One Piece: Get Stronger by Watching Battles

Zhou Ze then noticed that there were many marines on the island. He nodded and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Mr. 2's Devil Fruit ability makes it too easy for him to escape."

"Don't think too much about it. Vacation is all about having fun. Come on, go change your clothes. What you're wearing right now is so mismatched."

Tina hesitated for a moment, her face slightly flushed, and was about to get up when she suddenly noticed that something was wrong with the three people who walked over.

In Zhou Ze's words, their clothing was completely out of place with the style of the island.

Seeing Tina standing there in a daze, Zhou Ze also felt strange, and then followed her gaze.

Holy crap! He saw three people!

A little girl wearing a blue scarf, a striped sweater, and huge, fluffy hair that was clearly a wig was eating ice cream.

A tall, thin man was wearing a fur coat and had his hair styled in a slicked-back style, typical of middle-aged men.

There was another woman, also dressed in long clothes and trousers, wearing a pumpkin hat.

Zhou Ze's cheeks twitched violently, feeling as if his eyes were failing him and his intelligence was being severely insulted.

Guys, your disguises are quite different, but can't you use your brains a little?

The three were Miss. Golden Week, Miss. Valentine's Day, and Mr. 5. Their pterosaur had been soaked by the storm, and Miss. Golden Week's drawing skill "Friends' Yellow-Green" had disappeared, causing the pterosaur to become uncontrollable and crash on the island.

Then, because Tina ordered the search for the escaped Mr. 2, many marines appeared on the island, and the three of them had to disguise themselves, which is how they ended up looking the way they do now.

Tina then remembered that she had obtained portraits of the organization's senior agents from the captured members of Baroque Works, and finally recognized the three men's identities.

Zhou Ze was speechless when Tina launched a surprise attack, kicking the three of them.

Miss Golden Week was caught off guard, with Miss Valentine being directly kicked. Tina is a user of the Cage-Cage Fruit, and when she activates her power, any part of her body that touches an enemy will turn into iron bars. In this way, Miss Valentine was captured in one blow.

Although Miss Goldenweek and Mr. 5 escaped unscathed, the commotion quickly attracted the attention of the surrounding navy, who swiftly converged on them.

Mr. 5 is a user of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit. He picked out a booger and threw it over. The booger fell to the ground and exploded instantly. Knowing they were no match for him, the two had no choice but to escape in the chaos.

This nose-picking technique is a bit disgusting, and Zhou Ze instantly lost the desire to learn it.

Tina first ordered Fenbuddy and Zango to give chase, then walked over to Zhou Ze and said, "I didn't expect something like this to happen again on this vacation. I'm so sorry, Tina."

Zhou Ze smiled helplessly, "It's okay, we're the navy."

Soon, Tina ordered the marines to post the following information on the bulletin board in the city center square:

"If the three remnants of the Baroque Works do not reach the western port by dusk, the navy will hang Miss Valentine!"

Below the information were photos of Miss Golden Week, Mr. 3, and Mr. 5, while a wanted poster for the escaped Mr. 2 was also posted on a nearby wall.

……

At the western port, Tina donned her navy cloak again, and the surrounding navy stood ready. Zhou Ze sat on a nearby hillside, sighing.

What a waste of a perfectly good vacation!

Just then, a car slid down the opposite hillside into the naval formation, causing a commotion.

Zhou Ze looked over and saw that there was a person tied to the cart. It was Mr. 3. Just as the marines were about to put him on the naval transport ship, Mr. 3 suddenly sprang into action and used a series of human-powered boxing techniques to knock down the surrounding marines.

It turns out that Mr. 3 was actually Mr. 2 in disguise. Tina tore off her cloak and went up to fight Mr. 2, Bon Clay.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Miss Golden Week kidnapped Miss Valentine and used her coloring abilities to control an entire ship of marines, driving them toward the detention center.

Zhou Ze reluctantly stood up and shouted to Tina, who was still engaged in battle, "Tina, I'm going to chase after them!"

Then it transformed into a falcon and gave chase.

……

Miss Golden Week and her companions were startled by Zhou Ze's sudden appearance on the ship. If Zhou Ze hadn't been wearing vacation clothes, they would have attacked immediately.

"Hmm, not bad, finally someone who won't directly attack." Zhou Ze chuckled, looking at the adorable Miss Golden Week. "Little girl, you're so cute!"

"Who are you? What do you want?" Miss Valentine asked loudly, her eyes wary as Zhou Ze praised the Golden Week holiday. He pulled her behind him protectively.

"My name is Zhou Ze, and I'm a naval officer," Zhou Ze said with a smile, then quickly stretched out his hand and made a pressing motion. "Calm down. Look at my outfit. I'm on vacation, not working, so I won't make things difficult for you."

The three of them were about to launch an attack when Zhou Ze said he was a naval officer, but when they heard his nonchalant tone, as if he didn't take them seriously and spoke with the air of a master, they hesitated.

Zhou Ze didn't really care about Miss Valentine's Day and Mr. 5. Their abilities were fairly standard. The key was that Miss Golden Week's abilities were somewhat strange. So, although Zhou Ze appeared relaxed, he was actually very wary of this girl.

"Color Mixing: Hilarious Yellow"

Miss Golden Week suddenly picked up a brush, dipped it in some yellow paint, and drew a few strokes in the air. Then a yellow symbol was imprinted on Zhou Ze's body.

[Color Mixing: Hilarious Failure in Learning Yellow]

Zhou Ze was stunned, and Miss Golden Week and the others were also stunned.

"System, what's going on this time?"

“Painting ability is a skill, while additional variations are innate abilities, not techniques, and therefore cannot be learned.”

The system's mechanical sound provides the answer.

