Sairona's finger curled around the trigger. Bang! His powerful physique was unaffected by the recoil. The bullet spun through the air and shot toward Haku. If Haku died, Imazuna, as a Devil Fruit Ability user, definitely wouldn't survive.
At that moment, the situation changed in an instant.
"Crack, rumble!" A bolt of lightning struck toward Sairona, and heavy rain began pouring down in the blink of an eye. Rono's pupils contracted. The muscles in his legs bulged, and just before the lightning struck Sairona, he blocked its path. "Aaaaaah—" Compared to this lightning, the system's electric shock was pathetically weak. Rono lasted less than a second before being blasted into charcoal. Then Super Regeneration activated, repairing—no, one could say rebuilding—Rono's body.
The bullet flying through the air was blown off course by a violent gust of wind. It missed Haku's head and merely grazed his cheek.
The rain grew heavier, and lightning churned through the clouds. Seeing Rono unconscious after being struck by lightning, Sairona had no time to worry about anything else. He dragged Rono into the Captain's Cabin by his hair. At the same time, he quickly dialed Mo's number. "Mo! Long is here. Where are you?"
"We've arrived. There are quite a few traitors in the CP, and on top of that, someone's dragging us down." Mo's tone was calm, but the wind rushing around him proved that he was traveling with Geppo. That bolt of lightning could be seen from far away, and Mo had immediately realized that something was wrong. He had called Number 3, Jeff Carter, and hurried over.
"Rono seems to... he isn't breathing!" Sairona felt for Rono's breath beneath his nose, but there was no movement. Tears streamed down Sairona's face. If he hadn't insisted on luring out the big fish Long,