The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

The old man looked at her strangely: "You say you can 'hear' Laboon? You're not a mermaid, are you?"

Vivi was both amused and exasperated: "What does this have to do with mermaids? I am human, a pure human, and I live in Alabasta."

The old man thought for a moment: "I can't 'hear' what this big guy is saying, but if you can, I can teach you a way. Labun is really pitiful. Release your Observation Haki and let me take a look..."

The old man carefully sensed Vivi's Observation Haki and nodded: "If it weren't for the age discrepancy, I would have suspected that you are the daughter of one of my old friends... I have seen this ability before. The guy who had this ability told me that in order to convey your thoughts, you can't rely entirely on Haki. You need to release your emotional power, bring out your emotions, use emotions as a bridge, and then communicate directly with Laboon with what you want to say."

Weiwei didn't quite understand, so she quickly asked for more details. The old man waved his hand and said, "I don't have such strange abilities. I'm just relaying what I said back then. Try it yourself."

The old man went to rest in a room inside the lighthouse, leaving Vivi and the ducks to suffer on the shore.

Emotions? She thought for a moment, and then unleashed all her emotions in the next second.

The old man in the lighthouse room yelled, "Idiot! Who told you to use Conqueror's Haki? Is Conqueror's Haki all you have in your emotions?"

Weiwei quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I've been a little nervous lately."

Neither the whale Laboon nor the old ship doctor were affected by Conqueror's Haki, and she continued to try.

After an hour of effort, Vivi finally managed to get Laboon to "hear" her voice. It was a simple trick, not difficult at all. The purer a person's mind, the faster they could master it. But according to the old ship's doctor, Vivi's mind was a bit cluttered; she was still a whole Grand Line away from being truly pure...

"Stop crashing into the mountain, Rumbar Pirates, right? Give me some time, let's make a one-year promise, and I'll definitely find them for you by then! That's my promise! Stop crashing into the mountain." She conveyed her feelings by amplifying her emotions.

Laboon the whale was very depressed. In fact, it knew that after so many years, most of those people would never come back...

"Isis".

"Sister, what's wrong?"

"Could you treat Labu's injuries?"

Isis's voice paused noticeably within the ring: "Sister, this guy is too big... I'm afraid..."

Despite feeling that the target was too big, Isis still released all her pure blood, turning into a faint blood mist, which circled around the wound on Lab's forehead twice.

The treatment was only so-so. The treatment that restored Vivi's mobility only slowed down the bleeding on this 40,000-meter-long whale; it was still far from healing and forming a scab.

"Thank you for your hard work." Vivi told Isis to go back and rest. This had drained all her savings again, and she planned to go back and bleed the pirates dry...

Laboon knew that Vivi had treated his wounds and barked gratefully twice. After Vivi promised again that she would bring someone to see him within a year, Laboon slowly emerged from his slump, nodded in thanks, wagged his tail, and returned to the deep sea.

"Can you really find those guys?" The Pirate King's ship's doctor appeared behind Vivi again, seemingly out of nowhere.

"I can do it!"

"Really? That tone sounds a lot like someone else's. Are all people with the potential to become a champion this confident? Okay, keep it up, little girl."

......

Vivi returned to Whiskey Hill, which she had left long ago, with the ducks.

The work of bloodletting and creating purebloods was naturally restarted. In Wano Country, she was relatively restrained. Those people were just ordinary people, no matter what. The fat sumo wrestlers did have all sorts of problems, but they were definitely not criminals. Whiskey Mountain was different. It was full of pirates. She bled the pirates and used their blood to nourish Isis. Vivi had no moral concerns at all.

Chapter 115 Drought Jack

The day after returning to Whiskey Hill, Vivi received a conscription order from headquarters for an expedition!

She took a shower to wash away the smell of blood, changed her clothes, and came out of the room to see the old ministers, Mr. 8 and the others.

"Didn't they say where we're going?" she asked.

All three shook their heads: "They didn't say."

"Then let's bring a hundred people."

Whiskey Hill is just a branch office, where 150 bounty hunters are stationed year-round. Sending out 100 people now is already considered full support for headquarters.

Crocodile continued to use the excuse of hiring Baroque Works to fight. In addition to Baroque Works, he also hired two other private armed forces in an attempt to obscure his relationship with Baroque Works. As for how effective this would be, only heaven knows.

Vivi tied her hair into a single ponytail, changed into a green jacket and beige shorts, and her raised eyebrows, combined with her charmingly arrogant expression, probably resembled how she and Mr. 9 first met Luffy in the original timeline.

The group left Whisky Hill and headed to the meeting point to participate in the first team-building activity at Baroque Studio.

