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  Kuma raised his massive paw, aiming a pressurized air attack at Coby. The air shimmered for a moment, and then Kuma uhe attack. Coby immediately used Geppo to kick off the air, dodging it by inches as the force crashed into the ground behind him, leaving a deep crater.

  Zoro, seeing the opening Coby created, sprinted forward with his swords drawn. "Three-Sword Style: Tatsumaki!" he roared, spinning with his bdes aimed at Kuma’s chest. The spinning bdes cshed against Kuma’s body, but the cyb barely budged, his metal form abs the brunt of the attack.

  “Tough bastard!” Zrowled as he leaped back, avoiding Kuma’s retaliatory swipe.

  Luffy, now fired up, unched himself into the fray. “Gomu Gomu Pistol!” His fist rocketed toward Kuma’s head, aiming to hit him straight on. Kuma raised his paw again, effortlessly defleg Luffy’s attack with a flick of his wrist. The force of the defle sent Luffy crashing into a nearby boulder, but he quickly bounced back to his feet.

  Sanji zipped into the air, his leg igniting with fmes as he went for a flying kick. “Diable Jambe: cassé!” His fiery leg ected with Kuma’s head, but Kuma’s body barely moved. Sanji cursed under his breath as he held his feet, it hurt like kig steel, nding beside Zoro he groaned. “That didn’t do a damn thing!”

  Kuma g the crew, calm as ever. "The Wover doesn't want wito Moria’s defeat," he stated. "I’m here to erase you all."

  The threat hung in the air, but the crew wasn’t bag down. Coby gritted his teeth, already formuting his move. What was Kuma’s bottom line was his drive in this battle. He couldn’t py this gamble. "You think we’re just going to roll over?" he said, charging in again. He disappeared with Shadow Step, reappearing on Kuma’s right side and sshing with Shusui. This time, he aimed for the joint in Kuma’s arm, trying to find a ot ial.

  Kuma didn’t flinch as the bde ected, only shifting slightly to ter. "It is usless," he said, raising his other hand to unother air bst at cle.

  “Coby, watch out!” Usopp yelled from the distance, already preparing a barrage of projectiles with his Kabuto.

  Coby used Geppo to kick away from the air bst just in time, but the force of the attack still sent shockwaves through the area. Debris flew everywhere, making it harder for the crew to maintain their positions. Usopp fired a round of explosives, but they were barely noticed by Kuma as the projectiles bounced off his tough exterior.

  "That guy’s made of steel or something!" Usopp muttered, bag away.

  Chopper, in his Heavy Point form, rushed forward to aid Coby and the others. “I’ll support with some heavy hits!” Chopper decred, his massive form charging at Kuma. He swung a fist the size of a boulder at Kuma’s midse, but it was like pung a wall. The impact barely made Kuma blink.

  Kuma stood before them, not taking their attacks seriously at all. He opened his arms wide, his voice calm but with an edge of finality. "I will spare your lives," he began, making the freed victims of Moria’s terror look at him with hope. "But I will take Straw Hat Luffy with me. As long as I take his head, the Gover will let the rest slide."

  The entire crew, along with the gathered crowd, reacted immediately and in unison.

  "HELL NO!"

  Kuma didn’t flinch. His expression didn’t ge. "Pity," he said ftly.

  Without another word, Kuma pressed the air around him into a tight, dangerous sphere, and then released it with devastating force.

  "Ursus Shock."

  The impact was instant. The pressed air expanded explosively, sending shockwaves across the battlefield. The sheer force of the bst was overwhelming, tearing through the area and ung everyoo the air like ragdolls.

  oved in an instant, using Shadow Step to appear o Nami and Robin. His body shielded them as the bst hit with brutal force. Even knowing the attack was ing, he couldn’t escape it entirely. The shockwave smmed into him, knog the breath from his lungs. The pressure was immense, like being crushed by a tidal wave of force.

  Coby gritted his teeth, brag himself as he took the brunt of the impact to protect his crewmates. He could feel his muscles straining uhe pressure, but there was no way he would leave them behind. Even if it was the logical choice to get out of the bst zone, fuck logic.

