Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine came out of the woods. Mr. 5 aimed his revolver at Usopp.

"Behind you, you idiot!" Aya warned Usopp. Usopp noticed the agent fired his gun and quickly rode Karoo, dodging the bullets. Mr. 5 fired at Usopp again. Karoo jumped into the air. "Special attack Exploding Star!" Usopp fired a shot. Miss Golden week's eyes widen seeing that it was aimed at her. But the shot hit Luffy, instead, catching him on fire.

"What an idiot! He missed the target and hit his friend, instead!" Miss Valentine laughed. Usopp noticed the bomb agent didn't fire anymore bullets from his gun, assuming that he was out.

"Good, that was the last of his bullets." Usopp sighed in relief.

"Did I forget to mention that my breath can also make explosions?" Mr. 5 said. Usopp eyes widen seeing the agent spit into the barrel of the revolver creating more bullets and fired at Usopp and Karoo. Usopp and Vivi's bird were blasted back and landed on the ground near Aya. Usopp groaned as he pushed himself up.

"Damn, I can't believe this guy. He didn't have any bullets to begin with. Karoo, are you alright?" Karoo made a weak squawk in response. "Luffy! Have you snapped out of it yet?"

"Yeah. I'm good now, thanks." Luffy got up, his shirt was completely burned off and glared at the agents.

"So, his plan this whole time was to burn the color trap on the straw hat's shirt." Miss Valentine frowned as she gritted her teeth.

"I'm tired this stupid paint. I'm not going to let you hurt anymore of my friends! Now I'm really mad!" Luffy shouted.


Sanji and Ichi had made it back to the Merry and was waiting for everyone to return.

"This is getting weird. It's been a long time. No one's come back. I wonder what's going on." Sanji frowned.

"Maybe they're in trouble?" Ichi suggested.

"This island's crazy. Anything could've happened to Nami, Aya, or Vivi and the others. I guess cooking this lizard may have to wait for a while." He hopped off the ship to go look for everyone. Ichi followed after him and the two headed deeper into the woods.

"Hey Nami! Aya! Vivi! Can you hear me?! Hey, beautiful ladies if you can hear me, please just say something!" A sabertooth lunged out and attacked Sanji. The cook delivered a hard kick, beating the tiger up. Sanji and Ichi rode on the beast and Sanji continued to call out to the girls but received no response.

"Hey there's a strange house up ahead!" Ichi pointed out. In front of them, Sanji saw a cubed house made out of wax. The two hopped off the tiger and it ran away from the back into the woods. Sanji and Ichi stepped closer to the house.

"That's strange what's this?" Sanji questioned.

"It looks like a base of some kind." Ichi replied, picking his nose. Sanji's eyes widen and he quickly turned his head to Ichi only to have a booger flung at his face.

"What is wrong with you!?" Sanji shouted at him. Ichi blinked but shrugged his shoulders.

"Let's go inside!" He grinned.


"Oh, you're mad, are you? Look at your friends. Being mad ain't going to do them any good." Mr. 5 smirked.

"Oh yes it will! They're still alive!" Luffy shouted.

"Are they now? Look again. All they need is some of Miss Golden Week's paint and they'll be perfect wax statues. You're too late to save them. They're gone and you know it!" Mr. 5 said.

"Mr. 5 is right about that. Your friends are finished, and you were too late to help them and now it's your turn to die!" Mr. 3 shouted, getting back up again. His entire body was encased in wax armor, making him even taller as he approached Luffy. Usopp's eyes widen and screamed. Luffy's eyes widen, staring at it in awe.

"What the heck is that?" Luffy shouted.

"I need an extra special paint job for my armor, Miss Golden Week." Mr. 3 told her.

"After that, can I take a break?" She asked.

"Why yes, we can go for tea. I'd prefer if you stayed out of this actually. With this armor I'm utterly impervious to harm. This suit is hard of iron and it may be made out of wax but it's impossible for anyone to pierce and you don't stand a chance against it!" Mr. 3 said.

"Wow, that's so cool!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Why are you admiring him!?" Usopp shouted.

"Idiot." Aya sighed.

Luffy began to clash against Mr. 3 but his fist was bouncing off the agent's hard armor with each hit.

"Not good! Luffy's attacks won't work against that guy's armor!" Usopp gritted his teeth in frustration. He coughed when some of the falling white particles went up his nose. "The wax is choking me."

