Chapter 274

"50 million chips? Can they be directly exchanged for Belly?" Nami's eyes sparkled with Jin Guang.

"Of course, if you wish." Bacara nodded, saying, "But since you've come to the Donquixote once, wouldn't you like to experience something?"

Nami was about to say something more,

but Luffy Already snatched the chip box and sprinted toward the most conspicuous large gate.

"Then I'll go play first!"

"Aaaah—wait for me!"

"Yo-ho-ho-ho—such an interesting thing, count me in too!"

Nami looked helplessly at Sima Di.

Sima Di smiled affectionately, opened the Golden Treasury, and summoned piles of gold.

"Please help me exchange these for chips and divide them equally among everyone," Sima Di said.

"So much gold... it's probably enough for one billion chips per person. Are you sure?"

"Then go exchange them."

"What generous guests indeed. Please wait a moment."

Everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates was excited!

"One billion chips?"

"Long live the First Mate!"

"Hahaha—I'll play from start to finish!"

Everyone sprinted toward the venue where Luffy and the others had gone, and Bacara followed too.

"This is the Hot-Blooded Turtle Speed Race. Each vehicle requires one million chips to enter. The winner gets ten times the reward, and the loser..."

"Boom—"

A strangely shaped vehicle crashed down before everyone, exploding into a ball of flame, and the person on board died instantly.

"As you can see, any means are allowed during the race," Bacara said with a smile.

Usopp and the others felt a chill run down the back of their necks!

Sima Di, however, looked thoughtful.

This "Hot-Blooded Turtle Speed Race"...

isn't it just a modified version of "Violent Bikes"?

Just as a new round was about to begin, Luffy and the others had already signed up.

However,

while others had their own prepared "war chariots," their turtle vehicle was only a temporary rental.

"Aaaah—watch my power!"

"Facing Nami Armament!"

Franky melted into liquid Super Memory Nanami, erected several energy cannon barrels on the turtle vehicle, and even installed energy thrusters at the rear.

Straight from a bird gun to a big cannon!

But...

Sima Di looked at the other competitors; most were beings that could be ignored, except for...

the vehicle number 943 right next to Luffy!

Buffalo, the user of the Tornado Tornado Fruit!

Baby-5, the user of the Weapon Weapon Fruit!

Gladius, the user of the Boom Boom Fruit!

All three were officers of the Donquixote Family. If their appearance here was a coincidence, Sima Di didn't believe it.

"This race has some potential."

"Di-chan, do you know them? Are they special?" Nami asked curiously.

"They are officers of Doflamingo's family." Jinbe said gravely, explaining each of the three's abilities one by one.

Good heavens!

"Jinbe, you seem very knowledgeable about the various powers," Sima Di asked curiously.

Although Jinbe was once one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, like Mihawk, he was a lone wolf; without specifically gathering information, it would be impossible to know such reliable intelligence.

"It's just better to be prepared," Jinbe said. "The Seven Warlords of the Sea will be disbanded sooner or later. At that time, these people could pose a threat to Fish-Man Island. Knowing about them in advance can't hurt."

That's a good habit!

"Then they must be very powerful?" Usopp said worriedly. "Luffy and the others won't..."

"Don't worry," Sima Di said confidently. "If it were a contest of skill, they might not measure up, but in a no-rules free-for-all... just three minor officers. Luffy and the others can handle them."

"It's starting!"

As the beautiful referee waved a torch, the race officially began!

Countless turtle vehicles launched like rockets, crossing the starting line.

"Aaaah—" Franky's upper body appeared at the front of the vehicle: "Go! Super Acceleration!"

Franky directly activated the energy thrusters at the rear of the vehicle. The sky-blue exhaust flames gave the turtle vehicle rocket-like speed, and in a straight-line dash, it directly surpassed all other vehicles.

But in this kind of no-rules race, being first often means...

the target of everyone's arrows!

The commentator also shouted, "They're doomed! The new Straw Hat Pirates seem to not understand the rules yet. Can they survive safely from here on?"

Just listen to that wording!

"Hey! Commentator, do you want to die?" Usopp roared angrily.

However......

"The first to strike is the Mighty King! His Mighty Vajra car has crushed countless opponents—can the Straw Hat Pirates withstand it?"

A turtle car resembling a steamroller came crashing through the track, plummeting from the sky to crash down on Luffy mid-turn like Mount Tai bearing down!

"Yo ho ho ho—Soul Pierce!"

A flash of cold light—

Before anyone even saw Brook's rapier leave its sheath, the Mighty Vajra car was split clean in two, smashing onto the track and bursting into a fireball; the car right behind it couldn't dodge in time and was eliminated along with it.

"Oh! It's the Straw Hat Pirates' Soul Swordsman! He cleaved it open in a single slash..."

"Wait!"

"What's going on with the Donquixote? They... they're flying!"

"Whirr whirr whirr—"

The sound of propellers came from the sky—Buffalo was using his Giro Giro no Mi powers to grab the turtle car and fly it through the air.

And Baby-5, dressed in a maid outfit, transformed both arms into twin six-barrel machine guns, opening indiscriminate fire on every turtle car on the track below!

She eliminated the remaining two contestants on the spot.

"Don't underestimate us! Armament Haki!"

Luffy coated the entire car in a black lacquer; every bullet that struck it could only sputter out a few sparks, not even managing to deflect the turtle car's course.

And Luffy, being a rubber man, fears bullets least of all.

Brook's vibranium coating is also utterly unbothered.

Franky......

He merged directly with the turtle car!

And......

"Ora—watch my counterattack! Energy Cannon barrage!"

The energy cannon on the car swiveled its barrel, aimed at the "Donquixote" in the sky, and fired crisscrossing beams of energy!

No one expected Buffalo to be quite nimble—swaying left and right in the air, he dodged most of the energy beams, but the "Donquixote" still took a few hits and had one of its wheels blown out.

At this point, there's no need to run on the ground at all.

Baby-5 fired a smoke grenade, trying to block Franky's line of sight.

However......

"Ora—smoke is useless against a pervert!"

Franky once again poked his upper body out from the front of the car, his eyes gleaming red, locking onto the target directly with thermal imaging.

And during this time,