The Lamppost King

Vivi told them what she knew about Baroque Works. It wasn't much, but it was all the information she had gathered during her years undercover.

The most important detail was the boss, Mr.0, who no one had ever seen.

His true identity was Crocodile, one of the current Warlords of the Sea.

He ran the Rainbase Casino while also fighting pirates to maintain his heroic image, but behind the scenes, he was the mastermind of a criminal organization.

"Why, why am I so unlucky?"

Nami collapsed onto the ground, on the verge of tears. "I was so stupid, really. I just thought taking on the mission would earn me a lot of money."

With her pale thighs spread out, Nami looked utterly heartbroken and pitiful, which ironically led to Vivi constantly comforting her.

"I don't care! You need to pay more, definitely more!"

Reiner's head was covered in black lines as he watched Nami grimace and shout.

He looked over to where Luffy was already chasing Mr.3 into the forest. With Luffy's strength, fighting Mr.3 was like child's play.

Reiner put away his Blue Ogre and Red Ogre and walked to another part of the forest. "Giant Uncles, please take care of them."

"Gahahahaha, don't worry, Reiner kid."

"How could we let our guests get hurt in front of us?"

"Thanks, Uncles. I'll send you two more barrels of wine later." Reiner smiled and waved, then turned and walked into the forest.

"Booger Bomb!"

"3000-Kilogram Press!"

"Damn undead things, you think you can touch me with that?!"

Mr.5's tone was disdainful, but a hint of apprehension flashed in his eyes as he stared solemnly at a tall Fish-man in front of him.

He had been careless at first and taken a punch from this Fish-man, which had left him with a dull ache.

This Fish-man was taller than the others, with large blade-like fins on its arms. It had adopted a Fish-Man Karate stance, confronting Mr.5.

This was a Fish-man Reiner had created using Kuroobi's abilities, capable of using both Fish-Man Karate and Fish-Man Jujutsu.

"Why are there so many Fish-men here!?"

Miss Valentine used her ability to float into the sky, dodging a Water Gun shot out by a Fish-man. She frowned and whispered.

Mr.5 dug in his nostril, flicking out a bomb that sent three charging Fish-men flying.

"These Fish-men are weird. Not only are they all mute, but they get their arms and legs blown off and still don't make a sound."

At this moment, they didn't notice Reiner standing on a thick branch of a large tree nearby, watching the battle below.

"These two are pretty weak," Reiner couldn't help but say. A group of Undead Fish-men actually managed to tie up two people. No wonder Luffy and Zoro could take them down with a single punch.

Besides the two people below, there was also a little girl, Mr.3's partner. She had gone to help when Luffy started fighting him.

Seeing no one else around, Reiner, who was standing on the branch, raised his hand. Instantly, several spatial rifts opened behind him, arranging themselves in the air. Dozens, even hundreds, of swords, spears, and halberds extended from the rifts.

"I have my own Gate of Babylon now," Reiner chuckled softly, and with a thought, he waved his hand towards the ground below.

Immediately, all the weapons seemed to be thrown, raining down on Mr.5 and his partner in the battle.

Swords, spears, and halberds fell like a downpour, creating a shimmering blur of blades in the forest.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Miss Valentine was floating low to the ground, her attention entirely focused on the battle in front of her. Caught off guard, she was pierced in the thigh by a long sword.

"Ah!"

She let out a scream and suddenly turned her head, only to see a dense rain of blades and spears already upon her. Before she could react, a long spear pierced through her delicate body with a thwack.

Her ability was forcibly dispelled, and she fell heavily to the ground. Immediately after, several cold gleams flashed and pierced into her body, pinning her to the ground.

"Valentine!!"

Mr.5 only heard the sound and turned around to find his partner already struck down by the sudden ambush.

He opened his mouth and inhaled a mouthful of air, then exhaled with force, causing an explosion that blew away all the weapons flying towards him.

"You can't even defend against a move like that?" Reiner said indifferently.

The woman in the bodycon dress lying on the ground was already lifeless. Even though her physical body was stronger than an ordinary person's, she had no defense against cold weapons.

