The Buster Call Arrives, the Power of Gear Third Returns

In the video, Robin regained her freedom under Usopp's cover. She immediately scrambled to her feet and ran desperately toward the other end of the bridge, away from the Gate of Justice.

Spandam immediately ordered the Marines to open fire, and bullets rained down on Robin.

Fortunately, at that moment of extreme peril, Franky appeared just in time and blocked every bullet fired at her.

Because he was a cyborg, the bullets that struck him had no substantial effect.

Then Usopp's voice suddenly came through the Den Den Mushi Franky had been carrying. He told Franky that there were two keys in a bundle not far behind him. Together with the key Franky had, that made all the keys, and one of them should open Robin's handcuffs.

Only then did Spandam learn that every member of CP9 except Lucci had been defeated by Straw Hat Luffy and his crew. A look of shock crossed his face.

Before long, Franky used the keys to unlock Robin's handcuffs.

She immediately used the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit to sprout several hands on Spandam's body and slap him across the face repeatedly, making him pay the price for everything he had done to her.

Elsewhere, Usopp had successfully completed his mission and was just about to descend from the top of the tower when a strange, low moan suddenly reached his ears.

Before he could figure out what it was, a cannonball landed on the defensive fence surrounding Enies Lobby. Then another cannonball fell, and another.

The Buster Call had finally arrived!

Comments immediately appeared across the screen, discussing what was happening. {Wait, there are still Marines and World Government personnel on the island, and they're just dropping cannonballs on it like that? This... isn't this way too cruel?!}

{I thought Spandam was disgusting enough already! I didn't expect this Buster Call to be even more inhumane. Sigh!}

{This is bad publicity for the Marines. Judging by how things look now, their recruitment numbers this year probably won't be good!}

{Watching two Buster Calls in one day has left me feeling awful!}

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{Worororo, the Marines are beating up the Marines! Their own people attacking each other—how amusing!} Kaido jeered, enjoying the spectacle.

{Mamamama, Kaido, stop disturbing me while I watch. Get lost,} Big Mom said brazenly.

{Worororo, Linlin, why do you show up every time I do?} Kaido asked, puzzled.

{Mamamama, nobody else is talking! If I don't pick on you, who else am I supposed to pick on?} Big Mom said bluntly.

{Worororo, Linlin, I'll give you face this time. I'm leaving!}

In the Fleet Admiral's Office in the Holy Land, Mary Geoise.

"This Buster Call couldn't have come at a worse time!" Sengoku rubbed his temples, distressed. "Dealing with public opinion and reassuring people will be enough to keep the Marines busy for a long time! Sigh!"

"If that major event doesn't go smoothly afterward, everything will become even harder to handle!"

Aboard the Thousand Sunny, somewhere on the Grand Line.

"It's... it's Merry! Merry came to get us!"

Unlike the commenters and everyone else in the world, whose attention was fixed on the Buster Call, everyone in Straw Hat Luffy's crew except Brook was focused on the low moan Usopp had heard earlier, their faces full of nostalgia.

"Yohohoho, Merry-san? I've heard everyone mention your name for so long, and now I can finally see you for myself!" A trace of anticipation seemed to flash in Brook's empty skull sockets as he laughed.

In the video, as cannonballs continued to fall with the arrival of the Buster Call, Zoro and the others, having completed their mission to rescue Robin, immediately began their escape.

Everyone started making their way to the bridge where Robin and Franky were, because the escort ship at the other end was their only chance of escaping Enies Lobby.

Of course, there was one exception: Luffy, who was still locked in a fierce battle with Lucci.

Inside the room, the two moved at high speed, constantly changing positions and attacking each other from time to time, but each dodged the other's attacks.

For a time, the two were locked in a grueling battle, and their breathing became quite rapid. Both had expended a great deal of energy, and it seemed the winner would only be decided when one of them was completely exhausted.

Finally, after Lucci blocked another Jet Pistol with Tekkai, Luffy was the first to reach a critical point. The redness of his skin and the steam rising from him faded away.

Lucci immediately saw through how Luffy's Gear Second worked and warned him that he was using up his life force to fight, which wasn't a smart thing to do.

Luffy smiled and told him he was willing to try anything, as long as he didn't have to stand by and watch everything disappear.

Lucci thought that was an unrealistic notion. He turned and used Rankyaku to slice through the wall behind him, and seawater immediately gushed in like a fountain.

At first, Luffy didn't know what Lucci was doing, but he soon learned everything from him. The room they were in was below sea level, and if seawater poured in, the passage leading to it would soon be flooded as well. When that happened, his companions would either drown or be blown up by the Buster Call's cannonballs.

This immediately enraged Luffy, of course, but Lucci ignored him and used Geppo to fly upward.

Luffy hurried after him, and the two reached the room above. It had been built above the sea, so it wouldn't be flooded.

But Lucci still asked Luffy out of curiosity if he wasn't worried about his companions.

Luffy said he believed in his companions and that they would find a way to survive. The only thing he needed to do now was keep a close eye on Lucci; otherwise, Lucci would kill his companions.

The two began fighting fiercely in the room again, but without Gear Second, Luffy was clearly no match for Lucci and soon fell into a disadvantage.

After hitting Luffy with Flying Finger Pistol: Fire, Lucci spoke contemptuously to him through the dust. "I thought I'd met a man with backbone. What a disappointment! So you really did use up all your strength because of that stimulant earlier?"

But no sooner had he finished speaking than the dust cleared, revealing Luffy before him. "You want a fight with backbone? Then I'll show you! Another way of fighting: Gear Third."

With that, Luffy bit his right thumb, then stretched out his left arm and blew air into his right thumb.

The next second, his right fist grew enormous. "Bone Balloon."

"The power moves from bone to bone."

As Luffy spoke, he transferred the air he had blown into his right hand through his body and into his left. His left hand instantly grew as enormous as his right had been.

"Look at my left hand. Now this is the hand of a giant." Luffy swung his enormous left fist at Lucci.

"It's nothing but a bluff!" Lucci said disdainfully, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "Tekkai!"

"Gum-Gum Giant Pistol."

"Boom!"

Luffy's fist struck Lucci, sending him flying and smashing the wall behind him and the first support pillar of the Bridge of Hesitation outside to pieces.