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  Below them, the fmes were spreading, casting a hellish glow across the se. Lucci, visibly pissed off, s the Straw Hats.

  “Let me show you desperation, filthy pirates,” He growled, his voice cold and unfiving.

  Without warning, Lucci’s body began to shift and tort, bones crag and muscles expanding as he transformed into his Hybrid Leopard form. His already imposing frame grew rger, more menag. His eyes glinted with predatory i as his hands morphed into deadly cws.

  “Ryankyaku!” Lucci roared, ung a powerful air bde from his leg. The attack was so powerful that it nearly cleaved the building in two, sending debris flying everywhere.

  Paulie, who had mao stay on his feet despite the chaos, rushed toward Iceburg’s side, desperate to protect him. But Lucci was faster. He intercepted Paulie with terrifying speed, blog his path. The two locked eyes, Paulie’s filled with hurt arayal, Lucci’s with cold indifference.

  “I really thought we were friends!” Paulie shouted, his voice crag with emotion.

  “Only you thought that,” Lucci responded, his to. He swiped his massive caulie, intending to end him right there.

  Before the deadly cw could ect, Luffy charged in, throwing himself between Lucd Paulie. The force of Lucci’s cwed Shigan pierced through Luffy’s torso, drawing blood. Luffy gritted his teeth against the pain, refusing to back down. But Lucci grabbed him by head, and flung him across the city.

  Zoro, seeing Luffy in danger, drew his sword and rushed at Lucci. But the CP9 agent was ready. He used Tekkai to harden his body, making Zoro’s powerful strike bounce off him harmlessly. With a swift, brutal kick, Lucci sent Zoro flying across the room. The swordsman crashed through a wall, his sword falling to the ground as he was unched over the city.

  As the chaos erupted, Coby acted. He darted forward, catg Zoro’s fallen sword with one hand while ing his other arm around Nami. With his free arm, he grabbed Chopper by the arm, pulling both of them close.

  In a blink, Coby was gone from the room, disappearing into the night with his crewmates. Coby dropped Nami and Chopper onto a nearby rooftop, making sure they were stable before quickly returning to the Galley-La building. When he arrived, Lucd the other CP9 members were already gone, leaving behind a rapidly spreading fire. The air was thick with smoke, and the fmes crackled as they devoured the structure.

  Wasting no time, Coby began grabbing the unscious Galley-La workers who had bee behind. He unceremoniously tossed them out the window one by oheir bodies nding in a pile below where other workers were scrambling to pull them to safety. The heat was being unbearable, but oved quickly, determio get everyo before the fire ed the buildiirely.

  Ohe st worker was out, Coby turned his attention to Iceburg, who was still lying on the bed, badly injured and barely scious. With no time fentleness, Coby hoisted the mayor onto his shoulder and dashed out of the room, dodging falling debris as he made his way bai and Chopper.

  Reag the rooftop where he had left them, Coby set Iceburg down carefully. Chopper immediately sprang into a, his hands moving rapidly as he began tending to Iceburg's wounds. Nami stood nearby, her face pale as she took in the sight of the battered mayor.

  As Chopper worked, Iceburg weakly raised a hand, signaling that he had something important to say. "Nico Robin… she’s done everything for you," he gasped, struggling to get the words out. "She struck a deal with CP9… to protect you."

  Nami's eyes narrowed as she listerying to make sense of what Iceburg was saying. "What do you mean?"

  Iceburg took a shaky breath, his voice barely above a whisper. "Nico Robin… agreed to let herself be taken by CP9… in exge for the safety of the Straw Hat crew. She ehat all seven of you… would have a free pass out of Water 7."

  Nami's eyes widened in shock as she processed Iceburg's words. "She sacrificed herself for us?"

  Iceburg nodded weakly. "She believed it was the only way… to keep you safe. She didn't want to see you get hurt because of her."

  Chopper tio work, his expression grim as he bandaged Iceburg’s wounds. "Robin did this to protect us… and we didn’t even know."

