Woli's Overwhelming Strength

"Who did you say you were going to kill? You bastard!" a deep, booming voice said.

The moment the CP0 masked man turned his head, all he saw was an enormous fist smashing straight into his face!

The newcomer was Woli, who had rushed over in a hurry after seeing the Signal Flare.

He had not expected Swain to be facing the infamous CP0. The moment they met, even he was surprised.

After all, the fact that they had managed to find this place puzzled Woli as well.

"Hmph!"

Woli snorted coldly! The sound reached the masked man's ears like an explosion, leaving them throbbing with pain!

"Who are you? The World Government is conducting business here. Leave at once if you know what's good for you!" He was terrified. He had never expected the person Swain called over to be this powerful.

After just one exchange, he had already fallen into a disadvantage.

Woli first checked Swain's injuries. He had merely passed out. Aside from a dislocated elbow and some flesh torn away, he had not suffered any internal injuries.

That finally put Woli's anxious heart at ease. He had only fainted.

Only then did Woli rise to his feet and stare sharply at the enemy ahead.

Hearing the masked man question him, he did not answer. Instead, he mocked him.

"Ten years already. Is this all the efficiency you lapdogs have?"

Anyone capable of becoming a spy naturally would not be stupid.

In an instant, he understood what Woli meant!

The masked man said in shock, "You're the Wise Ape who hijacked the Fruit back then!"

CP0 personnel naturally came and went over the years. This masked man was one of the newer recruits.

He had not participated in the Sea Fruit transport case back then, but whenever he returned to receive assignments, there had always been an unsolved case posted on the CP0 mission wall.

Ten years ago, after the Sea Fruit was hijacked, the Five Elders had flown into a rage. They had drawn Woli's portrait and ordered all their spies across the world to hunt him down.

They had even placed a bounty of one billion Beli on him. However, the details of the bounty had never been made public; it merely stated that he had stolen government secrets.

"I didn't think you'd still remember these old bones of mine. Why isn't your captain here today?"

"Could it be that he's already become a Celestial Dragon's mount?" Woli said mercilessly.

"Even if we become mounts, that would still be our honor!"

The masked man said shamelessly.

"And besides, the captain already died in battle. I heard he was killed by King the Conflagration, one of the Four Emperor Kaido's subordinates, while investigating Kaido."

"You're quite honest. Is it because you know you won't be leaving this island alive?"

As Woli spoke, he suddenly flicked his middle finger forward. With a pop, it struck the masked man's hand, which had been secretly making a move.

The masked man immediately screamed, "You old bastard! Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

He then swiftly threw out something resembling a pill, releasing a large cloud of smoke.

"Hahaha! This is new technology that can disrupt other people's Observation Haki!"

This was naturally another creation by the great inventor Vegapunk, and something every CP0 member carried.

One had to know that when experts fought, they did not even need their eyes. Their eyes were only used to see what their enemies looked like.

Observation Haki was a latent human ability that could foresee the future.

That was the true "eye" of the strong.

Just as the masked man smugly fled backward, Woli's voice made him feel as though he were sitting on pins and needles.

"Useless! You can't escape today!"

The tables had turned.

Now that the situation had reversed, it was the masked man's turn to panic.

His conversation with Woli earlier had merely been to stall for time so he could secretly send out a distress signal.

But Woli, who had already been wary of him, discovered it. That was what led to the scene just now.

"Dawei!" Woli opened with a killing move.

At some point, a rapier had appeared in his hand. He swung it one-handed, unleashing a slash with incomparable force.

Feeling the unstoppable sword slash behind him, the masked man hurriedly made a sharp turn.

"Soru!" He shifted his body slightly to the side, but unfortunately, he still failed to evade it. The slash cut through his arm.

His arm flew through the air, blood spraying everywhere.

Without any unnecessary movement, Woli used Teleportation to appear before him.

The masked man was horrified. Against such a powerful opponent, running was nothing but a waste of effort.

He simply raised his only remaining right hand and shouted, "I surrender!"

Woli's blade was already near his neck. Its sharp edge had sliced through his skin, and blood trickled down along the blade.

Silence filled the air! The masked man held his breath, terrified that this sword would sever his head.

Woli was also stunned upon hearing his surrender, then mocked him.

"Weren't you all tough before? And aren't dogs of the Celestial Dragons supposed to commit suicide if they fail their mission?"

"You seem to know quite a lot, sir, but I'm still young." Under Woli's gaze, the masked man slowly removed his mask.

Beneath that terrifying Blue Ogre mask was a young, handsome face, creating an enormous visual contrast.

"My name is Back. I'm a member of the 217th CP0 class, codename: Blue Ogre."

"Senior, you might as well spare my life. Perhaps I still have some value to you," Back suggested to Woli.

Woli was in no hurry now. Since he had interrupted Back's call for help and cut off one of his arms, Back was no more than an ant to him.

He smiled. "You're quite clever."

"Thank you for the praise, Senior!"

"Enough with the useless talk. Tell me everything you know, from beginning to end."

"I can, but you must spare my life!"

Woli was beginning to lose patience. This was the first time he had seen a CP0 member so afraid of death.

He had encountered other Cipher Pol members before. Usually, if they failed and could not escape, they would immediately kill themselves.

His gaze swept over Back from head to toe.

He said coldly.

"You have no choice!"

Man is the knife, and I am the fish.

Back naturally understood this principle, so he had no choice but to explain everything.

It turned out that Back's position in CP0 was extremely awkward. As a newcomer, he had no notable achievements to his name.

What made it worse was that he had repeatedly made mistakes during missions, causing him to be sidelined. Even his companions had begun to isolate him.

Their batch was unlike Lucci's future group. They were not true comrades who could entrust their lives to one another.

The members of his group had merely been selected layer by layer from the most outstanding lower-ranking spies.

There was no bond or emotional connection between them.

Their group had also been assembled temporarily because the changing world situation had left no time to train new personnel.

Then, after offending the higher-ups, he had been given a death order: find the missing Sea Fruit.

Who knew where it could have gone? Especially since Woli had stolen it—too much had changed!

After months of fruitless searching, he had accidentally heard that Fish-Man Island had an exceptionally skilled fortune-teller.

This fortune-teller was Shyarly, the same fortune-teller Luffy's group would later meet when they came to Fish-Man Island. She had foretold that Luffy would destroy Fish-Man Island.

So Back rushed without rest to Fish-Man Island and found the fortune-teller, who divined where the Sea Fruit would appear.

It took a full year before he finally found some clues leading to this uninhabited island.