LRAB Chapter 498 Are all swordsmen this arrogant?
Chapter 498 Are all swordsmen this arrogant?
"I'm fine. I can maintain this form for three minutes using the Rumble Ball. I'm not the same as before!" Chopper grinned in his beast form.
"Unbelievable! That's not a berserk rage, it's a comrade-in-arms!" Usopp shouted excitedly as he looked at Chopper. "He's so reliable!!"
"Even if you say that, I won't be happy, you bastard~" The gigantic Chopper said shyly, waving his hands from side to side.
"How terrifying!" Usopp said shyly as he looked at Chopper in this form.
"Those fierce officers were no match for the Straw Hat crew! They're amazing!"
The Right Minister looked at the Straw Hat crew in the square in shock and said that all the officers of the New Fishman Pirates had been taken care of by the Straw Hat crew. Now only Hody, who was fighting Straw Hat Luffy, was left on the field. The drug that he had taken kept him going, allowing him to get up again after being knocked down by Straw Hat Luffy several times.
"Dong dong!"
Suddenly, a huge footstep sounded, and everyone looked up to see a giant fishman leaping down from above the square, bigger than a dried squid.
"That's a bald sea monster! Why is he coming here?!" the fishman above the plaza exclaimed in terror.
"Hey!! What a huge monster!!" Usopp yelled in terror as he watched the bald sea monster charging towards the Sunny, then immediately turned to Chopper in his beast form and shouted, "Chopper, charge!!"
"Ah!?" Chopper's face, despite his enormous size, showed obvious panic. "I...me!?"
Sanji casually kicked away the fishman at his feet, and looked at Lucci and Ace, who were still leisurely standing on the bow of the ship talking even as the bald sea monster charged at them. Sanji couldn't help but click his tongue and say, "Those two guys are really leisurely!"
Jinbe shouted, "Bald monster, what are you doing here?!"
"Hand over Captain Daken right now!"
Jinbe adopted a fighting stance, saying, "In that case, I'll be your opponent, Baldy!"
"Captain Deacon! I'm here to save you!" The bald sea monster shouted, ignoring Jinbe's words.
"Bah ho ho ho, destroy this ship and get me out of here, Poseidon!!" Daken shouted, sticking his head out from the deck of the Sunny.
"This guy is really noisy." Ace looked impatiently at Daiken, who was struggling and falling onto the deck with the barrel, looking at the giant fishman with hopeful eyes.
Lucci frowned as he looked at the red-finned pufferfish charging towards them. "Who is that guy?"
"It looks like a bald sea monster, maybe it's here to rescue this guy." Ace turned his head away from the fishman who was tied up, gagged, and haphazardly stuffed into the wooden barrel.
"Why are you still keeping this guy?" Lucci raised an eyebrow, looking at the fishman whose face was clearly bruised. He seemed to have received quite a good welcome.
“I’ll leave it to Jinbe to handle,” Ace shrugged. “He’s no longer a threat. Sanji forced him to remove the target markings on the mermaid princess, but that guy hasn’t washed his hands in ten years.” Ace’s face clearly showed his speechlessness as he said this.
"That's really quite speechless." Lucci stopped looking at the fishman lying on the deck and instead looked at the redfin pufferfish fishman charging towards them. "It's time to stretch our legs."
Ace raised an eyebrow. He thought Lucci wouldn't make a move again, since he seemed rather uninterested.
Lucci stomped his foot and charged towards the fishman from the bow of the ship. His fighting instincts drove him into his best attack stance. He swung his sword down, the blade slicing through the air with a tearing whistle. The blade, imbued with domineering aura, easily sliced open the fishman's chest as if cutting paper.
Caught off guard, everyone watched as the giant fish-man let out a chilling scream, then his eyes rolled back, his consciousness faded, and his body convulsed violently as he collapsed.
Sanji stopped and raised an eyebrow at Lucci, who was standing in front of the fallen giant fishman. "You stole our enemy."
Lucci turned to look at Sanji and Jinbe who were rushing towards him, and grinned, "I'm really sorry, but... you guys are too slow."
Sanji raised an eyebrow at the smug Lucci and couldn't help but ask, "Are all swordsmen this arrogant?"
“Maybe,” Lucci replied with a shrug, seemingly unconcerned.
“Lucci, you’re much stronger than you were two years ago,” Jinbe said with a smile, looking at the confident Lucci.
"I don't want to be outdone by my little brother." Lucci grinned, looking at Luffy who was unilaterally beating up Hody. "If we're not careful, that kid will surpass us."
Sanji turned to look at the battle on the other side of the plaza. They had already dealt with all the enemies in the plaza, and only Luffy's opponent was left. To be honest, these officers were the worst opponents they had ever encountered. They couldn't even warm up, and they were no match for them.
Ace also jumped off the ship and looked at Luffy with them, waiting for him to finish the battle. That guy didn't need Luffy to fight for long; he was just playing around.
"Chopper, are you alright?" Usopp asked worriedly, looking at the suddenly shrunken Chopper.
"Ah, I'm fine. After using the monster enhancement, I'll be unable to walk for two to three hours due to exhaustion, but I can still heal everyone. Is anyone injured?" Chopper said, lying dizzily in Robin's arms.
"You'd better watch yourself," Usopp retorted.
As Sanji approached, he saw Chopper lying on Robin's lap and was immediately filled with envy. He promptly pounced on the ground, showering Robin with hearts, saying, "Robin-nee~ I've used all my skills, but it's not enough now. Let me lie on your lap too~"
Lucci looked at Sanji and couldn't help but shake his head with amusement, even though he had been so serious just a moment ago.
"Now all that's missing is Luffy," Ace said with a smile, standing next to Lucci.
Lucci followed Ace's gaze to Luffy, who was fighting. Hody was being completely beaten by Luffy. The fishman's skills couldn't touch Luffy at all. The only thing that allowed him to hold on for so long seemed to be his fishman's physique and some kind of medicine.
"Damn, this guy is really tough!" Luffy was speechless as he looked at Hody, who had become even larger after eating something.
"Straw Hat!! I won't let you stop me!!" Hody roared, launching water droplets at Luffy while charging towards him. "Yabu Shark!"
"Gear Second! Gum-Gum!" Luffy dodged the water droplets, quickly raising his left hand to aim at Hody. "Jet Pistol!!"
"Ugh!!" Hody was instantly sent flying, crashing into the stone wall once again. Damn it, none of his attacks could touch him. The Straw Hat Boy always dodged with exquisite skills. The way this kid used Observation Haki was just like that of a strongman from the New World.
"No one can stop me from taking my revenge on humanity!!" Hody roared, trying to suppress his inner panic with rage, and kept stuffing the poison into his mouth. His body began to swell instantly, and his limbs bulged with muscles.
Hody grinned, feeling the unparalleled power surging through his body. "Humans! Just looking at you makes me feel utterly disgusted! Even if it costs me my life, even if it means paying a heavy price, I will take my revenge on you humans!!"
"What's wrong with him?" The fish-men in the square stared in shock at Hody, whose body had become enormous, and the madness and frenzy on his face.