Chapter 35

"Are you a Bai Chi? Don't act recklessly! You've hurt the Merrie!"

Most of the bullets rebounded were still caught by the Merrie.

If you don't take good care of it,

the Golden Merrie might end up retired in Seven Water City—that's something Sima Di absolutely won't allow!

Partners—none can be left behind!

"Ow!" Luffy gritted his teeth: "Damn it! I was helping you!"

"But you still can't destroy the Merrie!" Sima Di roared.

Luffy glanced guiltily at the bullets embedded in the deck, muttered a few words, and said no more.

"Moo hahaha—How lucky! We've stumbled upon two Devil Fruit users! This ship must be rich! Hand over the treasure, and I'll spare your lives."

Arrogant words interrupted their conversation; turning to look, a short, black, fat man stepped forward in tiny hops from the gangway, crunching noisily on a long sword.

No need to guess,

this man was King Warpo of Drum Kingdom—he had fled his country by ship after Hu Zi invaded, burned, looted, and tyrannized it, and now made his living as a pirate.

He was also a "Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user: the Gobble Gobble Fruit."

"What!"

"Hey, Zoro, can you eat swords? Are they tasty?"

"Damn it! What are you joking about?!"

Sima Di narrowed his eyes at the arrogant Warpo—was this the guy who ruined his mood?

I'm in a bad mood now—you won't be either!

【Gobble Gobble Fruit: Everything it eats tastes like shit!】

Meanwhile,

Warpo's face turned strange; his chewing mouth paused, as if confused, he chewed a few more times, then "puked" violently.

【Devil Fruit user who vomits will choke on it!】

"Cough cough cough cough—"

Warpo, vomiting, coughed violently, his entire face turning blue!

Because,

"choking" requires swallowing—he had swallowed his own vomit, and it still tasted like shit!

So he vomited again, then choked again, then vomited again...

Holy shit!

This formed a perfect cycle?

Warpo's own men stared in stunned silence—had their boss really just done that?

Only the Straw Hat Pirates knew this was Sima Di's "Devil Fruit ability" at work—he was the natural enemy of Devil Fruit users!

"What are you waiting for?" Sima Di growled: "Didn't they just try to rob us? Take it back!"

Everyone snapped to attention,

Nami waved her hand, eyes sparkling with Beli: "Everyone! Board the ship!"

"Yay~ Nami-san~"

Sanji surged forward, leaping onto the enemy ship and kicking down soldiers with flower-like motions.

Zoro and Luffy followed close behind, while Usopp provided ranged ammunition support.

They slaughtered the enemy into chaos!

But Warpo's ship, the "Bridge," could dive underwater—some immediately tried to escape.

But would Sima Di allow it?

Susano'o's bone structure condensed, smashing open the closing bulkhead!

If you want to sink, then dive!

They couldn't fight, and they couldn't flee.

The enemy soon lay defeated, discarding armor and begging for mercy.

"Hmph. Same breed."

The soldiers Warpo brought were clearly cowards too.

Sima Di knew these enablers didn't deserve sympathy—but killing them all...

Sima Di wasn't that bloodthirsty.

He simply drove them all onto the torn-off bulkhead, leaving them to drift on the open sea—out of sight, out of mind.

With the terrible weather of the Grand Line, their fate...

But at least they had a chance, didn't they?

"Isn't that too cruel?" Usopp said unhappily.

"What do you think happened to the merchant ships they robbed before?" Sima Di said flatly.

Didn't realize you had a Mother Teresa complex, Usopp?

Fortunately,

Usopp only felt pity—he wasn't truly a bleeding heart, and said no more.

The others had no objections, leaving everything to Sima Di's judgment.

Nami cheered: "Wow! These guys are rich! So much treasure! We're rich!"

The others were busy counting their loot.

Only Sima Di showed little interest—he walked over to Warpo, the only one he'd spared, who now lay limp on the deck, his stomach emptied and utterly exhausted.

This guy...

is the truly heinous source of all this sin!

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34. The Expected Drum Island! Chopper, here I come!

An island shrouded in heavy snow appeared before the Going Merry.

"Strange," Nami rubbed her eyes: "The Log Pose was pointing in this direction just now, how did it change?"

Looking again at the Log Pose in her hand, it showed a ninety-degree deviation from the winter island before them.

With Nami's navigator talent, it was absolutely impossible for her to make such a mistake.

So...

all of this was actually done by Sima Di.

Sima Di had cured Nami's illness,

so the Going Merry did not need to head for the nearest island, and would very likely miss Drum Kingdom and miss Chopper.

But did Sima Di not think of this at the time?

He used his Word Spirit ability to change the direction of the Log Pose, making it point to the island where Drum Kingdom is located, and only withdrew it at that very moment.

"Since we are here, let's go ashore to replenish supplies before leaving," Sima Di proposed at the right moment.

Nami hesitated a bit and looked at Vivi.

"It's fine, there's no rush for this little time," Vivi comforted her instead: "The supplies on the ship must be running low, right? Eating sea fish all the time, I'm tired of it too."

Vivi, whose heart was already yearning to return home, how could she delay the journey over a mere matter of taste?

But just as Vivi said,

going ashore just to replenish supplies would not consume too much time.

Thus, the Going Merry sailed into the harbor.

The harbor here was actually surrounded by high mountains, and as soon as the Going Merry docked, countless figures appeared, holding swords, knives, bows, and spears, aiming down at the group from above.

"Pirates are not welcome here! Leave immediately!" the burly, towering man at the head shouted.

Sima Di knew,

this was because Drum Kingdom had just suffered Blackbeard's devastation, developing a "stress response," and harbored hostility toward all pirates.