"Straw Hat Boy!"
Looking at Luffy, who was struggling to hold his breath, Caesar smirked and said, "Let's see how long you can last!"
Once this guy can't help but breathe in... he'll be killed by my deadly poison gas!
Shurororororo~
Shurororororo!
"Damn it, let go of Luffy!" Franky shouted.
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his cannon at Caesar without hesitation, intending to attack him with the weapon he had just seized.
"Wait."
Perona pressed down on Franky's hand and said, "Your attack will hurt Luffy."
"But..."
"I'll do it!"
With that, Perona manipulated a Negative Spirit to fly toward Caesar.
Seeing this, Caesar's eyelids twitched.
If he remembered correctly, this thing could make people feel negative...
No, he couldn't let the opponent's Ghost touch him!
Thinking this, Caesar tried to fly higher, but Luffy's Haki-wrapped arm was still wrapped around him, making it impossible to take off.
"Damn it, let go of me!"
At that moment, Luffy suddenly opened his mouth wide and directly sucked all the gas wrapped around him into his stomach.
Caesar: ??
Straw Hat Pirates members: !!
Everyone stared at Luffy in shock, completely unable to believe he would actively inhale Caesar's poison gas.
"Hey, Luffy!"
Perona stared dumbfounded at Luffy and said, "What are you doing?"
Her Negative Spirit was about to touch that guy, and then Luffy actively inhaled the poison gas?
Isn't this suicide?!
"I never expected you to actively inhale poison gas." Caesar burst into laughter after speaking, then continued, "I've never seen such a big fool before~"
"Shurororororo~"
"Alright, go die now!"
The poison gas he released was enough to kill anyone, so... Straw Hat Boy definitely wouldn't survive!
Shurororororo~
"He actually dared to inhale Master's poison gas... truly reckless!"
The Centaur Unit below sneered as they watched Luffy, saying, "He's definitely dead."
At that moment, Luffy let out a roar, then expelled all the poison gas he had inhaled through his ears.
"?!"
"!!"
"He spat it out through his ears!!"
Everyone stared in shock at this scene, completely unable to believe what had just happened.
This is a joke, right!
"This... how is this possible?!" Caesar said in disbelief, "Straw Hat Boy, how did you do that?!"
Why wasn't this brat poisoned to death?!
"Maybe it's because I'm immune to poison now." Luffy tilted his head and said, "Come to think of it, I should thank Magellan."
Although that guy's poison almost killed him, it also gave him the ability to resist most poisons.
As Meiser would put it, he had turned misfortune into a blessing.
So... in a sense, he was actually grateful to Magellan.
"Huh?"
"Magellan?" Caesar frowned at Luffy. "That poison guy from Impel Down..."
He never expected the Straw Hat Boy to gain such an ability because of that guy.
But...
"Don't lump me together with that Paramecia-type trash!" Caesar roared angrily.
How could a mere Paramecia-type Devil Fruit ability possibly compare to him...
Before Caesar could finish his thought, a white ghost passed through his body.
Then...
"My toxins couldn't even kill the Straw Hat Boy... I really am trash..."
"?!!"
The members of the Centaur Unit below were stunned as they watched their master kneel on the ground in despair.
Could even their master be affected by that ability?
"Hara hara hara~"
"It seems my ability is still quite powerful~" Perona said with a laugh. "Even Logia types aren't exempt!"
"So cool!"
Franky stared at Perona in shock, never expecting her ability to actually work.
Normally, wouldn't you need Haki to touch a Logia-type's body?
Why did Perona's ability work?
Not only Franky had this doubt, but others did as well.
"Why can that woman's ability affect our master?" a centaur exclaimed in disbelief.
Our master is a Logia type!
"Of course, it's because my ability is powerful!" Perona said with a smug grin.
Logia type?
So what!
Even Elemental Transformation can't evade my ability!
This is the rule of the Negative Spirit!
"Damn it..."
Having recovered from his negative state, Caesar climbed out of the rubble and glared furiously at Perona. "You damn woman, you're looking for death!"
