Let Luffy Overtake on the Curve

"Bruno, keep an eye on them!"

Kaku and Jabra's bodies began to swell. One transformed into a giraffe, while the other became a vicious wolf.

"Roronoa Zoro, the two of you shouldn't have shown up again."

"Kaku, why are you wasting words on them?!"

Jabra's claws gleamed coldly, drool dripping from his blood-filled maw of fangs. In a flash, he vanished from where he stood.

"End this quickly!"

Zoro and Sanji landed on the deck, their gazes sharp and resolute.

This time, they had come prepared to die.

During the day.

Robin and Nami had sacrificed themselves to let that Celestial Dragon release the two of them, but they had not actually left Water 7.

Instead, they found a hidden spot and kept watch over the warship, trying to find an opportunity to rescue the three of them.

Unexpectedly, in the dead of night, a group of people from who knew where launched an attack on the Marine warship.

Zoro and Sanji knew this was the perfect chance to rescue Luffy and the others.

So they came without hesitation.

Clang, clang, clang!

Sparks flew through the air as Zoro engaged the giraffe-transformed Kaku at close range.

Their blades flashed and clashed, and not a single Marine dared approach wherever they fought.

"What did you do over the past dozen hours?"

The moment they exchanged blows.

Kaku confirmed that his senses had not been wrong. His opponent really had grown stronger, which was unbelievable.

Normally, they had first been severely injured, then had 3,000 milliliters of blood drained by Lord Sumer.

An ordinary person would have been bedridden long ago.

Yet only around ten hours had passed, and not only had his opponent recovered completely, he had become even stronger.

Not far away.

Jabra and Sanji were also trading blow for blow, fighting all the way from the stern to the bow.

In just twenty exchanges, wounds had already appeared on both of them.

"Charge! Rescue Boss Franky!"

"Open fire!"

At the stern of the warship, the Franky Family vessel assigned to provide support saw Franky under attack and immediately swung aboard the warship on ropes.

But Bruno stood in their way.

"Wake Lord Sumer. Someone is breaking the Straw Hat crew out of prison."

The moment the Franky Family attacked the warship, a call came through to Rob Lucci.

After answering it.

Rob Lucci got up, put on his suit jacket, and coldly walked to the next room to knock on the door.

Califa opened it.

"All right!"

Califa seemed to have only just woken up. She yawned, turned around, entered the room, and walked to the Simmons bed.

Sumer was sleeping soundly. Robin, who had already been awakened by the noise, lay on his left, still wearing Seastone.

Nami lay on his right, also awake.

Generally speaking, when faced with something so awful, most people would be unable to sleep.

But Robin and Nami were too exhausted. They had already suffered serious injuries, then Sumer had tormented and trained them for several hours. They were utterly spent in body and mind.

At first.

The two of them had forced themselves to stay awake, trying to find an opportunity, but somehow they had drifted off to sleep.

Until Rob Lucci's knock woke them.

"Lord Sumer~"

"Lord Sumer~"

Califa gently shook Sumer while leaning close and softly calling to him.

The reason she was so gentle and careful was because Sumer was grumpy after waking up.

After spending the past few days with him, she had learned enough about some of Sumer's habits and temperament!

After all, reading people was one of the basic skills a professional agent had to master.

"What is it?"

Sumer had been woken up, but he did not open his eyes. After a whole night of exertion, he was exhausted too.

Perhaps that was the price of pleasure.

"Vice Admiral Doll's side has come under attack. Someone may be trying to rescue the Straw Hat crew."

Seeing that Sumer's tone was normal, Califa straightened up and looked down at Robin and Nami, who were pretending to sleep.

"Just as expected!"

"I just didn't think it would happen so soon."

Sumer opened his eyes, and all his sleepiness vanished at once. He immediately stood up from the bed completely naked.

Who could it be?

Garp? Dragon? Red-Hair? Ace?

Whoever it was, they had come quickly—

Was the protagonist's aura starting to work?

"Get dressed."

He definitely had to go see this excitement.

He had yet to witness a battle between true powerhouses.

Back on Sky Island, Enel had been instantly defeated by Saint Nerona Imu and Saint Marcus Mars with Conqueror's Haki.

