The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

Weiwei waited for a few minutes, but seeing that her partner showed no sign of returning, she had no choice but to go and help.

Although she felt that Van Augur had completely lost his murderous intent and hostility at the last moment, human nature is complex and there might be a change of heart. Mr. 9 was indeed a goofball, but no matter how goofy he was, he was still her partner and she couldn't let him be shot dead by a casual shot!

She hurried after her, but as she chased, she discovered a serious and very important problem... She seemed to be lost!

Weiwei put her hands on her hips, looked at the three-story building on the left, and then at the fountain and flower bed on the right. She vaguely felt that she had been to this path before.

Loguetown is much bigger than her Whiskey Mountain. As the entrance from the East Blue to the Grand Line, it's like a small city, bustling with people. There are countless illegally built houses and shops, and the people's clothes and architectural styles are all pretty much the same. There are no road signs or landmarks. Vivi ran for half an hour and felt like she was just going around in circles.

The prompts she received through "Listening to All Things" were sometimes correct and sometimes incorrect. Sometimes the prompts were correct, but she thought the other party was playing tricks on her and deliberately ran in the opposite direction. Sometimes the prompts were wrong, but she believed the other party's words. In the end, she was so confused that she couldn't find Mr. 9 and Van Augur, let alone Baroque Works' location in Loguetown.

"Front......"

"Keep running..."

"You're so pretty, miss."

"I'm so hungry, so very hungry..."

A jumble of sounds flooded her mind. She tried to make out what they were, and realized that she had been running a lot before. This time, she didn't "go against the grain." Instead, she kept her head down and rushed along a narrow path.

"Huh?" As she ran, the view suddenly opened up, and she finally burst out of the dilapidated, maze-like residential area. In front of her was a wide square, and in the very center of the square stood a wooden platform more than ten meters high.

This place is too famous, the execution platform! 20 years ago, the Pirate King Gol D. Roger died here.

"Want my treasure? You can have it all. Go find it! I've left all my treasure there."

"Want my treasure? You can have it all. Go find it! I've left all my treasure there."

"Want my treasure? You can have it all. Go find it! I've left all my treasure there."

The deep male voice echoed in her mind like it was on repeat.

At first, Weiwei wanted to make a sarcastic remark: "Wang Luojie, do your family know how immature you are? Do Aunt Wang and Wang Kaiduo approve of your immaturity?"

But as the deep male voice grew louder and louder, her teasing thoughts quickly vanished. Eventually, she could barely think straight, as if a saw was trying to brutally cut open her skull.

"Stop!"

"stop!"

"Holy shit! I order you to stop!—"

Weiwei instinctively covered her ears, but the sound kept drilling into her mind.

The wooden planks, nails, and screws on the execution platform, the stones and trees in the square—all these things around us were playing Gol D. Roger's "famous quote" on a loop, loud and clear.

Vivi frowned, gripping the knife handle tightly with her left hand, trying to use the cold metallic touch to help her regain some of her thinking ability.

There weren't many pedestrians in the square at the moment, but in a daze, she seemed to see many, many figures in the square.

Old people, children, men, women, loyal soldiers, a king who loves his people like his own children, an ambitious adventurer, and a scheming person who wants to turn the world upside down—Vivi felt that her perception was being passively resonated with the town of Rogue twenty years ago through some special means.

She "saw" what happened that day, and Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King sitting on the execution platform, also "saw" her across twenty years.

She knew she was an outsider, that she wasn't actually there, but the scene before her eyes grew clearer and clearer, so clear that it felt as if she were actually there.

Chapter Seventeen: Awakening, Conqueror's Haki!

Vivi saw Gol D. Roger, the Pirate King, wearing handcuffs, sitting calmly on the execution platform like an emperor in his own palace. His hair was a little messy, and the gaze that shone through his hair was very peaceful, without a trace of hostility. He was laughing, laughing at himself, laughing at the people around him, laughing at the world.

Vivi's gaze swept through the crowd, and through her mental perception, she was able to identify several people she had never met before.

Among them are Shanks with tears streaming down his face and Buggy the Clown, Crocodile hiding in the shadows with only his back visible, a younger version of Gecko Moria and Doflamingo, Mihawk without his hat, Monkey D. Dragon, the revolutionary before his father's slipper mark on his face, Smoker, the white hunter with white hair since childhood, and of course, Vivi, the Alabasta princess who made a random appearance.

Two soldiers stood beside Gol D. Roger, ready to carry out the execution. Even though she knew that this had happened twenty years ago and that it had nothing to do with her, Vivi still felt a heavy pressure squeezing her heart.

She had never believed in the concept of personal charisma. She thought it was a kind of temperament composed of status, knowledge, and life experience. But today she believed it. Some people have extremely strong personal charisma. It's not about the stunning good looks of a young idol, nor about a face or figure. It has nothing to do with art or the golden ratio. It's a kind of spirit, a unique charm that comes from birth.

