Summary:
While holding Hakuba down with several arms, Nico Robin tells him that he needs to get up quickly for Rebecca because he’s worried about her. Bartolomeo looks on in shock and exclaims that she stopped Hakuba before claiming that it was presumptuous of him to think he needed to protect her. Robin notes that Hakuba doesn’t seem to stay quiet, only to be surprised when Cavendish’s normal face briefly appears and tells Hakuba to wait. After seemingly falling unconscious, Cavendish looks up with his normal face before declaring that he didn’t allow Hakuba to appear. As Cavendish apologizes for almost cutting her, Robin comments that it was Hakuba that everyone was talking about. Cavendish confirms this, claiming that he is dangerous and accidentally cuts people before falling asleep, causing Hakuba to reappear and threaten to cut up Robin’s entire body.
Hakuba promises to cut everything up, only for Cavendish to appear briefly, claiming that he won’t let Hakuba take control. When Hakuba tells him to stay asleep, Cavendish claims that he doesn’t know the point of this fight and that there’s no point in cutting everything apart if he doesn’t, only for Hakuba to declare that he’ll show his enemies the pool. blood. Stunned, Bartolomeo wonders if he has two personalities as Cavendish and Hakuba continue to argue, eventually culminating in the two gaining control of half of Cavendish’s face as Bartolomeo exclaims that they are half and half. After regaining full control, Cavendish declares that he is the only Cavendish, only for Bartolomeo to point out how he was half and half only a minute ago.
When Cavendish claims it’s okay and asks her to release him, Robin demands to know if he’s telling her to trust him after what she just saw. However, she is taken aback when the cliff behind her begins to expand as Gladius decides to deal with it before declaring that he will blow up Robin along with the wall. As Gladius says that Robin can’t get away just by flying away, Bartolomeo curses him while Cavendish comments that Gladius will tear them apart too before telling Robin that he needs to get down for now. Robin claims that he can’t do that because Rebecca could get hurt in the meantime, but Bartolomeo tells her to leave Gladius to him, prompting Gladius to comment that he has good judgment for realizing that the wall won’t break unless he Bartolomeo removes the Punch before using it. Hair injures Bartolomeo’s leg. After claiming it’s nothing, Bartolomeo falls to his knees while noticing that his leg has gone numb, prompting Gladio to reveal that his hair is composed of poisonous needles. As Cavendish and Robin call out to Bartolomeo, Gladius’ body begins to swell as he notices that he is Rupture Human from head to toe, before informing Bartolomeo that he will explode, releasing tens of thousands of poisonous needles if Cavendish and Robin are attacked.
Gladius asks Bartolomeo what he will do, noting that Bartolomeo will not survive his body exploding, as Bartolomeo realizes that Robin will be hurt either way. While Gladius praises him for being a quick learner, Bartolomeo tells himself that his priority is to protect Robin’s body and that he needs to take Gladius down before he notices that Robin will be hit by thousands of needles if he does. Meanwhile, Cavendish tells Robin to let go of him and run away before he falls asleep again when Bartolomeo realizes that there is someone expendable near Robin. When Bartolomeo tells Cavendish to protect Robin with his body while he deals with Gladius, Hakuba tells him to shut up, prompting Bartolomeo to exclaim that Cavendish is useless even in this critical situation. Thinking what he should do, Bartolomeo realizes what he can do and gets to his feet before attacking Gladius who is surprised that he is attacking. Bartolomeo notes that his limitation of only being able to build one barrier at a time doesn’t matter and declares that he won’t hesitate if it’s to protect Robin, before using the Barrier Ball to create a spherical barrier around the surprised Gladius.
As he pulls out the knife, Bartolomeo tells Gladius to blow up all he wants as they are inside his impenetrable barrier before stabbing him. Gladius calls Bartolomeo a fool for being willing to sacrifice himself before blowing himself up with the Fashion Punch, causing Bartolomeo to be cut up and stabbed with dozens of poisonous needles. As Robin calls out to him, Bartolomeo notes that this will stop the wall from bursting before he falls to the ground. However, to Bartolomeo’s shock, Gladius appears in front of him and reveals that Bartolomeo stabbed his shoulder instead of his throat before reminding Bartolomeo that the tearing through the wall will not stop until he remains conscious. Meanwhile, Cavendish apologizes to Robin before revealing that he got Hakuba under his control and left half of his body under his control when Hakuba promised to kill her. Vowing to use Hakuba’s speed to get Robin to Flower Hill, Cavendish claims they have no other options and asks her to let him go.
As Robin wonders which side Cavendish is on, Gladius declares it’s over before using Punc Rock Super Arena to blow up the wall. As the debris bounces off the barrier around him, Gladius notes that he likes it, while a tearful Bartolomeo screams at his apparent failure, only to be shocked at Gladius’ side as he sees Cavendish carrying Robin to the top of the cliff with Hakuba’s speed. When Hakuba asks him why he stopped his sword with his own hand, Cavendish tells him to listen every now and then before falling asleep again. After using Cien Fleur: Spider Net to trap herself and Cavendish, Robin remarks that Cavendish stopped Hakuba’s blade for her before calling him a complicated man. Meanwhile, a disbelieving Gladius wonders how they escaped the explosion before grabbing a shoulder as Bartolomeo, happy that Robin is safe, releases the barrier.
As Gladius falls to his knees, Bartolomeo angrily questions what he’s doing when he couldn’t save the one he was trying to protect, before remembering the first time he saw Monkey D. Luffy in Loguetown. Bartolomeo gets to his feet and recalls watching Luffy’s rise to shame, trying to replicate his moves and witnessing Luffy’s actions in the tournament before declaring that he should be ashamed of himself. Deciding to one day become a man Luffy can rely on, Bartolomeo leaps at Gladius before hitting Gladius with Homage: God’s Fist: Bari Bari no Pistol, defeating him. Bartolomeo breaks down, noting that he barely won with Luffy’s power before declaring that he will never work with a troublesome guy like Cavendish again.
Meanwhile, on Flower Hill, Diamante notes that it is very noisy, and claims that even a Corrida Colosseum gladiator would lose his footing on unstable terrain like the shaking ground. When Diamante attacks Rebecca with the Viper Glaive, Kyros tells her to run as she can’t defend against it, only for Robin to appear and deflect the attack with Kochoran before telling Rebecca that he will protect her from now on.