Chapter 131: Tower of Justice – Franky & Chopper vs. Fukurou & Kumadori: Double Knockout
"This time look carefully, you dumb deer—I only want cola!" Franky said, then turned away from Chopper without waiting for a reply. Chopper opened the fridge door again and rummaged frantically, completely failing to notice that Kumadori was lying on his side inside, leisurely eating food and silently watching the door open and close over and over.
"Franky, catch!" Chopper—oblivious to Kumadori's movements—immediately threw a cola bottle the moment he found one.
Seeing Franky so fixated on that bottle, Fukurou slashed a Tempest Kick toward the incoming figure: "I don't know what you're trying to do, but you're not succeeding!"
"Franky!" Chopper shouted anxiously.
"I'm Super powered-up now!" Franky—hit by the attack—leaped back up anyway, striking his signature pose and shouting loudly.
"Chapapa~ So what if you drank cola? You're still the same as before!" Fukurou mocked.
"Remember to defend yourself~" Franky said, stepping forward with light, boxing-like footwork toward Fukurou.
"What—still planning to use that soft, weak punch of yours?"
"Strong Right Fist!"
Franky's right fist carried tremendous power straight into Fukurou's abdomen. Bang! A muffled impact—Fukurou's stomach instantly caved in. He let out a choked sound as his whole body was blasted backward.
"So strong!" Chopper stared in awe from the side.
"Sorry—my previous punches really were soft, huh." Franky looked at his blown-away opponent, a ferocious grin spreading across his face.
"Damn you—you've really pissed me off! Shave!" Fukurou's voice hadn't even finished when his figure blurred with high-speed movement, flickering constantly in front of Franky. "I'm a master of the Six Powers—how about it? Can't keep up with my speed, can you!"
"Arm Strength Enhancement – Cross Hoof!"
Chopper seized the perfect moment. Using "Shave" himself, he instantly appeared in front of Fukurou and delivered a crushing blow.
Bang!
Caught completely off guard, Fukurou was blasted backward and slammed heavily into the fridge, cracking the body in a mess of dents and fractures.
The moment the fridge cracked open, Chopper suddenly remembered: "Oh no! I completely forgot there was still a CP9 guy inside!"
"Y-You can use 'Shave' too?!" Fukurou struggled to ask. Before he could finish, the fridge door was suddenly blasted open from the inside. Kumadori staggered out—noticeably fatter than before, several sizes rounder.
"You guy… how much did you eat in there?!" Franky, Chopper, and Fukurou almost shouted in unison.
"Yoyoi… I just, burp, ate everything edible inside and, burp, that's all…" Kumadori said slowly between burps.
"Life Return."
As he spoke, he planted his metal staff on the ground and activated the ability. His previously round body rapidly digested everything and returned to normal in the blink of an eye. "Alright—next up is tag-team round."
"Chapapa! Perfect—let these two see our CP9 hot-blooded combo technique!" Fukurou glared viciously at Franky.
"Combo technique? What kind of flashy nonsense is that?" Franky scoffed dismissively.
"Eh?! Combo technique… sounds super strong!" Chopper couldn't help exclaiming.
Kumadori's hair suddenly extended, tightly wrapping around Fukurou's legs. Fukurou immediately activated "Iron Body – Ball," leaped into the air, and spun his body at high speed—then combined it with "Shave" to charge forward explosively—
Boom!
Franky was caught off guard and took the full hit, sent flying. Before Chopper could react, Kumadori's hair yanked Fukurou back like a yo-yo and smashed him into Chopper again.
From a distance, it looked like Kumadori was swinging the spinning Fukurou like a flail—repeatedly slamming him into the two opponents. The fierce chain attacks left Franky and Chopper covered in wounds, battered all over.
Yet when the dust slowly cleared, the blood-soaked Chopper and Franky were still standing.
"It didn't even hurt," they grinned through bloodied mouths, mocking their opponents.
"Chapapa! Look at you two pathetic messes—what can you even do? Just die quietly, pirates!" Fukurou sneered viciously and activated "Iron Body – Ball" again, charging at them with fierce wind pressure.
At the same time, Kumadori exerted force. With a low shout, his head of hair surged wildly as though alive, the tips condensing into countless sharp finger-like points—like a pride of lions baring their claws.
"Life Return – Lion Finger Pistol!" His arms shook; the sky filled with hair-fingers raining down like a storm toward Franky and Chopper!
Chopper didn't retreat. Facing the spinning Fukurou, he unleashed his current strongest move: "Hoof Stamp – Falling Sakura Profusion!" In an instant, countless hoof prints bloomed like cherry blossoms, landing continuous heavy blows on Fukurou.
Beside him, Franky faced the onslaught of hair-fingers without panic. His chest suddenly swelled—then he opened his mouth and fired a scorching fireball: "Flame Launch!"
The flames swept through; Kumadori's hair immediately ignited, the fire spreading rapidly with crackling sounds.
In that brief opening, Fukurou's Iron Body defense finally collapsed under Chopper's concentrated, pinpoint assault. The final heavy strike smashed directly into his forehead with a sickening thud.
A clear cherry-blossom hoof imprint was left deeply indented in his forehead. Fukurou didn't even have time to scream—he flew backward like a broken kite and crashed heavily in the distance.
On the other side, Kumadori's hair was quickly engulfed in flames. Seeing the danger, he immediately severed the burning strands. But before the charred hair even hit the ground, Franky had already leaped into the air—legs locking tightly around Kumadori's body, right-hand cannon barrel pressed directly against his forehead:
"70mm caliber, 1.5 MAX cola energy—Wind Come Cannon!"
"Iron Body!" Kumadori's pupils shrank. In panic he activated his strongest defense technique, pushing the Six Powers – Iron Body to its limit—but it was futile. At such point-blank range, there was nowhere to dodge.
Franky fired at zero distance. The massive shockwave erupted explosively, blasting straight through.
BOOM!!!
A deafening explosion swept the area. The tremendous impact wave slammed directly into Kumadori's face. He didn't even manage a grunt—consciousness instantly went black.
The huge force carried his body backward. His head struck the ground with a terrifying thud, cracking the solid floor in a spiderweb of fractures. His body bounced once like a ragdoll before finally collapsing limp and motionless.
As the dust slowly settled, only Franky's heavy breathing and Chopper's exhausted but resolute figure remained. The two stood amid the ruins—covered in wounds, yet their eyes still shone brightly.
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