Looking at the two women sparing with blades, he was surprised to see that they weren"t that far from their swordsman, and perhaps even better. As for Alex, Igaram feel shivers running his spine when he sees him fight the two wielding staffs girls.

He didn"t know yet, be he was uncomfortable looking at those five shining cold blades. It wasn"t from the number of knives, but they very presence was unsettling as if something raw and primal was creeping. He daren"t approach further, fearing that they would jump at him and bites in his flesh.

He had already felt that feeling, in larger, more powerful and more controlled, but the essence was there. It was during one of the Reverie when they had crossed the path of the Shishibukai Mihawk.

He knows that it was the mark a real swordsman and that Alex had started to walk on the path. Other than the bitting aura, it was amazing to see them in action. Never before would he have thought that someone would be able to use five blades simultaneously, with five different members.

The girls were struggling even to defend, until, the blue-haired woman takes a pistol. They hear the gunshot, but it was the sparks at two different place that attract their gazes. When looking at it, they could see that the round bullet was bisected cleanly in two halves!

It confirms his thought; the young man was already able to cut into metal as if paper.

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The first day of travel was a little awkward for the four ex-Baroque works agent, feeling that they were intruding into an already tight united crew, even if they know that they hadn"t formed for more than three weeks and were nearly strangers before.

It didn"t ward them off to use the pool through.

While he had pa.s.sed the age to play in the water happily, the sight of a laughing Vivi did greatly for Igaram heart, having seen such a carefree smile from ages from the young Princess.

He was using this time to explore the writing of the east blue, as even for them, it wasn"t easy to make them come to them. It had surprised him that a pirate crew was having such a collection on board. While it wasn"t extensive by any mean, they were undoubtedly the only crew with that much different topic.

When he had asked Alex on this, he had responded that an uncultured man was nothing more than a sheep, nodding at the work of the ruling power without thinking for itself. That knowledge was the access toward true freedom.

He was starting to like him more and more. He knows when to become ruthless in protecting his fief, in being compa.s.sionate with his family and seek knowledge to further his independence. Where was not for his status as a pirate; he would have made an excellent consort for the Alabastan crown.

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When the island came to sight, Alex sent his ESD (experimental spying device), to scout the island and saw if it had some additional guests that the two giants and local wildlife. The ESD was nothing more than a Denden Mushi secured and resized enchanted surfboard.

As the Denden Mushi was light, the enchantment was strong enough to carry it with gravity redirection cl.u.s.ter. The runes were powered by a pre-charged focus, acting as a battery and allow for now a twenty-minute flight. I was still at its start, but they had effectively gained a sying device.

By tinkering with the previously obtain equipment. A was able to create a small camera, actioned by the Denden Mushi, and put on his sh.e.l.l.

The camera, linked to a second device, is installed in the covered nest crow to bring better coverage. As both were still small, the camera could only send back pictures from a 1,000 feet bubble each, allowing coverage of a maximum 1,900 feet, further, they would start to lost data and receive an incomplete picture.

They only had to near the island before SreenShot (the Denden Mushi) catch the sight of the two boats of the baroque work agent. Adjusting the lens of the camera put over his right eye, he takes a picture by blinking, activating the runes and sending the image back to the ship.

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In the nest crow, the crowd a.s.sembled in front of a polished, light blue metal-framed box. On the front, a thin slot could be seen just above an extensible rack to receive the picture. The top had another slot specially crafted paper put in waiting, as well as several vials containing powders were visible.

It was Alex try to a printer; the glossy paper would pa.s.s inside when receiving data, before the cl.u.s.ter inside would activate, retrieving the needed powdered pigments, fixing them between the paper and the glossy pellicule protecting it.

After ScreenShot had exited the ship for less than ten minutes, the printer activates. A sheet of paper vanish inside, and they could see that a little of the available 25 vials of pigment, used.

Five seconds later, a cloured aerial picture of the island showing two docked boats appear on an A5 format.

While all were marvelling at the speed, and utterly mechanical item, Alex frown.

"The pixelisation will need a finetuning, but it isn"t that much worst that the result of Denden Mushi."

Turning on a microphone-like device, Alex says.

"Were good ScreenShot, you can come back."

Ten minutes later, a widely grinning ScreenShot return to the crow nest, parks his board. Once free of his device, he happily made his way in the little house built on the side.

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"Ok, we now know that both Mr.3, Mr.5, and their teammate are here. Kuina, Tashigi and Nojiko, you will go and try to found them, if you can take down the two women, they are the two with the most bothersome ability. During that time, Nami and I will go and take the ships." Say him while looking at each designed group, before turning to Vivi." Princess, you are on diplomatic duty, try to see if you can make the giants warry of them, gaining their help would be good too." Say him.

Seeing the burning light in her eyes, Igaram gives him a thankful nod. He knows that she would hate to stay and do nothing, but also abhorred violence; this was the best decision that could fulfil both. Docking on a little creek they found on the picture not too far but well hidden from the other two, the crew separate to their fixed objectives.

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Walking alongside the coast, they were slowly making their way to the docked ships. Making sure to make as less as possible sound, they creep forward.

As the sight clear, and the cover of the trees recede, they came into another patch of sanded area. When not hidden behind high cliffs and volcanoes the island seem to be suitable to establish coastal habitation with how much beach it was surrounded by, if not for the pre-historic wildlife.

