Jiabode and Coyatl had already been defeated earlier by Liam, and Rasha had also been injured when Robin seized an opening after crushing his heart with Tres Mano: Freesia…
All three of them were no longer in peak condition. Even if they ganged up on Robin alone, they were still no match for Robin wearing the Liam Stand armor.
Moreover, when Robin wore the B.I.B. armor, although she borrowed the power of Liam's original form copied by the B.I.B., her own Flower-Flower Fruit (Hana Hana no Mi) abilities remained unaffected by the armor's power.
Thus, the three female pirate knights were essentially facing a Liam with the Flower-Flower Fruit (Hana Hana no Mi) abilities while already weakened.
Liam's stamina was already monstrous, and the stamina of the Stand armor defied human standards altogether.
The outcome of this battle had been decided from the very beginning.
Haiyna hadn't anticipated the immense power boost Jolyne Kujo would gain after fusing with Black Phantom, allowing her to effortlessly defeat Rasha, Jiabode, and Coyatl.
Furthermore, the tenacity of that little brat Giorno had also exceeded her expectations.
Despite his clearly inferior raw power, she simply couldn't put him down.
Every time she knocked him down, he would rise again.
As she grew weary, he remained unfazed, as if nothing had happened.
Such an opponent was truly the most troublesome kind.
This forced Haiyna to resort to tactics she normally disdained, using Corrupting Poison to force Giorno to waste Haki and stamina. The strategy proved effective; the stamina of that little monster Giorno was visibly declining, especially his Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), which was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain.
In such a high-stakes clash, even the slightest disadvantage in Haki could be magnified exponentially.
Giorno's stamina might have seemed limitless, but he had clearly practiced Haki for only a few years. Under the relentless drain of Haiyna's Corrupting Poison tactics, his Haki reserves were rapidly dwindling.
With the aid of her Stand armor's alerts, Robin quickly assessed the situation between Liam and Haiyna.
She decisively used her Flower-Flower ability to form Haiyna's heart in an unoccupied corner and crush it. At the same time, she lifted her leg and kicked the last stubbornly resisting Rasha toward Haiyna, who had halted due to the intense pain, interrupting her pursuit of Liam.
"I couldn't help but intervene. My apologies," Robin said, as B.I.B., still wielding the Gold-Gold Fruit ability, began transporting the gold he had left on the pirate ship.
At the same time, the arm armor covering her arms quietly detached and vanished underground.
The pair of arm armor, adorned with blue and red flame patterns, silently burrowed through the earth, swiftly reaching Jiabode and Coyatl, who lay defeated and immobilized on the ground. One by one, they extracted the Bubble-Bubble Fruit chip and the Impact Fruit chip from their chests or backs...
"Again and again... why won't you just stay down?" Haiyna sighed, approaching Robin.
Meanwhile, underground, the arm armor clutching the Bubble-Bubble Fruit chip and the Impact Fruit chip darted through the earth, racing back to its owner's location.
Liam didn't need Observation Haki to sense the position of his Stand. As a Stand user, he could see his Stand with the naked eye, even without Haki.
Liam could clearly sense Robin and B.I.B.'s subtle movements, as well as the pair of arm gauntlets silently approaching him from underground.
To distract Haiyna, Liam deliberately raised his voice in a taunt: "Your opponent is me, you're going the wrong way! At ease! About-face!"
As expected, Haiyna ignored him completely and continued toward Robin.
Seizing the opportunity, the right arm gauntlet, emblazoned with crimson flame patterns, surfaced and pressed the Bubble-Bubble Fruit chip into the main body's chest.
At that moment, Robin, wearing the armored core, used the Gold-Gold Fruit to manipulate the Gold Cage, binding Haiyna.
Haiyna had already corroded away all of Liam's clothes, leaving him barefoot. His movements were so light they were almost silent. As Haiyna struggled to shatter the golden chains entangling her, Liam stealthily approached her from behind.
Two rough, oversized hands, erupting with soap bubbles, swiftly covered her entire body while she was distracted.
Where the bubbles had touched, it was as if Haiyna had been reshaped. Her skin became smooth and supple, her limbs rounded and comical. In the blink of an eye, the two-meter-tall, lithe, and fierce female pirate had transformed into a giant, candy-like doll...
"Bubble-Bubble Fruit?!"
Leaving aside how Haiyna herself felt about being transformed into this state, the most shocked person present was clearly Jiabode, the one Robin had defeated, who until moments ago had been the Bubble-Bubble Fruit ability user herself.
Giorno had stolen his Devil Fruit!
He truly possessed such a bizarre ability!
But when?
Giorno had been fighting Haiyna the entire time, never even approaching Jiabode!
How had he managed to steal the Bubble-Bubble Fruit?
Rasha lay where she had fallen, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, staring at Giorno's retreating figure. Her mind reeled with shock and confusion: even if he had stolen Jiabode's ability, how could he instantly use such advanced techniques to transform the Captain into that?
The same confusion surfaced in the minds of Jiabode and Coyatl.
Caught between shock and doubt, their emotions overwhelmed them, and the three women quickly fainted.
Robin ignored them, glancing at Liam, who was shaking his head like a bird. Her black battle armor clattered apart, transforming into an armless warrior that stood beside her.
Liam asked, "Do you have any clothes?"
Robin shook her head. "They're all on the ship."
Liam looked at Robin, then down at Haiyna, who had been turned into a Candy Man. 'Forget it. I'd rather be naked than wear women's clothes!'
'At least it's honest!'
Seeing that Haiyna seemed defeated, Rose and King approached.
Liam leaned down to Haiyna, who was lying helpless on the ground. "The victims are here. In this final moment, aren't you going to give us the villain's grand confession?"
Rose's eyes were red-rimmed. "You won't succeed again, Haiyna. The people of this island will never be deceived by you again..."
Transformed into Candy Man Haiyna, she lay back and said calmly, "You think I've failed? You think... this counts as failure for me? It was merely a test of the Rot-Rot Fruit's capabilities, conducted years ago. Even if it's true that the people of this island will never be deceived by me again... what loss is that to me?"
Rose was stunned.
Liam tried to put his hands in his pockets... 'Damn, no pants, can't do that.'
He crossed his arms and said, "CP-9 has already set its sights on you, Haiyna. You can't be naive enough to think you could keep robbing Heavenly Tribute openly and secretly forever without being discovered, right?"
Candy Man Haiyna smiled.
"King of Loan Sharks... is that your nickname?" Liam said slowly. "Clearly, you've already planned your escape route: the even more chaotic New World. For small-fry pirates, the First Half is Paradise. But for a powerful pirate like you, the Second Half—where the Marine and World Government's influence is weak—is the true Paradise! You've been preparing all along to use your connections as the King of Loan Sharks to establish a foothold in the New World once your business here collapses... Let me guess, you're aiming to become the next Sea Emperor?"
Centered around Kraigana Island, Haiyna used the power of the Rot-Rot Fruit to extort Heavenly Tribute from neighboring island nations. God knows how much she pocketed, and how much the King of Loan Sharks skimmed off the top.
King trembled, "Is this your plan, Haiyna? After all I've... No, that's wrong. I was manipulated by your wicked power..."
Rose wiped away tears and steadied her father, but Giorno interrupted, "How long are you going to lie there?"
"...?!" Rose gasped in shock as Giorno looked down at Haiyna on the ground. "This technique weakens your power, but it shouldn't leave you unable to activate the Rot-Rot Fruit and wash away these soap bubbles."
(End Of This Chapter)
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