The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

“We’ll stay on the outskirts of the island. Once I contact Mr. 2 and the others, we’ll find a boat to return to Alabasta.”

Okay! It just so happens that Vivi was also planning to look for Mr. 3, so she agreed to this idea of ​​loafing around on the sidelines.

After changing their clothes, the two called on their old minister, Mr. 8, and brought along the duck. The three of them and the duck found a cave, and then they started... playing cards!

Vivi discovers that Duck is very addicted to cards, and Robin is just as addicted!

Some people are addicted to bad food, but Robin is different.

The three people and the duck played twelve rounds, and this woman actually won all twelve rounds in a row.

"Did you cheat?" Vivi and Duck looked on incredulously.

Robin covered his mouth: "Hehehe, I was just lucky."

After losing 29 games in a row, they stopped playing with Robin. He had incredible luck at cards and was very good at calculating the odds; even Vivi, the old minister, and the duck teaming up couldn't beat him. They immediately switched to Gomoku, but still lost a lot...

Robin is particularly skilled at all kinds of card and board games, and he can defeat three opponents at once, leaving them utterly defeated.

She was having a lot of fun, but Weiwei and the others quickly became unhappy. Who would want to play if they kept losing?

After resting for a while, they left the cave and went together to find the senior agents of Baroque Works.

On the way, Vivi discovered another characteristic of Nicole Robin: once you get to know her, she likes to say some particularly "dark" things in a serious tone.

Upon seeing a corpse, she would calmly say, "Was this guy dismembered?"

Seeing the wrecked hull, she would start to wonder: "Was the whole ship eaten by a monster?"

When she couldn't get through to Mr. 2, she sighed, "No response at all? Could he have been silently hanged?"

Weiwei was speechless: "Isn't that a really unlucky thing to say?"

"Hehehehe... Hmm? What?"

Just as Nicole Robin was about to say something, she noticed Vivi violently pressing down on her head while simultaneously kicking the old minister in the buttocks. The old minister, who was kicked face-first into the mud, showed no anger and quietly lay on the ground. The duck on the other side also lay on the ground, covering its head with its wings.

"how?"

"Shhh."

After waiting for a full minute, just when Nicole Robin thought Vivi was joking with her, she heard a noise not far away. She saw a man dressed in ordinary clothes, barefoot, with a pigeon perched on his shoulder, cautiously walk onto the shore and carefully observe the area for a while.

Robin recognized the man; wasn't this Rob Lucci, the master craftsman who repaired ships for Baroque Works?

The master craftsman at this moment was completely different from the one he had seen that day. His eyes were cold, his movements were agile, and most importantly, he exuded a fierce killing intent like that of a wild beast.

Who is this guy?

Robin's expression grew increasingly serious; this guy was definitely not a shipwright!

The bushes where they were hiding were very well concealed, and there were trees outside to cover them as well. Even Rob Lucci did not notice anything amiss. He followed the scent and searched for the guy who stepped on his shoe for five minutes, but unfortunately the scent dissipated too quickly. He shook his head, and to Robin's somewhat horrified gaze, he transformed into a cheetah, leaped, and disappeared.

Robin had no idea that the shipwright was actually a Devil Fruit user. She tried to stand up, but Vivi's hand holding her down didn't budge at all, and she even shook her head slightly at her.

Sure enough, Rob Lucci, who had transformed into a leopard, quickly circled back. He observed the scene for a while before finally leaving.

Chapter 122 Arm Ring

The three people and the duck didn't stand up until Weiwei indicated that everything was alright.

Robin frowned and lowered her voice, saying, "I've seen that guy before! He's just a shipwright... at least I think so. His speed is astounding, and he's a Devil Fruit user too. This guy getting on the ship is clearly a conspiracy... By the way, how did you spot him?"

Vivi got a lot of information about Rob Lucci from Lao Fan. She thought she needed to remind Robin that he should be more careful in his daily life and pay more attention to his appearance. When he goes to public places, he should disguise himself a little and not act like he did in the original Water Seven, strolling around the streets so swaggeringly.

She explained that her ability to discover Rob Lucci early on stemmed from her upbringing in the mountains with her grandfather, growing up alongside wild animals, which gave her exceptionally keen senses.

This time, Vivi didn't resort to her "making friends out of thin air" trick. Robin treated her sincerely, and she spoke with particular honesty: "My senses are always very sharp. Last time, I was drinking at a friend's house, and suddenly her dad came home! He's a fierce old man, a 59-year-old, with a spiked club! He could beat me from the Hundred Herbs Garden all the way to Third Sister's Study! I was so scared that I hid under the bed and didn't dare utter a sound the whole time..."

