Entwining Haki Slash

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

Looking at the group of people high above, Zoro's eyes were full of doubt.

"Zoro- senpai!"

Upon seeing that it was Zoro, Bartolomeo's eyes bulged with excitement, and he began to dance wildly in the air.

Rebecca:...

Even though they have Merry's abilities and won't fall from the sky, this whole ordeal isn't really going to work.

However, when Rebecca saw Merry's expression, she changed her mind. It seemed that the little girl actually liked Bartolomeo's appearance.

Perhaps, in the other party's eyes, this is Bartolomeo's affection for the Straw Hat Pirates?

Yes, that seems to be true.

Bartolomeo ignored Rebecca's reaction and continued calling out, "Zoro... Zoro- senpai!"

"Please... please give me your autograph!"

He's already received autographs from Merry, Perona, Robin, and Usopp; now he wants Zoro's!

"Sign?"

Zoro was puzzled when he heard Bartolomeo's words. What was this guy talking about?

What signature?

While thinking this, Zoro dodged Pica's attack.

"Pica ..."

Upon seeing the face hidden in the stone, Rebecca's expression immediately changed.

"Rebecca?"

Pica had also noticed Rebecca, immediately flashed a cold killing intent in her eyes. How dare this damned person show up here?

"Who?"

Nico Robin turned to look at Rebecca. Who had she just mentioned?

"Pica," Rebecca turned to Nico Robin and said, "the Top Executive of the Donquixote Family, on par with Trebol and Diamante!"

"Is he Pica?"

Nico Robin glanced down at the face reflected in the stone and subconsciously frowned.

Meeting them here is definitely not good news.

"This is bad," Leo said, his face grim. "If we're attacked here, we might not be able to escape."

"Don't worry, I'll dodge it," Merry said, raising her head. "I'm very fast too."

As she spoke, Merry manipulated the Wind Force to propel everyone forward at top speed, intending to cross Pica as quickly as possible.

Upon seeing this, Pica activated his Devil Fruit power without hesitation and burrowed back into the stone statue.

"Tch..."

Zoro spat in annoyance at the sight, "Not again?"

Then, he looked down at the crowd in the air and asked, "What exactly is going on with you all?"

"We need to go to the Highland on the other side."

Nico Robin shouted, "Luffy needs us!"

"Do you need us?"

"Key."

"Understood."

Upon hearing the word "key," Zoro immediately understood what Nico Robin meant; she was referring to the key to Law's handcuffs.

"I will not let you go to the Royal Palace." Pica, peering out from above, coldly looked at Bartolomeo and the others, and said, "You will all die here!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Pica activated her ability and manipulated the stone statue to move.

"Click~"

"Boom!"

The giant stone statue slowly moved its arm, raised its fist, and struck the crowd in the air.

Upon seeing this, Merry's expression changed, and she immediately activated her ability, lifting everyone up into the sky, intending to dodge the attack first.

"I'll use the barrier!"

As he spoke, Bartolomeo activated his ability to create a barrier, but this barrier was like an ant in front of that huge fist, which immediately made Bartolomeo lose confidence.

"Will this stop it?"

Rebecca subconsciously swallowed. This barrier didn't seem very reliable at all.

Bartolomeo didn't say anything, but his face twitched in exasperation. How did he know if he could block it?

After a moment of silence, Bartolomeo shouted, "Senior Merry, it's up to you!"

"I'm already going full speed ahead!" Merry shouted.

But this guy's fist is as big as a town; he can't escape in an instant.

Just then, Zoro leaped up from below, his eyes sharp as he picked up three swords.

"Three Sword Style: 1080 Pound Phoenix!"

"Whoosh~"

"Puff!"

In the blink of an eye, the Haki Flying Slash struck the enormous stone statue, splitting it in two and forcefully stopping Pica's attack!

"Boom!!"

"Ah!!!"

Pica, wounded by this strike, immediately let out a shrill scream.

"Huh?"

"Eh!!!"

Leo stared in shock at the scene before him. Was this Uso Landu's comrade?

That's really Lihai!

Bartolomeo stared wide-eyed in disbelief. What was he seeing?

Zoro actually split the stone statue in two with a single blow?

Is this Zoro's strength?

That's really amazing!

"Heh, it finally worked." Zoro gently removed the Wado Ichimonji from his mouth, a smile playing on his lips. "Looks like it worked pretty much as I expected."

After chuckling, Zoro turned to Pica, who was spitting blood, and continued, "Hey, you sissy bastard over there."

There's something I forgot to tell you.

"The Straw Hat Crew isn't just made up of Straw Hat Luffy and Great God Usopp."

"Remember this!"

At this point, Zoro's eyes became incredibly sharp.

"One day, I will definitely become the World's Greatest Swordsman!"

"Ah!!!"

"Zoro- senpai!"

Looking at that incredibly Haki figure, Bartolomeo was so excited that tears streamed down his face, and he began to tumble and roll in the air, looking extremely excited.

No wonder he admires one of his seniors, he's really amazing!

"So this is Lucy's companion...?"

Recalling what Luffy had once said, Rebecca paused for a moment. No wonder he was so confident; it turned out that not only was he strong, but his crewmates were too.

"Zoro, I'm leaving this to you," Nico Robin called out. "We need to get to Luffy's side right away."

"Profound!"

Zoro waved to the group in the air and said, "Leave it to me."

Merry nodded, then quickly led everyone away from there.

After watching everyone leave, Zoro once again turned his gaze to Pica.

"Hateful..."

Pica, gradually recovering, glared angrily at Zoro and said, "How dare you let Rebecca and the others go..."

Do you really think you can escape this country on your own?

"Ah!"

Finally, Pica pulled his greatsword from the statue, rushed in front of Zoro, and swung it down.

"Clang!"