Gather together for a meal? That's out of the question! Under Nico Robin's arrangement, everyone was scattered across twelve ships, mixed among a group of bounty hunters. No one knew the identities of the people next to them, or their titles like Mr. 1 or Mr. 2; only they themselves knew.

It's just a disorganized team. Crocodile doesn't demand strict discipline. As long as you charge into battle, that's all that matters! There's no need for formations, front lines, or rear lines.

Vivi spotted the giants Oimo and Kashi in the distance. The two giants were sitting on the deck drinking and eating meat. There was a large open space around them, and no one dared to approach.

She also saw Lola selling chocolates everywhere; she wondered how this woman had managed to sneak in...

"Quack quack?" Karu the duck looked at his owner curiously. "Why don't we go and meet up with Lola? Lola's chocolate is delicious!"

Vivi gave a wink, and the duck first sighed, then nodded helplessly. The human world was just too complicated.

"You're a bounty hunter too? Why are you fighting with a duck?" Nico Robin, who had also disguised herself, was now pretending to be an ordinary bounty hunter. No one knew that she was actually the fleet commander.

Vivi gave her a strange look. Nicole Robin was wearing a cowboy hat and a short vest, her entire lower abdomen exposed, and a flintlock pistol was hanging presumably at her waist...

She blinked. "It's just acting, isn't it? Come on!"

She raised her eyebrows, feigning a fierce expression: "What's wrong with the duck? My duck is fierce! Its bite force is comparable to a shark's!"

Karu, the duck who was grinning foolishly to the side, quickly shut his mouth, afraid that someone would see that he had no teeth...

Nicole Robin covered her mouth and chuckled, while Vivi smiled awkwardly. Her persona as a rash, boastful, and cowardly character was now established.

With a puzzled look on her face, she asked, "Where are we going?"

Nicole Robin's acting was equally superb, as she frowned and said, "It must be some kind of big battle, otherwise they wouldn't have hired so many people."

The two started putting on an acting show: "You're on the fifth floor? I'm on the sixth! Let's see who fools whom!"

Apart from the two giants, most of the bounty hunters did not reveal their identities. The group boarded the ship in a daze, and then, with question marks on their faces, they weighed anchor, set sail, and left Alabasta.

The commotion they caused couldn't be kept secret from the pirates.

Crocodile and Nico Robin never believed their subordinates were that loyal. Secrecy? Forget about it. They were just playing a time warp. The moment they left the dock, a bounty hunter on one of the ships tipped off the pirates. After a brief discussion, Buggy the Clown and the others decided, "We can't beat Crocodile on land, but surely we can at sea! Chase him!"

The bounty hunters' twelve ships led the way, followed by more than twenty pirate ships, and they left Alabasta one by one.

Three days later, Charlotte Cracker, who was unfamiliar with the route and had taken a long detour, also arrived in Alabasta. After being subjected to severe interrogation, the citizens, with tears streaming down their faces, told the story of Lola and Crocodile's "Titanic".

Cracker was furious. In his eyes, his sister's disobedience to their mother was a grave crime. Crocodile had been plotting to seduce his sister and become her husband! This was an unforgivable crime! You're a year older than me, and you actually dared to set your sights on my beautiful sister? Don't you even know your own ugly face!

My sister is young and doesn't know any better, but you, Crocodile, don't know any better either? My sister doesn't know the consequences of angering Mom, and you, Crocodile, don't know either? You did it on purpose!

Cracker didn't rest in Alabasta at all! Chase him! He won't rest or sleep until he catches up with this guy and cuts off his head!

Vivi was unaware that a group of people were chasing her. Even if she did, she wouldn't care. The target of their pursuit was the Sand Crocodile; what did it have to do with her?

She and Nicole Robin pretended not to know each other, acting as complete newbies.

Nico Robin left for twenty minutes, and when she caught up, she used her Observation Haki to listen and realized that a pirate ship was chasing after them.

It was just a pirate ship; she didn't take it seriously at all.

After a month of sailing, the mighty fleet entered the outer reaches of the Devil's Triangle region.

At this moment, about three nautical miles directly in front of them, Jack the Drought, who had traveled all the way from the New World, led his men to block the Sand Crocodile.

"Full speed ahead! I want Crocodile's head!" Drought Jack was a burly man over eight meters tall with a metal jaw, a muffled voice, and ivory-like decorations on his head and shoulders.

Jack has a very bad temper and will never negotiate if he can resolve things with force.

He was 100% loyal to Kaido. When Kaido sent him to take Crocodile's head, he didn't hesitate and led his men to withdraw from the pursuit of Shiki. Afterward, he fought his way into the first half of the Grand Line. All he needed to do was know the mission objective and complete the mission. He didn't care about the specific reasons.

"Lord Jack! There are twelve enemy ships! A lot of men!" the lookout quickly reported the number of enemies.