Chapter 43 External Skills for Body Strengthening, Internal Skills for Mind Cultivation (Bonus Chapter for Silver Tickets)

Zhou Ze scratched his head, then remembered that Miss Goldenweek's ability was indeed not a Devil Fruit ability. He had been looking forward to learning this skill, but now that he knew he couldn't, he felt slightly disappointed.

"Then how come I didn't get infected?" Zhou Ze asked again.

System: "External skills strengthen the body, internal skills cultivate the mind. If the internal force of the Lesser Formless Skill is not broken, the host's mind will be preserved."

That means, before the internal energy is exhausted, one is immune to mental attacks?

Nice, system!

Zhou Ze was relieved.

The three people opposite her also seemed quite surprised. Miss Golden Week, unwilling to give up, tried adjusting various colors, but all of them failed.

Zhou Ze laughed heartily and winked at her, "Little girl, stop fooling around, your tricks won't work on me."

Seeing that the other two were about to make a move, Zhou Ze smiled and said, "I came to you to make a bet."

The three looked at each other, and finally the little girl, Golden Week, looked up and asked, "What kind of bet?"

“It’s simple. You want to save Crocodile, right? Let’s bet on whether Crocodile will go with you or not, how about it?” Zhou Ze couldn’t help but smile when he saw this cute little girl.

Noticing the three hesitated, Zhou Ze added, "Don't worry, I won't interfere with your operations. In exchange, you must not harm any naval soldiers or damage any facilities."

“I am, after all, a naval officer. If there are heavy casualties or the detention center is severely damaged, it will be difficult for me to explain. And even if you escape, the navy will not give up the pursuit of you.”

"So? Isn't this bet reasonable?"

After speaking, Zhou Ze smiled and looked at the little girl opposite him. Although she was the youngest and looked like a little girl under 10 years old, she was the planner of this operation.

"What's the stake?" Miss Valentine couldn't help but ask first.

"Ah, let me think about it." Zhou Ze raised his head and pondered for a while. "If Crocodile is willing to go with you, I guarantee that the Navy will not pursue you for 24 hours, and you can escape wherever you want."

"24 hours is the limit of what I can do, and it's enough for you to escape to a great distance."

“If he doesn’t want to leave…” Zhou Ze gently tapped his cheek a few times with his fingers.

"I really don't know what you can give me. Never mind, just be honest from now on."

Miss Golden Week hesitated for a moment, first assessing the fighting strength of both sides, estimating that she couldn't win, and then reconsidering the bet, "We'll take your bet."

Zhou Ze smiled and nodded, "Then it's a deal!"

Then he walked towards the cabin, and as he passed the little girl, he patted her head before laughing heartily and going inside.

The three were left looking at each other in bewilderment.

……

Miss Golden Week used the "friendship of yellow and green" to turn a marine into her friend, while the three of them pretended to be arrested and easily sneaked into the detention center.

They first went to the women's section to rescue Miss Twofinger and Christmas, and then went to the men's section to rescue Crocodile.

After unlocking his seastone handcuffs, Crocodile simply took out a lighter, lit a cigar, took a puff, and when the agents asked him to escape with them, he merely said...

"I'm not in the mood!"

No matter how much everyone tried to persuade him, he remained unmoved. Seeing this, Mr. 1 also stayed behind, and the others had no choice but to retreat.

"Hey, looks like I won our bet." Zhou Ze sat on the gunwale and winked at Miss Golden Week.

The rescued individuals had already heard about Zhou Ze from Mr. 5, so they naturally dared not make any rash moves.

"Now that I have kept my promise, I hope you will too, otherwise I will personally bring you back."

Zhou Ze smiled and raised his fist, making a threatening gesture.

"Now you can enjoy the joy of seeing the light of day again. Goodbye."

After Zhou Ze finished speaking, he leaped high into the air, spread his wings, and flew towards the holiday island.

By this time, Tina had already captured Bon Clay and found Mr. 3 and his ship on the beach. It was later learned that Mr. 3 was stopped by Bon Clay when he was trying to escape from the vacation island. Bon Clay believed that Mr. 3's act of abandoning his companion violated the code of friendship, so he defeated him.

"Zhou Ze!"

Seeing Zhou Ze descend from the sky, Tina was overjoyed, "You're back!"

Zhou Ze nodded, "Yes." Then he changed the subject, "However, the senior agents of Baroque Works were rescued."

Tina paused for a moment upon hearing this, then thought for a second and said, "It's okay, you're all alone..."

“Crocodile and Mr. 1 are still here, everyone else has run away,” Zhou Ze interrupted Tina.

"That's good!" Tina breathed a sigh of relief. "I've captured Mr. 2 and Mr. 3, which gives the Marine Headquarters some explanation. But, now that's the case, the fact that you're still alive..."

With a helpless sigh, Zhou Ze could only nod. "Fine, just report it like this."

"Tina, I'm so sorry!" Tina glanced apologetically at Zhou Ze, then turned and went back to the captain's cabin to contact the Navy Headquarters.

……

Marine Headquarters, Marineford.

"I knew it! That kid Zhou Ze wouldn't die so easily! You see, hahaha!" Vice Admiral Garp shouted immediately, donut crumbs flying everywhere.

Lieutenant General Tsuru glared at Garp and moved aside in disgust. "Tina has always been the most obedient, but this time she actually helped that kid and kept it from me. It's outrageous!"

Sengoku slammed his fist on the table. "What are you talking about? I'm asking about the Baroque Works agents' prison break!"

"Hey, keep your voice down, we can all hear you." Garp picked his nose. "Crocodile and those high-ranking agents were arrested, right? It's just a few small fry who got away. Is it really worth making such a fuss about?"