Chapter 237

Just thinking about it is exciting!

During his thinking,

the Sea King had already brought the Going Merry to a giant cave, which is the "channel" under the Grand Line.

It was wide enough for the Sea King to pass through easily.

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "The Channel Connecting the Grand Line!", obtained sign-in reward "Observation Haki Potion from a Research Lab in the Giant Kingdom"! 】

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"Observation Haki Potion from a Research Lab in the Giant Kingdom": A potion developed for digging into the potential of human lineage factors; after use, it can activate the lineage factors corresponding to Observation Haki, making it awaken primary Observation Haki!;

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Lord Sima Di: "???"

A potion specifically for awakening Observation Haki?

And...

the sentence "activate the lineage factors corresponding to Observation Haki" boils down to the key point—is Haki actually related to lineage factors?

Lord Sima Di only knew a little about lineage factors.

He only knew that lineage factors are not just for humans, but for any organism such as animals and plants.

And after people eat Devil Fruits,

their lineage factors will contain the abilities possessed by the Devil Fruit.

Dr. Vegapunk discovered this conversion of abilities, which is why he could manufacture artificial Devil Fruits.

Lord Sima Di leaned against the side of the ship, watching the Sea King pass through the channel and float toward the sea surface.

His mind was full of thoughts!

He had a bold guess...

Up to now,

the items related to the Giant Kingdom that Lord Sima Di obtained, Devil Fruit Separation Potion, Devil Fruit Compatibility Potion, Sea King Modification Potion, and this Observation Haki Potion.

They have one thing in common: they are all related to "lineage factors."

And the appearance of the Giant Kingdom also fell from the sky...

Although there are records saying they came from the moon, and the moon did leave a base.

But were they born on the moon?

Could they have come from somewhere else?

For example...

Deep space?

So...

Is it possible that the appearance of the Giant Kingdom itself was to conduct research similar to "lineage factors," and the Grand Line, Sea Kings, etc., were just "byproducts" of the research?

"If this is the case, then after they finished their research, they must have all evacuated."

"After all, in their eyes, this planet is just an experimental base, it's backward."

"That explains how the current World Government could defeat the Giant Kingdom that built the Grand Line."

"They didn't do anything at all, just waited for the Giant Kingdom to leave and then occupied the magpie's nest."

Lord Sima Di's train of thought opened up, and he reached a guess that even he was stunned by.

If this guess is true...

Then this world is interesting!

Somewhere in the sea of stars, there is a high-level existence that gave birth to the magnificent civilization of pirates, and maybe it is watching everything in this world right now?

It's like...

some kind of simulation experiment.

"A bit interesting."

Lord Sima Di suddenly felt that his vision should be higher, not limited to this planet.

In an instant,

his spirit was rising exaggeratedly; the bottleneck of advanced Conqueror's Haki broke upon hearing it!

Both quality and quantity were skyrocketing; just the leaked aura caused Hancock and the others' Conqueror's Haki to instinctively resist, but it was firmly restricted to their bodies and couldn't advance an inch.

But Hancock and the others were just gritting their teeth and supporting, not daring to make a sound.

Although they didn't know why Lord Sima Di suddenly improved so exaggeratedly, there was no doubt he was getting stronger, and no factor could be allowed to disturb him!

After everyone struggled to support for several minutes...

"Buzz buzz buzz—"

Invisible Conqueror's Haki emerged from Zoro's body; he also awakened Conqueror's Haki!

Although Conqueror's Haki was also restricted to death, it gave him room to breathe.

This sudden change also woke Lord Sima Di up.

He just discovered,

the people on the deck were breathless under his Conqueror's Haki; the weaker Usopp and Chopper were sweating profusely, as if they were exhausted after fighting for three hundred rounds.

He hurriedly withdrew his Conqueror's Haki.

Surprised to find,

Conqueror's Haki had not only broken through to the top tier, but its quality had also been greatly improved!

"Phew—finally over!" Usopp said exhaustedly: "Di, what exactly did you do? The pressure your Conqueror's Haki gave me is more than ten times more exaggerated than Crocus!"

"Of course, Di-boy's Conqueror's Haki has reached the top tier, right?" Crocus sighed: "Mine is only primary; I haven't made any progress since I awakened it, it's really... a monster!"

"Damn it! Actually got snatched by the green algae head!" Only Sanji looked at Zoro unhappily.

Everyone just reacted,

under Lord Sima Di's high pressure just now, Zoro also awakened Conqueror's Haki!

"Then if you count it like this, there are Lord Sima Di, Luffy, Crocus, Hancock, and Zoro who awakened Conqueror's Haki on our ship?" Chopper's two hooves added together couldn't count them.

"Yohohoho—so exaggerated!" Brook said loudly: "Among the people I've seen who awakened Conqueror's Haki, only Rayleigh-senpai isn't here."

"It's indeed too exaggerated." Jinbe clicked his tongue: "I know fewer people who awakened Conqueror's Haki than there are on our ship."

It's outrageous!

Now Jinbe is very glad he chose the Straw Hat Pirate Crew.

It won't be wrong!

If there is a Pirate King to be born, it must be this pirate crew!

Four Emperors?

Heh.

"Eh? That Sea King was shaken unconscious." Shirahoshi exclaimed.

Lord Sima Di just noticed that the Going Merry had stopped floating up.

Poor Sea King...

Lord Sima Di gave it a Holy Light, then used the Word-Word ability—

【Float up!】

The Going Merry flew toward the sea level rapidly; the residual Conqueror's Haki made all creatures avoid it, and it quickly floated out of the sea level, with gentle sunlight spilling onto the deck.

"Pop—"

The bubble film shattered; Lord Sima Di opened his hands and embraced the sunlight.

"Compared to the sunlight of the Sunlight Tree Eve, the sunlight of the sun is indeed more comfortable." Shirahoshi squinted.

"It is said that the weather in the New World is more changeable than the first half of the Grand Line; being able to have sunlight to welcome us is a good omen." Facing Nami said joyfully.

Usopp and the others looked behind them, at the Red Line that intercepted 99% of pirates.

They once came toward it, and now they are about to turn their backs on it.

"The journey is already halfway through." Sanji lit a cigarette.

"Only half left until becoming the Pirate King!" Luffy said optimistically.

"Yohohoho—really looking forward to that day!"

Lord Sima Di also looked toward the Red Line, and suddenly had an idea!

Although the Spirit Bomb couldn't be used...

but he still had a pretty good move, which could give the Holy Land "Mary Geoise" a big surprise!