Chapter 304: The Heart Stealer! Black Leg's Exit and the Shichibukai's Fierce Battle
In front of the cold laboratory gates.
Law held the long nodachi "kikoku" in one hand, his deep gaze fixed on Sanji standing at the edge of the light dome.
He raised his hand slightly, blue light swirling around his fingertips, just about to test the true strength of this member of the Straw Hat Pirates.
"Whoosh—!"
The sharp sound of something piercing the air suddenly arrived, interrupting Law's movement.
A heavy Jitte embedded with Sea Stone, carrying powerful and sharp Armament Haki, smashed mercilessly toward Law's back.
Law reacted with god-like speed, swinging "kikoku" behind him to parry.
Accompanied by the roar of clashing metal, Smoker transformed into rolling billows of thick smoke, forcefully intervening between the two and landing steadily on the ground.
Smoker bit down on the burning cigar in his mouth, exhaling a thick cloud of fog, his hawk-like, fierce eyes staring fixedly at Law.
"Your opponent is me, Trafalgar!"
"Even though as a Marine, I'd love to capture Straw Hat and his cronies right now."
"But currently, I'm more curious about what kind of unspeakable secrets you bastard are hiding on this blockaded island!"
Facing the tense standoff between two powerhouses, Sanji stood at the edge of the dome and calmly took a deep drag of his cigarette.
He knew well that it was quite unwise to fight head-on within a spatial ability completely controlled by someone else.
Moreover, his primary mission now was to protect Nami and that group of giant children of unknown origin.
Afterward, he needed to regroup as soon as possible with his single-minded Captain who was running around everywhere.
Sanji slowly exhaled blue smoke rings, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
"It seems there are irreconcilable internal conflicts to be resolved between you Marines and the Seven Warlords of the Sea."
"In that case, I won't stay here to disturb your fun."
With that, Sanji's feet suddenly exerted force, directly performing his ultimate technique, "Sea Walk."
He kicked out a series of deafening sonic booms in the air, as if stepping on transparent stairs, instantly taking off and neatly rushing out of the blue dome of "ROOM," making his getaway.
Law only watched Sanji leave with a cold gaze, making no move to stop him.
He now had to focus all his energy on dealing with the extremely troublesome Marine Vice Admiral before him.
...
On the other side, Sanji sped through the mist and soon successfully regrouped with the retreating Nami and the others.
They led the group of weeping, giant-sized children, trekking with difficulty through the harsh environment of lightning storms and toxic mist.
After some searching, the group finally found a partially buried, abandoned research facility branch amidst the desolate ruins to use as a temporary shelter.
However, just as everyone settled into the ruins, an abnormality suddenly occurred.
Several giant children suddenly clutched their heads, their bodies beginning to convulse violently again.
And this time, the symptoms were even more severe than in the Biscuit Room.
Their eyes rolled back, their faces severely distorted by pain, and they began smashing the hard walls frantically like maddened beasts.
They cried out loudly for "candy," their massive fists swinging everywhere, nearly crushing Usopp to a pulp as he tried to soothe them.
Seeing this horrifying scene, Chopper immediately rushed forward, risking being smashed away to once again draw blood from the symptomatic children for testing.
Looking at the turbid reaction in the test tube, Chopper reached a bone-chilling conclusion.
"What these children are eating isn't candy at all!"
"It contains a potent stimulant drug called 'NHC10'! And banned drugs that cause the body to giantize against all logic!"
"Once they stop the medication, they will go mad with a pain worse than death, and..."
"Long-term consumption of this poison will cause their lifespans to be drastically shortened; they won't live past adulthood!"
Watching those children being tortured by the drugs, rolling on the ground in agony, Chopper's bottom line was completely shattered.
He shed hot tears mixed with anger and sadness, his small body trembling violently.
Smash!
Chopper slammed the glass medicine bottle in his hand onto the ground, letting out a hysterical roar.
"Unforgivable... I am a doctor!"
"I will absolutely cure them, no matter what method it takes!"
"And I will definitely send that bastard who performs human experiments on innocent children flying with a punch!"
...
The exploration team moved forward through the thick fog.
