Chapter 21: New Sign-in Quest — Two Tyrant Bears?!
[Ding! New sign-in quest triggered!]
[Current Quest: Spend one full night inside the palace of Amazon Lily (Kuwa)]
[Rewards upon completion:]
Skill: Complete Poison Immunity
Perfect Mastery – Navy Rokushiki: Geppo (Moon Step)
Demon's Blessing Heart ×0.5 (Blessing of the Sea Demon – collect ×1.0 to gain the ability to eat a second Devil Fruit)
60 billion berries
…
While Rok was racking his brain for a way to separate the two Admirals and give Bartholomew Kuma a chance to paw-scatter the Straw Hats, the system suddenly dropped a new quest.
And this one made his eyes light up.
Seriously?
He'd just received Petrification Immunity, and now the system wanted him to spend a night in the palace of Amazon Lily?
The island ruled by the world's most beautiful woman — Pirate Empress Boa Hancock?
The system was playing 5D chess with his love life.
But the rewards were insane.
Three consecutive quests handing out hundreds of billions of berries total? At this rate he was going to become the richest man in the One Piece world without even trying.
More importantly:
Complete Poison Immunity → perfect counter to dirty tricks and future Magellan fights.
Perfect Geppo → true flight, no more terrain limits.
And another 0.5 of Demon's Blessing Heart… Collect one full heart and he could eat a second Devil Fruit, just like Blackbeard.
If he got his hands on a top-tier fruit before that, his strength would explode overnight. Facing an Admiral head-on would no longer be a death sentence.
But that was for later.
Right now—
"Not good! Not good at all! Haaah… Luffy, Zoro, we're done for!"
At the edge of Grove 1, the moment the crew learned two Admirals had landed on Sabaody, panic set in.
The plan was simple: run back to the Sunny and get the hell out.
But before they could even leave Grove 1, Usopp came tumbling back, sobbing and screaming.
"The Marines blocked off the entire Grove 15 harbor! We can't reach the Sunny!"
"And—and—the other Supernovas with bounties over 100 million are getting wiped out one by one!"
"That light guy kicks one Supernova into orbit every second! He's already taken out five by himself! Two more got frozen into ice statues by Aokiji!"
Usopp was crying rivers of snot and tears.
Not because he was a coward (okay, maybe a little), but because the terror of an Admiral was burned into their souls.
They had barely survived one Admiral before.
Now there were two, and the Straw Hats were Priority Target #1.
"Luffy, what do we do?!"
Nami, Sanji, and the others all looked to their captain.
In moments like this, Luffy was their backbone.
"No choice! We fight our way out! Everyone—get ready to battle!"
Luffy's eyes sharpened as he stared at the incoming Marine encirclement.
"Yeah!!"
The crew steeled themselves for war.
"Luffy, this is not the time to slug it out with the Marines."
Rok immediately cut in.
If they got bogged down here, Aokiji and Kizaru would be forced to show up fast—even if they wanted to slack off.
There were World Government spies everywhere in the Marine ranks. Admirals couldn't just do whatever they wanted.
BOOM!! BOOM!!
Before anyone could respond, two golden laser beams screamed down from the sky, blasting massive craters exactly where the crew had been standing.
Nami, a split-second too slow, instinctively threw herself into Rok's arms.
He caught her and flashed away just in time.
"Suuuuper~ what scary firepower!"
Franky gaped as he dodged.
Those beams were stronger than the ones on the Sunny!
Then—
RUMBLE…
From behind the thousands of elite Marines, two gigantic silhouettes emerged from the smoke.
When the dust cleared—
The entire Straw Hat crew froze, eyes wide in shock and confusion.
"Shichibukai… Tyrant Bartholomew Kuma?!"
"But… why are there two of him?!"
Zoro, especially, remembered their last encounter vividly.
Kuma was terrifying.
And now the Shichibukai were here to hunt them too?!
Only… two Kumas?!
"Everyone, calm down. Those aren't the real Kuma."
"They're Pacifista—human weapons modeled after him."
"The Admirals will be here soon. No point wasting time. Split up and break through!"
Rok explained quickly.
Pacifista were tough, but not unbeatable for the crew.
And these weren't even the real Kuma.
There was no reason to stay and fight.
But before he could finish—
ZOOM!
Luffy, being Luffy, had already charged straight at the two giants.
Zoro and Sanji followed instantly—one drawing swords, the other spinning into a flaming kick.
Rok facepalmed.
"Guys… why doesn't anyone ever listen…?"
And, as expected—
BOOM!!
A second later, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji came flying back like cannonballs, crashing in a heap—bloodied and dazed.
They had severely underestimated the upgraded Pacifista.
"Damn it… they're strong!"
Now even Luffy looked serious.
Too late.
Their charge had wasted the perfect escape window.
The two Pacifista, backed by thousands of Marines, completely encircled Rok and the Straw Hats.
"Damn it! Everyone together! Listen to Rok—tear an opening and scatter!"
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