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Chapter 152: The Immortality Operation

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Grove 52 of Sabaody Archipelago.

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Pew! Pew! Pew!

Golden laser beams scorched the clearing, leaving a trail of smoking craters.

"Hahahaha! Another one bites the dust!" Eustass Kid, roared with laughter as he slammed his metal arm into a Pacifista, sending the large, bear-like cyborg crashing to the ground.

His triumph was short-lived, however, as the downed Pacifista, a mere copy of the real thing, began to stir.

Its palm glowed, charging another laser blast.

Shhhck!

Just in time, Trafalgar Law, activated his Ope Ope no Mi, creating a spherical operating room around the Pacifista. With a swift "Gamma Knife," he severed the cyborg's internal circuitry.

"Damn, meddling..." Kid grumbled. Three Pacifistas now lay in a heap at his and Law's feet. He had spent the last three years honing his skills in the first half of the Grand Line, mastering both Armament and Observation Haki, and his strength had grown considerably.

After driving back Sentomaru and escaping, they had been relentlessly pursued by these Pacifistas. Defeating three in a row had taken its toll, even Law was impressed.

Kid had practically been brawling with the cyborgs head-on, leaving Law to pick off the weakened machines from the sidelines.

"Kid, did you really think these were Warlords?" Law asked, his voice laced with amusement. Kid narrowed his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"Let's get out of here. I'll explain later. I have a feeling things are about to get messy on Sabaody."

Thump. As if on cue, another Bartholomew Kuma plummeted from the sky, the battle resuming once more.

"Damn it! How many of these Tyrant Kumas are there?!" Kid roared in frustration.

Even though he could defeat them, his stamina was finite. Three consecutive battles had left him drained.

"Ahhh! We're gonna die! Why are these Tyrant Kumas after us?!" Bepo, the polar bear navigator of the Heart Pirates, with a paltry 500 berry bounty, cried, running in circles.

"Mass-produced cyborgs... What is the World Government planning with these weapons?" Law mused, his brow furrowed in thought.

"Incoming!" Killer, Kid's right-hand man, his masked face framed by wild, Super Saiyan 3-esque hair, warned.

The fourth Pacifista raised its hands, its mouth opening wide, three laser beams charging, aimed directly at the three Supernovas. Suddenly, a deafening BOOM shook Grove 52, the ground trembling violently.

Hummm.

A ripple spread through the air, as if space itself had been distorted, like a stone tossed into a still pond. A massive chasm, thousands of meters long, tore through the earth, cleaving a giant Yarukiman Mangrove tree in two. The Pacifista's laser attack abruptly ceased, its massive metal body exploding outwards, scattering debris in all directions.

The sudden and unexpected event stunned the two Supernova crews. However, instead of relief, a sense of foreboding washed over them. They instinctively knew something far more dangerous than Pacifistas or Tyrant Kumas lurked nearby. A heavy silence blanketed the clearing.