Chapter 442: Finish Her Off!
Chapter 442: Finish Her Off!
Despite Vergo's confidence, sometimes confidence alone wasn't enough.
Luo had already extracted his own heart, so he had no qualms about going all out from the start.
"Now and then are different! Room!"
Luo dove towards Vergo, and a transparent field invisible to others enveloped both of them.
"Instead of running away, you're charging at me?!"
Vergo tensed up, gripping the bamboo tightly, and roared at Luo, "Let you taste what Corazon went through!"
Fully armed with the Armed Color, he had once beaten Corazon to near death and was Luo's most profound nightmare.
But now...
Clang!
Luo drew his sword, holding the Ghost Wail Slash, and clashed with Vergo's bamboo, causing both their bodies to flash past each other and end up behind each other.
Vergo's body froze, and his head slowly turned back, "You..."
Swoosh!
Just as he uttered a word, his body split at the waist, like scattered building blocks, separating his upper and lower body, which fell to the ground.
Even though he was cut in half, Vergo's face remained unchanged. He propped himself up with one hand, lifting his upper body to stare directly at Luo, "Has your ability surpassed Haki?"
Luo turned around, fixing his gaze on Vergo's face, "I've wanted to do this for a long time! You..."
Swish, swish, swish!
Without waiting for Vergo to speak further, Luo's long sword, the Ghost Wail, slashed down over a dozen times, cutting Vergo's upper and lower body into segments that splattered onto the spacious walls on both sides.
"Don't you dare mention Mr. Corazon!"
Luo sheathed the Ghost Wail and glared at Vergo, whose head was stuck to the wall.
"Rubber Rubber Gun Barrage!"
Bang, bang, bang!
On the other side, Luffy stretched out his body, covering his legs with Haki to bind Caesar, who was trying to turn into gas. His fists rained down on Caesar's gaseous body with pinpoint accuracy.
Under the Haki's coverage, each punch precisely struck Caesar's body, causing it to tremble continuously.
"You! You! Stop hitting me! That's enough, Straw Hat Kid!"
Caesar's face visibly bruised and swollen, he couldn't resist. Even if he wanted to escape by elementalization, he couldn't react fast enough under the relentless barrage.
Just as he was shouting, he suddenly felt the beating stop, and the Haki binding his body loosened.
Caesar's face lit up with joy, and as he opened his eyes, he suddenly froze. In front of him, Luffy jumped high, extending his arms backward, and his fists transformed into massive hammer-like shapes.
"Wait, wait!"
Caesar instinctively raised his hands to block, shouting, "Doflamingo, the Tenryukaku, is behind me! If you treat me like this and he finds out, then you..."
"I don't care about him! I said I'd knock you out, and I will!"
Covered in Haki, the giant arm-like appendage, with the rubber's contraction, created a series of shockwaves. The giant hands clapped together, opening the palm, and slammed into Caesar, who seemed minuscule in comparison.
"Rubber Rubber Grizzly Gun!"
Bang!
Boom!!
Caesar took the hit head-on, his eyes rolling back as he flew backward. The giant hand's propulsion blasted the narrow corridor into smithereens, creating a vast open space ahead, revealing a massive production base resembling a furnace.
"Hehehe!" Luffy's hands returned to normal, retracting as he held onto his Straw Hat, revealing a bright smile.
"This is it!"
Luo's eyes lit up, and he quickly jumped up, slashing with his sword. Within the Surgery Fruit's domain, the entire upper half of the corridor was cut off, including the entire upper part of the research institute!
The massive production base was also split in two, and the raw materials leaked out through the cut.
"Room!"
After the slash, Luo disappeared from his original spot and reappeared next to Caesar, who was lying on the ground, rolling his eyes, with his mouth wide open and missing a few teeth, trembling from time to time. Luo grabbed Caesar and instantly teleported back to Luffy's side.
The Surgery Fruit couldn't teleport directly, but it could swap places with objects within its domain. What Luo swapped with was the two stones that had splattered during Luffy's attack.
"Straw Hat Boss, we got him."
Luo held Caesar by the back of his collar and said, "Without the production base and with Caesar, the most crucial person, captured, they won't be able to produce 'smile,' and we can force Doflamingo to surrender!"
"That doesn't matter. Anyway, the next step is to knock out that Doflamingo and then beat up that guy called Kaido." Luffy rolled up his sleeves and chuckled.
"Hey, it's not that easy; he's one of the Four Emperors!"
Just thinking about it made Nami angry. She hit Luffy hard, like hitting a ball.
"Adding Kaido, we've offended three of the Four Emperors! Apart from Red Hair, you've offended all the top powers on the sea!"
They had offended Big Mom and Sage at Fishman Island and Kaido at Punk Hazard.
It had only been a few days since they set sail, and their troublemaking abilities had increased far beyond their previous limits.