Jack the Drought only had one warship with a mammoth figurehead, carrying no more than 300 pirates, while the enemy had twelve ships, more than 1,500 bounty hunters, including two imposing giants and Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. Jack's side was clearly at a disadvantage.

Jack's eyes gleamed with a wild, predatory light as he glared at his men: "Who do you think I am? Bring the ship closer!"

Chapter 116 Bring the boat closer!

Jack the Drought arrived before Charlotte Cracker on the other side, entirely because of Doflamingo.

At first, Doflamingo was completely baffled. He was utterly confused. Why would Kaido want Crocodile's head when nothing was wrong? There had to be a reason, right? Unfortunately, Kaido had a terrible reputation, and Doflamingo didn't dare to ask.

He wouldn't dare treat Kaido's loyal subordinates the same way he treated Cracker.

Upon hearing that Jack the Drought was looking for Crocodile, he mobilized all the resources in the underworld. The traitor on the ship had already reported the Crocodile's departure time, rest location on the first day, and stop location on the second day to Doflamingo. Even Bellamy, nicknamed Hyena, from the pursuing pirate army could be considered one of Doflamingo's men.

After gathering the intelligence, Doflamingo, though unable to participate in the battle due to his own reasons, still handed over the information to Jack the Drought without reservation. Fearing that they were unfamiliar with the first half of the Grand Line, he even sent Lao G, a member of his Donquixote Family with extensive seafaring experience, to help. This way, even if they encountered the Marines, they could use the flag of the Seven Warlords of the Sea to deceive them. Whether they believed it or not was another matter, but procedurally no one could say anything.

Jack didn't take any detours at all and found Crocodile and his group before Cracker, who had set off earlier.

His warship was two stories taller and twice as wide as the pirate ships Nico Robin had collected. Even with the repairs from Rob Lucci and others, Baroque Works' ship was fundamentally inferior. In terms of ship quality and the disorganized naval combat capabilities of its crew, Baroque Works was indeed not on the same level as a battle-hardened pirate like Jack.

Drought Jack's action of "bringing the ship closer" was not reckless; on the contrary, engaging in boarding action could effectively offset the advantage of the enemy's numerous cannons.

Once the twelve ships are lined up and hundreds of cannons begin to fire simultaneously, even the most sturdy ships cannot withstand it. Boarding action is a very smart tactic.

"Move closer!"

"Move the boat closer to me!"

Jack's voice was louder than the waves, and his many men drew their sails and charged at full speed toward Crocodile's fleet.

The situation on Crocodile's side is extremely chaotic. No one knows anyone else, everyone is hiding their identities, there are no subordinate relationships, and soldiers don't know their generals, and generals don't know their soldiers. Normally, this situation is manageable, but once they encounter the enemy, problems immediately arise.

As it turns out, Nicole Robin's practice of giving instructions every twenty minutes was a complete gamble with lives.

When Drought Jack's warship was only a nautical mile away from them, they realized that the approaching ships were the enemy.

"Hahahaha—where did this idiot come from? Looks like he's going to attack us? Doesn't he know our employer is Crocodile?"

"They're probably just some small pirate crew. They probably haven't even heard of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."

The group of bounty hunters on the ship pointed at the lone ship in the distance and laughed wildly. What were they afraid of? There were twelve ships on our side, and only one on the other!

Nicole Robin is an excellent scholar, but definitely not a qualified commander; in naval warfare, she has almost zero experience.

She didn't take the approaching warships seriously at all. While chatting idly with Weiwei, she secretly gave an order to fire the cannons. Her intention was simply to drive them away and that would be the end of it.

She said nothing about which ship fired first, which ship fired last, the angle of the firing, or the direction of the twelve ships.

Crocodile did have experience in naval warfare, but the Devil's Triangle was pitch black with extremely low visibility. He couldn't even see the enemy's flags three nautical miles away. By the time he was only one nautical mile away and could see them clearly, it was too late to temporarily take over command...

With a deafening roar, the warship bearing the mammoth figurehead revealed its ram and rammed into one of their warships from a 30-degree angle. The ram was exceptionally tough, and the acceleration of the ship generated terrifying power, smashing through three pirate ships in succession, stringing the Baroque Works ships together like a skewer of candied hawthorns. Afterward, a number of ferocious pirates jumped over the sideboard and launched an attack.

Jack the Drought's men were naturally the elite of the Beasts Pirates. They wore very philosophical and macho cross-chain suits, revealing their strong and well-developed pectoral muscles. They made all sorts of strange noises that were hard to understand, and charged at the bounty hunters like wild beasts.

With three hundred against one thousand five, they were clearly at a disadvantage, but Jack the Drought's pirates were in high spirits and showed no fear during their charge.