After some time~
A group of people walked into the room where Nami was resting. Moments later, they all bolted out in less than ten seconds, while a flurry of weapons flew after them.
Knives, swords, sticks—everything!
Kureha, with dozens of weapons strapped to her, yelled angrily, "This isn't a marketplace, you idiots!"
"Where did this weird old lady come from?!" Luffy exclaimed, stunned.
"And she's so fierce!" Zoro added.
As soon as Kai heard these comments, a bad feeling hit him. He quickly moved away from Luffy, Zoro, and the others.
Sure enough, Kureha appeared in front of them with a speed rivaling Kizaru's, and then used her powerful punches to knock Luffy and Zoro aside. She then calmly clapped her hands.
"If you don't know how to speak, don't speak at all. I'm a young and beautiful lady who's barely over 130 years old!"
With that, Kureha turned back into the room and slammed the door shut.
Kai turned to Luffy with frustration. "Explain to me why you had to shout as soon as you entered? We all got kicked out because of you!"
Kai was irked thinking about it. If not for Luffy's blunder, as Kureha's old friend, he would have been fine. Setting fire to this place would be a fish in a barrel.
"How was I supposed to know!" Luffy protested, rubbing his swollen face.
"This strange lady... cough, who is this young and beautiful lady?"
Sanji quickly corrected himself. Even though Kureha had already gone back into the room, he wasn't sure if she'd overhear. If she did, he'd end up facing her wrath along with Luffy and Zoro.
"She's the doctor who healed Nami. She's one of only two doctors on the island besides Doctor 20, and she also taught Chopper his medical skills!"
"Oh, so she's the peculiar doctor Mr. Dalton mentioned? She certainly is..."
Before Luffy could finish, Zoro hurriedly covered his mouth.
"You don't want her to come out and beat you again, do you?"
Realizing his mistake, Luffy broke out in a cold sweat and gave Zoro a grateful glance.
Thank goodness Zoro is here!
"Mother Kureha is actually quite good-natured, but she just hates being called old!" Chopper explained.
"Oh~ That makes sense!" Zoro nodded in understanding.
"Alright, everyone, follow my lead and say exactly what I say, got it?" Kai instructed.
"Got it!" The group nodded in unison.
~
"Hello, Miss Kureha!" They all said together.
"I told you to keep it down, can't you hear me?" Kureha shouted, but this time she didn't kick them out.
Seeing this, Luffy and the others looked at Kai with admiration.
"Miss Kureha, is Nami alright now?"
"Basically..."
"Miss Kureha, is Nami alright now?"
Before Kureha could finish her response, Luffy interrupted with his question.
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"You don't need to copy this!" Kai said, struggling to hold back his irritation. Can't you see no one else is making a fuss? Are you the only one without any sense?
"No need to copy this!" Luffy repeated.
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"Miss Kureha, let me handle things!" Kai approached Luffy with a smile.
"Miss Kureha, let me first..."
Before Luffy could finish, Kai kicked him out of the room, and then...
"Bang bang bang bang!"
"Huh~"
Kai clapped his hands, feeling much better.
"Why are you hitting me when you told us to speak like you?" Luffy grumbled.
"If anyone's to blame, it's your lack of vision. If I don't hit you, who else would I hit?" Kai said casually.
"I can't help it. Who told me I'm stronger than you~"
"Luffy, when you're not as strong as me, bow down and be humble~" With that, Kai whistled happily and walked inside.
"Damn it!" Luffy glared at Kai's retreating figure. When he gets stronger than Kai, he'll show his true arrogance!
...
After some time~
"Luffy, catch this!" Kai shouted, tossing a snowball towards Luffy.
At that moment, Luffy had just dodged snowballs from Chopper and Usopp and was accidentally hit in the face, his head now covered in snow.
"Hahaha... Luffy, you look hilarious!" Usopp laughed heartily, clutching his stomach.
"It's really funny!" Chopper chimed in.
"Whoosh!"
"Bang!"
Before the laughter could die down, two snowballs hit Chopper and Usopp's faces.
. . .
"Kai, why did you hit us? Aren't we on the same team?" Usopp yelled.
"Yeah, aren't we allies here?"
"Tch, in a snowball fight, everyone you see is an enemy!" Kai said nonchalantly, a pretentious aura about him.
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"Luffy, Chopper, I have an idea!" Usopp said, his face serious.
"Since someone's being so arrogant, we need to team up against him!"
"Yeah, let's show him! I need to make a statement."
"Let's go, take down Kai!" Chopper shouted, waving his arms.
The three of them lined up, their expressions determined as if Kai was some kind of villain.
"Kai, we know you're very strong, so don't hold it against us for ganging up on you. After all, this is a testament to your strength!"
"Oh? Is that so?" A faint smile appeared on Kai's lips.
"Now that you've said that..."
Kai's eyes narrowed as he softly uttered one word.
"Clone!"
Instantly, fifteen clones of Kai appeared around him. Then Kai said calmly, "I know you're strong, so don't blame me for three against fifteen. After all, this is a testament to your strength!"
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Luffy and the others' eyes widened in shock, and they swallowed nervously. Trembling, they said, "Kai... Kai, you're cheating!"
"You started it. No more talking. Prepare to be defeated!"
"Superiority!"
As Kai finished speaking, all fifteen clones picked up snowballs and pelted Luffy and the others with a barrage of snowballs.
Indeed, there's strength in numbers. Even with snowballs, fifteen people can throw an overwhelming amount.
Especially since Kai was incredibly fast at forming and tossing snowballs, creating a machine-gun-like assault.
"Hurry... run away!!!" Usopp shouted. The three of them scrambled to escape as fast as they could.
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