Chapter 236

Seeing Lord Sima come out, he hurriedly spread open a newspaper.

"Big news!" Usopp said. "Kong has taken the blame and resigned. Admiral Sakazuki and Admiral Kuzan are preparing to find an island to have a showdown over the Marine Admiral seat!"

Oh?

Sima Di took the newspaper, and casually walked out the door and shut the dormitory door behind him.

——"Great Marine Upheaval! Fleet Admiral Kong Takes the Blame and Resigns, Recommends Admiral Aokiji to Succeed, Provoking Admiral Akainu's Displeasure, the Prelude to an Internal Marine Struggle!"

This news headline's title is a bit excessively long!

Looking at the content again,

it was largely the same as what Sima Di knew, just the speed was somewhat absurdly fast.

It's only been a few days?

Probably the Marines were under too much pressure, so they had to quickly push out someone to take the fall, and Kong, as the Fleet Admiral about to retire, became the only candidate.

If that's the case...

Will Sakazuki and Kuzan once again choose Punk Hazard as the site for their decisive battle?

Then if they're fast enough, can they make it in time?

This is definitely going to be a famous scene!

Without hesitation,

Sima Di's spiritual force enveloped Fish-Man Island, and through the spiritual force seed he directly locked onto the Straw Hat Pirates.

【"Everyone, wrap up your business in three minutes, gather and prepare to depart!"】

The Straw Hat Pirates members were all stunned for a moment, then silently sped up their respective paces.

Sanji reluctantly bidding farewell to Bai Xing,

Luffy hurriedly stuffing the table full of food into his mouth,

Nami stuffing the large pile of purchased items into her bust,

Zoro......

gave up his obsession with returning to the Going Merry on his own, pulled out the Hearthstone with a dark face — although he was unwilling to admit it, he seemed to have lost his way......

Not long after,

beams of teleportation light descended one after another, until at the very end Bai Xing still hadn't arrived.

"Ah~ Princess Bai Xing, she isn't not coming, is she?" Sanji said worriedly.

"Give her some time, to say goodbye to her family." Sima Di said.

He glanced at Nami's wrist,

the original single-needle Log Pose had already been replaced with a three-needle one.

He couldn't help but nod.

The navigator is still quite dutiful.

The magnetic field of the New World is more chaotic than that of the first half of the Grand Line, so the Log Pose used in the first half has no effect in the New World.

The three needles of this new Log Pose will point to three different islands respectively; just choose the route where the needle is the steadiest and proceed.

Until the very last second,

Bai Xing finally stepped into the teleportation light beam and appeared, her eye sockets red — clearly having just cried.

Everyone understood.

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"Good! Everyone's here!" Luffy shouted. "Nami, let's set off!"

"Merry, set off!"

"Roger!"

The Going Merry slowly sailed out of the port, flying out beyond Fish-Man Island.

Neptune and the three princes hurried to the port.

But could only see the Going Merry's "taillights."

"Why leave in such a rush?" Fukaboshi said reluctantly. "I only just accompanied Bai Xing to the Sea Forest, there are still so many places we haven't been......"

"I was also preparing a banquet." Ryuboshi said puzzled. "Is there some urgent matter?"

"It should be so." Neptune said in a deep voice. "I hope...... Bai Xing can be safe all the way."

On the Going Merry,

Bai Xing gazed at Neptune and the others seeing her off, and tears fell again like pearls off a broken string.

Her spiritual force, however, kept spreading outward, instructing the nearby Sea Kings to guard Fish-Man Island well.

She also considerately summoned a Sea King to carry the Going Merry as it set off.

Feeling the speed of the Sea King-version hitchhiking, everyone was quite amazed, and at the same time extremely proud.

How many people in this world could receive such treatment?

"By the way, why are we setting off in such a rush?" Zoro asked puzzled.

"Yeah! Ryuboshi also promised me he'd hold a banquet, there's so much meat in the kitchen, I simply can't finish it all." Luffy, who had eaten himself into a ball, complained.

Clearly, as the captain,

shouldn't the time of departure be his decision?

Although Bai Xing didn't say anything, it was obvious she was also a bit regretful.

Sima Di smiled and held up the newspaper, and only after everyone finished reading did he give an explanation.

"I'm seventy percent sure I can roughly guess which island they'll be on." Sima Di smiled. "Want to go watch two Admirals fight to the death?"

"Huh? Really......"

Usopp instinctively wanted to ask, but keenly sensed killing intent!

So he immediately changed his tune: "It must be! No doubt about it!"

Only then did Hancock shift her gaze away in satisfaction.

"Your Majesty, is it the precognitive ability that comes from training Kenbunshoku Haki to its extreme?"

In response,

Sima Di gave the answer he had long prepared.

"Actually, I have a talent that lets me occasionally catch glimpses of fragments of the future."

This explanation made everyone even more astonished!

Such an ability exists too?

Jinbe, however, said: "We have a Lady Xia Li on Fish-Man Island. She can use a crystal ball to foresee scenes of the future."

With this corroboration,

everyone accepted Sima Di's identity as a "prophet."

They immediately grew excited!

"Admiral Akainu versus Admiral Aokiji — a clash of ice and fire, that has to be interesting, right?"

"If they both end up badly wounded, maybe we could even pick up the scraps."

"Ah... Aokiji did let us off at Water 7, so how about we just beat up Akainu instead?"

"Works for me!"

"Agreed!"

"Seconded!"

Poor Sakazuki was instantly slapped with the "death sentence."

Sima Di, meanwhile, fell into thought...

Since they've come, might as well make a few changes, no?

For instance...

Let Kuzan become the Fleet Admiral?

That would certainly be interesting!

As for Sakazuki...

A hawk who believes in Absolute Justice, he would in the future become Fleet Admiral, yet unwilling to be the Celestial Dragons' dog — compared to the more diplomatic Sengoku, his stance was far more hardline.

Though it was all for nothing, this gave Sima Di an idea...

If Sakazuki and Kuzan could be turned into "our own people" — not that they need to take orders from him completely, just so long as they could reach agreement on certain goals...