The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

The other was a woman who appeared to be 16 years old, with different colored hair on each side, and a thruster on her back.

The 'Rampaging' Atlas, wearing light-pressure gloves and sporting a tail.

"Hey! You guys!" Luffy appeared in front of the two of them as if he had teleported, startling them.

Edison's light bulb suddenly lit up, startling Atlas.

Luffy was also momentarily shocked when he saw Atlas's height, which was the same as Kaido's.

“Straw...Straw Hat Luffy?” Edison recognized him first, his tone tinged with surprise, but more so with a shared anxiety.

"What are you doing here? Aren't you with Vegapunk's main body?"

"I'm looking for them!" Luffy asked anxiously, "Do you know Vegapunk and my crew?"

It's Usopp, Nami, and Chopper.

Where did they go? And that apple-headed scientist too!

Upon hearing Luffy's words, Edison and Atlas exchanged a glance, both seeing confusion and unease in each other's eyes.

Edison slapped his lightbulb head in frustration: "We don't know either! Something terrible has happened!"

"All internal communication channels between the clones have been cut off by an unknown signal!"

It's like our core privileges have been shut down! We can't receive any commands from the main body, nor can we contact any of the other clones!

Atlas added, his voice trembling slightly, "'Shakya,' who was in charge of overall coordination, has also gone completely offline. The last place the signal disappeared was very strange..."

We're like headless flies right now, we don't even know how many enemies are on the island or where they are located!

All we can detect is fighting breaking out everywhere, and the energy readings are a complete mess!

Chapter 650 I Want Them All (Part 1)

Hearing this, Luffy's heart sank.

Even these Vegapunk clones were unaware of the situation; things were worse than he had imagined.

"Then my partner..."

Atlas bit his lip and pointed to a brightly flashing red area on the radar screen: "The last sporadic signals we received were about your partner..."

And the location of the large-scale battle energy burst points to the 'Seraphim Storage and Testing Area'.

"It looks like there's a fierce battle over there. Maybe...maybe one of your companions is there, or maybe you have a clue about their whereabouts?"

The tone was uncertain, but it was the only indication at the moment.

Luffy said without hesitation, "Take me with you!"

Edison hesitated: "But it's too dangerous over there! The energy readings are frighteningly high; there might be more than one faction vying for control of the Seraphim..."

"Enough talk!" Luffy's eyes were resolute. "My crew might be there!"

Atlas nodded: "Okay, we'll take you there! I know a relatively hidden maintenance passage that leads to the outer edge of that area..."

"Hmm!!" Luffy clenched his fist, preparing to move immediately...

"Uh……"

His body swayed violently, his face turned pale at a visible speed, and large beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

The body, which had been full of strength just moments before, now felt as if all its energy had been drained, and its legs were slightly weak.

They even need to hold onto the wall next to them to keep their balance.

A strong sense of emptiness and dizziness swept over me.

"Luffy! Straw Hat Boy?!"

Edison and Atlas were startled and rushed forward to help him.

Luffy, panting heavily, waved his hand, his voice weak and even tinged with a hint of aggrieved tears:

"Gear 5... It's too exhausting... My stomach... I'm so hungry..."

He clutched his rumbling stomach and looked longingly at the two clones.

He was no longer the imposing figure he had been when he fought the general and was full of murderous intent; he looked like a starving boy.

Edison and Atlas looked at each other again, this time with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.

They scanned Luffy's physical condition, and the data showed that his stamina and energy reserves had indeed dropped to an extremely low and dangerous level.

In this state, let alone fighting in a high-risk area like the Seraph Storage Area, it would be a problem for him to even get there on his own.

"Seriously... He looks so strong, but he's just a 'hungry' creature?" Atlas muttered under his breath, but his tone was no longer tense; instead, it was somewhat helpless.

Edison's mind raced, as if he were calculating rapidly: "This won't do... In his current state, going there would be suicide. He needs to replenish his energy and rest first."

He looked at Atlas: "I remember there's an 'Emergency Survival and Food Synthesis Zone' to the east on this floor."

The energy reserves and synthesis machines there should still be operational, perhaps enough to quickly produce some high-energy food.

“That’s all we can do.” Atlas nodded. “Let’s take him to recover his strength first.”

Therefore, the plan was changed.

Two Vegapunk clones, one on each side, "supported" Luffy, whose legs were weak and who kept crying out for food, and turned to walk towards the food synthesis area.

Luffy could only follow reluctantly, muttering to himself.

"Meat...I want to eat meat..."

.......

Meanwhile, on a relatively remote passageway on Egghead Island, filled with alloy trees.

Having just escaped Luffy's clutches in a sorry state, Aramaki was gliding across the island cloud using a giant banana leaf generated from his Devil Fruit power.

At the same time, he complained in an extremely displeased tone to a strangely shaped Den Den Mushi in his palm that was mimicking the face of Jaigollucia Satan.

"So, Lord Satan! You didn't tell me that Straw Hat Luffy, that brat, is now a genuine 'Emperor' level fighter!"

"What kind of newly promoted guy is he? What are CP0's intelligence agencies doing?!"

