The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

Vivi's tone carried a mysterious air: "That's Lucky Rabbit's Foot, it used to belong to Shanks, one of the Four Emperors. Not long after Shanks lost it, a Sea King bit off his arm. Just think about the implications, what a strange fate..."

Vivi wasn't worried at all about those celebrities causing her trouble. What was there to be afraid of? The boss of Baroque Works was a Shichibukai! What did your fighting have to do with a nobody like Ms. Wednesday? Go find Crocodile if you have a problem! Whether you want a group fight or a one-on-one duel, it's up to you. You can even kill Crocodile, it doesn't matter!

The wealthy pirates began shopping, and Vivi boasted about all the goods, calling those junk items either "famous swords" or "the spoils of war of the great captain."

All the loot, including the pirate ship, belonged to Baroque Works. However, according to the unspoken rules of the industry, anything earned before the operation was completed was considered yours. Vivi didn't hold back; she wanted to squeeze every last Berry out of the pirates. She didn't care how much she sold; after all, these items would just resell themselves and end up back in the Whiskey Hill warehouse tonight...

The rope, which was suspected to contain clues to hidden treasure, and the broken umbrella, which contained the great secret of a legendary pirate, both sold for high prices. Vivi earned 90 Berries and 120 Berries respectively. The remaining pirates were mostly interested in the lucky rabbit's foot that Shanks had worn.

Golden Lion, Red Earl—those are all old-generation pirates. The young pirates of today have never even heard of them. They do know about Shanks, who just joined the ranks of the Four Emperors last year. Piracy is an incredibly superstitious profession. In many cases, it's better to believe in something than nothing. Besides, rabbit feet are indeed inexpensive, at least cheaper than broken ropes or broken umbrellas.

"One price, 30 Berries!" Vivi's expression was conflicted, as if she had made a huge decision.

The remaining items, whose uses were unclear, were also sold through bundled sales tactics, such as offering discounts on VIP shopping cards. The so-called "Prince Super Value Adventure Gift Pack," which included a fruit knife, bandages, and a tattered treasure map, sold for 10,000 each, and nineteen of them were sold in one go.

"Oh ho ho ho ho—" the girl said with a smile, while her pet duck Karu squatted on the ground counting money.

Rich pirates have their own ways of doing things, but poor pirates are also customers and cannot be turned away.

"Don't be afraid if you're short on cash right now, sea warriors! We offer a wide variety of games, and the core message is simple: to help you make money!"

Vivi gestured to her subordinates to bring out two leather suitcases, which were filled with brand-new 10,000 Berries each. The stacks of coins looked quite tempting.

"Come on, this money-giving game is called 'Paper Smash.' Each person gets a paper packet. If you can knock over our paper packet when you throw it down, you get 10,000 Berries. If you lose, you can choose to pay, or I can slap you across the face. It won't be a big slap, just a light slap for fun. It won't hurt you much, and it won't be very humiliating... Do you all understand? It's simple, right? What are you waiting for? The time has come for the men of the sea to change their destiny. Come and play!"

Chapter Six: Paper Scraping

Seeing that the pirates looked completely bewildered and seemed not to understand how the game was played, Vivi winked at her pet duck Karu, signaling her to quickly bring out the paper bag they were using to play the game.

To make her pet happily help her collect attributes, Vivi copied many games from her previous life, including paper-collecting games.

"Quack?" The duck, who was squatting down counting money and calculating how much milk it could buy, looked at its owner with a puzzled expression, its big, watery eyes completely baffled.

Since transmigrating to this world, Vivi has been able to "hear" many sounds, whether it's because of the pet panel or because she has awakened some kind of superpower. She has never met the Pirate King Roger and doesn't know what "listening to all things" means.

For her, stones, rivers, trees, and animals—as long as she concentrates, she can hear some indistinct “words.” Most of them are disorganized and incomprehensible information, while a small portion consists of laughter, emotions, and a few very simple words. Only the thoughts of her pet duck, Karu, are clearest to her. However, this hearing is one-way; she can hear, but she cannot transmit them back in the form of “thoughts.”