  Nami turo Coby, her voice ced with worry. "Luffy and Zoro..."

  Coby pced a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "They’re fine. Luffy is trapped between two buildings, and Zoro’s stu a ey. They’ll get out soon."

  Nami nodded, her tension easing slightly. "They’ll bee 100 times stronger when they hear that Robin did it to protect us." Her resolve hardened as she tinued, "We o go after Robin and stop her."

  Coby shook his head, stopping her. "We ’t rush. We’ll follow them, but we o be smart about it."

  Iceburg, still weak but determio help, added, "In ten mihe Sea Train will take off. With Aqua Laguna ing, the rain won’t leave until m. They’ll take her to Enies Lobby."

  Nami bit her lip, frustration evident in her eyes. "Where is that?"

  Coby began expining. "Enies Lobby, also known as the Judicial Isnd, is one of the Wover’s three major strongholds. It’s called the Afternoon Isnd or Never-night Isnd, because the sun never sets there—daylight sts all the time. Once a crimiers the isnd, it’s nearly impossible to escape. And if they pass through the Bridge of Hesitation and cross the Gates of Justice, there’s urn. The only path from there leads to Impel Down."

  Nami absorbed the information quickly, her mind already rag to figure out their move. "So, if Robin reaches Enies Lobby, we’ll lose her forever."

  Coby nodded, firming her fear. "Exactly. That’s why we o aow, but we have to be careful. If we rush in without a pn, we could lose everything."

  Iceburg, struggling to stay scious, mao speak up again. "The train will leave soon. You’ll have to be fast if you want to catch it."

  Nami g Coby, urgen her voice. "We o get Luffy and Zoro. We ’t do this without them."

  oved swiftly, grabbing Chopper and Nami by the arms as he leaped from rooftop to rooftop. The city’s yout allowed him to navigate quickly, dodging the few obstacles that remained in his path. As they nded on a lower rooftop, Coby handed Zoro's sword to Chopper, pointing to the spot where Zoro was ically stuck, face-first in a ey.

  Meanwhile, Coby took Nami to a nearby rooftop, positioning them just a short distance away from where Luffy was still wedged between two buildings. Luffy was struggling, his rubbery body twisted awkwardly as he tried to free himself. Coby o Nami, signalio get Luffy’s attention.

  Nami cupped her hands around her mouth and shouted, "Luffy! Stop messing around! We o move, now!"

  Nami’s tears flowed freely as she choked out the words. "Luffy! Robin did everything to protect us! She’s being taken away... She’ll die if we don’t save her!"

  Luffy’s eyes widehe weight of her words sinking in. His body, wedged between two buildings, suddenly tensed. In a surge of raw determination, he braced his hands against the walls oher side, veins bulging as he pushed with all his might. The stone groaned uhe pressure, cracks spreading outward from where his hands pressed. With a final, explosive effort, Luffy forced the buildings apart, the structures shaking as they split from their base.

  Freed from his fi, Luffy stumbled forward, catg his breath for just a moment before fixing his gaze on Nami. "We’re getting her back," he decred.

  Meanwhile, Zoro, still stu the ey, called out to Chopper. "Hand me my sword!"

  Chopper hurried over, tossing the sword to Zoro, who caught it with a single fluid motion. With a barely noticeable flick of his wrist, Zoro sliced through the ey as if it were paper. The building shuddered, nearly split in two from the force of the cut. Zoro stepped out, sheathing his sword as he o Chopper. "Let’s go."

  Just as the crew regrouped, the dark clouds above began to , signaling the approach of Aqua Laguna. The first massive wave crashed down with a deafening roar, flooding the lower parts of the city and swallowing up the buildings in its path.

  "We o move!" Coby shouted, his voice cutting through the chaos.

  As they reached the higher ground, the full force of Aqua Laguna desded upon Water 7. The massive wave surged over the lower city, sweeping away anything in its path. The crew barely made it to safety, the water crashing just behind them as they reached the upper levels.

  Breathing heavily, Nami gnced back at the flooded streets below. "We ’t waste any more time."

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