Chapter 130: Tower of Justice – Cola Chaos & Chopper's Mischief
"Hm? I think this little guy's name is Chopper, right?" Franky muttered while blocking Fukurou's attacks, glancing at the blue-nosed reindeer who had just crashed through the wall. "How'd he get beaten up so badly?"
Chopper clutched his aching stomach and struggled to his feet—just in time to see Kumadori charging in with murderous intent. His fur stood on end in terror! In this life-or-death moment, his peripheral vision caught sight of a massive commercial refrigerator nearby—
"Heave-ho!" Chopper unleashed astonishing potential, yanking open the heavy refrigerator door with all his might!
At that exact instant, Kumadori's flying kick arrived right in front of him!
Bang! The thick refrigerator door solidly blocked the kick. The tremendous impact made the entire fridge shake. Taking advantage of Kumadori's momentary stun, Chopper poured every ounce of strength into slamming the door shut—"Clang!"—trapping Kumadori completely inside the giant fridge. He fumbled frantically and snapped the built-in lock shut with a click!
"Yes! I locked the enemy inside!" Chopper jumped up and down excitedly, shouting in triumph, incredibly proud of his quick thinking.
Watching Chopper's smooth, flowing sequence of moves, Franky finally snapped back to reality. While fending off Fukurou's attacks, he shouted anxiously: "Wait! Reindeer kid! I still need that fridge! Open it quick!"
"Wah! It's Franky! And another CP9!" Chopper turned at the voice and finally noticed the food storage was already in chaos—Franky was locked in fierce combat with another zipper-mouthed weirdo. He nearly jumped out of his skin in fright.
"Don't worry about that!" Franky narrowly dodged a heavy punch from Fukurou and explained at top speed to Chopper: "Still want to beat these enemies, get the keys, and save Robin and Vivi? If yes, hurry up and grab three bottles of cola from that fridge for me! Once I refill my energy, these CP9 small fries will be easy to handle—grabbing the keys will be a piece of cake!"
"Liar! Who uses cola as energy?!" Chopper thought this was beyond ridiculous—ridiculous to the point of absurdity. He'd studied medicine for years and had never heard of such a power source!
"Mind your own business! This big bro just works that way!" Franky snapped back irritably. At the same time, he twisted aside and took one of Fukurou's strikes head-on with his steel arm—producing a sharp clang.
"Chapapa~ You two done chatting yet?!" Fukurou—completely ignored—felt extremely displeased. His attacks grew even fiercer. "Thinking about afternoon tea in the middle of a fight? You're way too arrogant!"
"Beast Fang Secret Technique – Owl Barrage!"
Fukurou's figure suddenly blurred. Using high-speed movement, he created multiple hard-to-distinguish afterimages, launching a storm of continuous punches from all directions at Franky!
Bang bang bang bang! The dense barrage of fists rained down on Franky like a storm. With his cola reserves nearly depleted and power output severely limited, Franky's movements slowed. He could barely mount any effective resistance—he was reduced to taking hits passively. The situation was critical.
Chopper watched Franky getting pummeled with no way to fight back, his heart racing with anxiety. "Fine! At this point, I'll just do what he says!" Chopper gritted his teeth and psyched himself up. "As long as I'm fast enough, it'll be fine!"
With that resolve, he no longer hesitated. He spun around, unlocked the fridge door at top speed—without even glancing at the laid-back Kumadori inside—and blindly grabbed three bottles of chilled liquid. Without looking, he hurled them toward Franky with all his might!
"Franky! Catch!"
"Thanks a ton, reindeer kid!" Franky snatched the flying bottles out of the air. Without checking, he skillfully opened his chest's energy compartment and rapidly swapped out the completely empty cola bottles.
The next moment, something bizarre happened!
Franky's art style suddenly shifted dramatically. His normally spiky blue pompadour went poof—turning into a perfect tomato shape! His entire demeanor inexplicably became… oddly wholesome?
Then, facing the ferocious charge from Fukurou, he lazily swung a soft, floaty punch while muttering in an inexplicably laid-back tone: "Freshness first—Vegetable Fist."
"Huh?" Fukurou stared at the completely powerless punch landing on him, utterly confused. But he reacted instantly—countering with a solid "Beast Fang" heavy punch straight to Franky's chest!
Bang!
Franky was blasted backward by the massive force, crashing hard into the wall behind him before bouncing to the ground.
"Damn it!!!" Franky struggled back up, furiously opened his chest again, yanked out the "culprit" bottle, and smashed it violently on the ground beside Chopper. The glass shattered instantly; green vegetable juice splattered everywhere.
"This is vegetable juice?! I wanted cola! Cola!! Can't you understand?!" He roared at Chopper.
"Eh? Th-this one doesn't work?" Chopper was startled by Franky's fury and the flying glass shards, shrinking back.
"Who the hell wants vegetable juice! Give me cola! You hear me this time? Cola! Cola!" Franky practically screamed the correction while warily eyeing Fukurou, who was charging again.
Chopper panicked and spun around once more, blindly grabbing another bottle from the fridge and throwing it to Franky: "C-Catch!"
Franky caught it again and installed it into his body at top speed.
Energy injected… but the expected surge of power never came. Instead, he was overcome by an inexplicable… leisurely feeling?
Franky's gaze suddenly turned benevolent (?). He stopped fighting, standing like an old grandpa out for a stroll. Facing the ferocious Fukurou charging at him, he started pointing and gesturing casually while spouting an incomprehensible string of dialect: "Three o'clock already lah, drink tea first lah! Do so much also no use one, boss won't appreciate you lah Do what for lah do!" (Translation: It's past three already, let's have afternoon tea first! Doing so much is useless anyway, the boss won't feel bad for you What's the point lah!)
Fukurou: "???" His fist froze mid-air, completely baffled by this bizarre scene.
But the next second, Franky himself snapped out of it! He jolted awake, furiously opened his chest again, pulled out the still-fragrant tea bottle, and once again smashed it violently on the ground beside Chopper!
"What the hell use is milk tea?! You little brat!" Franky's whole body trembled with rage. "That look on your face just now… were you deliberately testing what would happen if you gave me other drinks?! Using me as an experiment?!"
Chopper's eyes now sparkled with curiosity and excitement. His big eyes blinked innocently at Franky. Though he said nothing, his expression clearly said: "Busted… but it's really fun though!"
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