Chapter 103: Decisive Battle (Part 2) [VIP]

"Five-wheeled flowers bloom!"

"Three Swords Style: Demon Slash!"

"Loin!"

With the use of various moves, the Straw Hat Pirates finally shook off the enemies who were entangled with them and headed deeper into the island group.

The East China Sea islands that Yale attacked first were all in the center of the island group.

If they want to go back, they have to go through wave after wave of sudden attacks from the outside.

But these are not the most worrying things.

The Straw Hat Pirates believe that no matter who stands in their way, they will unite and defeat that person, and no one can stop them from finding their loved ones.

What worries them is whether their family members are among those attacked from outside.

It would be good if they could meet them, but if not, would their family members be fighting with other pirates or navy?

"There's an attack!"

“Get out of the way!”

Following Zoro and Sanji's reminders, the Straw Hat Pirates all moved away.

A fierce ball of fire exploded where they had been.

The burning fire gradually transformed into the figure of a man with half of his body wrapped in flames.

Luffy's eyes widened and he shouted in disbelief.

"Ace?!"

Hearing his voice, the man's gaze immediately turned.

Ace no longer had the smile on his face that he had when facing Luffy before. He raised his flaming fist and rushed towards Luffy again.

Luffy dodged in a hurry, but his clenched fists couldn't fall.

"Ace, wake up! It's me—Luffy!!"

He was nearly hit by the fire fist, and when he was trying to dodge, he was knocked away by a club that came from behind.

Holding a water pipe, Sabo and Ace stood together, staring coldly at Luffy who got up from the ground.

The other members of the Straw Hat Pirates were also caught in their own tough battles.

Usopp was surprised and knocked down by Kaya who suddenly appeared.

The weak and thin girl in his impression suddenly turned into an extremely unfamiliar cold-blooded warrior.

Sanji's leg collided with Zeff's replacement metal prosthesis.

The powerful impact not only made Sanji take several steps back, but also made his legs tremble after he stood firm.

Nami called out her sister "Nojigo"'s name, trying to awaken her.

The weather stick was placed in front of him to block the light blade swung by Nokigo, but he could not release lightning moves to defeat the enemy as usual.

Zoro's face looked grim, and he used his two swords to block Shimotsuki Koshiro's attack.

The master who always had a smile on his face now had an unbreakable coldness in his eyes.

Chopper stared blankly ahead.

He was in a trance and returned to Drum Island. The doctor who brought him out of despair was waving at him in front.

"Doctor... Doctor! Haven't you already..."

With tears all over his face, Chopper rushed forward, hugged the doctor's waist and burst into tears.

Shiruluk smiled and patted his head.

"Chopper, what are you talking about?"

"Chopper!" Robin's voice and Hiruluk's questioning voice sounded at the same time.

"This is an illusion, don't be fooled! What you see—it's all fake!"

When Robin said the last part, it was as if he was warning himself.

She also saw the hallucination. In front of her was her mother, who had been haunting her dreams, and the scholars of O'Hara were standing together, smiling and waving at her.

But how is this possible?

She was sure they were already dead.

Tears flowed uncontrollably, and Robin wanted to rush forward regardless of the consequences, but her extraordinary rationality made her stay rooted to the spot.

Next to him, Franky, who was already extremely sentimental, was kneeling on the ground crying.

He saw his master Tom, whom he had killed, a living master with a real touch.

And Brook met everyone from the Rumbar Pirates.

It was a banquet, and the pirates who were good at music were singing and dancing, making it very lively.

Suddenly, one of them stopped playing and turned to look at him.

Yorkie smiled brightly, "Hey, Brooke, why are you still standing there? Come and have the party!"

"About..." Brook took a step subconsciously, and then a dark blue fire suddenly ignited in front of his eyes.

The flame was not hot at all, but it was warm and firm enough to make people's chaotic brain suddenly clear.

Brook was stunned for a moment, and the illusion of the Rumbar Pirates disappeared, and he could see the scene clearly again.

A man with blue flames burning on his body and his arms replaced by flaming wings fell to the ground and returned to his adult form.

Marco held his forehead and sighed, feeling a terrible headache. "Wake up, Ace, you're about to beat your brother to death."

Marco is the eater of the Phoenix Fruit.

The Phoenix's regenerative flame has the ability to heal, but it also has the ability to kill spiritual beings, such as Big Mom's Homitz.

Not only that, after coming here, Marco discovered that his flame also had the ability to free people from mental control.

He followed the instructions on the life paper and went straight to Ace, but he didn't expect to see relatives killing each other.

That Yale... is really an extremely vicious and cruel guy.

He didn't think that without the other party's secret manipulation, so many dramas of relatives fighting against relatives would have happened by coincidence.

Reminded by Marco, Ace, who had just woken up from his controlled state, immediately looked around.