This damn woman actually made him say something like that...
She deserves to die!!
With that thought, Caesar raised his hand toward Perona, clearly intending to use his ability to kill her.
"I won't let you hurt my friend!" Luffy shouted.
As soon as the words left his mouth, Luffy's fist slammed hard into Caesar's face.
"Thud!"
The fist wrapped in Haki was incredibly heavy, directly knocking one of Caesar's teeth out.
"Whoosh~"
"Boom!!"
Finally, Caesar crashed heavily into the snowy ground not far away.
"Master!"
"How dare you treat our master like this... damn Straw Hat Boy!"
The Centaur Unit members glared angrily at Luffy, wishing they could tear him to pieces.
"Charge, kill him!"
"Right!"
"All of you, stop right there, you scum!" Caesar roared furiously from the snowy ground.
"?"
The centaurs froze in confusion. What had their master just called them?
"Master... called us scum?"
"Did I hear wrong?"
Ignoring their reactions, Caesar stared intently at Luffy standing on higher ground.
"Damn Straw Hat Boy..."
Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Caesar growled, "You've made me angry."
Wherever someone of his stature went, wasn't he treated as an honored guest?
Yet here he was, having his tooth knocked out by some rookie...
How could this not infuriate him!
"Now you shall witness the true power of the Gas-Gas Fruit!" Caesar roared.
With that, Caesar pulled a special device from his pocket, which looked like two magnets.
"Die, Straw Hat Boy!"
"Explosive Gas Soundboard!"
The next moment, Caesar ignited the gas he had just released!
"Zzz~"
"BOOM!!"
"Luffy!"
Watching Luffy engulfed by the explosion, Franky's pupils shrank to pinpoints.
"Hey, what did that guy just do?!" Perona exclaimed in shock.
Why did Luffy suddenly explode just because the other guy fiddled with those two things in his hands?
"Not sure."
Franky said with a grim expression, "But it must be related to that thing in his hands."
"Maybe... that thing in his hands ignited the gas?"
Gas indeed explodes upon contact with fire, and the force is considerable!
"But how could he ignite it from a distance?"
"I don't know that either." Franky shook his head.
He didn't understand the principle behind the remote ignition of the gas.
"Even if we don't know how it works, we need to save Luffy quickly." Perona said.
With that, she swiftly rushed toward Luffy, who was still falling.
"Don't even think about it!"
Caesar shouted, "Slimes, jump now and restrain the Straw Hat Boy!"
Upon receiving the command, the slimes immediately sprang into action, reaching Luffy before Perona could touch him and firmly restraining him.
Then, Caesar raised the two objects and said, "Die! Explosive Gas Soundboard!"
"Click~"
"BOOM!!"
The next moment, the slimes in the air erupted in a terrifying explosion, sending everything around flying.
"Luffy!"
"Perona!"
Looking at the area engulfed in flames, Franky's pupils instantly shrank to pinpoints.
Had their companions been taken out?!
Nico Robin's expression turned somewhat grim, clearly not expecting things to escalate to this extent.
They... had truly underestimated this Gas-Gas Fruit Ability User.
"Shurororororo~"
"Shurororororo~"
"See that!"
Gazing at the area destroyed by the explosion, Caesar threw his head back and laughed, saying, "This is the fate of those who oppose me!"
"Shurororororo~"
With his knowledge of how to wield scientific power, his strength was truly formidable!
A mere Straw Hat Boy could never be his match!
Shurororororo~
"You bastard!"
"Oh?"
Seeing Perona emerge from the explosion zone, a hint of surprise flashed in Caesar's eyes as he said,
"You're actually unharmed?!"
How did she manage that?
Wait... she can fly, which means... her body is currently in a state of Ghostification?
Can the main body also undergo Ghostification? If that's really the case, then her ability is quite troublesome.
But it doesn't matter—I still have a way to deal with her!
"I'm going to kill you!" Perona raged.