Looking at the particular and universal ships, both know that they wouldn"t hear that much inside, seeing the small sizes. Looking around, both could see that the way was clear. Exchanging a gaze, Alex turn toward the forest while Nami bolts to the nearest Boat.

Hearing her whistle that them only could listen to, at least here, he slowing made his way backwards, until being near. Turning rapidly, he jumps on board and quickly vanishes inside.

As expected they didn"t found much, some supplies, a large amount of alcohol, with few missing barrels, from the look of is, woman and man clothes, and that was all, no money, no crew, nothing.

Storing the ship, they visit the second, and others than a large amount of art and tea supplies, the unique craft motor attract Alex attention. Saving it for later, they start to make their way through the blasted path, before hearing a loud explosion.

Knowing the plot, Alex could easily link the missing barrels and the bomber. Looking at the volute of dark smoke rising, both sprints forth the way, arriving before long to a large clearing. There in the middle of it was a downed and still smoking thin giant while a second, stocky giant, was trapped into a large ma.s.s of white matter.

Near them was a boasting man with a weird hairstyle forming a three on his head, and the tip burning. To his side was a pet.i.te girl eating rice cracker in one hand a brush in the other, painting the scene in front of her.

A little further, a giant cake-like sculpture made of the same white matter was snowing flakes on the trapped figures of Vivi" group. At the other end of the clearing, smaller explosions were ringing, with slight quake making the earth vibrate under their feet and a horrendous laugh.

Seeing that their presence hadn"t made know yet, Alex takes out his rifle, before blowing up Galdino head.

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The sudden bursting head on her side startles the little girl, before spraying her with mashed bits. Frighten by the headless sight of her partner; Miss Goldenweek couldn"t help thee shriek that escape her mouth.

The high-pitched scream froze the entire clearing for a moment.

Surprised by it as she rises from the last explosion blast, Miss Valentine was startled and completely miss her target because of this. Because of her haywire state, she slams against the ground in a less than adequate position, snapping her leg"s bones in the process.

The sudden rapid development was all Nojiko need to snipe at the girl, that had been hara.s.sing her and hindering her long-range support against the man. Unwilling to miss her chance, the wounded and crying woman on the ground was shut up by a bullet in her head.

While the rapid development froze the little girl, Mr.5 grit his teeth, before harshly breathing in his open revolver, firing at the feet of the two swordswomen he had until then keep at bay with explosions and extensive use of the surrounding vegetation.

Camming running to the candle cake, Alex put his hand on it, trans.m.u.ting it, and freeing the four, while Nami knocks out the artist.

As he was already struggling with the two before Mr.5 chose the wisest solution, he flees from the spot.

If it were anyone else, it would have been a good idea, but unfortunately, it was Alex who he was facing.

Storing the body of the two Devil Fruit user on his way, he bolts after him, but not before telling them that the wax was weak against fire.

Morphing entirely, he takes a deep breath, quickly catching the man odour. Tearing through the woods, he sees that he was led back to the sh.o.r.e where the boats have been. He was at first thinking that he wanted to flee the area, but it was before he came in contact with a house made from the past candle wax user.

Hearing the ringing of a Dnden Mushi, and the panting of the man inside, he knows that he was trying to contact his superior.

With a quick trans.m.u.tation, the door vanishes before a knife was send flying at his unprotected back, not thinking that someone would be able to follow him.

"Yes, any news?" Say a masculine voice on the other end of the line when the communication established.

Gen could only open his mouth before the blade sink in his head. Silently appearing to its side, and store the corpse before he falls on the ground and makes any noise, catching the transponder in his hand.

"Respond!" ordered the Denden Mushi, sporting a horizontal scar running from on side to side of his face, just above the nose. As he hears nothing, a ticking mark appears on its head before he hangs up.

"Close call!" Say, Alex, relieved not to be discovered. Looking around, he could see a simple house made of two separate bedding. Storing everything present more by habit than real need, he deconstructs the wax block, before making his way back.

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By the time he returns, a fire was burning from chopped trees, with the four around it. A similar sight was at the feet of the giant, slowly melting the wax off. On the side, Nami was still keeping an eye on the fainted girl. He immediately traps her in a coffin of wood, like the previous five pirates, depriving of all possibility of moving anything that her head.

"Everyone alright?" asked him while looking over each of them.

"Yes, we didn"t fight them long enough to be injured." Respond Nojiko.

"What happens?"

"Just after separating, we encounter that strange house in the middle of the wood; we catch off a part of communication, Crocodile knows that we should be there and order an ambush on the giants and us. They were to contact him immediately after taking care of us. The problem, we"ve been caught off guard when that maniacal girl looks through at the window.

The explosive dude had started to throw booger at the near tree, showering us with fragments of woods!"

Looking at the three girls, he could effectively see that they had cuts, notably on their legs you had hindered their mobility. That plus the man always throwing explosives in a forest, he could imagine why they had difficulty in taking him down. I shouldn"t have been better with Miss Valentine using the blast and smokescreen to bomb them.

That had been a bad combination. Would the group taken the woman down by surprise first before the two women hara.s.s him and give Nojiko opportunities, it would have been a quick affair, but it was not.

"This is bad; we need to make sure not to be taken off guard next time."

Hadn"t been for Nami and Alex sneak attack this could have turned ugly rapidly. Looking at the slightly burned giant and the cuts, he frowns.

"We need a doc on board; I hope that one of the skeletons here had an undamaged Log Pose for Alubarna."

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