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However, Robin was still somewhat dissatisfied with Wood's answer. Just as he was about to press Wood further, he discovered that the bastard in front of him had already vanished.

No, to be more precise, Wood, who had disappeared before him, reappeared in front of the Straw Hat crew and the Baroque Works people.

And in order to expose his life, this guy even covered his entire face tightly with a trench coat.

Chapter 314 I'm Just a Handsome Businessman Passing By

Under normal circumstances, even without Luffy and Zoro, Sanji and his crew should have no problem dealing with the weaklings at Baroque Works.

After all, Sanji is one of the Straw Hat Pirates' three strongest fighters, and Nami already has the Weather Stick, so dealing with ordinary small fry shouldn't be a big problem.

Chopper also possesses considerable fighting ability, and Usopp, when employing a sneaky, underhanded style, is equally formidable. Coupled with the protagonist's aura, there's no reason why they shouldn't be able to defeat even the ordinary minions of Baroque Works.

However, the problem lies in the fact that Baroque Works not only has a large number of people, but also possesses some powerful and advanced weapons.

Sanji was one thing, but Nami, Usopp, and the others could only run away with their heads in their hands when faced with the barrage of Gatling guns and laser weapons.

Sanji was already struggling against thousands of opponents, and now he had to fight while constantly worrying about Nami and the others' safety. As a result, he naturally ended up with quite a few injuries.

Meanwhile, Nami, who was being carried around by Chopper in his reindeer form, looked at Vivi beside her and asked with a hint of reproach, "Vivi, didn't you say before that apart from the high-ranking executives, everyone else in Baroque Works is basically just a nobody?"

Faced with Nami's questioning, Vivi, sitting on the back of the fast-running duck, dodging various bullets, answered Nami's question with the same puzzled expression.

"I don't know what happened either. When I and Ikaram infiltrated Baroque Works, we did get a general idea of ​​the workshop's capabilities."

Even with our combined skill level, we managed to secure the positions of Mr. 8 and Miss. Wednesday, executive commanders, at Baroque Studios.

The Elders of Baroque Works, numbering in the billions and millions, are truly inferior to the Kingdom's army, yet I have no idea where they got so many high-powered weapons.

Vivi was also looking worried at this moment; the fighting power of Baroque Studio far exceeded her previous expectations.

If this continues, Alabasta will ultimately fall into Crocodile's hands.

While she was distracted, a bullet suddenly grazed Vivi's shoulder, causing her to fall off the running duck.

Sanji, Nami, and the others were originally planning to rush over to the rescue, but no matter how fast they were, they couldn't match the laser weapons in the hands of the Baroque Works' Million Elder.

Seeing the laser beam hurtling towards her, Vivi, who had fallen to the ground, closed her eyes in fear.

To be honest, she wasn't afraid of danger or death, otherwise she wouldn't have risked going undercover at Baroque Studio for two years.

When faced with death, she was more worried about the people of Alabasta, as well as the Kingdom's army and the rebel army that were about to clash.

"boom------!"

The laser struck the ground, creating a huge explosion. However, Princess Vivi, whose eyes were closed, did not feel any pain and opened her eyes in confusion.

Then she saw that, at some point, a tall figure in a black trench coat suddenly appeared in front of her.

He was clearly unharmed because the other party had just saved him.

"This guy just destroyed a laser cannon with his bare hands!"

"Are you kidding me! This is the latest weapon being developed by Dark Island. Although it takes a long time to charge, it's said to be able to sink a small boat in an instant!"

The ancient being who had taken the laser cannon stared at the weapon in his hand, his expression filled with disbelief.

He cherished this weapon ever since it came into his hands, and he had confirmed its power multiple times.

Putting everything else aside, the crater several meters wide that the laser just hit the ground is enough to prove that this weapon is quite powerful.

However, this incredibly powerful laser weapon was just carried away by someone's bare hands?

"No matter what kind of person they are, with these powerful weapons in hand, even if the studio's chief commanders are here, they will only have one way out: death!"

Our boss's orders to us are to kill Princess Vivi. If we kill her, we'll have done a great service.

Although the people at Baroque Works didn't know who Wood was, their advanced weaponry gave them enough confidence that even if he was a naval captain, he was no match for them.

So very quickly, hundreds of Baroque Works members turned their weapons toward Wood.

Sanji and Nami wanted Wood and the others to run away quickly, but the all-around lock-on and the dense attack range meant that Wood and Princess Vivi, who were surrounded in the middle, had nowhere to run.

"Although I don't know who you are, I'm still sorry. Because you saved me, you may die here as well."

The 16-year-old royal princess, when faced with death, did not feel fear first, but rather guilt for burdening Wood. This made Wood feel even more that it was right to break the agreement and save her.

"It's not a dead end yet, so saying sorry now is premature. Don't you want to save your country?"

As Wood finished speaking, a barrage of bullets and lasers rained down on Wood and Vivi.

As if unable to bear witnessing the scene they had imagined, Nami and Chopper tightly closed their eyes, while Sanji and Usopp also showed expressions of anger and sadness.

However, in the next second, accompanied by a sudden surge in temperature, a wall of flames several meters high rose from the ground and formed a circle, blocking attacks from all directions without any blind spots.

The bullets and lasers disappeared into the flames the moment they touched the fire barrier, as if they had been thrown into the sea.

The flames rose and fell quickly. While everyone was still in shock from what had just happened, they discovered that Wood, who had been standing in front of Princess Vivi, had once again conjured a stream of water.

The spherical stream of water floated in Wood's palm, and then Wood quickly condensed it into the shape of a water blade.