After raising his weapon to block the opponent's attack, Zoro grinned and said, "Whether I can or not isn't up to you."

After saying that, Zoro used all his strength to push Pica back.

"Hateful."

Pica gritted his teeth and, while retreating, created a massive stone wall.

It blocked Zoro's subsequent attacks and also created a large number of stone spikes.

Then, these cones, like cannonballs, kept shooting downwards.

"What a forgetful fellow."

After shattering the stone spikes with a few backhand slashes, Zoro quickly rushed to the stone wall and sliced it into pieces with a single stroke.

"This is really troublesome..."

Pica, who quickly retreated, gritted his teeth. If things continued like this, he wouldn't be able to stop the guys leaving, let alone kill this bastard.

"Hala hala hala~"

"Looks like your Stone Monster isn't all that great after all."

Seeing the burly man panting heavily on the ground, Perona immediately began to mock him loudly.

Pica:???

Looking up at the Little Ghost- like Pica in the sky, several question marks immediately popped into my head: What is that thing?

Then, as if he had just realized something, he frowned and said, "Are you the Ghost Princess from the Straw Hat Pirates?"

"That's right, it's me!"

The Little Ghost in mid-air raised its head, looking very proud.

Why are you here?

Zoro glanced at Perona with a puzzled look. Could it be that she also had some kind of mission?

"I just came to check on your situation," Perona explained.

Having spent a long time with Zoro, she knew very well that Zoro didn't like others interfering in his battles, so from the beginning, Perona had no intention of helping him.

I came here simply to watch Zoro fight.

"I see."

Zoro nodded and said nothing more.

It's good that this guy is around; if he has something he wants to tell others, Perona can relay it to him.

Then, Zoro turned to look in Pica's direction.

"Um?"

Where are they?

Upon discovering that Pica was missing again, Zoro frowned. Had she hidden herself again?

What a troublesome guy.

After muttering a disgruntled remark, Zoro began searching for Pica's whereabouts.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

While Zoro was searching for Pica's true form, Franky was engaged in a fierce battle with Senor Pink.

"Take this! Take this!"

Seeing Senor Pink constantly moving around on the ground, Franky raised his machine gun and unleashed a barrage of fire.

"Da da da da da~"

A barrage of bullets flew out, mercilessly striking Senor Pink.

"It's useless."

Senor Pink, having activated his ability to burrow into the ground, effortlessly dodged all of Franky's attacks, all the while performing various diving maneuvers with a mocking air.

"Diving~"

"Diving~"

"I've been diving the whole time~"

This scene infuriated Franky.

"All you ever do is dive," Franky said irritably. "You're so annoying, you diving bastard."

After saying that, Franky turned his head and began to look around for Senor Pink had disappeared underground.

Before he could find his target, Senor Pink suddenly emerged from underwater and grabbed his limbs.

Then, it snapped backward hard.

"Ah!"

Feeling the pain in his body, Franky immediately cried out in agony, then his eyes turned cold as he said, "How long are you going to keep me here, you bastard?"

"Strong Right Hand!"

Without giving Senor Pink a chance to speak, Franky immediately activated the mechanical device, sending his right fist flying straight down at Senor Pink, who was grabbing him.

Seeing this, Senor Pink smiled faintly, then activated his ability to dive into the water and disappear.

"Bump!"

"Has it disappeared again?"

Franky frowned as he glanced at the large crater he had created. "Where did they run off to this time?"

Could they be planning to sneak up on me and attack me?

Thinking of this, Franky's eyes became wary.

To his surprise, Senor Pink didn't come to his side this time; instead, he emerged from underground with a smile on his face.

Hehehehe~

"That was pretty good," Senor Pink said with a chuckle. "Come on, let's continue."

As he spoke, Senor Pink sucked on his pacifier and made a provocative gesture towards Franky.

His expression seemed to say: Come on, whatever moves you use, I can handle them.

Then, Senor Pink's body slowly sank and disappeared from Franky's sight once again.

"Fran Landu..."

The Tontatta, who had been observing everything from afar, wore extremely solemn expressions.

"What should we do about Inhel?" Vika asked.

Inhel didn't answer immediately upon hearing this. Instead, he lowered his head and thought for a moment before suddenly raising his head and saying, "I have an idea."

"Idea?"

Vika looked at Inhel with a questioning gaze. What was he planning?

"Right."

Inhel nodded, then turned to Bian, who was waiting in the back, and said, "Bian, I remember your pink bees can form words, right?"

He remembered that Bian had shown this once when he was a Green Bit.

"OK."

Bian nodded and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Use your bees to form words and tell your companions inside the truth," Inhel said earnestly. "That way, they can take up arms and fight again."

"Then... cooperate with us to open the Great Gate from the inside, and charge in together!"

He believed that his companions inside would understand what they meant.

"I understand!"

Bian's eyes lit up immediately; this was indeed a very good idea.

Then, Bian turned and flew to her swarm of pink bees, beginning to give commands to her companions.

Soon, led by Bian and the others, the pink bees flew quickly into the distance and soon found the Factory's transparent glass area.

"I see them." Vika, sitting on the pink bee, pointed to the area below and said, "They...we're being attacked by the Donquixote Family."

"Damn it, those bastards!"

Veins immediately bulged on Inhel's face. These bastards dared to bully their companion like this... They deserved to be beaten!

"Let's tell them what's going on here first," Bian said.

Although she really wanted to beat those bastards up, she knew that wasn't realistic, so it was better to tell them the situation first.

Then, Bian began to direct the pink bees to move, and they quickly formed a line of words in the air.

[Open the door from the inside.]

"Um?"

A Tontatta noticed the unusual movement in the air looked surprised. What was that?

Then, as if remembering something, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

This is... Bian's pink bee?

Is it Bian and the others?!