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  Just as the group were seated and enjoying the booze, another volic eruption shook the isnd, signaling the duel between the giants. Brogy and Dorry exged a gnce, ready to tiheir turies-old battle.

  "Oops. Seems like because of me, you’ll be tired for the fight," Coby remarked, looking at giants.

  Brogy ughed heartily. "Gegyagyagya! It’s fine, little warrior. If the God of Elbaf wants one of us to lose, he’ll bring other obstacles. If I lose because I fought you before, just as Dorry did, then it’s deserved."

  Coby nodded, uanding their deep belief in fate. But Usopp, his eyes wide with admiration, ractically boung iement. "You guys are amazing!" he excimed, looking up at the t giants.

  As Brogy and Dorry prepared for their duel, Coby rose to his feet as well.

  "Where are you going, Coby?" Nami asked, watg the giants csh with awe. Their power was immense, and it was clear the spar with Coby had been just a warm-up for them.

  Coby shook his head. "Just cheg something."

  He moved away from the group, heading deeper into the jungle. He wasn’t sure if Mr. 3 would arrive, given the ges he had made by dealing with Mr. 5, Miss Valentine, and the Unluckies. By logic, Crocodile shouldn’t know they were on Little Garden, so Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek shouldn’t be here. But Robin knew, and she might have reported it to test them ain Crocodile’s trust. Coby wao ehe giants weren’t disturbed.

  oved deeper into the jungle, sing his surroundings with a sharp eye. The thick foliage and t trees made it easy for someoo hide, but he wasn’t about to let anyone sneak up on him. As he walked, he spotted Nami leaning against a tree, her posture unusually stiff.

  He knew immediately it wasn’t Nami. Someone was trying to trick him. Coby smirked to himself. They think I’m Zoro?

  He casually sed the area, his eyes nding on a tree with an odd-shaped hairdo resembling a number 3 peeking out from behind it. Coby didn’t waste any time. With a quick dash, he unched a Super Heavy Stealth Foot Punch directly into the gut of the hidden figure.

  The force of the punocked the air out of Mr. 3, sending him crashing to the ground. "Kyaa!" A scream rang out as Miss Goldenweek, who had been hiding nearby, saw her partner go down. She raised her brush, ready to strike, but Coby was faster. He grabbed her wrist, twisting it to disarm her before delivering a swift chop to her neck, knog her out cold.

  "If you didn’t look like a little girl, I might’ve been more heavy-handed," uttered, shaking his head as he looked at the unsiss Goldenweek. Despite knowing she was 16, her childlike appearance had made him instinctively go easy on her.

  He then grabbed Mr. 3 by the back of his ned slung Miss Goldenweek over his shoulders, carrying her back through the juoward the group while he dragged Mr. 3 from his colr. The walk back was quiet, the only sounds being the distant roars of giants who were still dueling at the distance.

  When Coby reached the clearing where the others were, Luffy and Usopp were still engrossed in the giants’ duel. Nami and Vivi, however, noticed him immediately and rushed over, their eyes widening at the sight of Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek draped over his shoulders.

  "Coby, who are they?" Vivi asked, evident in her voice.

  "Baroque Works agents," Coby replied simply, dropping the unscious pair onto the ground. "They were pnning to cause trouble."

  "Oh, they are Mr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek!" Vivi reized after Coby threw the man and pced the girl o her.

  Luffy, notig the otion, looked over and tilted his head in fusion. "Huh? More bad guys?"

  "Yeah," Coby said, dusting off his hands. "But they’re not a problem anymore."

  Vivi was amazed. "You dealt with the third stro group in Baroque Works just like that?" She g the unsr. 3 and Miss Goldenweek, shaking her head in disbelief. "Although Mr. 3 isn’t strohan Mr. 4, he’s much smarter, which makes him more dangerous."

  Coby shrugged. It wasn’t that difficult, really. There was a big gap in strength between Mr. 1 and the others. Even Mr. 2 wasn't that strong.

  At that moment, the giants fiheir duel and approached the group. Seeing the two Baroque Works agents on the ground, Brogy and Dorry frowned.

  "Who are these?" Brogy asked, eyeing the fallen pair with suspi.

  "Agents from a criminal anisation," Coby replied, nudging Mr. 3 with his foot. "They were pnning to ambush you two."

  Drunted, his gaze shiftiween the unscious figures and Coby. "Gabababa, you hahem before they could try anything, huh? Impressive."

  "Good thing you caught them," Brogy added, nodding in approval. "These kinds of rats have no honor."

  Luffy, catg the versation, grinned. "Nice work, Coby! You really took care of everything."

  With Mr. 3 and Miss Goldeaken care of, there wasn't much left to do on Little Garden. The Log Pose would take a year to adjust to the isnd’s magic field, and the crew clearly didn’t have that kind of time. After Sanji returned, Coby checked if he had found Mr. 3's makeshift base in the forest. When Sanji handed over the Eternal Pose pointing to Abasta, Coby nodded in satisfa. The crew boarded the Going Merry, ready to leave the isnd.

  The giants, Brogy and Dorry, approached to bid them farewell. The two giants stood at the shoreliheir massive forms t over the ship. "Farewell, little warriors!" Brogy boomed. "May the wind always be at your back!"

  "Remember, you are always wele in Elbaf!" Dorry added, his voice full of warmth.

  Coby, standing at the ship’s bow, gave the giants a thumbs-up. "We’ll see you again one day!"

  As the Going Merry began to pull away from the isnd, Coby suddenly remembered something. "Oh, we fot Zoro."

  The crew exged surprised gnces. "He went off hunting, didn’t he?" Luffy said, scratg his head.

  Coby nodded, quickly calg. He remembered from the ahat Zoro had fallen into one of Mr. 3’s traps. Without wasting time, Coby activated his 1 Kilogram Form, making himself lighter than air. He crouched low and then jumped high into the sky, his eyes sing the dense jungle below.

  From his elevated vantage point, Coby spotted Zorling in the distance, half-buried in a strange waxy substance. Zoro's face was set in a scowl, clearly frustrated by his predit.

  "Found him!" Coby called down to the crew before shifting his weight back to normal. He angled himself towards Zoro's position, desding rapidly. The wind whipped past him as he nded with a soft thud he trapped swordsman.

  Zrunted as Coby approached. "Took you long enough," Zoro said, his tone gruff but relieved.

  Coby chuckled, grabbing the wax around Zoro and quickly breaking it apart. "Looks like you got yourself in a sticky situation."

  Zoro snorted. "Just hurry up. We’ve got a ship to catch."

  With Coby’s help, Zoro was soohe two quickly made their way back to the shoreline where the Going Merry was waiting, the rest of the crew already aboard.

  Nami waved impatiently as they approached. "Hurry up, you two! We’re wasting time!"

  Luffy, standing at the ship's rail, grinned widely. "Zoro, you look like you had fun!"

  Zoro rolled his eyes but smirked back. "Just another day."

  As they boarded the Merry, Coby gave Zoro a light pat on the back. "Gd we didn’t leave you behind."

  "Would’ve caught up anyway," Zoro muttered.

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