One Piece
	 Volume 44 : Let's Go
	  Chapter 421
	   Gear: 3rd

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Chapter 421 - Gear: 3rd

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Family: Uwaaaah!!
	H... Here they come!!!
	The bombardment has begun!!
	Run for it!
	C'mon you guys, RUN!!

Giants: Yeah, we know!!!

Marines: Buster Call is in motion!!
	Target is the pirate "Straw Hat Luffy" and his crew,
	approximately 60 in total!!!
	Under agreement with Admiral Aokiji,
	only convicted criminal Nico Robin on the "Bridge of Hesitation" is exempt from targeting!!
	All other variables are unimportant!!  Destroy the Island of Law Enies Lobby and everything on it!!!

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Marine: All ships, assume formation!!

Spandam: Hey, look at that!!  Don't run!!
	See?  This bridge is safe from the battleships!!
	Wahaha, all because I'M here!!  That's what my dad said!!
	"The cannons blew up everything but me"!!

Marine: The bridge Nico Robin is standing on is temporarily off-limits!!

Spandam: Look, did you hear that?!
	We're safe here, you fools!!
	We're safe, because I am the chief of CP9!!

Franky: ...damn my eyes if this isn't the craziest thing I've ever seen.
	Huh?  Hey... hey you...!!

Robin: Hahh...
	Hahh...
	...I can't stop shaking...!!

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Soge King: HURRY, BOYS!!!  HURRY!!!
	NO TIME TO WASTE!!!

Zoro: Don't give us that shit!!!

Soge King: I'm out of commission!!  My ribs are broken!!
	All 6 of them.

Sanji: You'll be fine.  You've got more than that...  God, what a pain in the ass.

Soge King: So anyways!  Don't you want to know the secret of my new weapon, Kabuto?!
	Allow me to explain!!  You see, Soge King's weapon Kabuto is ACTUALLY-

Zoro: Shut your mouth or you'll be running with us!!

Soge King: Urk!
	Please, anything but that.  My ribs are broken!
	...all... all 10...

Sanji: You've got more than that.

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[Underwater Passage]

(Nami, Chopper, Cocoro, Gonbe, Chimney) (Zoro, Soge King, Sanji)

Chimney: Waterrrr??!

Gonbe: (Meow!!  Meow!!)

Cocoro: What th' hell's goin' on here?!

Nami: Why is there water here?!!  Why?!!  WHY?!!  There's nowhere to run!!!

Water: (fshhhh!!!)

All: Helllllp!!!
	(noooooooo)

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[Bridge of Hesitation, Support Column, Luffy vs. Rob Lucci]

Lucci: No matter who's coming down the passageway,
	their way here has been sealed...

Luffy: WHY YOUUU-!!!

Lucci: Soon, this room will be submerged as well.

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Lucci: (tatatan!!)

Hattori: (hoo hoo)

Luffy: Oh no you don't...!!  (snatch!!)

Lucci: This room is above sea level and in no danger from the water.

Hattori: (hoo hoo)

Sound: (rattle...)

Lucci: Do you hear that?  It's the sound of the battleships' cannons.

Luffy: Hahh.

Lucci: What will become of those pirates?
	What will become of Nico Robin?

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Lucci: You must be quite concerned.
	You may go rescue them, if you want to...

Luffy: ...I'm not taking my eyes off you.
	I know they'll survive, no matter happens to them!!!
	But if I let you go here...  I know you'll just go after them and kill them!!!
	I'M NOT TAKING MY EYES OFF YOU!!!

Sanji: They've started firing!

Soge King: By the way...

Zoro: Keep your mouth SHUT!!

Gonbe: (meow!)

Girls: Noooooo!!

Lucci: Haha...!

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Lucci: What an admirable boss you make...
	I wish a certain OTHER idiot I know would learn from you.
	...but the merits of your decision hinge on your own personal skill.
	If you die here,
	the outcome will be the same!!
	"Shigan"!!  (Finger Gun)

Luffy: Urkg!!

Lucci: (whoosh!!)
	"Rankyaku"  (Storm Leg)

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Lucci: "Hyoubi"!!!  (Leopard Tail)

SFX: (rip!!)

Luffy: Aaagh!!
	Rrrgh!!

Lucci: Can you beat me?!

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Luffy: (whirrrl)
	If I don't, how am I supposed to save anyone?!!
	"Gomu Gomu"
	"Rifle"!!!

Lucci: "Tekkai"  (Iron Mass)

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Lucci: "Utsugi"!!!  (Deutzia)

(Note: Deutzia is a species of flower/tree also known as "null tree" or "empty tree.")

Luffy: Uwagh!!

Lucci: A mortal man's fist would be crushed to pieces by a Tekkai counterattack.
	...here I thought I had met a man with some real backbone.  (shh)
	But my hopes were betrayed...  That doping you used earlier has run out of power.

Luffy: ...hahh.
	Hahh.

Lucci: Flying "Shigan"
	"Bachi"!!!  (Pick)

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Luffy: Ukk!!
	Aaah!!!

Lucci: (bibibi!!)

Luffy: Uwaaah!!
	Shit!!  (whoosh!!)

Lucci: "Rankyaku"

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Luffy: "Stamp"!!!
	Hahh...
	Hahh.
	Hahh... hahh...  If you want a fight with real BONE behind it...
	Then I'll show you another little trick I've got...!!
	"Gear:"
	"3rd"
	Hahh.
	(bite...)

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Luffy: (huhhhhh)
	(puff!!)
	"Bone Balloon"!!!

Lucci: Bone...?!

Luffy: (blub!!)
	Air power moving from bone to bone!!
	(Blorb!!)
	Check out THIS left!!

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Luffy: A GIANT'S ARM!!!

Lucci: Save your pathetic bluffs...!!!
	"Tekkai"

Luffy: (squeeze!!)
	Gomu Gomu...!!!

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Luffy: "GIGANT PISTOL"!!!!  (Giant's Pistol)

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