Why Can't This Bastard Keep His Mouth Shut?

Seeing that Merry's bow and arrow could not be twisted, Diamante completely gave up the idea of disabling her weapon and turned her attention to Rebecca instead.

Then, he gave a mocking look.

"Rebecca, is it because you lost to me in the Colosseum that you're planning to challenge me again?" Diamante sneered. "Challenge me, the enemy who... killed your mother!"

"Click!"

Rebecca's forehead veins bulged immediately, and her eyes flashed with intense killing intent.

"You bastard!"

"Hahaha~"

"Nice eyes!"

Diamante's eyes lit up with excitement, and his expression began to contort.

Then, he cleaved the Arrow Feather that Merry had shot at him with a single stroke.

Then he continued, "It seems you're prepared to fight me. Well then, let's go!"

"I'll give you a chance to challenge me, come on, Rebecca!"

"You can get that little thing over there to help you get revenge!"

Hahahaha~

By the end, Diamante had broken into uncontrollable laughter, clearly convinced he had the two men completely under his control.

"What a nasty fellow."

Merry said something very displeased, then quickly went to Rebecca's side and handed Rebecca the longsword she had just taken out of her Little Pouch.

That sword was similar to the one Rebecca had used before.

"Rebecca, this is for you."

Rebecca paused for a moment, then looked down at the sword that Merry had handed her.

It was a sword that had already been sharpened, but was someone like me suited to wield such a weapon?

Thinking of this, Rebecca subconsciously glanced at the weapon she had just used.

The weapon has now been restored to its original state and is now lying on the ground.

"Forget about that weapon," Merry said. "From what I understand, anything affected by Devil Fruit ability will remain under the user's control unless the user removes the effect."

She's right.

Diamante grinned maliciously, "This thing is under my control now, I can transform it anytime!"

As they spoke, Diamante used her abilities to manipulate Rebecca's sword, twisting it into the shape of a bull. This made Rebecca realize that what Merry said was true; that guy could indeed do such a thing.

After a moment of silence, Rebecca completely gave up on the weapon.

However, she didn't take the sword from Merry's hand, but instead grabbed Merry and turned to run.

Diamante:???

Merry:???

Merry looked at Rebecca with a face full of questions. Why did she suddenly run away?

Diamante also looked at the two retreating figures with some confusion. Just a moment ago they looked like they were going to kill him, so why did they suddenly run away?

Then, as if he had just thought of something, he grinned and burst into laughter.

"Have you realized the gap between us and dared not continue fighting?"

"Hahaha, then let's run away!"

"Run for your life!"

"Otherwise, I will kill you the same way I killed your mother!"

Hahahaha~

Diamante was laughing wildly behind her, which infuriated Merry. Couldn't that bastard just shut his mouth for a second?

Rebecca bit her lip so hard it bled, but Rebecca seemed oblivious and continued pulling Merry forward.

"Sister Rebecca?"

"Merry, our mission now isn't to fight him," Rebecca said, biting her lip. "We need to find Lucy."

Their mission here was to deliver the keys to Lucy; if they got bogged down, they were doomed.

"Okay, I understand."

Seeing that Rebecca had no intention of continuing to attack Diamante, Merry also gave up attacking Diamante, turned around and quickly flew away with Rebecca.

"You think you're safe just because you're airborne?" Diamante said coldly. "Watch me shoot you all down!"

"Death Enjambre!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Diamante fiercely swung the long knife in his hand.

The next moment, the blade began to twist rapidly, then grew at an extremely fast speed, flying into the air in the form of a snake.

"Don't even think about it!"

Upon seeing the attack approaching, Merry immediately turned around and raised her hand to create a thick Wind Barrier.

"Wind Barrier!"

"Clang!"

"What?"

Looking at the Wind Barrier that blocked his attack, several question marks immediately appeared above Diamante's head.

What did he see?

His move was actually blocked by the wind?

"What a Lihai little girl."

Diamante, quickly sheathing his weapon, said coldly, "Then let's try this one!"

After saying that, Diamante wrapped Armament Haki around his weapon and then launched a fierce Flying Slash towards Merry.

"Half-Moon Glaive!"

"Whoosh~"

Almost in the blink of an eye, the Flying Slash struck the Wind Barrier created by Merry and then cleaved it in two!

"Clang!"

"Click!"

"Varied...?!"

This time it was Merry's turn to be surprised, because she hadn't realized that this person could cleave her Wind Barrier.

However, she didn't have time to think about it, because after the attack cleaved through the Wind Barrier, it headed straight for the two of them.

Realizing this, Merry quickly used the Power of Wind to pull the two of them diagonally upwards, thus avoiding being killed by the Flying Slash.

"Merry, are you alright?"

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"That was really close, "Merry said. "I almost got hacked to death."

If she hadn't reacted quickly enough, the two of them would have been Flying Slash.

Having witnessed the power of Zoro's Flying Slash, Merry knew very well what the consequences would be if it struck her.

"Now you know how powerful I am, little thing!" Diamante looked arrogantly at Merry in the air and laughed loudly, "If you know what's good for you, come down obediently, and I'll let you suffer less."

This time, Diamante received no response whatsoever, which surprised Diamante. What did that mean?

Ignore him?

"What's wrong with you?"

Rebecca looked at Merry with a puzzled expression. Why did this girl suddenly look like she had seen something?

Could it be... that he discovered Lucy?

Thinking of this, Rebecca quickly looked around, but did not see any trace of Lucy.

Upon hearing Rebecca's words, Merry looked up at her and said, "I think... I heard your father's voice."

"The Soldier!" Rebecca's eyes lit up with surprise as she asked, "Where is he?"

