Achilles

Li Ziming looked at Luffy, who was leaning on his knees and panting, and felt utterly helpless. "Luffy, you didn't have to rush so much..."

Luffy was exhausted not because of all the exercise, but because he had somehow gotten the inspiration to spin his feet at a speed completely beyond human limits. From a distance, he looked like a UFO. However, although it seemed incredibly fast, it was actually moving painfully slowly—far slower than normal speed.

"Huah... huah..." Luffy was too busy panting to speak.

"You really worked hard..." Smoker cast Li Ziming a sympathetic glance, then pressed the laboratory button. When the door opened, Caesar's terrified face appeared.

"Ah, he's mine..." Luffy immediately declared his claim over Caesar.

"Tch..." Smoker was clearly displeased. Apparently, not running into Vergo had left him quite frustrated.

"I definitely won't let you off this time!" Luffy instantly appeared in front of Caesar and punched him. In the face of Armament Haki, a Logia body was as defenseless as anything. Caesar could only take the blow. Aside from spitting out some blood, he was not sent flying by Luffy's punch.

Smoker tightened his grip on the Jitte, looking ready to make a move, but Li Ziming grabbed him from the side.

"Your fight isn't here. You have somewhere you need to go..." Li Ziming smiled, indicating that Smoker's enemy was Vergo, not Caesar.

"Vergo!" Smoker roared and charged out, seemingly intending to leave the battlefield to Luffy and Li Ziming.

Luffy, having encountered Caesar—the man who had defeated him once before—charged forward furiously with revenge in mind.

"What a troublesome pirate crew..." Monet did not look worried about Caesar in the slightest. However, her body had already begun to freeze. It was not quite frozen yet; perhaps it would be more accurate to