Chapter 56"That's great. I let Zoro have Hawkeye earlier, so I'll take this Seven Warlords of the Sea for myself."It had been a while since he encountered a weighty enemy."Are you talking about that Seven Warlords of the Sea, Dracule Mihawk? He is the top existence among the Shichibukai, but even the other Seven Warlords are monster-level powerhouses. Do you even know what they represent?"The pain was covered by a cool sensation, and she could move a little. Vivi approached Luffysomewhat frantically. Luffy backed up a bit until he hit the bed, and Vivi leaned her hands against the wall beside him."They aren't some pirates playing little house games; they are the few individuals representing the pinnacle of piracy on this sea. If you face them with that attitude, you'll be killed!"Before she could finish, Luffy interrupted her."It doesn't matter who the enemy is. I'll just blow away anyone who messes with my partners!"The distance between the two was very close, faces directly opposite each other, and they could easily feel the warmth of each other's breath."Hey, I said how long are you two going to dawdle? I told you, we've already spotted the town. The Whiskey Peak Vivi mentioned is here..."The door opened.The voice stopped abruptly.Luffy turned his head and saw Nami entering through the door. The expression on her face gradually turned cold, as if she were looking at trash. "What are you two doing?"Vivi quickly retracted her hands, but her body lost balance and she sat back. She hit her wound, cried out in pain, and immediately sprang up, plunging into Luffy's arms.A public display of infidelity?Nami frowned. What made her even more sour was that this guy subconsciously reached out to support Vivi.Luffy instinctively felt that the current situation was bad.He stood up instantly, his mind racing, and happened to notice movement outside."There's an enemy!""Enemy?"Vivi snapped out of it. Since she had decided to join Luffy's pirate ship, the subordinates Igaramdeveloped in Whiskey Peak shouldn't be enemies."Two relatively strong people have defeated everyone on the island. I'm going to take a look." Luffy handed Vivi over to Nami and ran out."Wait, don't attack Igaram!" Vivi regained her composure and quickly shouted at Luffy.Unsure if he heard her, he left without turning back....At this moment, Whiskey Peak was devoid of any sign of life.A man with strange curly hair lay heavily injured on the ground, pale-faced as he angrily rebuked a man and a woman not far away.The man wore coffee-colored clothes, sunglasses, and had an afro. The woman was tall with short blonde hair, carrying a parasol with a yellow and blue striped pattern."Huhahaha, Mr. 8, I didn't expect you to be a spy in our organization.""It doesn't matter anymore. The President has ordered Whiskey Peak to be abandoned."The curly-haired man gritted his teeth. "You bastards."The afro-haired man pronounced the death sentence, dug out a booger, and flicked it out."Zoro, save him.""What a pain. Why did you follow me too?"Luffy and Zoro arrived one after the other. Zoro's hands were itching, and he had come after sensing movement. Detecting danger in the air, he subconsciously slashed forward.The result..."A... a booger?!"Zoro looked at the disgusting object that had been split in two by his blade, still slightly smoking on the ground. His entire face turned green, and his hand holding the sword even trembled slightly.He was the man who was going to become the worlds greatest swordsman. His blade was a tool for cutting steel and splitting mountains, and now it had cut a booger?!"I'm going to slaughter you, you bastard!"Gem picked his nose, looking disdainful: "Boogers are only interesting when they explode, idiot. It seems your swordsmanship isn't all that great if you can't even dodge a booger."Beside him, Miss Valentine Mikita held her parasol, letting out her signature 'hahaha' laugh. "So, Igaram, you actually found help?"Luffy roughly sorted out his thoughts.Actually, it wasn't that complicated.The Igaram Vivi mentioned was one of their own, so those fighting Igaram were the enemies.So Luffy discussed it with Zoro and began picking enemies."Which one do you want?""The booger guy. I'm going to slaughter him!" Zorosaid."Hey, do you even know who we are? We are the Officer Agents of Baroque Works!"Mikita stopped laughing and pointed the tip of her parasol at Luffy. "Besides, you dare to be so arrogant knowing we are Devil Fruit Users? Mr. 5's Bomb-Bomb Fruit and my Kilo-Kilo Fruit are not something minor characters like you can imagine!"Furthermore, Baroque Works was a massive organization. Besides the people in Whiskey Peak, there were thousands more.The forty or fifty people they led had already surrounded them.However, Luffy used his strength to show them that numerical superiority was like wet paper in the face of absolute power. Steam spread across his body, and like a gust of wind, the crowd in front of him was sent flying with their eyes rolling back.Using Gear Second to deal with them here was a bit of a dimensional strike.Chapter 71: The Woman Who Walked Out of the DarknessThe scene was suddenly chaotic: "Is that guy also an ability user?"Mikita still had the aura of an officer. "What are you afraid of? They only have one ability user and a dime-a-dozen swordsman. We have two here!"The group of lackeys cheered.Two ability users against one—the advantage is ours!These days, anyone who picks up a sword can call themselves a swordsman. On their side, there were at least dozens of swordsmen, plus those with guns.As a result, as soon as those subordinates called swordsmen rushed in front of Zoro, a flash of sword light passed, blood blossomed on all their chests, and they fell screaming.Luffy was quite confident in