After saying that, Vic immediately activated his Armament Haki to nullify the Devil Fruit power attached to his body. His body rapidly grew larger and then quickly returned to its original size. Rebecca and the other tiny people around Vic quickly dodged away, afraid of being trampled to death by the enlarged Vic.
This dramatic reversal instantly froze the smug smile on Mora's face; his abilities had never failed him before.
He'd failed twice today, both times due to an overwhelming Haki he'd never witnessed before. Now he understood why he'd shrunk Vic —it was all a ploy to extract information from him. Now that the information had been tricked, Vic was baring his fangs and launching a counterattack.
He now finally understood why the man who never landed on his back had let him frame him instead of killing him—because he knew the man was incapable of doing so, and the man could still frame him using his Devil Fruit powers!
However, the information he possessed was completely unequal; he was unaware of the existence of such a power as Haki. His plan was instantly exposed, and the other party then played him again, even revealing the color of his underwear.
Mora thought to herself: Aren't there always fake news stories in the newspapers? Why are all these news items true? Why doesn't Dark Dragon, with such great acting skills, go on stage to act in plays and instead join the navy? Why?
Mora was filled with resentment: anger at being deceived, hatred at not being informed by his backer, and anger at the actor. Now that he knew Vic was really strong, he no longer intended to confront him directly. He simply took out a dark brown piece of paper rolled up like a map from his pocket.
" Dark Dragon! I have a treasure map here. One of my purposes in going to the New World is to find treasure. I can give it to you, as long as you spare my life. Otherwise, I will destroy it. This is a one-of-a-kind treasure map in the world!"
Mora pushed the treasure map toward Vic with her hand, which was holding the roll of paper. After speaking, she pulled her hands back and opened the map as if to tear it up.
His actions left everyone bewildered. Was he giving up? Surrendering? And even openly bribing Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral? Who would dare accept such a thing? Wasn't that just courting death? Even if the other party really wanted to accept it, you couldn't just openly offer it. He was far too lacking in social skills.
In the instant everyone was stunned, Mora swiftly passed the paper through the light membrane in front of them, and the paper instantly Admiral, completely blocking the view of Vic and his group.
After blocking everyone's view, Mora quickly withdrew his hands and disappeared into the light membrane along with it. Only a dark brown piece of paper, magnified hundreds of times, slowly floated to the ground, revealing its true form. It was a dark-colored piece of paper with no map on either side. Everyone had been fooled by Mora.
Vic knew he'd been tricked when he saw Mora's actions, and he instantly covered the entire island with his Observation Haki.
Sure enough! Inside a residential building in the town, a figure emerged from a mirror. Vic's body instantly transformed into lightning and vanished from the spot, reappearing beside Mora.
"Ah!"
Mora was startled when he saw the figure suddenly appear beside him. He had originally planned to lie in wait in a room on the island to see how things would develop, since he could leave whenever he wanted with his abilities.
However, his underlings and the pirate ship were still on the island, and he wanted to see if there was a chance to get them back, so he didn't choose to leave immediately but instead chose to wait and see.
But little did he know that someone was so fast and could find his location so accurately. He immediately wanted to go back into the mirror.
But once is never enough. Vic wasn't going to give him another chance. He drew his Allen sword and struck Mora on the back of the head, knocking Mora unconscious instantly. Vic's strength was beyond Mora's ability to withstand.
"This guy actually knows how to put dark paper behind a lens to make a mirror. It seems he's specifically researched mirror-making techniques!"
Although it cannot be used as a complete mirror, it already has the function of a mirror, which also shows that his ability cannot directly create a mirror; at most, it can only create a lens.
Using treasure maps to deceive people is probably a last resort. I don't know if they've used it before, but most pirates will fall for it, and some Marines will likely be tempted too, since some people join the Marines for fame and fortune! This guy really knows how to exploit human weaknesses!
Vic tucked Allen back into his waistband, bent down, grabbed Mora's belt, lifted him up, and walked out of the house, using Geppo to head towards the fishing village.
The moment Vic knocked Mora unconscious, Barnett and his group returned to normal, and several houses in the fishing village were destroyed.
The reason was that the sailboat model that Barnett and his group had always thought of had also grown hundreds of times larger, lying directly across the fishing village, and crashing into several houses as it was enlarged.
Barnett and his crew quickly signaled the marines to get out of the way as the sailboat expanded, but Mora's gang wasn't so lucky; they were all crushed to the bottom of the ship.
At this moment, some ropes on the ship broke, revealing the pirate flag on the mast and the pirate symbol on the sail. It was a huge pirate ship, or rather, Mora's pirate ship.
Rebecca was stunned when she saw the pirate ship, which was even larger than a warship. She really didn't expect that even the ship model had been shrunk down. No wonder she hadn't seen any unusual ships when she flew all over the island.
Even after she learned that Mora wasn't a good person, she never suspected that Mora was a pirate, until Vic used a trick to shrink himself and finally got him to confess.
It was only when she saw the pirate ship that she Satori. She then used Geppo to enter the pirate ship. When Barnett saw Rebecca doing this, he quickly ordered the marines to board the ship and rescue people, since the entire population of the island was being held inside the pirate ship.
When Rebecca arrived at the cabin, she saw the islanders who were incoherent. The cabin was packed with people, enough to make anyone with trypophobia's scalp tingle.
However, people in this world rarely have this problem, and those in the Navy are even less likely to have it. Rebecca immediately began to untie the ropes binding the hands and feet of the nearest people, and Barnett and the others did the same when they came in.
It took them more than an hour to untie everyone and transport them to the pirate ship. The civilians who were rescued first had already regained some consciousness.
Those who regained consciousness were still somewhat frightened, and after learning the truth from the marines, they felt a chill run down their spines and then joined the rescue effort.
After returning to the fishing village, Vic did not participate in the rescue. Instead, he sat to one side with one foot on Mora's back and waited. After Rebecca and the others rescued everyone, Vic lifted the pirate ship with one hand and threw it into the sea, right in front of the islanders' shocked gazes!