Chapter 81

What he hadn't expected was...

As soon as Waiyipa stood up, he turned hostile and said firmly: "Even if you are descendants of ancestral kin, Sandia is currently not fit to host guests—please leave!"

"... Wait, wait!" Kurekai pleaded: "At least let me film some footage? And the Golden Bell—I need them to prove my ancestors weren't big talkers..."

Kurekai recounted the story of Roland's "big talker" ordeal.

He had come this far—how could he possibly leave now?

Waiyipa fell silent for several seconds.

He sighed,

"It's not that I won't help you—it's that... the island beneath our feet is no longer ruled by Sandia, but has been seized by the Angel race. For years we've been trying to reclaim this land... our ancestors died fighting for it."

"It is now inhabited by a god named Ainuro. Even we don't know if the Golden Bell you speak of still exists."

"Ainuro is immensely powerful—going there would only mean death. Go back."

Yet...

"Ainuro? You mean that guy who just hides?" Luffy asked curiously.

Such an impolite tone made Waiyipa's face darken!

He grabbed Kurekai and pulled him far away from Luffy.

The next instant,

Luffy was struck directly on the crown of his head by lightning—worried his straw hat would be destroyed, he had chosen to hang it on his back.

Luffy, used to being struck by lightning, looked at Waiyipa in confusion.

"What, are you afraid of being struck by lightning?"

Waiyipa: "..."

He glanced at Kurekai in bewilderment: Is this your companion? Is he even human?

Kurekai shrugged.

He wasn't even sure if Luffy was human—after all, Laboon could grow a whale tail.

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14. Vivi's overinterpretation! Declaring war on the god!

Although uncertain whether Luffy was human, his fearlessness toward "divine punishment" gave Waiyipa hope!

But he, who had always fought alone,

now had to seek help from outsiders—and it was still somewhat...

Fortunately,

at that moment Sima Di invited: "We're planning to confront Ainuro, and we'll bring Kurekai along to ring the Golden Bell—want to join us?"

He wasn't impressed by Waiyipa's strength—his physical power was only about one-third of his own.

He was curious whether the combination of him and Kurekai could still trigger other iconic scenes.

—That "Calgara's 400-year-delayed apology" didn't exist in the original plot!

That gave Sima Di plenty of room to maneuver.

Waiyipa was greatly intrigued upon hearing this!

He immediately proposed: "Ainuro has four divine officials and a Divine Squad—wait for me to summon allies from Cloud Hidden Village; we'll handle the Divine Guard. The rest..."

"The rest, leave to us!" Luffy said confidently.

Waiyipa nodded firmly and said: "Follow me."

He then turned and leapt through the jungle, moving with the agility of a monkey.

The others hurried to follow.

After learning that Conqueror's Haki cultivation was tied to physical strength, even Usopp, the sniper, had significantly increased his daily exercise...

So he quickly adapted to Mk-5, and now used it to fly low and keep pace with the group with ease.

Vivi caught up with Sima Di, flying shoulder to shoulder, and opened her steel faceplate.

"Sima, your Conqueror's Haki should be able to sweep away those Divine Squad members, right?"

Sima Di smiled without answering.

He couldn't say he was just trying to trigger iconic scenes.

Sandia 877 launching a full-scale assault on Ainuro might also be an iconic scene.

Unexpectedly,

Vivi overinterpreted: "You want to ease relations between Sandia and the Angel race?"

Sima Di: "???"

He looked at Vivi in confusion: What do you mean?

Vivi, however, wore an expression of "I understand everything."

"The Angel Island can grow plants, but cannot nurture them—they need Sandia's land. Sandia being carried to the Sky Island by the Upward Current is irreversible. If you let them keep fighting the Angels, one side will inevitably perish. So you want to use this battle to reconcile Sandia and the Angel race, letting them coexist on this island, right?"

Sima Di: "..."

What great feat had Sima Di performed that led Vivi to misunderstand him so thoroughly?

Was it because his strategy allowed Alabasta to be saved with zero casualties?

Back then, he had done so

purely to position himself as a "wise man" and avoid over-interfering in the battle.

Let him better sign in to the iconic moments.

The rest...

I really didn't think much about it.

Turns out Vivi interpreted a lot of "intelligence" on her own?

Sima Di fell silent for a moment, yet offered no further explanation.

Just keep smiling.

This strengthened Vivi's own thoughts even more; she excitedly exclaimed: "Then I'll go notify Angel Island!"

Then she turned and flew toward the opposite shore's Angel Island.

Sima Di: "..."

Forget it,

Let her go.

Robin once again drew close, opening her steel mask and gazing at Sima Di with a half-smile.

"Is what Vivi said true, Savior Lord~?"

From this teasing tone, it was clear Robin had seen through everything.

But...

"Do I really seem so worthless to you?" Sima Di said with a stern face.

This made Robin wonder if she had misread him.

"Alright, I was wrong," Robin immediately admitted: "After this, I'll agree to your suggestion of biting..."

Sima Di's eyes lit up!

Unexpected good fortune!

After more than half an hour of sprinting,

They arrived at a small Yundao, where a tiny village stood — the displaced Sandia clan lived here.

Waiyipa's arrival with a large group of "strangely dressed" people put the village on high alert; most drew weapons and glared at them menacingly.

It was a village where all were soldiers — fitting perfectly with Sandia's customs.

"Everyone! Don't worry! They are the descendants of Roland and his companions!" Waiyipa called out loudly.

Upon hearing this,

Everyone instinctively turned toward the village center, where a stone statue stood — that of the great warrior "Kalgara."

The story of "Kalgara and Roland" seemed widely known throughout the village.