The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

Vivi soothed her pet's emotions. If there was anything she gained in Wano Country besides medical skills, it was that her straw hat weaving skills had finally been perfected! The village of Harikasa—just from the name, you can tell how skilled they are at weaving straw hats.

She taught Ayu medicine, and Ayu taught her how to weave straw hats.

After Vivi and Karu reunited, when she was bored while traversing the Red Line, she knitted a straw hat for her pet that was about 70-80% similar to Luffy's, thus fulfilling the promise she made when she first traveled to the world.

She patted the duck on the shoulder, indicating that it shouldn't be afraid and that she was here, and no demons or monsters could harm it.

The duck gradually calmed down, but it was still worried, its big eyes constantly looking around, looking very nervous.

"I heard there's a really huge sailing ship in this area, is that true?" Vivi asked the local fishermen.

Thriller Bark, owned by Moonlight Moria, is said to be the world's largest pirate ship. Even with the thick fog obscuring it, such a large ship could not possibly escape everyone's notice, and there are some rumors circulating about it.

An old fisherman-looking man opened his mouth wide, unsure how to respond.

This rich girl is so carefree! She just wandered around such a dangerous area and that was it, why did she even need to find a boat?!

The man said tremblingly, "This... this I really don't know. Every year, so many ships disappear in these waters. We really... really dare not go any further!"

Vivi waved her hand dismissively: "I was just saying, it's okay if you don't know. Let's continue to wander around the perimeter. Hmm, I'll add more money!"

Chapter 108 Submission

"Add more money!" No words had the same effect. The fishermen's backs and legs stopped aching, and they rowed with all their might as if they were participating in a rowing competition.

The Devil's Triangle has many shipwrecks and numerous underwater reefs; if you're not careful, you could run aground.

However, it's not too dangerous for the fishermen who make a living in the nearby waters.

This area is so vast that it's impossible to completely avoid it. If you don't want to starve, you have to enter the Devil's Triangle. Over time, the locals have developed a fairly comprehensive understanding of the water conditions in the area.

"To be honest, this route was pioneered by a few of us old brothers."

"Yes, I remember old John disappeared near that whirlpool over there, right? What a pity, he was such a good person."

"Old John's son went to become a pirate, and then he was killed by the navy. His head was left hanging on a wooden stake by the roadside in town. It was a terrible tragedy."

The group chattered on and on, never stopping.

Weiwei would occasionally chime in with a few words. What was the purpose of these people saying all this? It was nothing more than trying to gain sympathy and get more money.

"Huh?! Oh no! The big black ship is here! I..." The old fisherman in the lead had a keen sense of smell and caught a stench of rotting corpses in the sea breeze. He immediately ordered the others to turn the rudder, but before he could finish speaking, his mind went blank. He vaguely saw a pair of blood-red eyes, then his neck tilted to the side, and he collapsed limply onto the deck.

Vivi dragged the fishermen she had hypnotized into the cabin. With Moonlight Moria's terrifying three-masted ship right in front of them, how could they turn the rudder?

She turned to look at Karu, and the duck looked at her pitifully.

If I can fly over quietly, what should the duck do?

Vivi scratched her head a little. Although it was a bit troublesome, she still decided to fly over with the duck.

The cloud she transformed into could hold a Doflamingo, so it could certainly hold a duck. Karu looked big, but his actual weight was less than that of the three-meter-tall, muscular Doflamingo.

"Quiet down, let's sneak over!" Vivi transformed into a cloud of mist, reinforcing the fog with Armament Haki. Then, with the duck tied to her, she used the surrounding darkness to slowly fly over.

......

How big is the Thriller Bark? The deck of this ship can hold an entire Ghost Island and sail with it through the Devil's Triangle.

Vivi could never have imagined that such a large ship could be made in the era of wooden sailboats.

In the thick fog, a man and a duck landed on the side of the island. To their left was a cemetery with chilling winds, and to their right was a silent, dense forest.

Vivi commented dismissively, "Actually, from the outside, this island is no different from any other island. There are gloomy dense forests, some dilapidated old mansions, will-o'-the-wisps drifting everywhere, and those howls that sound like wolves. It's a very ordinary place."

The duck quacked at her, "Please, don't make it sound so scary. Didn't you see how frightened I was about to faint?"

Vivi sat on the duck's back and pointed straight ahead: "Let's go! Karu!"

