After Caesar and Baby5 sent two pirates flying in quick succession, the others finally put away their contempt. They were all people who lived with blades at their throats; one moment of carelessness could cost them their lives. Their words might have been flippant, but that did not mean they did not value their lives.
"Get them together!" one pirate roared. He quickly circled around, avoiding a direct confrontation with Caesar and Baby5. The pirates around him reacted swiftly, spreading out and surrounding the two of them.
"Hmph!" Caesar snorted. His body floated into the air as he spread his hands, and gas and smoke erupted around him, swiftly engulfing the deck and bow of the Konoha. "Void Space!"
The Devil Fruit users caught within the gas smoke were just about to steel themselves when they suddenly felt a wave of suffocation. Their surroundings had turned into a vacuum, completely devoid of oxygen.
"Arghhh!" Several pirates wailed one after another, clutching their throats as they tried to run out of the gas cloud's range. But before they could escape, Baby5 immediately transformed, taking on a dual-sword form. She swiftly caught up to them and slashed repeatedly, cutting down everyone whose oxygen had been drained by Caesar's Devil Fruit ability.
"Damn it, stay away from those gas clouds!" a pirate shouted.
The others quickly retreated, not daring to approach.
"Oh? You figured it out that quickly?" Caesar teased, bringing his hands together as he prepared his next move. But suddenly, a fierce gust howled behind his head.
Baby5 abruptly turned around, her hands transforming into a cannon. Without even looking behind Caesar, she fired a shell straight at his back. However, the figure leaped through the air and easily dodged the cannonball. Then, with both hands coated in Armament Haki, he