Chapter 89: The Five Elders' Emergency Meeting

Xia Nuo thought about it for a moment.

In the end, he added it to the shopping cart.

The reason he hesitated was simply because he wasn't sure if this thing could treat a "ship" as a "base".

If it could be set on a ship, it would be worth more than the price.

But if not, it didn't matter, he could just leave it to gather dust for a while, and it would always come in handy one day.

He could afford the trial-and-error cost of a mere 1500 points.

The next few items were all types he wasn't interested in at a glance.

Xia Nuo skipped them quickly.

After scrolling a few times, until the last item refreshed, it finally attracted his attention again.

[Deep Sea Breathing Method]

[Type: Cultivation Manual]

[Price: 5500 points]

[Description: A special muscle control technique. Entry requires a relatively high physical strength. After successful cultivation, it can allow the pores on the body surface to briefly simulate the function of fish gills, allowing your muscles to transport oxygen for you, realizing underwater breathing. The maximum duration will be closely related to your cultivation progress and physical strength]

[Seller's Note: "Damn it, I transmigrated into that damn female octopus!!"]

Xia Nuo: "?"

Which world view's deep sea is this Deep Sea Breathing Method from?

Forget it, no matter how miserable the transmigrator peers in other worlds are, it has nothing to do with him.

Xia Nuo quickly focused his attention on the description, his eyes narrowing slightly.

The ability to breathe underwater like a Fish-Man, the price is a bit expensive. If it were in other worlds, it might not have much appeal.

But this is One Piece!

A world with no continents, where the ocean area accounts for more than 95%!

Let alone 5000 points, even 10,000 points must not be missed.

As for the prerequisite for cultivating this manual—requiring relatively high physical strength.

Xia Nuo believed that he possessed this threshold qualification.

In terms of physique alone, he was confident that he was already at the forefront of the second tier in this world, only inferior to those top powerhouses standing at the peak of the world.

So he decisively added it to the shopping cart.

All items in the new period had been browsed.

Entering the checkout stage.

This time, he bought a total of six items, costing 29,000 points, with 23,200 points remaining.

The expenditure was the largest in all these years, but the richness of the harvest was also unquestionable, completely worthy of this price.

Xia Nuo couldn't wait to close the system panel, took his coffee cup, entered the cabin, and began to test these new abilities one by one.

Let's try the Knock spell first.

Just as described, as long as the Knock spell wand was in his backpack slot, the usage method of this spell was naturally imprinted in his mind.

He walked along the corridor to the end of the kitchen.

Next to the corner was the door to the food storage room.

Because Gin had an irregular schedule and often came out to move around in the middle of the night, Zeff specifically put a big iron lock on the door to prevent it from stealing too much strawberry milk.

Xia Nuo recited the incantation of the Knock spell in his heart, and the moment his fingertips touched it...

*Click.*

The iron lock opened directly.

Hey, fun.

It took less than half a second, truly instant unlocking.

With this skill, he wouldn't have to worry about food and drink anywhere.

Xia Nuo was like a child who got a new toy, rushing around everywhere, almost testing every locked thing in the cabin.

After a long time, he came out of the cabin, came to the empty stern deck, and looked at the remaining items in his backpack slot.

Yasuo's sword technique manual, he took it out and flipped through it first.

Hmm, as expected, he couldn't understand it at all.

It seems he is destined to have no relationship with true sword technique in this life. He'll just hand it to Kuina later.

Don't ask, just say it was exploded from Hanafuda.

After all, he was Kaido's brother who occupied Wano, and it's very reasonable for him to carry a sword technique manual with a bit of bushido style.

Following that, Xia Nuo also tried to deploy the Prism Tower.

The result was unexpectedly smooth. The Prism Tower automatically completed the laying and merged with the main mast.

No wonder it's said to be invisible. He couldn't even sense anything special with Observation Haki.

