The Pirate Princess Becomes Queen

Vivi stared at him expressionlessly: "Really?"

Johnny, standing nearby, nodded repeatedly: "It's true, it's true!"

Vivi was very satisfied with the answer and nodded: "That's such a pity."

"Yes, yes, it's really a pity."

"Yeah, Brother Zoro has always been a fan of Baroque Works..." Johnny hadn't finished speaking when Joseph covered his mouth, glaring at him as if to say, "Shut up!"

Vivi later told Nicole Robin that the matter of Lem was settled. Ms. All Sunday was too busy to care about such a trivial matter. Whether he was killed or eaten by a sea monster didn't matter. Baroque Works didn't care about a small East Blue bounty hunter.

She sized up Joseph and Johnny. She was going to find the puppy Xiuxiu. The two of them had arrived just in time. As local strongmen in the East China Sea, they would be of great help to her. Unfortunately, their combat level was a bit low, but that was to be expected. They basically represented the overall combat level of the East China Sea.

There's a reason why the East Blue is known as the weakest of the four seas. Comparing them side by side, Vivi estimates that their swordsmanship level is only slightly above level 1, far below level 2. You can't use people like Garp, Gol D. Roger, Dragon, Ace, Luffy, and Zoro as the standard for East Blue's combat strength. These are all monsters, and there's no universality. The two people in front of her are the ones who can directly reflect the combat level of East Blue.

He's never eaten a Devil Fruit, never been to the Grand Line, and has never even heard of Haki. In the end, he's just an ordinary person through and through.

If you take them to the Grand Line, a single pirate attack would likely kill them both.

After a round of mutual flattery, with phrases like "You're all great" and "Our leader is amazing," things naturally progressed from there.

Although there is no problem of getting lost due to magnetic field chaos in the East China Sea, Vivi still needs a guide to help her find the puppy Xiuxiu. The two guys in front of her who brought their own food were perfect for the task.

Johnny and Joseph were mainly there to gather information for Zoro. They didn't want to join Baroque Works, much less fight to the death on the Grand Line. Now that Vivi wanted them to be guides, they were happy to do so. They would complete the mission, then claim their strength was too weak and leave the workshop, and that would be the end of it.

The two sides hit it off immediately. Johnny and Joseph followed their newly recognized leader and boarded a merchant ship bound for the Kingdom of Goa. They would disembark midway and then find their way to the town where the dog Shushu lived.

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Not long after Vivi led Johnny and Joseph away from Loguetown, the naval warships stationed in the town also set out.

Vivi underestimated the Navy's ability to hunt down fugitives, and even more so, she underestimated Smoker's determination.

Smoker's character is characterized by his fearlessness of authority and enemies, his perseverance, and his relentless pursuit of his goals until the very end.

Vivi handled the situation cleanly and ran away decisively. Her cover-up of the duck was also perfect. At least for now, 99.9% of the Navy wouldn't chase after her for 50 Berries; it's simply not worth it!

Unfortunately, Smoker was bored out of his mind in Loguetown, with nothing to do all day but stack stones. He belonged to the 0.1% of people.

Karu's hat and clothes have been restored to their original state, but his size cannot be changed. No one is blind to such a large duck... Smoker intuitively felt that the woman who released the domineering aura was connected to the "strange creature" that appeared the next day. At this time, five women, including Vivi, who had taken their pets out and set off from Loguetown, came into his sight.

Chase after him! He won't rest until he gets to the bottom of this!

Smoker, along with several of his trusted subordinates including Sergeant Tashigi, gave chase.

He knew the priorities and the importance of Loguetown to the Navy. If his superiors found out that he had dispatched warships to pursue Loguetown for 50 Berries, even with Admiral Aokiji as his backer, it would be useless. The Navy, from the Fleet Admiral to the lowest-ranking soldier, would be furious with him. Therefore, he did not use the garrison in Loguetown, but instead borrowed a warship from the 153rd Branch of the East Blue that happened to be reporting for duty in Loguetown for the pursuit. Apart from his few trusted subordinates, the remaining soldiers were all locals from the East Blue.

