'The Devil Child, Nico Robin... This woman is truly hard to trust.'
Nico Robin had no idea that while she was being wary of Crocodile, he was also secretly observing her.
Noticing that Nico Robin seed to be lost in thought, a cloud of gloom flickered in Crocodile's eyes.
Although she had worked for him for quite a while, he had never truly trusted her.
After all, her reputation was terrible; she was a notorious specialist in betrayal.
This was precisely why he had wasted no ti in launching an investigation and capture mission the mont he received news of the Three-Eye Tribe.
He didn't just value Zane's strength; it was also a form of insurance to prevent Nico Robin from playing tricks on him if he ever obtained a Poneglyph in the future.
...
Baroque Works had laid an ambush at Whiskey Peak.
At the sa ti, the New Riding the Wind and Waves was sailing into Whiskey Peak.
"Welco! Welco!!"
"A warm welco to the Three-Eye Pirates to our Whiskey Peak!"
"What a domineering battleship! It's truly magnificent!"
"..."
The battleship approached the port of Whiskey Peak.
It was just like the reception they usually gave to rookie pirate crews that had just entered the Grand Line.
The low-level agents of Baroque Works, who had long since prepared, imdiately held up bright red welco banners. They pretended to be enthusiastic residents, waving their hands and cheering loudly.
There was no response.
On the battleship's deck.
The battle mbers of the Hunting Team, already prepared for combat, coldly watched the lively scene at the port.
How could mbers trained and selected by Zane be fooled by such a crude disguise from low-level Baroque Works agents?
Well... there were exceptions.
"Whoa! It's so lively here!"
Chopper leaned against the railing, looking at the welco ceremony at the port with wide-eyed, defenseless surprise.
"You little dummy, these people are all enemies. They're trying to make us lower our guard." Zane picked up Chopper from behind and placed him helplessly on his shoulder.
"Enemies?" Chopper, sitting on Zane's shoulder with his short legs crossed, was montarily stunned, his wide eyes full of innocence.
"Boss!"
A crimson glint flashed in his eyes.
Manlong, who had successfully awakened Observation Haki through repeated close-quarters combat with the Master of the Sky on Ancient Jaya Island, looked past the crowd at the port and locked his gaze directly onto a bar inside the town.
He turned to ask Zane for instructions.
"Go!" Zane nodded slightly.
Manlong had now mastered dual-type Haki and currently lacked powerful opponents to further stimulate his potential.
Having received Zane's permission, Manlong no longer hesitated. He imdiately leaped up and dove into the sea next to the battleship.
Fishman Karate: Wave Rider Strike!
Just as Manlong's figure disappeared beneath the surface, a massive bulge of water suddenly swelled up.
BOOM!!!
With an explosive force, the huge water bulge shot into the sky, turning into a massive stream of water that enveloped Manlong as he soared over the port, heading straight for the bar inside the town.
CRASH!!!
Another loud noise followed.
Under the impact of the massive water stream, the bar was completely smashed without any suspense.
"Not good, we've been exposed!"
"Damn it, fire the cannons!"
"Boss?!"
"..."
From Manlong jumping into the sea to the attack of the ocean current, the Baroque Works mbers on the port only reacted once the bar was crushed.
Instantly, everyone was filled with shock and anger. So hurriedly shouted for a counterattack, while others, anxious for their leader's safety, rushed toward the ruins of the bar.
Not all the low-level mbers of Baroque Works were disguised as friendly residents at the port; so were hidden in nearby buildings.
Under this counterattack, cannon muzzles were imdiately pushed out from nearby buildings, intending to bombard the New Riding the Wind and Waves.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As the cannons at the port were pushed out, the New Riding the Wind and Waves, which had already docked at the port, took the lead in unleashing a powerful baptism of fire.
Having already discovered the ambush at Whiskey Peak, the Hunting Team's cannoneers wouldn't remain idle.
They had already calibrated their cannons toward various points around the port.
As the cannon fire roared, the Baroque Works cannoneers and the buildings they occupied were blown to bits.
And the people on the port as well.
After one round of shelling from the New Riding the Wind and Waves, the port had turned into a smoke-filled ruin.
More than half of the low-level Baroque Works agents gathered there were killed on the spot.
Severed limbs and charred bodies wailing in pain could be seen everywhere.
"Go!!"
Following the bombardnt, the battle mbers of the Hunting Team on the ship's deck pounced like ravenous wolves and tigers.
Amidst cold, bloodthirsty shouts, lithe figures leaped from the deck, landing on the shattered port to begin their mopping-up operation of the surviving enemies.
Even without the shock of the bombardnt.
Even in perfect condition, re low-level Baroque Works agents were no match for the combat mbers of the Hunting Team.
After all, the current Hunting Team, even its newest recruits, had undergone three months of rigorous training under Zane on Ancient Jaya Island.
It could be said that...
Most of the current battle mbers of the Hunting Team had learned Shave from the Six Powers, and the elite mbers had mastered at least three of the Six Powers techniques.
And top perforrs like Wyper could even compete with the likes of Kaku from CP9.
Swords clashed.
The standard-issue longswords equipped by the Hunting Team mbers easily sliced through both the enemies and their weapons.
Gunfire was continuous.
Automatic rifles, which completely surpassed the conventional weapons of the Pirate World, fired frantically, turning every enemy in their path into a sieve.
"Not bad."
On the deck, Zane stood with his arms crossed, quite satisfied watching the various weapons being used perfectly by his mbers.
Since developing mory tal, he had thoroughly upgraded the Hunting Team's arsenal.
Whether it was swords or firearms.
The quality of the Hunting Team's current weaponry was definitely the best across the entire sea.
Any standard-issue sword they produced, in terms of both durability and sharpness, was easily comparable to a Great Grade Sword.
And compared to famous nad blades, the Hunting Team's standard-issue swords possessed the properties of mory tal; as long as they weren't broken, any typical bending or wear would quickly repair itself.
"Chopper, let's go!"
Seeing the battle start and the situation becoming one-sided, Baby 5, fearing all the enemies would be snatched away, grabbed Chopper from Zane's shoulder and leaped, quickly joining the fray.
Chopper, who hadn't even volunteered for battle, clumsily followed Baby 5 and began engaging the enemy.
After observing that the weaponry was performing well, Zane turned his gaze toward the town.
His Observation Haki had been focused on Manlong's fight the whole ti.
"Trying to win with numbers won't work!"
With a twitch of his eyebrow, Zane imdiately vanished like a bolt of lightning.
BOOM!!!
Returning to the start of the battle...
When the ocean current smashed the bar in one strike.
Accompanied by a deafening roar, a massive amount of sand appeared instantly, quickly forming a wall to block the current.
Fishman Karate: Shark Tile True Punch!
Although the ocean current was blocked, Manlong, who was enveloped within it, did not stop.
Carrying the impact force of the current, his right fist was wrapped in Armant Haki, and he forcefully punched through and shattered the thick sand wall with monstrous strength.
With the sand wall gone.
What entered Manlong's field of vision was Crocodile, chewing on a cigar with a dark expression, along with the other Baroque Works officers led by him.
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