Baroque Works' Assassination

Rodney unwound the robe from his body and tossed it aside, flipping his palm to reveal a large handful of Shuriken.

The dense cluster of Shuriken flew towards Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine.

"Such petty tricks, daring to show off in front of me?" Mr. 5 sneered, picking out a clump of boogers and flicking it towards the incoming Shuriken.

BOOM!

As an Explosion-Explosion Fruit Paramecia-type user, Mr. 5 could turn his entire body into a bomb. Even the boogers he flicked and the air he blew from his mouth could be used as explosives. With such terrifying abilities, this guy was actually using them to play with boogers? Wasn't he afraid of picking his nose until it bled?

Miss Valentine jumped up, floating in the air, surveying the scene while riding the wind, saying with an exaggerated smile, "Mr. 5, that guy is still standing there."

She was a Calm-Calm Fruit user, able to freely change her weight, controlling it from one kilogram to ten thousand kilograms. The explosion just now allowed her to temporarily fly in the air.

"Little miss, your taste is not bad, yellow and white stripes." Rodney looked up, getting an unobstructed view of what was above.

Miss Valentine: "...Ahhhhh! I'm going to kill you! Take this! 10,000 Kilogram Press!!"

Rodney glanced at her and silently took a step back.

BAM!

The 10,000-kilogram Miss Valentine slammed into the ground, creating a large pit. Sand constantly rushed into the hole. Miss Valentine crawled out, her face full of resentment.

Under her control, her weight changed to the lightest setting, allowing her to jump up and briefly fly in the air.

"Sure enough, a woman's weight can't be trusted." Rodney muttered.

At this moment, Mr. 5 had already rushed over, throwing a punch at him. If he were touched, he would be injured by the explosion, or even just getting close would be affected by the blast.

Rodney took a step back to dodge and released Vacuum Sphere!

Invisible air bullets hit Mr. 5, causing an explosion that made him stagger back, but he wasn't injured. He exclaimed in surprise, "How is that possible?" Logically, the Vacuum Sphere, which could pierce through stone, should have easily penetrated his body.

Mr. 5 brushed the dust off his body and said, "I guessed you would try to sneak attack me. As long as you touch me, my body will explode, no matter where you attack."

"So that's how it is. I thought you were an idiot," Rodney chuckled, saying.

That explained it. The Vacuum Sphere was neutralized by the explosion the moment it touched his body, resulting in what had just happened.

"Then... Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire!"

Fireballs flew out, and Rodney charged forward along with them. The fireballs didn't hit Mr. 5 directly but served as feints, creating clouds of smoke and obscuring vision.

Mr. 5 then heard a voice, "Fish-Man Karate: 100 Brick Fist!"

The surging fist force penetrated the smoke and struck Mr. 5, sending him flying.

This time, no explosion was triggered because Mr. 5 didn't even have time to react. What a waste of such a good Devil Fruit.

Shaking his head, Rodney, using his Sharingan to navigate through the smoke, quickly arrived behind Mr. 5. His body spun, and a dragon-shaped whirlwind slammed him into the sky.

Leaf Dragon God!

BANG!

Mr. 5's body landed on the ground, unconscious. Rodney turned to look at Miss Valentine, a smile on his face. Combined with his blood-red eyes, it terrified Miss Valentine, leaving her with a psychological scar.

However, she was glad that she was flying in the air. As long as the wind carried her away, she could survive.

Her ankle tightened. Looking down, she saw a steel wire attached to a weapon she didn't recognize wrapped around her ankle, the other end in Rodney's hand.

"Get down here!" Rodney yanked Miss Valentine down from the sky.

"Ahhh!" Miss Valentine screamed, falling to the ground. A cold Kunai was pressed against her throat. The man who had easily defeated them smiled and said, "I'll ask you some questions. Which of Baroque Works' high-ranking agents are in Rainbase?" He slightly opened his eyes, and the cold light in his blood-colored pupils made Miss Valentine's limbs feel cold. Even in such hot weather, she felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

Without thinking, she said, "Mr. 2, Miss Merry Christmas, Mr. 4. I saw them a few days ago. I don't know about the others. They should be on missions."

