Nagato in One Piece - Chapter 17
“Waaahhh…”
“Waaaaah!”
In Franky’s secret base under the bridge, Franky and his two sisters, Kiwi and Mozu, were hugging each other and crying loudly.
“From the East Blue, we’ve been through thick and thin together, and now we’re falling apart over a ship…”
Kiwi and Mozu were wiping away endless tears, crying their hearts out.
“Why are you guys crying?” Usopp, looking at the three of them, thought they were being overly dramatic.
“Idiot!” Franky, Kiwi, and Mozu lined up, turning sideways to Usopp, one hand wiping their tears, the other hand shielding their faces as if embarrassed to be seen crying. “We’re not crying, idiot!”
Franky said, “But seeing you defend the ship all alone under such circumstances, it really moved me… (sniffling) deeply!”
Kiwi and Mozu echoed, “We’re not crying. No one’s crying!”
As they argued loudly in the warehouse under the bridge, they were unaware that Franky’s adorable underlings were lying in the street, covered in blood.
“We’ve located Cutty Flam,” Rob Lucci said, withdrawing his finger from Zambai’s body. He gestured to his CP9 colleagues, “Let’s go.”
A few minutes later, outside the warehouse under the bridge.
“It seems it’s been some time,” Lucci said, grabbing a dirty string outside the door. “Let’s ring the bell for the hosts.”
Ding ding ding…
The bell inside the warehouse rang in response.
“Coming.” Inside the room, Franky thought it was his underlings returning and didn’t pay much attention. Kiwi and Mozu responded but grew impatient as the bell continued ringing. “Coming, coming! So noisy, can’t you be quiet…”
As they climbed the stairs to open the warehouse door, Kiwi and Mozu’s voices stopped abruptly.
The Square Sisters were thrown down the stairs, landing with heavy thuds, unconscious.
“Sorry to interrupt your conversation,” four CP9 agents, Lucci, Kaku, Blueno, and Kalifa, entered from outside. Kalifa, retracting her long leg, adjusted her glasses and said, “These two ladies wouldn’t let us in, so we had to create a little disturbance.”
“Secretary from Galley-La?” Franky was confused and unable to grasp the situation. Seeing Kiwi and Mozu injured, his anger flared. He charged at them and threw a punch. “I won’t tolerate you hurting my sisters!”
“Tekkai!”
The sound was a dull thud. Blueno, in his suit, intercepted Franky’s punch to protect Kalifa, but from his expression, it was clear that even with Tekkai, it wasn’t easy to withstand.
“Blueno? Even you’re wearing that ridiculous outfit. What are you planning?” Franky retracted his fist, readying another to knock the guy in front of him away. “You’re too arrogant! Do you know who I am?”
Amidst his roar, Franky launched another punch at Blueno’s head.
Franky wasn’t weaker than Blueno. Trying to overpower Franky by pretending with Rokushiki was futile. In desperation, Blueno extended his forefinger, ready to use Shigan.
“Hey, hey…” Seeing this, Lucci couldn’t stay still. He dashed over, kicking Franky away, then scolded Blueno. “You can’t kill him now! Idiot!”
“Aren’t you guys from the shipyard? What’s going on?” Usopp, tense all over, asked, eyeing the CP9 agents warily.
“That pigeon guy, Blueno, the secretary, and the mountain monkey…” Franky quickly got up, full of energy. Lucci’s kick seemed to have no effect on him. “Why are you all together? And stop trying to look so cool with those serious faces!”
Of course, it had no effect.
Lucci wouldn’t heavily injure such an important figure as Franky, and Franky’s body had been modified into a steel shell, making Lucci’s separating kick negligible.
In fact, as a Logia-type Devil Fruit user who had consumed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Franky’s body would automatically undergo elementalization if it were to be severely injured, indicating that Lucci’s attack was far from sufficient.
“None of that matters now. I’ll keep it short.” Lucci said, hands in his pockets, “Our true identity is agents of the World Government.”
The CP9 members stood in a line, blocking Franky’s way. “You should understand what this means and why we’re here.”
“Let’s not waste time, Cutty Flam.” Lucci walked towards Franky step by step. “Hand over the blueprints for Pluton!”
With Lucci’s words, Franky’s heart sank. Each sentence made him feel worse. But he knew he couldn’t hand over the blueprints.
He was unaware that the ancient weapon’s blueprints in his body had already been taken. He believed the hiding place and the procedure to open his body were his secrets alone. Little did he know, someone not only knew he had the blueprints but could read his memory and easily take them.
“I don’t have such a thing,” Franky lied, smiling wryly, left hand supporting his right arm as his iron fist shot out. “Strong Right!”
“Soru!”
Lucci disappeared, delivering a palm strike aimed at Franky’s head, intending to knock him out and then interrogate him.
However, the result of his full-power strike was unexpected.
Crackle…!
Bright blue electrical sparks flickered on Franky’s neck!
“A Logia-type fruit user!”
Seeing this, even the proud and hardened Lucci was taken aback, jumping back in surprise.
“This is an unexpected complication…” In the next second, Lucci regained his composure. “A top-tier Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Cutty Flam, you’ve given us quite a surprise.”
“Kaku! Blueno! Kalifa!” Lucci called out quickly. “Did you bring any Seastone?”
Blueno and Kalifa exchanged glances, clearly not having any.
They had decided to confront Franky on the spur of the moment and hadn’t anticipated encountering a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, so they weren’t prepared with Seastone.
“The bar.” Kaku spoke up. “In the hidden compartment for storing items, I left a pair of Seastone cuffs there. Blueno, go get them!”
Hearing this, Blueno nodded and used his Air Door to retrieve them.
“Now, it’s a battle between us…” Under the ceiling light, Lucci’s shadow elongated and widened. Soon, a massive creature with a leopard’s head and a strong human body appeared before Franky and Usopp. “Lightning!”
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