Illusion

From Brindy's perspective, the moment his older Cambaccino, approached Xi Yan, his fist struck Xi Yan mercilessly, sending him flying!

"Whoosh~"

"Boom!!"

It crashed violently into the distant Iceberg!

"Puff!"

Xi Yan spat out a mouthful of blood and slid off the Iceberg, falling into the sea below.

"Hahaha!" Cambaccino laughed loudly, "Ninja, do you see? This is the power of us brothers!"

"That's right, when the two of us brothers work together, we are invincible!" Brindy laughed and said.

Perhaps because they are twins, they are born with a special magnetic force that allows them to attract or repel each other.

Just now, Brindy used the force of repulsion to force Cambaccino's speed to surge again, sending Xi Yan flying.

Of course, this is from the perspective of the Cambaccino brothers.

From the perspective of the Straw Hat Pirates, it appears that Cambaccino suddenly appears and punches Xi Yan, who is standing on the deck.

But Xi Yan was too fast and was not hit at all. He dodged to the side in an instant and then lashed out with a Whip Kick Cambaccino, sending him flying onto Brindy.

"Bump!"

The two collided and landed on the Thousand Sunny.

But these two people acted as if they felt no pain, standing up and laughing loudly while saying things that were incomprehensible to others, just like lunatics.

"Are these two... sick?" Franky's lips twitched.

"It's probably because of Xi Yan," Sanji said, glancing at Xi Yan.

The opponent possesses the ability to create illusions; these two have likely fallen under Xi Yan's Illusion.

"Are you the so-called bounty hunters?"

"They're twins!"

Franky looked at the two of them in surprise; twins were indeed a rare sight.

"That's right, we are the strongest duo in the Achino Family besides our father!" Brindy sneered at Franky, saying, "Pirates, your end has come!"

"I've already knocked that Ninja into the sea; you have no way to escape from here," Cambaccino said. "Surrender!"

"They were thrown into the sea..."

Usopp glanced at the Cambaccino brothers, then at Xi Yan; the feeling was truly complex.

"What's wrong? What happened?!"

Luffy and Chopper ran out of the cabin of another ship and shouted towards the Thousand Sunny, "Hey, are you guys alright?"

"It's nothing, Luffy," Xi Yan said. "It's just that group of bounty hunters came."

"What?"

Luffy was somewhat surprised; he hadn't expected those guys to actually come knocking on his door.

"Luffy, go help!"

"But what about you?"

Luffy glanced at Chopper, genuinely worried about leaving his Ship's Doctor alone there.

There was no way around it; this group already had a criminal record, and he couldn't completely trust them.

"I'm fine."

Luffy didn't agree immediately, but thought for a moment before saying, "I'll go take a look first."

Grabbing the bow of the ship with both hands, Luffy launched himself back to his own ship, landing next to Nico Robin.

He glanced at Nico Robin and asked, "Robin, where are the enemies?"

"Look, isn't it over there?"

Following Robin's gaze, Luffy looked over and immediately exclaimed in shock, "Clone... Clone Technique?!"

"Hey, Xi Yan, look! There are Ninja here too!!"

Luffy was incredibly excited; he never imagined he'd encounter Ninja one day.

Xi Yan:...

Upon hearing Luffy's words, Xi Yan was momentarily speechless.

I have no idea what this idiot was thinking; they're obviously twins.

They might look alike, but their clothes are different, you bastard!

"You're Straw Hat, aren't you?" Cambaccino glanced coldly at Luffy and said, "We'll take your head."

However, Luffy ignored him and continued shouting at Xi Yan.

"Hey, Xi Yan, that's Ninja, Ninja!"

Xi Yan didn't want to talk to this guy, with a cold and aloof expression.

Cambaccino:???

"Damn it, are you looking down on us?!" Brindy roared, "Your Ninja named Xi Yan has been thrown into the sea!"

Upon hearing this, Luffy was momentarily stunned.

Brindy, thinking Luffy was scared, immediately showed a smug look and said, "Now you know fear..."

"What are you talking about?" Luffy said, picking his nose. "Isn't Xi Yan right here?"

Xi Yan was standing not far from Franky, watching down below. Didn't he see those two?

Could it be that, apart from Xi Yan, the other Ninja all have poor eyesight?

Following Luffy's gaze, Brindy didn't find any trace of Xi Yan, only Franky standing there alone.

"Ha, trying to fool us?" Brindy sneered. "Such lies are meaningless."

Luffy:???

For a moment, Luffy was a little confused, unsure whether the Ninja had genuinely not seen him or was pretending not to.

"Luffy, they've been caught in Illusion," Little Merry said with a grin.

"Illusion?"

Luffy was a little confused, wondering what that thing was, and whether it was also a power of the Xi Yan.

"When you were in Water Seven, did you even listen to what Xi Yan said...?" Nami complained.

Xi Yan explained his clone ability back then, didn't Luffy even listen carefully?

