"What?! Those two are worth 59,990,000 Berries combined?!"
That line drifted through Ignis's hazy mind! He was curious, but he couldn't force his eyes open!
He slept a little longer! This time, he was finally rested! Ignis groggily pushed open his cabin door and stumbled outta bed!
He saw Zoro drawing his sword! He saw a guy picking his nose and flick a freaking booger at him!
Whoa!!! Ignis almost had a freaking heart attack!
Ignis had just met his worst freaking nightmare!
Everyone had a weakness!
Guys with high attack power might not have high defense!
Guys with high defense might not have high attack power!
Guys with high speed might have low attack and defense!
Ignis, as a tank, had decent attack, freaking awesome defense, and low speed! But he had Randuin's Omen's active skill to make up for that! He could slow down his enemies!
But his biggest weakness had just been exposed! He had a freaking germ phobia!
"Zoro!!!"
"Quick!!!"
"Switch opponents!!!"
"I can't handle this!!!"
Ignis barely dodged the snot rocket and bolted towards Zoro!
For a guy who relied on taking hits and then counterattacking, that booger-flicker was a freaking death sentence! Even with the Heartsteel stacks on the guy, he couldn't even look at him!
Booger-Man! The horror!
"Damn it! I don't wanna slice a freaking booger with my sword!!!"
Zoro might be pissed, but he charged at the snot-slinger!
The pressure on Ignis eased a little! He wiped the sweat from his brow!
He'd just woken up from a nap and almost gotten freaking killed!
Before Ignis could calm down, a girl in a green miniskirt floated over him, spinning an umbrella!
"My Kilo-Kilo Fruit lets me control my weight from 1 kilogram to 10,000 kilograms!"
Ignis looked up and caught a glimpse of her freaking panties!
"Telling your enemy your power is dumb! But wearing safety shorts is smart!"
Phew! That was a close one!
"10,000-kilogram Press!" The girl, Miss Valentine, was pissed at Ignis's crack!
She stomped on his shoulder!
The ground cracked under the weight! Half of Ignis's body sank into the earth! 10,000 kilograms of pressure had crushed the ground!
"Why aren't you squished?" The girl was confused!
"You're too weak!" Ignis wasn't gonna sit there and take it! He was just waiting! He watched the little white dot on the girl's body slowly turn red!
He raised his hand and tapped her neck lightly!
Ding!
Miss Valentine went limp!
Zoro's fight was over too! That booger-slinging fruitcake was strong, but he was a freaking joke!
Ignis was grateful as hell watching Zoro wipe his sword with a scowl!
I owe you BIG time, Moss-head!!!
Just then, Luffy, who'd finally woken up from his post-meal coma, rubbed his eyes at the sight of the bodies!
He grabbed the nearest conscious guy and demanded an explanation!
"It... It was the green-haired... swordsman!"
"Zoro!!!"
A roar shook the town!
A chubby ball of doom came flying towards Zoro! It was Luffy, fueled by rage and a full stomach! He wound up a punch!
Zoro stared at the punch coming his way, stunned! He couldn't even react!
A hand shot out and grabbed Luffy's fist! It was Ignis, coming to Zoro's rescue!
"Zoro's tongue-tied! Lemme explain! Everyone you see here was plotting against us! They're all holding weapons!"
Luffy blinked, confused! Then, he looked around at the weapons on the ground and had a freaking epiphany!
"Whoa! Sorry, Zoro! My bad!"
Zoro just sighed! That was Luffy for ya!
Nami walked over with Vivi!
"Guys! I have a 1 billion Berry plan!!!"
Vivi had dropped the Ms. Wednesday act! She was speaking like a princess again!
She shook her head! "We're grateful for your help, but we don't have 1 billion Berries!"
Alabasta was in chaos thanks to Baroque Works! Vivi had infiltrated the organization to find the mastermind and expose their goal!
The crew traded glances!
"So, who's the big boss?" Luffy asked!
Nami clapped a hand over Luffy's mouth! She wasn't looking for a death wish!
"Hahaha! We don't wanna know! Anyone trying to take over a country has gotta be a freaking monster!"
Vivi agreed!
"Yeah! Even if you're strong, you can't beat a Shichibukai! Not 'Crocodile'!"
Zoro: "You just said his name!"
Silence! Then, Nami freaked!
"We're doomed! We're doomed! Why'd you say his freaking name?!"
"I'm so sorry!!! It just slipped out!!!"
"Let's get outta here before they know what we look like!!!"
Like the world was trying to screw with Nami, a freaking cat with sunglasses whipped out a sketchpad and started drawing their faces!
"Nice drawing!"
Nami slumped!
Ignis stepped up! He had to take charge!
"Don't panic, Nami!"
Nami latched onto Ignis's words like a lifeline!
"You got some kinda gear that can change our faces?!?!"
Uh... Nope!
"Sure do! Don't!"
"I just mean... Instead of worrying about getting killed by Crocodile..."
"Let's live it up until Crocodile does kill us!!!"
His pep talk didn't exactly land!
Nami was spiraling into despair!
Luckily, Usopp was still knocked out! Otherwise, he'd be right there with her!
Igaram, Vivi's bodyguard, volunteered to impersonate Vivi and draw the heat! The Baroque Works grunts who'd been saved by Vivi were tending to the badly injured Mr. 9!
In the end, the crew decided to head for Alabasta! Even if it meant facing Crocodile!
They boarded the Going Merry! As flames engulfed Igaram's little boat, the mood on the ship turned sour!
Ignis knew Igaram was gonna be alright! Nico Robin would secretly save his butt!
Ignis wasn't too worried about the coming danger!
"Host, you have leveled up to Level 5! New ability unlocked: Temporary Gear Forging!"
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