"So scary…"
"As expected of a Navy Admiral! That creepy old man's combat power is just too terrifying!!!"
"If the future us get caught by him, then… do we really have any chance of escaping from that flash of light?"
Fear.
Their faces pale,
as they stared at the tall figure in the yellow suit on the screen—Kizaru.
In the real world,
on the deck of the Thousand Sunny, in the waters outside the Sabaody Archipelago,
Usopp covered his face in terror, and even his voice started trembling as he spoke.
Clearly,
that scene just now—
the overwhelming strength Kizaru had displayed—
had completely scared him out of his wits!!!
"Yeah…" Nami curled up slightly, instinctively moving closer to her crewmates beside her as she said fearfully, "That was terrifying! The people he took down were all powerhouses with bounties over a hundred million!"
In truth,
as the navigator of the crew,
Nami did not only pay attention to the weather. She also constantly kept up with outside news, as well as all the latest developments across the first half of the Grand Line.
So,
whether it was Apoo, the Mad Monk, or even Drake…
Nami had long since heard their names, and she knew they were all rivals.
Precisely because of that,
after watching the scene just now,
Nami's emotions became even more tense and anxious. She was completely shaken by Kizaru's overwhelming power!
It was hard to imagine—
if next, the future version of their group really had to face Kizaru and the Pacifistas head-on,
then things probably would not turn out any better than what they had just seen.
Of course,
it was not just Nami.
Zoro and Sanji—
the other two main combatants of the Straw Hat crew—
also wore equally grave expressions at this moment.
Even though,
with their current status,
their bounties had not quite reached over a hundred million yet, but they were not far off, and their true combat power was no weaker than that of the other Supernovas.
But—
when they saw people like Drake and the others
being utterly overwhelmed in front of Kizaru, with no choice but to get beaten down—and in such an exaggerated way too, each of them being sent flying with a single kick—
faced with that kind of scene,
even if Sanji and Zoro wanted to stay optimistic and ease the mood,
it was impossible for them to force out even the slightest smile!
There was no helping it…
The gap in strength was right there in front of them!
Facing a Navy Admiral,
and the future fate laid bare before their eyes,
to say they were not worried would be a lie!!!
However…
among the entire group,
only their captain, Luffy,
"Haha…"
looked at his crewmates and grinned, laughing as he optimistically comforted them:
"There's no need for everyone to look so down. There's no denying that the scene we just saw really does happen in the future!"
"But right now… because it got exposed ahead of time, I think the timeline should've already changed, right?"
Although Luffy was often simple-minded and usually carefree,
that did not mean he was stupid!
On the contrary,
after the others heard what Luffy said,
their first reaction was to widen their eyes in unison, then nod in shocked agreement!
That was right…
Luffy was absolutely right…
At this moment, wasn't their ship—the Thousand Sunny—not even at the Sabaody Archipelago yet?
What was more,
right now,
it was not just the few of them.
Every single person,
without exception,
had their energy and attention
firmly captured by the ranking video!
Naturally,
the incident that was originally supposed to happen
might no longer happen at all.
And besides,
now that they already knew how serious the situation was,
even if Luffy was reckless and hard-headed,
there was a very high chance he would no longer impulsively provoke—or publicly punch—a Celestial Dragon.
In other words,
because of the exposure of the ranking video,
Luffy himself, his crewmates, and the entire Straw Hat crew had managed to avoid disaster because of it.
They had escaped the original course of fate!
To put it another way, this whole situation had actually turned into a huge gain for them instead!!!
(End of Chapter)
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