As soon as the words fell, a white light appeared before Lynn.
Tap, tap.
The sound of leather shoes striking the ground echoed.
Capone Bege appeared, dressed in a godfather-style suit, a burning cigar dangling from his mouth, his expression arrogant.
“The Boss has ordered: grab your gear and all come out to fight!”
A large door opened in his abdomen, and small figures holding weapons jumped out, rapidly growing to normal size.
This was the power of the Castle-Castle Fruit!
Capone Bege could shrink people and items to carry them inside his body, effectively making him a mobile fortress.
Normally, card characters cannot carry items during transportation; as for Capone’s cigar and clothes, they came with his summoning.
If it were Chopper, only he could arrive; no subordinates or firearms could be brought along.
But Capone Bege’s ability could achieve this.
No matter where Lynn was, he could bring people and things along, and this ability alone had immense strategic value.
A dense sound of footsteps rang out as about twenty gangsters in uniform suits entered, most holding machine guns, with some even carrying rocket launchers and flamethrowers.
In the month or so since Lynn had left, Capone had fully utilized his talents, returning to his most familiar line of work: the gangster business.
Relying on the startup funds Lynn had left behind and his own exceptional strength, he acted with ruthless decisiveness, first targeting relatively weak gangs…
robbing the robbers was always the fastest way to get started.
Over this period, he had established a foundation; the reputation of the Capone Family had gradually spread, with various businesses under his name and hundreds of subordinates in total.
The twenty-plus people he brought were all core members, the most reliable batch in terms of ability and loyalty.
In an instant, the previously empty ice cave was flooded with over twenty people, who stood fully armed in front, protecting Lynn behind them.
Although in a supernatural world, quantity could never surpass quality, and true powerhouses could not be overwhelmed by sheer numbers of the weak, at this current stage, having subordinates was still quite useful.
On the other side, Eugene stared blankly, just dumbfounded as he watched the large force suddenly summoned, his throat moving as he was unable to speak.
Had he seen wrong?
Could Franklin be a spatial-type Nen User?
Or perhaps, were these people Nen Beasts he had materialized?
They didn’t look like Nen Beasts, though.
In all honesty, Eugene felt both explanations were nonsense.
But he couldn’t think of a third explanation…
“I have to admit, Franklin, you are quite interesting.”
Suluk stared at the suddenly appearing crowd, speaking in a muffled voice first, then changing his tone to speak sarcastically, “You don’t really think that having a few more people will allow you to beat me, do you?”
He could see that these people were merely ordinary humans; what did it matter if they held weapons?
“No, Suluk, you underestimate humans too much,” Lynn said expressionlessly.
“Human methods are far more numerous than you imagine.”
This time, Capone and his men didn’t just bring conventional weapons; they also included special high-yield explosives.
Of course, they were far inferior to the miniature rose from the original work, but their power was still not to be underestimated.
However, unless it was a last resort, Lynn didn’t intend to use them.
It would be troublesome if the ice cave collapsed.
“Attack!”
Capone Bege immediately ordered, and almost simultaneously, dense gunfire erupted within the ice cave.
Flames flashed at the dark muzzles, and bullets carrying the scent of gunpowder rained down on Suluk…
Facing this level of attack, he didn’t even have the desire to dodge.
Vines were broken and even shattered, but they regenerated at an astonishing speed; it was still ineffective.
However, this was also within expectations.
While the front row fired frantically, the subordinates in the back threw various items at Suluk, including oil barrels, grenades, and more.
Although Suluk didn’t know what these things were, he also instinctively counterattacked, with multiple vines flying out at high speed.
The vines not only attacked the thrown objects but also flew toward the group.
In the air, the pierced oil barrels spilled a large amount of gasoline, while the grenades exploded on the spot, igniting the gasoline.
In the blink of an eye, the ice cave turned into a sea of fire, with raging flames surrounding Suluk.
As for the vines flying toward his subordinates, they were either blocked by Lynn’s ice walls or dealt with by Capone, causing no casualties.
“This is… fire?!”
Suluk immediately roared, his tone mixed with extreme dread.
His only weakness was fire.
If the fire were small, it would be fine; he could escape by actively severing his vines.
But if his whole body were set ablaze…
his self-healing ability would completely fail, leaving him with no chance of survival!
Why!
Why did Lynn suddenly conjure so many people?
And why did they carry weapons that countered him?
Suluk fell into confusion.
Was this what Lynn meant by… This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
human methods?
The scorching sea of fire swept through the ice cave.
For a moment, the solid ice mixed with frozen earth began to melt slowly, the air temperature rose, and it turned into a heatwave blowing toward Suluk.
The sea of fire spanned the center between the two sides and was closer to Suluk.
He hadn’t been burned yet, but it was hard to say after a while; Lynn’s subordinates were still throwing things, and the sea of fire was expanding at a rapid speed.
At this critical moment, like someone clutching at a last straw and refusing to let go, Suluk attacked the group with all his might.
But the fire had already taken hold; some vines were burned to ash by the flames in the middle, and others that managed to pass through the sea of fire were also intercepted, failing to cause any effective attack.
Finally, under the bombardment of multiple incendiary bombs, Suluk inevitably caught fire.
Extreme pain swept through every part of his body, and he could only frantically sever his vines to prevent the fire from spreading further.
But as long as the fire wasn’t extinguished, this method was only treating the symptoms, not the root cause.
Soon, Lynn saw Suluk wailing and rolling in the man-high sea of fire, his body size shrinking at a visible rate.
As expected, he had guessed right!
Suluk’s weakness was fire; when burned by fire, his self-healing ability would fail.
As long as this weakness was grasped, it would be much easier to deal with, as Suluk’s truly troublesome aspect was his Heaven-Defying self-healing ability.
At this point, the situation on the field reversed once again.
On the verge of death, Suluk completely extinguished any thoughts of a counterattack, with only one thought in his mind—escape and survive!
He intended to endure the sea of fire and escape through the cave entrance…
Judging by the burning situation, he could still hold on for another ten seconds, which was enough time for him to escape the ice cave.
But how could Lynn possibly give him this opportunity?
When Suluk, in an extremely poor state, covered in flames, and unable to even perform vine attacks, approached the entrance, what he saw was Capone Bege standing like a gatekeeper, defending the spot.
“Ugly monster.”
“Since you are a plant, then just honestly burn to death!”
“In your next life, don’t offend people you shouldn’t offend!”
After speaking, Capone Bege wrapped his right hand in dense Armament Haki, grabbed Suluk, and violently threw him back into the sea of fire.
Boom!!
The flames suddenly soared.
A few moments later, Lynn discovered he had obtained two new cards, which meant Suluk had been completely defeated by him.
Successfully dealt with a [Calamity]!