Escape

Ain boarded the Thousand Sunny and glared fiercely at everyone on deck. "Is our teacher Z aboard your ship?"

"Why waste words on them? They're all pirates. Just kill them!" Binz was dressed like a ninja, though his clothes were so flashy he'd probably be spotted the moment he tried to hide.

"Brook, stick to the plan!" Robin called at once. Li Ziming had told them about Ain's Return-Return Fruit. Brook, who had been dead for countless years, was probably the only one there who could stand up to it. The others might vanish without a trace after just two touches.

"Return, return!" Purple energy gathered around Ain's hands, confirming that no one in the Straw Hat Pirates could afford to let her touch them. But she was Zephyr's student and had mastered the Six Powers. She vanished from where she stood, too fast for anyone to defend themselves—or perhaps they could have reacted, if Binz hadn't struck at the same time.

"Grow, grow!" Binz broke into a strange dance. The grass on the Thousand Sunny's deck had been short, but under the power of his dance, it began growing wildly. Vines shot up and wrapped themselves around several Straw Hat Pirates.

"So that's what the Shove-Shove Fruit can do?" Perona's body collapsed, and her spirit appeared in midair. "Negative Hollow!" Several ghosts rushed toward Binz.

Binz instinctively dodged. When an opponent attacked and he didn't know what the attack could do, it was better to avoid it first.

Meanwhile, Ain reached Perona's side. With her body unable to move, Perona was an easy target.

"What are you doing to Perona?" Chopper had been treating Zephyr instead of listening to Li Ziming's briefing, so he knew nothing about Ain's ability. But his instinct to protect a friend was enough. He