Chapter 314

We can't let the bunny-eared girl catch a cold.

But...

"Zoro, Kataro is a Mink, so doing this will only make her uncomfortable." Chopper reminded him in friendship.

Sanji's movement paused.

He smoothly turned around and put his suit jacket back on.

Then, as if only just noticing the one who runs fast, he looked at her with confusion.

It seemed he was trying to distinguish whether she was a boy or a girl?

"I don't need your protection! Please don't treat me like a girl!" the muscular beauty who runs fast waved her hands repeatedly.

Sanji's love is still too hard to bear.

"Is this lady also from the Mink tribe? Truly... hmm... the food is quite good."

"Hehe, you definitely can't recognize who she is, right?" Usopp draped an arm over Sanji's shoulder and said in a cheeky manner: "This is the one who runs fast! The duck you called emergency rations."

Sanji: "!!!"

Although he had been gone for a year, only a day should have passed in reality, right?

Or...

"Could it be that the Time and Spirit House's teleportation stone had a problem this time, and a year has passed over here as well?" Sanji guessed boldly.

Otherwise, how could the change be so great!

"Alright, Sanji just returned, so stop teasing him." Sima Di said in a bad mood: "Someone explain it to Sanji. Robin, put Kataro in the empty room."

"I'll do it, roar—" Franky said: "This story is long; it starts from after you left..."

During the explanation,

everyone also returned to the kitchen, where Luffy was already devouring food with gusto.

After Sanji sorted out the causes and effects, he also sighed with emotion!

"The Minks were actually also created by the Giant Kingdom?" Sanji said in surprise: "Giants, Little People, and now the Minks—could it be that all these races in the sea were converted from humans by the Giant Kingdom for their research on the longevity potion?"

"I must say, that is quite possible." Sima Di agreed.

Unexpectedly...

Crocus actually revealed a secret!

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44. Steal the Bride! Fight BIG MOM! Become an Emperor!

"During my last journey, I actually met an evil doctor who used an entire island as a testing ground." Crocus recalled: "Looking at it now, it is not impossible that the Giant Kingdom came from beyond the heavens to our world specifically for the longevity potion."

Robin did not hide most of the information regarding the Giant Kingdom.

So everyone also knew,

the Giant Kingdom was actually not native residents, but came from the Moon in the sky.

"Old man Crocus's guess is not impossible either!" Usopp nodded with great seriousness.

"Hey, don't act like you know so much." Zoro complained.

"Yo-ho-ho-ho—Truly a terrifying speculation! Although I am a skeleton, I have no heart nor courage! Yo-ho-ho-ho—"

After a brief discussion, the topic returned to the present.

"Sanji, how did your progress go this time?" Jinbe asked.

Everyone also looked over.

Upon hearing this, Sanji revealed a confident smile.

"This time... the harvest for both of us was very great!"

"Swish—"

Armament Haki as black as ink enveloped Sanji's entire body; full coverage of Armament Haki!

A representative technique of Advanced Armament Haki!

At the same time,

looking at the color of this Armament Haki, it is likely he has also touched the peak and is about to break through to Top-tier Armament Haki, right?

"Both types of Haki are already at an advanced level, I have almost fully digested the new Gas-Gas Fruit, and if I face an Admiral again, I believe I can hold him off for a short time!" Sanji said confidently.

"Not bad, advanced dual Haki, plus the Natural-type Gas-Gas Fruit, and strengthened by the Transparent-Transparent Fruit; a Promising Future indeed." Sima Di nodded in agreement.

Definitely a candidate for Admiral-level combat power.

As long as he settles down and cultivates a bit more,

he also has hope to break through to Vice-Emperor level, or even Admiral, or Emperor-level combat power!

A Promising Future.

Everyone looked at Luffy, who was eating meat in huge mouthfuls; what about your harvest?

"Mmm-mmm-mmm—"

Finally, with his mouth stuffed full of meat, the words Luffy spoke were incomprehensible even to the most learned Robin.

Only...

the Royal Translator Brook was the exception.

"Yo-ho-ho-ho—Really?"

"Mmm-mmm-mmm!"

"Yo-ho-ho-ho—So amazing!"

"Mmm-mmm-mmm."

"Oh..."

"Bang!"

Sima Di slammed his palm on the table, his gaze dangerously fixed on Brook.

"If you keep yabbering, I'll test whether a skeleton can get pregnant," Sima Di snapped.

You're over there munching on the drama—what about us?

"Yohohoho—how terrifying!" Brook hurriedly said: "Luffy says his three forms of Haki are all advanced, and the Niko Fruit has unlocked unexpected techniques—but he senses it would drain his life force immensely, so he's never dared use it."

Immensely drain life force?

Sima Di's eyes flashed!

Could it be...

Yes.

With Joy Boy's Niko Fruit Awakening Diary, it's not impossible that Luffy awakened the Niko Fruit ahead of time.

"Then you've got a chance to shine this time," Sima Di smiled. "Regarding this operation, I assume everyone understands?"

"Of course!" Usopp raised his hand. "Kidnap the bride! Take down BIG? OM! Become a Yonko!"

The others nodded in agreement.

Clearly,

Although Sima Di kept insisting he'd ally with BIG? OM—even threatening the Mink Tribe to swear loyalty to the BIG? OM Pirates—

Everyone knew what Sima Di was really up to.

Except...

"Huh?" Bai Xing frowned. "Aren't we allying with BIG? OM? Sanji's supposed to marry BIG? OM's daughter... isn't that a problem?"

Sima Di said nothing, but turned to Sanji.

"Click—"

Sanji lit a cigarette, drew a deep breath, and exhaled a long smoke ring.

"It's been over a month since I last smoked—I've missed it," Sanji smiled. "As for the wedding, let's set that aside—but this time, I'm reclaiming my lost childhood!"

It seemed that, compared to BIG? OM,

Sanji wanted more than anything to prove to his father, Gatz, in front of his family, that he was wrong—that emotion doesn't hinder strength, but instead fuels it even more.

"Then it's settled," Sima Di set the tone. "Sanji will be the star of this operation. We'll make sure his blind father knows just how insane his choice was. Any objections?"

"Hmph! Let the perverted cook have his moment this time," Zoro, his longtime rival, spoke up first.

"Hah! Of course!" Luffy finally swallowed his meat.