Chapter 21

Vivi was also in a daze.

"Hahaha— just teasing you." Sima Di laughed: "Saving the country, huh? That sounds like a pretty interesting adventure, right? I wouldn't miss it! But this only represents my personal stance."

"Sounds fun!" Luffy's eyes lit up as well: "Count me in too!"

"Hey hey hey! Luffy! You can't just blurt out anything!" Usopp hurriedly stopped him.

Saving the country and all that......

Sounds dangerous just hearing it!

While they were making a ruckus here,

Robin over there suddenly smiled, then stepped forward and walked up to Sima Di.

"Little brother, you're really too interesting." Robin leaned in close, and Sima Di could even smell a faint, delicate fragrance: "Then...... are you sure that besides the red Road Poneglyph and the blank hundred years of history, there are no other conditions?"

"If you want to add some, I have no objections." Sima Di shrugged.

Robin gazed into Sima Di's eyes, and Sima Di looked back without a shred of guilt.

After a while,

Robin suddenly said: "Do you know about Pluton?"

"You mean the Pluton, one of the three Ancient Weapons? The legendary super warship that can blast an island to smithereens with a single shot. Too bad it's ultimately just an external force; it holds no appeal against true powerhouses." Sima Di said casually.

This time Robin was truly shocked!

He knows even this?

The key point is......

Compared to Crocodile, who would even usurp a country to get information on Pluton.

Sima Di's frankness put her very much at ease.

Robin turned her head and looked at Vivi.

"Then what is your answer? Princess Vivi."

"You will see the true Poneglyph as you wish! As long as I am still the princess of Alabasta!" Vivi said through gritted teeth.

Robin didn't care about Vivi's attitude; after all, she herself had been wreaking havoc on their country before this.

She looked at Sima Di with a smile, her tone teasing: "Then little brother, please take good care of me from now on~"

After saying that,

Robin actually directly hugged Sima Di, and her enormous breasts pressed against him so much he could barely breathe.

After Robin left,

Seeing Sima Di looking somewhat at a loss, her eyes were full of teasing.

"Now you finally look like a little brother should. Don't always act like you have everything under control; that's not endearing." Robin teased.

Obviously,

Robin was still a bit annoyed that Sima Di had sweet-talked her into defecting so willingly.

"Ah— Robin-chan! Me too!" Sanji came dashing over.

But Robin just pulled Sima Di over and used him as a shield in front of Sanji.

And Sima Di, seeing Sanji's lecherous look, instinctively—

【Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!】

"Bam!"

Sanji flew back the way he came like a cannonball, and with a "splash" he fell into the sea.

Ah, this......

Sima Di helplessly glanced at the grinning Robin. This big-sister type really is a fox spirit!

He didn't notice,

Nami was slightly pouting, seemingly a bit unhappy.

—She herself didn't even seem to realize it.

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19. Making Up for Regrets! Inviting Vivi! Laboon Akimbo!

Now that Robin had defected, Crocodile's true plan was consequently exposed.

"The Utopia Plan!"

"This is Crocodile's final plan to usurp the country. While seizing the royal power of Alabasta, he also wants to obtain the secret treasure guarded by Alabasta—the Ancient Weapon Pluton!"

"And all of this will become his capital to conquer the seas, ultimately advancing into the New World to declare war on the Whitebeard Pirates."

"This is Crocodile's ultimate goal."

After hearing Robin's explanation,

Both Vivi and Igaram were gnashing their teeth, wishing they could cut this Crocodile—who had stirred up the Alabasta civil war—into a thousand pieces!

But the two knew that wishful thinking was useless; even though they now knew the true plan, they still needed combat power to stop it.

"Please help me! Help Alabasta!" Vivi immediately dropped to her knees before everyone: "As long as Alabasta can return to peace, I am willing to pay any price! Besides the agreed-upon 1 billion Berries reward, any other condition can be raised!"

Oh?

Any condition?

Sima Di looked at Vivi, and suddenly had some thoughts.

Nami, noticing this, glared at Sima Di in annoyance, then helped Vivi up.

Vivi's plight reminded Nami of herself.

"Don't worry, now that we know, we won't just sit by and do nothing." Nami comforted, "Right, Luffy? Sima?"

Luffy, whose name had been called, also nodded firmly.

"That Crocodile guy, I'll definitely send him flying!"

Tch!

Sima Di, Robin, and Crocus all couldn't help but shake their heads.

Crocodile — one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, a Logia user of the Sand-Sand Fruit.

Without Luffy having mastered Armament Haki, it was nearly impossible to wound him — it was only his protagonist's halo that gave Crocodile the bizarre weakness of "Unable Upon Meeting Water" preventing elementalization.

Looking across every Logia user, only he had this flaw.

It could be called the shame of the Logia.

"Sima, what about you?" Nami pressed Sima Di for his opinion again.

But Sima Di simply shook his head.

He recalled the regret of the One Piece fans from his past life — Vivi, who never boarded the ship!

To speak of it, Vivi, as the sole princess of Alabasta, did indeed have the responsibility to stay behind and inherit the throne, to manage the Kingdom of Alabasta.

But......

Was Alabasta truly unable to do without her?

Vivi's father, King Cobra, was also in the prime of life — enduring another ten or twenty years shouldn't be a problem, right?

Even......

Having another child would be entirely possible, wouldn't it?

Therefore......

"Although I'm also quite interested in saving a country, I'm unlike this captain of ours who gets hot-headed and throws all caution to the wind — I have additional conditions." Sima Di narrowed his eyes and smiled: "As long as you agree to my conditions, then that 1 billion Beri isn't impossible to waive."

"What!" Nami shrieked: "No! At least...... at least leave me 100 million Beri, alright?"

Toward Vivi, a fellow soul cast adrift in the world, Nami had still been moved to compassion — astonishingly willing to slash the price to just 10% of the reward.

"No need! I've agreed to your conditions! The 100 million Beri, I'll pay it too!" Vivi said without the slightest hesitation.

So long as she could save her country, she was willing to pay any price!

"Mama mama, Princess Vivi." Igaram said cautiously: "I believe we should still first listen to......"

"No need!" Vivi said with iron resolve: "For Alabasta! I am willing to sacrifice everything! Even myself!"

Mm......

This girl seemed to have misunderstood something.

"You bastard! What outrageous thing are you trying to do to my princess?" Sanji raged.