"Hey! Don't you care about your lives? Hurry and leave!"
In the streets of the royal city, Rorschach was shouting loudly at the increasingly gathered residents.
But what made him feel strange was that these residents showed no reaction to his shouting.
Under the roofs of the houses on both sides of the long street, there was a little girl holding a teddy bear, an old man leaning on a cane, a woman leading her child, and a man carrying his belongings.
At this time, all these people stood with stiff faces, like wooden sculptures.
Their lifeless eyes were all directed at them, making the trio feel a sense of dread.
"Is it mind control? I've never heard of an animal fruit user developing such mental power!"
The three ran toward the end of the long street, trying to draw the giant rolling insect away from the people.
Boom!
The giant rolling insect was larger than a house, seemingly shaking the entire royal city as it moved.
Every building it passed by was shattered.
"We'll catch up with it! We must stop it! Law! Send me to its side!"
Rorschach shouted loudly.
"ROOM!"
Law opened his hand, and a transparent wave of energy spread out.
Suddenly, Rorschach, who was running, disappeared.
On the side of the giant rolling insect, Rorschach appeared in mid-air.
Boom!
He stomped his left foot in the air, jumped with his right foot, creating an air wave, and kicked the giant insect from a distance.
"Storm Kick!"
The air around him rippled, forming a two to three meter long arc in the air, resembling a sharp sword strike.
The arc strike hit the rolling white insect.
The multiple layers of the insect's flesh expanded, as if breathing.
Rorschach's strike bounced back with a strong blow, exploding in the air with an air wave.
"This insect's skin is too thick; without a weapon, I can't penetrate it!"
Law looked at his empty hands, unable to think of a way to deal with it.
In the air, Rorschach saw that the Storm Kick didn't work, gritted his teeth, and his muscular build swelled again.
"Life Recovery!"
Rorschach moved his right foot, launching a new kick.
"Storm Kick - Wind Cutter!"
Boom!
The air exploded from under his foot, creating a massive air wave.
Then, an even brighter giant arc was launched from his right foot.
Boom!
This time, the tough skin layer of the rolling insect couldn't withstand it and was torn apart by Rorschach's Storm Kick.
Additionally, the immense force of the strike caused the giant insect to halt momentarily.
"It worked!"
Law cheered.
But Hawkins slightly shook his head: "The insect is too massive; the impact is unclear. Additionally, his strength is clearly decreasing."
As soon as Hawkins finished speaking, Rorschach fell from the air, his body returning to its normal shape as if deflated.
At that moment, something unexpected happened!
Boom!
Before Rorschach could land, he was hit on the head.
He instinctively raised his hand to catch what attacked him, discovering it was an apple.
"Who is this kind person?"
Rorschach was initially surprised, then smiled, brushed the dust off the apple, and took a bite.
Munch, munch.
He ate the apple with relish.
But when he looked in the direction the apple came from, he froze completely.
In the destroyed street ahead, dozens to hundreds of royal city residents were surging toward him like a wave, carrying various objects and throwing them at him.
These residents' faces were swollen with veins, eyes red, and expressions terrifying.
Rorschach felt immense fear, forgetting even to chew.
"Zombies!"
In the air, various objects were falling to the ground around him.
Some hit him.
These objects included dry bread, butcher knives, rods, sandals, and short guns.
"Get away! Have you gone mad?"
Drake, who was chasing them, was also surrounded by the angry citizens. To avoid harming these weak residents, he had to cancel his dinosaur transformation and use the air-walking technique to ascend.
Suddenly, a gunshot was heard from the crowd.
A bloodstain appeared on Drake's chest as he ascended into the air.
He screamed in pain and fell to the ground.
The black-clad crowds surged toward him, completely covering him like a wave of zombies.
"Damn it! There are pirates among the crowd!"
Rorschach's face was extremely dark.
It was clear that these strange behaviors of the royal city residents were the result of some strange power someone used to control them.
Rorschach grabbed another piece of dry bread, eating while running, pushing the gathered residents away.
When encountering elders and women, he jumped into the air to avoid them.
Boom boom boom.
He pushed people out of his way one by one.
Rorschach dashed toward Drake, who was lying on the ground, grabbed his foot, and dragged him away.
Drake was in a sorry state, his clothes torn and covered in scratch and bite marks.
Rorschach's gaze showed mockery when he saw a lipstick mark on Drake's face.
Drake's face turned red.
"Why are you blushing now? Do you realize the situation we're in, you idiot!"
Rorschach shouted mockingly, holding Drake's foot and continuing to run toward Law and Hawkins.
At this moment, he heard Law and Hawkins' footsteps approaching from the other direction.
Rorschach looked up and saw the black-clad crowds following them too.
"Damn it! Their minds are controlled by that guy's insects! Run to the royal palace!"
Law pointed toward the distant royal palace.
"How do you know he's controlling them with insects?"
Rorschach shouted loudly.
"Is this the time for questions?!"
Law responded angrily, using his ability to teleport a young man who was chasing them wildly.
He inserted his aura-covered hand into the young man's head and began searching inside, then pulled out a white insect.
Law crushed it with his fingers.
The young man Law held fell to the ground immediately.
"That's how I knew!"
The four regrouped and dashed down the central street toward the royal palace.
At this moment, the giant rolling white insect was rolling toward them from afar!
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