Or perhaps... with his brain capacity, he simply couldn't comprehend what Illusion was.

"Never mind, whatever." Luffy jumped in front of Brindy and said, "You're that bounty hunter, right?"

"Since you've attacked us, you should be prepared for the consequences."

"Hmph, you think you can compete with me?" Cambaccino glanced disdainfully at everyone before finally turning to Luffy and saying, "I can tell from that Ninja how inflated your bounties are."

"I don't know what the Navy was thinking, giving such a high bounty to people like you."

"But... this also benefits us, hahahaha."

"That's right, Brother Cambaccino!" Brindy laughed loudly, "We can't let such a good thing slip by!"

"Straw Hat, your head is ours to take!"

"Huh?!"

"Brother?" Luffy exclaimed in shock, "Isn't it a clone?"

"Damn it, where did you get the idea that we're clones?!" Brindy cursed.

Anyone with a normal mind could tell they're twin brothers, right? Is this jerk making fun of them?

"Brindy, kill him!"

"Yes, Brother Cambaccino!"

The two brothers quickly stuck together, but then separated due to repulsive forces.

Brindy was propelled toward Luffy by this force and landed a powerful punch on Luffy's body.

"Whoosh~"

"Bump!"

Caught off guard, Luffy was indeed punched and sent flying, crashing into the cabin wall behind him.

"What happened?" Sanji asked, puzzled. "They were stuck together for a moment, and then they separated so quickly?"

"An ability user...?"

"No, we're not Devil Fruit User," Brindy sneered. "As twin brothers, we're born with the ability to attract and repel each other."

"To be precise, it's magnetic force!" Cambaccino said.

After explaining, the two brothers demonstrated their special abilities to the group: magnetic attraction and repulsion.

He then laughed triumphantly at the Straw Hat Pirates, as if they were incredibly powerful.

"Robin, what do they mean?" Merry looked up and asked.

"It's alright, let's just consider them as fools."

"Is that so...?"

Upon hearing Robin's words, a hint of pity appeared in Merry's eyes as she looked at the Cambaccino brothers.

"They are so pitiful..."

"You made them say that?" Usopp asked, glancing at Xi Yan.

Xi Yan:...

"No, that's not true," Xi Yan retorted. "I overestimated them a bit."

This time, he didn't actually use Illusion to control the other party; he merely showed him things he wanted to see.

To Xi Yan's surprise, the other party actually explained the ability himself, as if afraid that they wouldn't understand... Isn't that just plain stupid!

You know, in battles, most of the time it's all about intelligence, and yet the other side just so easily revealed their own information... Xi Yan's expression was incredibly complicated.

How did this idiot come from the Bounty Hunter Family? How have they survived this long?

"Wow, that's amazing! How did you guys do that?!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly.

He didn't care at all about the punch the other person threw at him, because it didn't cause any damage, it just made his clothes a little dirty.

"Hmph, that's because we're brothers!"

"Wow... that's amazing!"

"I don't care about your brotherhood," Sanji kicked out, saying, "Luffy, these are enemies, let's take them down first."

"Profound!"

Luffy didn't hold back and immediately launched an attack on the two with Sanji, but these two were really quite agile, and they couldn't defeat them in the first place.

Seeing that the two had already started fighting, Xi Yan did not intervene. He turned his head to look at the water in the distance, or more precisely, at the dark shadows underwater.

"Ferocious Penguin, huh...?"

"Careful!"

Franky suddenly shouted and rushed behind Luffy, jumping up to block.

"Clang~"

A special Ice Ball hit Franky's arm, and ice shards began to appear and gradually spread along his arm.

What the hell is this?

Franky's expression changed, and he immediately clashed his arms together, shaking the ice blocks off.

Then, he looked up at the Iceberg and said, "Ice?"

"Damn it, could it be Marine Admiral?" Usopp's expression changed.

"Will bounty hunters team up with the Navy...?"

This ability truly touched a nerve with several of them.

"No, that's not the case." Xi Yan glanced at the Iceberg to the side, then looked at the three people who had just appeared above and said, "Those guys aren't from the Navy."

"Isn't it the Navy...?"

Usopp frowned. If he wasn't that Marine Admiral, then how could he control the power of ice?

Could he also be Devil Fruit User?

Or perhaps... this is a special ability that the other party was born with, just like these twin brothers.

"Damn it, how dare you launch a sneak attack! You'd better be prepared!" Franky said angrily to Hokru.

Hokru didn't answer, but looked at Xi Yan with a grim expression and said, "You... how come you're alright...?"

"Surprised?" Xi Yan raised his head, grinned, and said, "Even Vice Admiral couldn't kill me, and they think they can knock me into the sea?"

"You guys are really... naive!"

Hearing Xi Yan's words, Hokru's expression turned even uglier. Clearly, they had underestimated the strength of this group of pirates.

At that moment, Hokru realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Brother Cambaccino, Second Brother Brindy, let's go!"