Chapter 344: Tot Musica

The next second, a wicked smile appeared on the corner of Uta’s mouth.

Swish~

With a light wave of her hand, Nami and Sanji were hung in the sky, becoming part of the musical staff just Move Move Like the pirates before them.

Uta flew into the sky, a sickly smile on her face: "Everyone, I’ve caught more pirates. What should we do?"

After a brief silence, cheers erupted from all directions.

"U-T-A!" "U-T-A!"

"Alright! For everyone’s happiness, let me defeat them!"

Clap~

The sky began to close in.

Clap~

The music started.

Clap~

The fans at the scene followed Uta’s rhythm, and a uniform sound of clapping echoed through the venue.

At this moment, dozens of soldiers wearing black armor and red cloaks appeared behind Uta, launching a charge toward the Straw Hat crew.

Zoro was not the type to be gentle with women. Without a word, he drew his sword and took a fighting stance: "Even if you are Luffy’s childhood friend, I will not allow you to act recklessly!"

Usopp was stunned. They were chatting just fine a moment ago, so why did they suddenly start fighting?

"Hey, who are they? There are more and more of them!"

Jinbe shouted: "Be careful! Vagabond Drill!"

Bang~

With one punch, countless soldiers turned into musical notes and dissipated. But the soldiers Uta summoned seemed endless, and soon a pile of soldiers condensed again, continuing their attack.

Karl had long since blended into the audience to avoid being caught in the crossfire. It wasn't that Karl didn't want to fight, but in this situation, there was no need. In this world, Uta was invincible.

Watching the soldiers constantly emerging, Karl rubbed his chin: "Eh? If I smash her speakers, would it..."

On the other side, Uta stepped on golden musical notes and arrived in front of Luffy: "Luffy! Who told you to say you wanted to be a pirate? If you still consider me a friend, stop being a pirate!"

Luffy took a fighting stance, looking at Uta through gritted teeth: "What exactly do you mean?"

Suddenly, Luffy seemed to think of something. He sighed, held onto the brim of his hat, and lowered his head.

"Forget it, forget it. I won’t argue with you. I have no reason to fight you."

Uta snorted coldly: "Even if you don't want to fight me, I’m going to fight you!"

After a crisp snap of her fingers, the background music started, and Uta danced a dance of rage with a cold expression.

All the "Sound Soldiers" seemed to have received a summons and launched a frantic offensive against the Straw Hat crew.

"Six Fleur: Slap!"

Luffy punched away a Sound Soldier and shouted at Uta: "Uta! Stop this nonsense!"

Singing: "Scattered memories are enough to pierce through sorrow, this lingering hatred, let it go for his sake..."

"You guys won't understand~ the true taste of painful loneliness~ release the shackles immediately!"

"Be angry! Right now!!!"

Angry singing, frantic dancing...

Karl couldn't help but shake his head: "This little girl has quite a lot of resentment. Good thing I slipped away fast~ tsk tsk."

After the song ended, all the Straw Hat members except Luffy were hung on the musical staff, and Luffy was also tightly bound by a green thing.

"Uta! What exactly are you doing? Let me go!!!"

Uta glanced faintly at the struggling Luffy and whispered: "That won't do, Luffy. You cannot become the Pirate King..."

After taking a deep breath, Uta revealed a bright smile again and shouted energetically to her fans: "My friends, what do you think of pirates?"

"They burned our city!" "They killed my husband!"

"Give my mother back to me!!!"

"No more pirates! Drive the pirates away!"

Karl stood up and shouted: "All pirates must die!!!"

The people around immediately cast admiring glances and gave Karl a thumbs up. Karl couldn't help but reveal a shy smile.

Basic operation, don't be surprised.

"Uta, let my companions go!!!" Luffy broke free from his restraints and roared at Uta.

Splash~

Two fans doused Luffy with seawater, chilling him to the bone. Luffy immediately wilted. It must be said that seawater’s restraint on normal ability users is indeed quite significant.

"You are not allowed to approach Princess Uta!"

"You have no strength left, right! An ability user covered in seawater is nothing to fear!"

After saying this, these crazy fans rushed directly toward Luffy, seemingly wanting to finish him off.

"Barrier Ball!"

A green-haired man suddenly appeared beside Luffy, and a translucent barrier surrounded the two of them.

Ding ding ding~

Luffy, lying on the ground, glanced over and shouted weakly: "Bartolomeo..."

"Luffy-senpai, Princess Uta’s ability is too outrageous. We can't beat her right now."

"No, I, I haven't lost yet!"

Uta chuckled: "Here we go again, just refusing to admit defeat..."

Bartolomeo gritted his teeth, grabbed Luffy, and rushed out directly.

"Heh heh, you can't run away. Everyone, come with me to catch the pirates!"

"Ooooooh!"

At Uta’s summons, the fans swarmed toward the direction where Bartolomeo was fleeing, leaving Karl unsure if they really wanted to catch pirates or if Uta was controlling them to do so.

Splash, splash~ The crowd surged, and there were not many audience members left at the concert site. They had all gone to Elegia Island to search for traces of Luffy and Bartolomeo.

Only Karl, a fake fan, remained in place, feeling a bit awkward.

On Elegia Island, Sound Soldiers flew everywhere, searching every corner, while the fans, led by Uta, formed a parade to capture pirates—well, it was very much Move Move Like ignorant villagers in the Middle Ages holding torches to burn witches.

"Are you guys okay?"

"That’s great, Mr. Karl, please, hurry and let us down! We need to go help Luffy!"

"Yeah! Hurry and let us down!"

Facing the Straw Hat crew’s request, Karl shook his head: "No, in the current situation, if you go, you will only make things more chaotic. I think it’s better for you to stay here. Anyway, Luffy will come to save you later."

"Ah? No way! Being hung Move Move Like this is very uncomfortable, you know! Robin, say something!"

Robin looked at Karl, thinking he must have his own judgment, but there was one thing she had to remind Karl of.

"Karl, you must be careful if Uta summons Tot Musica. I suspect this is her plan!"

"Tot Musica..." Karl grinned.

"I know, I came here specifically for this."