Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

"You've gone to the wrong place. How did you end up on the girls' side?"

Luffy scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

If this gets discovered, he wouldn't be able to take a punch from each of them.

I quickly tried to dive back into the water to find my way, but then I heard a sound I didn't want to hear.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

Luffy froze.

Across the mist, a tall, slender figure stood up from the poolside, her long, light blue hair hanging wetly over her shoulders, the signature curled ends swaying gently in the mist.

Vivi.

Their eyes met through the mist.

Time seemed to stand still for a second.

Then they stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Luffy was still half-submerged in the water, while Vivi was wrapped in a white bathrobe and holding a towel, clearly having just finished soaking and preparing to leave.

Would you believe me if I said it was an accident?

Luffy began to speak in a very serious tone.

How could anyone possibly keep their Observation Haki active without turning it off?

Vivi couldn't help but roll her eyes. The movement looked very practiced, obviously learned from Na Mei.

"So what if you don't believe me? You're already here, it's not like you haven't seen it before."

She gave a soft hum.

Fortunately, she was already preparing to leave. Vivi tugged at the collar of her bathrobe. "So why are you here?"

"Sorry sorry."

Luffy scratched his head as he emerged from the water, his soaking wet clothes clinging to his body. "I found an amazing place down there, but I took the wrong turn on my way back."

"Next?" Vivi raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, it's the source of the hot springs, at the bottom of the volcano. There's a really big cave there, a lava lake, and glowing rocks. Do you want to go take a look?"

“I’m not like you, I’m not afraid of getting burned.” Weiwei shook her head.

The high temperature will burn her skin.

He was about to leave, but Vivi stopped him.

"what happened?"

"It's about some intelligence matters. Since we've run into each other, let's not leave yet."

Vivi recalled the time in Alabasta before she became Luffy's crewmate, when she was beaten so badly her butt was numb. Compared to that time, this situation was negligible.

Moreover, she and Luffy haven't spent much time alone together.

They started talking about the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Her connection with Luffy can be said to have started with the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

The Shichibukai system was deeply hated by Alabasta, and Crocodile had inflicted considerable suffering on the island.

Cobra originally intended to use this World Conference to propose abolishing the Seven Warlords system, but the system was abolished before the conference even started.

However, as the king of a member state, Vivi's father still attended.

Vivi said, "I'm a little worried."

Luffy asked, "Is it because of Sabo and the others?"

Saab and his team had previously said they were going to pull off a big heist during the World Conference.

Vivi hesitated for a moment before saying, "That's part of the reason, but not much."

Sabo is Luffy's brother, and the Revolutionary Army isn't as evil as the World Government portrays them to be—at least, that's not what Vivi encountered in Dressrosa.

When you put the revolutionary army and the navy together, it feels like the former really cares about ordinary people.

Weiwei remained silent for a moment, her gaze falling on the rising steam from the hot spring water.

“Before my father left, he told me some things that he had never mentioned before, about our Nefertari family.”

Vivi hadn't found an opportunity to tell Luffy about this until now, so she decided to take this chance and tell him everything.

"Eight hundred years ago, among the twenty kings who founded the World Government was our family's ancestor, but he refused to move to Mary Geoise to become a Celestial Dragon and chose to stay in Alabasta..."

Luffy wasn't that surprised.

I learned some things about Vivi's family from Nika.

Therefore, in a sense, Vivi's family can also be considered Celestial Dragons.

“My father said that the Five Elders seem to know about this, which is why the World Government has been paying special attention to our family. I’m a little worried.”

Vivi's fingers unconsciously twisted the sash of her bathrobe. She had gone through so many adventures with Luffy and learned a lot about the secrets of the World Government.

Vivi was very worried about her father going to a place with monsters like the Five Elders.

"Don't worry, if anything happens to you, Uncle, I'll take you straight to Mary Geoise."

Luffy clenched his fist and said, "If those monsters want to mess with me, they'd better prepare to receive my punches."

To attack Mary Geoise?

Vivi couldn't help but smile.

Who in their right mind would dare to say something like that?

Mary Geoise is the land of the gods, the place where the Celestial Dragons live. Not to mention ordinary people, even pirates and the Navy keep their distance from it.

For Luffy, it seems like there's nothing in the world that can't be solved with a single punch.

If so, then two punches!

"There's one more thing, which concerns the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

Vivi's worries were somewhat alleviated. Speaking of a certain Shichibukai, the World Government recently officially announced the abolition of the Shichibukai system, and all Shichibukai have returned to being wanted criminals.

One of them has a very close relationship with Luffy.

Vivi said, "The Navy has also sent a fleet to Amazon Lily, and I heard they even sent several Seraphim."

Seraph?

Luffy couldn't help but recall some scenes from his time fighting those guys in the Sabaody Archipelago, including a miniature version of Hancock.

Those guys have pretty strange abilities; some have an immortality similar to the Five Elders.

Even Hancock would find it quite troublesome to handle.

"Are they alright?" Luffy asked.

“In the end, Rayleigh made his move,” Vivi said. “The Kuja Pirates have now resumed their pirate status, and I heard they’re planning to come to the New World.”

After saying that, he couldn't help but look at Luffy.

The purpose of that empress coming to the New World is obvious.

"Did you come to see me?"

Luffy smiled and said, "It has indeed been a while since I've seen Hancock and the others."

Weiwei pouted; she didn't want to see him.

However, if Hancock comes, the crew might temporarily form an alliance.

After all, we're all partners!

Chapter 524 Take a deep breath; dizziness is normal.

Besides Hancock, there are a few other things involving acquaintances.

Vivi said, "Not long ago, an organization called the Cross Guild was established. It was formed by Buggy, Hawkeye Mihawk, and Crocodile, three former Shichibukai. Now it has become one of the most popular forces in the New World."

"Bucky?"

Luffy's focus definitely shifted, "That Buggy?"

"it's him."

Vivi nodded. "The Cross Society is now offering bounties to the Navy, and I've heard that some naval officers have already been hunted down."

She couldn't help but sigh.

This is a groundbreaking event for the entire world.

Everyone is used to the Navy offering bounties on pirates.

Now pirates are actually offering bounties on the Navy! Isn't this a reversal of the established order?

"That idiot has actually become this powerful?"

Luffy burst into laughter.

Despite being an apprentice at the same time as Shanks, he only gained some fame after Shanks became one of the Four Emperors.

However, he was skeptical when he heard that Bucky was the leader of the Crusaders. Hawkeye and Crocodile were both ruthless, and he wondered if Bucky, with his small frame, could suppress them.

There's not much to say about the Cross Society; Vivi is more concerned about another pirate crew. "In contrast, the Blackbeard Pirates have been completely silent since Whole Cake Island, and even the traces of their expansion have disappeared."

This still makes people a little uneasy.

After all, the Straw Hat Pirates and the Blackbeard Pirates have already clashed several times, and it's a fight to the death.

I'm not afraid of a direct confrontation with the Blackbeard Pirates, but I'm afraid they'll use some underhanded tactics.

Blackbeard seems to be the most pirate-like pirate they've ever encountered; he's willing to do anything to achieve his ultimate goal.

Luffy sneered, "He's siding with the World Government and gained the power of immortality. Blackbeard must be plotting something now. I won't let him get away so easily next time we meet."