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“Hey! Hey! Is anyone in there? You’re surrounded! If you don’t want to die, come out quickly!!!”
The marines, who were urgently searching the research facility for the two missing brats, were furious when they heard the loud shouting from outside.
How outrageous!
That brat is truly reckless, too arrogant, and too brazen!
How could such a brazen criminal exist in front of the Marines? This is absolutely intolerable!
“Let’s go! We must capture those two!”
Fuming with anger, the Marines rushed out of the research facility.
From a distance, they saw the boy standing on a rock in the snow in front of the main entrance, arrogantly holding a rolled-up paper tube while placing his hands on his hips and shouting loudly. The other girl was silently standing beside him, clearly just there to watch the commotion.
Liam glanced behind the marines and asked, “I’ll ask just once, is there anyone left inside?”
“You have no escape!” A marine shouted, raising his rifle. “This time, no one will fall for your tricks! Surrender now…”
“All stationed marines are here to capture you two brats! This time, there’s no way you’ll escape…” The Marines all aimed their rifles at Liam and Robin.
Sentomaru’s expression grew serious as he addressed Liam, “So it really was you two who broke into the research facility?”
A marine shouted, “That’s right, Sentomaru! It’s them…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Liam had already grabbed Robin and hid behind Sentomaru, shouting, “Don’t shoot! We’re on the same side!”
“Who’s on the same side with you?!” The Marines roared, raising their guns. But with Liam and Robin using Sentomaru as a shield, the Marines hesitated to open fire.
Not only was Sentomaru already one of their own in the Marine system, but even if he were just a regular civilian, as Marines bearing the name of justice, they couldn’t just recklessly open fire and kill civilians!
“Using me as a shield is really wicked,” Sentomaru said to the two behind him.
Liam laughed, “Aren’t you the man with the strongest defense in the world? Now’s the time for you to shine…”
“The most defensively strong man— my back is reserved for those I must protect…” Sentomaru said as he tightened the dirty bandages wrapped around his hands, looking at the hesitant marines across from him. “Clearly, that doesn’t include you two!”
“Is that so? What a pity.”
Liam replied nonchalantly, seeing that no more marines were coming out of the research facility. He then raised one finger, “One second has passed…”
He issued a command in broken Japanese to his Stand, turning his raised finger into a clenched fist. “Zero!”
As he spoke, everyone, including Robin, was left full of question marks, while the dark armor standing silently nearby slightly brightened its eyes.
In an instant, its will was transmitted to the inside of the research facility, to the armor’s hand hovering before the massive skull-marked button.
The mecha hand, covered in flame-like patterns and wrapped in dark energy, slammed down on the button!
…
“It’s indeed a pity…”
Sentomaru clenched his fists. Without hesitation, he moved forward and struck Liam’s chest with a fierce palm.
If you think I only know how to defend, you’re gravely mistaken!
Sentomaru’s mouth opened and closed, muttering words he couldn’t even hear himself.
Everything around him suddenly became extremely bright.
The snow on the ground rapidly melted away.
Sentomaru’s palm was met by Liam’s hand, equally silent.
Sentomaru turned to see the marines at the entrance, all standing in shock, staring at the research facility that had exploded into a massive mushroom cloud, as if they had witnessed the most unbelievable sight…
Oh my god!
Oh my god!!
The research facility… it exploded?!
This is a major incident!!
The marines screamed at each other, seemingly trying to communicate, but under the deafening explosion, their actions appeared like a silent movie.
“Damn…!!”
Sentomaru shifted his gaze back, his usually chubby, yet fierce face now filled with ruthless determination.
“Was it you who did this?”
Sentomaru stepped forward and suddenly swung his palm toward Liam’s face.
This angry strike from the chubby guy was not something to take head-on! Liam propelled himself with a burst of strength, dodging the strike and brushing past Sentomaru’s arm, delivering a fierce elbow strike to Sentomaru’s solid jaw.
“Ugh!”
Sentomaru’s mouth filled with blood, and his teeth cracked.
“If I said it wasn’t me, would you believe me?” Liam casually asked while glancing at the massive explosion.
“Devious villain!” Sentomaru wiped the blood from his mouth and once again threw himself at Liam without hesitation. “You belong in prison!”
Liam didn’t dare take Sentomaru’s iron palm head-on. Relying on his excellent speed, he kept dodging or using his decent blocking and deflection skills to spar with Sentomaru for a while.
