Chapter 69: The All-Out War Begins, Zoro Takes Down the Swift Slasher
Three hours later!
On the river near Rainbase, nine pirate ships slowly approached.
Just as they were about to dock!
Boom boom boom—!
Dozens of cannonballs were fired from the riverbank.
"Enemy attack!"
Aboard the Money Pirates' ships, a group of low-ranking officers shouted.
But the rest of the pirates on board remained very calm.
Cannon fire was nothing new to them, but not a single cannonball had ever landed on their ships.
So, they weren't worried at all.
Lister watched the incoming cannonballs with a cold gaze but didn't make a move.
However, Akame, Sheele, and Zoro on the ship suddenly moved.
In an instant, Akame unleashed more than a dozen flying slashes.
These flying slashes were only about a meter long, but they were exceptionally sharp.
Wherever they went, the cannonballs were sliced in half one by one.
Sheele used the Float-Float Fruit to reduce her own weight while using Silent Step.
Her speed was so fast that the naked eye couldn't keep up.
As she moved, she brandished her katana, cutting down the cannonballs one by one.
Zoro did the same, but with even more ease and composure. Wherever he went, all the cannonballs were split in two.
The three of them worked together, not allowing a single cannonball to land on the fleet.
Lister watched with satisfaction.
Unknowingly, he had already assembled a formidable fighting force.
He didn't even need to act himself.
There were 343 people willing to serve him.
A few hundred meters away on the riverbank, Crocodile's gaze turned cold as he watched this scene. "They have some skill. No wonder they're so arrogant!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
"Kill!"
With Crocodile's order, the members of Baroque Works, who had been waiting for a long time, charged towards the Money Pirates with ferocious expressions.
"Kill!"
Watching the charging members of Baroque Works, Lister waved his hand and gave the same order.
"Kill!"
As the battle commander, Zoro naturally had to lead by example. He took the lead, leading the seven hundred plus members of the Money Pirates to meet the Baroque Works army.
Soon, the two sides were locked in a fierce battle.
Zoro unexpectedly came face to face with Mr. 1 of Baroque Works, Daz Bonez.
Gin faced off against the okama Mr. 2, Bon Clay.
The Meowban Brothers faced the Mr. 3 combination.
Johnson and Rocky faced off against the Mr. 4 pair.
Jango faced off against Miss Doublefinger, who was also Mr. 1's partner, the thorn woman Paula who was defeated by Nami in the original story!
The rest were engaged in a chaotic melee.
On the ship, Lister glanced at the eager Akame, Sheele, and Nojiko and couldn't help but smile. "If you want to join the battle, go ahead!"
"Can we?" The three women were tempted but also had some reservations.
Their responsibility was to protect Nami and the others.
After all, Lister would definitely be facing Crocodile later.
If they went to fight, what if someone sneaked onto the ship and got to Nami?
"Don't think I'm so weak. The only difference between me and you is a Devil Fruit. I have no problem dealing with ordinary characters. If Lister hadn't stopped me from fighting before, I would have led the charge myself," Nami said in a joking tone, clearly sensing their concerns.
"Nami's right! With your strength, you're more than enough to deal with some ordinary characters," Lister said faintly.
"Besides, isn't Robin here? Her strength is also good. After I go into battle, she will protect everyone, right, Robin?"
With that, Lister looked at Robin.
"That's right, I can protect everyone!" Robin nodded.
She was unwilling to fight against the people of Baroque Works.
But it was no problem at all to just protect the girls on the ship.
"Then I'm going," Nojiko said.
"Go ahead!"
"Yes!"
Soon, the three women leaped off the large ship and quickly entered the battlefield.
Their attacks were incredibly sharp.
Wherever they went, swaths of Baroque Works members fell.
Akame's flying slashes, Sheele's high-speed movement and powerful attacks, and Nojiko's explosive bullets were all very ferocious.
Quickly, they cleared out a vacuum in the vicinity, wiping out all the Baroque Works members.
"Long live Big Sis Nojiko!"
"Long live Lady Akame!"
"Long live Lady Sheele!"
The Money Pirates nearby couldn't help but cheer as they watched the three women's heroic figures.
Such a conspicuous performance naturally caught Crocodile's eye.
"Mr. 5's Bomb-Bomb Fruit and Miss Valentine's Float-Float Fruit were obtained by the Money Pirates? How could this be? After a person dies, doesn't the Devil Fruit just disappear from their body? How did they do it? Could it be that they have mastered some method of collecting Devil Fruits?" Crocodile quickly figured out the source of Nojiko's and Sheele's power as he watched them, and he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.
At the same time, he was also tempted.
If he could obtain this method, couldn't he also build an army of ability users?
Just like Kaido's Beasts Pirates!
If so, even if he couldn't obtain Pluton in the end, he could still build an army of ability users and charge into the New World!
At this thought, Crocodile made a decision in his heart!
He would first capture Lister, then torture his secrets out of him, and then deal with him. It wouldn't be too late!
Zoro and Daz Bonez, who had been the first to clash, had now exchanged nearly a hundred blows.
After a round of fierce fighting, Zoro had roughly figured out Daz Bonez's strength!
At this point, he didn't want to continue tangling with him.
He was ready to finish Daz Bonez off completely.
Daz Bonez was smugly saying to Zoro, "I ate the Chop-Chop Fruit, I'm a quick-slicing man! With your strength, you probably can't even break my defense. Beat me? In your dreams! Next, I won't hold back. I will completely shred you!"
"Hmph!" Zoro glanced at Daz Bonez and sneered, "A frog in a well, how can you know my strength!"
Zoro sheathed Shusui and Sandai Kitetsu.
He only left Wado Ichimonji.
"To deal with you, I only need one sword!"
"You're courting death!"
Daz Bonez's expression changed slightly.
He pushed off with his foot and quickly rushed towards Zoro.
"Sparkling Slice!"
"One Sword Style: Iai!"
Swoosh—!
In an instant, a cold light flashed.
The two quickly passed each other and stood back to back.
Zoro slowly sheathed Wado Ichimonji.
With a puff, a long wound suddenly split open on Daz Bonez's chest, and blood gushed out wildly.
"How could this be?" A flash of astonishment appeared in Daz Bonez's eyes.
Then, he fell down with a look of confusion.
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