"A whip? Okay! I'm needed again!"
As a Devil Fruit user with the power of the Weapon-Weapon Fruit, Baby-5 effortlessly transformed into a whip. She spun, her maid outfit shifting into a long, adorned whip, and then wrapped herself tightly around Hikaru's body.
Hikaru curiously fumbled with the whip. Baby-5 hummed softly, then awkwardly swung herself and muttered, "Stop it, it makes me itchy."
"Interesting~ This Weapon-Weapon Fruit might be able to develop something truly unique..." Hikaru mused. He imagined Baby-5 transforming into an electromagnetic cannon, mercilessly destroying islands. He shook his head, deciding to study her Devil Fruit abilities further when he had more time.
After locking onto a cloud in the sky, Hikaru and the three women—Violet, Sugar, and Baby-5—flashed towards Nami.
Meanwhile, in a hidden corner of the Dressrosa bullfighting arena, a hooded swordsman watched Violet and Hikaru with a complex expression. This was none other than the former king of Dressrosa, Riku Doldo III, using the alias Ricky! His expression was gloomy, and he mumbled inaudibly, "Scarlett... Violet..."
On Lovers Avenue, Machvise was also affected by the seawater and easily defeated by Shirley, who used Seastone to pierce his body and nail him to the ground. Poor Lao G, his teammates incapacitated, found himself outnumbered.
He was beaten by Shirley and Orlumbus until he began to doubt his life. Even his ultimate secret technique, the Diable Jambe Fist: Battle Protection Fist, was useless. In the end, he helplessly shouted, "Young Master!! I tried my best!" Afterwards, Lao G was sent flying into the sky by two invigorated priests.
Not far to the northeast of the King's Plateau, Buffalo was first drenched by seawater and crashed, then hit by Nami's "Cloud-Cloud: Nami-chan's Power!" The unlucky Buffalo was electrocuted and fainted, his consciousness drifting, while Vivi used her sand powers to bind him in place.
Gladius was also covered in sand, beaten into a stupor by the seawater and Gloria's spring-powered Dabi. Under his mask, his face was distorted, his tongue lolling out at an odd angle.
Pica continued to struggle tenaciously under the crowd's siege. His subordinates had all been defeated by the Divine Soldiers, and his sharp roars of anger were nothing but useless rage. "Damn you! You invaders! I will bury you all in the rocks!" Although his words were fierce, his sharp, hoarse voice, so incongruous with his massive physique, made everyone laugh.
"Hahaha... Listen, his voice is so funny~" Gloria bounced up and down, increasing her taunts, trying to infuriate Pica and affect his few remaining conscious moments.
"Hahaha..."
The laughter of the Divine Soldiers was like a sharp knife, ruthlessly cutting into Pica's inferiority complex. He roared, swinging the stone giant's arm and smashing it towards the most crowded area. After the Divine Soldiers flexibly dodged, they quickly swarmed the stone giant's arms, hugging them tightly and wrestling with Pica.
"Let's go together!"
At that moment, a swirling sandstorm suddenly engulfed Pica, sweeping away the surrounding rocks and houses. In the sandstorm, a pool of sand seemed out of place. It stared intently at the back of the stone giant and finally attached itself. Vivi curled her lips, pressed the stone giant with her right hand, and shouted in her heart: "Sand-Sand: Erosion Reincarnation!"
True to her nature, even Vivi's move names echoed Hikaru's style.
An invisible wave quickly spread through the stone giant. Pica was slightly stunned. Why did he feel the stone giant trembling?
Puff, puff...
"What?!" Pica was horrified and frantically tried to increase the power of stone to stabilize the stone giant's form. However, he discovered it too late. The next moment, his colossal rock giant was disintegrated by the sand.
"Clouds, clouds and winds!"
Then, Nami waved her hand, and a violent gust of wind swept across the battlefield, blowing the sand away from Pica to prevent him from turning it into rock again. Unfortunately, Pica's Stone-Stone Fruit is a Paramecia type. It can only assimilate rocks it touches; it cannot create them out of thin air.
"Negative Hollow!"
Pica was still in shock about what was happening when Perona's Negative Hollow pierced through his heart. He fell to the ground, muttering in regret, "I'm so sorry, a little rooster like me who speaks and makes strange noises shouldn't waste the food of the Donquixote Family..."
Taking advantage of his weakened state, Gloria's legs transformed into springs. With a bang, she soared into the sky with the help of elastic force. She descended from above, a Seastone nail in her hand, and plunged it hard into Pica's left chest, pinning him. Feeling weak, the Divine Soldiers grinned and put Seastone handcuffs on him.
"Torture them all! Torture them all!"
"You did a good job~"
With that praise, Hikaru, with Baby-5 tied around his waist and Violet and Sugar in his arms, stepped into the air. He signaled to Vivi with his eyes and flew to Nami's floating cloud.
"Onii-chan~ How come you have time to visit your sister~" Nami was used to seeing the two girls being "forced" by Hikaru, and she even found the mood to tease him.
"I brought the three of them here so you can get to know each other," Hikaru smiled, putting Violet and Sugar down. He then went to interact intimately with Nami, Nico Robin, Perona, and Vivi, who had just flown back, to show his affection.
"Three?" Nico Robin looked at Violet and Sugar and asked.
"Yes, and her too," Hikaru said, gesturing to the whip around his waist. "Baby-5, I need you to change back."
"Great!"
Baby-5 spun around and transformed back into her human form, astonishing the girls.
"This... is this?"
"I am the user of the Weapon-Weapon Fruit, and I can transform into a variety of weapons!"