On the broad backs of Brownbeard and the other centaurs, the samurai from Wano Country, Kin'emon, was fully dressed.
He knelt respectfully on the horse's back, solemnly thanking Luffy and the others for saving his life, and explained with a face full of worry his true purpose for risking death to step onto the forbidden Marine island.
"This humble one is here to find my son who wandered into this poison gas island—Momonosuke!"
"As long as I can find my son, this humble one is willing to give his all!"
Hearing that the other party had come to this dangerous island to find his son, Luffy grinned without hesitation, patted his chest hard, and readily agreed to help.
"Don't worry!"
"Since you just showed us such a funny performance, we'll help you look for your son while we're at it!"
Meanwhile, Tatsuya, sitting on the back of another centaur, paused slightly when he heard the name "Momonosuke."
He looked at Robin, who was currently snuggling in his arms and riding with him, feeling her unique elegance and softness.
Tatsuya's eyes slowly narrowed.
It was decided: Momonosuke must die!
No one can stop me!
...
Meanwhile, deep within Punk Hazard inside the heavily guarded control room.
Caesar Clown was staring fixedly at the surveillance screens on the wall.
When he saw his experimental subjects being taken away by the Straw Hat crew, his face distorted with rage, and he smashed the expensive red wine glass in his hand to pieces.
"Damn Marines! Damn Straw Hat crew!"
"They actually kidnapped all of my precious experimental subjects!"
Caesar's heart was filled with panic.
He knew well that if the secret of these giantization experiments was discovered and exposed by the Marines...
His financial backer—"Joker" Doflamingo—would definitely kill him to silence him without hesitation.
He had to kill them all to keep the secret before things were exposed.
Caesar's hands trembled as he picked up a special Video Den Den Mushi and dialed a secret underground channel.
As the call connected, his distorted face was full of killing intent as he issued the coldest command.
"Go, Yeti Cool Brothers!"
"Use your assassination techniques to kill all those pirates; leave not a single soul alive!"
"Bring those children back to me completely unharmed!"
Upon receiving the instructions, at the junction of the toxic mist and the snow-capped mountains that never dissipated on the island, two massive, looming mysterious snow monsters received the order.
Carrying specialized sniper rifles, they hid in the lightning and mist like ghosts, beginning their ruthless hunt.
...
Outside the main entrance of the laboratory, the battle between Law and Smoker had entered a white-hot stage of mortal combat.
The two fought fiercely from the collapsing ground all the way into the air.
Smoker pushed the power of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit to its limit, possessing extreme mobility as the white smoke filling the sky transformed into countless fists to constantly block Law's movements.
Meanwhile, Law's slashes within the space of "ROOM" were like a fish in water, almost impossible to defend against.
The surrounding Marine soldiers who hadn't had time to retreat and the massive warships docked at the shore had already been sliced into pieces by Law's eerie and unpredictable spatial swordsmanship, scattered in countless fragments across the ground.
After one of the most intense clashes of Armament Haki.
Law's cold eyes precisely captured the moment of vulnerability when Smoker reverted from his elemental form to a solid body.
Law's gaze suddenly turned cold; he lunged forward, his right hand's five fingers pressed together, his fingertips charged with high-frequency electromagnetic waves capable of piercing a heart, and thrust them violently toward Smoker's defenseless chest.
"Mes!"
Accompanied by a painful grunt from Smoker, an incredible scene occurred.
A block of light emitting a faint blue glow was forcefully jarred out of Smoker's chest by Law!
And in the center of that transparent block of light, a fresh, real heart was beating!
"Vice Admiral Smoker!"
Standing in the distance, Tashigi saw this scene and screamed in horror, drawing her famous blade to rush forward and fight for his life.
Having lost his heart, Smoker's eyes rolled back, and his tall body fell heavily onto the cold snow.
Just as Law let out a cold laugh and reached out to tightly grasp this still-beating heart, prepared to end this battle completely—
"Ah! It's so lively here!"
Accompanied by an unusually excited and familiar shout, the stalemate outside the laboratory gate was instantly broken.
Luffy, Tatsuya, Zoro, Robin, and the others, riding tall centaurs, broke through the thick outer mist like gods descending from the heavens.
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