  The world spun around them as they were thrown backward, crashing into the rubble. The air was thick with dust and debris, the ground torn apart by the destructive force of the Ursus Shock. Bodies littered the ground—everyone had been hit hard.

  Coby groaned, pushing himself up, his muscles screaming in protest. He g Nami and Robin. They were bruised and battered, but alive. That was all that mattered right now.

  Looking around, Coby could see almost everyone had passed out. Bodies were scattered across the rubble, exhausted and unscious from the intetle and Kuma's Ursus Shock. Only four of them were still standing: Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, and himself. It was expected. The fight against Moria and Oars hadn’t been as brutal as it had been in Anime. Even Luffy didn’t look seriously injured. Still, Coby was the most banged up—he had shielded Nami and Robin from the worst of the impact.

  Luffy g him, evident in his eyes. "You okay?" he asked, his voice gruff from the exhaustion.

  Coby smiled, giving him a reassuring nod despite the pain surging through his body. "I’m fine," he replied, though he could feel the bruises f under his shirt.

  Kuma stood a few feet away, his massive figure still intimidatie the destru around them. His gaze moved slowly across the crew before nding on Luffy. “You have a good crew, Straw Hat,” Kuma said, his deep voice eg through the battered ndscape.

  Coby stepped forward, wiping blood from his lips. “We won’t let you take Luffy,” he said, gring at Kuma. The thought the same stunt Zoro did in the inal story crossed his mind, but Luffy was awake. There was no way Luffy would allow someoo make that kind of sacrifice while he was scious. And with Luffy awake, it would sound fake, pretentious.

  Luffy, still standing strong, gred at Kuma. "You’re not toug my crew," he decred, his fists g in readiness for another round.

  Kuma’s expression didn’t ge, his gaze cold aached. "It’s not your decision to make," he said calmly. "The Wover has ordered me to take your head."

  Before Luffy could retort, Zoro stepped forward, his swords still drawn. "We’ve had enough of this," he growled. "If you want Luffy, yoing to have to gh all of us."

  Kuma g Zoro, his expression unreadable. He wasn’t ied in talking anymore. He opened his maw, and a beam of light gathered, a ser charging up fast. In an instant, the deadly energy shot straight toward the crew.

  "Move!" Coby shouted. He reacted quickly, using Shadow Step to dart across the battlefield. His detached hands flew frabbing Nami and Robin, pulling them out of the path of the beam. Franky, Usopp, and Chopper were too far for that, so Coby switched tactics. Using Shadow Step again, he appeared beside them, kig each of them away from the bst zoh calcuted force.

  The beam smmed into the ground where they had stood, carving a deep, sm trench through the earth. Dust and debris filled the air as the shockwave from the impact rippled outward, rattling the ground.

  Sanji spun through the air, avoiding the bst and nding in a crouch. “Damn, that was close!” he muttered, eyes locked on Kuma. “This guy’s on a whole different level!”

  The four of them moved in sync, surrounding Kuma from different angles, but it was useless. Coby was the first to fall, barely blog Kuma’s powerful strike with Shusui before being knocked bato the ground. He was scious but dazed, feeling the pain shoot through his body from the impact.

  Zoro charged i, his three swlinting in the dim light. “Three-Sword Style: Oni Giri!” He sshed at Kuma’s midse with everything he had, but the bdes barely scratched the surface of the cyb’s body. Kuma swatted Zoro away like an i, sending him crashing into a nearby wall. The swordsman slumped to the ground, groaning in pain but still scious.

  Sanji followed with a fming kick. “Diable Jambe: Diable Mouton Shot!” His leg struck Kuma’s side, but the fmes didn’t even sihe cyb’s coat. Kuma retaliated with a brutal paw swipe, sending Sanji flying across the battlefield, skidding to a halt beside Zoro, coughing up blood.

  Luffy, seeing his crewmates fall, ched his fists, his eyes burning with fury. “Gear Sed! Gear Third!” Steam billowed from his body as he charged forward at lightning speed, his fists pumping with adrenaline. He nded a barrage of blows on Kuma’s chest. “Gomu Gomu Gatling!” Luffy’s fists moved so fast they became a blur, each punding with devastating force.

