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

Chapter 608 A Strange Persistence

Then, as if remembering something, Violet closed her eyes in pain and said, "Brother-in-law must have suffered a lot back then."

Seeing his wife's corpse, he could do nothing, and even... his tears were borrowed from heaven.

Thinking of this, tears welled up in Violet's eyes.

"It's naturally painful to be unable to take revenge," Perona said with a complex expression.

At that moment, she thought of Lord Moria.

Although Lord Moria didn't explicitly express anything to her, she would reveal some things after drinking too much.

She would never forget the anger the other person showed when they mentioned Kaido.

Therefore, she knew very well how much Cyrus was suffering.

Violet sighed silently upon hearing this.

However, she knew this wasn't the time to continue discussing these matters, so she said, "Let's talk about these things later. I'll take you to the palace first."

As she spoke, Violet wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, then walked away without saying a word.

The group exchanged puzzled glances, then Perona asked, "Aren't we going to the palace? Where are you taking us?"

Xi Yan, as if he had just thought of something, suddenly brightened up and said, "Could there be a hidden door?"

Even Doflamingo created quite a few hidden doors, so it's reasonable for the former royal family to create them as well.

"That's right, our Riku clan also created secret doors," Violet said without turning her head, "precisely to deal with unexpected situations."

At this moment, Violet was also marveling at the wisdom of her ancestors.

If the other party hadn't been smart enough, she wouldn't have been able to bring the Straw Hat Boys into the palace.

Violet then went to a wall and pressed down on a protrusion on it.

"Click~"

"Buzz buzz buzz~"

The next moment, the wall next to them suddenly caved in, revealing the entrance below.

"You can reach the palace entrance directly from here without taking the elevator," Violet said. "Follow me."

After saying that, Violet strode inside.

Seeing this, the others quickly followed and then saw the situation inside.

This is a huge spiral staircase that connects directly to the top!

"It is indeed possible to reach the top." west Yan said, glancing at the high place with his Sharingan activated.

As he spoke, he pushed up his sunglasses.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly.

Violet smiled upon hearing this, and then explained, "This is an emergency passage passed down from the Riku royal family, a place even Doflamingo doesn't know about."

Fortunately, Doflamingo didn't know, otherwise it would have been truly the end.

"What is this huge basin?" Perona asked curiously.

As she spoke, she glanced at the chain attached to it, wondering if it was used to transport things.

"That's for transporting things," Violet said, pointing to the pulleys. "You can use the pulleys to move things up."

"It just requires someone to pull the chains."

"But that requires a lot of strength, which most people can't do, so let's take the stairs, we can reach the top just the same way."

As she spoke, Violet pointed to the spiral staircase to the side and then continued, "Through here, you can directly reach the outer tower at the entrance of the palace."

"Let's go."

"No need for that trouble."

After observing carefully for a while, Zoro walked to the boulder next to him and said, "We can use this to get up."

,"ah?"

Violet paused for a moment, "Use this?"

Are these guys incredibly strong?

Zoro ignored Violet's reaction and instead looked at Luffy, saying, "Luffy, take this rock to the top, grab the chain, and jump down. That way, we can get up there."

"Okay, I understand."

Luffy nodded without hesitation, indicating that he had no problem handling the matter.

"That's too much," Violet stopped them. "It's a huge rock, after all."

"This is nothing."

"We're going to take down Doflamingo. If we don't even have this much ability, we don't need to go to the palace," west Yan said.

It's just a giant rock; lifting it is as easy for Luffy as eating.

Ah, no, lifting this thing is much easier than eating, after all, Luffy takes a long time to eat.

Violet opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Without a word, Luffy grabbed a boulder nearby and then used his other hand to grab a chain high up.

"I'm off!" Luffy shouted.

After saying that, he quickly ran up the wall to a higher place.

"?"

Violet stared in astonishment at Luffy running high above her. "Is that even possible?"

No, just how terrifying is this man's strength?

"Hurry up, Luffy!" Zoro shouted.

"what!"

"Come up here too." Xi Yan, now atop the giant basin, glanced at Violet, who wore a surprised expression, and said, "Let's get up here quickly."

"Uh-huh."

Although somewhat surprised by their actions, Violet knew that now was not the time to think about such things, so she quickly sat down on the giant basin, intending to go to the palace with them.

"Let's go!"

"profound!"

"Klara".

Holding the Den Den Mushi, Sabo said with tears in his eyes, "Do you know who I saw?"

"It's Luffy, isn't it?" Klara laughed.

She had seen Luffy through the live stream long before Sabo made that call, so it was definitely Luffy that Sabo saw.

"Yes, that's the kid," Sabo said. "It's amazing he's still alive!"

At this point, Sabo couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears.

Clara, however, did not show any mockery. Instead, she looked at the Den Den Mushi in front of her with a gentle gaze.

As a woman who grew up with Sabo, she could understand Sabo's feelings.

Sabo, this man, only reacts this way in front of Clara, which can be considered a tacit understanding between the two.

After crying for a while, Sabo wiped his eyes and his expression gradually became serious.

"Kala, I need to stay in the arena to help Luffy win this match, so I'll leave the rest of the work to you."

Sabo said.

"I would have done this even if you hadn't told me," Clara laughed. "After all, this isn't the first time you've done something reckless."

As she said this, a hint of helplessness appeared in Clara's eyes.

What else could she do but spoil her?

"It's so good to have you here."

"It's good that you know."

Koala smiled, then said seriously, "Since you've already promised Luffy you'd help him get the Diamond Fruit, then prepare well for the match. I'll come to meet you later."

As for what's going on outside?

She and her partners can handle it; Sabo doesn't need to worry about it at all.

