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Enies Lobby,
Lucci, Hattori (Pigeon agent), Fukuro, and Kumadori entered the Tower of Justice. The headquarters of CP9, they walked in silently as Lucci pondered what to do with Franky. Formar Admiral Bradley was quite strict with his orders; he didn't even hesitate to kill Spandam. So, failure wasn't an option.
As all the agents entered the main office, the first thing they saw was Franky along with some tree creature. At least the main target was captured; who the other guy was, Lucci didn't care. He was more concerned about the mission.
"Good, at least the target is in our hands…" Lucci said as he walked in, stopping when he looked at his fellow CP9 agents. All of them looked roughed up.
"What happened to you guys?" Fukuro voiced his question, "Chaypapapapa… you guys look like clowns!"
"Shut it, zipper mouth!" Jabra snapped, growling. Before he coughed, rubbing his throat, which was still not fully healed.
Jabra only had a normal Zoan, not an ancient one, so his recovery was much slower, still on the level of superhuman. Along with his recovering injury, he was also feeling a lot drowsy, mainly because of Kalifa's powers.
"Yoiyoi! It appears that you have undergone a challenging experience, akin to the rigors of a grinding process!" Kumadori added with a pose. "I apologize for not being there and helping you… for that I will commit suicide!" But everyone ignored his antics.
But it was true. Aside from Lucci's group, the other agents were in pretty bad shape. Their black suits were roughed up, and ripped in several places, along with some injuries.
From the looks of it, Kaku had a broken nose, Blueno had a broken arm, Jabra looked half-drunk and half-dead, while Kalifa looked pissed and scared at the same time. It seems that things were bad for them.
"Chaypapapapa…" Fukuro said, "Have you guys gotten weaker since before? Chayapapapap…"
It was a rhetorical question since he was the one who measured their Doriki just before the mission. It was as follows:
Rob Lucci: 4000
Kaku: 2200
Jabra: 2180
Blueno: 2160
Kumadori: 810
Fukuro: 800
Kalifa: 630
Out of all of them, Blueno had the most improvement, but it was mainly due to all the risky missions he was going on because of a certain World Noble's orders. Danger promotes growth, and it also includes him. Making him grow much stronger than his previous 820 score.
The fact that even with that, they got beat up meant that the opponents they faced were tough.
"Now is not the time for this," Kaku said, stopping them, "Jabra and Blueno need some medical help… help them."
"Yoiyoi! I shall help them, for I am your ally!" Kumadori said dramatically, skipping on one leg to their side. Checking out the wounded Jabra and Blueno. Even though Jabra was a bit pissed, he didn't decline the help.
Lucci looked at Kaku, "What happened there?" he asked, not beating around the bush, "Is it something that I need to worry about?"
"No," Kaku shook his head, "We took care of it."
Lucci nodded before he looked at his side where a knocked-out and chained-up Franky lay, "What about our target?"
"We haven't interrogated him yet," Kaku said, "But then again, I'm not the expert in interrogation like you."
Lucci nodded, for the first time his emotionless broke into a savage grin, "Sometimes you just say the most obvious thing."
Kaku just rolled his eyes. Lucci liked to act all calm and nonthreatening like a cat, before pouncing on his prey like a leopard. He really was meant for his powers.
"Who's the other guy?" Lucci asked, looking at the tree creature.
"Someone we picked up, had some potential to be a CP9 agent… if nothing else, we can just throw him to some World Noble to be some pet. Either way, it doesn't matter," Kalifa said with a dismissive tone, before leaving the room, "Don't call me unless necessary…"
With others Kalifa might have tried to hide her emotions. But all of them practically grew up together so she didn't mind showing her true self, and the fact that she was pissed. Very pissed.
Lucci looked at her retreating figure with a raised eyebrow. He then looked at Kaku, and hopelessly chuckled. "Things didn't go as planned with capturing Franky…"
"Well at least the target is with us. Wake Franky up. We will need to start interrogating him… he's the only one who knows the blueprint of Pluton," he said with his hands in his pocket.
He was about to leave the room when someone spoke up.
"Yoiyoi! What's this…" Kumadori said, looking at the small box in his hands.
"What the… that's mine!" Jabra said, trying to take it back. But…
"Oops!" Kumadori accidentally threw the box towards Fukuro, who caught it.
"Chaypapapapap… Isn't this the Zoan-drug we were supposed to report to Spandam?" Fukuro asked, looking at the small box which had three round capsules remaining. "And one of them seems to be missing…"
"Oi, give it back!" Jabra complained, but before he could get to Fukuro, Hattori the pigeon swooped in and took the box out of his hands, giving it to Lucci.
"Interesting…" Lucci mused with a small grin, that surely pissed off Jabra, "And if my guess is correct, you used one of them…"
"Oi, give it back, Flat-Mug!" Jabra growled.
"Oh, and who's gonna make me? Your stupid face?" Lucci said casually, pissing the other agent off, while he took one of the small capsules.
"Settle down you two…" Kaku said, snatching the box out of Lucci's hands.
Lucci just shrugged, pleased to at least see Jabra pissed for the day.
"And what is this anyways?" Kaku asked.
While others didn't recognize what it was, Lucci did. A Zoan-drug that was rumored to boost the ability of any Zoan users for a short while. The boost was nothing to scoff at, there was a reason why it was highly sought after even though it just recently released into the black market.
Even the world government was trying to buy them so that they don't fall into the hands of pirates or revolutionaries. But it did have its disadvantages.
"What's in the box, anyways?" Kaku asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Well, these are the rumored Zoan-drugs sold by Joker…" Lucci said, taking the small capsule in his hand and sniffing it. A small grin stretched on his face, "They are quite handy for Zoan users like us… thanks for giving me one, Jabra. Heard they work like a charm…"
"Oi, who said I gave you one!" Jabra growled, "Give it back! I stole it from the Revs on my mission. It's my spoil of war…"
Lucci just gave him a smug smile. "But weren't you supposed to give it to Spandam, and since he's dead and I'm in charge, that makes me… hmm… what's the word again? Boss… Yeah, that makes me the boss," Lucci said smugly before he walked out of the room with a wide grin.
"I really hate you…" Jabra growled, before sighing. It was a lost cause anyways. At least he had two left. But then right before his eyes Lucci snatched it from him, jumping back with a smirk.
"Heh, come on mutt. What are you gonna do about it?"
Jabra growled as he turned into his half-wolf zoan from. Lucci followed suit going into his half-leopard zoan form. Both of them growled at each other like wild beasts.
Kaku just sighed, "You guys have too much energy…" he said, before using his new sword. His sword extended abnormally long, destroying the ground between the two zoan users, making them back off.
"Oi, isn't that Spandam's sword? Why do you have it?" Jabra asked, pointing at Kaku.
The agent shrugged, "Well, he won't be needing that in his grave…" Kaku said, "And besides I'm a swordsman, I can make better use of this than anyone else…"
Spandam's sword was a unique one, a devil fruit weapon to be exact. One that had the power of long-long fruit in it. Making the sword become exceptionally long if needed. A good weapon for a swordsman.
"Tch… another hypocrite!" Jabra complained. "Whatever…"
Everyone knew Kaku didn't need to use a sword, he was much better at using his limbs as swords. But they also knew that Kaku was a bit coy. Always liking the newest shiny thing.
Kaku just sheepishly smiled, "Eh, whatever you think… but we should do our job. The last thing we want is to end up like that bastard Spandam."
With that statement, both Jabra and Lucci calmed down a bit. The cat of the group even gave back the box to its original user, before Jabra and Lucci went back to their human forms.
Kaku was right, they did have a job to do.
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