Sanji and Zoro's Bad Luck

East Blue, the floating restaurant Baratie.

"We're screwed! Sanji's a dead man now! With his personality, he'd never lay a hand on a woman."

"And she's such a gorgeous woman, too. That makes it even harder for him to hit her!"

"Let's all observe three seconds of silence for poor Sanji! One."

"Two."

"Three."

"Moment of silence over. Now... let's laugh our heads off! Hahaha!"

"Hahaha! Sanji's definitely going to get his face beaten into a pig's snout this time. Hey! You there, bring the camera over. We have to get a shot of Sanji's pig face later, so we can use it the next time we open a branch."

"All right! I'll go get it right now."

Sitting on the restaurant's second floor, the owner, Red-Leg Zeff, looked on helplessly as his men teased Sanji below. Still, he knew perfectly well that they treated Sanji this way because they cared about him.

Even so, he spoke up. "Hey! You lot, don't take it too far!"

"Got it, boss!"

Unlike the people at Baratie, most men around the world envied Sanji. He got to face a blonde beauty like Kalifa, and who knew how many chances he'd have to cop a feel along the way? Even if she killed him afterward, it would be a happy way to go.

As the saying went, dying beneath a peony made even a ghost a happy romantic.

However, in the Jianying video, Sanji clearly didn't think entirely along those lines. At least part of him was still thinking about getting the key and saving Robin.

For a moment, he was caught in a dilemma.

But when he learned that Kalifa's key was hidden somewhere on her body, he instantly floated toward her like a deflating balloon.

Before he could touch Kalifa, however, she sent him flying with a kick. He slammed into a wall in the room, smashing a large hole through it.

"I'm an idiot."

Covered in blood, Sanji leaned against the hole and reproached himself. Then he pulled a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, and got to his feet as he smoked. He charged at Kalifa, and the two began exchanging kicks.

Sanji was clearly a level above her when it came to kicking, but every time he was about to hit Kalifa, he pulled his foot back, stopping short of her instead of kicking her. As a result, he held back during the fight.

Then, in a moment of carelessness, Kalifa kicked him in the most vulnerable part of a man's body. Sanji immediately doubled over in agony, clutching his crotch and convulsing as he muttered, "Damn it, you... you've gone too far!"

Kalifa showed him no pity. Instead, she looked at him coldly and warned, "Let me show you something interesting! If you still won't fight back, you're going to die!"

Meanwhile, the moment Sanji appeared clutching his crotch, most men around the world instinctively covered their own and observed three seconds of silence for him. Only a man could understand a man's pain.

The New World, the Germa Kingdom.

"Hahaha, that's Sanji for you. After all these years, you're still just as useless!" Yonji sneered.

"So abandoning you back then was the right choice after all. Sanji, you'll always be a useless failure," Judge said in a low voice.

"Sanji," Reiju murmured, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes.

In the Jianying video, the scene shifted elsewhere, where Zoro and Kaku had also begun fighting. One used Three-Sword Style, the other Two-Sword Style, and for a time, neither could gain the upper hand.

But Kaku was not only a Two-Sword Style user; he was also a master of the Six Powers.

He leaped into the air and unleashed a furious barrage of Rankyaku, one of the Six Powers. Countless razor-sharp flying slashes instantly shot toward Zoro.

Zoro blocked every slash with his swords, but the effort left him panting.

Seeing this, Kaku decided to show Zoro something interesting and began to transform.

But the giraffe he transformed into was so heavy that he crashed straight through the floor and fell into the room below, kicking up a thick cloud of dust.

As it happened, Usopp and Jabra were in the room below, and both were startled by the sudden arrival.

When the dust cleared, Jabra saw that Kaku had transformed into a giraffe and immediately began mocking him, laughing smugly.

Kaku naturally couldn't stand it, and the two began arguing. Finally, Zoro couldn't take it anymore and told them to stop. They were still fighting, he said, and he had no time to stand around watching them laugh. He wanted to end things quickly.

Hearing that, Kaku immediately came to his senses and told Zoro he would show him the power of his second form—his human-beast form.

Kaku began transforming, but all that happened was that he became straighter and taller, and his face became squarer. Zoro couldn't resist making a snide remark.

Jabra, meanwhile, burst out laughing without a care.

Just then, a pair of handcuffs suddenly came flying over and locked around Zoro's arm.

He immediately turned around in bewilderment and asked Usopp, who had fired the cuffs, "What are you doing?!"

"Sorry, Zoro. Th-those are probably Seastone Handcuffs, like the ones on Robin. Since both of those enemies are ability users, I thought I'd cuff them and make them weaker," Usopp explained.

"Then why did you cuff me, you idiot?!" Zoro snapped.

"B-because the giraffe's face is so funny! Hahaha!" Usopp pointed at Kaku's square face, laughing as he explained, "So my hand slipped! A square-faced giraffe, hahaha!"

Usopp's words struck a chord with Jabra. "You're so right!!" he agreed, before bursting out laughing just like him.

The sound of Usopp and Jabra laughing without restraint finally ignited Kaku's fury.

"Every one of you is insufferable," he said coldly. "I'll have to show you the true fighting power of an ability user."

With that, he held his neck level, braced one hand against the ground, and began spinning wildly.

A powerful current of air spread out in every direction from him. "Rankyaku—Amane Dachi."

"Whoosh!"

An enormous, razor-sharp flying slash shot out from his feet in every direction, striking all across the room and instantly cutting the entire Tower of Justice in half.

Fortunately, at the last moment, Zoro grabbed Usopp and rolled onto the ground, allowing him to escape the attack. But Zoro himself ended up handcuffed to Usopp.

As for Jabra, he had already used Soru to get out of the way before Kaku launched his attack.