Marco had been watching the battle from the ship, and after flying down, he immediately used his Devil Fruit ability to treat Ace, saying, "Don't worry, Old Man, he just fainted from exhaustion, it's nothing serious."
Whitebeard's worry dissipated considerably upon hearing this.
Just as he was about to turn back to the ship, the Spade Pirates crew, no longer blocked by the fiery net, quickly surrounded them, shouting loudly, "Let go of our Captain!"
"Kuhahaha! What reliable comrades, bring them all aboard!"
Instead of being angry, Whitebeard laughed heartily. As he released his Conqueror's Haki, an invisible pressure instantly spread, and the Spade Pirates members were unable to resist. Except for the Vice Captain, Deuce, who lasted two more seconds, everyone else was knocked unconscious.
Marco, long accustomed to this, immediately called his comrades on board to bring all of the Spade Pirates onto the ship.
This spectacular scene was perfectly captured by a white news bird holding a small camera.
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Meanwhile, on the Infinite Space, something equally amusing and exasperating occurred.
"Yun Lie, what should we do with this okama?"
Karina looked at the tightly bound okama, Bentham, who was wearing a swan dress and had hairy legs, with an extremely disgusted expression.
It turned out that just a moment ago, Yun Lie had once again encountered "Air Force" while fishing; these days, his fishing always yielded nothing, and he'd caught all sorts of strange things except fish.
In a fit of pique, he directly cast his fishing hook into a spatial rift. To his surprise, as soon as the hook entered, he felt a powerful pull.
As an experienced angler, adhering to the belief of "man and rod together," he pulled with all his might, and just like that, a "freshly caught" okama, Bentham, was reeled onto the ship.
As soon as Bentham boarded the ship, he began to flirtatiously wink at the women on board, his exaggerated movements and expressions almost making them sick.
Seeing this, Yun Lie covered his face helplessly, stating directly that he didn't want his eyes to be sullied by such a cringe-worthy sight.
"Baka yarou! Let me go!" Bentham panicked when he realized his predicament.
He had been teaching his okama subordinates on his ship when, unexpectedly, a golden fish hook suddenly appeared out of nowhere and snagged his swan wings.
As soon as he struggled, the hook exerted immense force, dragging him directly onto this unfamiliar ship, leaving him in his current awkward and dangerous situation.
"Don't let him touch you. He's a Mimic-Mimic Devil Fruit user. Anyone he touches with his hand, he can transform into their likeness, both appearance and physique."
Yun Lie said this when he saw Nami approaching Bentham with a curious expression.
In the original story, Nami had her face touched once, and he transformed into Nami's likeness, opening her clothes to provide a wave of fan service.
He would never let such a thing happen. He was a possessive person, and only he could see Nami's body.
Nami, hearing this, instantly recoiled like a startled deer, instinctively pulling her hand back swiftly and shrinking her body backward. Her delicate face was filled with disgust, and her almond eyes widened as she angrily denounced, "Pervert!" Her sharp voice echoed across the deck.
Bentham, who had been twisting his waist in an exaggerated manner, suddenly froze. His heavily made-up face first showed a stunned expression, then his eyes lit up with a strange excitement. He excitedly formed a heart shape with his hands in front of his chest and began to jump on the spot.
"Being called a pervert! So happy! So happy! This is the highest honor for an okama! I did it!" His sharp, frenzied laughter, carried by the sea breeze, pierced the air and traveled far away.
"I can't take it anymore! Ahhh!"
The little loli, Mitsuri, beside him, could no longer bear it. Her small face flushed with anger, and she gritted her silver teeth.
She quickly pulled out a small porcelain bottle from her waist, yanked open the stopper, and with a flick of her wrist, scattered the powder inside towards Bentham.
The white powder spread like smoke, precisely adhering to Bentham's body.
"Ouch! Ouch, it's so itchy!"
Bentham, covered in the powder, instantly writhed on the deck like a furry caterpillar.
Yun Lie watched from the side, pondering how to deal with him. There were many opinions about Bentham, the okama.
At this moment, controversies about Bentham surged in his mind like a raging tide.
Some praised him highly, saying he was loyal and righteous, willing to sacrifice his life to help his friends, a truly admirable man;
Yet others scorned him ceaselessly, accusing him of being a villain with blood-stained hands, especially in Alabasta, where he transformed into King Nafeltari Cobra and wantonly attacked innocent civilians, even shooting the leader of the rebel army and finally setting the city ablaze.
He was not a saint. Yun Lie wasn't entirely clear about all the bad things Bentham had done, but he was definitely not a good person.
Moreover, to be honest, he found the Mimic-Mimic Devil Fruit quite buggy, even though Bentham claimed it could only mimic others' appearances, not their strength.
But Yun Lie felt that the Mimic-Mimic Devil Fruit was far more than that.
It was still that saying: there are no useless Devil Fruits, only useless people. This saying applies to most Devil Fruits, and the Mimic-Mimic Devil Fruit is one of them.
As a Paramecia Devil Fruit, the Mimic-Mimic Devil Fruit inherently contained infinite possibilities.
If one could mimic muscle memory during combat, replicate an opponent's sword techniques, fist styles, or even capture the force exertion methods of other strong individuals...
After all, developing a Paramecia Devil Fruit relies on ideas, creativity, and one's own effort.
Bentham ate the Mimic-Mimic Devil Fruit but only knew how to mimic others' appearances. He never thought about developing the Mimic-Mimic Devil Fruit, spending his days training okama kenpo with his subordinates.
"Forget it, keeping him is useless."
Yun Lie waved his hand, stored the okama Bentham into his space, and then began to "acquire" the Mimic-Mimic Devil Fruit with practiced ease.
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