"Waaah!"
Kid had no time to react. He only felt an enormous force strike him, as if he had been hit by a cannonball. Screaming, he flew backward and crashed into a heap of garbage by the street with a loud boom, unable to get up for a while.
Ain withdrew her leg, her icy gaze sweeping over the garbage heap before shifting to the fruit on the tree. Her voice carried no emotion at all.
"This fruit has nothing to do with you. Give up."
The instant she confirmed that it was a Devil Fruit, Ain, who treated every word Adams said as gospel, acted without a second thought to drive away any potential competitors.
Adams had once instructed them that any wild Devil Fruit encountered outside had to be secured immediately.
"Kid!"
Killer was shocked. Seeing his friend instantly knocked down, rage clouded his mind. He shouted, pulled the two daggers he carried from his waist, and charged at Ain while brandishing them!
Whoosh!
Another figure flashed past. Using practiced Soru, Koala instantly appeared in Killer's path. Her little face was tense as she tried her best to put on a fierce expression.
"Stop! This fruit is something important that we're taking back to Captain! You're not allowed to touch it!"
Clearly, she had taken Adams's words to heart as well.
How could Killer listen to any of that now? He roared.
"Get lost!"
The dagger in his hand stabbed mercilessly toward Koala.
Koala remained calm in the face of danger, her body swaying softly as though it had no bones. It was Kami-e, one of the Six Powers.
She nimbly dodged all of Killer's disorderly attacks, spotted an opening, and clenched her small hand into a fist. Putting all her strength into it, she drove a straight