"Wait a minute...Usopp!" Aya called out to him. He turned to her. "Yeah!?"

"What happens to wax once fire hits it!" She shouted. Usopp's eyes widen.

"Of course! Why didn't I realize it before now! It's all wax! Which means that it must be able to melt! Luffy! We need to use fire! No matter how hot it is, wax is still wax! The others all hardened a few moments ago. We should still be able to save them!" the sniper shouted to Luffy.

"No way, seriously!?" Luffy grinned.

"Yeah, that's correct." Miss Golden week said.

"You idiot! Don't tell them that!" Mr. 3 hissed at her.

"Even if you just now realized it now. You have no hope. They have 30 seconds left at most and after that they're hardened." Mr. 3 replied, smirking.

"I'll save them right now! I don't need 30 seconds!" Luffy shouted.

"I'll use a fire bullet!" Usopp was about to fire but Mr. 5 shot Usopp. The bullet exploded blasting the sniper down.

"Usopp, no!" Aya cried out and so did Luffy when they saw him fall to the ground.

"When we say that you don't stand a chance, it's best that you believe us." Mr. 5 said.

"Damn it! We're running out of time!" Luffy shout, gritting his teeth and continued to fight against Mr. 3.

"Just give up!" Mr. 3 shouted.

Karoo stood over Usopp, looking down at him, worried. "Listen, I need you to grab hold of this rope, Karoo." Usopp told Vivi's bird, holding the rope in his hand and began to explain his plan to Karoo.

"Well, what's going on here?" Miss Valentine smirked. Usopp and Karoo both squeaked. "Now what are you two planning? Do you think I can try join in on the fun?"

"Karoo...Get going!" Usopp shouted. Karoo quickly ran, pulling the rope with him. Mr. 5 tried to fire at the bird but he dodged the agent's attacks as he ran wildly, wrapping the rope around the cake.

"I don't know why you bother." Miss Valentine replied. She sat down on top of Usopp's back, putting on more pressure.

"Aw, geez." the sniper groaned.

"I wonder just how much kilograms that you'll be able to endure." She smirked. "10 kilograms, 100 kilograms, 200 kilograms, 300 kilograms." Usopp felt like his spine was about to snap in two.

"Usopp!' Aya shouted. She struggled trying to break the wax from her hands and feet.

"Your friends are a part of my collection now! Accept it!" Mr. 3 laughed.

"They're not! There's no way that I'm going to let you have my friends, candle boy!" Luffy shouted then he grabbed the agent by his hair, dragging him over to Usopp. "Hey, Usopp! I got some fire! We can use it!"

"Hold on! That tiny little flame isn't going to work quickly enough! Go to where Karoo is at! The rope! Light that on fire!" Usopp shouted.

"How is that supposed to help us!?" Luffy shouted.

"Just trust me on this! I covered the whole thing in oil!" Usopp explained.

"Okay everyone, it's time to wake up!" Luffy quickly the agent, who was kicking and screaming trying to break free.

"It's the only way. They should be alright." Usopp said, hopefully.

"Stop it! Let go!" The candle man shouted. Luffy flunged the agent slamming him to the ground and ignited the rope with Mr. 3's hair and the entire cake was engulfed in flames.

"Oops. I hope the others don't get all burned up." Luffy grimaced.

"Curse you, you stupid straw hat pirate! You destroyed my precious candle set! How dare you!? You'll pay for this!" Mr. 3 shouted, furiously. His wax armor was melting away from the heat and slipped from his body. He quickly escaped and ran.

"No! You're not getting away with this!" Luffy shouted, angrily, chasing the agent into the woods. Karoo quickly followed Luffy, chasing after the agent.

"Damn it! How dare you mock Baroque Works agents!" Mr. 5 growled.

Miss Valentine was punching Usopp in the face as she sat on top of him. "I'm sick and tired of dealing with you and your friends, got that?!" Miss Valentine growled, glaring down at the sniper. "Okay, play time is really over now! I'm going to break that scrawny little neck of yours into a million pieces!" She quickly hopped into the air and began to float down, plummeting faster as she added more pressure. "10,000-kilogram drop!"

Usopp groaned as he tried to move, but he was completely exhausted. He closed his tightly as the woman dropped closer about to get crushed. At least Aya was safe. That's all that matters. Suddenly, two figures jumped out of the cake and smacked Miss Valentine off course from Usopp. Usopp saw her crashed into the ground and quickly looked up to see Nami and Vivi, land on the ground. The two girls were a little burnt and singed from the fire and Nami's shirt was completely gone, wearing a bra instead.

