Okama said, frowning.

''Oh, nothing... you know, I bet One Piece doesn't even exist. I bet ol' Roger set everybody out to find it simply with the goal of making pirates constantly struggle to get out of bad situations in one piece. That's the joke...''

''Somehow, I don't think pranking was on the man's mind in his final moments...''

Despite his chastising words, Yonyon's tone was humorous, which in turn made Morrigan grin widely. Seeing another opportunity to strike, Futtleshuckle made another lunge, this time aiming to plant his blade squarely into Morrigan's foot. It was just as ineffective as before; Futtleshuckle made a broken whine of despair and began to stab into the Captain's legs over and over, the futility of his attacks furthering his desperation.

''Will you stop that!?'' Morriganshouted, flipping straight over the bounty hunter's head in one fluid motion. As he landed, catlike, he turned and removed Cypher, complete with sheath, from his belt and smacked the man solidly in the face with the end of it. The blow was far stronger than it looked; Futtleshuckle instantly found himself on the other side of the bed, multicoloured stars dancing and exploding before his squinted eyes. Before he could recover, another blow struck him in the same place, this time delivered with the pommel of the blade, and he felt his back collide with the room door, his ears ringing loudly, before another blow sent him straight through it. His last thought as his back skidded across the gravel of the complex courtyard was that the