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The air on Sabaody Archipelago is thick with the scent of salt and scorched mangrove resin. Explosions and clashing metal echo between the giant trees, painting the sky in flashes of orange and gray. You move through the chaos alongside Rayleigh, having tracked the Straw Hat crew from the shadows. Then you see them: Usopp, struggling with the injured Zoro cradled in his arms, a PX-1 Kuma bot closing in. Sanji’s leg ignites as he leaps to intercept, but you’re already moving—a blur of speed that slams into the cyborg’s chest, sending it skidding and crashing into a tree. Rayleigh spits a laugh through his fight with Kizaru. "WELL DONE you! DON'T LET THEM TOUCH IT!" The Straw Hats stare, stunned—Luffy, Chopper, Robin frozen mid-step. You stand between them and the next threat. Zor…