One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 188 The Bear's Visit!

Loy never learned of Lox's demands.

because
"Lingling didn't drink any alcohol!"

The memory film had already faded away, and Lingling looked at the Star Lord with a serious expression: "Because at that time, Lingling had already decided to establish her own country!"

And the Star Lord naturally understood what Lingling meant.

Because he also saw the later parts of the memory.

With Adam the Tree as witness, Lox's final invitation went unanswered.

"Huh? I'm no longer a member of the Rocks Pirates!"

"Ditch everything to make a scene with you? I'm not going to do that!"

This is Lingling's answer.

Kaido's reply was similar: "Urourouroro!"

“Lox, just like Lingling, I repaid you for the kindness you showed me back in God Valley!”

He grinned at Lox: "I don't know what you mean by 'going to one's death,' but if we ever meet again, we'll be enemies!"

Having said those words...

One of them rode on a thundercloud, while the other transformed into a blue dragon, and soared away.

Yes.

This is the natural choice.

The Rocks Pirates were never a true 'group' – they were only brought together by their individual ambitions and Rocks's spirit.

After God Valley, the Rocks Pirates disbanded.

Both Kaido and Linlin had already established their own pirate crews and were beginning to try to fulfill their 'ambitions'.

They might choose to attend this final cocktail party because of their past experiences.

But they would not accept the idea of ​​abandoning everything again and joining Rocks in fighting against the 'world'.

According to Lingling's memories, the Star Lord also knows this.

That was the last time she truly met with Rocks.

Since then, whether she went to her death or made a scene—at least Lingling didn't receive any related information.

Of course.

Neither she nor Kaido broke their promises—they never told anyone about that last party, not even their subordinates or children.

"However, regarding that..."

But at this moment, the Star Lord saw Lingling put her finger to her chin and say thoughtfully, "Maybe Newgate knows something."

She recalled.

"White beard?"

"Hmm—although he didn't drink any alcohol either, Lingling thinks he's more likely to agree to Rocks' request than Kaido's underlings."

"After all, he and Lox were the closest among us."

Lingling spoke earnestly.

"."

Although the word "best" might seem a bit odd when applied to Whitebeard and Rocks, the Star Lord understood what Linlin meant.

Compared to Kaido and the past Big Mom, Whitebeard was indeed the one who valued loyalty more, and he had the best relationship with Rocks.

In fact, during the God Valley battle in the original manga, Whitebeard was the first to help Rocks—and even after Rocks was controlled by Blackbeard, Whitebeard continued to try to save him.

Of course, Whitebeard obviously didn't abandon everything, otherwise there wouldn't be the Whitebeard Pirates.

However, the Star Lord agreed with Lingling's words—if there is any further development regarding this matter, then the only one who might know the details is Whitebeard.

"No, there's one more."

But then the Star Lord discovered another blind spot: "The person who helped Lox enter Elbaf."

That is, the 'organizer' of the last cocktail party.

"Judging from what Rocks said, that person couldn't be Harald, but the fact that Rocks and three great pirates could freely enter and leave Elbaf without being discovered by Harald means that the person must have a high status in Elbaf."

These clues were enough for the Star Lord to roughly guess some things.

However, while he was pondering this...
"Star Lord! Star Lord!"

At that moment, Lingling secretly took a small cake from the mountain of cakes next to her and stuffed it into her mouth, while excitedly looking at the Star Lord: "Can I go out to play?"

The child asked the question as it was in his nature.

Star Lord: "."

Should we let Lingling go out and play here?
I'm afraid tomorrow we'll see big news like 'BIGMOM raids Marineford' and 'The legendary Black Xie of the new era of the Navy is actually a star lord'.

A few days later.

Above the new world, Dream Island.

"Therefore, the leader has decided to entrust the task of taking care of the children to me."

Wei Yang shrugged, then sincerely patted Ke Li's petite shoulder in front of him: "After careful consideration, I have decided to entrust this task to you—Miss Fairy."

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Beneath the fairy veil, Keli, who had witnessed the layers of outsourcing firsthand, was somewhat speechless.

"First of all, Lord Weiyang—what do you mean by 'in summary'? You didn't tell me anything at all."