"Brother, your era is over... Do you need me to do something for you? Do you have any enemies, relatives, or friends that you need me to kill or take care of?" During this "listening to all things" process, Vivi's ability seemed to be temporarily enhanced. She could transmit her thoughts through the resonance between the two abilities and ask Roger from afar.

Weiwei, who has always adhered to the principle of "safety first," made a rare promise.

If the other party makes a request for her to help take care of Ace, she will try her best to do so, for no particular reason, she just feels that she should do it.

Roger sat cross-legged on the execution platform, processing the information that appeared in his mind: "Hahahaha! I've had a happy life. I've had many rivals, but no enemies... My wife and son will have their own wonderful lives, without the need for outside interference. Go, son, follow your own ideas and turn this world upside down! — Hahahaha!"

"What the hell?! What I want is to survive, to be the Sword God of Shili Slope!" Vivi complained, which drew a burst of laughter from Roger. His laughter was so pure, unlike the strange laughter in the One Piece world. It was simple and direct, a very happy expression of emotion.

Weiwei felt the pressure on her heart increasing, and the "thump" sounded like a drum.

After Roger shouted his famous line, "Want my treasure? You can have it all! Go find it! I've left all my treasure there," his body was pierced by a soldier's spear, blood flowed from his body, and the Pirate King Gol D. Roger closed his eyes with a smile.

Angry? Actually, Vivi wasn't angry. Roger himself wasn't angry, so why would she, a complete bystander, be angry? It wasn't worth it.

But she still felt uncomfortable. If she had to explain it, it could be attributed to a sense of injustice, feeling that it was a great pity and a great loss that such a person had died.

Roger is dead, and the resonance between their abilities is about to disappear. Vivi has only seconds left. Her gaze quickly swept over the few future powerhouses in the square.

They will become the Four Emperors, the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and the world's greatest swordsmen in the future, but at this moment, their feelings are similar to those of passersby. Regardless of their allegiance or whether they agree with Gol D. Roger's views, this man's charisma has reached the pinnacle of the world.

Some people will scorn him, some will admire him, and some will see his death as some kind of opportunity, but he doesn't care at all. He is a person who is extremely free. The rules and regulations of the world and moral standards cannot restrain him. Even if he is destined to die, he will choose an earth-shattering way to end his life.

This is a person who is pure to the extreme.

As the resonance ended, Weiwei's consciousness was pulled out of the vortex of twenty years ago. The violent beating of her heart severely affected the speed at which her self-awareness returned. This manifested externally as her standing blankly in the square, unresponsive to the outside world.

"Hey? Are you alright?... "

"Why is this guy standing here? Is he an idiot?"

As the gateway from the East Blue to the Grand Line, Loguetown is teeming with pirates. Despite the presence of a Marine Headquarters colonel stationed there, all sorts of villains continue to emerge.

Several thugs surrounded them from three directions.

"He looks a bit young; he'll probably need a few more years to recover."

"It's alright, those nobles like these greenhorns, hehehehe..."

"Guys, let's hurry up, this deal is sure to make us a fortune!"

The men's eyes were filled with greed. They tightened the encirclement little by little and used several of their bodies to block the view of passersby in the distance.

On the rooftop of a tall building two streets away from the square, sniper Van Oka, holding a long-range musket "Thousand Six," watched from afar.

"This is such a dilemma, another crossroads... Should I save this lost little bird or kill her? Fate has not offered any guidance, what should I choose?"

He thought for a moment, then took out a coin: "Heads I'll help you, tails I'll kill you. Let me see your fate."

The moment the coin was launched into the sky, Vivi finally awoke from the vortex of consciousness from twenty years ago.

She opened her eyes and saw several shady-looking men standing beside her. Seeing the ropes and bags in their hands, she could see the undisguised greed, desire, and madness in their eyes.

This blatant malice enraged Vivi—anger at Roger's death, anger at this chaotic world, and anger at herself!

Was she being too cowardly? Now even a few ants dared to provoke her! Anger welled up inside her, and the volcanic heat in her heart could no longer be suppressed.

Vivi straightened her back, clenched her fists, and her boiling, magma-like anger transformed into a near-tangible force, bursting forth entirely from her eyes!

"Get out of here!!!"

Chapter 18 Smoker and Tashigi

Weiwei's voice wasn't loud, and it sounded a bit dry because of her headache, but the voice wasn't important at this point. The key was to transform her spirit into an invisible energy shockwave through her own determination.

The shockwave didn't stop at all, sweeping outwards from Vivi's center. The five men beside her were the first to fall, followed by townspeople, soldiers, and pirates along the way, whose eyes rolled back, limbs twitched, and they collapsed to the ground.

This move had a very large coverage area, and even Van Augur, who had set up long guns two streets away to snipe, was greatly affected.

As one of the world's top snipers, his willpower, honed on the brink of life and death, shouldn't be defeated by Vivi's aura. Yet, he was somewhat dazed, letting the tossed coin fall to the side, and looking at the center of the square with a strange expression.