This time, Merry didn't answer the question immediately, but instead carefully listened to all the sounds around her using the wind.

Then, she looked down at the cliff below.

A shadow has already appeared there.

"There!"

Rebecca, who was looking in the same direction as Merry, paused for a moment, then immediately exclaimed with delight, "Soldier!"

"Um?"

Kyros rushed up, subconsciously glanced at the sky and then spotted Rebecca's location. Seeing that she was unharmed, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He was about to say something when he noticed Diamante in the distance had already raised his knife and was clearly planning to kill the two girls while they were distracted.

"Stop it!"

Kyros immediately flew into a rage, rushing towards Diamante almost instantly and slashing at him with his weapon.

"Puff!"

"You are... Kyros!"

Diamante, who was sent flying by a single sword strike, had disbelief in his eyes.

Why did this bastard end up here?

"You bastard, don't even think about taking another life from my family!" Kyros roared.

The last time his wife was in trouble, he tried his best but still couldn't make it in time.

In the end... even the tears were borrowed from heaven.

But this time, he absolutely will not allow that to happen again!

He will protect his daughter with his life!

"Let's go down."

Seeing Kyros send Diamante flying with a single sword strike, Merry knew their reinforcements had arrived, so she quickly flew downwards, giving Rebecca a chance to speak with her father.

"Father... Father..."

After those two words were pronounced, Rebecca couldn't hold back her tears.

All the little things that had happened over the years were echoing in her mind.

Although she never knew that the Soldier was her father, her father had always been by her side.

She... she is not someone without a father, without a father's love.

"I'm sorry, Rebecca," Kyros said in a deep voice, "As a toy with no future, all your father can give you is fighting."

"You are so gentle and kind, just like your mother, yet I have been forcing you to learn combat skills, pushing you forward..."

Listening to Kyros's words, Rebecca, her face streaked with tears, shook her head. She had never blamed her father for this.

After all, without the things her father taught her, she would have died in the Bullfighting Arena long ago.

They won't go easy on you just because you're a woman.

As if sensing his daughter's feelings, Kyros fell silent.

But as a father, there are some things he should take responsibility for!

Thinking this, Kyros gripped his weapon tightly and said, "Rebecca, this is the last time!"

"You don't need to fight anymore, leave it to me."

In the end, Kyros looked at his daughter with incredibly kind eyes, eyes that contained all the love a father has for his daughter.

"Um!"

With tears streaming down her face, Rebecca nodded, choosing to entrust everything to her father.

"Hateful..."

Diamante, clutching his wound, got up with a ferocious expression on his face.

Then, he glared angrily at Kyros and said, "What do you mean by that, Kyros?!"

Does this bastard really think he can beat me?

"That means I'm going to settle things with you all completely today!"

"Ha?"

Diamante's face immediately contorted with rage, veins bulging, as he roared, "So that means today is your doomsday, right?!"

"It's your doomsday!"

Kyros roared and then charged at Diamante like a wild beast.

That posture, resembling an angry lion about to tear apart something, put immense pressure on Diamante.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

"Clang clang!"

After exchanging many blows, Diamante cursed, "You damned beast!"

"That's a truly barbaric fighting style."

As someone who has been in the Colosseum for so many years, Diamante had never seen anyone fight like this before; it was simply inhuman!

Kyros's expression did not change at all upon hearing this, and he continued his frenzied attack.

"It seems the advantage is on our side."

Merry smiled, then, as if she had discovered something, she suddenly turned her head to look in the direction of the cliff.

"What's wrong?" Rebecca asked, wiping away her tears.

"Luffy and his crew are here!"

"Lucy!"

"Um!"

A moment later...

"Rebecca, Merry!!!" Luffy from the Barrier Stairs, "Are you guys up there?!"

"Rebecca, Merry!!!"

"Great, they've finally arrived!"

Upon hearing the sound, the two rushed towards the edge of the cliff and then spotted Luffy and Law from the steps below.

"Ah, you're here!"

Luffy looked at the two people popping up above with surprise and shouted, "Quick, give me the key!"

As they spoke, Luffy dodged the bite of a giant toy behind him and punched it in return.

This sight made both Merry and Rebecca's eyelids twitch. What on earth was this toy?

Although she didn't know what it was, Merry immediately sprang into action.

"Whoosh~"

With Wind Force swirling around her, Merry darted out in a flash, arriving at Luffy's side at incredible speed.

Then, he kicked another giant toy.

"Bump!"

A terrifying burst of Wind Force sent the giant toy flying, plummeting down the cliff.

After doing this, Merry used her Wind Force to Luffy and Law up, quickly flying upwards and soon arriving at Rebecca's side.

"Phew~"

"We've finally arrived," Luffy said with a sigh of relief.

Although Cabbage said they would help cover the rear, some inevitably slipped through the net and caught up with him. Those guys really annoyed him the whole way.

"You're all alright, that's so great," Rebecca said with a smile.

"Quick, the key!" Law, lying on top of Luffy, said anxiously.

This feeling of being out of control was unbearable; he wanted freedom!

"Yes, yes, here are the keys."

Remembering this, Rebecca immediately took out the Sea Stone key and casually tossed it to Luffy.

Knowing that Luffy was a Devil Fruit user, Merry quickly used her wind to take the key and casually unlocked Law's handcuffs.

"Click~"

"Finally free from those damned Seastone Handcuffs."

Having gained his freedom, Luo's entire demeanor and spirit changed.

Just then, another giant toy rushed up from behind and bit at Merry behind them.

"ROOM!"

"Shambles!!"

"Puff!"

With a single blow, the giant toy was slicing into building block pieces!