"Oh, is that so? If you lie to me, this will be your fate." He smiled, throwing the Kunai in his hand towards the sand dune on the right.

A scream was heard. Miss Valentine stiffly turned her head to look over there. A vulture with a machine gun and an otter wearing sunglasses and ridiculous polka-dotted clothes were simultaneously pierced by the Kunai, losing their lives, their blood staining the sand red.

These were mid-level Baroque Works officers, known as the Unlucky Combination, specializing in collecting and reporting information, and monitoring the work of other Baroque Works members. If they found any dereliction of duty, they would use explosives to deal with the staff. This time was no exception, but they were dealt with by Rodney.

Rodney smiled and said, "I'm not a devil, maybe there was something I overlooked, right?"

Miss Valentine nodded repeatedly, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, there are omissions, there is also the vice president Miss All Sunday, Mr. 1, Mr. 2, and then I don't know, really, I'm not lying, believe me, believe me!"

"Alright, I believe you." Rodney's smile and those revolving blood-colored eyes were the last things Miss Valentine saw. Something seemed to spurt out of her neck, and her strength was gradually fading, but she felt no pain, just a warm, comfortable sensation throughout her body...

"But I didn't say I wouldn't kill you." Rodney said softly, burying Miss Valentine's body with yellow sand, turning his head to look at Mr. 5.

He walked to the heavily injured and unconscious Mr. 5, took out a banana from his pouch.

If a Devil Fruit user dies, there is a high probability that the Devil Fruit power will choose a nearby fruit to possess, turning that fruit into a Devil Fruit with that power.

Of course, this also depends on probability, it may not necessarily succeed.

If he killed Mr. 5 now, it was not certain whether he could obtain his ability.

Like Schrödinger's cat, Rodney's fruit was also in an unknown state, he might get Mr. 5's ability, or he might not.

But falling into the hands of a Taijutsu expert was definitely better than Mr. 5. For example, if the Explosion-Explosion Fruit were eaten by Garp, not to mention the power of his punches, just hitting the enemy's body would cause an explosion. That kind of power would definitely be off the charts. Using the body as a bomb was no joke.

Playing with boogers was just a minor skill. Since it was suitable for close combat, it should be used in close combat. Wouldn't it be great to train Taijutsu and have each punch be like a high-explosive grenade? Why play with boogers?

"Never mind, let's do it."

With a Kunai in his hand, he stabbed down, ending Mr. 5's life.

Soon after, he noticed the banana in his hand began to change.

The yellow peel gradually turned red, and a spiral arabesque pattern appeared on it.

The Paramecia Explosion-Explosion Fruit had appeared!

However, Rodney didn't choose to eat it. Instead, he decided to keep it for later. The Explosion-Explosion Fruit was somewhat useless to him because there was a Kekkei Genkai in Naruto called Explosion Release.

Not to mention Deidara, that artist, during the Ninja World War, Yakushi Kabuto's Impure World Reincarnation of Gari, the Explosion Release user, had a move called Landmine Fist that was just like the Explosion-Explosion Fruit. Although it could only make the target explode upon impact, it was good enough.

Besides, didn't he still have Explosive Tags?

Sigh, now that he thought about it, that office worker's ability was the most useful. Anything he touched turned into a bomb; it was incredibly useful.

Killer Queen, Third Bomb, Bites the Dust!

Rewind time one hour...

Ehehe...

Ending his unrealistic fantasies, he buried Mr. 5's corpse, came to their mode of transportation, the Water-Road Transport Turtle, glanced at it, used Genjutsu to control the creature, jumped onto its back, and said, "Go! To Yuba."

The Water-Road Transport Turtle kicked up a cloud of dust on the sand, moving even faster than before with the sand skimmer.