The battle in Loguetown raged on, fiercer by the moment. As Ye Chen clashed with Vergo, his companions began falling one after another.
Demon Gin had nearly exhausted himself fighting Vergo, and with his leg bone broken by a kick, he could no longer fight.
Ghost Princess Perona had taken a sword strike from Doberman. She, too, was badly wounded.
That was the cruelty of a Buster Call. Ye Chen's crew faced not only five Vice Admirals, but ten thousand elite Marines, along with plenty of formidable officers. The sheer variety of Devil Fruit users was enough to make anyone's head spin.
Of Ye Chen's companions here, only two were still fighting harder than ever: Ye Chen and Lucci. Everyone else was locked in a desperate struggle, with the odds against them.
Nami and Stone, of course, were not here.
"Urgh..."
Surrounded and fighting for her life, Kuina reacted a moment too slowly and took a sword slash. Pain drew her brows together. Without thinking, she swung Wado Ichimonji behind her at the Marine captain who had struck her. His smug expression froze on his face.
But Kuina held back from killing him. Though she was badly hurt, she still did not want to take a life.
Wounded Marines lay all around her, but not one was dead.
"Super Smog!"
A Marine commodore flicked both hands, and Kuina's vision blurred. Thick mist seemed to rise from the ground, swallowing everything around her. The haze turned the battlefield dreamlike, as though she had wandered into a celestial palace.
A dark figure shot through the mist. A heartbeat later, a large net dropped over Kuina.
"Hahaha..."
Alexander, a Mist-Mist Fruit user, had caught Kuina and could not help laughing. He had barely managed two laughs when a green-haired young man appeared before