41 Chapter 40

Robin was leisurely making her way towards the Palace before she got confronted by two very similar looking Baroque Works agents. They are both no more than one meter and sixty centimeters long, with short legs and arms, and have whiskers coming out of their cheeks. Their faces were thin and sharp, like a weasel.

The male agent is wearing a brown t-shirt with the number three written on it, brown shorts and sandals. He has short brown hair and small brown eyes which were looking evilly at Robin, while he was constantly rubbing his hands.

The female one is wearing a short black tank top revealing her stomach and short black shorts and sandals. She has black hair tied in a ponytail with small black eyes, and earrings with Valentine written on them.

"We heard some bad things about you, Miss All-Sunday," The new Mr.3 said.

"That you have betrayed us." The new Miss Valentine spoke after him.

"Boss told us that if we meet you." The male agent said after her.

"That we can play with you, meehihihi." The female one laughed out.

The duo transformed afterward into a weasel and mink hybrids and charged at Robin. The archeologist sighted and crossed her arms. Hands sprouted like flowers on the charging duo, hindering their attack and stopping their movement. Moments later a snap was heard.

"AGHHHH!" They screamed in pain, with their arms twisted in a weird angle, but their screams died out shortly after she choked them to unconsciousness. Robin sighted one more time and shook her head, before making her way towards the Palace.

Aisha and Chopper were intercepted by a tall and fat man, with big lips, and wearing a green shirt that covers most of his body with black pants, gray running shoes and has a giant baseball bat in his hands. Alongside a stout, middle-aged woman with red hair wearing a necktie that resembles a Christmas tree, a large pair of purple-lensed sunglasses, while also carrying a basket on her back. Following them was a bazooka with a dog head an legs.

"Welcome to molehill fourth street. You will love it here." Before Miss Merry Christmas could say anything else, Aisha used Soru and appeared in front of her. With a kick, she sent the woman flying into a building, destroying it in the process. Aisha jumped over a cannonball that was shot from the dog-bazooka hybrid, while also dodging a swing from the Mr.4's bat in the process. Flipping in the air, she delivered an axe kick to the head of the fat man, pummelling him into the ground. The dog-bazooka was about to shoot her again, but Chopper threw a pill in his mouth, making it fall asleep.

"That was so cool!" Chopper exclaimed at Aisha, causing her to giggle.

"You were great too, Chopper." She complimented him.

"Shut up!" Chopper said while dancing around.

"Let's go, Luffy told us to gather at the Palace after dealing with the Baroque Work agents." Aisha smiled at him while beckoning him to continue their journey.

Ussop and Marianne entered the highest building in the capital, the clocktower.

"Are you sure your plan will work?" Ussop asked Marianne.

"Yep, trust me, I'm a realist painter. I know what I'm doing. You only have to make sure you hit them." She answered him and handed him a couple of small yellow capsules.

"Who do you think I am? I'm Captain Ussop, the man that brought this crew together. We wouldn't have reached this far if it wasn't for me." Ussop told her proudly.

"I'm telling Luffy what you said." With a poker face, she responded, causing him to panic.

"No, please don't! I will do anything I promise! He will increase my torture if you do, please don't tell him!" Ussop begged her on his knees.

"Go and deal with the two at the top," Marianne told him and sat down on the ground.

"Yes, ma'am." He saluted her and rushed toward the top. Upon reaching there, he was met with a woman dressed in a frog attire that had a frog looking gun, and a man whose body is covered with sevens, including his eyebrows, shoes, and gun. The moment they saw him, they aimed their guns at him, but before they could shoot, Ussop hit them with the yellow capsules given to him by Marianne. Upon contact, they exploded into yellow paint covering the weird duo, causing them to laugh uncontrollably.

"It actually worked, huh," Ussop said in surprise. He had no trouble knocking them out afterward. Looking at the cannon they were guarding, he noticed that the bomb they were preparing to shoot was on a timer.

"We are all going to die! What am I supposed to do?! I want to see Kaya again before I die." Ussop screamed and started panicking.

"Shishishi." Turning around he saw a clone laughing at him. Before he could say anything, the clone took the bomb and disappeared using Soru.

Sanji was fighting a relatively tall male cross-dresser wearing flamboyant ballet clothes with a swan theme. He is wearing makeup and has a giant grin on his face while looking hungrily at Sanji.

"You are such a pretty boy! Why don't you become my boyfriend?" The ballet wearing man asked Sanji while spinning in a circle.

"NEVER!" Screaming out Sajni rushed at him, but the man was able to block his kick with his own.

"I might even teach you my Okama Kenpo if you ask me nicely. You will be a perfect practitioner for it." The okama told Sanji.

"Stop with your bullshit!" He yelled out and quickly started spinning rapidly in place, making his lower legs grow bright red in the process.

"Oh my, you are already learning it you will be the perfect boyfriend." The okama exclaimed with hearts in his eyes while spinning like a ballerina.

"SHUT UP!!!" Sanji screamed out and kicked at him. The okama was able to block the attack, but it set him ablaze and burned his clothes.