Instead of running away, the duck bent its legs and sat down on the ground.

Its eyes rolled around, but it wouldn't move.

"Sigh, Karu, you're getting more and more timid... You need to practice." Seeing that her mount wasn't working, Vivi had no choice but to get off and walk.

The duck stuck its rear end up, trying to hide behind her.

But this guy ate too well in Torrance Town and gained a lot of weight. Even if two or three Vivis stood in a row, they couldn't hide the duck's current plump figure, let alone Vivi's slender figure.

"You have to lose weight when you get back! Old Fan gave me a manual for the Six Styles: Moon Step training method. I think you could give it a try?"

"Quack quack!" The duck shook its head repeatedly. It was a pet, why was it practicing some kind of damned Moonwalk?

The gloomy, sunless environment of Devil's Island had no effect on Vivi whatsoever; in fact, she found the environment quite pleasant. She stomped back the zombies that were trying to crawl out of the graveyard and plucked a large handful of silvery-gray moss from the side, intending to take it back to make anesthetic...

She hummed a song softly as she teased Karu.

"Karu, look over there! It looks like a human face is growing on that tree!"

"Karu, I felt like something was following us from behind?"

"Wow, look over there! There seems to be a hand in that cemetery? That must be a zombie! Oh, no, it's not a zombie, it just looks like an injured old man."

The timid duck was so frightened by her that it trembled. After realizing that its directionally challenged owner was deliberately teasing it, it sneered twice in protest, but the next second, it was startled by the strange creatures nearby and kept hiding behind Weiwei.

"Karu, be strong! Remember, you said you would protect me!"

Vivi gave her pet a pep talk.

In the original timeline, Karu was quite courageous. Now that he's with me, without as much external pressure, he seems to be becoming a bit spoiled...

Karu mustered his courage, put on a stern face, and took three steps forward with firm strides. Then his courage vanished, and he looked back at Vivi with a miserable expression.

"Shh!" Vivi suddenly made a gesture, unleashing her level 5 Observation Haki and searching the dense forest.

"Hey, I know you've seen me. Now I command you, come here!" she said, as if talking to herself. Her voice wasn't loud, but even with that soft voice, more than a dozen bats flew out of the dense forest in less than ten seconds.

The lead bat has a human face and the number "21" on its forehead.

Unlike the bat zombies who were completely intimidated by Vivi's high-ranking vampire status, this strange bat zombie with only dark circles under its eyes, a nose, and a mouth was still somewhat resistant.

"Obey me!"

"Submit to me!"

"Submit!"

Vivi used a combination of hypnosis and suggestion to forcibly erode the other party's consciousness. She didn't care whether the consciousness inside this strange bat zombie was human or not. As long as your body is a bat, you have to listen to me!

With just a word, she could command those bat zombies to commit suicide. Now, to deal with this guy number "21," she's using hypnosis and suggestion, which is already giving him too much credit.

“Yes, my mistress! Hilton is willing to submit to you!” After being hypnotized and suggested by her, the face-bat zombie persisted for more than a minute before finally expressing its obedience. This level of obedience was only slightly less than the level of control that Moonlight Moria had over it.

"Very good, I appreciate your kindness. Now I'm giving you a task."

"Please give your instructions."

"I need you to find Captain John's whereabouts. I heard he was turned into a zombie. Take some pictures of him."

Chapter 109 The Crocodile is Troublesome

If you want the face-bat zombie to immediately turn against you and help kill Moonlight Moria, high rank and hypnosis/suggestion alone won't be enough. But finding a zombie and taking a picture of it is no problem for it.

"Yes! As you wish, my mistress!" The face-bat zombie took the camera from Vivi and flew back to the main castle with a swarm of bats.

Thirty minutes later, it brought the photo out to Vivi.

The Captain John in the photo has become a skin and bones zombie, and you can still vaguely make out his appearance from the wanted poster. He is wearing a coat with a red collar and two sharp knives stuck in his abdomen, which confirms the rumors that he was betrayed by his subordinates.

The face-bat zombie was originally the messenger responsible for transmitting intelligence across the island. Now that it has been turned by Vivi, it can move freely in most areas of the island, find Captain John, and take a few photos. It's really not difficult.

