Even the strongest member of the group, Luffy, had been defeated. He felt that if he went back, he would definitely die, but Zoro and the others had already decided to go. He had no choice but to force himself to go along.
Chopper slung the medicine box over his back, stomped his little hooves on the ground, and said excitedly, "I'll heal everyone!"
Half an hour later, a deafening crash suddenly came from the dome of Alubarna Palace. Luffy's water-ball body shattered the glass and slammed into the floor tiles in front of Crocodile like a giant cannonball.
"Crocodile, I'm back to beat you up!"
Crocodile had just raised his wineglass. When he saw the water ball roll to his feet, his sunglasses nearly slipped off. The Luffy before him left him utterly dumbfounded, and he even began to wonder whether this Luffy was an idiot.
"What the hell is this thing?!"
"I'm Luffy! I'm gonna send you flying!"
Luffy suddenly burst open his belly, and the water stored inside him surged toward Crocodile like a waterfall.
"Who are you calling?"
"A cannon?"
A fiery red figure followed close behind through the curtain of water. Ace's fist, wrapped in blazing flames, smashed toward Sand Crocodile with Fire Fist.
The instant water and fire intertwined, steam spread throughout the palace.
Crocodile had not expected them to come back for him, much less for Ace to be there as well. In his haste, he transformed into a stream of sand and retreated, but the flames still singed the corner of his clothes.
Moreover, the air was now filled with mist. It truly restrained his Devil Fruit ability.
"Fire Fist Ace, you dare interfere in my affairs?"
There was surprise in Crocodile's voice.
Of course he knew Fire Fist Ace. He was