Chapter 46

"Are we really going to chat in the middle of the battlefield?" Robin laughed.

Sima Di only then realized,

that to his left was Zoro and Mr. 1 fighting, to his right was Luffy, who had activated Gear Second, locked in a death struggle with Crocodile, before him was some crushing scene, and behind him was Sanji and Mr. 2 clashing in the Rain Dinners hall.

Was it really inappropriate for him to be flirting here?

Sima Di was about to move toward Zoro, but before his foot even landed...

"Don't come over! I can handle it!" Zoro shouted.

He looked toward Luffy, and the answer was the same.

"I can handle it! Don't come over!"

He scratched his head,

and Sima Di walked into the Rain Dinners, just as Sanji and Mr. 2 collided and leaped back, landing beside Sima Di.

Before he could speak,

Sima Di said, "I know, I'm just passing through, you two continue."

He pulled Robin to a window seat, sat down, and used telekinesis to fetch drinks from not far away.

A VIP viewing seat on the scene, Robin on the left, fine wine on the right.

How utterly blissful!

? burning incense sticks? concrete/p>

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46. Give Old Sand a little surprise! An unexpected person!

Zoro and Mr. 1 were still locked in a bitter struggle.

Although he had already received an awakening of Haki, he was still far from awakening it.

Facing Mr. 1's steel body, which was impervious to blades and bullets, he, who had not yet comprehended the "Secret of Cutting Iron," could not land a single blow.

He remained in a state of passive beating, constantly accumulating new wounds, though none were fatal.

On Sanji and Mr. 2's side, they had originally been evenly matched, but Mr. 2 was too cunning; upon seeing Sanji abandon the pursuit because of a female customer, he keenly sensed Sanji's "knightly weakness," immediately transforming into Robin's likeness, leaving Sanji unable to strike and forced to take blows unilaterally.

Tsk tsk!

Although one might admire Sanji's persistence, to outsiders it looked truly stupid.

Looking again at the battle between Luffy and Crocodile.

With Gear Second activated, his physical abilities were enhanced in every aspect, and with "water" as a counter to Crocodile's Armament Haki, for a time he truly suppressed Crocodile completely in terms of hand-to-hand combat.

But Crocodile was not made of dough after all; the poison scorpion on his left hand posed a huge threat to Luffy, and once it touched Luffy's skin, it would drain all the moisture from his body.

Who would ultimately prevail was truly uncertain.

Sima Di thought for a moment and decided to add a little surprise for Old Sand.

【Using the Sand-Sand Fruit will cause eyes to be blinded by sand, leading to endless tears!】

The previously evenly matched back-and-forth battle immediately saw Crocodile's vision obstructed by "tearful eyes," causing him to respond several beats slower, and Luffy immediately seized the opportunity to beat him up!

"Gum-Gum..."

"Gum-Gum..."

"Gum-Gum..."

"Gum-Gum..."

After this small combo,

Crocodile was beaten quite badly, especially his face, which could not undergo elementalization due to his own tears, taking double damage and ending up bruised and swollen.

It was truly miserable!

"That's cheating," Robin chuckled lightly. "If Luffy knew, he would definitely be unhappy."

As the captain, Luffy, whose bounty was lower than Sima Di's, had been holding back his anger all along.

Sima Di shrugged,

and with such an "ambitious" captain, one didn't know if it was good or bad.

To make watching the show easier, Sima Di activated Observation Haki.

"Huh?"

He discovered an interesting person!

"You stay here and watch; I'll be right back."

Sima Di stood up and walked toward where the gamblers were taking cover; everyone along his path voluntarily made way, except for one blind, purple-robed middle-aged man at the very end, sitting steadily as a mountain with a cane-sword.

It was none other than the future "Fleet Admiral Fujitora," Issho!

"I never expected to meet him here," Sima Di thought with a sigh.

Although Issho's Observation Haki was so exaggerated it could capture meteors from outer space, he lacked Enel's ability to read brainwaves.

He merely noticed that Sima Di seemed to know him.

"Do you know me?" Issho asked directly.

Sima Di certainly could not say he knew him, after all, Issho was truly "unknown" in the early stages and only rose to power during the Great Conscription.

"You seem not afraid of us? We are pirates, currently fighting this nation's hero," Sima Di countered.

Issho merely smiled.

"Pirates are not necessarily evil... Isn't Crocodile a pirate too?"

Although the Seven Warlords of the Sea were affiliated with the World Government, they were merely "pirates granted legal plunder by law"; he was still a pirate.

Sima Di had an epiphany.

No wonder Issho would later advocate for the abolition of the Seven Warlords of the Sea system; it was right there in Alabasta that he personally experienced the event of the Seven Warlords of the Sea usurping a nation.

But......

"If I told you we are saving this country, would you believe me?" Lord Sima said sincerely.

This time Yixiao looked straight at Lord Sima, opening his clouded eyes as if he could truly see, though in fact he was using his Observation Haki to observe.

That could capture far more micro-expressions than the naked eye.

Lord Sima faced it calmly, because what he said was the truth.

It was the bystanders beside them who could not hold back any longer!

"Crocodile is a hero of our kingdom!"

"Pirates saving the country?"

"Then you should go cause trouble for Cobra! He is the root of everything!"

"You actually believe a pirate's words?"

And sure enough, there were those who feared no death, daring to say absolutely anything.

But Lord Sima was never one who delighted in killing, let alone when Yixiao was a man who "put civilians first"—valuing neither justice nor order, only the safety of the common people.

【Silence!】

The mouths of all the civilians were stitched shut with zippers, and the noisy environment fell silent in an instant.

Lord Sima looked toward Yixiao and asked once more—

"Want to come save this country together?"

He had thought this would move Yixiao, but Yixiao simply shook his head.

"I am still seeking what is called an answer. Until then, I do not plan to interfere with the workings of the world. Perhaps in the future we may fight side by side," Yixiao said in a refined, bookish tone.

So it turned out he was still in his "confused period"!

Then that was easy to handle!

Lord Sima was preparing to continue his blarney when several angry shouts came over.

"Don't run!"

"Damn it! Just a little more!"

"Put down Robin-chan!"

Lord Sima turned his head to look,

and saw a gust of sand sweep Mr. 1, Mr. 2, and Robin away, streaking toward the horizon.

Crocodile actually fled?

This was something Lord Sima had never expected......