Chapter 314: Chapter 314: Rescue
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Chapter 314: Rescue
The trio entered the facility, escorted by four of the armed guards.
She did not miss the fact that one of them went missing during the endless walk through corridors and doors that led them into some sort of yard where people were working.
"Move those rocks!"
"Come on, lazyasses!, beat that metal!"
The sounds of people yelling filled the place.
The prisoners wore black and white striped robes and seemed to be all over the yard, working on different activities, like breaking rocks or placing them on giant carriages.
"They have food over there!" Luffy pointed to one corner of the yard.
There was a long line of prisoners in front of a small wooden building.
"That is for the prisoners. They get one piece of dango for moving five of the big rocks." One of the guards explained while they walked.
"Eh?...but I want some dango!" Luffy pouted.
"Captain, you ate an entire restaurant like two hours ago…" Vivi remarked.
"I'm out of sake." Zoro raised his hand.
"I'm not your waitress!" Vivi shouted at him.
"Is this way…" The guard pointed to a nearby set of stairs.
"Huh?, werent there more of you before?" Zoro noticed now that only three guards were guiding us.
"Oh…those guys must had something else to do, don't worry about it…we are almost there." The man scratched his head.
"Come on Captain, you can eat later." Vivi had to drag him away from the food house.
They were guided towards a distant cell, carved into the rocky walls of the mine.
Vivi could feel the auras of both Robin and Usopp in there.
"Oi Usopp, Robin!. Are you there?" Luffy approached the bars.
"Luffy?!" Usopp's voice could be heard but it was too dark to discern anything.
"So, they really are in there." Zoro glanced at the guards.
"What are you waiting for? Open the cell."
Vivi touched the iron bars.
"This is coated with sea stone…a cell for devil fruit users."
"Luffy, be careful!, they have a crazy strong guy here!" Usopp yelled.
Vivi sensed the approach of several auras, one of them a bit stronger than the rest, but nothing too serious. There was, however...another one a bit more distant that could be a problem.
"A trap then…" Zoro unsheathed two of his swords.
"This was a trap?! Well, it doesn't matter, I'm getting them out!" Luffy went to grab onto the metal bars but was stopped by Vivi.
"Wait!, this has seastone. If you touch it, it will weaken you." She warned him.
"Open the door." Zoro put a sword on one of the guard's throat.
The man trembled in fear.
"W-we don't have the k-key…"
"That's fine." Vivi grasped one of the metal bars and yanked it out.
"How did she do that?"
"I thought she was a fruit user!"
The guards exclaimed in disbelief.
"Halt right there!"
One of the guards they encountered outside was running next to a giant strange creature.
A large man with short, dark spiky brown hair and a hippopotamus muzzle. The man's legs were infused into the lower jaw of the pink hippopotamus, giving the impression that he was about to be eaten by the creature.
"What is that?..." Zoro wondered.
"Careful, old man!. That hippo is about to get you!" Luffy tried to warn him.
"Silence!, you criminal scum. I don't want to hear a-"
The pink hippo closed its jaws and now they could not see or hear the strange man.
"Master Dobon!, now is not the time for this you beast!" The guard addressed the hippo but this one ignored it.
"Take care of that weirdo, Captain. I'm going to free these two." Vivi walked inside the cell and quickly found Usopp and Robin.
Usopp was badly beaten and chained to a wall. Robin seemed to be unconscious, but at first glance, she didn't appear to have anything serious.
"Vivi, you are here too! Usopp smiled at her before flinching in pain.
"I'm glad to see you."
"Who did this to you?" She grasped the chains and broke them off the wall before forcing them open.
"Uff…that's better." Usopp sighed in relief at finally having his limbs freed.
"It was a crazy strong guy who could transform into some sort of massive animal…"
He looked at Robin.
"We tried our best to escape but they got Robin with some seastone chains…I couldn't leave her, so I fought as hard as I could to protect her…sorry, I failed."
"Mmm…I wanna know more about this crazy strong guy, but first. Let's wake her up."
Vivi broke open her seastone cuffs.
"It doesn't affect you at all anymore?" Usopp knew she was resistant to the stuff but she didn't even flinch when touching it now.
"After awakening my power…no, it does not affect me. I could actually absorb it if I wanted to. But there is no need for that now."
The color on Robins's face slowly returned to normal and her eyes started to move.
She muttered something and then opened her eyes.
"Good morning. Feeling better?" Vivi greeted her friend.
"Vivi?!. You are here? But then…" Robin glanced down at her wrist and just realized that she had been freed from the chains.
"You are okay now. The Captain and Zoro are just outside." Vivi pointed out.
"We need to leave before he comes back! That person is very dangerous!" Robin shouted.
"Calm down…Usopp had already told me about this. Let's leave this cell first." She looked at Usopp.
"Can you walk by yourself?"
"Hmph!, don't underestimate me!. These wounds are nothing!." He tried to stand up before yelping in pain and falling down again.
"I'll help him out. He got hurt because of me…" Robin said with regret.
"Don't say that, is normal for crewmates to protect each other!" Usopp assured her with a grin.
"Take your time. I have one thing to do outside." Vivi stood up and walked out of the cell.
She saw Zoro and Luffy arguing with that hippopotamus man about something.
Her eyes moved to the large group of guards. She could now identify four of the guards from their "welcoming group". So she walked to them.
These became terrified when they saw her approach.
"Just a few bruises, huh?" Vivi's eyes started to shine.
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