One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

He trembled as he reached out a hand to touch Ace, but Ace's body flew backward again, sliding all the way to Gigg's side.

Giger opened his palm, and a dark vortex appeared. Ace's body was sucked up like a rag, and his hair was grabbed by Giger's hand.

Ace was, after all, Roger's bloodline. Even with such a fatal wound, he still had a faint breath left, meaning he wasn't quite dead yet.

Giggs lowered his eyes, leaned close to Ace's ear, and whispered expressionlessly,

"Portgas... no, I should say Gol D. Ace, it seems your destiny as a 'D' is to be Luffy's scapegoat."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ace breathed his last, his eyes still open, dying with unfinished business.

His head was also removed by Giger and then added to the Dark Bible.

The head of the Pirate King's son is enough for the Navy's propaganda department to "eat" for a year.

Right now,

Looking at Luffy again, he seemed to have gone mad, muttering something incessantly. Nami ran over and hugged Luffy tightly, calling out anxiously,

"Luffy, what's wrong with you!?"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Suddenly, a strange drumbeat rang out from Luffy's chest. Then, Luffy abruptly broke free from Nami's embrace and stared blankly at Giggs opposite him.

Two bloody tear streaks remained on his face, his expression shifting between sadness and joy.

Ace's headless corpse lay at Gigg's feet, still warm, yet Luffy chuckled under the circumstances.

Giger narrowed his eyes slightly and slowly began to speak.

"So you finally couldn't hold back anymore, Joy Boy?"

The Muramasa sword reappeared in Giggs' hands, but Luffy suddenly stopped laughing and uttered a very strange sound.

“The descendants of Casillas… now is not the time.”

Swish!

Gigg appeared in front of Luffy in an instant and slashed directly at Luffy's head.

Luffy's expression was blank, his upper body leaning back, narrowly avoiding this fatal blow.

Then he pushed off with both legs and retreated to Kozuki Toki's side.

As soon as he landed, Luffy said to Kozuki Toki,

"Use your Devil Fruit power now!"

Kozuki Toki had already finished charging up her power. Upon hearing this, she immediately released the power of her Time-Time Fruit, and a colorful light emanated from her body, enveloping Luffy, Nami, and the others.

A dark light flashed in Gigg's eyes, and the entire Sabaody Archipelago was instantly shrouded in darkness. Several dark vortexes appeared out of thin air in the space around Kozuki Toki and the others.

Kozuki Toki's expression changed, and he exclaimed in surprise,

"No! The time portal can't be opened!"

This is only natural, because the Dark-Dark Fruit itself represents a black hole, possessing the power to distort spacetime.

A serious look appeared in Luffy's eyes as he murmured,

"This kid is still too weak, he can't bear my will... Never mind, I can't think about that now!"

Kozuki Toki paused for a moment, then said,

"Luffy, what are you saying?"

Luffy did not respond. To Kozuki Toki's astonishment, a ribbon composed of white flames appeared on his body. He roared to the sky, and an invisible force burst forth, dispelling a large area of ​​darkness.

Kozuki gritted her teeth and seized the opportunity to unleash her power again, but the influence of the dark power on her had not completely disappeared. She exhausted all her energy but could not make the time point of her travel go beyond one year.

Finally, with blood streaming from her nose, she screamed, then her eyes rolled back and she fainted. Several colorful beams of light enveloped her and Luffy and the others, then she soared into the sky and disappeared into the heavens in the blink of an eye.

Chapter 274 Unlucky Luo

After the Straw Hat crew disappeared, only a few half-dead Spade Pirates members remained on the ground, groaning in pain.

Giger raised his hand and cleared away the pirates in the field with several bolts of lightning. He frowned and looked up at the sky. The power that Luffy had suddenly unleashed earlier gave him a very familiar feeling.

He remembered that when he went to see Im, Im had also released a similar power.

Judging from Luffy's situation just now, it's clear that Joy Boy jumped out to "take over" the fight, and this power belongs to Joy Boy.

It can only be said that Luffy truly deserves to be called the chosen one of the world. Roger was already a person with great fortune at that time, but compared to Luffy, he was nothing. Even Joy Boy jumped out to help Luffy escape.

And coincidentally, there was a user of the Time-Time Fruit, Kozuki Toki, among them.

