78: Chapter 78 begins, with each side facing their respective opponents.The moment Luffy and his crew stormed into the Tower of Justice, the operation to rescue Robin officially began.On the first floor, they encountered Jabra, who had eaten the Zoan-type Dog-Dog Fruit and was in wolf form.Sanji volunteered to attack, expecting Jabra to be strong, but after a few kicks from Sanji, Jabra collapsed to the ground, eyes rolling back, like a dead dog."Tch, I thought the CP9 members were so strong, but is that all?I haven't even had my fill and you're already down?" Sanji scoffed, lighting a cigarette and standing guard to prevent any foolish henchmen from disturbing his crew.On the second floor, the Straw Hat crew encountered Kalifa, who had eaten the Paramecia-type Bubble-Bubble Fruit.Nami stepped forward, blocking Kalifa's pursuit with a bolt of lightning.Seeing the crackling electricity in Nami's hand, Kalifa remained indifferent, believing that someone like Nami could defeat "Yellow" with a single move."Golden Bubble!" Kalifa used Shave to quickly appear behind Nami, then confidently turned around.This move made skin smooth and shiny, rendering the victim unable to stand and halving their attack power.However, things weren't as she imagined.Nami looked at Kalifa strangely, thinking that this woman was creating so many bubbles just to give her a bath.But then again, if she got Kalifa on board, maybe she'd have free soap from now on.Thinking this, Nami's eyes gleamed with shrewdness."Impossible!How could you be unharmed after taking this hit?" Kalifa's hands produced even more bubbles, which she tried to rub at Nami.But in her elemental form, Nami, who didn't yet possess Haki, couldn't attack her.Nami looked at the increasingly frenzied Kalifa and shook her head regretfully."What a pity, free soap gone mad!Thunderball!"
Nami conjured a lightning ball and threw it at Kalifa.Kalifa didn't have time to defend himself and was electrocuted until he was charred black and blue – the kind of sizzling goodness that would make even the neighbor's kid drool.Nami, like Sanji, then rested in Kalifa's room, giving any foolish henchmen a taste of electrocution.She was practically a female version of Yang Yongxin climbing a tower.The group encountered Kaku and Momousagi.Upon seeing their enemies, Kaku immediately transformed into a giraffe and lunged at Luffy with his nose, but his attack was easily blocked by Kuina.Momousagi, who intended to ambush Luffy, was stopped by Zoro: "Don't disturb our captain!"
Zoro pointed his sword at Momousagi, whose eyes flashed with excitement.Momousagi gripped her sword and stood beside Zoro.After the guards on this level were stopped, the others prepared to move on to the next level.Seeing Luffy about to leave, Kaku quickly threw out a pair of handcuffs to restrain him.Usopp, seeing Luffy in danger, reached out to stop the handcuffs without thinking, but unexpectedly, the handcuffs landed squarely on Usopp's wrist.Zoro had also retreated to this spot at that moment, and without warning, the two.Being leaned against here in such a bizarre way left Luffy speechless."Hey, get down!You're in my way!" Zoro tried to unlock his handcuffs, but Momousagi attacked, forcing Zoro to raise his weapon to defend himself.Usopp, however, was in a much worse situation.Watching the gleaming blade repeatedly glide past his nose, Usopp's fragile heart felt like it was about to jump out of his chest."Yosh!Famous sword, Nose Storm!Let's go!Flame Breathing, First Form: Shiranui (Three-Sword Style)!"
After mastering the famous sword "Nose Storm," Zoro charged towards Momousagi at lightning speed with fiery momentum.Momousagi retaliated with her own sword, putting Usopp through the wringer, though he had already spectacularly passed out, allowing Zoro to wield his sword with impunity.In contrast to the intense battle on Zoro's side, Kuina's fight was much easier.Claiming to be a four-sword style swordsman, Kuina, expecting a tough fight, was on high alert.However, after seeing Kaku's techniques, Kuina was speechless.While Kaku did possess sword skills, he mostly relied on his Devil Fruit ability, "Four-Sword Style: Reverse Scale."
Countless sword beams hurtled towards Kuina, who wielded her two renowned swords to deflect them all.While Kaku was still charging his next attack, Kuina adjusted her breathing: "Water Breathing, First Form: Life Flow." Two water dragons appeared on Kuina's swords, roaring and engulfing Kaku.After the water dragons dissipated, Kuina sheathed her swords and stood watching Zoro fight: "Thunder Breathing, Second Form: Rice Spirit."
Perhaps it was because of the three swords, but in an instant, Momousagi saw fifteen slashes coming towards her.Facing this extremely fast attack, Momousagi dared not be careless, activating her Observation Haki to its maximum, parrying and dodging simultaneously.Zoro's eyes flashed with surprise; this woman could actually block it."Interesting.Then, can you block this move, Three-Sword Style: Demon Slash?"
A slight vibration permeated the air.Momousagi, panting heavily, gripped her weapon.Blocking Zoro's attack had drained her strength, but she could only muster her full focus to face the passing breeze.Zoro's power surged forward in an instant, catching Momousagi completely off guard.Only after Zoro slowly sheathed his sword did Momousagi collapse to the ground, unconscious.Luffy, watching from the sidelines, clicked his tongue and remarked, "Tsk tsk, young and vibrant, falling asleep the moment he wakes up."
"Looks like this so-called Admiral candidate isn't that strong after all," Luffy muttered to himself as he threw the Puppet Talisman at Momousagi.The talisman instantly transformed into a beam of light upon contact with Momousagi, drilling into her mind.Although she was still unconscious, she had become a puppet that only obeyed Luffy's commands.After doing this, Luffy quickly grabbed Vivi and Uta and hurried on their way.Passing by a room, Luffy saw Franky shouting "Vegetable Punch" while punching a strange man with a zipper around his mouth.However, this seemingly harmless attack made the zippered man feel insulted by Franky, and he punched Franky away with a single blow."Isn't this vegetable juice?" Franky ripped open the refrigerator on his stomach, took out three bottles, and threw them on the ground.Chopper apologized and threw out three new beverage bottles, which Franky swallowed without even looking.Then, complaining about his poor fighting skills, he was punched away by the zipper man."If you keep messing with me like this, I'll beat you up!" After taking two punches, Franky smashed the wrongly filled beverage again.Chopper apologized again and threw a cola to Franky.Feeling his familiar power return, Franky beat the zipper man into a pulp in a few moves.The other kabuki geisha didn't last long under Chopper's hooves either, getting blown away by a beam of light and unable to take care of herself."This is what happens when you bully Robin." Chopper still seemed unsatisfied and bombarded the kabuki geisha with several beams of light until he thought she was completely incapacitated.(Kabuki: Not dead at the grave)
Just as they were about to reach the top of the tower, a large group of Marines and CP9 members suddenly appeared out of nowhere.Vivi and Uta, who hadn't even started fighting yet, immediately released Luffy and charged towards the enemy with screams.Luffy also charged straight to the top of the tower in one go, nearly choking Chaton, who was smoking a cigar.