Anyone familiar with navigation knows that there are shipping routes at sea. The five suspects marked by Smoker weren't on the same ship, but they had all departed from Loguetown and were following the same route. Smoker wasn't worried about losing sight of his target. Who exactly was the target? He didn't know yet. He only knew to chase after them first, and deal with the rest later!

A total of seven ships departed from Loguetown. The first six were merchant ships, while the one that lagged far behind was a warship that Smoker had borrowed from the 153rd Division of the East China Sea Navy.

Sitting at the stern of one of the merchant ships, Van Augur was puzzled. Why were the naval warships chasing him? Were they chasing him? Had he done anything wrong?

If this sniper is standing on high ground, he can hit a bird flying several miles away with a single shot. Van Augur looks lazy and calm, but he is actually very warlike. He is usually the first to strike in a battle. Although he doesn't know why the naval warships are chasing him, he still raises his long gun "Thousand Six" and aims at Colonel Smoker standing on the deck of the warship.

Just as he was about to fire, a huge black shadow suddenly flew overhead.

"What is that?" He forgot about firing his gun and looked up sharply, only to see a gigantic sailboat sweeping past from the clouds overhead...

Why are ships flying in the sky? This phenomenon overturned many of his preconceived notions. He subconsciously turned his gaze to the distant naval warships, where he saw them in a state of panic. A naval commander, wearing a white jacket and with a cigar in his mouth, was ordering his men to turn the rudder.

"Hehehehe—look what I've found! A lone naval warship? Poor thing, let me take you to headquarters! Hehehehe—I really want to see Sengoku's old face!"

Van Augur saw a golden figure land on the deck of the warship behind him. Accompanied by an extremely arrogant voice, the figure casually patted the warship, and the huge warship instantly broke free from the pull of gravity, slowly rising and flying into the sky.

The colonel on the warship roared repeatedly, issuing orders in an attempt to retaliate, but the branch soldiers were ultimately no match for the elite troops of the main force, and the situation descended into chaos.

Van Augur watched intently and saw the Marine Headquarters captain roar as he charged at the golden figure, but he was hacked to pieces and covered in blood in less than ten moves. The captain's subordinate, a young woman wearing glasses, trembled as she drew her sword to fight back, but the difference in strength was even greater. She was slapped away by the golden figure after only a few exchanges, and her long sword flew far away...

Chapter Twenty-Two: The Aerial Catastrophe

While Smoker and Tashigi were injured and the warships were flying into the sky, Vivi was chatting with Johnny and Joseph on a merchant ship more than ten miles ahead.

"Big Sister, is the Grand Line really that dangerous?"

"Boss, what's the bounty on the strongest pirate you've ever killed? Could it be ten million?"

Sailing at sea was very boring, and Johnny and Joseph, besides playing hopscotch with Karoo the duck, loved to ask all sorts of questions.

Like many ordinary people who like to boast and chat, the two had never left the East Blue, but they had a wide range of knowledge. They not only knew about the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but also knew the name of Jinbe, the Knight of the Sea, and they spoke about it in great detail.

From their perspective, Vivi, who comes from the Grand Line, is definitely a dragon among men. You know, the East Blue's most promising candidate to enter the Grand Line is the East Blue's overlord, the Krieg Pirates, who have 5000 pirates. But even the East Blue's overlord needs several years of preparation time to enter the Grand Line. For two small fry like Johnny and Joseph, the Grand Line is definitely the legendary hell on earth.

Vivi smiled and waved her hand: "It's not that exaggerated. You've demonized the Grand Line. There are also a lot of ordinary people living there. If you want, I can take you there with me later. That Krieg Pirates are idiots. We have a smooth path to the Grand Line. We can go whenever we want without any preparation."