Zoro's strength. That was a swordsman who dared to challenge the worlds greatest swordsman. In other words, Zorowas fighting at the level of these people's boss, Crocodile.Now they were properly encountering pirates of the Grand Line, and an ability user at that.He pulled down his Straw Hat, hoping the opponent could give him some enjoyment."Hey, Luffy."Zoro, suppressing his disgust, interrupted Luffy. His three swords were already unsheathed, his eyes fierce. "Don't you go stealing my enemy while you're fighting."This sort of thing had happened too many times."Hahaha, if you have the guts, then come and try, Mr. Swordsman!" Gem nonchalantly flicked out another booger bomb.Zoro had learned his lesson this time, nimbly dodging to the side as the booger exploded into a small cloud of smoke behind him. His eyes sharpened, and he charged instantly.At the same time, Luffy faced off against Miss Valentine.Any ability user is troublesome; after all, they are said to have obtained the power of a devil. He threw a Gum-Gum Pistol, but the opponent easily dodged it.Mikita gave a light hop, her body instantly becoming as light as a feather as she floated into the air, easily dodging Luffy's straight punch."Hahaha, you missed! I am Miss Valentine, the one who can freely change her weight!"For some reason, hearing this made Luffy feel the opponent was mentally ill. He also reflected on himself—why did he always shout loudly during every battle, 'I am a Rubber Human who ate the Gum-Gum Fruit'?Wasn't that just telling the opponent all your weaknesses?Just like right now.This was also something Luffy learned from Zoro: be ruthless and talk less—just get it done. And he took the essence while discarding the dregs; he didn't learn Zoro's habit of reciting poetry."Ten Thousand Kilo Guillotine!"Mikita suddenly shouted, her body instantly becoming extremely heavy, falling from the sky like a meteorite towards Luffy.It was impressive, but still too slow.Just like a certain move, it looked good but was useless."Gum-Gum Jet Stamp!"Luffy flashed into the air and delivered a kick to Mikita, who was rising from below to prepare for her next attack.Bang!She was sent flying by the kick, seeing stars.That was it?Luffy thought that in the Grand Line, being a subordinate of a Seven Warlords of the Sea and a Devil Fruit User, with all those buffs stacked, she would be very strong. Instead, she was one-shotted in a single exchange.Wait, did she have no physical combat skills at all?Only knowing how to use Devil Fruit abilities?The problem was her Devil Fruit development wasn't great either, even though it sounded like a pretty powerful Devil Fruit.If he had known, he would have picked that booger guy.The booger guy wasn't having a good time either. Zoro's sword style was sharp and fierce, forcing Mr. 5 to constantly use explosions from various parts of his body to block and counter. The sound of explosions was constant."The time is now!"Zoro saw the split-second opening after Mr. 5 used an explosion. "Three-Sword Style: Tiger Hunt!"A powerful slash tore through the air. Although Mr. 5 timely covered his arms with explosions for defense, he was still sent flying violently, blood blossoming on his body as he fell and remained down.The battle ended incredibly quickly.Only then did Vivi arrive at the scene panting, seeing the two fallen Baroque Works Officer Agents and the heavily injured but still alive Igaram."Igaram!""Princess Vivi, I'm fine..."Nami, Sanji, and Usopp arrived closely behind.Sanji clearly didn't know what had happened yet, while Usopp looked at the battlefield and began to boast: "It seems the fame of the Great God Usopphasn't spread yet, and the enemies were solved by Luffy and Zoro? Truly lucky guys."Nami, however, keenly caught the title Igaram used for Vivi just now.Princess?That wasn't a title one could just throw around casually. She was suspicious of Vivi's identity and asked directly."Vivi, who exactly are you?"Vivi knew her identity could no longer be hidden, so she revealed her status and the crisis in Alabasta."That's how it is. I am the Princess of Alabasta, and Igaram is my Guard Captain."In recent years, revolutionary movements had appeared in Alabasta, and the people had started riots, leaving the country in chaos. After learning about the Baroque Works organization from Igaram, she went undercover as an agent to find the truth.Only recently did she discover that the secret leader of Baroque Works is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile, who is trying to overthrow the Alabasta Kingdom."Princess of a kingdom?"Nami's eyes instantly turned into Berries symbols, as if she saw countless treasures waving at her.To put it bluntly, that title represented money!But a second later, she suddenly remembered the public display of infidelity from earlier. Alarm bells rang in her heart, and a strange sense of crisis welled up.Vivi actually made a move on Luffy—in that sense of the word. Nami hesitated between money and Luffy again.Before, she definitely would have chosen money!Nami immediately grabbed Luffy, who was still out of the loop, and said:"Luffy! Did you hear that? Seven Warlords of the Sea! That's a great pirate recognized by the World Government, completely on a different level from Arlong in the East Blue.We've only just entered the Grand Line; there's no need to get involved in the disputes of such a country. It's too dangerous! And the reward... er, I mean the risk is too high!"She looked up only to find that no one was listening to her.Sanji went without saying.Usopp was bragging in front of the Merry as if he had defeated all these enemies, and Zoro looked unsatisfied. Hearing that they were going to fight a Seven Warlords of the Sea, he became completely excited.
