Robin/Franky Versus Strawberry

[Veinte Fleur]

Robin conjured nearly twenty arms in front of her and these arms began to spin at a great speed.

[Finger Gun]

Strawberry pushed forward his index finger coated in Armament Haki against Robin's hand shield but it wasn't strong enough to block it.

The finger easily pierced through the shield but the next moment, Strawberry's expression drastically changed as he pulled his hand.

He turned around and raised his forearms in front of his chest.

[Strong Right]

Franky launched an attack from the side. His right fist collided with Strawberry's forearms and caused him to stumble back.

Strawberry looked at the two of them working together.

'Both of them aren't that strong. But working together, they can cause me quite a lot of trouble. I need to deal with one at a time but fast.'

'So, which one should I start with?'

Strawberry thought and pounced toward Franky. He took out his sword and coated it with Armament Haki.

"Franky, don't take that head on!" Robin recognized Armament Haki instantly and shouted. She knew her destructive Armament Haki to be. Although she also had Armament Haki, hers couldn't even harden yet.

"Is that so? Then, how about this?" Franky took a large breath and released a massive fireball out of his mouth.

The fireball moved toward Strawberry but before it could do damage, Strawberry cut it in half.

Strawberry didn't stop after cutting the fireball. He continued moving toward Franky and swung his sword. His speed was so fast that Franky couldn't dodge it.

Unable to dodge it, Franky used the chains on his right hand to block the sword.

Clang!

The sword covered in Armament Haki inflicted a deep cut in those chains. But, Robin wasn't going to simply just let him kill Franky.

She jumped into the air and alongside her, two different robins appeared.

[Tempest Kick] [Tempest Kick] [Tempest Kick]

"Damn it!" Strawberry cursed and immediately pulled away his sword. Franky jumped away from Robin's attack while Strawberry used his sword to block them.

Bang!

The first slash collided with his sword and was broken into dust but when he moved his sword to block the second, the third slash was left uncovered.

Clang!

The third slash struck his shoulder, but he used Armament Haki on that specific position. The clash only left him some scratch.

Except that, nothing much happened.

Robin narrowed her eyes and quickly backed away from Strawberry. Although her attacks were potent, she wouldn't be able to face a single sword slash from Strawberry.

Knowing this, she intended to create some gap and keep attacking.

With her devil fruit, she condensed another form of herself and two moved in two different directions, causing Strawberry to frown.

Because he wasn't sure if he could successfully chase down the real Robin. So, he changed his sight to Franky once more.

Franky was somewhere far from him but he hadn't gone out into another battle. So, Franky was still his problem. Just several meters away from him, Onigumo and Momonga were fighting Zoro and Sanji.

Just when he rushed toward Franky, he saw Franky preparing an attack. His hands were attached.

[Coup de Vent]

A powerful gust of wind burst out and moved toward Strawberry. The attack was extremely fast and destructive.

His Observation Haki was already tingling. He wasn't sure if he should take this head-on. But, still decided to block it with his sword.

His Armament Haki-coated attack released a massive flying slash toward him and when the two collided, the wind was able to blow away his flying slash.

And, the wind reached him. It smashed into his body so hard that it blasted him away.

Strawberry stabilized himself in mid-air and landed on his foot. As soon as he landed, he noticed something coming from beneath him.

Several of the flowers suddenly transformed into two gigantic hands and caught his legs.

Out of a hurry, he tried to escape from the clutches of those hands but his speed was quite slow. His legs were still caught.

Robin pulled him toward the ground and immediately came in front of him with a massive hand hovering above him.

This massive hand came down at an extraordinary speed, making it almost impossible to dodge especially with his legs locked by those hands.

"Break it down!"

Strawberry roared and channeled his Haki into his legs. Then, he began to pull his legs as much as he could, slowly breaking out of those hands' grip.

At the same time, he raised his sword and slashed toward the sky. The massive palm blocked the slash and continued moving down.

"Why isn't it broken?" Strawberry's eyes widened as he shouted. When his sword slash struck that palm, it started breaking the palm apart but at the same time, it was attached back.

Robin chuckled seeing his expression and said.

"No, it was broken. It's just that my captain has a knack for improvising on the fly. I picked up one or two skills from him."

"The moment you broke my attack, I reinforced the petals with my Armament Haki and made them much more durable."

"So even after collapsing, I was able to reconstruct my attack."

At this moment, the massive palm reached Strawberry who was completely defenseless against such an attack. It was not just powerful but also quite durable.

So, even with his Armament Haki-coated body, he wasn't able to break the palm.

"Argh!"

He coughed out blood and fell on his knees. The palm finally turned into petals and disappeared. As soon as it disappeared, Franky came to his side and launched an attack.

[Strong Right]

His fist ejected out of his arm moved toward the Strawberry and collided. Though Strawberry tried to block it with his forearms, they weren't strong enough.

Bang!

He stumbled back on the ground a few times before coughing out blood once again. His skin was bruised and blood was constantly coming out.

But, he was a Vice Admiral after all. He gritted his teeth and roared.

"I am not going down in the hands of pirates."

His Armament Haki started coating his arms and his sword. His Haki consumption was massive to the point where he couldn't even use Observation Haki anymore.

But, he didn't care. He put all of his Haki into Armament. He gave Robin one last look and pressed his foot against the ground with all of his strength.

Although he wasn't sure how Robin managed to perfect her Armament Haki during the battle, it didn't even faze him. In fact, he already knew that she had the basics of Haki in her attacks.

It's just that she hadn't reached the level of Hardening yet. Perhaps in this battle, she managed to do it.

But none of that matters to him. His only goal right now was to take down Robin.

He sprinted with such a great force that he instantly reached in front of Robin. He saw her put her arms above her forehead and coat them with Armament Haki.

His lips slowly rose and formed a smile as he pulled down his sword.

"You might have learned to harden your Haki but you are still inexperienced compared to me. My Haki is much stronger than yours."

Whoosh!

Saying so, he poured every single ounce of his strength into his attack and slashed Robin. His Armament-coated sword managed to slice through her forearms and her entire body.

But when it did, her body turned into millions of little petals and flew away.

"I exactly know that."

[Clutch]

Several of the arms coated with Armament Haki formed around his body. Strawberry tried to shake them off but his Armament Haki was completely consumed.

At the same time, his entire body had no more strength left to fight back. His arms and legs began to twist and so did his neck. But, she didn't kill him. She simply knocked him down.

Before that, her words rang in his ears.

"Your Armament Haki and Observation Haki are much stronger than mine. And so was your strength. Unfortunately, you forgot about my devil fruit."

"There might be some garbage devil fruits in this world but for most of them, it's not devil fruit that makes them strong, it's the user that makes devil fruit strong."

Crack! Crack! Crack! Thud!

As Strawberry fell to the ground, Robin turned around and fell on her knees, panting.

"Do you want my help?" Franky approached her and asked.

Robin shook her head and said.

"I will be fine. Just need a few more minutes."

"I almost interrupted that attack if you hadn't given me the instruction beforehand. I never thought you could make a body double." Franky spoke with a clear smile but also amazement in his eyes.

Robin gave him a weak smile and said.

"I had years of experience with my devil fruit. I just needed the guidance or an opportunity to figure it out."

"My captain uses rubber attacks to deal destructive damage that can knock out the vice admiral with a single attack while my vice-captain used gambling to increase his strength in three months from a normal citizen to a Yonko commander level."

"Compared to them, my overall mastery is still lacking."