She hasn't found the right use for this ability yet. Instead, because she hears too much noise, her brain is passively receiving a lot of information, which has led to an abnormally bad mental state. She wishes she could sleep for sixteen hours a day!

At this point, "listening to all things" wouldn't be of much help to her. She used a combination of eye contact and gestures, and after a full half minute, she finally got the duck to understand what she meant.

"Clang!" The pet duck took out a frying pan from its backpack and gestured to her, as if to say, "Do you want this?" Three black lines appeared on Weiwei's forehead.

"Quack? Quack quack!" The duck was puzzled at first, then nodded repeatedly, indicating that it understood.

It started taking things out of its cartoon backpack.

Green onions, a bottle of milk, two dice, a half-knitted cotton hat, a handful of marbles, and a somewhat worn-out ledger—when Weiwei's face darkened considerably, she finally produced a red and a basketful of two neatly folded, square paper packages.

Vivi wouldn't play such a childish game as paper-throwing in public; her opponent was... her pet duck, Karu!

The duck played with her for half a month, and its skills were quite good.

When Vivi plays, because she has light blue hair, she usually chooses blue for her paper bag, and naturally, the duck's paper bag will be red.

The game remains the same: the pirates are blue, and the ducks are red.

The pirates exchanged glances. They were the lowest-ranking and least combat-capable men in the pirate crew. The captain could spend a million Berries to buy a throwing knife, but they didn't have that much money. This game seemed pretty simple, and it appeared to be a chance to make money.

"You guys go first," Vivi said generously.

Playing the game of paper-breaking requires skill. Before you can smash the ground with a single punch, strength is not the deciding factor; mindset and environment are also very important.

A noisy environment can seriously affect one's mindset; the more chaotic the situation, the less one can carefully consider the key points.

A rather burly-looking pirate slammed down with considerable force, but the red paper bag belonging to the pet duck Karu only bounced once and did not flip over as expected.

“You lost…” Vivi smiled, looked at the faces of the pirates, and said, “Don’t say I didn’t give you a chance. You can come one by one, and we’ll calculate the total score.”

Seven pirates agreed to play a game of hitting paper. Even though Vivi let them hit first, one pirate lost, and then Duck went up and knocked the paper over. Then another pirate went up, and Duck knocked it over again. Without exception, all seven pirates lost seven rounds in a row.

"Are you guys paying or...?" Vivi asked.

The pirate in the lead had a ferocious expression on his face, his eyes gleaming with a vicious light. Paying money was out of the question, and getting slapped in the face? He couldn't bear the humiliation!

He pulled out a somewhat worn-out musket, pointed it at Weiwei, and roared with a contorted face, "What did you say? I didn't hear you! Hahahaha! Fool, times have changed!"

Knowing it would turn out this way, Weiwei sighed inwardly.

The people in the One Piece world have absolutely no integrity; they're not even as honest and simple as the people of Ssangmun-dong...

The people in this world have superhuman physical abilities, so she naturally has enough speed to dodge bullets. She also has several other ways to deal with the situation, such as cutting off the opponent's arm with a chain or directly taking the gun, but that doesn't fit her character. Having already anticipated this situation, she snapped her fingers at Ms. Monday beside her.

Ms. Monday, whose muscles were as bulging as a bodybuilder's, really enjoyed her job as a henchman. She took a step forward, reached out with her left hand, and crushed the opponent's musket. Then, to the opponent's horrified gaze, she let out a loud shout, her muscles bulging explosively from her legs to her waist, from her waist to her shoulders, and finally, she swung her arm out, her fist, as big as a sandbag, slamming into the face of the pirate holding the gun.

A deep "bang" rang out as Ms. Monday's fist, carrying a powerful gust of wind, struck his opponent squarely in the face. The gun-wielding pirate's face was smashed to pieces like a rotten persimmon, and he flew more than ten meters away, blood, broken teeth, and slime scattering all over the ground.

