Chapter 526: Detection
Out of everyone, Medea was the best when it came to detection especially when it came to finding living beings or other things that operated on forms of energy.
It was her Rumble Devil Fruit that allowed her to pick up on electronic signatures within living things and non-living things.
So long as there was some form of electric signature to be picked up on, she would not miss it and her range of detection.
Nobody could beat her when it came to the range of her detection.
Even many Observation Haki users would not have that powerful of a range to detect so far and wide.
The plan was to rely on her wide range detection to find the Camo Pirates from very far away.
There did not need to be a precise location for them so long as the rough location was known.
That allowed for Ripley to put on her small performance from very far away that the Camo Pirates would not be close enough to think about attacking her ship but still within range for the next phase of the plan.
Bunbun was already invisible and so was Ashwin who were both prepared for the next phase too.
Ashwin and Bunbun jumped into the giant hands of Ripley after leaving behind so much of their belongings that were powered by some form of energy.
All that they could bring with them were the most basic of tools that did not run on any energy so that they could avoid being detected.
What happened next was that they were thrown very far away by Ripley using her large amount of physical strength that came from her giant size.
Bunbun adjusted her size when thrown so that she could hold onto Ashwin well enough and extended her Observation Haki as far as she could.
Her Observation Haki allowed her to find where one of the ships was as she was flying through space so she and Ashwin were able to grab on using a grappling hook and then quickly pulled themselves on board.
They had no choice but to rely on more simple equipment but it was more than enough to get the job done.
The two of them were invisible as they pulled themselves up onto the ship as they waited for an opportunity to strike.
They could not know if they were on the correct ship so they remained where they were and did not try infiltrating any further.
They did not know what kind of security systems were in place inside of the ship so they could not be too careful.
If they infiltrated the wrong ship and tripped some form of alarm then it would be very bad for those who were being held hostage on the other ships.
They had no choice but to remain where they were and maintain their current state so they tried their best to conserve their power and keep their energy levels up.
It was quite lucky that the Clear Devil Fruit could be used to make non-living things invisible too so long as Ashwin was holding them or they were on his body since he could carry a bag of some food and drinks that had been prepared for their journey.
The plan was risky since it involved only two of them but it was never intended to be a straightforward mission that would involve clashing with the enemy.
Even if it did end up that way, Bunbun was there to handle a lot of the problems while Ashwin had become quite capable himself even if he did not have his usual equipment with him.
It was just another reason to make full use of his old equipment and to experiment using his Clear Devil Fruit abilities together.
The ships continued unhindered as their journey kept them on the move for quite some time until they finally came to a halt.
All of their ships were slowing down a little at a time before coming to a complete halt.
They docked at a nearby location that was a couple of stops away from where they had attacked the Ripper Mercenaries so it would be difficult for their location to be predicted so easily by anyone that would be trying to find them.