"Oh~," Leo let out a meaningless sigh. He and Robin were both leaning against the railing, looking utterly dejected. Robin was still propping up her chin with an arm, while he had simply laid his chin directly on the railing, looking like complete deadweight.
"Why are you being so weird?" Ace looked at Leo curiously.
Leo had been acting really strange today.
Leo shrugged. "Nothing."
Some people were just soft-hearted beneath their stubborn fronts.
Zoro assumed a Three Sword Style stance and silently watched Tashigi. Without hesitation, Tashigi gripped her sword with both hands and charged forward.
"Tiger Hunt!"
The two of them crossed paths in an instant.
Within Leo's Observation Haki, Zoro had hesitated after all.
At the critical moment, he had avoided Tashigi's neck, allowing her to evade the deadliest slash. But a huge gash opened from below her shoulder, and she fell onto the deck spraying blood.
Zoro let out a muffled grunt. Though he had blocked Tashigi's slash, his last-second tilt of the head had shifted his body, causing him to take her blade head-on instead. The lingering edge sliced open his waist, leaving a large wound there.
Still, those injuries were nothing to either of them. For a moment, only their heavy breathing filled the scene.
"Now!" Smoker shouted. In an instant, he undid his Seastone handcuffs, transformed into smoke, and seeped into the lower levels of the ship.
???
Everyone was stunned.
How had he gotten out of his Seastone handcuffs?
After removing her Seastone handcuffs, Hina immediately charged toward the blood-soaked Tashigi. As long as she took a hostage, she could buy some time.
She glanced at Leo from the corner of her eye. She had wanted to seize him too, but Leo was clearly the central figure among this group. There was