Ms. Monday casually rubbed her fists, then looked at the other six pirates with a bright smile: "You brave sea warriors, you see? Times haven't really changed... Are you going to pay up or get beaten up?"

All six chose to be hit, so Vivi had Ms. Monday go and slap them in the face. Including the guy from before, "slap slap slap slap slap slap"—a total of seven people received seven solid slaps.

Vivi didn't create this game to make money. Those who play the paper-scratching game are all poor pirates. Even if you plunder them all, you won't make much money. She created it to continue researching her cheat codes.

She wanted to test whether physical confrontation like slapping someone could trigger an attribute, and she also wanted to know if this attribute had a time limit.

Taking advantage of the break in MS. Monday's slapping, she pulled her pet duck, who was eager to continue playing, in front of her. Under the duck's puzzled gaze, she restarted the hosting panel. In the time column, she thought for a moment and finally decided on a number of "ten seconds".

Although she couldn't see the light yet, she could see the duck bending down to pick it up. Vivi nodded in satisfaction. Fighting and killing was difficult to control, and one could easily kill the leek if she wasn't careful. These pirates didn't seem to have any skills worth learning, but killing them directly would be a waste. The current situation was good enough.

Chapter Seven: The Slaughter Begins

Including the pirate who was slapped by Ms. Monday, there were seven pirates, each of them had been slapped hard across the face. They were furious and wanted to fight back, but were intimidated by Ms. Monday's strength. At this moment, they were looking at Beli in the suitcase not far away with their eyes almost spitting fire.

"Want to play again? Want to play again? Okay, let's continue!"

"You lost. Will you pay the fine or accept the penalty?"

"I accept the punishment!"

"Smack!" A loud slap landed across his face.

"continue!"

"You lost. Pay up or...?"

"Come on, let's fight!"

"Smack!" Another hard slap landed on his face.

Like a series of rounds, they played seventeen rounds in a row. Finally, a pirate knocked over the red paper packet with a blue paper packet and happily obtained a 10,000-beryl banknote.

Weiwei would occasionally call a halt and remotely control the duck to pick up the attributes that had been knocked down.

"Invalid attribute" "Invalid attribute" "Invalid attribute" "Swordsmanship +1" "Swimming +1" "Invalid attribute" "Swimming +1"...

She examined them one by one and found that most of them were "ineffective attributes" that were below her own level. She had several "swimming" attributes, but these skills would be useless once she ate a Devil Fruit, so they were not very useful. Only "swordsmanship +1" was still useful.

"Hmm?" As she looked around, she noticed a strange spot of light. When she clicked on it, she saw a line of small text.

"Karu achieved a ten-game winning streak while playing the paper-breaking game. Let's congratulate him!"

Vivi looked at the pet strangely, while Karu, equally puzzled, opened his mouth wide and returned the same questioning look.

Holy crap! This stupid control panel actually has an achievement system hidden inside? Vivi was speechless for a moment.

There were absolutely no warnings or special sound effects; it hid there silently. If she hadn't let her pet play games with the pirates, she might not have discovered it at all. She remembered that she and Karu had played the card game many times, but ten consecutive wins? Hah, dream on! Only by bullying newbies could they achieve ten consecutive wins.

This achievement system is completely hidden; it's invisible and intangible, so she can only guess at it for now.

According to her understanding, since there is a ten-game winning streak, the mental disability panel will most likely also contain achievements such as a hundred-game winning streak, and maybe even a thousand-game winning streak or a ten-thousand-game winning streak.

"However... this is a bit difficult." She glanced at the increasingly skilled pirates out of the corner of her eye. A hundred wins weren't hard, but a hundred consecutive wins were. She'd better go back and organize some people to help Duck get an achievement...

The game continued and became increasingly popular.

