Chapter 255

Listening to everyone's words of concern, Sima Di smiled.

This was one of the reasons he stayed with the Straw Hat crew instead of striking out on his own.

They......

Were all partners worth giving everything for!

Sima Di couldn't help but think of the next stop — Dressrosa.

There......

Were several rather fine Devil Fruits, all quite worth collecting.

Among them......

Sugar's "Hobby-Hobby Fruit" — its bug-like power rivals a weapon of causality itself, able to turn people into toys and erase every trace of their existence from the world, with its only flaw being that Sugar has to touch the target with her hand......

Isn't this the perfect match for Robin's Flower-Flower Fruit?

Good heavens!

At this rate, even an Admiral could be taken out in one combo, right?

And then......

Originally, Momonosuke and four of Kin'emon's subordinates had set sail for Zou, only to suffer a shipwreck and drift to Dressrosa.

Wonder if I'll run into him?

"Momonosuke must die" — a scene so many in the previous life had been looking forward to; not sure if it counts as an iconic moment......

Sima Di turned his head and caught sight of Robin, who returned a gentle smile.

Forget it!

Whether it counts or not, that brat has to die!

"I'm starting to look forward to the journey ahead," Sima Di said.

The others didn't understand the meaning behind Sima Di's Chinese words, assuming he was simply excited about the new adventure.

"Lord Di really is an explorer — not a bit like a pirate," Bai Xing said softly.

Sima Di heard this and burst into laughter.

This left Bai Xing a little uncertain and anxious — had she said something wrong?

"Bai Xing's right!" Sima Di looked at the crowd and said, "We've always been a bunch of explorers wearing the skin of pirates. Others are after adventure and stories, but what we're after...... is the end of the world and the truth!"

These words struck quite a chord with everyone.

Indeed!

Compared to those pirates who burned, killed, and plundered......

They were still more like explorers!

"Uncle Crocus, what was the Luo Jie Pirates like?" Luffy asked.

Crocus thought for a moment,

Then suddenly laughed: "The two crews I've been with had pretty much the same atmosphere...... Maybe Luo Jie's lot were explorers too."

Is that so?

Luffy's eyes flickered a few times, lost in thought.

*Slap! *

Sima Di threw an arm around Luffy and said, "Does it matter if we're Pirate King or Explorer King? As long as the stories along the way are exciting enough, by the time we reach Laugh Tale, the title's just a label."

Luffy heard this and wore a strange look.

"Hm? You weren't thinking about that?" Sima Di had an ominous premonition.

"Ah? I was just wondering whether Sanji's fridge password started with 1 or 5."

Sima Di: "......"

He should never have expected anything from this idiot!!!

The former G1 Marine Branch, now the new Marine Headquarters.

Sengoku also looked over, puzzled.

Sakazuki actually explained himself?

In the past,

When Sakazuki faced doubts like Garp's, he'd either snap back in fury or simply ignore them.

When had he ever been this agreeable?

Sakazuki also realized something was off, after a brief silence.

He suddenly roared: "You doubt me? What? You think I'd collude with pirates?"

Garp: "???"

Sengoku: "......"

We didn't say a thing!

But......

Why would Sakazuki's mind jump straight to "colluding with pirates"?

They'd only been thinking Sakazuki might have been going easy......

Hm?

Garp and Sengoku exchanged a glance, feeling they'd stumbled onto something extraordinary.

Sakazuki, sensing he was about to give himself away, turned on his heel and strode off with a dark expression.

Sure enough,

He still wasn't very good at lying!

Watching Sakaski's departing back, Zhan Guo fell into thought.

"Karp, I feel like Sakaski is a bit off. Is he... you bastard! Put down my senbei!!!"

Caught red-handed by Zhan Guo,

Karp didn't care in the slightest, tearing open the wrapper right in front of Zhan Guo and taking big bites.

"The future Fleet Admiral is that brat Seeing Kuzan anyway, and you're about to retire — why are you even racking your brain over this?" Karp said shamelessly.

Seeing he couldn't snatch it away from Karp, Zhan Guo had no choice but to give up.

"Sigh... forget it, I'm also happy to be free of..."

The next moment!

Both of them changed expression and bolted for the door in unison.

They saw warships filling the sky, arranged into a single sentence—

"A humble commoner laughs and boldly requests the post of Fleet Admiral!"

Karp and Zhan Guo exchanged a glance — was this a response to the world-wide recruitment?

"Interesting, they've actually come straight to the Jiedashang Sect." Zhan Guo laughed.

"Let's go take a look!"

The two had only taken a few steps,

when they saw magma surging across the sky toward the port, only to be scattered again by a purple tiger charging through.

Sakaski and the person who came to "apply" were fighting!

At the same time, a furious roar came—

"Want to be Admiral? Beat me and you can have it!"

It seemed Sakaski's earlier fury had been taken out on this newcomer.

"In that case... Admiral Akainu, forgive my offense!"

The next moment......

The entire port was sent flying!

Boom Boom Boom

Today I spent the whole day in talks again, looked at the venue, discussed the approximate salary excuse, signed the cooperation contract, and even took my wife out for a meal.

Today was very fulfilling!

So I can only do a basic update... tomorrow I'll definitely add more chapters! If I don't, I'm a shiba inu! Nine.