Chaka didn't hear anything on the radio as the Straw hats were much further up ahead and the walkie talkie didn't have that much range. So Chaka was ignorant of what went down in the desert and the standing army which stood to stop the rebel army also didn't know of what was going on up ahead.

"Pell, is everything alright there?"

"It is as silent as the night's sky." Pell replied on the radio.

"Keep on guard. It is at times like this, we get attack....." Chaka said but suddenly was cut off.

"Yeah.. Why did you stop talking?" Pell said as he saw sudden static from the radio of Chaka.

"Chaka..."

"Chaka!!!"

Now Pell got agitated when he heard no sound from the radio.

"Usopp... Chaka isn't replying." Pell spent no extra time and radioed Ussop where he was personally guarding the King. Ussop who had been quite a coward from the beginning was actually serious about safeguarding the King.

His crewmates had given him a job to fulfil and he was hellbent on keeping the father of his crewmate safe.

"Got it. You can go and look for Chaka. I will be here keeping the King safe." Ussop replied in a sombre tone. Cobra also heard what was being spoken over the radio and he got stiffened. He didn't expect that the World Government would come for his head. Ussop didn't speak for a moment and then vanished from sight.

He was a sniper so he needed a vantage point. He used sonido and flew up high in the hall and hid himself among the huge cylindrical pillars. Due to security reasons, Cobra was in the throne room where there was more space and thus giving almost no space to hide.

If one wanted to hide, it could only be done high in the air because of the high ceiling and that was what he did. Cobra couldn't find him but he knew that Ussop was there nearby. He trusted the friends of Vivi and just sat by to see who was going to attack.

Though he tried to keep his cool, he was a little scared. But the wait was very small. And Ken was right to keep Ussop behind. One CP agent actually sneaked in. Truth to be told, the agent who had sneaked in wasn't a full fledged CP9 agent. He was more of a waiting-in-queue agent for the CP9 organisation.

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The agent was Nero. This guy fought against Franky on the train to Enies Lobby and made a fool out of him. He wasn't very accomplished in Rokushiki but he was sent on this mission because it was supposedly very easy and everything went well, he would be promoted.

Since he wanted to go for the big head and take more credit, he convinced Jabra to let him got after the King. And so he was here. After easily taking down Chaka, with his Soru and Shigan, he entered the throne room using Geppo.

When he entered the room he was expecting a small army but there was none. When he took down Chaka, he did it in the fastest way possible. He hit Chaka from behind. Chaka was a big guy with a Devil fruit so he needed to take care of it.

Though physically, Chaka might be able to handle Nero, but Nero played dirty and used Shigan from behind. Of course, the other soldiers tried to take him down but he used Soru and made a fool out of them. But here in the throne room, there were no guards, nothing!

'Was this a trap? Whatever! He just needs to force the King and even if it was a trap, they wouldn't be able to do anything to him.'

"Yo King Cobra! Did your guards abandon you under the fear of the rebel army?" Nero said as he slowly walked in. He was keeping an eye on the things around. He was confident but that didn't mean he was a fool. It was a King under the World Government so he was still alert for some underhanded means.

"Who? Who are you? How did you get past the guards? Guards!!.. Where are my guards? Guards! Come and arrest this guy." Cobra seemed very scared and at the end of the sentence he called out loudly. He definitely played the classic 'scared King' trope. If Ken was here he would have given Cobra 10/10 for acting.

"Hahaha... Oh my dear Cobra.. It seems the guards have already abandoned you. They said that you are one of the great kings but it seems like they exaggerated a bit." Nero laughed as he slowly inched towards. Cobra made another act and ran towards the door behind to escape but only to 'see' that the door was locked.

"No.. Don't come near me.. No.. " Cobra said as he was 'trying' to unlock the door.

"I can leave you if you give me the key to the vaults. Vaults that contain both your riches and the secret Poneglyph."

"Poneglyph? I don't know what you are talking about. Who are you?" Cobra asked in a trembling voice.

"It doesn't matter who I am but I am here for the huge square thing that you are keeping hidden in the vault. Show me the way and I will let you go." Nero said with a smirk. Of course he wasn't going to let it go. He loved to watch people suffer. The Rokushiki users were treated the most inhumane way possible and he had grown fond of the o torture over the years. Cobra looked dejected and said.

"If I give you the keys, will you really spare me?" Cobra begged with tears in his eyes.

"I can give you my word."

Cobra then stood up and then looked at Nero with a huge smile on his face. Nero was taken aback by the seemingly devilish smile and then at the following moment he felt as if his instinct was screaming at him and out of reflex he performed Soru.

Nero felt a huge burn in right ankle when he materialised on the side. The place where he was suddenly burst out like a small bomb.