"Don't say it like that!" Usopp's eyes welled up with tears, and he instinctively hugged Chopper tightly. "This sounds terrifying!"
"Hahaha, you got my heart racing!" Brook opened his skull-like mouth, "But I'm just a skeleton, I don't even have a heart."
He was initially on the ship, but after joining forces with Law, they rescued Kin'emon and Momonosuke along the way and returned to the ship for supplies before coming back with them.
"Offending so many people, who knows, we might end up getting thrown into the sea." Robin rested her hand on her cheek, unsure if she was worried or being genuine.
"Hey! Robin! Don't say such hopeless words! Sage is your brother, can't you be a little more understanding?" Nami looked desperate.
However, despite her words, she was well aware that after the Fishman Island incident, it would be difficult for them to maintain their previous lukewarm relationship with Sage.
Yes, they couldn't even maintain a lukewarm relationship!
"Forget it, I'm not thinking about it anymore. We've offended them, so be it. Anyway, our captain won't care much about this, right, Luffy?" Nami shook her head and sighed.
"Huh? What did you say?" Luffy laughed.
A vein popped out on Nami's forehead, "Nothing!"
"That's too much, Law."
Vergo, whose body was fused with the wall, slowly spoke, "You'll regret destroying Doffy's plan. You have no idea what Doffy's past is like, and who's backing him."
"Do you think the younger generation can just casually cause chaos and replace those deeply rooted powerful people? Your idea is wrong, especially after you destroyed the factory. You'll soon regret it."
Hiss!
Law swung his sword vertically, slicing Vergo's head in half again.
"Shut up, you defeated pirate."
Law didn't even glance at him, he grabbed Caesar and walked away, "Only by doing nothing will I regret."
But just as he took a step, he suddenly sensed something, his expression changed, and he looked in one direction.
Except for him, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji also looked towards the spot buried under the ruins.
"What?" Usopp realized a moment later and followed their gaze.
Zoro drew his two swords, focusing on that direction, and a vein popped out on his forehead as he broke into a sweat, "More terrifying than that giant dragon!"
Boom!!
As soon as he finished speaking, the ruins were blasted open, with flying rocks scattering and hitting the walls and ground, only to shatter into even smaller pieces.
It was as if something had violently sliced through them.
"You idiot! I told you to follow the direction, who told you to keep slashing all the way!"
From within the ruins, a girl's voice with a powerful tone and the sound of frantic knocking echoed.
"Is your head filled with seawater? You need some fresh water to clear your mind? Why don't you let that idiot Caesar experiment on you!"
"Ouch, big sis, I was wrong."
Then, a pitiful voice sounded, accompanied by heavy footsteps.
As the footsteps drew closer, two figures, one large and one small, emerged. Upon seeing them, Law and Smok's pupils constricted, and they both took a step back.
"That's..."
Dasqui tightly gripped the handle of Shiuyu's sword, immediately assuming a combat stance.
The larger figure was about seven meters tall, with terrifying scars on his neck and face. He wore a pirate outfit imitating Whitebeard, and in his hand, he held a scythe, also imitating Whitebeard.
But they knew that this was not an imitation.
That sword...
"Supreme Great Sword Cyclone Slash!"
Dasqui gritted her teeth and said, "It's Edward Wibul!"
And on Wibul's shoulder sat a pink-haired, freckled loli with a mechanical hammer, pounding on Wibul's head.
"Hey, I didn't hear that this guy had a deal with Cataclysm." Smok glanced at the unconscious Caesar, his expression unusually solemn.
One of the Seven Stars, 'Hammer Smash' Renetia! How did two core officers end up here!
"This is the guest Caesar invited."
Law took a deep breath, grabbing Caesar's hand a little tighter, and said in a low voice, "We're in trouble."
"Yo!"
Upon seeing the two of them, Luffy waved in greeting.
"Yo, my ass! Are you that close to him?"
Renetia rolled her eyes, jumped off Wibul's shoulder, and after giving Wibul a disdainful look, she turned to Luffy and the others, saying, "Whatever, as long as we found him."
As she spoke, she glanced at Vergo, who was hanging with parts all over his body, "Hey, who are you? How did you get dismembered? You're still alive, how strange."
"It's Law's Surgery Fruit ability."
Vergo, with his head split in half, continued to speak without hindrance, "They destroyed this factory."
"I see, you've been sliced in half too."
Renetia didn't care at all, she just glanced at the unconscious Caesar and clicked her tongue, "This useless guy, if he had arrived just a little later, would he have been caught so easily?"
"Don't move!"
Law pressed his Ghost Wail against Caesar's neck and said, "I don't know what deal you have, but if he dies, everything will be gone!"
"It doesn't matter."