Robin didn't sense any malice and felt that Vivi didn't seem to be lying... She guessed that this "fifty-nine-year-old comrade" must be a farmer from some small rural town. She imagined Vivi hiding under the bed and found it very interesting, so she couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle.

She had never experienced friendship before, and couldn't help but exclaim, "It's so nice that you still have friends to drink with. Your life is truly fulfilling."

Weiwei didn't dare to say anything definitively: "I'll introduce you to him sometime. You two are about the same age, but your personalities are completely different. However, there's no need to get to know her dad. The old man is too powerful. He doesn't seem to be fifty-nine years old this year... Let's not worry about his age. Anyway, if we all stick together, we can't afford to mess with him."

Vivi was still bothered by her embarrassing moment that day, and now that she had the chance, she started ranting about it.

What can Kaido do? Can he jump across thousands of miles of ocean to attack her?

"This is what I said to my friend back then... Huh? Holy crap! Is karma coming so fast? Run! Run!" Vivi leaped onto the duck, waved to the old minister, and then grabbed Robin and ran outside.

Another enemy has arrived? But why aren't they hiding this time? Robin was confused by her friends' actions, but ten seconds later, she understood why.

Then, the mammoth that Jack the Drought had transformed into crashed into the area where they had been hiding, just like a derailed train.

Vivi could swear to God that Jack the Drought had absolutely not discovered any trace of them. His Observation Haki was only at an average level, so there was no issue with Observation Haki suppression. It was just that this guy was too reckless! He was so reckless that he would run into any tree he saw and stomp on anything he could find.

The enemy's charge was likely aimless, and it just so happened that their path of attack was within their area.

"You're insane!" Vivi cursed. Their escape immediately caught Jack's attention, and his bloodshot eyes glared at them.

"If we can't beat him, let's split up and run!" Vivi wasn't actually afraid of Jack the Drought, but she didn't want to risk her life for Crocodile. She threw Robin and the old retainer Mr. 8 far away, then fired repeatedly at Jack's head before riding her duck in another direction.

“Ms. Wednesday!” Robin shouted, then realized her intention and, not wanting her “sacrifice” to be in vain, could only cover her mouth tightly.

Watching Vivi draw Drought Jack away with her gunshot, she felt both moved and ashamed. It had been many years since anyone had treated her like that. She secretly vowed that if Vivi survived, she would treat her like a younger sister from now on.

Vivi definitely didn't intend to sacrifice herself to protect others; she was truly unafraid of Drought Jack.

Where is this? This is Devil's Island, where the sun never shines. The rock walls, the shade of the trees, and the buildings on the island are all her hiding places. In this environment, she says that if she is second to none in terms of secrecy, no one would dare to claim to be first!

If she wanted to hide, even Kaido wouldn't be able to find her, let alone Jack, her underling!

Riding on the duck, she kept turning back to shoot.

Chased relentlessly by the mammoth, the duck was terrified and burst into incredible speed. Seeing that Vivi was still attacking her, its eyes filled with tears, as if it could already imagine being trampled into mincemeat.

"Don't worry, it's okay. I'll tell you a secret: that guy can't actually beat me. Of course, I probably can't take him down either... It's nothing, it's just a small matter..." Weiwei reassured her.

After leading Jack the Drought more than two thousand meters away, Vivi estimated that Robin had already run far away. She pulled the duck and hid in the forest nearby. Jack the Drought, who was in the form of a mammoth, immediately lost track of her. He flew into a rage, stomped around for a while, and then could only leave dejectedly.

Drought Jack's empty mind was filled with only the mission: to continue hunting down the sand crocodiles. He had also seen a leopard earlier, and that guy smelled awful. If he saw it again, he would just stomp it to death!

Vivi was completely lost, and the duck wasn't familiar with Devil's Island either, so she could only summon creatures.

She found a bat in the woods, and the rest was simple: Go, call your boss over, and tell him that your boss's boss is summoning it.

Not long after, Hilton, the face-bat zombie, hurriedly flew over.

Not only did it come over itself, but it also gave Vivi an armband that was entirely black and adorned with two aquamarine gemstones.

"Master, here is the armlet you requested."

"Is my nautical logbook also in the vault? Very good, well done, you are an excellent servant."

Vivi was very satisfied. After all her hard work in planning, the treasure ended up being hers, and you were all going to your deaths. That was a perfectly reasonable thing, right?

