Chapter 5: Target Captured

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Nami staggered and fell to the ground, staring at Rhine with wide eyes and resentment.

"Okay, let's go in and get to work." Rhine looked at Burgess and the others, leading them into Thriller Bark. "Get up, girl." Rhine then pulled Perona up from the ground.

"Whoa! Captain, please don't touch me!" Perona shivered in fright, covered her chest, and quickly took two steps back. It was obvious that she was afraid Rhine would treat her like he treated Nami before. Rhine laughed, put his hand on top of Perona's head again, and ruthlessly trampled twice.

"What are you thinking? Don't worry, I won't treat my companion like that."

For Nami and Robin of the Straw Hat Pirates, their nautical ability and archaeological skills are not really valued by Rhine. He doesn't care what secrets the Void Century holds. He doesn't care what One Piece is. Rhine is more interested in their bodies. But for Perona, Rhine still appreciates her ability. Although a powerful Haki user can break her Devil Fruit ability, for non-Haki users, it's almost impossible to resist her ability. It can be described as a broken ability.

"Okay, let's go." Rhine put his hands in his pockets and led the three into the center of this huge ship. Perona wanted to run away, but Burgess and Van Augur walked behind her. And ahead was Rhine. There was no way to run.

"Huh...how did it become like this..." Perona wanted to cry but had no tears left.

"Captain, I thought you were going to take that woman back to our ship~" Burgess smiled half-jokingly at Rhine.

Rhine chuckled and said, "There will be opportunities in the future, but the most important thing now is capturing Luffy." Rhine is not a male protagonist who thinks with his lower part of his body. He still knew his priority. Which one is more important is still clear to him.

And when the three of them were about to disappear, Nami, who had collapsed to the ground, finally came to her senses. Stopping the constant wiping of her mouth, Nami quickly ran, anxiously saying, "Those people are too dangerous... I have to inform everyone immediately!"

...

About an hour later, the morning sun shone on the grounds of Thriller Bark. It also illuminated the Straw Hat Pirates standing around the unconscious body of Gecko Moria.

"Hooray! Moria has been defeated!"

"We're finally free from this damn thing!"

"Long live Straw Hat! Long live!"

"We can go to sea again!"

Not only the Straw Hat Pirates, but also those pirates who had been robbed of their shadows by Moria for many years and had to live in the dark and gloomy Florian Triangle were all happy that Moria had been defeated. Among them were the Rolling Pirates led by Charlotte Lola, the daughter of one of the Four Emperors.

As for the members of the Straw Hat Pirates, one or two collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.

"It is an ugly woman... and a Shichibukai."

Just when everyone thought that this battle was finally coming to an end, a mocking voice could be heard. As soon as these words came out, everyone turned their heads to look for the owner of the voice. They saw Rhine standing on a ruin on the side of the battlefield. Behind him, on the left and right, were Burgess standing and Perona floating in mid-air.

"They actually defeated Lord Moria?!"

Although she had already guessed that there might be this result before she escaped, when Perona actually saw Moria unconscious on the ground, she was still terrified.

"It is the ghost girl!" Usopp yelled.

"Aaaahh!" Seeing Usopp's long nose, Perona immediately remembered the tragic memory of being defeated by him, and quickly shrank behind Rhine in fright.

"It's okay, Perona." Rhine half-turned his head, imitated Hatake Kakashi's smile, and said to Perona, "I will never let anyone hurt my companion."

Perona's pretty face was startled, and she thought, "This guy doesn't seem so bad..."

As for Rhine and Burgess, others were not impressed. They all looked at the two with puzzled eyes.

"Everyone, be careful!" Nami pointed at Rhine and shouted, "That man is very dangerous!"

But now, Rhine didn't care about Nami. He focused on Luffy. "Straw Hat Luffy... I will use you as the most critical part of my plan."

The moment his voice fell, the incomparable Conqueror's Haki screamed out. The miscellaneous fish pirates, headed by the Rolling Pirates, had not yet reacted, only feeling a sense of suffocation flooding their brains. Immediately, their eyes rolled white and they passed out.

"Again!" Nami said with a pale face.

"What kind of ability is this?" Zoro and Sanji, the No. 2 and No. 3 characters of the Straw Hat Pirates, also had dignified faces.

Less than five seconds later, those who were still standing were only Rhine's and Luffy's crew.

Boom! It's not over yet. Just then, a gunshot rang out.

"Ugh!!" Usopp let out a cry of pain, clutching his lungs and fell to the ground, convulsing. But it still couldn't stop the blood gushing out from his stomach.

"Usopp!" Luffy yelled with tearing eyes.

"That voice just now... was a gun!?" Zoro's complexion changed.

Franky turned his head left and right but couldn't find the shooter at all. "What's going on? Where did it launch from?!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Several more gunshots rang out one after another. Several main combatants of the Straw Hat Pirates, Zoro, Sanji, Franky, and others, were shot one after another, fell to the ground, covered their wounds, and gritted their teeth trying to find the shooter.

Sanji gritted his teeth and said, "Could this ability be—" He remembered the ability of the pervert man he defeated before!

"This Devil Fruit really suits you, Augur." Rhine laughed.

"Yes, Captain."

At this moment, Van Augur finally slowly revealed his body. It turned out that he had been standing beside Rhine all along!

All of a sudden, the expression of all members of the Straw Hat Pirates changed. This isn't this the ability of one of Moria's subordinates? Why does that man have it too?!

"Speaking of this kind of thing, where the snipe and the clam fight and the fisherman gets the benefits, I have done it twice." Rhine walked towards Luffy with a smile. "Okay, don't waste our time. There are still many things to do."

"Damn! I will beat you!" Although the battle with Moria already made him exhausted, when Luffy saw his crewmates fall down one by one, Luffy was furious and rushed towards Rhine with his last strength. "Second Gear! Gomu-Gomu no—Jet Bazooka!"

Luffy threw his hand toward Rhine's face.

"Oh~" Rhine chuckled and raised the palm of his left hand. And then dark energy rose out of thin air.

"What is that?" The well-informed Robin was also taken aback.

When Luffy's fist hit him, a sense of powerlessness flooded his whole body instantly. "This, this is... what's going on?" The weak Luffy couldn't even use his Devil Fruit ability and was caught by Rhine's hand in the next second.

"Luffy!" Nami and the others screamed.

"Everyone... hurry up, run away!" Luffy, who usually acted like an idiot, used his brains for once. Because the moment he felt the sense of powerlessness, he had already realized it. He was not at the same level as Rhine.

Boom! However, as soon as he finished speaking, Rhine punched Luffy so hard in the abdomen with his right hand. In an instant, Luffy felt that his internal organs were dislocated, and he coughed out a mouthful of blood.

"Hahahaha!" The entire Thriller Bark could hear Rhine's raging laugh.