Johnny and Joseph shook their heads like rattles, no way, no way, they would rather die than go!

They had a rather simple idea: to find a reference point.

Vivi thought she was pretty awesome, with Conqueror's Haki, you know? But Johnny and Joseph didn't think so. The "big sister" they were talking about looked to be under fifteen. Any random little girl on the Grand Line could easily beat them, so how strong could those adult pirates and bounty hunters be? They refused to go no matter what!

As they were chatting about all sorts of things, Weiwei suddenly heard the ship "speaking" to her, as if something good was flying over.

"Something good? It flew over by itself? Let me see!" She leaned out the window, wanting to see what this good thing was.

The sky was so clear, and the seawater looked crystal clear; at first glance, there seemed to be nothing wrong with it.

But in the next second, she saw a gleaming long knife spinning and flying toward her.

With quick reflexes, Weiwei caught the long sword. The moment she held it, she knew from its weight and the curve of the blade that it was a famous sword.

What's going on? A famous sword just fell right in front of me? Am I that lucky?

Following the direction from which the famous sword flew, she couldn't help but turn her head to look behind her.

A naval warship was seen being pulled by some force, flying rapidly into the sky. This pulling force was extremely violent, and there was no way to handle it gently. The warship rolled and flew into the sky, and every now and then, seriously wounded soldiers, flintlock pistols, swords, and debris from the ship fell into the sea like dumplings being dropped into boiling water.

Golden Lion?! Vivi, who was selling Golden Lion brand ropes just a few days ago, has always been very wary of powerful figures. In the blink of an eye, she thought of this legendary pirate who could rival Pirate King Roger, Whitebeard, and others.

If it were just a warship, that would be one thing, but she discovered that the ship beneath her feet was also rapidly levitating.

With a determined look, Weiwei jumped into the sea without thinking twice!

Before jumping into the sea, she quickly calculated the surface tension of the water. In the blink of an eye, she had risen a thousand meters. Looking at the sea, she felt her scalp tingle. It was too high! Her heart pounded. Could she jump from such a height? This height was several times higher than the bungee jumping height she had experienced in her previous life. If she broke an arm or a leg and was then pulled back, wouldn't her jump have been for nothing?

A strong wind rushed towards her face, but she was decisive and quickly made up her mind: jump, she had to jump!

She swiftly swung her knife, cutting through the merchant ship's window frame and a large section of surrounding wooden planks, creating a two-meter-high and two-meter-wide gap in a second.

"Karu! Let's go!" Her solution was to jump off the duck... Although ducks can't fly, they can flap their wings a couple of times in the air, which should cushion the impact and allow them to safely enter the sea.

Unfortunately, her luck was terrible today. As soon as she sat on the back of the pet duck, she saw six merchant ships being controlled by the golden lion and colliding with each other in the air, twisting together like a pretzel. One of the merchant ships, by sheer bad luck, crashed right into the gap that Vivi had cut out.

This wooden boat couldn't compare to the massive ships of her previous life, but its hundred-meter-long hull carried enormous inertia as it charged forward, and Weiwei couldn't just go up and take the hit.

Left with no other choice, she had to abandon her plan to jump ship.

"Damn it! We're too late!! Go! Johnny, Joseph! Up on deck! Follow me, let's get out of the cabin first!" She urged her two still bewildered underlings loudly, then forcibly dragged them out of the cabin.

The collision of the merchant ships occurred three seconds later. The ship beneath their feet then collided with another ship, and several ships became tangled together. The golden lion, floating in mid-air, seemed to have accomplished a trivial task, laughed wildly a few times, and then with a flick of its arm, the merchant ships, carrying hundreds of passengers, flew towards a floating island in the sky.

"Hold on to the cable! Don't let go!"

"Let go! Go to the right! Quick, fast!"

"The stern is breaking off! Follow me to the mast! Hurry!"

Relying on her faster reaction speed than others, Weiwei took to riding on the duck and giving instructions.