"it is good."

"Kaga".

After hanging up the Den Den Mushi, Sabo turned his head seriously and walked towards the exit.

"Just you wait," Sabo said. "I'll get my hands on the Diamond-Diamond Fruit!!"

After saying that, Sabo walked out without a word, went into the corridor, and found Bartolomeo waiting for him.

"let's go."

"Yes, Senior Sabo!"

"Now you should call me Senior Lucius," Sabo corrected.

If this idiot exposes his identity, it could disqualify him from the competition, which is something he doesn't want to see.

"Yes, senior!!"

"Senior..."

""

Sabo glanced at Bartolomeo in surprise. What a strange name.

"Lucy's name belongs to Luffy-senpai, so I can't call him that," Bartolomeo said seriously.

Sabo:

That's quite a strange kind of persistence.

After shaking his head, Sabo said, "Whatever."

"Let's go, it's time to go to the competition."

"Yes, senior!"

After replying, Bartolomeo happily followed Sabo deeper into the corridor.

From there, they can reach the entrance to the competition.

Just then, they saw Rebecca ahead, who was also waiting for the match to start.

Sabo paused for a moment upon seeing this, then walked up to Rebecca without saying a word.

"road..

""

Seeing this, Rebecca instinctively wanted to call out Lucy's name, but she realized something was wrong as soon as she uttered the first word.

Why has her feeling about the other person changed?

Is this... really Lucy?

Taking advantage of the other person's momentary daze, Sabo patted him on the shoulder and said, "I think I already know about your background."

"My background?"

"Um.

""

Sabo nodded, then continued, "It might cause some commotion later, but it might not be a bad thing for you."

"What do you mean?"

Rebecca looked at Sabo with some confusion, not understanding what he meant at all.

But Sabo didn't continue explaining anything to Rebecca, since some things weren't appropriate to discuss now.

"Alright, let's go to the competition."

After saying that, Sabo didn't look at Rebecca again, but walked silently toward the entrance of the competition.

At this moment, the host announced the start of the competition.

"The special arena is ready; the final match is about to begin!"

"Now, let's welcome the contestants to the arena!"

Upon hearing the host's voice, the contestants immediately headed towards the exit.

"They're here!"

As Sabo stepped through the entrance, the host immediately grabbed the microphone and shouted, "First up is Lucy, the champion of Zone C!"

"Although this was Lucy's first time participating in the competition, his cheerful and outgoing personality deeply captivated the audience."

"profound!!"

The audience immediately cheered, clearly very fond of Lucy.

With this man on the team, the final is sure to be incredibly exciting!

The host was very satisfied with the audience's reaction; this was the kind of atmosphere a final should have.

Then he noticed the figure following behind Lucy.

"oh!"

"Next up is the man who opposes the entire audience!" the host announced again: "Captain of the Bartolomeo Pirates, the Cannibal!"

"Go to hell, you piece of trash!"

"I hope they get killed already!"

The audience immediately gave Bartolomeo the middle finger, their expressions showing utter disgust.

Unfortunately, Bartolomeo didn't care about these guys' reactions and instead calmly gave them the middle finger.

That look made the audience's blood pressure soar.

"I love how angry you all are but can't do anything about it," Bartolomeo laughed.

"That's really true..."

"7

The host, who had witnessed Bartolomeo's reaction, was momentarily at a loss for words.

Just then, Burgess walked in from the entrance, which gave the host a topic to discuss.

"He's here! He's here!"

The host shouted, "Gilce Burgess, captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, one of the Four Emperors!!!"

"profound!!!"

The audience watched Bages with excitement; with someone of his caliber, this match was sure to be incredibly exciting.

Thinking about this, these people became incredibly excited.

This is a battle between the Four Emperors and other powerful figures!

"Hahaha~"

Burgess thoroughly enjoyed the cheers from the crowd, which gave him a sense that he was born for this.

After laughing, Burgess approached Sabo and grinned maliciously, "The Diamond Fruit is ours now. Good luck, Straw Hat."

"Hahaha~"

Unfortunately, Sabo ignored the guy and just looked at Bages with a calm gaze.

He really didn't take this guy seriously.

When Bages saw that Sabo was ignoring him, he felt a little bored.

He had expected the other person to say some harsh words, but they didn't say a word... What a boring guy.

After spitting, Burgess turned to face the audience and began to fully display his muscular physique.

"Hahaha~"

"profound!"

"Burgess, take them down!"

"profound!!"

"Hahaha~"

"Just watch me win the championship!" Burgess said with a loud laugh.

This time, the Diamond Fruit is theirs!

Just then, Rebecca walked in from the entrance, which turned the cheers from the audience into sounds of disgust.

"Sigh..."

'

"Rebecca, how have you been alive until now?!"

"Just go die already!"

"What makes you think you can even make it to the finals?!"

"Go to hell, Rebecca!"

Upon hearing these sounds, Bagges subconsciously glanced at Rebecca. This woman was indeed more disliked than he had imagined.

"She's here." The host glanced at Rebecca walking in from the entrance and said, "To the sound of gasps from the crowd, enters the hall—the evil princess Rebecca, who inherited the bloodline of that hateful Riku clan!"

"This Rebecca can also be described as the embodiment of evil, after all, we still don't know how she managed to defeat all the contestants in the D area, which is full of strong players, to qualify for the next round."

He later carefully considered the scene, but still couldn't figure out what Rebecca had done.

Ultimately, he could only come to one conclusion: the other side had used some unknown means to win the championship in Zone D.

Although it was somewhat dishonorable, it was in accordance with the rules, so Rebecca was qualified to participate in the finals.