Nico Robin finally reacted.
Her eyes narrowed instantly, and she crossed her arms to activate the power of her Flower-Flower Fruit.
Before her stood the mysterious black-haired boy, who had just sprouted two extra arms. Before she could strangle him, his figure suddenly flashed and appeared right in front of her. In her widened eyes, he slapped his palm onto her neck.
Robin's vision went dark, and she collapsed forward.
Ron reached out and caught her, lifting her onto his shoulder.
A blade thrown from above was subjected to intense gravity, cutting through the air at an astonishing speed toward Ron below.
Ron used Shave, disappearing from the spot to avoid the strike.
The entire arena was nearly destroyed in the process.
"Where is he? Where?!"
Everyone turned their heads in all directions.
The one-eyed Mochi was also shocked by the sudden turn of events. Mochi drew his gun from his waist and yelled angrily, "Where's my Devil Fruit?!"
Others beside him stood frozen, gazing in shock at the black-haired boy holding the Baroque Works vice president's badge and the Devil Fruit.
Immediately, the entire crowd pulled out their weapons and began shooting toward that direction, not caring if they hit anyone else.
For these underground leaders, who had committed countless crimes, killing was nothing. The only important thing now was to seize that damn Devil Fruit from the boy.
Ron lifted his foot and swept it backward.
A massive cyan wind blade instantly sliced through all the bullets shot at him, then horizontally slashed through the group of underground leaders, whose greed and madness had overtaken them.
Some didn't even realize what had happened, and only after several seconds did their upper bodies separate from their lower ones, spraying blood everywhere.
The cyan wind blade continued unyieldingly, embedding itself in one of the pillars in the auction hall, which then collapsed, crushing more people.
The scene became utter chaos.
"Don't think you can escape!"
Baroque Works' senior agent, the ability user of the Kilo Kilo no Mi, Mikita, floated toward Ron, with her umbrella.
Ron didn't even glance at her, once again performing Tempest Kick.
An even larger cyan wind blade broke through several walls, blasting out of the rain banquet casino.
Ron stomped once more, and his figure disappeared again.
Seeing the situation unfold, the rest of the group couldn't sit still any longer.
"Whoever catches him, the Devil Fruit is theirs!"
"Don't try to steal it from me, or I'll kill you all!"
"Heh, come on, let's see who kills who!"
The remaining people charged toward the exit, weapons in hand.
Mikita saw this and panicked. She quickly pulled out a transponder snail to contact Mr. 0, Crocodile.
"President, we're in big trouble..."
Crocodile, on the highest floor of the Rain Banquet Casino, was silent for a few seconds after hearing Mikita's report. Then he exhaled a puff of smoke and spoke in a cold voice, "Mikita, notify Mr. 2 to act immediately. I'll go get the Fruit back!"
After closing the transponder snail, Crocodile clenched it tightly in his hand, veins bulging on his forehead, his face dark with rage.
"How dare you ruin my plans... who the hell is looking to die?!"
As soon as he spoke, his body turned into a mass of sand and crashed through the glass in front of him, heading toward the distance.
Rainbase, at the edge near the outer city....
Ron, carrying the unconscious Nico Robin, landed here from the roof of a nearby building.
After setting Robin down and letting her lean against the wall, a gust of sand swirled from the distance and converged into a humanoid shape.
"So, it's you. You took my Fruit."
Crocodile, cigar in his mouth, narrowed his eyes as he locked onto the black-haired boy standing in front of him.
Upon seeing the Devil Fruit in the boy's hand, Crocodile secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Luckily, it hasn't been eaten yet... in that case, I can just take it back..."
His right arm immediately turned into sand, transforming into a sand rope that shot toward the boy at lightning speed. But it missed.
Crocodile's eyes narrowed.
The boy in the white hoodie and mysterious black hair stood about ten meters in front of him. One hand was in his pocket, while the other held the Devil Fruit, smiling as he looked at Crocodile.
"Turns out you're the big boss behind Baroque Works."
Crocodile's eyes narrowed further as he felt the murderous intent coming from Ron.
Ron remained calm, smiling at him. "To make you show your killing intent so quickly, this news must be worth quite a lot, at least to you."
"It seems if this news gets out, it might ruin your plans in the future, right?"
Crocodile, who had been chewing on his cigar, couldn't take it anymore. He swung his hand with killing intent, activating his Sand Sand fruit to attack Ron.
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