One Piece: The Half-Blood Ninja Who Hides on the Straw Hat Ship

Chapter 598 Angry but unable to refute

There's only one high-ranking officer at the underground toy factory, so handing him over to Franky and his team is no problem at all.

As for him...

If the opponent is a swordsman, he will kill them; otherwise, he will seek out a swordsman from the Don Quixote family, because that's what makes the fight interesting.

You wouldn't...

Usopp's expression changed. If Zoro left, he would lose his confidence.

Perona sighed; here he comes again.

"some."

Leo recalled the information he had received earlier and said, "The Donquixote Family has two swordsmen, both of whom are top executives."

"One of them is named Pica, who is a user of the Stone-Stone Fruit and also a powerful swordsman."

"The other one is Diamante, a user of the Flutter-Flutter Fruit, and also a powerful swordsman."

"Who's better?"

"If I had to say..." Leo hesitated for a moment, then said, "It should be Pica."

After all, that guy is a Stone-Stone Fruit user, who can assimilate with the entire island, so his strength should be above Diamante's.

"Then I'll take care of this guy," Zoro said without hesitation.

Since they want to defeat the entire Don Quixote family, they must defeat all of the Don Quixote family's executives.

So he had no problem dealing with one of them.

As for the other one?

He can go find Diamanti after he's dealt with that guy named Pica.

Zoro then turned and walked down the corridor, clearly intending to find his enemies.

"Hey, hey, hey, Zoro!"

Usopp grabbed Zoro's arm and said, "Are you planning to run off alone to find the enemy?"

"Are you kidding me?!"

Putting aside the fact that he needs the other party, let's just talk about the other party's ability to find their way.

If Zoro were left to walk on his own, he would definitely get lost!

"What do you mean?"

Zoro's forehead immediately creased with a tic-tac-toe sign. Did this guy think he was going to get lost?

"Don't you know your own situation?" Usopp retorted. "If you get lost, we'll have to come looking for you."

If Zoro were allowed to run off on his own, who knows where he'd end up?

If things go wrong, this guy might run into the most troublesome admiral in the navy.

Zoro:

Damn it, I'm so angry but I can't argue back!

Just then, Perona seemed to realize something and paused for a moment, then showed a somewhat helpless expression.

"What's wrong?" Mei asked, puzzled.

Why did Perona suddenly react like this?

"just....

Perona paused, glancing at Cyrus who was watching them, before saying, "Sunglasses Lando asked me to tell Zoro that there's a swordsman named Pica at the Dressrosa palace, and asked if Zoro is interested."

"If you're interested, go to the palace and find Pika; they're planning to go there too."

After saying that, Perona sighed helplessly.

Is there even a need to ask about this?

Once Zoro finds out, how could he possibly not go?

Sure enough, Zoro grinned and laughed after hearing Perona's words.

"Hahaha, of course I'm going!" Zoro grinned. "Now that we know the location, what's there to hesitate about?"

Haha, west Yan really understands him.

No wonder he's a good brother!

Zoro then turned and walked towards the exit, clearly intending to go to that palace to find someone.

"Hey, do you know where the palace is?" Usopp shouted quickly.

"I'm not stupid."

Zoro stopped and looked at Usopp with a speechless expression, saying, "The palace is at the highest point; I can see it."

The royal palace in Dressrosa is located at the highest point of the island. It's so obvious, how could he not find it?

"Hehe, that's hard to say."

Zoro:

What does "that" mean? That's hard to say.

Also, why did it come out of your mouth, you little guy?

Zoro glanced at Vika, who was looking at him with a mocking gaze, and said unhappily, "What do you mean?"

"Of course, it means you're terrible with directions!" Vika said irritably. "Don't you know how many wrong turns you've taken along the way?"

Even with someone directing him, this guy still managed to go the wrong way so many times, it's really outrageous.

"I think she's right." Usopp nodded in agreement and said, "Zoro, you should take someone with you."

"I think Perona is pretty good."

Although the palace is at the highest point and within sight, the problem is... Zoro has to run there bit by bit from below!

In this situation, is it really possible for him to get out of town?

That's an unknown.

"I really can't go with him this time," Perona said. "I need to stay here and deal with Sugar."

west Yan had clearly told her how troublesome Sugar's abilities were, so she had to stay this time to prevent that guy from turning her companions into toys.

"It's fine, I can go by myself," Zoro said.

"No!" N

Zoro:

So how bad at directions do they really think I am?

"I'll go with you," Mary said.

Franky and the others are enough to deal with that guy named Trebol; I'll go with Zoro to deal with the other officers.

This will also help reduce some of the pressure on the factory.

Zoro glanced at Merry, then at the few companions who were holding back.

After thinking for a moment, he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go then."

"Bring one of my little ghosts," Perona said.

As she spoke, she summoned one of her little ghosts and then planned to let the little guy perch on Zoro's shoulder.

Zoro raised an eyebrow instinctively upon seeing this, feeling a slight resistance to the negative ghost touching him, but considering that Perona probably wouldn't tease him at this time, he didn't do anything more.

After seeing Zoro's expression, Perona clearly figured out what he was thinking, so she rolled her eyes at him.

Even if she were being unreasonable, she wouldn't tease Zoro at a time like this.

There are some things you can do when you have free time, but you absolutely can't do them at times like this.

"Let's go," Perona said. "Let's go find Luffy and the others first."

Upon hearing this, Melie nodded, then used her wind power to lift Zoro up and rush out along the tunnel.

"Um?

"Why go find Luffy and the others?" Zoro asked, puzzled.

"Because we don't know what's going on at the palace," Perona explained, "it's best to rejoin Luffy and the others."

