"What's wrong, sir? You seem to be sweating profusely~"
Chrollo looked at Mr. 3 with a smile.
"Nothing... uh-heh-heh... nothing."
Mr. 3 secretly wiped his cold sweat.
Inside, he was already extremely anxious. Why isn't it working yet?!
The poison on his body was a special explosive poison given to him by Mr. 5. It was supposed to cause an explosion inside the body after ingestion. Why did this woman in front of him eat so much and nothing happened?!
And this Chrollo!
Didn't he say he lost his money and hadn't eaten for a long time?! Why hasn't he taken a single bite? Did he discover something?!!
But... how is that possible?!!
Where did I expose myself?!
Chrollo seemed to hear his thoughts. He looked at him with a grin and said:
"It's all exposed~"
"!!!"
Danger! Danger! Danger!
The moment he saw Chrollo's expression, every pore on Mr. 3's body screamed a warning—
Cold sweat poured down his neck, and the "wise" expression he had maintained melted away in an instant.
Mr. 3 felt the star of death flickering wildly over his head, and his life even began to flash before his eyes...
Mr. 3's grades in junior high weren't ideal. After dropping out, he thought he was somewhat clever and set out to sea, only to be deceived by others, until he joined Baroque Works for money...
Beneath his facade of wisdom, he was actually a clumsy person—
"D... damn it—" Mr. 3 forcibly broke free from that state of fear.
The chonmage on his head ignited instantly.
"Don't look down on me—"
In an instant, an anime-level amount of white wax liquid shot out from the top of Mr. 3's head, filling the entire tavern. The terrifying volume burst through the roof and walls.
Chrollo's figure flashed, grabbing Bonney beside him and instantly leaping out of the collapsing tavern, landing in the snow outside.
Bonney looked at the collapsing tavern with a dazed expression: "I haven't finished my meal—"
Chrollo looked up and found that Uvogin's group of four had already returned. Uvogin was carrying the tightly bound King of Drum Kingdom, Wapol.
Wapol, with a face full of horror, kept muttering: "Run... run..."
"Why so fast?" Chrollo looked puzzled.
Is the usual Uvogin this fast?
"Boss, you mean this?" Uvogin pointed to Wapol in his hand.
"When we went there, we happened to run right into him as he was hurriedly escaping, so we brought him back smoothly."
After answering Chrollo's question, Uvogin turned his head and looked gravely at the ground covered in white wax spewed by Mr. 3.
"Is this the volume of a normal man from the Dark Continent... so much!"
"I lost—" Uvogin felt frustrated for the first time.
"...."
Chrollo was speechless.
Wait, Ah-Jin, did your mind go somewhere weird...
Bonney looked at the white wax all over the ground in surprise. "Wow, he can shoot so much—"
"Is he the legendary Juice Man!"
"...." Your mind isn't clean either! Bonney!
"Impossible! How exactly did you find out? My disguise should have been flawless!"
Mr. 3 looked at Chrollo and Bonney with hatred, his face full of disbelief.
"How did we find out..."
Chrollo first pointed to Bonney beside him. "Her? She claims to be a connoisseur~"
Bonney nodded vigorously, then looked at Mr. 3 with disgust.
"Did you think I didn't notice you putting boogers in the food? I saw it at a glance, okay!"
"Uh..."
So that poison was boogers... Mr. 5, you bastard! Mr. 3 wiped his hands vigorously on his clothes!
Why didn't you say so earlier! I put them in with my hands!
"I saw you eat so much with my own eyes, how can you be fine?!"
Bonney raised her chin proudly, looking disdainful.
"I'm an Age-Human. I turned the food back to the state it was in a few minutes ago before you added the ingredients. Naturally, it tasted great~"
Mr. 3 looked unwillingly at Chrollo again. "Then how did you find out?"
"Me?" Chrollo looked serious.
"In my hometown, mom always told me not to eat things given by strangers~"
The corners of Chrollo's mouth lifted slightly:
"Didn't your mom tell you?"
Chrollo waved to the four Uvogin behind him. "Go, hunt them—"
Uvogin and the other three instantly charged forward.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it—" Mr. 3 was furious.
"Don't think you're the only one with helpers!" Just as Mr. 3 finished speaking, Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine burst out from the collapsed wall behind him.
"Four against four, the advantage is mine—"
"Wax Wall—"
Mr. 3 roared, and a lethal amount of wax sprayed out, spreading towards the feet of Uvogin and the others.
"Nobu-Style: Earth Coil—" Nobunaga gently lifted a finger, and a huge earth wall rose from the ground, blocking all the wax.
"He's mine~"
Nobunaga's body floated in mid-air, his right hand on the hilt of his sword. Using the earth wall as cover, he flew rapidly towards Mr. 3—
This was a new tactic Nobunaga developed by combining the Float-Float Fruit. Since he hadn't mastered Flying Slashes yet, he would simulate himself as a sword and become flexible!
The range covered by his draw-and-slash would be much wider!
On the other side,
"Exploding Boogers—" Mr. 5 picked two boogers from his nose and flicked them at everyone—
Mr. 5, Gem, a user of the Paramecia-type: Bomb-Bomb Fruit who wore sunglasses even in broad daylight and a pink scarf.
Any part of his body could explode, even the flicked boogers were no exception.
"Protective Barrier—" A dark green transparent barrier generated.
With two poof-poof sounds, the boogers exploded on the barrier, emitting wisps of green smoke.
Phinks slowly walked out from behind the barrier, cracking his knuckles, revealing an arrogant and confident smile.
"Using such disgusting things as a means of attack, you really don't have the heart of a strong person—"
"Explosion ability?" Phinks spoke indifferently.
"I heard the Boss say he knows an ability user who can use explosion abilities like art."
"Art is an explosion, do you understand~"
He looked at Mr. 5 with contempt.
"You are far from it—"
Far away from the two, Miss Valentine held a yellow parasol and wore a yellow floral miniskirt, posturing and looking at Uvogin.
"You seem to despise your companion's attack method?" Uvogin raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Any woman would despise it—"
Miss Valentine felt a chill of disgust. She took small steps again, moving slightly away from the range where Phinks and Mr. 5 were fighting.
Then she looked up, revealing a smile she thought was charming.
"Hey~ Big guy, you look so manly. You don't look like someone who would hit a woman, right~"
Miss Valentine walked gracefully towards Uvogin with small steps.
Uvogin revealed a knowing smile and waved his hand. "Of course not~"
"That's good—"
Miss Valentine was a user of the Paramecia-type: Kilo-Kilo Fruit.
She could manipulate her body weight freely between 1 kilogram and 10,000 kilograms.
She could float like a feather or suppress enemies with amazing weight.
The umbrella she carried was a tool for correcting direction.
She walked to her ideal attack range, then slowly floated directly above Uvogin, revealing a smile of successful scheming.
She didn't notice the slowly rising corners of Uvogin's mouth below.
"Why does someone always try to use a honey trap on me?"
"I don't hit women, but when I fight, I never distinguish between men and women~"
Uvogin looked up, gazing contemptuously at Miss Valentine above.
"Only between male and female—"