Chapter 260

But Vivi is also holding a child, yet Sima Di shows no anger...

"Screech—"

Nami transformed into lightning and teleported in front of Momonosuke, wanting to check his condition.

"Swish—"

Sima Di blocked in front of Nami, his face turning black.

"This one is mine; go take care of the other children."

"No!" Nami shouted angrily: "I saw exactly how you treated him just now. Hand him over to you? Then he's dead for sure!"

"That's right, I do intend to kill him." Sima Di stated bluntly.

Causing Nami to glare at him in fury!

"He is just a child..."

A hand covered Nami's mouth; it was Robin using the Hana Hana no Mi.

Nami also noticed Sima Di's gaze was off; that intense killing intent was something she had never seen since knowing Sima Di!

The last time facing those hundred Celestial Dragons, it was merely disgust.

She also realized,

If she had spoken that sentence "he is still a child" just now, it would very likely have become a rift between him and Sima Di...

But...

She could not simply turn a blind eye!

"At least give me a reason?" Nami pulled Robin's hand away, pleading: "I really cannot watch a child be... this is the one thing I cannot compromise on, please give me a reason, okay?"

The anger in Sima Di's eyes eased slightly.

Just now he was truly furious—how could there be a do-gooder on his ship?

Fortunately,

Robin prevented the tragedy from happening.

Nami's experiences since childhood made her love and protect children.

But Nami is also reasonable,

She would not break with Sima Di over a child—in her heart there is a scale, and she understands what is heavy and what is light.

However...

Why should Sima Di indulge her?

"So, you won't move aside?" Sima Di said softly.

"I just want to know..."

"Nami!" Luffy shouted to interrupt: "We are partners, right? You know Di's character; since he wants to kill him, even if it is a child, we must trust him!"

At critical moments, Luffy is never vague.

Nami gritted her teeth and glanced back at the unconscious Momonosuke; the force with which Sima Di had just flung him was not small, and if he isn't treated quickly, it's feared that...

"Nami-san!" Sanji also shouted: "No matter what, you must trust your partners!"

Seeing that Sanji, who usually stood firmly on her side, had also chosen to side with Sima Di.

Nami finally came to her senses.

"I understand."

She moved her feet aside and turned her head away, refusing to look.

"I hope there won't be a next time." Sima Di said coldly: "As wise ones, you may raise questions, even question me, but that is after the mission is completed!"

After lecturing them,

Sima Di finally explained: "This person is named Kozuki Momonosuke, the son of Kozuki Oden, whom the Pirate King Luo Jie borrowed from the Bai Huzi Pirates."

Sima Di glanced at Crocus.

Crocus was merely somewhat surprised, but showed no intention of saving Momonosuke.

Instead he said: "If he is Kozuki Oden's son... I am very disgusted with Kozuki Oden; he often steals other people's girlfriends or wives, and after playing with them, he doesn't take them away; he is an outright scumbag."

"Ew~"

Everyone showed expressions of disgust.

"Like father, like son." Sima Di said: "This guy went to a brothel with Kozuki Oden when he was three years old; guess why he didn't run toward the nearest Usopp just now, but toward Robin?"

Good lord!

There's no need to guess; he was definitely aiming for the biggest...

? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu? Chu?

The familiar 5000+ words!

Begging for advance tickets~

Nothing has moved for three days.

99. Scatter Momonosuke's ashes! Scattering the name of Armament Haki's Vergo!

"Damn it! I will kill this brat!" Sanji raged.

Nami also looked at Sima Di with deep apology, but her eyes still held reluctance...

As if she still refused to kill a child for this.

This made Sima Di somewhat disappointed.

Although he could understand Nami's thoughts...

But she isn't his woman; I'm not going to indulge her!

"Heat Vision!"

Sima Di's eyes flared red, shooting beams that pierced through Momonosuke, burning him and the entire deck to ash—this was even after Sima Di had restrained the temperature; otherwise, he could have vaporized him outright.

All for the sake of...

He waved his hand,

scattering Momonosuke's ashes into the sea—I'll scatter your ashes too, let them ride the waves with the ocean!

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in for the iconic scene "Momonosuke Must Die!"—reward received: The Contract of the Elephant Lord with Kozuki Momonosuke!】

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The Contract of the Elephant Lord with Kozuki Momonosuke: The Kozuki family, through generations, inherited the Nitemaiya ritual to bind the sacred Elephant of the Nine Provinces!;

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【Reward stored in System Space!】

Oh?

Looks like Momonosuke wasn't entirely useless—he dropped something decent.

Sima Di turned and left, returning to the Thousand Sunny.

"I don't care who you are—if you make me angry, even a god won't escape my blade!" Sima Di's voice drifted over.

Nami's expression grew even darker.

The others didn't know what to say, and each went back to their own tasks.

Yet,

Sima Di's "atrocities" had terrified the children, some of whom were now screaming to go home.

Just as everyone was overwhelmed by the noise,

two Marine warships cut through the waves, stopping on either side of the Thousand Sunny.

"This is Marine Branch G5—we are Vice Admirals Smoker and Vergo. If you hand over the children... Hey hey hey? Vice Admiral Smoker..."

After a burst of commotion,

Smoker's harsh voice rang out: "The missing children from nearby islands—you took them, didn't you, Straw Hat Pirates? No matter your purpose, hand over the children!"

Tsk!

Sima Di sneered.

They're just labeling us without even listening.

"Emperor, what do we do?" Luffy called out. "Hand the kids over to them?"

These kids are too noisy—let the Marines deal with them.

"No way!" Usopp retorted. "That'd confirm we're child traffickers!"

"Huh? Then what do we do?" Luffy scratched his head and looked at Sima Di.