"Heh~"
Monet, who had been staring at Perona and the others, suddenly let out a cold laugh, as if sneering at what they had said.
Nami didn't mind and instead said, "Get out of the way now, or don't blame us for being rude!"
If this guy knew what was good for her, they'd rather not bother with her.
But if she didn't... then they'd take her down!
"That won't do~" Monet tilted her head and said with a smile, "I can't let you leave here just like that, or my master will kill me~"
These children were Caesar's most important experimental subjects—absolutely irreplaceable!
So... she wouldn't allow the Straw Hat Pirates to take these children away!
"Then it looks like we'll have to fight," Nami said.
"You can try~"
With that, Monet didn't hesitate to increase her ability output, making the snowstorm inside the biscuit house even more violent.
She would use her power to keep these people here for good!
After staring at Monet for a while, Nico Robin turned to look at Usopp and Brook and said, "Usopp, Brook, the task of finding the Seastone Handcuffs is up to you. I'll stay here to protect the children."
"Seastone Handcuffs?" Usopp was taken aback, then asked in confusion, "Why look for those?"
"It's Luffy's request," Nico Robin said. "Probably to capture Caesar."
They had suffered before because they didn't have Seastone Handcuffs, giving Caesar an opening to escape.
So this time, they wouldn't give that guy another chance!!
"Alright, I understand." Usopp nodded, grasping Nico Robin's meaning. "Brook and I will go find them."
With that, Usopp and Brook ran off into the distance.
"I shall go as well!" Kin'emon said anxiously. "I must find Momonosuke!"
"Alright, let's go together!"
Usopp called out, and the three of them ran in the direction they had come from, planning to search for the handcuffs in other rooms.
As for Momonosuke?
Though they weren't sure if they could find him, since they were here, they might as well help look.
After watching them leave, Nico Robin and the others turned their attention to Monet in mid-air.
"Proceed according to the original plan!"
"As for this one..." Nami stepped forward and said, "I'll handle her!"
Hearing this, the others were momentarily stunned.
But remembering that Nami was a Devil Fruit Ability User, they quickly calmed down.
"Alright, we'll leave it to you," Nico Robin said.
With that, Nico Robin rushed toward Mocha without hesitation, saying, "Mocha, follow us and run to the side! We'll leave through the front door together!"
"I... I understand!"
Taking the hint, Mocha quickly sprang into action, darting sideways and swiftly shaking off the giant children.
Seeing this, Nico Robin breathed a sigh of relief and then called out, "Perona, follow me!"
"Coming!"
Hearing this, Perona quickly gave chase while shouting, "Nami, you better not die on us!"
"Don't worry, I won't die!"
"Hmph, is that so?"
After glancing at Mocha, who was rushing sideways alongside Nico Robin and the others, Monet turned his gaze back to Nami and said, "So confident?"
"Could it be... you know Haki?"
"No, not at all."
Nami replied, "At least, I can't use it for combat right now."
Though she was quite adept at hammering her own allies, she couldn't wield it in battle.
"Then how can you be so sure you can stop me?" Monet tilted his head and asked, "Because you're also a Logia type?"
"Don't forget, clouds don't have much destructive power—they're far weaker compared to my snow!"
As he spoke, a confident smile appeared on Monet's face, clearly showing great faith in his abilities.
Clouds or whatever... could never be a match for snow!
"That's not necessarily true." Nami sneered, "Maybe my power can destroy you."
Hearing this, Monet immediately laughed, and his laughter grew louder and louder.
He looked as if he had just heard the biggest joke in the world.
In response, Nami simply sneered again, saying nothing more to Monet.
Then, she glanced back at Zoro, who was still standing in place, and said, "Zoro, take them and go ahead. I'll handle things here."
Zoro didn't speak but instead studied Nami intently.
Seeing no hesitation in her eyes, he immediately chased after Nico Robin and the others without hesitation, saying, "Understood."
Monet didn't try to stop him right away but instead looked at Nami curiously and said, "He should be the only one among you who knows Haki, right?"