"That was really hot!" Vivi smiled.

"Couldn't you have thought of a better plan?!" Nami smirked.

"Aren't you just a little bit grateful?" Usopp growled.

"You have a point there, thanks!" Nami winked.

"It's amazing. I can't believe that we're actually alive!" Vivi said.

"Got out of the wax, did you? Well, I've had enough! We cannot afford to screw up our mission anymore!" Mr. 5 shouted, aiming at three straw hats.

"Hey, Mr. 5! Special attack Exploding star!" Usopp got up and fired at the agent.

"You fool! Haven't you figured it out that your pathetic attacks don't affect me at all!?" the agent said and caught the shot in his mouth.

"You took the bait." Usopp smirked at him. "I'm sorry, I just told a little lie. That wasn't a exploding star, that was a special Tabasco star!" Mr. 5 let out a scream. "Hot! Hot! Hot!"

"I had to learn how effective that thing was the hard way!" Usopp laughed.

"Damn you, you stupid pirate! I refuse to let you make a mockery of me!" Mr. 5 exclaimed. He charged at Usopp, grabbing him. "Time for a full body explosion! There will be nothing left of you!" Usopp screamed as he struggled to break out the agent's grip.

"Let go of me!" Usopp cried out.

"Let him go!" Nami shouted. Then someone tapped the agent's shoulder from behind. Mr. 5 quickly turned around only to met with a hard fist to the face. Mr. 5 released Usopp and was sent flying. Usopp grinned, looking up to see Aya now free from her wax.

"Aya!" He cried out, hugging her tightly. "I'm sorry that I left you! I-" But Usopp was met to a kiss on the lips, shutting him up.

"I forgive you." she told him.

"Aw man, I wanted to test out my flaming swords!" The two heard Zoro pout and turned to see the swordsman and L, standing next to the girls.

"Zoro!" Aya called out to him.

"Hey, glad to see it that you made it out alive." Usopp told L. L nodded.

"Yeah."

Then the group saw Broggy starting to move as he got up. "Master?"

"So now it seems, two foes are left." Broggy chuckled.


Luffy and Karoo continued to chase after Mr. 3. "Bird, let's get em! Real men don't interfere with someone else's fight!" Luffy shouted. Then the straw hat's eyes widen in surprise and he stopped. "What's going on?"

In front of Luffy were multiple wax statues of Mr. 3 scattered around. The real one was hiding amongst them. But where? Luffy continued to search through them. The agent laughed.

"Can you figure it which one is the real one? I'd say you went up against the wrong people. You're not much for my intellectual prowess and artistic ability. You're just another buffoon who acts on blind instincts and uses his own brawn to solve his own problems! You can't hope to catch on intellectual guy like me!" Mr. 3 shouted. "I am a Baroque Works agent! Every assignment that is given to me I see it through to its end! If you think you're ready, then just step forward! That's right just take a step and as soon as your back is turned, I'm going to stab you! Right through that pathetic and noble little heart of yours." He finished, laughing, evilly.

Luffy lifted his leg up and threw it back then shot it straight forward. His foot slammed right into Mr. 3's face, making an imprint, and knocked the agent into the tree.

"How did you know!? That this is where I was..." He groaned and fell to the ground unconscious.

"Instinct."


Sanji sighed as he drank from his tea, while he and Ichi were inside the wax base.

"A perfect addition to the afternoon. Wait! What am I doing?! I shouldn't be sitting here all relaxing casually sipping tea without a care in the world! Nami, Aya, Vivi and the others could be waiting right now for me to come and help them! I am still curious about one thing though, what is a nice relaxing place like this doing smack in the middle of a creepy jungle?" Sanji questioned.

"Why do you think a house like this is in the woods?" Ichi asked.

"Let's look around." Sanji told him. While Sanji was searching for clues, Ichi stood up and his foot tapped into a basket lying on the floor near the table. Sanji walked over and opened the basket, revealing a snail with a microphone attached to it inside.

"A Den Den Mushi snail?"

The snail began to ring.

"Yeah, hello, you've reached the crap cafe. Can I take your order?" Sanji answered.

"You can quit fooling around now, jackass. Now then, your report is a little bit late don't you think?" another voice replied on the other end.

"My report? And just to whom am I exactly speaking to?" Sanji asked.

"Me. Mr. 0."