However, the original timeline had already been severely altered under Giger's influence. Momonosuke died prematurely at Giger's hands, and Oden was left paralyzed, essentially losing his ability to create humans. This also led to Hiyori's demise.

Kozuki Oden did not appear in the war 22 years ago. Gigo speculates that he was probably sent back to Wano Country before the war started, since he would only be a burden on the battlefield.

Given Kozuki Oden's crippled body, it's easy to predict what would have happened if he had encountered Kaido in Wano Country; he might have been turned into oden by now.

Therefore, it is understandable that Kozuki, who lost her husband and had no children, would choose to travel through time.

The Time-Time Fruit's ability to escape is indeed very strong, but one thing is certain: no matter how much time she travels, even hundreds of years into the future, she will eventually appear in this timeline.

No matter when they appear, Giger will always be waiting for them in this timeline.

Giger glanced at the utterly destroyed surroundings, then vanished in a flash.

......

Somewhere on the shore,

Law and his Heart Pirates were preparing to board the submarine-like pirate ship when a black sword beam descended from the sky, carving a bottomless ravine into the ground in front of them.

To the astonishment of Luo and the others, Giger descended from the sky with his arms crossed, hovering above the ravine.

Luo reacted quickly; the moment he saw Giger, he opened his arms and shouted.

"ROOM!!"

A semi-transparent space unfolded from Law's palm, and Law drew his sword "Oni-ku" from his waist and slashed at Gigg from a distance.

However, the scene he had imagined—Gig being split in two—did not occur. Seeing Rona's ghost-like expression, Gig slowly spoke.

"Has no one ever told you that Haki can resist Devil Fruit abilities?"

After saying that, Giger raised his hand and pulled Luo towards him.

The moment Giggs' hand touched Luo, the "ROOM" space surrounding them vanished.

Giger wasn't in a hurry to kill Law; he still had Law to use. However, when the Heart Pirates saw their captain captured, they all rushed towards Giger.

Crack!

Silver arcs of electricity coiled around Gigg's fingertips. He raised his hand, about to unleash the lightning, when Luo suddenly struggled and said...

"Please, please wait a moment! You must be Admiral Black Dragon, right? I am one of Captain Rosinandi's men!"

"Ok?"

Upon hearing this, a look of surprise appeared on Giger's face, and he lowered his raised hand.

He slightly opened his eyes, and a surge of dark Conqueror's Haki swept out, instantly stunning the Heart Pirates, who all collapsed to the ground.

Then, Giggs took Luo to an open space and threw him down.

After Luo fell to the ground, he clutched his neck and coughed violently. Giger looked down at him and said calmly,

"what is going on?"

Luo rose from the ground, glanced at Giggs with reverence, and said,

"Admiral Black Dragon, Mr. Rosinante is still an undercover agent for Doflamingo. He's the one who rescued me."

"So you became a pirate?"

"Admiral Black Dragon, please believe me, I don't want to be a pirate either. My dream is to become a doctor, but I really have no other choice. Mr. Rosinante told me that Doflamingo wants to hand me over to a powerful figure in Mary Geoise. If I go to the Marines, I'll likely still be taken to Mary Geoise. After escaping from there, I demonstrated my abilities once, and then the World Government wanted me as a pirate..."

Giger immediately understood; the "big shot in Mary Geoise" that Luo was referring to must be himself. This made him chuckle to himself.

His expression remained unchanged as he looked at Luo and asked.

"So you're telling me this? Aren't you afraid I'll send you to Mary Geoise?"

Luo shook his head and said,

“Don’t worry, Mr. Rosinandi told me that General Black Dragon is a good man.”

Giger raised an eyebrow. He remembered that he had only met Rosinante once when he was a child. He didn’t expect Rosinante to have such a good impression of him.

Moreover, it seems that Rosinante is still with Doflamingo. Has Doflamingo not yet discovered Rosinante's undercover identity?

Speaking of which, he hasn't gone to see Doflamingo since he woke up. He'll have to find some time to go see him after this incident is over.

After all, it's truly remarkable that Doflamingo would think of preparing such a "gift" for him during his slumber.

Furthermore, Giger wanted to see just how strong Doflamingo had become after his special training and the acquisition of the Float-Float Fruit.

Of course, even if Doflamingo's strength isn't that great, Giger would still give him a "title".

Seeing that Jig hadn't spoken for a while, Luo couldn't help but ask.

"Admiral Black Dragon, will you take me to the Navy?"