and Koza try to stop the war by raising the white flag, for 5 minutes the calm has returned. If only the infiltrators from Baroque Works were not in both armies and re-launching hostilities by shooting Koza in the back.
"NOOOO! " Vivi screams while crying. A swirl of sand rises up on the battlefield, blocking the view of both sides, the infiltrators had a field day and were continuously shooting through the sand cloud.
"Crocodile. You created this whirlwind, didn't you? " Asks Vivi to Crocodile, who flashes a toothy grin, the jackal man's body at his feet. "I have 15 minutes left to stop the bomb! I can still save lives! !" The shichibukai displays a scowling face.
"And if I do this... What if I do this..." The man appears in front of the princess and grabs her neck to lift her off the ground. "Face reality! ! YOU can't do anything to stop them anymore! ! You look bad with your ideals! You don't have the strength to stand up to me!" Vivi struggles to breathe, but her face is determined.
"I maybe look bad! But I will never give up my ideals!" How can you understand?! I am the princess of this kingdom! I will never bend before you! !" Crocodile lets out an annoyed sigh as he clenches his fingers.
"You are pathetic..."
"I LOVE THIS COUNTRY!"
"Vivi..." Murmurs King Cobra with difficulty, who is spread-eagled on the palace wall.
"There are still 15 minutes left before the explosion... Good thing the last of the rebels haven't arrived yet. To think that they are all going to certain death... Without knowing anything about the fate that awaits them." Crocodile's feet lead him to the edge of the wall. Vivi finds herself with her feet in the air, several dozen meters above the ground.
"That's enough, Crocodile! Stop!" Begs the king.
Sandy tenses and his heart beats rapidly in his chest, if Crocodile drops the princess, the fall will be deadly. Quickly scanning the city, he detects the straw hats all over the buildings, desperately looking for the bomb. Besides, Luffy is in the city and he quickly runs to the palace. But if Crocodile drops the girl in the next second, then she will die.
"Dear Princess, if you had warned the royal troops that the esplanade was going to explode, you might have triggered a general panic, but you would still have saved thousands of lives... With your good feelings, you wanted to save everyone and this is the result... Because of you, they will all die! All your dear little fellow citizens..." Crocodile mutters in an amused tone. "You and yours made me laugh!" He chuckles at Vivi's tears. "Thank you again for serving as a spy for my organization during these two years. But in the end, you will have failed on every front." Sandy feels Luffy coming on fast. "This country is doomed! And there's nothing you can do about it!" With a cruel laugh, Crocodile's hand disappears in a cloud of sand and lets Vivi fall into the void. The king screams in pain as his daughter disappears into the void and Crocodile laughs out loud but not for long as Luffy finally arrives on the back of a giant hawk and catches the princess in midair.
Sandy breathes a sigh of relief, he can leave the reins to the straw hat and enjoy the show.
"CROCODILE! I'M GOING TO DESTROY YOU!" They barely reach the ground when Luffy rushes at Crocodile. The sandman is surprised to see that the kid is alive, but he still flashes a mocking smile. No matter what the straw hat does, he can't touch him. Or so he thought, as Luffy's fist made contact with his jaw and sent him flying. Sandy's eyebrows go up high on his forehead, even though it's almost imperceptible, Luffy's fists were coated with haki, but he's unstable, it shouldn't have been enough. Crocodile rolls on the ground spitting out a ball of blood.
"You brat..." Luffy doesn't wait for him to get up to give him another blow that also hits his target, that's when Sandy notices the water barrel attached to his back.
Clever... The water agglomerates the sand and makes it solid. Not bad at all.
Crocodile and Luffy enter in a serious fight. Luffy throws punches but Crocodile doesn't let himself be hit and starts to dodge the attacks and especially to attack the water barrel.
"Haaa! My barrel!"
"Look at you, you want to beat me, but you panic when you don't have your barrel... You're really pathetic!" For all answer, Luffy drinks the whole of his water barrel and he becomes a water ball. "But you are laughing at me! You insolent little brat!" Luffy sends him a huge water bubble that soaks him from head to toe. If it weren't for the noise of the battlefield, we would have heard laughter coming from the sky and echoing through the streets.
Seeing Crocodile's surprised face, Sandy/Stella burst out laughing while Aoi and Maru immortalize his face. I'll have to send him the picture! Hahahahaha!
While Luffy and Crocodile fight, Vivi and Pell scour the streets for the bomb, until they find Nami.
"Nami!" The navigator turns to the princess and throws herself into her arms.
"Vivi! Are you okay?! There's a bomb somewhere in the city!"
"I know! We have 10 minutes to find it! Where are the others?"
"10 MINUTES?! We have to hurry! The others are looking for it too! They haven't found it yet, but they've already looked at half the buildings!"
Vivi, Nami and Pell each go their own way to look for the bomb.
Sandy spots Nico Robine pulling the stakes out of the king's arms and he falls to the ground.
"Take me to the pongeglyph!" The king flails on the ground and struggles to his feet.
"What good will it do you to see it?!" Mercilessly, Robine uses her power to bend the king's arms behind his back.
"Don't ask stupid questions. Just take me there!" The woman notices the look on Luffy's face. "Hey hey hey. You too... Your fate could end here. Time is running out." Without another glance, Robine picks up the king and leaves for the palace.
Sandy bites his lips, Robine wants nothing more to do with him, but in no way does he want to abandon her. With one last look at Luffy, the swordsman sets off in pursuit of Robine as he leaves the palace and walks quickly between the streets, only to be intercepted by the navy.
"We will never let you pass! Please release the king immediately!" Tachigi warns, drawing her weapon. Robine's face darkens.
"In that case... I will have to kill you!"
"NO! Don't mind me! There is a battle going on right now on the palace esplanade! At exactly 4:30 pm, everything will explode! You must do something! A million men are going to die!"
"What?! There are only seven minutes left..." Said the swordswoman, looking at her watch. "Alright, we'll stop the explosion... But let us save you first!" Panic shows on the king's face.
"Wait! This woman-"
"ON GUARD!"
"Out of my way! Trente fleurs struch!" Arms appear on all the soldiers and break their necks. Panic grips the soldiers as they see their colleagues fall to the ground.
"Staff Sergeant! This woman she's...she's Nico Robine! Since she was 8 years old, she has a bounty of 79 million Berrys! However, she has never been seen since that age."
"That's enough! Either you let me pass! Or you will all die! ! It's one or the other!" Tachigi growls in frustration.
"Take all the soldiers to the plaza! Find a way to stop the explosion!"
"But Staff Sergeant..."
"EXECUTION!"
"At your orders! ! The soldiers left, leaving Tachigi facing Robine.
"Drop it now!" Robine is really annoyed. In an instant Tachigi's sword is turned towards her and pointed at her throat. Two more hands cover her mouth to keep her from screaming. The hands force more and more on her neck.
Sandy watches as Robine takes down the young Marine. When she beat all the other Marines, he grunted slightly. Life is important to him, but luckily they were only unconscious, which made him feel better. Robine didn't become the monster everyone imagined, she was just defending herself, just like him. This thought alone warms his heart and he hopes that she will not make the same mistake as him. In any case, he will do everything so that it never happens.
Hello everyone! Sorry for the delay :(
I don't really have an excuse except the release of pokemon... °-°
Don't hit me please!
Anyway I hope you like this adventure because I'm going to finish it. I already have the end on Sabaody, but I still have some choices to make on some branch of the scenario, especially before Skypea. But you will find out soon. Bye !