Chapter 253

"Too despicable!"

"Just for a hypothesis, he used human experiments to test it?"

"Those children were tricked here by him too! The gigantification experiment was clearly the BIG? OM he found!"

"He really deserves to die!"

Chopper watched with his "fury bristling every hair on his head," instantly exploding with rage!

But......

Still, no one took any action.

"Hiss—"

A vibranium longsword was thrust into the ground before Chopper, and Sima Di took out the Hearthstone.

"The decision is yours, but...... on the road to becoming the Pirate King's crew, you'll have to kill people sooner or later."

Sima Di directly used the Hearthstone to return to the Thousand Sunny.

The group, who had been discussing something, immediately turned their heads, but tacitly made no mention of Chopper.

Sima Di didn't fly far anyway—who among them doesn't have Observation Haki?

"Hasn't it been decided who eats the Gas-Gas Fruit yet?" Sima Di asked.

"Bit of a hassle—it's a tie." Sanji said helplessly: "Luffy is unconscious so his vote doesn't count, so now it comes down to yours and Chopper's votes......"

Sanji's words suddenly paused,

In his Observation Haki he saw that Chopper had ultimately picked up that vibranium longsword, and while Caesar slept, ended his wicked life......

"Buzz—"

The teleportation pillar of light flared, and Chopper, whose complexion was a bit off, returned to the Thousand Sunny.

Sima Di stepped forward and ruffled Chopper's hat.

Then,

He swept a circle of Punk Hazard with his spiritual force scan, confirming there were no survivors or possible iconic scenes left.

Just as he was about to retract the scan,

He unexpectedly noticed that Caesar's seastone handcuffs, and the vibranium longsword thrust into his chest, had not been retrieved.

Wonder if it'll become some later-comer's treasure?

Sima Di looked at everyone and said: "Seeing Kuzan is leading the Marines in their withdrawal. During this period, let's decide on the next round's time, the personnel for the Room of Time and Spirit, and......"

"Ow—save me a slot for this round's Room of Time and Spirit!" Franky said impatiently: "I've got several research topics recently, and my own modifications—these all need a lot of time."

The Straw Hat Pirates naturally had no objections, all looking at Sima Di.

This was originally Sima Di's "family heirloom."

"Fine." Sima Di nodded.

"Ow—then Di, you've got to prepare more materials for me, and a spatial pouch too. I need to bring all my research machines over."

"......"

Still digging pits for me?

Giving Franky a sour glare, Sima Di simply asked: "So who's going with Franky this time?"

The group exchanged glances, all quite tempted.

Actually, everyone did need this year of time.

After all, they'd just fought a tough battle, and then endured half a day of Sakazuki's "teaching"—they really needed time to settle in.

But......

Glancing at Franky, who was only in his underwear and undershirt, everyone fell silent.

Franky would definitely get lost in his research.

Going with him......

Most likely there wouldn't be many chances to spar, which would greatly set back cultivation progress.

But this chance was hard to come by, so if it was just wasted like this......

"Let me go!" Chopper suddenly said: "I'm also planning to properly research my moves, and the Rumble Balls. This period of Doctor Kureha's teaching has shown me there's still room for improvement."

That works too,

The two of them going over to do research, neither delaying the other.

Speaking of which......

"Chopper, do Rumble Balls work on all Zoan types?" Sima Di looked at the corpse-like Luffy: "Luffy is also a Zoan, though a Mythical Zoan—wonder if they'd have any effect?"

Ah, this......

Chopper was completely stumped by the question!

He'd really never thought about this before?

"That's not hard—try it and you'll know." Usopp said.

He stepped forward directly, took out a big bone-in piece of meat from his weapon pouch, and waved it in front of Luffy's nose.

Even though Luffy was still unconscious,

His body actually swayed along with the big bone-in meat, and he even opened his mouth to bite it, but Usopp dodged.

After several repetitions,

Luffy finally opened his drowsy eyes, then snatched the big bone-in meat and started gnawing—though really it was just a matter of one gulp.

"So hungry! Sanji! Hurry up and cook!" Luffy urged.

Sanji instinctively looked at Sima Di—there seemed to be quite a few things still unresolved......

"Let's eat first." Sima Di nodded.

No need to rush it at this very moment.

"Alrighty! Then I'll take the chance to prepare some extra rations for Chopper and the others." Sanji replied.

Although the rations weren't as delicious as Sanji's personally cooked meals, compared to having nothing but flour and water in the Room of Time and Spirit, they were a feast fit for royalty.

"Roar— Di, while we've got the time, help me prepare some materials first."

Sima Di rolled his eyes and headed toward the research room.

Just born to toil and moil!

It wasn't until Robin came to call everyone for dinner that Sima Di fled the research room as if escaping.

"Bastard! You think I'm some pack mule? Don't even think about asking me for help for a whole year!" Sima Di fumed.

The moment this guy opened his mouth, he wanted ten tons each of vibranium and seastone!

You think this is some wholesale market?

Franky just smiled contentedly, neither fighting back nor talking back against Sima Di.

Robin watched and found it amusing too — people who could make Sima Di suffer weren't exactly common.

She handed over Sanji's specially mixed mint water, letting Sima Di soothe his throat.

Then she said: "Just now Luffy tried eating a Rumble Ball, it almost sent him into a rampage, so we didn't dare let him keep trying."

It worked?

It's definitely a Mythical Zoan.

"Let's go, let's eat. Franky still needs to pack up his research room."

The two of them returned to the dining room,

The only empty seats were to Vivi's left, and between her and Hancock.

Robin very naturally sat down to Vivi's left, leaving Sima Di to go sit between the two women.

Averting a possible "battle."

Only after Sima Di had sat down,

Hancock immediately began serving him dishes, and Vivi refused to be outdone and followed suit — in the blink of an eye, a mountain of food had piled up before him.

Sima Di was used to it, eating bit by bit.

Once he was nearly done eating.

Sima Di then said: "Chopper, the vote for the Gas-Gas Fruit is still missing the two of us. Are you planning to vote for Usopp or Sanji?"

Chopper's eyes went wide at the words!

How did the pressure suddenly land on him?

"Cough cough cough—"

Good lord!