"Kill me?"
Caesar snorted and said, "Your ability is indeed troublesome, but without Haki, you can't kill me."
After all... Elemental Transformation is a passive ability!
As long as the opponent doesn't know Haki, they can't touch his true form!
So Gaisha didn't take Perona's words seriously at all—he simply wasn't afraid!
Shurororororo~
"So what if you don't know Haki," Perona said. "As long as I can capture you, my companions will..."
Before Perona could finish her sentence, she saw a figure emerge from behind a rock not far away.
"Ah~"
"That was really close just now~" Luffy said.
"?"
"!!"
"Luffy!"
Seeing Luffy completely unharmed, Perona's eyes instantly lit up with joy. "You're okay!"
"Yeah, I'm fine."
Luffy, who was brushing dust off his pants, grinned widely. "At the last moment before the explosion, I escaped."
As for Perona?
Luffy knew that Perona's Soul-Soul Fruit allowed her to ignore physical attacks, which is why he didn't try to take her with him.
"So that's how it was..."
Perona let out a long sigh of relief, then complained, "Then you should've said so earlier, you idiot! You made me worry for nothing!"
"You dummy!"
"Sorry, sorry~"
Watching Luffy interact with Perona, Franky sighed in relief. "See, I told you Luffy would be fine."
You weren't saying that earlier.
But Nico Robin didn't voice that thought, because... she had felt the same way just moments ago.
"Hey, how did Straw Hat Boy do that?" The Marines from the G-5 Branch stared at Luffy in shock. "Wasn't he just wrapped up in that strange thing?"
Normally speaking, shouldn't he have been blown to pieces?
Not only were they curious about this question, but Gaisha himself was also very curious.
"Straw Hat Boy..." Gaisha gritted his teeth. "How were you able to escape from SMILI?"
"Because I'm strong, of course."
Crouching down and activating Second Gear, Luffy said, "Alright, now it's my turn."
As soon as he finished speaking, Luffy instantly vanished from his spot.
When he reappeared, he was already right in Gaisha's face.
"Straw..."
"Rubber·Jet Stamp!"
"Bam!"
A sandal wrapped in Haki slammed hard into Gaisha's abdomen, sending him flying straight toward the distant ruins.
"Boom!!"
"Master!"
"You damn Straw Hat Boy, how dare you treat our master like this..." The Centaurs nearby glared furiously at Luffy. "Kill him!"
"Don't let him get near the master!"
"Right!"
Some of the Centaurs roared in unison, then charged toward Luffy.
"Get out of my way!" Luffy shouted. "Rubber·Gatling!"
In the next moment, countless fist shadows shot out, directly striking the enemies blocking the path ahead and forcefully sending them all flying!
Seeing this, Perona smiled and said, "Looks like I don't need to step in."
With their level of strength, these small fries couldn't possibly stop Luffy, so there was no need for her to intervene further.
"Now to capture this guy."
Glancing at Gaisha lying on the ground, Luffy immediately grinned widely.
Then, he turned back to Franky and the others and asked, "Hey, is there anything we can use to contain this guy?"
"He's a Logia type—ropes won't hold him."
Logia-type Ability Users can transform their bodies into elements, so ordinary ropes won't hold them. They need to find something more effective.
"That is indeed a problem," Franky said, stroking his chin. "If only we had Sea Stone."
If they had Seastone Chains, they could easily bind this Logia-type Ability User.
Hearing the words "Sea Stone," the eyes of several sheep-men nearby immediately flickered, clearly thinking of something.
"Where are we supposed to get Seastone Chains now?" Perona, who had returned to the surface, shook her head. "Let's find something else to use as a substitute for now."
Once they regroup with that guy Law, they could ask him if there were any Seastone Chains here.
If there were, things would be much easier.
Hmm, of course, it would be even better if they could meet up with Meiser.
His Sharingan could also control Caesar!
Thinking of this, Perona suddenly felt a bit envious of Meiser.
Having the Sharingan is so convenient!
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