This was something he had developed back then to look cool; it didn't have much power, only useful for taking out small fry and clearing mobs.

As for the principle...

Can't say, it would lower his cool factor.

"Bastard!! You used a sneak attack!!"

A furious roar erupted from beneath the tree. Mr.5 had already seen him, and with a furious expression, he began digging in his nostril.

"What the hell is that?!"

Reiner's face darkened. He controlled Kuroobi's Undead to move forward, unleashing a full-power Fish-Man Karate: One Thousand Tile Punch towards the opponent.

However, Mr.5 didn't stop his hand movements. He raised one hand to block the attack, and was directly sent flying by the punch, crashing into a tree trunk.

"You despicable bastard, die!"

Mr.5's blocking arm was completely twisted. After coughing up a mouthful of blood, he extended his other hand, a vicious look on his face, and aimed at Reiner.

Is he dead set on avenging his partner? Reiner thought, and a spatial rift opened out of thin air, a chilling spear emerging from it.

"While it's a move for clearing mobs, with Blue Ogre and Red Ogre, it's a different story."

Whoosh—!

Reiner thought, and the spear shot out with terrifying momentum, like a meteor streaking across the sky, arriving in an instant, quick as lightning.

"Nose Fantasy"

"Boom!!!"

The spear pierced through Mr.5's outstretched hand, ready to launch a bomb, impaling his body and carrying him backward, sending him crashing into a tree.

The spear's momentum didn't diminish; it continued straight through, creating shocking holes in a dozen trees behind before finally embedding itself in a tree trunk.

"That's like using a cannon to kill a mosquito," Reiner said, jumping down from the tree.

Reiner wasn't surprised by how exaggerated the power of the spear thrown by Red Ogre was.

If he had used an Elbaf Spear to pierce through an Island Eater Goldfish, there probably wouldn't even be dust left of it by now.

Using Red Ogre against an enemy of this caliber was practically giving them too much credit.

"...Cough... cough cough."

A shocking hole had been opened in Mr.5's body, and he was half-embedded in the tree trunk, looking disheveled, a pained, twisted expression on his face.

"Still alive, huh."

Reiner slowly walked up to him and took out a pack of cigarettes from the breast pocket of his dark blue shirt.

"You... bastard, you actually..."

"You... killed Valentine."

Mr.5 raised a weak, limp hand and slowly threw a punch. The fist, struggling to move through the air, weakly struck Reiner's chest.

Thwack.

"You should beg for mercy when you're about to die, you know."

Reiner turned his head to look at the girl in the hip-hugging skirt lying lifeless on the ground.

"Is she your Valentine?" Reiner asked indifferently, drawing his Bone Chain Sword.

"Heh heh..." Mr.5 let out a weak sound, his eyes slowly closed, and his head slumped forward.

Pffft!

Reiner retracted the blood-stained Bone Chain Sword, collected the opponent's template, then turned and left.

In the center of Little Garden Island, on a grassy clearing.

"Nami, do we really not need to help?" Vivi asked, a little worried. After all, the opponent was a top-tier combatant, ranked quite high in the Baroque Works.

Nami patted Vivi's shoulder confidently and chuckled, "Don't worry, Luffy is ridiculously strong, not even like a human."

"That's right, and Reiner too! Don't underestimate the monsters on our ship," Usopp said proudly.

Although Reiner disguised himself during combat, they knew the Undead's combat performance, and no one truly considered him part of the Weakling Trio.

No sooner had he spoken than a dinosaur emerged from the depths of the forest in the distance. Sitting atop it was a figure in a sea-blue shirt paired with beige trousers, with a head of blonde hair.

Usopp immediately became excited. "Woah! It's Reiner on a Tyrannosaurus Rex!"

"I'm done, everyone."

Reiner jumped off the Tyrannosaurus Rex and walked over with a smile. "Some guy with an afro actually attacked me with boogers. How disgusting."

"Boogers?"

Usopp burst out laughing. "Hahaha, you didn't get any on you, did you?"

"Ew! Stay away from me!" Nami said with a look of disgust.