"Excellent!" Vivi was very satisfied. With the photos, she could go to her "plastic sister" Nico Robin to turn in the quest and start the next "quest chain" for the Shichibukai civil war. Taking advantage of the lull in the battle, she would fish in troubled waters, rescue Brook, kidnap Mr. 3, then go back to Reverse Mountain to find Laboon the whale, and finally go to Wano Country to rescue the tough guy Yamato. She thought about the whole process several times and felt that there were no major problems.

Crocodile only wants clues about the treasure. Doesn't Captain John himself count as a clue? Of course he does! You say he's dead and we can't get any clues from him? That's your problem! Vivi isn't lying! It's Crocodile's own problem if we can't find any clues.

She doesn't care about money, but there's no reason for her to give such a fortune away to the crocodile for nothing.

She continued to instruct the face-bat zombie: "Inside Moriah's treasure vault, there should be an armlet containing important clues to Captain John's treasure. I need you to help me retrieve that armlet."

When it came to Moonlight Moria himself, the face-bat zombie was not as obedient as before. It struggled internally, but an ordinary treasure in the vault was clearly no match for Moonlight Moria's life. With strong persuasion, the face-bat zombie accepted the mission. However, it could not freely enter or leave the vault and had to wait for an opportunity.

“Okay, you can take your time looking. I’ll come back to you.” Vivi took out a notebook and handed it to the face-bat zombie.

She started her business by making Golden Lion ropes and Red Earl umbrellas when she first arrived in the world, and her skills have naturally not declined. Following the rumors, she created a nautical journal of Captain John.

"Take out the armlet, and then place this notebook in the vault as a substitute. Do you understand?"

Vivi cannot save Wano Country right now, but she can guide it!

If someone were to obtain this nautical journal that she has aged, they would discover that several clues within the journal, whether explicit or implicit, point to Wano Country.

Go find it!

Leaving a backup plan, Vivi quietly left Devil's Island with the duck. She didn't bother looking for Brook; if she got into a fight with that Ryoma guy, the commotion would be too great. She wanted to call in reinforcements to beat up Moonlight Moria, but she didn't want to be beaten up herself by Moonlight Moria's reinforcements. She'd wait until Crocodile arrived with his Baroque "army" and take advantage of the chaos to do the task of rescuing Brook.

She woke the unconscious fisherman, then sailed back, and a day later, she caught up with Lola by flying, and they returned to Alabasta together.

......

Alabasta, an oasis city in the rain.

Crocodile was in a terrible mood. Thanks to Mr. 5, he was summoned to the Holy Land of Mary Geoise and given a scolding. After that, he was reduced to a henchman and tool, ordered to fight in various places, fighting the Revolutionary Army one day and pirates the next.

Midway through the journey, the revolutionary army set a trap for him. Their chief of staff, along with several fierce generals, surrounded and beat him up. If he hadn't run away quickly, he would have almost died.

Crocodile believed himself to be a schemer, a tyrant, and a superior being, but he was treated like a dog by the Five Elders. He fought alongside the World Government's ships every day, from the four seas to the Grand Line, for a full three months before he was finally "released" from prison.

He was so angry about the trouble Mr. 5 had gotten himself into that he didn't know what to say. It was only because the guy was locked up in Impel Down that Crocodile could have torn this bastard to pieces!

He returned to Alabasta, but before he could even enjoy a few good days, Bucky the Clown also rushed back, traversing mountains and rivers.

Having learned from his previous capture, Bucky the Clown is no longer reckless. He operates like a guerrilla, harassing Crocodile every few days. "You're sleeping? I'll just fire a Bucky bomb, then run!" When Crocodile fails to catch him and goes back to sleep, Bucky reappears and continues his sneak attacks with Bucky bombs!

After a month of this ordeal, the sand crocodile visibly lost weight.

If Bucky the Clown's illness was like scabies, then the recent news he received was like a bolt from the blue.

It was unusual for Crocodile not to make the decision alone, but to call Nicole Robin in for consultation.

As soon as the two met, he got straight to the point: "I received information from my sources within the World Government that former Marine Admiral Zephyr is interested in taking up a post in Alabasta."

"Former Marine Admiral?!" Nico Robin was startled by the news, her delicate face filled with panic. The impression that Aokiji had left on Ohara Island was too deep. Back then, Aokiji was only a Vice Admiral. If a Vice Admiral was this strong, then one can imagine how strong an Admiral must be.

Crocodile's next words eased her tension: "It's still in the discussion stage. The World Government doesn't fully agree with this. They may not allow a former admiral to enter the military system of a member state."