One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 57 It's a pity, you have no way out.

Buffalo Bar.

Bruno, who had just closed the bar door, silently walked to the bar counter and reached out to grab the floor tiles.

"Click."

A door suddenly opened on the floor tiles.

Below that door was a secret passage that had clearly been dug out long ago.

Bruno stepped inside.

"Iron Block - Drop!"

Then he began to fall.

After falling dozens of meters and passing through three obstacles made of sharp spikes, he crashed heavily to the ground.

But at this moment, his body was still completely unharmed.

He stood up and looked at the hidden secret room in front of him.

A moment later
"Boom!"

A similarly heavy voice came from the direction he was looking.

A figure fell from another passage—it was a person with a round body and head, who at first glance looked like a ball.

He has green hair and his mouth is shaped like a zipper.

"Owl, you're five seconds too late."

Bruno said calmly.

"There's nothing I can do. This passage is for Lucci and Kaku. I'm not in charge of the mission here. If it weren't for the fact that Iceberg has an emergency meeting tonight and Kalifa can't get away, I wouldn't be here, blah blah blah!"

The CP9 agent known as Owl replied casually.

"As a temporary intelligence courier, you are not allowed to disclose information about other people or missions—that's the rule."

Bruno remained calm.

He and three other agents were in Water Seven to carry out a mission to infiltrate the city's mayor, Iceberg, and investigate the ancient weapon 'Pluto'.

However, recently, Rob Lucci and Kaku, the two agents who were originally in charge of the Water Seven mission, accepted the government's call-up to participate in the military exercises and, incidentally, report on the investigation into Hades.

Meanwhile, another agent, Kalifa, serves as Iceberg's secretary, a challenging task for her.

Therefore, the intelligence gathering work of Water Seven was entrusted to him, and the owl in front of him became the one responsible for receiving intelligence from him.

He was well aware of his companion's big mouth, which was why he was reminding him of it at this moment.

"I didn't reveal any information!"

The owl retorted with a serious expression, then let out a somewhat belated "Ah," covering its mouth: "It seems I did let something slip again."

Seeing this, Bruno shook his head and said helplessly, "Where's the intelligence?"

"Here it is."

The owl reached behind him, took out a huge box, and handed it to Bruno.

But as he handed it to him, he also said with some curiosity, "Commander Spandam said that it contains all the intelligence records within the government over the past 20 years regarding the keywords 'Pluto' and 'Water Seven' that he recently had people retrieve from headquarters. And I heard that you also asked for information about 'Loy Amos'?"

"You saw him? How strong is that navy guy? Lucci and Kaku are also participating in the joint military exercises this time. Can they beat him? They definitely can, right? Oh, I'm definitely not gossiping. Bah!"

No, you're clearly just gossiping, aren't you?

Bruno's expression remained unchanged.

But he didn't say much, only hoisting the huge box onto his right shoulder: "I didn't fight him, but since he was able to defeat the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he must be very strong. I need his information just to make sure everything goes smoothly."

He didn't answer the question about the relative strengths of Roy and his two companions—mainly because he knew that if he did, the owl would inevitably let it slip.

Lucci and Kaku are both very competitive guys, and they might come looking for trouble with him later.

"Alright, you can leave now."

Then, without waiting for the owl to ask any more tricky questions, he spoke directly.

"Tch, boring. Just keep talking!"

The owl muttered something to itself, sounding rather disgruntled.

But he still turned around, preparing to use Moonwalk to leave along the fallen pipe.

But it is precisely at this moment
"laugh!"

Bruno heard the sound clearly.

As a professional CP9 agent, he could instantly identify the sound—the sound of a sharp blade cutting through flesh.

And this is indeed the case.

The next moment, Bruno saw the owl's huge head fly up in front of him.

Followed by
"laugh!"

His entire body turned into blood and foam in the next instant.

enemy!

Bruno made a decision instantly.

Who was the other party? What did they use to attack the owl? When did they enter the secret room? How did they conceal themselves? Bruno didn't know, and he didn't have time to think about it.

because
"laugh!"

At this moment, he could already feel the pain in his right arm.

The next moment, his right arm was severed at the shoulder.

"boom!"

The huge intelligence box also landed on the ground.

"It's a slash—where did it come from?"

Even now, Bruno has no idea where the strike came from.

But as a seasoned agent, his mind did not lose its rationality due to the pain.

"His first instinct was to cut off my right arm—did he want the documents in the box?"

Even in such a situation, he was still able to think and analyze calmly.

"Iron piece of steel!"

Before he could mourn for the owl, he unleashed Iron Body—one of his most proficient 'Six Styles'.

next moment.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The relentless slashes instantly emanated from almost every part of his body—the intensity and ferocity of the continuous strikes made Bruno clearly realize that even his iron body wouldn't last long.

"There were seventeen slashes to cut the neck, seventy slashes to cut the limbs, and [number missing] slashes to cut the body."

He calmly calculated the intervals between the continuous slashes.

then
"It's now!"

At a certain moment, he released the iron block.

"laugh!"

The slash severed his legs and cut through his abdomen in an instant.

But Bruno, with his last remaining hand, opened the door in mid-air, pulled it open, and flew inside.

The moment the door closed, even Bruno couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The alternate dimension opened by the Door-Door Fruit is absolutely safe—this is an ironclad rule in his understanding.

"A strike that simultaneously attacks almost every part of the body—is that the ability of a Devil Fruit user?"

It doesn't matter, because the slash can't follow into the doorway.

"Can't see the other person? Are they hiding their form?"

It doesn't matter, because he can observe the outside world even in another dimension, and he can wait for the other party to appear.

But just as Bruno was subconsciously scanning his surroundings, his gaze suddenly stopped.

Then, for the first time, a look of horror, as if he had seen a ghost, appeared on his usually expressionless and calm face.

Because at that moment, he clearly saw it.

Right in front of him stood a person.

"A very decisive choice, sacrificing his legs and non-fatal parts of his body to save his life—no wonder he's a CP9 agent."

A person wearing a rat-face mask.

He was speaking softly at that moment.

"But it's a pity."

He said softly:

“You never had a way out.”

"You you are"

Looking at that iconic sea monster head, Bruno naturally realized the truth.

“I am the ‘Rat’ of the twelve zodiac signs—as you can see, I am an assassin.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Bruno heard the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air again.

This time, however, he caught a glimpse of the location of the sharp blade out of the corner of his eye.

That was below his left shoulder, in an area almost in his blind spot.

There is a hand there.

The arm and fingers of that hand reflected a sharp light.

That was a hand, and also a sharp blade.

It grows on Bruno's body, like death that follows him everywhere.

next moment…

"laugh!"

The sound of a sharp blade slicing through flesh is not exactly crisp or pleasant.

(End of this chapter)