"And you just let him go?"
"Exactly." Nami nodded without hesitation, "Because I can rely on my own strength to defeat you, I don't need Zoro's help."
"Hmph, then give it a try."
With a cold laugh, Monet's body transformed into ice and snow, vanishing from the spot.
Seeing this, Nami's pupils instantly contracted, and she immediately unleashed her Devil Fruit ability without hesitation.
A massive amount of clouds surged out from Nami's body, spreading at incredible speed toward the direction where Zoro and the others were fleeing.
The next moment...
"Thud!"
A sharp ice spike pierced through Nami's body, leaving a gaping hole in her torso.
Then, Monet, who had reappeared beside Nami, sneered, "Did you think something like this could stop me?"
Glancing at the cloud wall forming in the distance, Monet continued, "Don't be so naive, Cat Burglar!"
"My ice and snow are everywhere!"
"I'll say the same to you!" Nami snorted, "My clouds can be everywhere too!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Nami's body instantly exploded, transforming into countless clouds that quickly merged with the ones she had released earlier!
However, what surprised Monet was that some of the clouds had frozen into hard lumps due to the ice and snow, falling to the ground.
Seeing this, Monet was momentarily stunned before bursting into laughter. "Hahahaha, I see... I see now!"
"Even though you're a Logia-type cloud, you can still be frozen by my snow ability!"
As she spoke, Monet also scanned the surroundings, searching for Nami's true body to see if she could freeze her completely with a single strike!
"You're right."
Nami's figure appeared on the cloud wall, her expression calm as she looked at Monet. "Your ice and snow can indeed freeze the moisture in my clouds."
"But... if the temperature of the clouds is high enough, your ability becomes useless!"
"Useless?"
Monet sneered. "What arrogance!"
If her opponent had a fire-related ability, she might have had reason to worry.
But unfortunately, her opponent was a cloud!
In response, Nami said nothing more and simply calmly dispelled the cloud wall behind her.
"Hmm?"
Monet glanced in the direction behind Nami and frowned. "Where did they all go?"
Did they run away that quickly?
"I just used clouds to send them out," Nami explained.
The moment the cloud wall and clouds appeared, Perona understood what Nami intended to do. Without hesitation, she used Negative Spirits to incapacitate the children.
Soon after, clouds materialized around the children, lifting them up and swiftly carrying them out of the biscuit house.
And after they left?
After leaving, it was naturally up to Zoro and the others to handle things!
As for her, what she needed to do now was to defeat this Snow-Snow Fruit Ability User right here!
"You're bold, aren't you?" Monet's expression turned serious. "Do you really think you can save those children?"
"How would I know without trying?"
Hearing this, Monet fell silent. Then, with a powerful flap of her wings, she launched an attack on Nami without hesitation.
In the next moment, several snow blades shot toward Nami like arrows.
"Whoosh~"
"Whoosh~"
"Whoosh~"
Seeing the attack, Nami quickly used the power of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit to shift her position.
When she reappeared, she was already at the center of the room.
Then, Nami raised her arms and began manipulating two clouds of different colors she had prepared earlier—one on each side!
One was a frosty white cold cloud, while the other was a warm cloud glowing with an orange-red hue.
These two clouds settled on the left and right sides of the biscuit house.
Seeing this, Monet instinctively halted her movements.
"A warm cloud?"
Watching the warm cloud continuously melt her snowflakes, Monet couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Wait, why does something like a warm cloud even exist in this world?
"That's right, a warm cloud!" Nami said with a slight smile. "This is the power of science!"
And the power of science is the strongest!
With her extensive knowledge of special weather phenomena, she could truly unleash the full potential of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit!
"The power of science?"
Monet frowned. "You're saying this in front of me?"
She had been Caesar's assistant for a long time, constantly exposed to technology and science!
In this situation, her opponent was talking to her about science?
Wasn't this a bit like showing off in front of an expert?