The battle between the Straw Hat crew and CP9 had also been utterly one-sided.

Neither encounter had been entertaining at all!

He wanted to see Conqueror's Haki collide and split the sky apart.

He wanted to see the world-destroying battles between true powerhouses.

He had to participate in every showdown as much as possible, even if it was only as a loyal spectator on the outskirts.

That way, he could broaden his experience and knowledge—

After all, once he had seen enough, he would not be paralyzed by someone's presence or reduced to panicked helplessness when he encountered powerful opponents or trouble in the future.

"Make them sleep deeply."

With Califa's assistance, Sumer quickly got dressed, then gave her a look.

With such a huge commotion, he did not believe Robin and Nami were still asleep.

To Sumer, aside from Luffy, every member of the Straw Hat crew was an extremely valuable sacrifice.

At a critical moment, they could ignite Luffy's potential and let him explode with strength to overtake on the curve.

Under normal circumstances, he could not let these people die. He had to cherish them properly so they could maximize the power of sacrificing teammates for boundless power when it mattered.

Thud, thud!

Califa understood immediately. With two chops to the neck, she forcibly sent Robin and Nami back into dreamland.

The kind they would not wake up from anytime soon.

"Let's go!"

Sumer skillfully jumped into Califa's arms.

At the same time.

Saint Marcus Mars and Aokiji, surrounded by a group of Marines, also left the hotel and headed toward the harbor.

However, he was not worried in the slightest.

"President, the targets have already left the hotel for the harbor. Franky has successfully drawn their attention."

Within the shadows of an alley.

Paulie, vice president of the Galley-La Company, along with foremen Peepley Lulu and Tilestone, watched Saint Marcus Mars and the others leave before stepping out of the alley and revealing themselves.

Paulie, who stood at the front, used a Den Den Mushi to contact Iceburg.

On the other end of the line.

Iceburg, far away in the Galley-La Company office, said solemnly, "Move quickly. See if you can find those blueprints."

"You must be careful."

"Understood."

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi, Paulie, Peepley Lulu, and Tilestone swiftly climbed over the wall and infiltrated the hotel, carefully avoiding the thirteen Marines left behind.

"I hope everything goes smoothly, Franky—"

Inside the Galley-La Company office, Iceburg first glanced at the disconnected Den Den Mushi. Then he walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked toward the distant harbor, where he could vaguely see explosions and flames.

An hour earlier.

Franky had suddenly called, saying that he had gathered every member of the Franky Family and was about to attack the warship docked at the harbor.

He told Iceburg to keep a close eye on the Celestial Dragons.

Once the Celestial Dragons had been lured out of the hotel, Iceburg was to send people inside to search for the Pluton blueprints.

At first, Iceburg had refused and tried to persuade Franky not to act rashly, because their opponents were World Nobles.

But Franky refused, because it was the only relic Master Tom had left behind.

With no other choice.

Iceburg could only cooperate, though he knew the chances of finding the Pluton blueprints were slim.

Because something that important could not possibly have been left in the hotel by the Celestial Dragons. There was a ninety-nine percent chance they carried it with them.

But even if there was only a one percent chance, they had to take the risk.

Master Tom had once said that these blueprints absolutely could not fall into the hands of the World Government.

"Damn it, the blueprints weren't left in the hotel. They aren't in the safe either."

"They must have been taken away by the Celestial Dragons."

Inside the hotel.

Paulie and the other two quickly searched room after room, paying particular attention to Saint Marcus Mars's room.

"Huh? There are two unconscious women in this Celestial Dragon's room."

"Take them. They might know something."

"Understood!"

When Paulie and the others infiltrated Sumer's room, they immediately spotted Robin and Nami unconscious on the bed.

After searching the entire room and finding no blueprints, Paulie decided to take Robin and Nami back for a thorough interrogation.

Those two women had clearly been violated by the Celestial Dragons.

They might have stayed with the Celestial Dragons the entire time, so perhaps they could reveal something.

"Who's there?!"

Although the three of them had been very careful.

Once they brought Robin and Nami with them, their movements were inevitably affected.

A Marine patrol happened to pass by, and they were quickly discovered.