"Don't worry, I know where they are."

Going directly to the royal palace in Dressrosa will indeed lead you to that guy named Pica, but the problem is... there should be more than one high-ranking officer there!

Therefore, for Zoro's safety, it would be better for him to reunite with Luffy and the others.

"There's no need for that," Zoro said. "I could kill them all by myself."

"What if there's a naval admiral there?"

Zoro: ? ? ?

Zoro looked at the little ghost on his shoulder with a face full of questions. What did he mean by "there is a Marine Admiral there"?

Isn't that Doflamingo's stronghold?

Why would a naval admiral be there?

"Sister Perona, do you think the Marine Admiral and Doflamingo will team up?" Merry asked.

As she spoke, she adjusted the direction of her power to make Zoro more comfortable.

"It's not just a feeling, it's a fact!" Perona said. "Judging from the past, the Marine Admiral is on the same side as that bastard Doflamingo."

After saying that, Perona paused for a moment, then continued, "So there's a chance that guy might appear in the palace."

If that guy is really in the palace, sending Zoro there would be tantamount to suicide.

Therefore, we must reunite with west Yan.

This time, Zoro didn't say anything, but he subconsciously frowned.

If what Perona said is true, then he really can't take Merry and charge straight there, because that would be too dangerous.

He is confident, but that doesn't mean he's a fool.

After a moment of silence, Zoro said in a deep voice, "Then let's go to the arena and find those two first."

"profound!"

Meanwhile, on the other side...

After confirming the situation of his companions, west Yan led Luffy to a corner suitable for using Earth Release techniques.

Surprisingly, they ran into Bellamy and Bartolomeo there.

"Um?

Looking at Bartolomeo carrying Bellamy, west Yan asked in confusion, "What are you doing here?"

"Where's Sabo?"

Shouldn't Bartolomeo be by Sabo's side at a time like this?

How did I end up here?

They were also with Bellamy, who looked like she was about to be beaten to death...

"Sunglasses-senpai, Luffy-senpai!"

"Senior Sabo has gone ahead to wait, and since I discovered this fellow, I plan to take him for treatment first." Bartolomeo pointed at Bellamy, indicating to the two seniors to check on the fellow's condition.

"Bellamy, your injuries look worse?" Luffy asked, puzzled. "Did something happen?"

"No Lan Yao."

Bellamy started talking, clearly not intending to recount what had just happened.

Asking him to assassinate Straw Hat Lancelot... he simply can't bring himself to do it now.

Seeing that Bellamy didn't intend to tell him, Luffy didn't press the matter.

"Luffy-senpai, Sunglasses-senpai, weren't you supposed to be leaving to run some errands? Why are you still here?" Bartolomeo asked.

So much time has passed, are the two scholars still here?

"Ah, it took me some time to learn how to use an electric kettle," west Yan said.

"Understood."

Bartolomeo figured the other party must have contacted the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates, otherwise it wouldn't have taken so long.

"You want to leave here?" Bellamy asked, looking up.

"Yes."

"Unfortunately, this arena has no entrance," Bellamy said, shaking his head. "Once the competitors enter, they can forget about ever going back."

"He's right," west Yan said. "There really is no opening here, at least I haven't found any obvious one."

As for whether there might be hidden secrets on a certain wall, he didn't know, because he hadn't searched the walls carefully.

"?"

"What about Lan Yao?" Luffy asked疑惑地, "Does Lan Yao not have a mouth?"

Wouldn't that make the contestants a laughing stock?

"I don't know," west Yan said, shaking his head.

Perhaps from the very beginning, that guy Doflamingo never intended to let go of the contestants who came to participate in the competition.

Then, as if thinking of Lan Yao, west Yan thought to himself: Under normal circumstances, Doflamingo detaining those contestants would cause a riot, after all, there are many people like Lan Yao who came here to participate in the competition.

But so many years have passed, and no one has come to cause trouble...

So there's only one truth: those contestants may have been turned into toys by that little girl named Sugar!

In this way, those people's existence will completely disappear from people's memories, which is why no one has ever caused trouble.

Ha, how vicious!

"Hey, Bellamy, aren't you one of Doflamingo's men?" Luffy said. "You must know some inside information, right?"

Upon hearing this, west Yan also turned his gaze to Bellamy. If this student could lead them to the pot with the mouth, he wouldn't need to use Earth Release: Earth Release, since there was a chance that he would be detected by nearby experts with Observation Haki.

"Subordinates...

Bellamy gritted his teeth. If only he could really become Doflamingo's subordinate!

Unfortunately... the other party had no intention of making him their subordinate at all.

Not only did they not think of it, they even sent Deringer to attack him... If Bartolomeo hadn't happened to be nearby, he might have been kicked to death by Deringer.

Thinking about this, Bellamy felt incredibly heartbroken.

"Please," Luffy said, clasping his hands together. "If you know where the pot is at the exit, please tell us."

Looking at Luffy's pleading, Bellamy hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "I want to go now. If you follow my pot, maybe you two can go too."

"Yeah?!"

Luffy exclaimed with delight, "Would you like to take us with you? Thank you so much!"

"You chose to come with me!" Bellamy argued. "You were just lucky."

"Don't make me betray my boss."

"I would never betray Doflamingo!"

"I still respect men!"

"Cough cough..."

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

Seeing Bellamy cough up blood again due to his emotional outburst, Bartolomeo frowned and said, "You just..."

"Shut up!"

Bellamy exclaimed, "I have principles too!"

Although Doflamingo did send Dellinger to kill him, he wasn't one to back down, so even so, he wouldn't betray Doflamingo!