Wood then gripped the water blade tightly and swung it several times in front of him. The air seemed to ripple, and after several ripples impacted the people in Baroque Studio, the turbulent wind around them finally subsided.

The group from Baroque Workshop, who were standing in front of Wood, had just clearly felt a powerful sword aura brush past them, and the immense sense of impending death made them instantly break out in a cold sweat.

However, when everything calmed down, the people at Baroque Studio belatedly touched their bodies and found that they were perfectly fine.

"I thought he was some kind of powerful guy, but it turns out he was just a bluffer..."

"Thump—thump—thump—thump!"

Seeing that everyone was unharmed, the people from Baroque Workshop quickly came to their senses and forcibly calmed themselves down, convinced that Wood was just a show-off.

However, before he could finish speaking, he found that the weapon he was holding suddenly became lighter. He then realized that, without him noticing, the cannon barrel in his hand had been split in two!

The weapons made on Dark Island are all crafted from fine steel. Even for an ordinary swordsman, cutting through such steel would be no easy task.

However, the venerable elder of the Baroque Studio was horrified to discover that the cannon barrel he was carrying on his shoulder had not only been split in two, but the cut was also extremely smooth and clean, as if the weapon in his hand was not steel, but a block of tofu.

What shocked the Baroque Works members and Nami's group even more was that the weapons that had been cut open were not just one or two Baroque Works members.

Instead, the weapons held by the thousands of Baroque Works members present were now like toys, all broken in two, one piece still in their hands, while the other lay on the ground in front of them.

"Monster! This guy is a real monster! Why didn't the mission intelligence given to us by the chief commander mention that there was such a character on the other side?!"

In the blink of an eye, all the steel weapons in their hands were split in two. The people from Baroque Workshop present had no doubt that the other party had the ability to kill them instantly.

Because they could easily cut through steel, cutting through even more fragile flesh was even easier; the opponent could slice through the weapons in everyone's hands in an instant.

That means that as long as the other side has any intention, they can be cut down along with their people by the weapon!

As for whether they had the ability to resist or escape? The answer is absolutely not!

Because no one present could see how the opponent had just struck, and even though they were nearly a hundred meters apart, the opponent was still able to easily cut through their weapons, it was clear that even if they turned to run away, they would have no chance of survival against a great swordsman of this caliber.

Wood, wrapped in a trench coat and holding a water knife, remained motionless in place, yet the aura he exuded was truly astonishing.

Finally, the first person from Baroque Workshop succumbed to the immense psychological pressure and chose to run away.

And when they saw the Baroque Workshop member who turned and ran away successfully escape the danger zone, it was like a chain reaction; the other Baroque Workshop members also began to scatter like birds and flee for their lives.

"Vivi, really, if you knew someone this capable, you should have had them come and meet us sooner." — Nami

"That's right, that's right. If we had known we had such powerful backup, we wouldn't have been beaten so badly and had to run away with our tails between our legs."

"Luckily they ran fast, otherwise I would have summoned my eight thousand men and given them no chance to escape." — Usopp

"Really! We had a reserve force of eight thousand? Usopp is amazing!" — Chopper

Because the crisis was resolved and our side gained a powerful ally who was clearly not an ordinary character, Nami and the others immediately started teasing Vivi.

To Nami and the others' surprise, Vivi also looked at them with astonishment and asked, "Could it be that this person isn't your friend, Nami?"

After a moment of bewildered stares, Nami, Vivi, and the others all turned their attention to Wood, while Sanji looked on with heightened vigilance, keeping a close eye on Wood's every move.

Sanji acted this way not because he hated Wood, but because Wood gave him a feeling that was far too dangerous.

Unlike the weak trio of Nami, Usopp, and Chopper, Sanji felt his skin tremble the moment he saw Wood.

Even though the other person did nothing, just by standing there, every pore on Sanji's body was sending him a warning: the man in front of him was extremely dangerous!

Sanji had only ever experienced this feeling of his entire body trembling, with even his pores sending out warning signals, before.

That was Hawkeye Mihawk, the world's greatest swordsman. At that time, Sanji did not, like Zoro, go to fight the world's greatest swordsman.

However, the sharp, hawk-like gaze the other person gave him brought him a profound sense of powerlessness.

Although the other side saved them, they did not make things difficult for the escaped Baroque Works members, so it is quite normal for Sanji to remain on edge as the enemy is not yet clear.

“I am not your enemy, so there is no need to be so wary of me.”

Besides, if I really wanted to do something to you, with your current strength, even if you were on guard, you shouldn't be able to resist at all.

Although he saved Vivi and the others, Wood did not kill the people from Baroque Works.

Crocodile, the Sand Crocodile, is unusually attentive to the Straw Hat crew because of a bet he made with himself, and he has made more arrangements for them than in the original storyline.

Therefore, his act of rescuing people without killing Crocodile's men should not be considered a violation of the agreement.

Well, Wood analyzed the current situation, trying to find a reasonable excuse for himself to renege on his promise, and attempting to convince himself.

Just as he was hypnotizing himself, Princess Vivi, who was beside him, also approached Wood, clutching her injured shoulder, and bowed, saying, "Thank you very much for saving me. May I ask your name, sir? Are you someone Vivi knows?"

Since the other party had saved them, it would be a bit unreasonable not to express their gratitude. At the same time, Weiwei was also quite curious about who the other party was and why they had saved them.

To be honest, based on the other person's figure and voice, Weiwei believed she shouldn't know him; otherwise, if he were someone powerful, she wouldn't be unaware of him.