Johnny and Joseph, along with some of the survivors on the ship, followed her instructions and ran.

The voyage was going smoothly, but suddenly it encountered such a big change. Everyone lost their ability to think. Now no one questioned Weiwei's age and identity. Having someone to lead is better than having no one to lead.

Wielding two knives, Vivi occasionally swung them to cut through the tangled cables, the obstructing ship, and the flying chains. Karu's combat ability was almost zero, but his ability to escape was excellent, almost instinctive. Carrying Vivi, he dodged left and right on the churning merchant ship, and finally, just before the ship collided with the floating island, Karu forcefully threw Vivi off.

Weiwei was pulled by inertia and flew more than ten meters away, crashing into a large tree as thick as a bowl. She lay on the ground for a full half minute before getting up.

"Damn! That hurts so much!" She rubbed her waist, ignoring her injury, and stumbled towards the wreckage, determined to rescue Karu first.

"Karu! Don't be afraid! I'm here to save you!"

"Karu, I'm here! Please make sure nothing happens to you!"

She spent a long time rummaging through the ruins of the ship, and the first person she rescued was not her pet duck Karu, but a frail, elderly woman from the countryside who looked to be at least seventy years old.

Chapter Twenty-Three: I, Monka, will kill the Golden Lion with one axe.

"Thank you, young lady, thank you so much." The old woman had white hair and wrinkled skin; she was very thin and frail, with reading glasses perched on her nose, and she looked very kind and gentle.

"Thank you, I knew I shouldn't have come to Loguetown, Barto and the others insisted I come... Oh dear, is this divine retribution? It must be divine retribution! Oh dear, really, what a terrible thing! Oh dear, young lady, your forehead is swollen, I'll teach you a folk remedy, find some ice, then wrap it in a cloth..."

Once the old woman started talking, she talked nonstop, so Weiwei quickly pushed her aside.

"Grandma, go and rest first. I still have to save people. You go and rest first... No, no, no need for your help! You're so old, you just need to rest!"

Vivi thought she was pretty good at fighting, and with the duck loyally saving her, she still ended up with a lot of injuries. This elderly woman, on the other hand, was completely unharmed except for her messy hair. It was a miracle!

For a moment, she even suspected that this was a reclusive master living in the East China Sea, but upon closer inspection, it didn't seem like it...

After much effort, Vivi finally managed to pull the unconscious pet duck Karu out of a pile of broken wooden planks.

She was exhausted, covered in sweat, her light blue hair was covered in mud, and her right arm and left knee were red and swollen.

In the process of rescuing the ducks, she also rescued a large number of people, including her newly acquainted younger brothers Johnny and Joseph.

"Johnny, get up right now!"

"Joseph, your older brother Zoro is here!"

The group of people and the duck slowly woke up. She let out a long sigh and sat on a broken wooden plank. Her "Huazhou" sword and the famous sword she had just picked up were placed aside. Her eyes were lifeless, and she stared blankly straight ahead. After regaining some of her energy, she began to think about how to escape.

She first looked around, but she didn't see the golden lion in her sight. The guy didn't seem to care at all about them escaping.

Vivi looked down at the floating island. It must be tens of thousands of meters high, right?

Many of the physical rules in the One Piece world are quite peculiar. Enel, for example, can fly to the moon in a large ship without any protection. The little robots are even more amazing; they can fly into the sky by holding up balloons.

Vivi sighed. 10,000 meters in the air, asking the duck Karu to take her down? Wasn't that too much to ask of the duck?

"Quack?... " As she looked down at the floating island, Karu the duck also craned his neck to look down. Wow! So high! That's terrifying!"

It whirled around and met Vivi's "scientifically inquisitive" gaze. Terrified, it raised its wings to its chest, forcefully forming an "X" shape, meaning no, no, absolutely not! Your idea is extremely dangerous!

Vivi shook her head inwardly, also finding it too difficult...