  Kuma barely flinched, abs the hits with his armored body. His paw swiped at Luffy, but Luffy dodged in an instant, flipping backward to gain some distance. He wasn’t do. “Gear Third!” Luffy’s arm expanded, being enormous as he prepared for arike. “Gomu Gomu no Gigant Rifle!” His massive fist crashed down toward Kuma, aiming to crush him.

  Kuma raised his paw, effortlessly blog the gigantic fist. The impact sent shockwaves through the battlefield, but Kuma stood firm. Without hesitation, Kuma sent another powerful air bst from his paw, smming into Luffy and ung him across the ground.

  Luffy gritted his teeth, struggling to get back up. The repeated use of Gear Sed ahird was taking a toll on his body. His limbs felt heavy, his muscles screamed in pain, but he forced himself to stand. “I’m not do!” Luffy yelled, his voice hoarse. He charged again, this time using both gears at once, his body moving at breakneck speed.

  But Kuma was faster. He appeared in front of Luffy in an instant, his massive paw glowing with energy. “It’s over,” Kuma said ftly, smming his paw into Luffy’s midse. The force of the attack sent Luffy crashing into the ground, the air knocked out of him. He y there, uo move, gasping for breath as the pain from the Gears caught up to him.

  Coby, still on the ground, tried to push himself up, but his body refused to cooperate. He watched helplessly as Luffy fell, his captain uo stand. "Damn it…" uttered under his breath, g his fists in frustration.

  Zoro and Sanji were in er shape. Both of them had beeen down, their bodies battered and bruised. They had tried everything, but nothing worked against Kuma. The cyb was to, too fast, and his Devil Fruit powers made him nearly invincible.

  In the end, all the pain Luffy would have suffered was iable. Despite Coby's efforts, it happened anyway. Luffy colpsed, pletely motionless, his body uo hahe strain of repeated Gear usage. He couldn't move a muscle, breathing heavily as the exhaustion overwhelmed him.

  Kuma walked toward the fallen captain, ready to take him. The situation was desperate. The crew had nth left to fight, and it was clear that no one else was capable of stopping Kuma.

  But Coby wasn’t finished.

  Despite the searing pain c through his body, he forced himself up. Using Shadow Step, Coby appeared in front of Kuma in a blur, swinging Shusui with everything he had. The sword sshed across Kuma’s neck, drawing a thin line of blood. But it wasn’t enough. Kuma barely reacted, only slightly fling from the shallow cut. His body, mostly metal, absorbed the damage with ease.

  Coby used o push his battered body into a, his muscles screaming with each step. Ever since he awakened Nen ba Skypiea during the fight with Enel, he had been practig, but his progress had been slower than his One Piece-based teiques. Maybe it was the differen worlds or how the human body worked here than Hunter x Hunter world.

  But holy, it hadn't been a month since Skypiea and for hat progress was to be expected. Coby knew he ushing the limits of his abilities, but that didn’t matter right now. With Shusui in hand, he dashed fain, aiming for arike.

  Kuma swung his massive paw, sending another bst of pressed air in Coby’s dire. Coby narrowly dodged, using Shadow Step to vanish from sight and reappear behind Kuma. He sshed at the back of Kuma's neck, aiming for a ot, but the bde barely pierced through the metal pting before Kuma’s other hand shot out, swatting Coby aside like an i.

  Coby crashed into the ground, coughing up blood. His body was already at its limit, but he forced himself back to his feet. Kuma turned slowly, his paw raised and ready for atack. "You should stay down," he said coldly.

  Sitting on the ground, Coby gred at the torn fabric of Kuma’s clothing. Beh it, metal shoulder bdes gleamed where Coby had mao cut him. Zoro, who was already injured but still scious, narrowed his eyes and asked, “Are you a cyb like Franky?”

  Kuma turned his head slightly toward Zoro. “I am a cyb, but not pared to the likes of Franky. I am an unfinished human on of the gover, a Pacifista. Created by the greatest stist, Vegapunk, who is 500 years ahead of our time.”

  Sanji, leaning against a crumbled se of the wall, lit anarette and asked, “You still insist on taking Luffy?”

  Kuma nodded, calm as ever. “That is my iion.”

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