Chapter 312

Everyone's gaze immediately snapped to the warehouse door, filled with anticipation.

"Twenty-one hours and fifty-seven minutes? That's already great—only two hours and fifty minutes less than mine," Usopp couldn't resist boasting.

Zoro scoffed.

True geniuses start at one day and up!

Suddenly!

"Hummm—hummm—hummm—"

This familiar sound...

Everyone's eyes widened involuntarily!

Could it be...

Impossible?

"Hummm—"

"Hummm—"

"Hummm—"

"Hummm—"

"Hummm—"

"Hummm—"

Six consecutive hums,

Sima Di and his five companions simultaneously unleashed their Emperor's Haki, suppressing the suddenly awakened Emperor's Haki.

Otherwise, if it spread unchecked, it might affect the nearby Fur Tribe—though the Fur Tribe are born warriors, not everyone must become one.

Previously, Sima Di had carefully used Emperor's Haki to shield the entire warehouse, lest the clash of Emperor's Haki damage any items.

"Oh?"

Sima Di noticed something interesting.

He subtly manipulated his Emperor's Haki to tear a gap in the "protective net," allowing a portion to spill out toward...

"Hummm—hummm—hummm—"

Everyone: "!!!"

Another new Emperor's Haki surged upward!

And it was far stronger than the previous one—already reaching intermediate level!

Yet under the combined pressure of Sima Di and his five companions, it still caused no major disturbance.

"It's Vivi," Sima Di said joyfully: "Just now, the opportunity was rare—I sensed Vivi's emotions were in great turmoil, so I applied some pressure. I didn't expect it to actually work."

Vivi is the Princess of the Alabasta Kingdom, the designated future Queen of Alabasta.

She was also enhanced by the Super God Water and empowered by Lei Shenzhichui.

For her to awaken Emperor's Haki is perfectly understandable.

But...

"So the first Emperor's Haki was Run-Fast's?" Usopp refused to accept it.

"I thought it was Vivi too... but it's still Run-Fast?" Nami looked bewildered.

"Ssshh—"

"No way!"

"That's insane, right?"

Everyone expressed shock!

A duck—even a land-walking duck—could awaken Emperor's Haki? Isn't that just too absurd?

Veteran figures like Jinbe and Kurokoshi felt as if their worldview had shattered...

Kurokoshi was fine.

Jinbe was nearly doubting reality itself!

A duck could awaken Emperor's Haki, yet he...

It's just ridiculous!

"Squeak—"

The warehouse door swung open, and the first thing to step out was a long, pale, luminous, perfectly smooth leg.

Clearly Vivi's.

After all,

Run-Fast is now a Fur Tribe member—how could he possibly have such a smooth leg?

Vivi joyfully threw her arms around Sima Di and cheered: "Di-jun! I awakened Emperor's Haki! I started at intermediate level! Isn't that amazing?"

Sima Di affectionately stroked Vivi's blue hair.

"Vivi is truly wonderful."

Vivi beamed with delight.

The others also snapped back to awareness.

"Then that means..." Usopp counted on his fingers: "We now have... eight people on this ship who've awakened Emperor's Haki?"

"My god! Are there really this many in this sea?"

"That's truly incredible!"

"Hahahaha—"

While everyone took pride in this, they did not forget to keep watch over the warehouse.

There's still one "protagonist" who hasn't shown up yet.

Although it was the first awakening of Conqueror's Haki, with the help of six people just now, he didn't end up directly collapsing from exhaustion.

Very quickly,

a figure appeared before everyone's eyes, and the first reaction that surfaced in their minds was—

This is fucking ridiculous!

Can this even be called Fast Running?

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42. The Land Runner Duck Queen! Gartoro's Request!

The figure that appeared at the warehouse door had a duck's head and a human body, just like an ordinary Mink.

Although its limbs carried the small feathers unique to ducks, they were still fairly good-looking.

It's just that...

this three-meter height, and chest muscles as burly as watermelons.

"Eh? Fast Running, you're a female duck?" Usopp exclaimed in shock!

Fast Running's gaze fell on Usopp, and she gave a bewitching smile!

Then she wrapped Usopp in her arms in one swoop, squeezing him hard against her burly chest muscles!

"So it was you and Luffy who used me as bait to go fishing, right?"

Fast Running's voice was low and hoarse like a "drake's rasp," but it still couldn't conceal a certain feminine softness unique to women.

She really is a female duck!

Needless to say the Straw Hat Pirates crew, even Vivi, who was the owner, scratched her head in confusion.

"No way, Vivi, as the owner you actually don't know Fast Running's gender?" Crocus said in surprise.

"Ah... fourteen... Fast Running is the one with the best endurance among a group of Land Runner Ducks, and generally male ducks have better endurance than female ducks, so I subconsciously assumed Fast Running was a male duck..."

This made Fast Running show a proud expression.

"Princess Vivi, I'm a Land Runner Duck Queen seen once in a hundred years, with endurance and speed far surpassing male ducks!"

Good grief!