One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 28 Are you the only one who came to take my head?
half a month later.

Alabasta, South Palace.

This is a relatively secluded spot within the royal palace, and no one lives here normally.

However, in the past two weeks, this place has been heavily guarded, with a considerable number of guards protecting it.

"Da!" "Da!" "Da!"

Just then, the sound of crisp footsteps came.

Upon hearing this, the guards' expressions turned solemn, and they looked at the person who had arrived not far away.

"Your Highness Vivi!?"

Upon seeing the princess with blue hair and a beautiful face, they naturally bowed in unison.

“As my father commanded, I have come to see that gentleman to thank Katariya for the rain.”

Vivi said succinctly.

"Please move aside."

Upon hearing this, the guards hesitated.

But they didn't hesitate for long before doing as they were told to move aside.

In fact, when they first started guarding the 'sir' in the South Hall, they were quite vigilant—especially the guards who had previously participated in the conversation in the reception room, who were all well aware of the guest's identity and his formidable strength.

But as time went by, that vigilance gradually faded.

After all, so far, that guest has used his magical abilities to bring rain to the three cities of 'Yobba', 'Katleya', and 'Eruma', stabilizing the domestic situation in Alabasta.

King Cobra has already held a one-on-one meeting with the other party.

In addition, His Majesty the King has been extremely busy recently, pacifying the people all over the country, and Princess Vivi is the highest-ranking person in the entire palace.

Therefore, they naturally dared not disobey orders.

After the guards made way, Vivi naturally entered the South Hall.

From a distance, he saw a deck chair.

Sunlight streamed down from the translucent dome, falling perfectly onto the deck chair, where Chenlong, wearing a mask, sat.

He was holding a glass of cola, with the straw sticking out through the gap under his mask.

"Oh? It's Princess Vivi—coming to disturb people's sunbathing again?"

Upon seeing Weiwei arrive, Chenlong turned around and greeted her, but Weiwei could clearly see him quickly shield the cup behind his back.

'Who would steal something like that?'

Weiwei thought to herself, "This is what I'm thinking."

But after a month, she had become quite familiar with Chenlong.

I also learned that this guy, who called himself a "Twelve Constellations" high-ranking official and was extremely powerful, had a very peculiar personality in some areas.

So at this moment, she simply performed a standard royal greeting: "Your Excellency Chenlong, good day."

"I have been sent by my father to thank you for the recent rainfall in Kathraliss."

She gave what seemed to be a fairly reasonable reason.

But
"Ah, about that reason—I'm sorry to tell Your Highness, you've already been exposed."

At this moment, Chenlong spoke quite bluntly.

After confirming that Vivi didn't seem to intend to take the drink, he drank his cola again: "Not long ago, your guard captain, Lord Icarum, came to see me, and I learned from him that King Cobra never gave you any such orders."

At this point, his voice, hidden behind the mask, seemed to turn sarcastic.

"Moreover, based on my guess, those guys who are plotting against your country are about to make their move against me—so I advise Your Highness that you should not come here unless necessary."

Upon hearing this, Weiwei's expression changed.

"Icarim."

She gritted her teeth, somewhat annoyed by her captain of the guard's big mouth.

But then, she stubbornly looked at Chenlong: "This won't do. You have to tell me who the mastermind is? Why won't Father tell me no matter what?"

"I am the princess of Alabasta, and I also have a responsibility to the people!"

That's right.

This is why she has been coming here frequently lately, even if it means making up excuses and lying.

Not long ago, her father met with Chenlong—but this time, he did not take her with him.

But according to Ikaram, she is certain that Chenlong revealed the mastermind behind the Alabasta drought during that meeting.

But when she asked King Cobra, her father simply shook his head and refused to give her an answer.

"That's not something you need to know, Vivi."

His Majesty the King simply replied.

But Vivi couldn't accept it—she believed that as a princess, she should of course know who the villain was who was trying to destroy the country.

"That guy has to pay for what he did to Alabasta!" Vivi said angrily.

Chenlong remained noncommittal in response to Weiwei's attitude.

"Your Highness, if I may be so bold as to ask a question."

He said softly, "Have you ever left Alabasta?"

"I"

Vivi was puzzled when she heard this question.

But she still managed to say, "Of course, I..."

As Alabasta's only princess, she indeed almost never left Alabasta.

The only exception was three years ago.

"I attended the last 'World Conference' with my father."

She gritted her teeth and recalled the world conference three years ago.

Her father rebuked King 'Wapol' of the Drum Kingdom at the meeting, and the latter retaliated against her afterward.

Although she calmly chose to compromise and apologized in silence, she still cried bitterly in her father's arms afterwards.

Those weren't good memories.

So, Chenlong shrugged and said, "That's the reason, Your Highness."

“You haven’t really seen this ‘world’ yet, and your father obviously thinks so too.”

He smiled and said, "So, please go back."

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Weiwei bit her lower lip and looked at Chenlong. After a long while, she finally let out a hum.

She stood up, turned around, and left.

However, after walking halfway, she turned back and, amidst Chenlong's exclamation of "Ah!", picked up the Coke bottle he had placed in the ice beside him and gulped down the rest of the Coke.

Then, she glanced triumphantly at Chenlong and strode away from the South Palace.

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Looking at the empty Coke bottle, Roy, behind the mask, naturally felt like crying.

To be honest, he's no wonder he almost became a member of Wang Lu's spaceship; his unique way of doing things and his thought process are already showing signs of being different.

However, it was precisely when he was about to ask the guards outside the palace for another bottle of Coke that he did so.

"Your Highness, why are you back again?"

The voices of the guards could be heard outside the hall.

"I forgot to tell the gentleman inside something earlier, it's a very important secret, you should all leave now."

"Huh? But Commander Icarum said..."

"Hmm? Are you disobeying the orders of your princess?"

"Of course not, not at all—we'll leave now."

As the words outside the door faded away.

Chenlong saw that, as expected, Weiwei walked into the South Palace again.

Upon seeing Roy, she smiled warmly and said, "Your Excellency, I have something to tell you."

She quickly walked to Chenlong's side.

"What a coincidence, I also have something to ask you."

Chenlong remained reclining in the deck chair, smiling as he asked, "Are you the only one here?"

As a result, Weiwei's expression visibly turned somewhat surprised.

But she quickly recovered and said with a smile, "What do you mean, just me? I came here alone just now, didn't I?"

"That was not what I meant."

But Chenlong continued to speak with a smile.

"I mean—are you the only one coming to take my head?"

"Shh!"

The moment Chenlong uttered those words, Weiwei's smiling face instantly turned cold.

Almost instantly, her legs shot out like long whips towards Chenlong.

At that moment, her face also changed instantly—from Weiwei's beautiful face to a man with heavy makeup and bangs.

The second half of Chenlong's sentence, which he uttered at that moment, revealed his identity.

"Baroque Studio, MR.2".

(End of this chapter)