“Where did the rest go?” Eldoraggo demanded, his voice dripping with impatience.

  “I don't know,” Pin Joker responded, shrugging slightly. He looked around, trying to piece together what had happened. “That explosion sent us flying in all directions. Something fell from the sky and detonated on impact. Kuro, Morgan, Gasparde, and Needles. They were all scattered,” he added.

  “Useless,” Eldoraggo spat as he touched his face.

  “That is so cool!” Luffy shouted, his eyes wide with awe as he caught sight of a massive Mech in the distance.

  “Wait, Luffy! We need to find the others,” Zoro called out to Luffy who sprinted off, towards the Mech without a second thought.

  Zoro gritted his teeth and followed, his swords ready at his side. They had been ambushed by Marines earlier, and the crew had been scattered. “We need to catch up with Ben,” Luffy added.

  Eldoraggo's expression darkened at the mention of Ben's name. That name stirred a deep-seated rage within him. “Ben,” he muttered, his voice low and dangerous. The mere thought of Ben made his blood boil. He clenched his fists, his mind racing with thoughts of revenge. He would make sure that Ben paid dearly.

  “Goe Goe Bst,” Eldoraggo shouted as he shot a blue beam towards Luffy. Luffy saw the attack at the st second and jumped out of the way.

  Luffy stopped and looked at the attack. “So you know Ben?” Eldoraggo asked, looking angry..

  Luffy looked back. “He is my best friend,” Luffy stated.

  “I hate, I will kill him and everything he holds dearly,” Eldoragg responded.

  Luffy looked at him. “We will,” Pin Joker shouted as he came from behind with his rapier. He had an evil smirk and swung his sword at Luffy.

  At that moment, Zoro jumped in the way and blocked with his sword. “Dont touch my Captain,” Zoro said. They both cshed and jumped back. Zoro looked at his rapier. He thought there was something different.

  “You are in our way,” Pin Joker.

  “I was going to say that to you,” Zoro replied. They both looked at each other.

  Luffy looked at Eldoraggo. “Lion you are annoying,” Luffy said as he picked his nose.“It is Eldoraggo,” he replied. “Goe Goe Bst,” Eldoraggo shouted as he shot a blue beam towards Luffy.

  Luffy jumped out of the way. “Gomu Gomu no Pistol,” Luffy said as he stretched his arm back and then unched Eldoraggo.Eldoraggo got punched with the fist. He slid back however he stopped.

  “I am wearing armour,” Eldoraggo replied and smiled. “Swipe,” Eldoraggo said as he used his sharp cws to attack Luffy's stretched arm. Luffy quickly retracted his long arm back.

  “Gomu Gomu no Whip,” Luffy said as he stretched his leg and kicked in a wide circle. He aimed for Eldoraggo`s head and kicked him. Eldoraggo got hit in the face. He spat blood and went flying into a wall. The wall broke as derby fell on top of him.

  Eldoraggo groaned as he struggled to rise from the rubble, feeling as though he'd been hit by a train. He roared, “Goe Goe Bst! Goe Goe Bst! Goe Goe Bst!” Each shout sent a powerful blue beam of sound hurtling toward Luffy.

  Luffy, leapt to the left, narrowly avoiding the first beam as it crashed into the ground where he’d just stood. He jumped into the air, above the second beam, narrowly avoiding it. As the third beam came rushing in from the side, Luffy twisted his body in mid-air and darted to the right, dodging it with mere inches to spare.

  Luffy then nded on his feet. “Gomu Gomu no Bazooka,” Luffy said as he stretched his arms back and unched them forward at Eldoraggo. He got hit in the stomach. The armour cracked and he went flying back. He spat blood from his mouth and crashed into the ground.

  At that moment, Zoro and Pin Joker charged at each other. Pin Joker, with a swung his rapier in an arc, the bde whistling through the air as it aimed for Zoro’s midsection.

  Zoro brought up his sword and cshed with the rapier in a shower of sparks. Pin Joker smirked, his eyes narrowed as he pressed forward, unching a rapid series of thrusts and sshes. His rapier moved like a blur as he sought to overwhelm Zoro with sheer speed. But Zoro, unfazed, met every attack with his own, parrying and countering each one.

  Their bdes a blur of silver as they struck and countered. Pin Joker lunged forward with a sharp thrust, aiming for Zoro’s heart, but Zoro sidestepped and deflected the rapier with his swords while.

  Zoro then countered and thrusted his sword forward. Pin Joker barely managed to dodge, twisting his body to avoid the lethal strike as he jumped back. He thought he was not getting to nd a hit on him. His poison rapier was not going to work if he was not going to hit. “Tell me why do you protect Ben?” Pin Joker asked.

  “Ben?” Zoro asked. He smiled. “You attacked my Captain, no one touches him,” he added.

  “36 Caliber Phoenix,” Zoro said he held his swords horizontally above the shoulder of his sword arm. He swung his sword in a circur motion that unched an air compressed projectile. It spiralled towards Pin Joker. Pin Joker was surprised by this attack. He tried to move but was too slow and got hit by the attack. His body was cut and he flung away. He crashed onto a nearby wall and shattered it. His head was bleeding as he y on the ground, unconscious next to Eldoraggo.

  “Who were they?” Luffy asked.

  “Maybe Ben knows them,” Zoro asked.

  “Yes, let's go and ask him,” Luffy replied as he grabbed Zoro.

  He stretched his other arm out. “Luffy, what are you doing?” Zoro asked.

  “Shishishishi,” Luffy ughed. “We are taking a short-cut,” Luffy replied as he unched himself towards the Tower Justice.

  “Luffy,” Zoro shouted as they went soaring in the sky and crashing into the Tower of Justice.

  “Shishishishi, that was fun,” Luffy said. He looked to see Zoro had disappeared. “Where did he go?” he muttered to himself.