Chapter 48

He scratched his head, uncertain: "Should... be?"

"You, you won't." Zoro immediately tore down the act.

"Yeah, before Lord Sima joined, our battles never had anything called a plan." Sanji blew out a puff of smoke.

"Having Lord Sima around really makes me feel so safe!" Nami wept with joy: "Otherwise I'd have to charge into the frontlines and fight too!"

Luffy really is way too reckless!

So much so that they were always caught off guard.

How could it compare to today's planned battle, with the support personnel also properly arranged.

"Although I'm being praised, I still have to say it." Sima Di looked at Nami: "As a pirate, you must be ready to fight at any time, so from now on I'll arrange combat duty for you too. As a born Haki awakener, you absolutely can't waste this ability!"

Nami:? っQ?;)っ

Though she very much wanted to refuse, Nami knew Sima Di was right.

She could only respond weakly.

"Alright, don't we still have that bottle of Devil Fruit Separation Potion?" Sima Di soothed: "Look, how about Crocodile's Sand-Sand Fruit? A Logia that can elementize, immune to most damage."

Nami's eyes lit up at the words!

But Luffy disdainfully said: "A Logia that gets beaten into a pig's head the moment its fists touch water? Not as good as my Gum-Gum Fruit."

This made Nami come to her senses,

She thought it over carefully, then painfully shook her head and refused.

"The Sand-Sand Fruit only works best in arid desert regions. I'm a navigator, this Devil Fruit just doesn't suit me." Nami analyzed.

Though she said that, just looking at her reluctant expression told everyone she was still tempted.

However,

The Devil Fruit Separation Potion was extremely precious, the sole surviving relic of an ancient civilization to this day, and had to be used where it counted most.

Sima Di looked at Zoro and Sanji — these were the only other two who could eat a Devil Fruit.

Zoro refused without hesitation.

"I just need my swords, that's enough. Devil Fruit? Not even a dog would eat it!"

Luffy and Robin shot him puzzled looks — why are you cursing at us out of nowhere?

Sima Di silently raised a hand, and a ray of holy light shot forth — although he wasn't a Devil Fruit user, clearly that remark included him too.

Zoro: "!!!"

Driven by an intense will to survive, Zoro did a donkey roll and dodged the holy light by a hair's breadth; by the time he stood back up, his head was drenched in cold sweat.

That close to being done for!

"You bastard! You wanna die?!" Zoro drew his sword on the spot.

"Believe it or not, I could twist all your swords into pretzels?" Sima Di threatened.

This made Zoro, who loved his blades more than his life, immediately back down — the key point being Sima Di really could do it.

Sima Di looked at Sanji.

Sanji also refused without any hesitation, shaking his head directly.

"If it's a Devil Fruit, I only want one!" Sanji said, brimming with anticipation: "The Paramecia Invisibility Fruit! The moment I laid eyes on it, I knew it had to be mine!"

Tch!

Sima Di and the others' gazes turned strange,

With Sanji's LSP personality, if he ate that Devil Fruit, he'd probably use it to......

But isn't this his dream?

Sima Di didn't say any more,

As for the Devil Fruit Separation Potion, he was currently still more inclined to use it on Enel.

The title of strongest Logia — he wondered if it lived up to the name?

Without saying much more,

Sima Di pulled a Hearthstone out of his system space, operated it to bind with the Going Merry as a return-to-town point, then began channeling the Hearthstone on the spot.

A gorgeous blue magic circle condensed from illusion into reality beneath his feet, until at the final moment of formation it transformed into a dazzling pillar of light shooting into the sky. Sima Di within it vanished, then reappeared on the spot descending from a magical pillar of light from the heavens.

It looked like he'd just hopped back and forth, but in reality he'd already completed a teleportation.

"So fun! I wanna play too!" Luffy said, eyes gleaming.

Sima Di, however, paid no attention, head lowered in thought.

With the Hearthstone,

From now on, whenever he wanted to return to the Going Merry, he just had to channel it and could teleport right back — convenient and quick.

He could consider giving everyone one.

However......

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49. Permanent Materialization! Waiting by the Stump for a Rabbit?

Permanently condensing A Certain Item was an extremely consuming affair.

Like Ace's Vanguard,

Even though its material was made of Adam Wood, in the end it was still just an ordinary item, so the consumption was certainly large, but not outrageous.

But for something like the Hearthstone,

It was first and foremost a magical artifact, nonexistent in this world, so the consumption to permanently materialize it was enormous.

Sima Di wasn't sure whether he could complete it right now?

Only one way to find out!

【Hearthstone!】

The next moment,

Sima Di had two-thirds of his strength drained in one go. The sudden weakness made his legs go limp, and he tumbled straight into Robin's broad embrace, getting an unwilling faceful.

"Damnable! What did you do to Robin-chan!" Sanji roared.

"It's fine, Sanji-kun. Sima-chan seems to have just overexerted himself," Robin said gently.

But the information that came through left Sanji depressed......

Why didn't Robin-chan choose him!

Sima Di steadied himself and stood back up.

He'd only been caught off guard by the sudden weakness just now. Even with only a third of his strength, he could still bring his full combat power to bear.

At most, the duration would be greatly shortened.

"Phew—that really does drain the body." Sima Di handed the Hearthstone to Robin: "Try using your will to communicate with it, bind it to the Going Merry, then activate it."

Robin didn't hesitate and did exactly as Sima Di said.

Very quickly,

a magic circle appeared beneath her feet, carrying her as she shot up into the sky, then descended once more.

The moment Robin reappeared, she realized what this Hearthstone did!

"What's the distance limit?" Robin cut straight to the point.

"No distance limit," Sima Di said with a smile.

At least within the planet, there was absolutely no problem.

This left Robin quite astonished!

She couldn't help but exclaim: "That really is... a convenient ability!"

Sima Di was nearly sick of hearing that by now.

"What are you guys doing?" Luffy still hadn't caught on: "Why don't I understand any of this?"

Zoro and Sanji both looked at Luffy as if he were an idiot.

It's so simple and he still can't figure it out?

"With this thing, from now on no matter where we are, we can teleport straight back to the Going Merry," Robin said, holding up the Hearthstone.

Luffy was shocked at the words!

"That's awesome! I want one too!"