57: Chapter 57 Shock and Suspicion! Heroic Rescue"Chase him!Don't let him escape!Rescue that good-for-nothing too!"
Colonel Morgan's roar echoed through the sky, and the entire naval base was in an uproar!
Soldiers flooded into the already battered naval base like a tidal wave.
Just as the chaos reached its peak, a messenger rushed up the platform, panting, and shouted to the enraged Colonel Monca:
"Colonel!Something terrible has happened!There's someone at the execution ground.it's Roronoa Zoro's side!Something's wrong—!"
Colonel Monca's roar abruptly stopped.He turned his head sharply, his fierce gaze shooting towards the training ground like a sharp arrow!
Colonel Morgan's fierce gaze, like that of a hawk, locked onto the center of the training ground—where Coby was frantically trying to untie the ropes binding Zoro!
His anger instantly shifted from the humiliation of the destroyed statue and the kidnapped son to the "audacious" "rebel" in front of him!
"Hmph!Rebels.appearing one after another?"
Monka's voice was as cold as ice.He abruptly waved his hand, "Assemble!Destination: the execution ground!"
"Crush that green-haired baboon and that pink-haired brat, along with that straw-hat-wearing bastard—!"
The soldiers, who were still crowded on the platform, surged toward the drill ground like a swarm of bees whose hornet's nest had been disturbed!
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Meanwhile, inside the base's corridors.
Luffy carried Helmeppo like a chick, jostling him along as fast as he could.Helmeppo was dizzy and his nose was still bleeding.
As he ran, he cheerfully asked, "Hey!Colonel's silly son!Where's Zoro's sword?Tell me now!"
Berumeber was jolted so hard his stomach churned, and fear completely overwhelmed all his dignity.He begged for mercy, his voice trembling with sobs:
"I'll talk!I'll talk!Please stop hitting me!And stop shaking me!Ugh."
"Okay!Tell me quickly!" Luffy slowed down a little.
"In.in my room!The innermost one on the second floor!" Bellumeber quickly pointed the way.
"Huh?"
Luffy stopped, scratched his head, and looked at the door he had just passed."I just walked past it.What?Why didn't you say so sooner?Now I have to walk back!"
He complained, but his movements were not slow at all; he turned around and ran back.
"Don't move!Let go of Master Bellemere—!"
Just then, several Marines rushed out from around the corner of the corridor ahead, having heard the news.They held flintlock pistols, their dark muzzles all pointed at Luffy!
Luffy turned to look at them and said matter-of-factly, "No."
Then, he did something that left all the naval soldiers speechless—he held the still-nagging Helmeppo up like a shield in front of himself!
"Go ahead and shoot if you dare!" Luffy grinned, revealing his gleaming white teeth.
"No.don't shoot—!" Bellmeber was terrified when he saw the gun barrel so close to him, and let out a pig-like scream.
The naval soldiers were hesitant to fire, watching their young master being used as a human shield, their fingers on the trigger, cold sweat pouring down their faces, yet they dared not fire.
"hey-hey!"
Luffy smiled smugly and, taking advantage of the soldiers' momentary hesitation, pushed off with his feet!
"Rubber.rocket—!"
Holding the screaming Bellemere, he charged through the soldiers like an orange whirlwind!
The naval soldiers were so frightened by his powerful impact and the hostages in his hands that they scattered and could only watch helplessly as he rushed into Bellmare's room and slammed the door shut.
Upon opening the door, Luffy was met with a sight that made his lips twitch—
The room was filled with pink, lace, and all sorts of lavish, almost garish decorations, resembling an enlarged dollhouse, brimming with Bellumeber's distorted aesthetic.
Wow.this.this is your room, right?
Luffy curled his lip in disgust, but his gaze was immediately drawn to something on the table in the center of the room—three swords of different shapes, each exuding a chilling aura!
"Found it!" Luffy's eyes lit up!
But."One, two, three?"
Luffy counted them, scratched his head, and looked at Helmeppo, who had been lying unconscious and foaming at the mouth, on the ground, puzzled."Hey!Wake up!Which one is Zoro's sword?Why are there three?"
Bellemere was unresponsive and had completely lost consciousness.
"What."
Luffy grumbled in dissatisfaction, "He actually passed out like that.How useless!"
Just then, a deafening commotion, a flurry of footsteps, and the clanging of metal came from outside the window!
Luffy immediately ran to the window, pushed it open, and looked down—
On the training ground, the naval soldiers were packed together like an iron barrel, completely surrounding the center!
Countless dark gun barrels and gleaming blades were pointed directly at the two people in the center—Koby, who was anxiously trying to untie his ropes, and Zoro, who was sweating profusely and staring wide-eyed at the dense array of gun barrels in front of him.
"Green algae head!Coby!" Luffy's pupils contracted!
The next second, Colonel Monka's cold command echoed across the training ground: "Fire!Kill on sight!"
"No!" Koby closed his eyes in despair.
Zoro gritted his teeth, a hint of resentment flashing in his eyes, but he didn't even have a chance to retaliate with his sword!
The trigger is pulled!
Countless lead bullets, accompanied by the shrill screams of death, tore through the air and rained down on the two isolated and helpless figures in the center!
At this critical moment—"Rubber, rubber.balloon—!"
A familiar, powerful roar came from above!
A figure in orange, like a god descending to earth, carrying three long scabbards, leaped down from the second-floor window!
He achieved remarkable speed and precision.It landed in front of Zoro and Coby, blocking all the incoming bullets!
What's even more shocking is that Luffy didn't dodge or evade the barrage of bullets!
He took a deep breath, and his chest swelled up like an inflating balloon, forming a huge, elastic rubber shield!
"Puff puff puff puff puff—!"
The dense barrage of lead bullets slammed into Luffy's swollen rubber chest, producing a series of dull impact sounds!
The imagined scene of iron being pierced through flesh did not occur!
Those potentially lethal lead bullets, as if hitting the toughest rubber, had their kinetic energy instantly absorbed and dispersed, and then.they were all bounced away!
They shot towards the ground or walls around them with a whoosh, kicking up clouds of dust!
"Hahaha!It's so itchy!"
Despite the hail of bullets, Luffy deflated his swollen chest, put his hands on his hips, and let out a hearty laugh, as if he had just been drenched by a shower of rain!
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