“What are you trying to do?!” Nami shouted angrily, glaring at the enormous lion blocking their path.
“Obviously, I’m going to destroy the Straw Hat Pirates’ ship!” Mohji said, poking his head out from behind Richie.
“That way they won’t be able to set sail!” “Huh?!” Then he recognized them.
“Aren’t you the companions of Straw Hat Boy?!” The moment he saw who they were, Mohji became furious.
“Richie, bite them to death!” Anyone connected to the Straw Hat Pirates deserved to die!
“What do we do?!” Nami panicked.
That lion was huge!
It could easily bite them in half!
“I’ve got an idea!” Usopp had just heard the lion’s stomach growl.
Maybe the beast was just hungry.
With that thought in mind, he took an egg out of his pocket and loaded it into his slingshot.
“Special Attack: Egg Star!’ Seeing Usopp’s attack, Nami froze in disbelief before she punched him squarely in the face.
“How could an attack like that possibly work?!” ‘At least use gunpowder!
Or lead bullets!
Anything would be better than an egg!’ “Relax.” Usopp pushed her hand away.
“Just watch.” “Watch what?
Watch it fa…” Nami turned around and was immediately rendered speechless.
“It actually worked?!” The lion had completely abandoned them and run off to eat the egg!
‘Just how greedy are you for food?!’ She didn’t even know where to start with complaining about this.
“Hey, Richie!
This isn’t mealtime!” Mohji shouted, feeling thoroughly embarrassed.
You couldn’t have picked a worse moment to let him down.
Unfortunately, Richie had no interest in listening to him.
Right now, all the lion cared about was eating.
“Fine.
I’ll do it myself.” Mohji snorted.
They were just two little pests.
After all, he was the vice-captain of the Buggy Pirates!
Just then, several lead bullets suddenly flew in from a distance, narrowly missing him.
“Who the hell was that?!” Mohji roared angrily.
“Do you have any idea how easy it is to hit me by accident?!” Then he saw who had fired.
“…Marines?!” ‘Why were Marines here?!’ “Straw Hat Pirates, you’re surrounded!” The Marine officer leading the squad shouted.
“Surrender peacefully, or we’ll open fire!” “Wait, I’m not part of the Straw Hat Pir…” “Fire!” The sudden barrage nearly took Mohji’s life.
Terrified, he flattened himself against the ship’s hull and didn’t dare move.
“Why are you only shooting at me?!” “There are two other people standing right here!
Can’t you see them?!” “And I’m not even a member of the damn Straw Hat Pirates!” The Marines thought about it for a moment.
That actually made sense.
A portion of them immediately shifted their rifles toward Nami and Usopp.
“What do we do…” Usopp began to panic.
At this distance, he didn’t even have room to make use of his marksmanship.
They had gotten too close!
“Wait!” Usopp suddenly remembered something.
“Nami!
Didn’t Kain give you those three balls before we came here?” His eyes lit up.
“Quick!
Throw one!” “Oh, right!” Nami remembered as well.
She immediately reached into her pocket, pulled out one of the spheres, and hurled it toward the Marines with all her strength.
“Woman, have you completely lost your mind?!” Mohji said, speechless.
Did she really think a tiny little ball could… BOOM!
A deafening explosion erupted, causing the Marines in the distance to instantly blasted off their feet and sent flying.
Mohji: ???
Looking at the miserable state of the Marines, Mohji sucked in a sharp breath.
The shock was so great that his nose started running.
That weapon was terrifying!
‘Did that woman actually have such a terrifying weapon?’ ‘And she had three of them?!’ Fortunately, she hadn’t remembered to use one on him earlier… No, he couldn’t stay here any longer.
If this continued, he might actually lose his life.
With that thought, Mohji quietly kicked Richie, signaling that it was time to run.
Richie immediately understood.
Scooping Mohji onto his back, the lion turned and sprinted away as fast as it could.
Nami didn’t even get a chance to say anything.
“Ahahahahaha!
They were scared off by my overwhelming presence!” Usopp declared proudly as he watched the fleeing man and beast.
“Fine, I’ll spare your lives this time!” “The next time you see me, remember to take a detour… Hahahahaha!” “Enough already.
Get on the ship.” Nami glanced at the sky in the distance.
“The storm is about to hit.
We need to get ready.” Just as the two climbed aboard, Luffy’s voice echoed from a nearby alley.
“Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Get on the ship!
We’re finally going to the Grand Line!
I’m so excited!” “Luffy and the others are back!” Usopp exclaimed happily, sticking his head out to look.
Sure enough, it was Luffy and the rest of the crew.
“Hey!” Usopp stood up and waved.
“Everyone, get on board!” “Coming!” As Kain approached, he glanced at the scorched ground nearby, and the Marines scattered all over the place.
“Good thing I gave her something for self-defense beforehand.” “Everyone, hurry up!” Nami called from the deck.
“The storm is about to start!
But the wind is blowing in our favor.
We can use it to leave this place!” Once everyone was aboard, Smoker came charging out from a distance, roaring furiously: “Stop right there!” “You…” Before he could finish speaking, an intense sense of danger flooded his mind.
Without hesitation, he immediately transformed into smoke.
The next moment, Kain raised his hand and shouted: “Detonate.” BOOM!
A massive explosion blasted a crater into the spot where Smoker had been standing.
At the same time, the Going Merry caught the shockwave and surged forward, speeding away into the distance!
“Damn it!” Realizing there was no longer any way to catch up, Smoker slammed his fist into the ground in fury.
“That damned Straw Hat Boy…
that damned scientist… You just wait!” On the honor of a Marine Colonel, he swore he would bring those two bastards to justice!
“Tashigi!” “Sir!” Tashigi, who had just arrived, instinctively snapped to attention and saluted.
“Prepare a ship for me.
I’m going after those bastards!” “Yes, sir!” Without the slightest hesitation, Tashigi turned and rushed off to carry out the order.
“Colonel, that violates regulations…” A nearby Lieutenant said hesitantly.
“Leaving without authorization from Headquarters…” “Don’t use those old fools to pressure me.” Smoker shot him a cold glance.
“Since when have I ever cared about them?” After all, Smoker was famous throughout the Marines as a troublemaker.
Just notify Headquarters and tell them to send someone to take over this area.
As for him… He was going after the pirates himself.
He had to capture this entire pirate crew!
(End Of This Chapter)