"Luffy!" He saw his younger brother. His condition wasn't as serious as Marco said, but he was also seriously injured.

Ace was shocked and angry, and when he looked at Luffy who got up as if nothing had happened, his eyes were full of self-blame.

Luffy smiled nonchalantly.

"I'm fine, Ace, I hope you wake up..."

"Luffy." Sabo also came to Luffy.

Although he still doesn't remember much about the past, his affinity for Luffy is obvious.

Luffy looked at it blankly, and then showed an extremely exaggerated expression of shock.

The crying was deafening, drowning out the reminiscing of other sober people and their families.

Nami poked her head out from Nojigo's arms and looked in surprise at Luffy who was holding Sabo and crying loudly.

"What's going on?" Nojigo looked confused.

"I remember I was just a second ago... Oh right! EMP, I was preparing EMP!"

She hurriedly searched her body and only breathed a sigh of relief when she found a palm-sized disk in her pocket.

This also reminded the others who were reminiscing with the Straw Hat Pirates.

Zhepu also took out a round plate with an ugly look on his face.

"It turned out we didn't have time to plant EMPs on the islands."

They were confused by Yale's previous attitude of ignoring them, and they all thought that Yale deliberately wanted to keep them to see what kind of trouble they could stir up.

As a result, when they were scattered across the islands to plant EMPs, Yale controlled their minds and even led them here to fight with their loved ones.

If Marco had not arrived in time, they might have really killed each other until only the winner was left.

"Now is not the time to reminisce."

Sabo patted Luffy on the shoulder and explained the function of the EMP device to the Straw Hat Pirates and Marco.

This is Vegapunk's invention. Once it is turned on, it can disable electronic devices within a certain range nearby, including exoskeletons and surveillance.

Luffy wiped his face and his eyes lit up again.

That is the anger that burns from the anger that comes from loved ones being exploited!

"Where is Yale? I'm going to beat the guy who's controlling you to pieces a hundred times!"

His words were powerful, but seemingly because he had no respect for Yale, he soon attracted a new wave of attacks from exoskeleton citizens.

Sabo directly activated the EMP device in his hand.

As the continuous electromagnetic pulse waves appeared, the exoskeleton warning light flickered and went out.

Citizens without the help of exoskeletons have become a group of ordinary civilians.

The battle started with great fanfare but ended extremely quickly.

Sanji retracted his legs and looked at the unconscious person on the ground with complicated eyes.

Zeff knew what he was thinking.

"Technology changes life. This is a phrase that often appears on the islands."

A group of ordinary people who were originally powerless will become combat weapons that even experienced pirates find difficult to deal with after wearing exoskeletons.

Without the EMP device, they would have had to fight hard and suffer many injuries to win the battle.

This is the power of technology.

Before this, they had never really taken this power seriously.

Sanji shook his head and wanted to tell Zeff that he was not thinking about just this matter, but after thinking about it, he still did not explain.

He thought about his past, his childhood before he met Zeff.

His biological father is a scientist, a madman.

Forcing his wife to undergo surgery and transform his own child is a nightmare that Sanji never wants to mention.

But when he saw these people wearing exoskeletons and whose minds were controlled, he couldn't help but recall the past.

In this world, it is enough to have one crazy place like the Germa Kingdom!

Sanji's face was frosty, and his target was equally determined to point at that man - Yale!

Of course, Yale is not a person and does not even have a gender.

His gender is determined by the first person he comes into contact with on a strange planet, and on this planet, the first person he comes into contact with is the captain of the soldiers of the Kingdom of Goa.

In the very center of the island group, a spindle-shaped metal ship was quietly docked on a flat green land.

On the inner bridge of the metal ship, the red-haired invader sat quietly on a floating metal chair, as if he was resting with his eyes closed.

He leaned back, one hand supporting his temples with a fist, the other hand gently tapping the armrest. His closed eyes were illuminated by the light beside him, and the gold pattern under his eyes was dyed a bright red.

This bright red is a string of red numbers used for contrast, all of which are getting smaller at an extremely fast speed. Occasionally, a few numbers on the left will increase, but they are still completely no match for the decreasing number.

Further ahead, projection screens showed the fighting scenes in various parts of the islands.

Several of them had already turned black, and after a while, several more screens turned black.

Such a minor glitch wasn't even worth a glance from Yale.

He waited quietly, waiting for the civilization on this planet to decide the final winner.

Suddenly, accompanied by a prompt sound, a new screen popped up.

Outside the metal ship, an uninvited guest arrived.

Red-haired Shanks stopped and looked at the girl standing in front of the metal ship with a complicated but not surprised look.

"Red-Hair Shanks." Uta raised the spear in his hand, his eyes cold and sharp.

"If you want to find Captain Yale, you have to step over my dead body first!"

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