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Chapter 59: Breakthrough
BOOM!
A bolt of lightning tore through the night sky, descending with terrifying power, and slammed heavily into the execution platform.
The crowd in the square was dumbfounded, in disbelief, and for a moment, they forgot to breathe.
The air froze for several seconds.
"Captain... Buggy!!!"
On the execution platform, Mohji and Cabaji looked at their captain, who had been turned into charcoal by the lightning, and couldn't help but wail in despair.
Captain Buggy was fine just a moment ago, how did he suddenly get struck by lightning!
"Oh? I'm not dead? Hahaha!"
Beside them.
A boy in a straw hat, having escaped from the stocks, patted his hat and revealed a relieved smile.
Just now, he was on the execution platform, imagining what Roger must have felt when he was executed.
The Buggy Pirates, whom he had defeated before, suddenly appeared and unexpectedly pinned him down in the stocks. Buggy, wrapped in his coat, raised a large sword, intending to execute him on the spot.
In such a desperate situation, with no companions nearby, Luffy thought he was going to die, but unexpectedly, a bolt of lightning came from the sky and saved his life.
Below.
Alvida and the rest of Buggy's crew, who had witnessed this scene, were all extremely shocked.
Buggy was... struck by lightning?
On the other side.
Tashigi, leading a team of Marines, had just arrived on the scene and witnessed this miraculous scene. Her beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.
That Straw Hat boy, Roronoa's captain, is really... an impressive guy.
Why could he still smile at the end of his life?
Even Captain Smoker would be surprised to see this.
Wait...
Thinking of Smoker, Tashigi remembered the mission he had given her, and she immediately drew her sword and charged out alone.
"Move! Arrest all the pirates at the execution platform!"
"Yes!"
The Marines couldn't wait any longer. After hearing their superior's order, they grabbed their guns and weapons and charged towards the members of the Buggy Pirates in the square!
The square instantly descended into chaos. The onlookers, realizing the Marines were about to engage the pirates, hurriedly fled the scene.
The pirates, completely unprepared for the Marines' appearance at this time, were instantly hit by bullets and fell to the ground.
Alvida was also hit by bullets, but after penetrating her clothes, the bullets bounced off her skin and flew away.
"What's going on?" a Marine officer shouted in terror, firing his gun while staring at the scene.
Clang!
Alvida swung her spiked club, sending the Marine flying with a single blow, then roared at the few people still standing blankly on the execution platform:
"What are you all standing there for! Quick, grab Buggy and run!"
She had come with Buggy this time to get revenge on the Straw Hat boy.
But this journey was far from smooth as she had imagined. First, she encountered "Frostflake Arrow" with her terrifying abilities.
Now I've witnessed this Straw Hat boy who is favored by the heavens.
She vaguely felt that this group of people was definitely not someone she could provoke, so she gave up the idea of getting revenge on Straw Hat.
I heard her voice.
"Run!"
Cabaji and Mohji finally came to their senses, picked up Buggy, who had been turned into black charcoal by the lightning, and ran away crying.
Luffy stood alone on the execution platform, looking blankly at the chaotic scene below, tilting his head slightly.
What's going on?
Luffy observed for a long time, until he saw a female Marine with a dagger rushing towards the execution platform, only then did he finally realize the seriousness of the situation.
"Crap, it's the Marines! Everyone, run!"
Luffy screamed in disbelief.
Then I looked around and found that there was no one around.
"Huh, they're already gone?" Luffy slapped his forehead in some surprise.
At this moment, two anxious shouts came from below.
"Luffy! Get down!"
"Run, you idiot!"
Luffy saw the two of them, and then saw a long-nosed, orange-haired girl under the square. He couldn't help but exclaim excitedly:
"Nami! Usopp!"
At the same time.
It didn't take long for Tashigi to rush onto the execution platform with her sword.
Due to Smoker's intervention, her resentment at being teased by the Pirate Hunter could only be vented on his captain!
Swish!
There were still a few meters between them. Tashigi raised her sword, assumed a standard bayonet stance, and charged at Luffy's back.
However, Luffy didn't even turn his head. As if he had eyes in the back of his head, he leaned slightly to the side, dodging the sharp blade.
"Huh?"
Tashigi was puzzled; she had used all her strength in that last blow.
It missed Luffy, but her body lunged forward one step.
Dozens of meters above the ground was ahead!
She wasn't superhuman; if she fell, she would die instantly.
"Ah~"
Watching herself being lifted off the execution platform, Tashigi let out a desperate cry.
But.
At this critical moment, Luffy, who was originally sideways, suddenly reached out, grabbed Tashigi's shoulder as she was about to rush off the execution platform, and pulled her back with a sharp tug.
Then.
Under Tashigi's gaze, he followed the force, took a step, and leaped into the air.
Tashigi sat on the ground with a plop, only able to see his back.
"Haha! We're setting sail!"
Luffy stretched out his rubber arm, grabbed a roof beam below, and with a whoosh, flew over to Usopp and Nami.
"Run! Nami, Usopp!"
He grabbed Usopp and Nami's hands, one on the left and one on the right, and they started running in one direction.
"D*mn it!"
On the execution platform, after a long period of blankness, watching the three fleeing figures, Tashigi gritted her teeth and ordered the Marines to carry out their orders:
"Quick, after them! We must catch them!"
Splash...
The rain poured down, and the streets that had been bustling when we first entered the town were now empty.
Only Marine soldiers in blue and white uniforms remained, surging from all directions like a tide.
"Where are Ganyu, Zoro, and Sanji?" Luffy asked as he ran, his rubber arms stretching out from time to time to knock away the Marines blocking his path.
"Sanji, don't worry, he's with Ganyu. They've probably already returned to the ship." Nami swung a blue staff, knocking back several Marines; it was a weapon Usopp had made for her.
"Zoro, that guy is probably still in Loguetown." Usopp said, pulling back his slingshot as he ran.
After running for a while, the number of Marines around him hadn't decreased, but had instead increased.
"We're doomed! We're surrounded!" Usopp shouted in panic, looking at the Marines surrounding him from all directions.
"There's no other way, we'll have to break through."
Luffy looked at the Marines in front of him, then rushed to the front, stretching his arms back to build up power.
"Gum-Gum..."
But before he could finish building up power, Zoro and Ganyu rushed out from another corner.
Ganyu drew her bow and nocked an arrow. The moment the ice arrow left the string, more than a dozen sailors, still in their charging posture, were turned into ice sculptures.
Zoro moved like lightning, like a tiger breaking into a flock of sheep; wherever his sword light passed, groups of Marines fell.
Luffy saw the two of them, and a smile involuntarily spread across his lips. "Ganyu! Zoro!"
Ganyu and Zoro nodded at him. At this critical moment, they didn't have time to exchange pleasantries and directly joined the fleeing group.
With the three of them reunited, plus the help of Usopp and Nami, their momentum was unstoppable.
Soon, they broke through the blockade and reached the port.