Caesar froze, then his face flushed red with suppressed anger. He cursed furiously, "Lazy bum! You can't even be bothered to do something this small. You'll never accomplish anything great like this!" Ronglin chuckled as he listened.
Seeing Ronglin's arrogant, disdainful expression, the pirates immediately flew into a rage. Then, noticing that Caesar, who had been trembling just moments ago, actually seemed ready to fight them, they raised their blades and charged at him.
"Hmph! Fish and shrimp caught in a net, still struggling!" Caesar snorted, repeating something he had learned from Ronglin. He spread his hand, and smoke drifted out from it, swirling toward the pirates.
"He's a Devil Fruit user?!" The pirates were shocked and slashed at the smoke. But how could attacks not infused with Haki possibly hit a Logia-type user like Caesar?
"Hit his real body!" another pirate roared. The others immediately came to their senses and rushed Caesar with shouts, swinging their weapons at him. Yet after the blades struck Caesar, they simply passed through his body, raising only faint wisps of smoke. Caesar himself was completely unharmed.
"You idiots think you're enough?!" Caesar waved a hand, and the gas gathered again, wrapping around several pirates like solid chains and lifting them into the air.
"I'm in a good mood today, so I'll just break one leg each!" Caesar said with a sinister chuckle. He had originally wanted to drag them back for some small experiments, but with Ronglin watching nearby, he did not dare go too far.
As he spoke, Caesar picked up a wooden plank from the ground and was about to strike the pirates.
Buzz!
A sword aura shot across the room. Caesar raised the plank to block it, but with a crack, the plank shattered instantly. Caesar hurriedly turned into smoke