Renetia waved her hand dismissively, "Sage mentioned this before. The investment has already yielded enough returns. If this happens, we won't care about him at that time. Sage doesn't like him much either.
(End of Chapter)"The most important thing is—" She bared her teeth, revealing sharp little fangs. "Sage said that no one can threaten us, the Cataclysm Pirates!"
Luo's expression turned grim, and he pressed the Ghost Cry blade closer to Caesar's neck, drawing a thin line of blood.
But her expression remained unchanged.
She was telling the truth. "Luo, you took Monet's heart, didn't you? Give it back to her, and change her appearance back. Sage likes her, and she might join us in the future. Also, when are you going to repay the 5.2 billion you owe us? No, it's not 5.2 billion."
Renetia remembered something and said, "It's been two years, and you're overdue. The interest is 100% for each year. The first year, with the principal, it's 104 billion belli. Now it's the second year, so you owe us 208 billion. Hmm, according to Sage's habit, add the overdue mental distress fee, and it's 250 billion."
She waved her hand dismissively. "Pay up first, and then we'll settle the current account."
"Who gives a discount for overdue payments!"
"I'm a pirate!" Luo retorted angrily. "Besides, I never borrowed a single belli from Sage!"
"Fine, if you won't pay."
Renetia's gaze shifted from Luo to the Straw Hat Pirates.
"Renetia, it's been a while," Robin said, sensing something was amiss.
"Yes, it has been a while," Renetia nodded. "200 million belli, also overdue for two years, which makes it 800 million. With the mental distress fee, it's 10 billion belli. Come on, pay up."
"Ten... ten billion?!" Nami exclaimed, pressing her hands to her forehead in disbelief. "We don't have that much money even if we sold our entire crew!"
Their entire crew's worth wasn't even close to 10 billion!
Chopper was only worth 50!
Although they had seized some treasure in Fishman Island, alleviating their financial issues temporarily, if they really pooled all their resources, they might just have enough.
But who would do that?
"Then you can't pay it back, huh? Another one who won't repay their debts."
Renetia twisted the handle of her mechanical hammer, extending it, and aimed it at the group.
"Hey, it's just a debt! There's no need to resort to violence! We didn't say we wouldn't pay!" Nami shouted.
"Yeah, let's put that aside for now. I'm not in charge of debt collection." Renetia's lips curled into a grin, resembling Sage's sinister smile. "You stole our treasure in Fishman Island. Sage said to teach you a lesson!"
Click!
"Kinetic Cannon!"
The front end of the hammer's head unfolded, emitting a white light. As she twisted the handle, a massive beam of light, occupying a significant portion of the corridor, was fired.
In the blink of an eye, it reached Luffy and the others, engulfing them in a blinding white light.
Boom!!!
From the outside, the entire research facility experienced a violent explosion. The upper half, which had been sliced open, was blown off like a lid, while the remaining half exploded at the center, sending fragments flying outward like a meteor shower of fireworks.
In this time, not only had the newcomers to the New World made progress, but those who had been in this high-intensity region had also advanced significantly.
Renetia, who had been in the New World, had also made remarkable progress.
"Oh?"
She glanced at the smoke-filled open space ahead, her eyes flashing with red light. "Wibul, at the ten o'clock position, take down everyone except the one without glasses and black hair. Leave him alive!"
"Roar!"
Wibul let out a ferocious roar and charged towards that direction with a powerful wave of energy. With a swing of his Cloud Slash, he created a hole and continued his ferocious charge.
Renetia took out a small Talking Cricket and dialed Monet's number.
Her Perception Color was extensive, allowing her to control the explosion precisely. Although it was powerful, none of the apprentices were harmed.
"Monet, send our apprentices to the ship. Also, have the apprentices pack up all of Caesar's research materials. This place is no longer usable, and it's about to explode."
This had nothing to do with her attack. As soon as she discovered that the research facility had been sliced open, she sensed that some devices were about to explode, which would eventually affect the entire facility.
Evacuation was the only option now.
She slung the mechanical hammer over her shoulder and turned to Vergo, who was lying on the ground. "Hey, do you need me to pick up your body?"
"I'm afraid not," Vergo replied calmly. "My heart was pierced by Luo just now. Can you leave the Talking Cricket with me? Preferably dialed to Doffy's number."
"Yes, your life force is indeed very weak now. I can't save you. Good luck."
Renetia dialed a number and tossed the Talking Cricket in front of Vergo before turning and walking away without a backward glance.
Indeed, there was no way to save him.
Otherwise, for the sake of Doffy, she would have put him back together.
"You're always causing trouble. Despite your lack of strength, you bring chaos wherever you go, just as Sage said. You can have the name 'Cataclysm' for yourselves."
After taking a few steps, Renetia spat and smirked. "The Four Emperors' lesson isn't that easy to escape."
(Chapter End)
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