The projector immediately displayed a detailed description of how Luffy broke through the "Slow-Slow Beam" in the book.
"See that? That bastard used the 'unpredictability of rubber' to break my ultimate move!"
Porche tremblingly asked, "Then what should we do…?"
"Super Slow-Slow Beam PRO MAX!" Foxy's shriek shattered several nearby windows. "Add Sea Stone particle coating to it!"
He wildly waved a pointer he'd gotten from who knows where. "And this 'Anti-Straw Hat Defense System'!"
The subordinates below the stage frantically operated a pile of newly unboxed equipment—this was the "Rubber Buster Set" they had snatched for 300 million Belli from TikTok's "Marine Tech Direct Sale" account, which included:
1. High-temperature rubber insulation net (claimed to be able to trap an entire Giant Race)
2. Special sticky foam bullets (slogan: make rubber men unable to bounce anymore!)
3. The most outrageous was a sonic cannon labeled "Vegapunk's Model" (with small print noting: replica version)
Foxy took a deep breath, then suddenly revealed a ferocious smile: "Activate 'Plan B'! Burn all rubber products on the island! Including—" He said through gritted teeth, "my lifebuoy and diving suit!"
Just then, his phone suddenly emitted a clear bird call.
Everyone immediately looked at the phone, only to see a message pop up, which was the latest issue of the "World Economic Journal," with the headline prominently displayed:
"SHOCKING! Straw Hat Has Not Appeared For A Long Time! Suspected To Be On Sky Island Mentioned In The Novel…"
Foxy's face instantly turned from pink to white, then from white to green. Wouldn't this next stop be his Long Ring Long Land???
He tremblingly opened the newspaper, then suddenly let out a shriek that didn't sound human: "Quick! Go change the island's name! From today onwards, this place will be called 'Short Ring Land'!"
…
Water 7,
"That damn "Pirate King" has been exposed!"
Gekko Moriah was like poisoned silver. Amidst the collapsed pillars of Enies Lobby, Rob Lucci's bare upper body was covered in crisscrossing scars.
Those hideous marks illuminated by the Moonlight were precisely the shameful proof of his "Six Powers defeat" recorded in "Pirate King" novel—from some Straw Hat trash from East Blue.
"Iron Body: Modified!"
As his spine popped like frying beans, his bulging muscles suddenly gleamed with a metallic luster like cold weapons.
Strong muscles flowed like living things beneath his skin, staining it greenish-black.
As his claws dug into the stone pillar and rubble cascaded down, the projection screen cycled through the nauseating text:
"Luffy's Gum-Gum Rocket penetrated the supposedly invincible Iron Body, and Lucci's spurting blood dyed the Tower of Justice red…"
"It's confirmed."
Kalifa's lenses reflected data streams, and her high heels crushed the monitoring Den Den Mushi by her foot.
"Iceberg stated Franky got the novel twelve hours earlier than the initial version confiscated by the World Government."
In the surveillance footage she pulled up, Franky's public burning of the Pluton blueprints cast the distorted faces of CP9 members like demons.
Lucci's pupils narrowed into two thin lines. They were supposed to be perfect hunters in the dark, but now they were like falcons stripped of their feathers, all their actions spoiled by that damned novel.
"That damned "Pirate King" has made our decade-long undercover plan go to waste!"
"Yeah, before we even cooperated with them on some flying sword design, but there were no clues about Pluton."
"Who knew Pluton was always in the hands of that perverted panty-man."
"…"
The words of the disastrous defeat at Enies Lobby burned on his retina, but what enraged him even more was that the phrase "CP9 replacement plan" had already appeared in the World Government's high-level encrypted call this morning.
"Request SSG-3 combat suit." His voice caused the temperature of the entire ruin to plummet. "Tell Vegapunk, I want nano-claws that can tear rubber."
A new scar under the Moonlight suddenly burst open, and drops of blood hung from his trembling claw tips—this was the price of testing a new move this morning, but compared to the defeat described in the novel, this pain was like a lover's caress.
Kaku emerged from the shadows, dragging an iron chain, with the unconscious Franky tied to the other end.
"This guy's bones are harder than Sea Stone." He kicked the prisoner's collapsed ribs. "But Mr. Iceberg is quite cooperative with the treatment~"
As his voice deliberately elongated, the medical room's surveillance screen lit up at the opportune moment, showing the mayor of Water 7 being intravenously injected with anesthetic.
Lucci caressed the newly scabbed wound on his back.
Three hours ago, when he first saw the detailed description of "Luffy's Second Gear steam" in the novel, this perpetually stoic man actually smashed an entire training wall.
"There won't be a second time."
…
Thriller Bark
The Moonlight, like a pale shroud, enveloped this floating ghost ship.
Gekko Moriah's wild laughter tore through the deathly silence. His corpulent shadow twisted and writhed over the piles of corpses, the "Pirate King" novel in his hand creaking as he clutched it.
"Hehehehe… Now, I set the rules of the game!"
His crimson eyes swept over the mountain of corpses piled at his feet—these were all traitors who had tried to hide their shadows.
The novel clearly stated that it was the betrayal of these ants that gave Straw Hat an opportunity.
But now? He knew the script in advance!
"Capture everyone on the island!" Moriah's sharp nails traced the chapter on "Nightmare Luffy" in the book. "Dare to hide your shadow? I'll make sure you don't even have bones left!"
The zombie army let out a low growl, their decaying bodies writhing under the Moonlight.
Moriah's thoughts returned to the disastrous defeat described in the novel—Luffy, with the help of a hundred shadows, transformed into a "Nightmare," and brutally tore apart his zombie army.
But now? He wouldn't make the same mistake again.
"Brook!" He suddenly turned his head, his fangs exposed in rage. "Where is that damned skeleton?!"
In the novel, it was Brook who revealed to Luffy that "salt" was the zombies' weakness.
But now, Moriah would never let history repeat itself.
"Go! Lock all the salt in the kitchen into the cellar! Send twenty zombies to guard it day and night!" He roared, "Whoever dares to approach, tear them apart directly!"
In the corner, Doctor Hogback's scalpel glinted with cold light.
He was installing a newly purchased mechanical arm on the zombie Ryuma, the clicking sound of gears meshing particularly jarring in the dead silence.
"Lord Moriah…" Hogback pushed up his glasses, cautiously suggesting, "A batch of Sea Stone-coated armor has recently appeared on the black market. If we equip the zombie generals with it…"
"Shut up!" Moriah kicked over a nearby coffin, wood chips flying. "Do you think I'm a rich bumpkin?! Where would I get that much money?!"
He panted heavily, his nails digging deep into his palms. The failure in the novel stuck in his throat—Straw Hat, a piece of trash who had just entered the New World, actually destroyed his zombie army accumulated over many years?
That would never happen again!
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