The Scalpel and the Straw Hat in Concert

Imu's body landed on the shattered flower bed.

The black shells scattered on the ground, turning into water upon landing and flowing along the cracks in the stones into the base of the Throne.

He raised his hand to support himself on the ground, drops of blood from his arm falling onto the white flower petals.

Luffy over to Law's side.

"Can we play now?"

"Able."

Where to hit?

"Chest."

"Good."

Imu looked up at them.

"You think it's over once you strip away the divine status?"

"It's not over yet."

Luo held the Kikoku ghost in front of him.

That's why surgery is necessary.

"The Throne still has twenty Life Line."

Nineteen have already been broken.

There's one more.

Imu pressed his hand to his chest, and a deep, muffled heartbeat came from deep within the Flower Room.

That last Life Line stretched out from his chest and wound its way to the foundation of the Tavern.

Lin Qi looked at the cracks in the floor.

"It wants to drag the store down."

"We mustn't let it touch the Cellar."

"I know."

Lin Qi picked up a broken bolt and pried open the Black Line along the edge of the crack.

The Black Line got tangled in the door bolt and climbed up the wood.

The cook picked up the bag of salt and poured it down.

The Black Line receded by half a foot.

"It still works."

"Where did you get that bag of salt?" Vegapunk asked.

"From the shop."

Why is there so much salt in the store?

Pickled fish.

"Keep pouring."

The chef tore open all the remaining bags of salt.

The Black Line twisted and receded in the salt pile.

Imu looked towards the kitchen.

"Inferior stuff."

The chef threw the empty bag down.

Even inferior products can save lives.

Imu spread his five fingers.

Space sliced into dozens of pieces beside him; the pebbles and petals that had just been swirled up were broken in two in the air.

Luffy raised his hand to block the flying stone.

His hands were still cutting something.

"Don't let him get near Lami."

Luo stepped into the room.

The next moment, Imu appeared behind him, his fingertips already touching the back of Law's neck.

Luffy's fist came from the side, forcefully deflecting Imu.

Taking advantage of this attack, Luo switched positions and stabbed Kikoku into Imu's chest.

The tip of the knife went in half an inch.

Imu gripped the blade.

"The power of the Op-Op Fruit can only open up the body, not the world."

Are you finished speaking?

Your father asked the same question.

What did he ask?

He asked how to save everyone.

Imu's fingers tightened.

Cracks began to appear on the blade of the Kikoku Blade.

I told him that doctors can only save the person in front of them.

Luo looked at him.

"So he saved Dragon."

"It also saved Wa Tie'er."

"They also saved Lami."

But he couldn't save Flevance.

That's because you sealed off the island.

Luo turned the knife handle.

"Now I'll finish it."

ROOM spread.

The wall Flower Room was cut open, revealing the internal structure of the underground Throne.

Nineteen of the twenty flesh-colored pipes had broken; the last one was connected to Imu's heart, and its other end passed through the Tavern's foundation, extending deeper into the ground.

Vegapunk's voice came through.

"Luo, we can't cut it directly! That pipe contains eight hundred years of life records!"

What would happen if we cut off the connection?

"Anyone who fails to complete the transfer will lose their final chance for confirmation."

Lami asked, "How many people?"

"Unable to provide statistics."

"Then let's register first."

Lin Qi looked up.

"I'll do it."

"You can't register patients from eight hundred years ago."

"System capability."

Lin Qi turned to the last page of the ledger.

The Blank were filled with names, many of which had only one surname, and some had only a number.

He picked up a pen.

"Writing them one by one is too slow."

The screen turned on by itself.

[Should all incomplete medical records be included in the public witness list?]

Lin Qi looked at Luo.

"If we press it, how many people will the Tavern be able to hold?"

Don't ask how much you can endure yet.

Luo reached out and wiped the blood off the Kikoku's cry.

"How many can be saved?"

"It's possible that none of them can be saved."

"Then save the one in front of you."

Lin Qi pressed confirm.

The Black Stone Slabs in the Tavern's Cellar began to glow.

Names that had been deleted from around the world flooded into the system like a tidal wave.

The Tavern's windows shattered one by one, cracks appeared in the wooden walls, and bottles behind the bar bounced simultaneously.

The chef hugged the wine barrel.

"Boss, the shop is about to go under."

"Hold on."

You make it sound so easy.

Didn't you say you wanted to keep an eye on the wine?

