Chapter 18

Listening closely, it sounded a little familiar—seems like it's Vivi's?

The crowd exchanged glances,

and one after another rose and sprinted toward the source of the sound. From afar they spotted an afro-headed man picking his nose, then flicking the booger away—wherever the booger landed, a huge explosion would erupt.

It was Mr. 5, who had come to hunt down Vivi—the Bomb Man, who had eaten the Bomb-Bomb Fruit.

There was also his partner, Miss Valentine, also a user of the Kilo Kilo no Mi, floating in the air with an open umbrella—another girl who didn't care one bit about exposing her colors.

And the one being surrounded,

was none other than Vivi, who had fled earlier. Judging by the direction she'd come from along the way, she must have been at the edge of the small town earlier, so she had escaped the shroud of Conqueror's Haki.

Seeing the Straw Hat Pirates,

Vivi hurriedly shouted: "I'm the princess of Alabasta, undercover in Baroque Works! They're here to kill me! Save me!"

Hmm......

Asking strangers to save her with nothing but empty words—truly naive......

"Whoosh—"

Sanji leaped out, fury blazing in his heart!

"How dare you be so rude to a lady! Mutton Shot!"

Everyone: "......"

There really is someone going to save her!

Before Sanji's kick could land on Mr. 5, an orange-yellow afterimage descended from the sky—it was Miss Valentine.

As a user of the Kilo Kilo no Mi, she could freely adjust her own body weight from zero to ten thousand jin.

At this moment it was her finishing move—Ten Thousand Kilogram Press!!!

But Sanji, who had her sitting right on his face, seemed to be in pain and bliss at the same time?

Seeing their companion "taken down,"

the Straw Hat crew could no longer stand by. Zoro and Sima Di immediately sprang into action, and Usopp, trembling, pulled out his slingshot.

Sima Di opened with his Devil Fruit ability user's standard combo—

【Use Kilo Kilo no Mi ability and you get top-tier menstrual cramps!】

The next moment,

Miss Valentine's triumphant expression froze, instantly twisting into a ferocious grimace, as she clutched her stomach and rolled on the ground in agony!

Menstrual cramps aren't a disease, but when they hit, they can kill!

As for Sanji, he was bleeding from the nose, blissfully gazing with lovesick eyes—unclear whether his head had been crushed or whether he'd fainted from sheer happiness.

Getting a beauty's sit-down face-smash—no matter how many times it happened, Sanji would never refuse, right?

【Use Bomb-Bomb Fruit and your booger explodes!】

Mr. 5, who had been picking his nose, froze......

Miss Valentine was still rolling on the ground in agony—he had no choice but to believe it!

Betting that he'd already dug out all his boogers, did he?

So,

Zoro, who had just drawn his sword, and Usopp, who had just raised his slingshot, discovered that the fight had already ended before it even began.

Mr. 5, feeling he'd lost face, threatened: "This is an internal matter of our Baroque Works. I'd ask you all not to interfere."

Hmm......

Another one trying to get a freebie with empty words.

Luckily,

this time there was no fool like Sanji. Nami also showed off her skinflint skills.

"Name your price!"

"One side is a mysterious organization, the other is a princess of a nation—whichever side bids higher, we help that side!"

Ah, this......

This can be auctioned off too?

Tick Tick Tick

Begging for flowers! They haven't moved at all from yesterday till now!

Every 2000 adds an extra chapter! Progress: 1809/2000;.

16. Nami's Loan Shark! Sima Di Outsmarts Her!

Though Nami said "whoever bids higher gets our help," in reality it meant "only the highest bidder survives."

The side that bid lower,

would obviously be silenced by the other side without a second thought.

Vivi had been undercover in Baroque Works for a while, and she knew human nature was profit-driven.

Without further argument, she said directly: "10 million Beri! I bid 10 million Beri!"

Worthy of a princess of a nation—her opening move was generous indeed.

This put Mr. 5 in a dilemma.

What to do?

If they fought, he was afraid his nose would simply burst open.

Then......

he could only bid against Vivi!

"20 million Beri!"

"30 million Berries!" Vivi raised the bid.

"40 million Berries!" Mr. 5 raised it again.

"150 million Berries!" Vivi shouted out a brand-new price.

This time Mr. 5 was stumped!

He......

Had no more money!

But he still gritted his teeth and shouted: "160 million Berries!"

Anyway, he'd call out the price first, then later use the excuse of withdrawing the money to lure the people back to the main base and wipe out these pirates directly!

But what kind of person was Nami?

She saw at a glance that something was off about Mr. 5's expression.

She immediately said: "Are you sure your Work Society will put up that much money to ransom you?"

Mr. 5: "......"

That brief hesitation already said everything.

Nami immediately turned to look at Vivi, grinning as she said: "You're a Princess of a country, right? Then...... one flat price of 1 billion Berries, we escort you back to your country, how about it?"

Vivi:? っQ?;)っ

1, 1 billion Berries?

That's way too outrageous!

Just as Nami thought she'd asked too high and was about to lower it a bit.

The curly-haired man "mayor" who had previously led the team to greet them suddenly appeared.

"We agree! 1 billion Berries it is!"

"Igaram!" Vivi frowned and said: "What are you saying? Where in our country......"

"Mama mama — leave it to me, Princess Vivi." Igaram interrupted: "Let me reintroduce myself, my name is Igaram, I am Princess Vivi's guard captain, accompanying her in infiltrating Baroque Works. We are willing to spend 1 billion Berries to hire you to escort Princess Vivi back to Alabasta. Now please finish off the agents opposite you."

Nami: ヾ($?)ツ

She had only been asking an outrageous price, she hadn't expected them to actually agree?

It's simply like a pie falling from the sky!

"Quick!" Nami pointed at Zoro and said: "Take them out!"

Zoro turned his head away in displeasure.

What gives you, a woman, the right to boss me around?