One Piece: Honey Badger Speedruns the World

Goss lowered his center of gravity, tensed all his muscles, and prepared to forcefully break through.

Boom!Boom!

The ground shook violently, as if two meteorites had crashed down.

Black Buck, the chimpanzee, swung down from a tree trunk with one hand, creating a deep crater upon landing. His massive body blocked the left side like a wall.

Bull Roddy, his hooves paved the ground, sparks flying, and white steam billowed from his nostrils, sealing off his right side.

Directly in front of him stood Pedro, holding a long sword and with an expressionless face.

Goss lay on the ground, staring intently in those three directions, cold sweat dripping from his nose into the dust.

His heart sank little by little.

There's no way out; this is a dead end.

"Give up, Goss!"

Black Buck pounded his chest, the sound like muffled thunder: "Keep your little schemes to yourself, you can't escape!"

"Goss, you know you're no match for us."

Roddy's two horns crackled with static electricity.

"call……"

Goss exhaled a long, bloody breath, slowly arched his back, crossed his arms in front of his chest, and assumed a perfectly standard defensive stance. He didn't want to fight, but he had to take the hit.

"Since there's no other way out... we'll just have to bite the bullet and go for it!"

"Move it!!" Pedro ordered.

Whoosh! Boom! Three terrifying attacks landed simultaneously!

Goss's pupils contracted sharply as he unleashed the full power of the lightning within his body!

Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!

With the help of the Shave technique, he narrowly avoided Pedro's slash by turning to the side, while simultaneously taking a corner strike from Roddy with his back, and using the momentum to roll and try to crawl between Blackback's legs.

But under this level of siege, it was all in vain.

Bang!

Blackbuck's heavy kick landed squarely on Goss's stomach.

"Pfft!"

Goss was sent flying backwards, curled up like a shrimp, and rolled several times on the ground before coming to a stop. The excruciating pain made his vision go black, and he barely had the strength to stand up.

Damn it... I can't move my body...

"it's over!"

Roddy seized this fatal opening, spitting out two puffs of white air from his nostrils, and with a crackling sound of thunder, he slammed his bull horn down hard on Goss!

"Die! Traitor!!"

Goss's pupils constricted, and he could only watch helplessly as the bull's horns enlarged.

Clang—!

A sharp, metallic clang rang out, so clear it was almost painful to hear!

Sparks flew! Roddy's powerful horns came to an abrupt halt!

"Wh...what?!" Roddy's eyes widened, his neck muscles bulged, and he tried to press down his horns, but it was as if there was a stubborn rock under his horns.

Standing in front of him was the petite Mia!

She gripped the two knives with her hands in reverse, crossed her arms into a cross, and firmly blocked Roddy's attack with an extremely standard "dual-wielding cross block" stance!

Although her feet plowed two tracks into the ground due to the difference in strength, her hands remained completely still.

Those eyes, which were usually filled with tears, were now as sharp as an eagle's, radiating a chilling light that sent shivers down one's spine.

"Trying to touch my captain..." Mia suddenly looked up, her voice no longer trembling, but as cold as ice: "First, ask the knife in my hand if it agrees!!"

Sizzle! The sparks from the friction of the blades illuminated her resolute face.

Just as Roddy and Black Buck next to him were stunned by this sudden turn of events and their movements froze—

Rumble! ...

The giant tree on the side was instantly shattered as if it had been struck by a heavy battering ram!

Immediately afterwards, a high-pitched, childish voice, sounding like that of a seven or eight-year-old boy, came from the smoke and dust, his tone filled with barely concealed excitement:

"Mia! I saw it! That was so cool!!"

"……ha?"

Before anyone could react to who this "little boy" was, amidst a flurry of flying wood chips, the crocodile man Thorton's enormous, mountain-like, terrifying body charged in like a heavy drill!

He opened his enormous mouth and spun wildly in the air, emitting a terrifying buzzing sound that contrasted sharply with his childish voice!

"Giant Crocodile - Death Roll!!"

Crash! Several trees blocking the road were instantly pulverized into a shower of wood chips!

This incredibly powerful force tore a huge hole in what was originally a perfect encirclement!

"What is this thing?!"

Black Buck and Roddy turned pale, terrified by the power and chilled to the bone by the incongruous child's voice. They scrambled to either side.

Thornton stared with his large, watery eyes at the only obstacle in his path—Pedro—and shouted very seriously:

"Hey! You leopard over there! Get out of the way! I'm in a real hurry!!"

Although his tone was fierce, trying to project the image of a mafia boss, the combination with that childlike voice made it lack any intimidation and sounded more like he was being coquettish.

Whoosh—!! Although the sound was cute, the gaping maw that could slice a person in half was real, sweeping past with a powerful gust of wind!

Faced with this dual impact on both mind and body, Pedro—the tough guy with a bounty of over 400 million Berries—twitched at the corner of his mouth and stepped aside to make way.

Thorton blinked, stretched out his huge claws, grabbed Goss by the back of his collar with one hand, and pulled Mia up with the other:

"Hold on tight! Boss Bar is getting impatient!"

Whoosh—! Soton suddenly exerted force with his feet, the ground shattered, and he and the two of them shot towards the edge of Zou like cannonballs.

Goss, suspended in mid-air, listened to the incessantly muttering child's voice beside him: "...Even though I'm saved, this guy's voice is so distracting no matter how many times I hear it!!"

……

Zou Main Gate.

The night wind howled, and the giant legs of Ganesha were partially obscured by the clouds.

"Oh, my pirate lords! You've finally arrived!!"

Baal, carrying loads almost taller than himself, paced anxiously around the suspension bridge like a cat on a hot tin roof: "Hurry! The boat has already been lowered with ropes! If the chivalrous group catches up, my business... no, my life will be over!!"

"Shut up! Baal! Let's go!"

Thorton, with Goss and Mia, rushed out of the forest like a gust of wind.

Without any hesitation, the four grabbed the thick rope that had been reserved and jumped into the dark, bottomless sea below.

call--!!

A strong feeling of weightlessness washed over me, and a gust of wind instantly filled my ears.

The enormous silhouette of Zouna rose rapidly in their field of vision, getting further and further away from them.

Just a second before his body was about to disappear into the clouds, Goss inexplicably turned his head back.

His pupils contracted slightly.

On the edge of that towering elephant's back, there were no hordes of pursuers as one might have imagined, nor any noisy battle cries.

There was only one person there.

Pedro.

He stood alone at the edge of Zou, his tall figure blocking out all the torches and noise behind him.

Like a silent guardian deity, he cut off all their pursuit.

The night was dark, and his expression was obscured. Only the flickering flame of his cigarette burned forlornly in the dark night wind.

That tiny red light was like the only warmth in this cold night, and also like a silent farewell.

Hundreds of meters away in the void, Goss could almost feel the right eye hidden in the shadows, silently watching him through the layers of darkness.

There was no murderous intent or anger in his eyes, only a sense of relief.

"Live on, Goss...go see the dawn outside."

It was as if such a sound dissipated in the wind.

The clouds closed in, and the last glimmer of light disappeared completely.

"..." Goss gripped the rope tightly, his heart inexplicably clenching with pain.

not right...

Besides the bitterness of parting, a strong sense of unease welled up in my heart.

It's too quiet.

If it were a true city-wide manhunt, even if Pedro went easy on them, others would still take action.

But from beginning to end, apart from the noise, he only saw the Cat Viper leader and the three members of the Knights.

Goss lowered his head, looking at the churning sea below, his brows furrowed, his eyes becoming complex and deep: "Pedro... what are you hiding?"