"You think learning a few things from Caesar makes you grasp the mysteries of weather?" Nami said.
"You're far from it!"
From the other's performance, Nami could tell the level of this woman called Monet.
At least in the science of weather, she was far too lacking!
With a cold laugh, Nami raised her left hand and began manipulating the cold air cloud on the left.
The next moment...
"Hum~"
"Boom!!"
The instant the cold cloud touched the ground, the air on the left rapidly cooled!
Its density increased and grew heavier, quickly accumulating into a localized high-pressure area on the left!
Then, Nami raised her right hand again, manipulating the heat cloud on the right to release warmth.
It was precisely because of the heat cloud that the air on the right began to heat up, becoming lighter, rising and spreading continuously, eventually forming a localized low-pressure area!
In that instant, the air pressure balance inside the room was completely broken. Following the principle that air flows from high-pressure to low-pressure areas, the cold air on the left began flowing toward the hot area on the right!
The snow and ice in the room, driven by this gentle airflow, also drifted toward the right side of the room.
"Huh?"
Noticing something amiss, Monet's expression changed, and without hesitation, she threw the two ice spikes from her bird claws.
"Whoosh~"
"Hum~"
"Boom!!"
"Wha...
...?!"
Watching the ice spikes fly past Nami and land behind her, several question marks immediately popped up in Monet's mind.
Did she miss?
No... it was affected by the flowing air!
Realizing what had just happened, Monet's pupils instantly contracted to their smallest.
Then, she said with disbelief, "You can actually do something like this with just two clouds?"
Creating wind with clouds?
Is that even reasonable?
"This is only the beginning," Nami said, narrowing her eyes at Monet. "The real show is yet to come~"
What's creating wind?
In her hands, the Cloud-Cloud Fruit could create miracles!
"Hmph."
Having calmed down, Monet snorted coldly and said, "Though I don't know what else you plan to do, in the face of absolute low temperatures, it's all futile!"
With that, Monet flapped her wings and flew into the air, simultaneously creating a large number of ice and snow blades.
Then, without mercy, she launched them at Nami.
"Die!"
Yet, faced with such an attack, Nami showed no sign of panic. Instead, she smiled and raised two fingers.
The next moment, the two clouds of different temperatures began to vibrate!
Under the power of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit, the air pressure in the area of the cold cloud intensified once more, further strengthening the push of the cold air!
Meanwhile, the heat cloud released even more terrifying thermal energy, lowering the atmospheric pressure in its area again.
Under the influence of these two pressures, the originally gentle wind speed suddenly began to accelerate!
"It's time~" Nami said, curling her lips upward.
With that, Nami decisively used the power of the Cloud-Cloud Fruit to add a rotational guide to this flowing air current.
The next moment...
"Hum~"
"Boom!!"
A small, visible vortex appeared in front of Nami!
The suction of this vortex was incredibly strong. Almost the moment it appeared, it drew the surrounding wind and snow into the vortex and... simultaneously destroyed the ice and snow blades Monet had launched!
After glancing at the destroyed blade of wind and snow, Nami smiled and said, "Now... do you understand?"
By utilizing the properties of atmospheric pressure, she could indeed accomplish such feats!
"Though I don't know what you're up to, as long as I use enough ice and snow, I should be able to destroy your vortex," Monet said.
With that, Monet unhesitatingly used the power of the Devil Fruit to create more ice and snow, simultaneously forming a wall of ice.
Then, he turned his gaze toward the two clouds on either side.
"Those two clouds must be the key to the Cat Burglar's ability," Monet thought to himself. "In that case... I'll use this ice wall to draw the Cat Burglar's attention and find an opportunity to destroy those two clouds!"
With this in mind, Monet once again increased his power output, making the ice wall before him even larger!
After doing this, Monet planned to use Elemental Transformation to launch a surprise attack, freezing those two clouds with his ability.
But before he could act, he noticed that the two clouds had undergone yet another astonishing transformation!!
"This... what is this?!"
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