Chapter 239

"Then let's go this way!" said Sima Di.

"Huh? Didn't you foresee that we'd run into their duel?" Nami asked, puzzled.

"I did foresee it, but..." Sima Di spread his hands: "I only saw the vision—I didn't get the time or location, so I just kept walking the way I originally planned."

Nami: "......"

Everyone: "......"

Actually...

There's absolutely nothing wrong!

The unpredictable weather of the New World is no myth.

Aside from the good weather at sea departure,

for the next three days of the journey, the Straw Hat Pirates saw no sun—only rain and hail greeted them.

Fortunately, with Meri, no one needed to stand guard outside.

Even Nami, as the navigator, could stay in the crow's nest to observe the weather and give orders for Meri to follow.

Bai Xing, however, found all of this fascinating, staying with Nami in the crow's nest, watching the world with her own eyes.

At lunchtime that day, the weather finally cleared for a moment.

Everyone basked in the rare sunlight on deck.

Sima Di idly opened his system panel—he hadn't looked at it in a long time.

—————

【God-Level Iconic Moment Check-In System!】

Host: Sima Lan;

Age: 18 years old;

Rewards: The Fifty Sounds of Yen's Spirit Language Ability...... The Blackbeard's Devil Fruit Compatibility Serum, Sun Wukong's Super Saiyan, the Little People Serum of the Giant Kingdom, the Interstellar Fighter's Energy Shield Generator, the Observation Haki Serum from a Certain Lab of the Giant Kingdom, the Five-Star Elder's Sword Master's Swordsmanship!;

—————

Wow!

Dozens of pages of abilities, all laid out!

——And this doesn't even count the Wu Gong he manifested, the Armament Haki he mastered, or the techniques he learned!

So this is how it is...

Without realizing it, I've already accumulated so much.

But...

The abilities are too many, too scattered.

Not organized at all.

"If only there were some ability or item that could help me integrate all these abilities properly, that would be perfect," Sima Di muttered.

Bai Xing curiously leaned in, Hancok frowned to block her—but Robin gently held her back.

Robin had clearly spoken privately with Hancok before.

So although Hancok's expression was clearly displeased, she still let Bai Xing get close to Sima Di.

"My lord, what were you just saying?"

Sima Di smiled, about to speak—

A news bird flapped its wings and landed on the rail, tilting its head to stare at Sima Di.

"You again?" Sima Di raised an eyebrow: "Are you assigned to me? Why do we keep running into each other?"

The news bird ignored him, snatching up a newspaper.

One copy?

"My lord, do you know this news bird?" Bai Xing asked curiously.

"I've met it many times—many important news items were delivered by it," Sima Di sighed.

Is this fate?

Or...

Usopp silently flicked a 100-Belie coin over; the news bird dropped the newspaper, caught the coin, and flew off.

But before leaving,

it gave Usopp a disdainful look—as if it thought...

... he was too stingy?

Sima Di's expression turned strange.

It seems his golden rewards have spoiled its appetite.

Usopp didn't realize he'd been scorned by the news bird; he unfolded the paper and read.

"Oh, Di, you're on the front page again."

Usopp flipped the paper around and showed it to everyone.

The front-page headline read:

《Attack on Mary Geoise! World Government Offers 10 Billion Belie Reward for Any Information on the Perpetrator! 》

Without doubt,

the "perpetrator" was Sima Di himself.

"Ten billion Belie!" Usopp whistled: "Such a high bounty—it's making me want to..."

A dangerous gaze pierced him like a sword.

Usopp quickly changed his tone: "I want to scold the World Government! We worked our asses off in the Marineford War—how much was our bounty? Yet just firing one cannon at Mary Geoise gets you a 10-billion-Belie reward!"

He spoke with such righteous indignation!

—How can this person not learn from being beaten?

Or...

Is he probably jumping back and forth there?

Hancock nodded in satisfaction and withdrew her gaze.

"In that case, isn't Your Majesty bountied for 101.5 billion 10 million Berries?" Hancock said in admiration, "Too amazing! Truly an unprecedented amount!"

Ah, this...

Although the fact is indeed so, the nature is different.

If it were known that Sima Di did this, the Navy's bounty would at most increase by around 1 billion, nothing more.

This 100 billion Berries was most likely pooled by those Celestial Dragons.

"What! 101.5 billion 10 million Berries?" Luffy widened his eyes, "Isn't that over my... hmm..."

Seeing Luffy counting on his fingers there made everyone pat their heads.

Does this even need calculating?

Isn't it just an extra 100 billion Berries bounty?

"Oh right, take this."

Sima Di opened the Golden Treasury, and a shower of purple potions flew out, landing in the hands of Franky, Franky, Sanji, Zoro, Nami, Laboon, Chopper, and Run.

"What kind of potion is this?" Franky asked in confusion, "Purple, I've never seen it before."

Devil Fruit Separation Potion is green, and Devil Fruit Compatibility Potion is blue.

"Eh? Why don't we have any?" Usopp raised his small hand, looking up at Sima Di with hopeful eyes.

Good things should be shared equally!

Bai Xing also opened her small eyes in expectation.

"You don't need this." Sima Di chuckled, ruffled Bai Xing's head, and said, "You'll know once you drink it; it will make watching the battle easier afterward."

This time, he did not say from which ruin it was obtained.

After all,

recently the Straw Hat Pirates haven't discovered anything, and the last time they dug up Joy Boy's grave.

Just don't explain it directly.

Everyone suspected nothing, popped the corks, and gulped them all down.

"It's a bit sweet," Chopper said in surprise, "Is there more? I... eh? Hmm?"

The crowd who drank the potion simultaneously lost their wits, as if something extraordinary had happened.