Despicable Ninja!

Xi Yan's appearance brought a hint of unease to Momonga's heart. Could this also be within his calculations?

"The plan failed~" Xi Yan said.

"Your expression doesn't say that..." Momonga said, looking at Xi Yan with a solemn gaze, "What else did you do?"

Splash

As Momonga finished speaking, part of the corpse of a Sea King, killed by Onigumo underwater, floated to the surface, directly below the few of them.

Xi Yan was lifted by the Sea King, and looking up at Momonga, he said, "Guess~"

"If you guess right, I'll tell you."

As he spoke, Xi Yan's peripheral vision caught sight of Sanji and Zoro. It was clear that the battle on Judicial Island had already concluded.

Momonga: ...

What did he mean, "If you guess right, I'll tell you"?

Well, that was true. An enemy indeed had no obligation to tell him what had happened.

He thought carefully, recalling what he might have overlooked.

'Is it the Straw Hat Pirates?'

Momonga glanced at Nico Robin and the others, who were nearly done eliminating the Navy around Spandam. He pondered if they intended to use this method to achieve a delicate balance between both sides.

They wouldn't attack the Straw Hat Pirates, and the enemy wouldn't continue to kill ordinary soldiers.

If that were the case, he wouldn't have any objections.

After all, even if this guy was killed, the Straw Hat Pirates wouldn't be able to escape from here. Their ultimate fate would only be death.

However... was it really that simple?

Wasn't this kid afraid they would kill those people, even at the cost of some Navy lives?

One had to know that pure hawks like Onigumo wouldn't reason with him.

"Boom!!"

Suddenly, with a deafening sound, an enormous fist burst out from the building at the end of the Long Bridge, punching through its side!

And at the very top of the fist, a person was sent flying, plastered against it.

"Rob Lucci?!"

Momonga recognized him instantly. As a Vice Admiral in the Navy Headquarters, they knew many things.

"It seems this guy isn't Luffy's opponent," Xi Yan said with a light laugh.

"Hmph, that's not necessarily true."

Looking at Rob Lucci, who had been sent flying onto the wreckage of a warship, Momonga sneered, "This is the strongest genius of CP9, the Straw Hat kid is no match for him at all."

"Then we shall see."

"You will regret your arrogance."

Momonga stopped paying attention to Xi Yan, as this was merely a clone. Killing it held no great significance.

It would be better to quickly join Onigumo and the others to kill the ninja's main body in the waters!

"Let's go, Onigumo, Doberman."

"Hm?"

Momonga turned back, receiving no response, and immediately noticed something was wrong with his two companions.

Doberman's eyes were rolling back, and white foam was spilling from his mouth. It was clear he had been poisoned!

Onigumo's complexion wasn't much better either. His legs trembled incessantly, making it difficult even to maintain Geppo.

At this, Momonga's expression completely changed.

"Poison?!"

"Bastard, you poisoned them?"

As if his words were a fuse, Onigumo's legs could no longer maintain Geppo, and he plunged headfirst towards the Sea King corpses below.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

With two muffled thuds, both men lay sprawled on the Sea King corpses.

"What a fresh observation," Xi Yan said. "I'm a ninja, isn't poisoning normal?"

"You didn't... really think I would go head-to-head with all five of you, did you?"

He had learned from Robin that Navy Vice Admirals were the strongest forces below Admirals. How could such individuals be weak?

Fighting against five of them at once was not a rational course of action.

Wasn't it better to resolve the enemy with simple means?

"Cough... but... thief... I... you..."

Onigumo struggled to speak, his eyes clearly conveying his anger towards Xi Yan.

"What kind of poison is this?" Momonga exclaimed in shock.

These were Vice Admirals from Navy Headquarters, and they were taken down by a ninja's poison? And in such a short amount of time... just how terrifying was this poison?!

"Just neurotoxin," Xi Yan squatted down, retrieving two senbon from them. "It can paralyze their bodies, making them lose the ability to fight."

"Of course, if it's left for too long... it will also cause organ failure and death!"

Casually tossing the senbon into the seawater, Xi Yan looked up at Momonga and said, "However... if you can take them for treatment in time, they might still survive~"

Neurotoxin!

The moment these two Navy Vice Admirals started attacking him, this idea had already formed in Xi Yan's mind. Most of his subsequent actions were for this very purpose.

Onigumo, listening to Xi Yan, widened his eyes in disbelief. When exactly did he get poisoned? Did the opponent poison him in the seawater? Or were it the fine needles that pierced their bodies? But either way, it seemed enough to poison them. Both of them had choked on seawater, and Doberman's wounds were directly exposed to the seawater, coupled with the attack from that special weapon... Damn it! Damn pirates!

"Don't look at me like that," Xi Yan glanced at Onigumo. "If you weren't somewhat useful, I could kill you right now."

Onigumo stopped looking at Xi Yan and closed his eyes. He felt utterly frustrated, his strength completely unutilized before being taken down by the enemy using various unseen methods. Bastard, if it were a close-quarters fight, you'd be no match for me!! Onigumo raged inwardly, Damn it, damn it! How could a brat who doesn't even know Haki be able to fight them! Yet, things were so dramatic, and the enemy had so easily taken them down.

"Alright, now it's my turn to ask you, Mohawk Head." Xi Yan looked up at Momonga, a very 'kind' smile on his face. "Now... are you still planning to threaten me with my partner?"

"Of course, you can also try to take these two burdens and see if you can escape my pursuit."

"The premise is... you can snatch them away!"

Momonga didn't speak, just looked at Xi Yan with a grim expression. At this distance... Onigumo and Doberman were right by the opponent's feet. If he made a move, who knew if the opponent would suddenly attack and kill the two of them? In that case, there wouldn't even be a chance to give them an antidote. The loss would then be not just Navy personnel in the waters, but two Navy Headquarters Vice Admirals!! Damn it, this is frustrating! These two hawks were useless. What was Observation Haki for? Why couldn't they evade the damage in advance! Momonga was furious! He had thought the situation had reversed, but the outcome was still within the enemy's control... How could he not be angry.

Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Momonga looked coldly at Xi Yan. "Remember what you said, or you'll face endless pursuit from the Navy!" He then said no more and turned, leaving with Geppo.

"Don't worry, I always keep my promises~" Xi Yan said with a smile. "The premise is... you don't do anything unnecessary~"

Ninjas, it's all about playing mind games!