On the other side was Brogy, trapped by wax that prevented him from moving. Next to him was Dorry, who had been defeated by him.
"Bastard!" Brogy shouted, trying to break free.
"Hahaha!"
The one laughing at Brogy was a man with strange 3-shaped hair, wearing a striped shirt and light-colored pants.
He was accompanied by a young woman with her hair in braided pigtails, wearing a pink hat, a dark blue t-shirt, a shirt with cloud patterns, a wine-colored skirt, and striped stockings.
"Forget it! When my Candle Jacket hardens, it's as strong as steel," Mr. 3 laughed. "Once you're trapped, a giant's extraordinary strength is completely useless! Drunk on your victory, you let your guard down, Brogy the Red Ogre!"
Brogy glared at him with deep anger, wanting to tear him to pieces right then and there, which made Mr. 3 laugh.
"You should be happy! Your long battle is finally over. And even if it was the result of someone else's help, victory must be enjoyed! Or am I wrong?" Mr. 3 asked him.
When he heard that, Brogy was shocked.
"Y-You... You did it!"
"MWAHAHAHA!! IN THE END, THE WINNER IS ME!! Did you know? The enormous bounty on your heads doesn't disappear once it's placed," he said, staring at him.
"BASTARD!!" Brogy shouted angrily.
Right at that moment, a fist went straight against Mr. 3's face, making him crash into Brogy.
From among the trees appeared Luffy and Oliver, who were more than ready to make them pay.
"Only two left," Oliver said, ready to attack them.
"W-What happened?" Mr. 3 said as he tried to get up.
"YOU!! HOW DARE YOU INTERRUPT THE FIGHT BETWEEN TWO WARRIORS?!!" Luffy shouted at him angrily.
"What are those idiots doing?" Mr. 3 said, getting up a bit wobbly.
"Those four? If you're talking about the other agents, they're still knocked out," Oliver told him.
"Those useless fools. I'll have to take care of you myself," Mr. 3 said.
"Luffy, do you want to handle him?" Oliver asked him, ignoring the official agent.
"Yes," Luffy said, ready. "This one is mine."
"You are too arrogant to be simple pirates," Mr. 3 said.
Luffy went to attack him, but Mr. 3, using his Devil Fruit, trapped Luffy's feet in wax.
"What the hell is this?! My legs look like a hammer!!" Luffy said upon seeing his feet.
"Ha! Piece of cake. Now for the hands!" Mr. 3 said.
He tried to trap Luffy again, but he dodged the attack to grab onto a tree and stretch his feet with the intention of attacking Mr. 3.
He spun around and attacked him, so Mr. 3 used his Devil Fruit to create a shield which was destroyed, freeing Luffy.
"How?!" Mr. 3 said, shocked to see his wax destroyed.
"Shishishi! I can destroy your wax with your own," Luffy said with a smile.
'I'm impressed by the innate ability Luffy has to adapt to any situation he faces'
He looked to his side where Miss Goldenweek was eating a cookie.
"Do you surrender or do I have to defeat you?" Oliver asked Miss Goldenweek. "I don't want to beat up a little girl."
She was eating a cookie, so she set it aside and grabbed a paintbrush, attempting to place a mark on him, but a bullet grazed her hat, knocking it off.
"I almost forgot, we didn't come alone," Oliver said, pointing at Elegg.
"What?! They freed her?! The boss will kill me if he finds out about this!" Mr. 3 shouted, scared and nervous upon seeing her.
"It's entertaining to see you this scared," Oliver said, laughing a bit.
Mr. 3 was about to attack him, but was interrupted by Luffy, who punched him in the stomach.
"You are fighting me," Luffy told him.
"And now..." Oliver said, threatening Miss Goldenweek. "Tell me, where are my nakamas?"
Miss Goldenweek nodded and pointed to the side.
"Alright, it better be true," he warned Miss Goldenweek. "Luffy, I'm going after the rest! I'll leave the fight to you!"
"Yeah, leave him to me!" Luffy shouted at him.
"You pirates..." Mr. 3 said angrily.
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Oliver and Elegg were walking through the forest while following Miss Goldenweek, who Oliver held by the back of her neck.
"Wow, you don't have that smile anymore," Elegg told him.
"What?" Oliver asked her, surprised.
"When we met and when you talk to your nakamas, you were smiling. Now you have a different face," Elegg told him.
"They have my nakamas. It's normal that I'm not having fun," Oliver said.
They kept walking until they saw Zoro and Nami passed out on the ground.
"They really were here. Good job," Oliver said, knocking Miss Goldenweek out.
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Both had their feet and hands trapped by Mr. 3's wax in the shape of handcuffs, so they went to check on them.
"They're just sleeping," Elegg said.
"So I see... Oi, Zoro, what are you doing on the floor?" Oliver asked him while patting him to wake him up.
"What? Is it morning already?" Zoro said, waking up.
"It never stopped being morning," Oliver answered him, then went to wake Nami. "Nami, wake up."
Nami woke up and tried to move, which she couldn't do.
"What is this?" Nami said, trying to free herself.
"These things are hard," Zoro said, hitting the ground trying to break them.
"They're made of wax and supposedly as hard as steel, so it'll be complicated to free you," Oliver said.
"But free them just like you did with me, with your electricity," Elegg told him.
"I could do that," Oliver said, thinking.
"Electricity?" Nami asked him.
"Or fire."
He grabbed a fallen branch and, using Electro, caused it to catch fire, then brought it close to Nami's handcuffs, scaring her a bit.
"What are you trying to do?!" Nami told him.
"It's wax, it has to melt with heat," Oliver told her. "Elegg, could you free Zoro?"
"Yes."
Elegg, unlike Oliver, grabbed a strange steel artifact and brought it close to the wax, which began to melt.
"Who is she?" Nami asked him, having already freed her hands.
"She's Elegg, she was also captured by Mr. 3," Oliver explained while freeing her feet.
"Finally free. Those things felt like they were cutting off my circulation," Zoro said, grabbing his katanas. "Thanks."
"You're welcome," Elegg said, putting away her tool.
"And we're done. I hope you didn't get burned," Oliver said, offering his hand to Nami.
"I'm fine. Thanks," Nami said, getting up.
"So where is that bastard?" Zoro asked him.
"Luffy stayed behind fighting him, he might have already defeated him with the time it took us to get here," Oliver told him.
"What a shame," Zoro said.
"And the rest?" Nami asked him.
"Vivi stayed behind taking care of Karoo, who was injured, Usopp stayed around watching Luffy's fight, and that idiot Sanji must be lost in the forest," Oliver said when he felt a pinch on his neck and instantly smacked it.
"Is something wrong?" Nami asked him.
"Nothing. Just a minor annoyance," Oliver said.
They started walking towards where Luffy was and, taking advantage of a moment of distraction, Oliver checked his hand, seeing a dead mosquito.
'This is bad'
He felt a slight itch on his neck, so he scratched it a bit.
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