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"One Piece" Events:
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"…!! Looks like the actual Shichibukai… Finally shown up!!! There are three identical ones… What's happening here!? Haa…" Sanji stood uneasily, expressing his doubts.
"Where did you send Zoro!!?" "Haa… Say something!!! You bastard!!!" Usopp shouted at Kuma, his usual fear evident was thrown out of the window.
But suddenly, PX-1, which was behind him, opened his mouth and started gathering laser attacks.
"You show up again and…"
"Usopp, look out, behind you!!!" Sanji warned, but he was quickly stunned by the following scene, where PX-1 vanished in the same manner as Zoro had disappeared.
"Don't obstruct me," said Kuma after sending PX-1 away.
"Eh!?" "He even made his own ally disappear…!!! Haa…"
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"EVERYONE, JUST GET AWAY FROM HERE!!!" "CONSIDER YOUR NEXT MOVE ONCE YOU'RE SAFE!!!" Luffy yelled, addressing his crew.
"But Zoro…" Nami said.
"Now isn't the time for that!! Let's go!" replied Franky.
"Come on!! The beam just grazed me. Lean on my shoulder, hurry!" Usopp tried to carry Sanji on his shoulder and run, just like he used to do with Zoro, but suddenly, Kuma appeared before them, ready to send them on an all-expenses-paid trip through the air.
"Look out, the two of you!!" Brook covered both of them with his body at that moment.
"Brook!!!"
"I'll protect you two!! Even if it costs me my life!!!"
"Ah, I'm already de—" Brook disappeared before he could finish his usual joke.
"Brook!!!" "Brook…!!!" Both Usopp and Luffy were shocked.
Meanwhile, Sanji blamed himself: "Damn it…!!! What the hell am I doing…!!? Haa… Two of my comrades, right before my eyes…!!!"
"Go, Usopp!!!"
"Don't be foolish, we're going together!!!" Usopp tried to hold onto Sanji to prevent him but to no avail.
"RUN, SANJI! JUST RUN!!!" Exclaimed Luffy.
"Damn paw bastard!!!" Sanji's kick was easily blocked, and he was sent flying.
"Uwaaaaaah!!! He's coming this way, helps!!! Special Move, 'Gunpowder Star'!!!" Usopp attempted to save himself, but also in vain. He disappeared from his spot just like his predecessors.
"USSOP!!!" "GOD DAMN IT!!!"
"..." Sanji also vanished with a single touch.
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"What on earth is happening here!?!"
"Ahhhh! This is impossible!!"
"How can the Straw Hats be losing this badly!?!?"
"Zoro, Brook, Usopp, and now Sanji…!! Why did they all disappear!?"
"It's exactly like what happened with Perona back then!"
"Who would have expected the same thing to happen to our dearest heroes… My tears won't stop… Uwaaaah!!"
"This is so unfair… Uwaaaah!!"
"Please stop... Where are you sending them!? The crew will be scattered this way!"
"This means we might not see the Straw Hat Pirates together for a long time!!!"
"Damn you, Bartholomew Kuma!!! Admiral Kizaru!!! And Sentoumaru, too!!!"
Since the beginning of this unfortunate incident in the manga, the Celestial Dragons had entered a state of unprecedented frustration... Unable to believe what was unfolding in the manga at this moment.
With each crew member disappearing, the expression of the Celestial Dragons grew darker and more ominous.
They had thought this dire situation would be easily resolved and the crew would escape the danger, regrouping once again, but this time it doesn't seem to be the case.
"Hahaha! What an entertaining scene," on the sidelines, St. Garling was enjoying the current pace of the ongoing events.
"But why do I have a feeling that Bartholomew Kuma is trying to send them far from Kizaru's grasp?"
"Isn't that what he's doing?"
"Be quiet, what do you know... Perhaps the Gorosei ordered him to get rid of the Straw Hats and send them to treacherous places where survival is impossible."
"What if the person who ordered this intervention on the battlefield is Dragon and not the Gorosei?"
"That would be truly disheartening if that's the case..."
The Holy Knights were passionately discussing the chapter's events, among all the readers in the world, only a few were happy with the current development of events, and the Holy Knights, the protectors of the Gods, were among them.
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In the East Blue Sea, at the famous Baratie Restaurant:
"Sanji..."
"How could this happen to Sanji and his friends?"
"What is happening to Luffy... Why couldn't he save even one of them..."
"First Zoro, and now even Sanji is gone... What does this mean... Where has that scoundrel sent them!?"
"They will reunite again, won't they?"
"Hmph! If they don't, then it means the story of One Piece will end here." With a cold snore, Zeff silenced all the noise caused by his crew of chefs.
"Captain Zeff is right... One Piece can't continue without the Straw Hat crew coming back together..."
"Yes, yes, that's true..."
"But we haven't yet witnessed them parting ways..." Hearing that, tears welled up in the chefs' eyes, and they started crying again.
Seeing this, veins appeared on Zeff's forehead as he grew angry once more.
"Do you call yourselves men? And former pirates! Why are you crying?"
"But you're crying too, Captain..."
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Syrup Town:
"Even Usopp... Damn it!"
"Where's my counterpart in the manga...? Your son is in danger, you scoundrel!"
"Let me guess, he's probably dancing and drinking wine at a party Shanks announced on some island in the New World," Beck said with a meaningful smile.
"Hmph! My son is strong, I believe he'll come out unharmed from any unknown danger he faces later... He doesn't need an irresponsible father to rescue him."
Banshina wiped her tears and turned away with a frustrated sigh.
Even though she was confident in Usopp, that didn't mean she wasn't affected by seeing the danger and the situation her son had just faced.
Especially when he cried out, "Help me," before disappearing with a touch from Kuma... in that exact moment, Banshina felt her world collapsing.
Witnessing Banshina's demeanor, Yasopp felt a profound sadness.
Yet, he remained steadfast in his position, "I still maintain that facing the risks of life and death makes men."
"Bartholomew Kuma... this man is a savior and an astonishing figure."
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Chapter 566: I Couldn't Save Them!!! (Part 2)
Chapter 567: The End of the Straw Hat Pirates! (The End of the Arc)
Chapter 568: The Release of a New Branch of Art: Isekai Manga!
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