Escape

"What the hell!" Suddenly, an enormous slash covered the entire research facility. Under Li Ziming's Observation Haki, even the mountain peaks on the island had been cleaved in half by that single strike.

"Zoro, it looks like Luo's pure swordsmanship isn't weak either..." Li Ziming said in surprise. His original impression of Luo had been based on his incredible Devil Fruit, but he hadn't expected his swordsmanship to be so powerful too.

"Heh, I suddenly feel like warming up my hands!" Zoro looked as though he wanted to have a swordsman's duel with Luo.

"Zoro, you can scratch that itch, but don't move around too much. Otherwise, this will be perfect evidence of you molesting a woman..." Somehow, Li Ziming had gotten a recording device into his hand. Zoro could bet his life that Li Ziming had recorded what he'd just said.

"You want to die?" Zoro was furious inside, and he unconsciously put a little more strength into his grip.

"What... are you doing?" The voice that suddenly came from his shoulder made Zoro feel as if he had gone from the height of summer straight into the dead of winter. It was freezing.

"Sorry..." Even Zoro felt somewhat embarrassed. For once, his face actually flushed slightly. Of course, if Li Ziming's attention hadn't been focused almost entirely on Zoro, he would have nearly missed that perfect moment.

Tashigi naturally noticed this scene from Zoro's shoulder as well, and she found it somewhat amusing. However, what happened next nearly made her cry.

"Ahhh! It's the female captain!"

"Thank goodness you're all right. But judging by this, you must have already defeated the bird woman..."

"Eeeeeek!" Tashigi was utterly embarrassed. She had been embraced in front of her colleagues by a man—and a pirate at that. She wished she could