Chapter 27: Arc 2: Broggy's Bitter Tears of Victory! The Conclusion of Elbaf!

"He blocked the blow with his helmet!" Usopp gaped as they watched the fight from the sidelines. "If he was off by even an inch, he would've died instantly. "What a fight..." he was awed. "Each of their attacks is a mortal blow aimed at the opponent's vital point."

"Those two have continued this duel to the death for 100 years?" Nami echoed in disbelief.

"That's how a lot of duels between giants are: a fight to the death with their prides at stake." Sasha stated. "Quite a number of them lasted for more than 250 years."

"Incredible..." Usopp was stunned. "Even without a reason, they're fighting so seriously. So this is what people mean by a real battle between men. This is unmistakably a proud duel between warriors. This is exactly what my goal is: to be a brave warrior of the sea. I wanna be a proud man like them."

"Terrible news!" Usopp panicked, rushing over to Dorry's camp to meet up with Luffy and Vivi, having pulled Sasha along with him, the pair having lost Nami in the forest. "A dinosaur ate Nami!"

"Seriously?" Luffy exclaimed, still trapped under the rock slab Dorry put on him.

"We were running through the jungle to get away from it, and then suddenly she's gone!" Usopp wailed. "I let my friend get killed!"

"Calm down, you two!" Vivi chided. "If she suddenly disappeared, does that mean you don't know for sure?"

"Are you crazy?" Usopp snapped. "I was too terrified to check and make sure. If it wasn't a wild beast, then it's a dinosaur! What else could it have been?"

"I don't know." Vivi admitted.

"But if the agents from Baroque Works managed to track us down on this island..." Sasha mused. "The it should make sense that only Nami is targeted and not Usopp."

"But why won't they go after me?" Usopp wondered.

"Because you're most likely not on the Baroque Works assassination list." Vivi explained. "Plus, that alcohol might've been meant for us too."

"The alcohol we gave Broggy?" Sasha echoed. "What about it?"

"Broggy brought your alcohol to Dorry." Vivi explained. "And when Dorry drank it, it exploded inside his stomach."

"Who is it?" Luffy roared in anger slamming his head repeatedly on the ground, the giants' duel ended up with Broggy giving the finishing blow on Dorry. "Show yourself!"

"There's no need for that!" Mr. 5 declared, having captured Carue.

"You guys!" Luffy recognized the agent pair.

"You can have him back." Mr. 5 mocked, tossing the injured duck onto the ground. "We don't need him."

"What are you doing here?" Vivi demanded. "Carue has nothing to do with this."

"That's right." Mr. 5 agreed. "This bird has absolutely nothing to do with this. The only one we considered dangerous is that 'straw hat man'. We were planning to lure you both out by having this bird squawk but he was just too obstinate. But then we saw Straw Hat already and took himself out of the picture. So we have no use for that thing anymore."

"What a stupid bird!" Miss Valentine mocked.

"Are you the ones who planted a bomb in the alcohol?" Usopp demanded.

"Yes, that's us." Mr. 5 admitted. "Who're you? Is he on the list?"

"No, he must be their friend." Miss Valentine replied. "But let's make him disappear too."

"So you interfered with the giants' duel!" Usopp glared.

"It was them?" Luffy tried to pull himself free. "I'll kick their asses!"

"You're going to try struggling, Miss Wednesday?" Mr. 5 dodged Vivi's yoyos effortlessly.

"Do you stand a chance against us Officer Agents?" Miss Valentine taunted.

"What is this sudden pressure..." Mr. 5 took a step back when Sasha manifested her Divine Haki.

"Is it coming from that girl?" Miss Valentine gasped. "Who is she?" the two Officer Agents then seeing the watery blue outline of a Eastern Dragon coiled around Sasha.

"It's impossible!" Mr. 5 was stunned in place by the overwhelming Haki Sasha emitted. "This girl is so powerful! But this pressure... won't let me move... it's as if I'm being bound."

"Return to Crocodile!" Sasha ordered, as Selena manifested through her.

"How dare..." Mr. 5 hissed. "I still can't move!" he cursed, finding his feet still bound by the immense Haki.

"You've suffered much, Carue." Sasha knelt beside the injured duck, pressing her Haki to the bird to heal him.

"Sasha, who are you, really?" Vivi asked in shock.

"Me..." Sasha smiled forlornly. "I am the Queen hidden by the Void Century; the Queen erased from history by the Celestial Dragons 800 years ago. The Queen who once oversaw this world, and a Queen who was betrayed by her vassal states."