"That white form? What kind of power is that! Its regenerative ability is ridiculously strong, its attack method is bizarre, and its domineering aura is terrifying!"

"I exerted all my strength, almost risking my life, and only managed to hold him off for a short while!" Huang Mu's voice was filled with lingering fear and obvious resentment.

"This is nothing like what we were told before about 'dealing with unstable factors'! This is basically me having to face off against a core member of a top-tier royal army all by myself!"

He stopped and leaned against a cold metal wall to catch his breath, his eyes behind his sunglasses flashing with suspicion and uncertainty.

"So I hope, quickly! Immediately! Right now!"

Send other members of the Divine Knights to support Egghead Island!

Otherwise, with just me and those useless CP0s, let alone completing the mission, it would be a problem if we could even leave alive!

The Straw Hat Boy is probably looking for me right now, and I…

Just as Aramaki was chattering away into the Den Den Mushi, trying to exaggerate the danger to get backup, his expression suddenly turned stern!

A chilling, sharp killing intent suddenly emanated from the corner of the passage ahead!

"!"

Aramaki's hair stood on end. Relying on his Observation Haki to anticipate the situation, he instinctively stopped in an instant, his body muscles tensing up at the same time!

"call out!!!"

Sure enough, almost in the same millisecond that he stopped, a massive flying slash silently tore through the air.

It flashed by, right in front of his nose!

Where the slash passed, the hard alloy walls on both sides were smoothly sliced ​​open as if they were tofu, the cut surfaces as smooth as mirrors.

It stretched all the way to the horizon, leaving a straight, deep, and chilling knife mark.

The sharp wind generated by the slash caused Huang Mu's dark green curly hair to dance wildly backward, and his face to sting.

Huang Mu's pupils contracted sharply, his heart sank, and he slowly straightened up, the remaining panic on his face replaced by an extreme gloom and displeasure.

Then, he slowly turned his head, his gaze fixed on the direction from which the slash had come...

The shadowy corner of the passageway.

"Oh my... I never expected to run into the former admiral here."

"What an unexpected 'encounter'."

Accompanied by a deep, hoarse voice, a tall and imposing figure materialized out of thin air and slowly emerged.

It is Shiryu of the Rain in stealth mode.

He still had that cigar that seemed to burn forever in his mouth.

His right hand rested casually on the hilt of the famous sword "Thunderstorm" at his waist, his sinister eyes peering through the swirling smoke.

He fixed his gaze on Huang Mu with a half-smile.

“Shiryu of the Rain…” Aramaki frowned as he recognized the former warden of Impel Down, now a core member of the Blackbeard Pirates.

The pure, undisguised killing intent emanating from his opponent made him feel a real threat.

A top-tier swordsman.

But it seems he's all alone?

Aramaki's eyes flickered behind his sunglasses.

Chapter 651 I Want It All (Part Two)

If it's just Shiryu, although it's troublesome

However, relying on his nature-type awakened ability and the immortality of the Divine Knight...

They might not be without the ability to fight, and perhaps...

As Huang Mu quietly activated his abilities, the plants beneath his feet began to stir, and tiny buds began to sprout from the cracks in the surrounding walls and ground.

The thought of taking action had just formed in my mind, and I hadn't even had a chance to put it into practice yet.

"Thief! Hahahaha!!!"

A signature burst of maniacal laughter, filled with greed and arrogance, roared from multiple directions in the passageway, instantly engulfing the narrow space!

Immediately afterwards, footsteps sounded.

Ahead, in the shadows behind Shiryu, stood the imposing figure of Blackbeard Marshall D. Teach.

He swaggered out, carrying a metal barrel he'd casually retrieved from somewhere, his toothless smile particularly glaring in the dim light.

On the left, at a ventilation duct opening, Van Oka, holding a sniper rifle and with dead fish eyes as if uninterested in everything, silently slid out, the muzzle of his gun seemingly pointing at Huang Mu.

In the corner on the right, piled high with discarded parts, Gizzas Burgess clenched his fist, making a sickening cracking sound, and grinned, revealing a belligerent smile.

At the end of the passageway behind, a chill permeated the air. Kuzan stood against the wall, hands in his pockets, expressionless.

Beside him, the "cursed doctor" Samuel Kronos fiddled with his mycelium-green eyes, observing the desolate pasture with great interest through his mask.

The six core members of the Blackbeard Pirates, all intact, blocked Aramaki in this passage!

This lineup...

The fighting spirit and scheming that had just risen on Huang Mu's face froze instantly, as if doused with ice water, and his expression became extremely ugly.

Blackbeard himself (two Devil Fruits), Shiryu (a great swordsman), and Kuzan (former Admiral).

Van Oka (sniper), Burgess (superhuman strength), Samuel (uncanny abilities)...

This lineup, let alone his current subpar form, even in his prime, would require caution against facing any of the top three individually, let alone six at the same time.

Especially with Kuzan, that real monster, around!

I... I absolutely can't beat him!

Even escaping may become a pipe dream!

Thinking of this, a chill ran up Huang Mu's spine.

"Wildgrass." At this moment, he subconsciously clenched it tightly in his palm.