Battle begins

"Sorry, I just couldn't help myself..." Luffy said, though there wasn't the slightest trace of apology on his face. "But I'm definitely going to send this guy flying!" He glared at Hody Jones.

"Honestly, I knew you wouldn't stick to the plan, Luffy, but couldn't you at least have waited for my signal? Oh, well. Good thing I was quick..." Nami's voice came from a patch of empty air. "I've got the letter. Robin has the keys..."

Before Nami finished speaking, arms sprouted all over Hopton's body, and the chains binding Neptune and the others were unlocked.

"Nice work, Robin! Leave the rest to us!" Edward's voice suddenly rang out in the air.

"Lion Roar Cannon!" Franky shouted. The Thousand Sunny's figurehead opened its mouth and fired a tremendously powerful blast of air. Chaos swept through the plaza, and the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates made their entrance amid the confusion.

"It's the Straw Hat Pirates!"

"They're all here!"

"Hey, Straw Hat Luffy!" someone shouted anxiously.

"Are you really going to destroy this island?" Now that they actually saw the Straw Hat Pirates, some of the fish-men began to worry that Luffy and his crew really would destroy their home.

"Why did you take over Ryugu Palace?" others demanded of Luffy.

"Are you the ones who kidnapped the mermaids?"

"Answer us! Are you enemies of Fish-Man Island or friends?"

"Enemies? Friends?" Luffy adjusted his straw hat. "Think whatever you want. I'm just here to send that guy flying."

"That really does sound like you, Captain..." Li Ziming shook his head helplessly. "Though we seem a little short on numbers this time..."

"Let us go. We can still fight!" Neptune said. "I can still fight. Let us..."

"You're too loud." Li Ziming dug irritably at his ear. "Old man, this