"The liquor's gone, and the shop's gone too!"

Lin Qi handed him the last bottle of medicinal wine.

"Pour it into the Cellar."

"This bottle is worth thirty Beli!"

"Fall."

The chef gritted his teeth, pulled out the cork, and poured all the wine into the groove on the Black Stone Slab.

The light on the stone slab immediately stabilized.

Vegapunk shouted into the communicator, "Alcohol detected! Energy circuits are rearranging!"

Lin Qi was taken aback.

"Can medicinal wine repair systems?"

"It's not medicinal wine, it's the herbs inside."

The chef looked at the empty bottle.

"My family's secret recipe."

Bookkeeping.

"This time it'll cost more."

Luo did not listen to their argument.

Imu has already wrapped his last Life Line around Kikoku.

"You can't cut it."

"Give it a try."

Luffy's fist came crashing down from behind.

Imu raised his arm to block, and the ground beneath his feet sank downwards.

Law charged forward following the force of Luffy's punch, his blade piercing into Imu's old chest wound.

The ROOM was not unfolded on the outside of the body.

It entered Imu's chest cavity.

Luo saw the heart.

The heart was wrapped in a thin black membrane, from which twenty thin threads had detached, leaving only one still attached to the Throne.

"Found it."

Imu grabbed Ro's wrist.

"Come out."

"Let go first."

You will cut the world in two.

"You've already cut the world apart for eight hundred years."

Luo turned the Kikoku blade around, pressing the blade against the black membrane.

Imu's power began to recede.

Luffy reached out and grabbed his shoulder.

"Don't touch him."

"Release."

"Let go of Luo first."

He's inside me.

"Then lend him your body for a bit."

Imu let out a low growl, and spatial cuts spread out in all directions.

Luffy had several cuts on his chest, but he still hadn't recovered.

Luo's wrist also cracked from being pressed down.

Lami called out from the side, "Brother, heartbeat!"

"What?"

Don't follow Imu's heartbeat!

She held the old Button.

The rhythm of the Dragon came from the Buttons.

One time.

Pause.

Two times.

Luo closed his eyes.

The heart inside his chest was beating in time with Imu's rhythm.

Lami continued pounding.

One time.

Pause.

Two times.

Three times.

Luo's blade moved with a different rhythm, slicing through the black membrane.

Imu leaned forward.

Luffy seized the opportunity and slammed his fist into the ground.

A massive fist, powered by Gear Fifth and imbued with Conqueror's Haki, rose from below and struck Imu squarely in the chest.

Luo simultaneously incited the Kikoku.

[Piercing, Blade of Will]

The blade severed the last Life Line.

Imu was lifted up by a fist and smashed through the stone wall above the Flower Room garden.

A series of cracking sounds came from the foundation of the Holy Land site.

Pangaea Castle has begun to tilt.

The white garden fell from a great height and crashed into the sea.

The bodies of the Five Elders simultaneously lost their support.

Outside the High Tower, Sabo grabbed an old man who had fallen.

"It won't recover this time, will it?"

Aokiji glanced at the gradually dying black flames.

"The Throne is broken."

"Then send them down."

Where should I send it?

"Sea mile."

Marco raised his fiery wings.

"I'll help you."

Luo crawled out from among the pebbles Flower Room.

Lami reached out his hand to him.

"Can you still walk?"

"Able."

Where are your hands?

"It still works."

Where is the heart?

Luo did not answer.

Lami grabbed his wrist and listened for a few seconds.

"It's a mess."

"Still alive."

I didn't ask if you were alive or not.

She placed the old Button on the back of his hand.

Dragon's heartbeat resumed.

Luo closed his eyes briefly and steadied himself.

In the distance, Imu plunged into the rift in the Red Line.

The foundation of Pangaea Castle broke in the middle, and the entire Holy Land began to tilt towards the sea.

Lin Qi steadied himself against the bar.

"Vegapunk, can the Tavern fly?"

It does not have flight capabilities.

"Could you add one?"

"I don't have time right now."

"What should we do then?"

The system interface pops up automatically.

[Red Line Fault]

[Global Ocean Currents Reconnect]

[East Blue Tavern enters drift mode]

The chef clung to the doorframe.

"Boss, are we moving again?"

Lin Qi looked out the window at the surging seawater.

"I'm not moving this time."

Seawater surged into the Holy Land from underground.

The entire Red Line split open with a deafening roar.