"Secondly, didn't I already say not to call me Miss Fairy? That kind of address is really..."

She still blushes a little when she talks about it.

"Oh dear, you're blushing."

Wei Yang waved his hand insincerely: "Ah, sorry, sorry, but I personally feel that the title 'Wei Yueyan' is too formal, and you may not like it."

"Please be sure to call me that!" Ke Li said irritably.

However, despite saying that, she didn't have any objections to the tasks assigned to her by Wei Yang.

Rather
"Can even the souls of the dead find happiness?"

As she murmured to herself, Ke Li looked into the distance, her expression still filled with disbelief.

There, a group of toddlers were playing happily.

"Hey! Lingling, I'm over here!"

The children all have unique appearances—not only because they are all translucent, but also because they include various races such as the Long-Armed Tribe, the Long-Legged Tribe, and the Fish-Men.

Clearly, they were all children of the House of Lambs.

At this moment, they were riding on cotton candy-like clouds, flying through the air, chasing after the colorful butterflies in front of them.

Behind them, the enormous Lingling was in hot pursuit.

"Hey!"

With a powerful leap, she caught the seven-colored butterfly in front of her.

The next moment, the colorful butterfly of light transformed into a giant strawberry cake.

"Caught!"

"This time it's a 'multi-tiered strawberry cake butterfly'!"

"Long live! Long live!"

The children's cheers echoed throughout Neverland, and the surrounding dream creatures looked over when they heard the noise, before going about their own business.

High above, the 'Tree of Dreams' sprinkled blue light spots, and then the colorful light butterflies flew out again.

Even to Keli, who had experienced many things, it was a scene like a dream—although she knew that the tallest girl among them was the legendary 'BIGMOM', she still found it hard to believe.

"As I've said before, the leader is very strong."

Meanwhile, Wei Yang was lying with a straight face.

"And to be precise, they are not completely dead, which is why they can look like this—it is very difficult to bring back souls that have truly gone to the underworld."

Even so, it's already quite remarkable.

"Ke Li said softly."

"By the way, speaking of which—what's that Miss Baby 5 like?"

At that moment, Wei Yang seemed to remember something and casually asked a question.

"She's doing well in the jade greenhouse, and her emotions have stabilized."

"Are you still thinking about running away?"

"Hmm, but I don't think she really wants to run away. She just wants to play with the magical beasts guarding her—she seems bored. Do you want to see her?"

"That's acceptable... um?"

Wei Yang paused halfway through his sentence.

His gaze suddenly shifted, looking in a certain direction to his side.

"?"

Ke Li was naturally taken aback, but then...
"Woo!"

"Roar!"

She then heard the roars of the magical beasts.

She instinctively turned her head and saw a man.

He was so tall and muscular that he didn't look like a normal person, with a distinctive white spotted bear-ear hat and a Bible in his hands.

He looked at the children laughing and playing not far away and clapped his hands gently.

Subsequently
"Buzz!"

The 'sounds' of the surrounding mythical beasts roaring were then amplified.

The children, oblivious to the danger, continued happily chasing the butterflies.

Only then did the man turn to look at Wei Yang and Ke Li.

"Sorry—I just wanted to keep the children from being disturbed."

He spoke in a gentle voice.

As he spoke, he put down the Bible and raised his hands, revealing the fleshy balls in his palms.

"It is very impolite of you to come here so abruptly, but please believe that I have no ill intentions."

"Of course, if you two don't believe me, you can use sea stone handcuffs to lock me up—I am an ability user."

At that moment, Ke Li subconsciously tensed her body.

But the next moment, she felt Wei Yang gently pat her shoulder: "Relax, Miss Fairy."

Wei Yang slowly stood up.

And so, the entire Dream Island seemed to come alive.

"Buzz!"

A rainbow of light swirled around him as he smiled at the visitor before him.

"Locking someone up is not a proper way to treat a guest."

"Then please get straight to the point—Lord Bartholomew Xiong, what brings you here?"

He whispered the other person's identity.

"I have a request I would like to ask of you."

"In addition, someone asked me to deliver a message—he said he wanted to see you."

(End of this chapter)