Vivi gracefully withdrew after her mission was accomplished. Standing on the outer edge, she looked at the pirates as if they were walking money bags. She would harvest all their money, lock them up, beat them up when she had nothing else to do, and collect a few attribute bonuses. If she couldn't get any more attributes, she would hand the pirates over to the government for bounties. In the end, as a branch of Baroque Works, Whiskey Hill had handed over so many pirates, enhancing the studio's reputation and earning rewards from headquarters.

What a great pirate! He's practically the perfect sucker.

As night deepened, alcohol and delicious food filled the pirates' stomachs. Their revelry had ended, but the feast for the Whiskey Mountain bounty hunters was just beginning.

In the deep darkness of night, the glint of blades and the sight of blood shrouded the entire town.

An hour ago, this place was a paradise filled with laughter and joy; now, it has become a scene of slaughter.

A burly man, two meters tall, with bulging muscles and a full beard, sprinted along, his chest adorned with a lucky rabbit's paw he had bought from someone, like a necklace.

Lucky Rabbit's paw was stained red with blood. The burly man gritted his teeth, trying to squeeze out all the strength from his body, but the alcohol numbed his nerves. Blood was gushing from the hole in his left leg, which seriously affected his speed.

Realizing his life was about to end, the burly man couldn't help but roar behind him, "Why? Why did this happen?! Was the banquet all a trap?"

A woman dressed in what appeared to be a nun's habit emerged from the shadows, laughing wildly, "Pirates, welcome to the Grand Line! Welcome to Whiskey Mountain! ...Why do you even ask? Isn't it only natural for bounty hunters to kill pirates? Prepare to die!"

The woman charged out like an arrow, a sharp knife gripped in her wrist. With lightning speed, she pierced the burly man's abdomen from bottom to top, then cruelly twisted it twice.

To her surprise, the burly man was not without a chance to fight back. His previous weakness and roars were all to create an opportunity for his counterattack. At this moment, the burly man pulled out a musket, aimed it at the woman's head, and pulled the trigger.

The woman quickly turned her head, but the bullet still pierced her shoulder. Enduring the pain, she pulled out a dagger, kicked the musket out of the strong man's hand, then gripped the dagger with both hands and viciously stabbed it towards the strong man's heart.

In the nick of time, a silver chain shot out from the side and rear, wrapped around the woman's wrist, and pulled her to the side.

The chain was thin, but it contained immense strength. The woman was pulled to the side and ran three steps before she regained her footing. She turned her head angrily.

With a flick of her right pinky finger, the silver chain flew back into her palm, and with another swipe, it disappeared.

She looked at the woman expressionlessly: "I've said it before, I want prisoners, lots of prisoners. It would be a huge loss of face for you to kill him."

The woman assessed the balance of power between the two sides, then silently walked into the shadows.

Vivi didn't care. In the world of One Piece, strength is fundamental. Her Alabasta has a thousand-year history, a population of 1000 million, and a standing army of 60. Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, came to seize the country's sovereignty with nothing but a pittance. What did he rely on? His most fundamental reliance was his personal strength.

Vivi was stronger than the other party; her words were commands.

"You...you..." The pirate, who had narrowly escaped death, seemed to want to say something, but his mouth was full of blood, and he couldn't even hear what he was saying.

Vivi waved her hand: "Oh? You brought my rabbit feet with you, no wonder you're so lucky... Buddy, you're out of danger. Rest for a couple of days, and there are lots of fun games waiting for you in a couple of days! It's a pity you came a bit early, I haven't prepared many of the fun games yet."

The burly man's consciousness grew increasingly blurred. He vaguely heard the strange blue-haired woman say that in the future they would play a game called "One, Two, Three, Wooden Man." He was puzzled. What was a wooden man?

Vivi never had any sympathy for pirates. She valued the prisoners, but bounty hunters were highly autonomous and had little influence over them through the Baroque Works brand. When they were in a killing frenzy, no one took her orders seriously.

She'll try to save them if she can, but there's nothing she can do if she can't.

Her requirement for her pet duck remains the same: collect as many attributes as possible.