"Impossible! ...This? This is the kingly talent that only one in a million can awaken? ...What does it mean that such a person is appearing in front of me...?"

Van Augur was starting to have trouble thinking about it. Was becoming a champion really that easy? Could he just stumble upon one while casually strolling down the street? If it wasn't a random encounter, then it must be fate! He was absolutely certain of that.

If it were a normal person, they would definitely think, "If I can't afford to mess with them, I'll just avoid them." But Van Oka is not a normal person; his way of thinking is relatively peculiar.

"Let fate decide everything, madam. I await the full bloom of your brilliance. I have a premonition that our third encounter is not far off." He swiftly sheathed his long gun "Qianliu," turned, and entered a side path, quickly disappearing from sight.

"Huh??? What am I doing?" At this moment, three question marks appeared on Vivi's forehead in the center of the square.

She stared blankly around, seeing that everyone—old or young, man or woman—was lying haphazardly on the street. Everyone in sight had fainted. The stones, trees, and houses of Rogge Town seemed to whisper to her that a large number of people in the distance had also fainted.

"I did this?! Holy crap!! Wow, I'm so awesome!"

Vivi was initially excited when she saw "Conqueror's Haki" appear in the "Haki" section of the panel, but then she was speechless.

This skill doesn't have a level indicator like "lv" after it; it just appears alone on the panel, which looks very abrupt.

"No time to think it through, let's run!" Vivi glanced around and saw that there were already hundreds of people unconscious in her line of sight, and there were definitely more outside of it. Marine Headquarters Captain Smoker was stationed in the town. If they didn't want to be wanted, it was best to leave!

She took two steps, realized something was wrong, and turned back to the scene.

Everyone fainted, but fainting doesn't mean death or amnesia. It doesn't matter if the people in the distance are not affected, but the five men nearby can see her face. Once these guys wake up and describe Vivi's appearance to the Navy, won't she be exposed?

The World Government has not issued an order to kill those who possess Conqueror's Haki, mainly because such people are extremely rare. However, ignoring them does not mean they will be indulged. Vivi's identity is sensitive, and theoretically, she has access to a great deal of resources. Once the news of her awakening Conqueror's Haki spreads, her plan to survive to the end will be completely aborted.

The crocodile will come to kill her immediately.

Those people at the scene who have seen her face must die!

Having killed many pirates, she had little psychological barrier to her actions. She drew her famous sword "Hanashu" without batting an eye and swiftly sliced ​​it across the throats of five men.

"Oh dear, this domineering aura is quite tiring... I'm almost out of energy." She mustered her strength and her legs moved like windmills, rushing into a side alley in the blink of an eye. Three minutes later, she got lost. Not to mention the navy in the town, even she herself didn't know where she was.

The Navy in Loguetown reacted quickly. Smoker, the Marine Headquarters Captain nicknamed "White Hunter" and a user of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit, rushed to the center of the square two minutes later, accompanied by thick white smoke.

This was a man who was two meters tall, with a messy slicked-back hairstyle. His shirt was open, revealing his muscular chest and abs. In contrast to his rugged upper body, his lower body was quite well-covered. The cuffs of his trousers were tucked into his boots, and the laces on his boots were tied neatly and precisely.

This man possessed two completely different lifestyle habits: rugged and meticulous.

As a Marine Colonel stationed in Loguetown, Smoker sensed the outbreak of Conqueror's Haki the moment it occurred. He immediately activated his Devil Fruit ability and flew over like a puff of smoke, but due to the distance, he was ultimately a step too late.

With his hair slicked back and a cigar dangling from his mouth, Smoker looked cautious. He first examined the five men who had been killed by having their throats slit, but found no clues. Then he flew around the square once more.

"Huh? Tashigi! What are you doing lying here, you idiot? You've disgraced the Navy! Get up right now!" He found a female Navy sergeant behind a low wall on the south side of the square, her back against the wall, her body trembling, and her hand holding a long sword.

Although the tone was stern, it was still mainly meant to be caring and offer advice.

"Yes, Colonel... I'm fine..." Sergeant Tashigi was one of the few people on the scene who didn't faint. As a naval elite and a master swordsman, her willpower was undoubtedly much stronger than that of ordinary people. At this moment, she was holding onto the wall and was still able to hold on without falling.

"Tell me, who released Haki in the square just now? Was it some legendary pirate?" Smoker wasn't actually sure if it was Conqueror's Haki. In the Navy, only Fleet Admiral Sengoku possessed Conqueror's Haki. He was a very busy Fleet Admiral, so it was impossible for him to have a colonel demonstrate his ability for no reason.

However, as a student of Admiral Zephyr and a subordinate of Admiral Aokiji, he had a certain understanding of Conqueror's Haki. He felt that the large group of people who had fainted at the scene were very likely knocked unconscious by Haki.