"You have to take responsibility!" The okama seeing that his clothes were burned off, shrieked and ran away, while Sanji was puking from seeing him naked. After emptying his stomach, he continued walking towards the Palace with tears in his eyes.

Zoro was exchanging blows with a tall, tanned man with long thin limbs and fingers with the kanji for number one tattooed on his chest. He is very muscular with a shaved head and has a black unibrow.

"A swordsman stands no chance against me," Mr.1 told Zoro after blocking an attack by transforming his hand into a blade.

"That's because you haven't fought me before," Zoro answered him and slashed with his three sword style. Mr.1 blocked the attack but got hurt in the process.

"Tsch, well you have some skill, but that was your last hit." Mr.1 transformed his hands and fingers into blades and coated them with Armament Haki. He swung and crossed his arms sending several wind blades at Zoro, who got blown away trying to defend against the attack.

Getting up he removed the black bandanna from his left bicep and tied it around his head.

"I guess this would be fun," Zoro said with a mad grin on his face, hungry for battle. Using Soru, he was able to use his superior speed to his advantage, but Mr.1 being a proficient hand to hand martial artist, was able to block his attacks.

"You might be able to cut through steel, but you can't do anything about Armament Haki." Mr.1 calmly stated and transformed his feet into blades, making them look like ice skates. With that, he started matching Zoro in speed. His increased speed further increased his already strong attacks, and Zoro was sent flying with blood sprouting from his body.

Standing up Zoro had two big x-shaped wounds on his chest, but he still had the same mad grin on his face. Mr.1 wasn't faltered and charged at him again. Try as he might, Zoro wasn't able to defend against his Armament Haki coated arms and was sent flying.

Nonetheless, Zoro stood up again and had an even crazier look on his face. He jumped forward while spinning in the air forming a ball shape with his blades. He flew past, Mr.1 and managed to wound him on his chest, but took another hit from Mr.1 in the process.

"I thought you said that I had my last hit earlier," Zoro told Mr.1 with a cocky grin. Mr.1 didn't respond and charged at him while creating circular blades along his forearms and making them spin. Coating them in Armament Haki, he attacked Zoro, who despite trying to block the attack was sent flying with another nasty wound on his chest. Shakily Zoro stood up again.

"A mere swordsman like you will never defeat me." Mr.1 calmy stated and started moving towards him on his blade skates. Zoro crossed his two swords across his chest and placed the blade in his mouth horizontally behind them. Using Soru, he charged at him and swung his swords at Mr.1, who was able to block the moment when the three swords were all lined up. Despite that, he was overpowered and sent flying with wounds on his arms.

"I'm no mere swordsman! I will become the greatest swordsman in the world!" Zoro stated to the surprised Mr.1, who was still looking at his bleeding arms.

"You!?!" Mr1. said while standing up. He looked at Zoro in a different way after getting wounded despite his arms being coated Armament Haki. Mr.1 was starting at Zoro's swords which had a small black luster at the top. Despite being shocked at seeing that, Mr.1 prepared to finish this fight.

Zoro held up his swords in an inverse triangular formation before spinning the swords together. Rotating them rapidly he used Soru to attack the charging Mr.1. Slashing with all three swords at once, he left Mr.1 with three big wounds on his chest, but not without being wounded himself as well.

"I accept my defeat." Mr.1 looked back at him one more time, before falling unconscious on the ground. Zoro held himself from falling on the ground using his swords as a cane and sluggishly made his way towards the Palace. Unfortunately, he was going in the opposite direction.

Xander using his Devil Fruit powers had created an iron sheet and used it to fly towards the Palace. Upon reaching there, Crocodile had already dealt with all the royal guards and had the King of Alabasta pinned to a wall.

Crocodile is a tall man with pale skin and nape-length black hair which is kept neatly slicked back. He has a long stitched scar at the bridge of his nose that stretches across his face and a large hook made from a tough gold alloy in place of his left hand. Crocodile dressed like a mafia boss was evilly looking at the King of Alabasta.

"CROCODILE!" Xander screamed out before sending his iron attacks at him, but they all safely passed through his sand body.

"Do I know you?" Crocodile asked.

"Fifteen years ago, you destroyed the Panema Kingdom and killed off everyone from the royal family, except a single eight-year-old kid. That kid has come back for revenge now!" Xander yelled out trapped Crocodile in an iron box. Sadly that wasn't enough to hold him, and he was easily cut through it with the hook on his left arm.

"Kuhahahaha! I remember you now. You are that stupid boy I left with a hole in his cheek. You are way too much in your head if you think you can fight me." Crocodile said while slashing with his right arm and sending a wave of sand at Xander, who transformed into his logia form to evade the attack. Seeing this Crocodile smirked, before rushing at him and grabbing him with a black coated arm.

"You are too week to fight me. I might be able to suck the moisture out of you, but without Haki, you stand no chance against me." Crocodile coated his hook with Armament Haki and was about to pierce Xander, before a fist with black liquid dripping from it hit him in the head, sending him flying in the process.