One Piece: Get Stronger by Watching Battles

Tina was surprised that Gion would undermine her, and immediately glared at her angrily.

Gion frowned, surprised that the renowned Zhou Ze was such a shallow person.

Seeing that even her own beauty was displayed in such a foolish manner, she felt somewhat displeased.

Her gaze shifted, she ran her hand through her hair, looked at Zhou Ze with tender affection, and spoke in an extremely seductive voice.

"Hehehe, little brother, am I beautiful? Have you fallen in love with me?"

Zhou Ze was shocked to encounter Momousagi here.

Shouldn't she and "Tea Pig" be stationed in Mary Geoise year-round?

If she's here, is Chaton here too?

Thinking this, I heard Momousagi ask a question, and I was completely dumbfounded. What's wrong with this woman?

Asking such a question on the first meeting? That's so narcissistic!

Then I thought again, she seems to be Vice Admiral Tsuru's younger sister, and she even calls Vice Admiral Garp "Little Garp".

This is probably another "grandmother-level" person; who knows how old she is.

The thought of a "grandmother-level" woman flirting with him sent a chill down Zhou Ze's spine. He immediately wanted to deny it.

Fortunately, Zhou Ze had experienced many of these deadly questions in his previous life: women asking men if they are beautiful. In the end, his strong will to survive made him swallow back the three denials that were about to spill out.

Zhou Ze could only look at Tina with pleading eyes. Tina chuckled and then smiled at Gion:

"Alright, Gion, stop teasing Zhou Ze, he's terrified!"

Little Tina, you're so silly! This man can't take his eyes off me, didn't you see?

Gion was somewhat speechless.

Tina, you're amazing! You've saved me from this! I was really scared of her!

Zhou Ze's eyes showed gratitude.

“Zhou Ze, this is Vice Admiral Gion from the Navy Headquarters. She has been in Mary Geoise all this time…” Tina introduced to Zhou Ze.

Zhou Ze, having survived the ordeal, breathed a sigh of relief and said solemnly, "Nice to meet you, Lieutenant General Gion, I am Zhou Ze!"

Seeing Zhou Ze's reaction, Gion thought that Zhou Ze was glad that Tina hadn't noticed his abnormality. She frowned even more, snorted coldly at Zhou Ze, and didn't say anything.

Is this woman really crazy?

Even the slow-witted Zhou Ze could sense Gion's hostility towards him.

What the heck? We've only just met!

Memories flashed through his mind, and suddenly, Zhou Ze thought of a possibility!

I heard that Chaton confessed his feelings to Momousagi 100 times, but was rejected every time.

Then, considering that Momousagi suddenly appeared on Tina's ship and was so obviously hostile towards her, whom she had just met, she realized that Momousagi was also very hostile.

Zhou Ze came to a convincing conclusion.

Momousagi is a lesbian! (And a yuri!)

This conclusion startled Zhou Ze, but the more he thought about it, the more certain he became.

Then Zhou Ze became alert and subconsciously stood between Tina and Momousagi, separating them.

Tina had no idea that the two people in front of her had so much inner monologue.

However, seeing Zhou Ze standing beside her filled her with joy, and she became even more dissatisfied with Momousagi's ignoring of Zhou Ze.

"Gion, how could you do this!"

When Momotaro saw Zhou Ze suddenly approach her, she felt even more disgusted and stepped back to keep her distance from him.

Seeing that Gion had given up, Zhou Ze relaxed a bit.

The atmosphere between the three of them suddenly became very subtle.

"What's wrong with you all? Why aren't you saying anything? What are you standing there for? Tina is confused!"

After a while of stalemate, Tina finally couldn't help but speak up.

Someone broke the silence, and the frozen atmosphere began to liven up again.

Zhou Ze stopped lingering and lay down on a deck chair.

A moment later, Tina brought over a glass of sherry, placed it next to Zhou Ze, and said with a smile:

"Zhou Ze, I heard you've been promoted to lieutenant general at headquarters. Tina, I'm so happy."

Zhou Ze picked up his glass and took a big gulp, exhaling a comfortable breath of alcohol. He said lazily, "Don't even mention it, my head is spinning right now..."

While Zhou Ze and Tina were chatting on the deck, Momousagi returned to the lounge and took out a Den Den Mushi.

"Hey little sister, you've met Zhou Ze, haven't you? What do you think? Isn't he a very outstanding young man?"

On the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Vice Admiral Tsuru asked impatiently as soon as he answered the phone.

"Yes, I have seen him." Momousagi replied indifferently.

Vice Admiral Tsuru noticed the unusual tone in Momousagi's voice, "What's wrong? Has something happened?"

