The Flower Country's High-Ranking Leaders Fall One After Another (Part 1)

The battlefield near the outer walls of the Royal Capital.

"Damn it, you annoying woman!"

Sai rolled away awkwardly, dodging a string of blazing bullets before hiding behind what remained of a massive boulder. The bullets chased him, peppering the rock with dense holes.

Before he could catch his breath, Sai suddenly felt an unusual heat in his arms. He hurriedly pulled out a fragment of a Vivre Card that was rapidly burning and would turn to ash at any moment.

It was Chinjao's Vivre Card.

"Chinjao!!!"

Sai's eyes instantly turned bloodshot. Overwhelmed by grief and panic, he even forgot to address him by his title.

For a Vivre Card to look like this could only mean one thing—Chinjao's life was hanging by a thread, and he might even already be...

Just as his mind reeled from the shock, Baby-5 seized the opportunity. Her right arm instantly transformed into a crude cannon.

Boom!

The cannonball struck the half-boulder Sai was hiding behind with perfect accuracy, blasting it completely apart and sending fragments flying everywhere.

Sai punched away the incoming stones, his face covered in dust. He glared at Baby-5 in the distance, his voice turning icy with anger and grief.

"I'll say this one last time. Move aside! I have to go to Dongliang!"

Baby-5 did not hesitate in the slightest. Though she was covered in quite a few wounds, her gaze remained exceptionally resolute.

"Not a chance! I absolutely won't let you leave this place!"

"Dongliang's life is hanging by a thread... I don't want to say anything more about right and wrong..."

Sai's voice lowered, but his killing intent spread like a tangible force.

"Since you're so stubborn, I'll just have to... kill you!"

"Wugenjiao!"

A vicious kick wrapped in Haki Coating shot straight toward Baby-5's chest, its