Chapter 29: Little Robin
"Pfft…"
Timosen spat out a mouthful of blood. He flipped over and kicked off with both legs, barely dodging Jiang Qize's lunge. His eyes turned bloodshot, like a crazed rat.
"Screech—!"
He let out a piercing shriek as his body became covered in a layer of gray fur, each strand standing upright like steel needles. His hind legs grew thinner, longer, and bent backward.
Buzz!
His two claws slashed toward Jiang Qize, leaving behind streaks of gray shadows in the air.
Jiang Qize's eyes narrowed, and a faint black glow appeared around his hands as he reached out to grab the incoming claws.
Clang…
Sparks and heat burst out where his hands met the claws.
Immediately after, his speed-enhanced leg whipped out with a sonic boom.
Boom!
The kick landed squarely on Timosen's stomach. His eyes bulged wide, his mouth opened in shock, and blood and saliva sprayed out uncontrollably.
A moment later, his entire body flew backward, crashing hard into the deck and smashing a large hole through it.
Jiang Qize stopped and took a few steadying breaths.
"Raptorex, finish him off."
If he kept fighting himself, it would probably take a while longer—and the ship might not survive that.
He was already planning to switch ships anyway. After all, in the unpredictable weather of the Grand Line, his small boat would never withstand a storm.
"Roaaar~"
The Raptorex responded with a roar, stepped up to the hole in the deck, and thrust its enormous head inside.
"Ah—!"
A scream echoed from within.
Then silence.
A few seconds later, the dragon pulled its head out, a corpse dangling from its jaws.
"Good job."
Jiang Qize praised it lightly, then walked into the ship's cabin.
The vessel was large—over forty meters long and eight meters wide. Barrels of liquor were stacked inside, and deeper within was a separate room.
He stepped inside that room.
There were two iron cages—one large, one small. The big one was several meters tall.
Each cage held a person.
"Robin?"
Jiang Qize's eyes widened as he looked at the small figure in the smaller cage, unable to believe it.
Inside, a terrified little Nico Robin slowly lifted her head. Her small, dirt-streaked face came into view, and her large eyes looked at him in fear, glancing up at him timidly.
"So… has Ohara already been wiped out?"
Jiang Qize murmured to himself.
He wasn't very familiar with the One Piece timeline and wasn't sure exactly when the Buster Call on Ohara had taken place.
But if Nico Robin had been captured by slave traders, it must have been right after the destruction of Ohara.
Suddenly, he recalled the ten navy ships he had encountered a few days ago in the East Blue—and the admiral Akainu who had attacked him.
"So that… was the Buster Call? No wonder they stopped chasing me afterward."
He realized it with a faint smile.
Then his eyes turned toward the other, larger cage.
Inside sat a massive figure, knees drawn to its chest, head buried between them—motionless, as if asleep.
"A giant…"
Jiang Qize's eyes widened in surprise.
He hadn't expected to see a giant here of all places.
Judging by its size, the giant was about seventeen or eighteen meters tall—its head was already pressing against the top of the cage even while sitting.
"I wonder if I can combine a giant with a dinosaur…"
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
The fusion system could only use dinosaurs as the main body—but the secondary component could be anything.
If he fused a giant with a dinosaur… could it create a humanoid dinosaur?
The more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became. The idea was simply too tempting.
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