Sentomaru thought to himself that this wasn’t good; the boy’s strength wasn’t much weaker than his own, and the most troublesome part was how incredibly agile the opponent was! If this continued… Sentomaru glanced at the short-haired girl standing behind Liam with a “cold” expression.
There was still another person on the other side!
Meanwhile, even while fighting, Liam managed to keep a portion of his attention on other matters.
Suddenly, that flame-patterned arm armor silently emerged from the massive explosion.
Sentomaru shouted, putting all his strength into both palms as he struck at Liam, who had shown a slight opening.
Liam met Sentomaru’s palm strike, and his right hand was so numbed by the impact that it almost lost all feeling!
Retreat! Sentomaru immediately tried to back off, intending to give the other marines space to open fire.
“Trying to run, chubby?” Liam jumped lightly, sliding his numb right hand into the Stand’s arm armor that flew towards him.
The Stand’s right arm replaced Liam’s temporarily numb right arm and hand, as if reborn.
“Get back here!”
As he landed, Liam grabbed Sentomaru, who was trying to retreat, and pulled him back!
But Sentomaru wasn’t easy prey. Realizing the situation was dire, he went with the momentum and slammed into Liam like a fierce little bull.
As Liam and Sentomaru wrestled, the other marines finally snapped out of it, angrily shouting, “Capture those two criminals!”
Even if they were hesitant to fire because of Sentomaru, they were still marines! A dozen of them immediately rushed in to help Sentomaru subdue these two extremely dangerous criminals.
Seeing this, Robin grew a little nervous and took a step back. Should she use her Flower-Flower Fruit (Hana Hana no Mi)? Or hide in the ghost city castle?
Just as she was thinking, the dark armor enveloped her entirely.
The remaining arm armor flew over from where Liam was wrestling with Sentomaru and snapped onto Robin’s arm.
Robin instantly felt herself becoming stronger.
“You take over,” She said softly to the ghost of Liam’s armor that was probably now covering her. She didn’t know how to fight!
As she wished, ‘B.I.B.’ controlled her seemingly frail body to face the rushing marines head-on.
It was like an intense first-person combat game. Robin passively let her arms and fists rain down on different marines, her feet moving with agility she’d never had before, weaving through the trained soldiers… Is this Liam’s strength? Even while fighting, Robin found herself thinking about this.
After fighting Sentomaru for a while, Liam didn’t sense any techniques similar to Haki from the chubby guy, and he immediately felt it was pointless!
Boring, not worth it!
Liam took the chance to block Sentomaru’s attack, pushing him away as he shouted, “Captain Jolyne! Use your unbeatable ability to think of something!!”
Hearing this, the other marines and Sentomaru were all startled.
So, the silent girl among these two young criminals was actually the leader?
No wonder a girl had such good skills!
And during such a battle, she was clearly still spacing out from time to time!
Huh? Robin was a bit confused by Liam’s words… What did he mean by using her unbeatable ability to think of something?
Flower-Flower Fruit (Hana Hana no Mi)…?
She hadn’t even finished being confused when she saw Liam dashing towards her, crashing into her, and then vanishing into thin air.
“What?!” Sentomaru shouted.
The other marines reacted and yelled, “She’s a Devil Fruit user! Open fire!!”
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
Gunshots rang out in quick succession, but in the snow that had melted under the explosion’s heat, there was no one in front of the marines anymore.
Not only the boy, but the girl called Jolyne Captain had also disappeared.
Just like before!
The marines looked at each other, feeling utterly frustrated.
What the heck!
They come and go as they please?
Are they treating us marines as nothing? How arrogant!!
While the marines vented their frustrations, the battered Sentomaru wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, clenched his bandaged fists tightly, and cursed inwardly.
…
“Puru-Puru-Puru…”
At Marine Headquarters, in a room with a plaque reading “Ambiguous Justice” hanging on the wall, the Den Den Mushi on the desk suddenly began ringing incessantly.
A Marine Vice Admiral, with his legs propped on the desk and a hat covering his face, was dozing off, ignoring the Den Den Mushi’s ringing, seemingly unwilling to move.
“Puru-Puru-Puru…”
The Den Den Mushi on the desk continued to ring, its face showing a sweaty expression as it glanced at the Vice Admiral still slacking off.
With no other choice, the Marine Vice Admiral barely moved, still with the hat covering his face, as he reached for the ringing Den Den Mushi. Then… his arm disintegrated into tiny golden particles at the elbow, which flowed towards the Den Den Mushi’s receiver, reforming into a hand that picked up the receiver…
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