She studied the armband for a while and noticed some fine patterns on the inside. Through the two gemstones, she could see these patterns just like through eyeglass lenses.

As she adjusted the angle, the image became clearer and clearer. When the lens and the pattern inside the armband formed a 30-degree angle, a finely detailed nautical chart appeared before her eyes.

Vivi: "......"

She turned it over and over, but found that she couldn't seem to understand it...

Pakistan's navigation skills are excellent at reading nautical charts, but she's just a tiny bit lacking.

She didn't take it too seriously. She wasn't particularly in need of treasure; having it was fine, not having it was also okay. She put away the armlet and prepared to return to the Neferutarli family's professionals for research.

"Tell me the specific situation on the island now," she asked the face-bat zombie, inquiring about what had happened on the island recently.

Chapter 123 Mr. 3

Hilton, the zombie with a human face and bat-like features, spoke and gestured as the island's messenger, giving a general account of what had happened on the island during this period.

Vivi said, "So, Moonlight Moria already knows that everyone has landed on the island?"

“Yes, mistress…” The face-bat zombie glanced at her expression: “The master told us to shrink our defenses and abandon the entire area outside the mansion… He said… He said to let outsiders kill each other, and we don’t need to get involved.”

Vivi nodded, still as calm as ever; Moonlight Moria's response was entirely within her expectations.

She took out a photograph and an old wanted poster from the duck's backpack. The person in the photograph was Mr. 3, who claimed to be an artist. It was taken during the previous sea battle. The wanted poster was for Brook, who was still in human form 50 years ago.

"Have you seen these two people before? The guy in the photo should have just arrived on the island. The person on the wanted poster has turned into a skeleton. The appearance is different, but the afro should still be there."

The human-faced bat zombie thought for a moment, then called over its companions, and the bats discussed the matter.

"I've met him, mistress. The guy in the photo seems to be by the sea. He's the one on the wanted poster who often steals salt from the kitchen, but with the recent invasion of a large number of foreign enemies, he ran to the back of the mansion."

Which location is closer?

The face-bat zombie gave her a strange look. "One is by the sea, and the other is behind the mansion. You're asking which one is closer?"

Vivi gave it a cold look, and it quickly lowered its head: "The one on the beach is closer."

“Okay, send one of your men to show me the way. Karu, let’s go.” Vivi rode on the duck’s back, and the human-faced bat zombie also gave her a small bat to guide her.

At this moment, the entire Devil Island was filled with shouts of battle. The usual eerie winds were now drowned out by the sounds of explosions and clashing weapons. A group of zombies trembled and hid in their coffins, too afraid to come out at all.

......

Mr. 3 walked dejectedly on the beach. He had lost contact with his partner, Ms. Golden Week. The artistically designed number "3" on his head was now limp and lifeless from being wet with seawater.

He was extremely dissatisfied with Baroque Works' arrangements. That MS. All Sunday was completely incompetent at commanding, resulting in a chaotic battle without any preparation. In his eyes, Crocodile, their employer, was also useless, a waste of a Shichibukai title, unable to even defeat a mammoth! If he were in that situation, he felt he could torture that stupid mammoth to death with wax!

For a moment, he even felt that he could become one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea and enjoy the worship of countless people; the image was simply too wonderful!

"Hey, what are you thinking about? You're so engrossed in your thoughts. I've called you several times." A slightly cool voice rang out from not far away. Mr. 3 first adjusted his glasses, then fiddled with the artistic number "3" above his head for a bit before turning around.

After seeing the woman riding the duck clearly, he revealed a very arrogant smile. He remembered the scene of this woman chasing ducks around, but he didn't know her specific code name. However, she was definitely not as tall as him.

“It’s you. You’re incredibly lucky to have survived with such low strength.” He coughed. “As a high-ranking agent of the studio, you’re safe now that you’ve found me. Come down first.”

Vivi remained completely still.

Mr. 3 frowned, looking very unhappy. He felt he hadn't explained himself clearly: "Can't you see that the senior is a bit tired? Where did this country bumpkin come from? You have no eyesight at all. No wonder your ranking is so low. Get down here and have your duck carry me for a while, hurry up!"

Seeing that the other party still didn't react and was looking at him like he was an idiot, he became very annoyed. His expression was full of impatience. If his tone was initially one of negotiation, it had now become one of command.

Karu the duck turned to look at Vivi, as if to say, "What should we do?"

Vivi patted it, signaling it to calm down.

Her eyes turned blood red, and her Conqueror's Haki was directed at a small area of ​​Mr. 3. She uttered a single word: "Kneel down."