Chapter 81: Buster Call

Chapter 81: Buster Call



"Damn it! Hurry up and lower the drawbridge! The Buster Call is here, we need to catch Nico Robin and escape before they start bombarding the island!" Spandam's voice was heard across the whole of Enies Lobby over the intercom system.

"B-but sir?! Shouldn't we warn the marines on the island to evacuate?!" Another voice asked.

"Forget them! They will have died a glorious death on the day of my promotion!" Spandam shouted.

"S-sir, I think that Den Den Mushi is broadcasting to the whole island..." The other voice said.

"Huh? AH, WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME, YOU FOOL?!" The intercom audibly shut off afterwards.

A panic ensued amongst the marines, most of whom forgot all about the pirates rampaging on the island and made for their ships. This opened a clear path for the Straw Hats' side to escape as well, though they still needed to deal with the remaining CP9 agents.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Luffy's fight with Rob Lucci was the hardest of them. He took quite a beating from the leopard man, but ultimately did come out on top.

A notable addition to Luffy's techniques was Gear Third, in which he apparently inflated his bones to create giant limbs. Cherry thought it was rather absurd, but she couldn't say anything about it since it worked.

At least until it wore off and left him as a miniature version of himself. Cherry made a mental note to tease him about it later.

Cherry let them have their battles, it would be good for their growth. She observed a new technique being used by Rob Lucci and the weirdo with white makeup and long purple hair. It seemed to allow them near complete control over their bodies, which would certainly be useful in Cherry's arsenal.

By the time their battles were coming to an end, Cherry had pretty much got the hang of it. Not too surprising since both this technique and Rokushiki had more to do with body control than skill. That was right up a body cultivator's alley.

The Gates of Justice had completely opened by now and the bombardment began. The explosions slowly made their way forward, razing the island to the ground.

Cherry joined up with the others. "Should I do anything about that Spandam guy? He'll probably make his way onto a marine ship and escape if we do nothing."

Robin looked incredibly uncomfortable, likely due to the Buster Call drudging up bad memories. "Let's just leave. There's no reason to take any risks over that thing."

They could see the shore now, but there was a problem. Several marine warships had circled around to intercept them. Fortunately, they weren't targeting them directly, though it was quite strange that they weren't.

They seemed to have picked up the marines from the island. Cherry raised her opinion of the marines by just a little bit for that small act of decency.

A voice commanded loudly from one of the ships. "This is Vice Admiral Onigumo. All marines ranked Commander and above will engage the Straw Hats. Nico Robin is to be apprehended alive, per Admiral Aokiji's orders."

Cherry eventually relented and let him do whatever would set his mind at ease. It really wasn't necessary to have healing aids at this point of her cultivation though.

The fifth realm of body cultivation was called the Blood Rebirth Realm. It's primary purpose was to increase the healing capability of the body by an enormous degree. Its name comes from the idea that a top rated body cultivation method could enable one to restore their body from a single drop of blood if the fifth realm was perfected.

That wasn't such an easy thing to achieve, however. Cherry even thought that a single devil fruit may not be enough to push this particular realm to perfection. She would need something more potent, and her mind often came back to the fact that when a devil fruit user ate a second devil fruit, they would "explode". It was a very dangerous idea. Eventually they made it back to Water 7 where Iceburg was waiting to receive them.

"I'm glad you made it back safely." Iceburg said to everyone.

"Of course we did, who do you take us for?" Franky huffed.

Iceburg leaned in to whisper to Franky. "I asking just in case, but they didn't get the

blueprints did they?"

"Ah! That's right! Cherry, how could you snatch the blueprints from me?! That was supposed to be my SUPER moment!" Franky complained loudly.

"What do you mean? If I didn't take them, the old man would have just a split second later.

Besides you promised to let me have a look and I burned them afterwards, so it's all good, right?" Cherry made excuses.

Franky wanted to argue, but her logic was sound and she did save his life, so he couldn't

muster anything to say.

"Well, it's okay if she just had a quick look at them, Franky. We're the best shipwrights in the world, and even we couldn't memorize them." Iceburg consoled.

"No, I did memorize them though?" Cherry tilted her head.

Iceburg and Franky's jaws dropped. Images flashed in their minds of Cherry at the helm of Pluton laughing like a demon. They shook the thought out of their heads, choosing to place

their hopes in Cherry's good nature.

"Well, anyways. I want to thank you guys for everything. I bought a sizable amount of the best wood in the world in order to make my dream ship. I'd like to give that ship to you guys, once I've finished with it." Franky offered generously. Conveniently forgetting that it was their money that paid for the wood in the first place.

The Straw Hats didn't sweat the small stuff, however, and graciously accepted the offer.