"Bring it on!" Klee's eyes lit up with excitement. Far from being afraid, she pulled several more round objects from her little backpack.
They were the other bombs the girls had disarmed earlier!
"Anya, Himawari! Get all those 'naughty bad things' we found! It's time to put them to work!"
Anya and Himawari were frightened, but they trusted Klee for reasons they couldn't explain. They dragged a small bag from their hiding place. Inside were three more bombs, their fuses removed but their bodies intact.
Klee took the bag and lined up the bombs along the edge of the deck as though handing out candy. Her little face was solemn, as if she were preparing a grand fireworks show.
"Line up nicely~ Wait for my signal—"
She took a deep breath. Her tiny body seemed to hold astonishing strength as she grabbed a bomb in each hand and spun like a top!
"Go! Jumpy Dumpty—rapid fire!"
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
She hurled the metal spheres one after another with precise angles and force. They traced different arcs through the air, some sailing high, others skimming low.
But every one of them began its distinctive, springy bounce the moment it touched the sea!
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Like deadly skipping stones, the bombs bounded across the water, ricocheting along unpredictable paths. Yet every one of them headed straight for the same target: the Blackbeard Pirates' ship, charging toward them at full speed!
"What the hell are those things?!"
"Intercept them! Use Ninjutsu to knock them down!"
Panicked shouts rang out aboard the pirate ship. Some tried to strike the bombs with Fire Release or Scientific Ninja Tools, but their speed and erratic paths across the water made them nearly impossible to hit.
Boom!
The first bomb struck the pirate ship's thick