“I don’t think he’s good enough for Tina,” Momousagi said softly.

Lieutenant General Tsuru remained silent for a long time, puzzled. "Why do you say that?"

“That’s a frivolous and lecherous fellow!” Momousagi said again.

Lieutenant General Tsuru rubbed his forehead.

"Little sister, can you just finish what you said all at once? Chatting like this is tiring. Please be considerate of the elderly!"

Momousagi then recounted what happened after meeting Zhou Ze to Lieutenant General Tsuru, especially Zhou Ze's reaction, which she embellished to make anyone who heard it feel indignant.

After listening, Lieutenant General He hesitated for a long time before speaking softly, "That shouldn't be the case, little sister, are you sure?"

Momousagi nodded firmly, her tone extremely solemn, "Of course, I trust my judgment!"

Lieutenant General Tsuru sighed and murmured, "So, when he said he wanted to get to know Boa Hancock, he really meant it?"

"Huh? What did you say?" Momousagi asked, puzzled, after hearing Vice Admiral Tsuru's intermittent murmurs.

"Oh, it's nothing, don't worry about it!" Lieutenant General Tsuru regained his composure. "This is a critical time. I will handle this matter later. Don't act rashly!"

"click"

Momousagi hung up the phone immediately, her eyes flickered, and after thinking for a while, she returned to the deck.

On the deck, Zhou Ze was pouring out his grievances to Tina, recounting his recent ordeal of running around and being bossed around like a slave.

Tina smoked a cigarette, turned her head to look at Zhou Ze who was rambling on and on, and smiled.

Upon seeing this, Momousagi's gaze darkened further.

Chapter 88 Reaching the shore for rest

"I heard that when you came to Alabasta last time, you deliberately avoided Tina?"

Momousagi suddenly interrupted their conversation. Zhou Ze leaned back on the recliner and saw Momousagi looking down at him. What met his eyes was...

Yes, it's quite magnificent!

This perspective gave Zhou Ze a very direct experience. In just a second, he came to his senses and hurriedly got up from the recliner.

Seeing Zhou Ze's reaction, Momousagi looked at him with even more contempt.

"You haven't answered my question yet, why are you avoiding Tina?"

Zhou Ze was initially a little flustered because he had accidentally seen the magnificent Peach Rabbit, but now he was annoyed to hear her speaking to him in a questioning tone, and he wanted to confront her immediately.

However, seeing that Tina was also looking at him, he finally whispered an explanation to Tina:

"I wasn't avoiding you, it's just that I was short on time and had a lot to do last time I came to Alabasta, so..."

Momousagi snorted coldly, "Excuses, all just pretexts. You went to see some pretty woman, didn't you?"

Holy crap, are you out of your mind? Why are you always targeting me?

Zhou Ze ignored her and continued speaking to Tina, "It really is something."

Momousagi was about to speak when Tina stood up and stopped her.

"Gion, Zhou Ze really had something to do that time, but he's fine this time, so he came to pick me up, didn't he?"

Upon hearing this, Momousagi thought Tina was truly hopeless. She glared at Zhou Ze resentfully and finally fell silent.

The atmosphere among the three became awkward again.

Zhou Ze had planned to chat casually to ease the tension before finding a suitable opportunity to explain things to Tina, but that plan fell through now.

With his plans disrupted, Zhou Ze was in a bad mood. He downed the wine in his glass in one gulp, said goodbye, and flew back to his ship.

As soon as Zhou Ze left, Momousagi started complaining about Tina.

"Little Tina, are you stupid? He's obviously hiding something from you."

Tina looked at Momousagi with a complicated expression. "Gion, why are you like this? Everyone has secrets!"

"I just didn't want you to be deceived!" Momousagi was still indignant.

Tina pulled Momousagi to her side, "Now that you've chased them away, aren't you afraid I'll be scammed?"

"Lieutenant General, why are you back so soon?" Mike was surprised to see Zhou Ze return.

Zhou Ze glared at him. "This is my boat. When can't I come back?"

Mike finally noticed that Zhou Ze's expression wasn't good, gave an awkward smile, and said nothing more.

Lying on the beach chair with his eyes closed, Zhou Ze pondered.

Vice Admiral Tsuru's words that morning contained a deeper meaning, and Momousagi's sudden appearance also seemed eerie.

Something unexpected must have happened.

It's already afternoon, and there are still 6 days until Ace's execution. For Vice Admiral Tsuru to prevent me from returning to Marineford at this time is definitely suspicious.

In his haste, Zhou Ze couldn't figure out what the problem was, nor did he know who to ask, which made him even more depressed.