Giants Are Really Tough

A strike—an immensely heavy strike!

This punch landed on Kasi's abdomen, directly knocking his eyeballs bulging out, his body uncontrollably stumbling backward, crashing heavily into the wall.

"Boom!"

"Kasi!!"

Oimo stared in disbelief at his fallen comrade. It was the first time he'd seen a human capable of such a feat.

After all, they were warriors of the Former Giant Warrior Pirate Crew!

"Giants sure can take a hit," Xi Yan said.

That punch hadn't even knocked the guy unconscious—no denying the Giant Clan's resilience was formidable.

"Cough, cough..."

Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. Kasi's expression was grim to the extreme.

The other's strength was terrifying—it nearly knocked him out in one blow.

In that moment, he felt like he was facing off against the two Giant Clan chiefs.

"Krrrr—"

Just then, the Inner Island's Great Gate slowly creaked open, clearly the Several people Xi Yan had ordered to open it had succeeded.

"What...?!"

Oimo looked at the Great Gate in disbelief—it had been opened?

Why?

They'd stopped this invader, and no one else had infiltrated with him, so how could the gate be open?

"Bastard, was it you?!" Oimo roared in fury.

If they failed to hold the gate, their agreement with the World Government would be void.

Then how would they save their two chiefs?

"Hmm, it was me."

"Then die!" Oimo swung his club down in rage, aiming to kill Xi Yan.

If the invader was gone, they hadn't failed to guard the gate, right?

But unfortunately, that sluggish speed could never hit Xi Yan.

"Alright, you lie down too!"

Xi Yan punched Oimo square in the abdomen, sending him flying to land beside Kasi.

"Damn it..." Kasi gritted his teeth at Xi Yan. If not for this bastard, they wouldn't be in this mess.

Just then, the roar of the Rocket Man came from behind, clearly Koko Luo Po Po had charged in with it.

Xi Yan glanced back and saw the Rocket Man already appearing at the Main Gate.

But at that speed... could it really stop?

Koko Luo Po Po had said the Rocket Man's construction was special—once started, stopping it was no easy task.

If they lost people because it couldn't stop, that would be too awkward.

"Looks like I can't just kill you two," Xi Yan said, looking back at Kasi and Oimo. "Perfect, you two can serve as combat power too."

"You two, look into my eyes."

Instinctively, Oimo and Kasi met Xi Yan's gaze. Their bodies jolted, as if struggling against something.

But soon, they stopped struggling, instead showing looks of disbelief:

"Chief Dorry, is that you?!"

"It's Chief Brogy?!"

They staggered to their feet, hardly believing their eyes.

The chiefs they'd longed for were now standing before them alive?

What... what was going on?

Xi Yan was visibly taken aback, clearly not expecting such a reaction from the two giants.

This gave Xi Yan two pieces of information.

First: the effectiveness of Illusion might depend on the target's Willpower. Whether it was because they were from the Giant Clan required further experiments to confirm.

These two giants had clearly struggled at first, but after seeing something, they gave up resisting entirely.

Second: these two giants seemed to know the two giants from Little Garden.

That meant... these two counted as One of us?

He'd nearly beaten his own people to death?

"Chief, why are you here?" Kasi asked. "Weren't you locked up in the Underwater Great Prison?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Marines still standing below were all dumbfounded.

What the hell was all this?

Where was any sign of Dorry and Brogy?

Had that guy who called himself a ninja done something?

"Not good, that bastard did something." A Marine said. "Is this also a Devil Fruit... no, a ninja's ability?"

Though he had no idea what had happened, his instincts screamed that something was off.

"Hey, Oimo!"

"Kashi!"

"What are you two doing, hurry up and kill him!"

"Huh?" Kashi shot a cold glare down at them. "What are you saying?"

"Are you telling us to attack our captain?!"

"And didn't you say our captains were locked up in Impel Down?"

"That's right. To save our two captains, we two warriors of the former Giant Warrior Pirates agreed to guard this gate for you for a hundred years." Oimo said angrily. "So why is our captain here?!"

"Were you lying to us from the very start?!"

If those bastards had been deceiving them all along, they wouldn't mind showing them the true power of Elbaf!

"H-how could that be..." A Marine stammered awkwardly. "We couldn't have lied to you, that guy over there tricked you."

"He's not Dorry or Brogy, he's that enemy from before!"

Oimo blinked, glanced at Xi Yan, then slammed his club down.

"Bullshit, that's clearly our captain!"

"Damn Marines, I'll kill you!" Kashi roared in fury.

The two of them swiftly wiped out the remaining Marines, then turned to Xi Yan. "Two captains, why are you both here?"

"We'll talk about that later." Xi Yan pointed behind him at the rapidly approaching Rocket Man. "You two stop that first."

"Remember, don't damage the Sea Train. There are allies inside."

Oimo looked at the approaching Rocket Man, thumped his chest, and said, "Leave it to Oimo!"

"Kashi's in too!"

They dropped their weapons, strode forward, then crouched low, making grabbing motions.

"Clang!"

"Boom!!"

The two unleashed the strength of giants, forcibly halting the still-speeding Sea Train.

Still, the Rocket Man inflicted some damage, leaving numerous cuts on their hands, but neither paid it any mind.

After setting the Sea Train down, Oimo laughed. "Captain Dorry, I did great, didn't I!"

"I used more strength, Oimo!" Kashi grumbled.

Then he grinned at Xi Yan. "Captain Brogy, we stopped the train. What next?"

Xi Yan said nothing, instead watching the figures emerging from the cars.

Though the two giants had brought the Rocket Man to a perfect stop, the inertia still left them dizzy.

"What happened?" Nami said, holding her head.

"I thought I heard someone call Brogy's name." Usopp adjusted his mask, looking around in confusion.

Then he noticed the two enormous silhouettes.

"G-giants?!"

In that moment, the two giants' forms loomed larger and larger in Usopp's eyes.