Chapter 054

"You'll soon find out," she said with a wide smile. Mr. 5 started walking over to him.

"I owe you big time for what happened in Whiskey Peak," he said with a scowl. "Now, why don't you just stand there like a good idiot while I vent my frustration," he said. Luffy frowned.

Why the hell would I do that?

Miss Valentine watched in anticipation as Mr. 5 strode over to Luffy with his explosive fist raised high…

And got sent flying through a tree by Luffy's punch. The Baroque Works agents' jaws all dropped at the sight. They looked from Luffy, to Mr. 5's unconscious form, and back to Luffy.

"No, seriously," Luffy began. "Why would I just stand here and do nothing? If you're trying to use reverse psychology or whatever, you should have said something like there's no way you can stand there and take our attacks without dying!" He rubbed his chin in thought. "I may have actually taken that challenge, come to think of it…"

The agents continued to stare at him, dumbfounded. Miss Goldenweek's Colors Trap had failed? How? Why? Luffy just shrugged. "Now then…shall we?" Before anyone could react, Luffy outstretched fist collided with Mr. 3's face, and he was sent crashing through the wax hideout, unconscious. Miss Valentine finally reacted to the threat.

"Son of a bitch!" She reduced her mass to one kilogram and leapt at Luffy, her lightness increasing her speed. While in midair she changed her mass to 10,000 kilograms. "10,000 Kilogram Lunge!" Luffy casually grabbed her wrist, spinning on his heels, and bringing her in a circle despite her weight. He launched her at Mr. 5's unconscious body, which exploded on contact with the heavy projectile that was his partner in crime. The tree he was laying next to caught fire as the explosion went off, taking out Miss Valentine as well.

Luffy looked back at Miss Goldenweek as she started quietly and discretely walking away. "Where are you going, exactly?" he asked. She slowly looked back at him, sweat pouring down her face. "Lucky for you, I don't like hitting kids," Luffy said nonchalantly. Suddenly, she fell to the ground, unconscious and foaming at the mouth. His task accomplished, Luffy shot off in the direction of Vivi's aura. He sensed that she had met up with Nami and Usopp during Dorry and Brogy's fight. When he arrived, the two were still locked in a stalemate, neither giving the other an advantage.

Nami and Usopp saw his approach and looked at him nervously. "Luffy," Nami started. "Vivi told us the situation. Did you…?"

"Yeah, I took care of it," Luffy said with a grin.

"Oh, too bad," Usopp said as his legs shook. "The great Captain Usopp was looking forward to some action!" he lied. They all heard a loud crash and turned around to see Dorry and Brogy lying on the ground in exhaustion.

"73,467 draws," they said in unison as they panted heavily. Luffy walked up to them.

"Good fight, you two," he said happily.

"Yes, it was!" Dorry shouted. "Thank you, my friend. You have defended our honor just as you promised you would."

"Defended our honor?" Brogy asked in confusion. "How was it threatened?"

"I didn't want to tell you until after the fight," Dorry admitted. "Some humans on the island tried to sabotage our duel." He spat out the words distastefully. Brogy looked outraged, but Luffy assured him that he thoroughly kicked their asses and he calmed down.

"You're all an interesting batch of humans," Brogy commented. "Very well. You have my thanks."

Sanji walked through the jungle in the direction of the numerous explosions he had heard earlier. So far, his mission to stake out any enemies had gone smoothly…meaning he hadn't found any. But then he had heard the sounds of a struggle, and he couldn't exactly ignore that, now, could he? He eventually came to a clearing with a small, white building in the middle. What immediately drew his attention were the four unconscious people on the ground. "What the hell happened here?" he asked himself as he strolled through. He looked at two of them carefully before coming to the conclusion that they were the Baroque Works agents that had attacked them at Whiskey Peak. So, then, the other two were most likely part of the organization as well. He blew out a puff of smoke, wondering who knocked them all out. "Who am I kidding," he said aloud. "It was either Luffy or Zoro."

He decided to do some investigating and walked into the white building, noting that the door had been blown down. He took a look around and suddenly heard the sound of a transponder snail. He looked towards it as it rang and shrugged. Might as well. He picked up the receiver and spoke. "Hello, you've reached the shitty restaurant," he said nonchalantly. "What would you like to order?"

"Stop shitting around, Mr. 3," an emotionless voice said. "I've called to confirm the status of your mission."

"Mission?" Sanji said. "Who is this?"

"It's me, you dumbass. Mr. 0. Who else has this number?" Sanji was a little surprised at his information. Mr. 0 was the head of Baroque Works from what he'd been told. That meant that this was Crocodile, the Royal Warlord on the other line. Interesting.

"What's with the silence?" Crocodile asked. "I asked you a question. It's been awhile since I sent you your orders. Have you done away with Princess Vivi and her escorts or not? And have you confirmed that they were the Straw Hat Pirates?"

"Oh, yeah, them," Sanji said casually. "Yeah, it was the Straw Hats. But they're all dead as can be. Mission accomplished."

"I see. Good work," Crocodile said. "Due to the disappearance of the Unluckies, I've been forced to send a Billions ship to your location. They'll arrive soon with an Eternal Pose to Alabasta. It's time to carry out our most crucial operation. From now on, all communication will be by letter. I can't risk the Marines intercepting our calls from here on out. See you when you arrive." He hung up.

Sanji walked out of the house with a smirk. "Yep, mission accomplished."

Back at the Going Merry, the giants and the rest of the Straw Hats were throwing a party. Zoro had returned dragging ludicrous amounts of dinosaur meat behind him, and the giants had taken to preparing it. After checking all the sake for more bombs, they had let loose.

"Hey, where's Sanji-kun, by the way?" Nami asked as she took a sip of her drink.

"Oh, he went to stake out the jungle for enemies. He'll probably run into those agents that Luffy took down at some point," Zoro said.

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