Debt

"We too. How come it doesn't hurt at all?" Kaku asked in surprise.

"What are those things floating above your heads?"

Lucci, Kaku, Bonney, and Kuma could each clearly see a white bubble slowly rising above everyone else's head.

At the center of each bubble, white smoke clearly formed the number 100.

Lucci forcefully jabbed at the bubble with Finger Pistol. His finger sank deep into the resilient bubble, yet he could not pierce it.

Bear's Impact! Kuma tried using the Paw-Paw Fruit as well, but he could not slap away the number above Bonney's head.

They understood. This had to be the effect of the other party's Devil Fruit.

But what was the bubble for? Other than being indestructible, it did not seem to have any other use.

Gurgle, gurgle~

The bubbles above their heads suddenly expanded without warning, and the numbers changed from 100 to 200.

"It feels like some of my stamina has drained away?" Lucci frowned skeptically.

The amount of stamina lost was too small. He could not be sure whether he had merely imagined it.

Whoosh~

Monroe appeared like lightning before Gild Tesoro, Crocodile, Moria, and Doflamingo.

Facing four alone, he landed a punch on each of their faces in a single exchange, moving so quickly that no one had time to react.

Puff, puff, puff~

By the time they angrily tried to retaliate, Monroe had already moved far away from them.

They frowned as they covered the spots that had been hit but did not hurt at all. Without exception, white bubbles had appeared above their heads, each displaying a conspicuous 100.

Gurgle, gurgle~

Thirty seconds passed, and the numbers above their heads doubled again.

The numbers above Lucci, Kaku, Bonney, and Kuma's heads changed from 200 to 400.

The numbers above Gild Tesoro,