This saves trouble. In the future, if the crew happens to see the effect of the mast shooting prism beams, they will probably think it's a black technology that comes with this mast.

Don't ask, just say it's the factory setting of the Whale Shipyard.

Xia Nuo looked at the remaining three in the backpack slot. [126-

There was no need to use "Wish" for the time being, and the effects of the "Deep Sea Breathing Method" would only be visible after achieving some success in training.

Therefore, the only thing left to test right now was "Pilfer."

When this set of cards was purchased, it came with a free trial; when he opened the inventory, a pop-up text box specifically reminded him that any items obtained during the trial would be returned to their original location.

In other words, this trial was purely to let him familiarize himself with the skill's effects, so as to avoid wasting an opportunity due to improper operation when using it for real later.

As it happened, at this very moment, a News Coo was flying across the sky in the far distance.

It was at least twenty kilometers away from the Luomu, appearing as nothing more than a blurry white dot at the very limit of his vision.

It couldn't be a better subject for an experiment.

Siano took the card set out from his inventory, and six pale gold cards instantly appeared in his hand; five were physical, while the trial one was merely a phantom image.

After aiming at the News Coo, Siano focused his mind, and the card phantom instantly turned into a streak of light and vanished.

Then Siano waited patiently for something to appear in his hand, though he thought that even if it was a random item, there wasn't really anything on a News Coo.

It seemed it would either be a hat or some newspaper from its mailbag...

Plop!

The next second.

A sticky, warm lump landed precisely in the palm of his hand.

Siano looked down—

Bird droppings.

Still fresh.

Although the droppings vanished the next moment, returning to their original position, the wet sensation and the foul, fishy smell remained on his hand...

"..."

Siano was silent for two seconds, the veins on his forehead throbbing.

Is this what a creature with a straight digestive tract is like? It just had to happen right when he made his move, taking a dump from high altitude—how lacking in virtue!

Trial version, huh! Free experience, huh!

Sure enough, free things are never worth trusting!

Furious, he looked up at the News Coo.

The News Coo seemed to have noticed the ship moving at full speed along the river, and happily changed direction, approaching them.

A moment later.

The bruised and swollen News Coo flew away, looking deeply aggrieved.

Hmm, that feels better.

Siano clapped his hands in satisfaction; for a bird with no sense of public morality, one just has to give it a beating to teach it a lesson and vent some frustration.

However, as compensation, he bought all the newspapers in its mailbag, letting the working bird finish its quota and get off work early.

Picking up the sword manual and the newspapers, Siano walked toward the bow.

He prepared to hand them over to Kuina and Nami, who had been waiting for the papers with bated breath.

On the way.

He took the opportunity to open a newspaper and glance at it.

Just as expected, the news of the Hanafuda Pirates' destruction had not yet reached the headquarters of the World Economic News.

But it should be soon; at the latest, it would be tomorrow's business.

But that didn't mean this issue of the newspaper had nothing to do with them.

In fact, it was quite the opposite.

The front-page news this time could almost be said to have been single-handedly created by Siano!

—"Enies Lobby Falls! Blue Ogre and Red Ogre, Two Legendary Giants from a Century Ago Reappear on the Sea!"

Beneath the specially bolded and enlarged headline was a massive photo that took up half the page.

In the photo, the entire Enies Lobby was in shambles, with ruins and fallen guards everywhere.

Even the towering Tower of Justice, along with the World Government flag that should have been fluttering in the wind, had collapsed to the ground!

Amidst the broken walls, four massive figures hugged and wept under the sunset, covered in blood, clearly having just experienced a great battle.

The report below also fully displayed Morgans' usual style, adding fuel to the fire and writing in a sensationalist manner.

"Shocking! One of the World Government's three major institutions—Enies Lobby—has suffered a devastating blow!"

"According to eyewitnesses, two legendary giant warriors—'Blue Ogre' Dory and 'Red Ogre' Brogy—led two other companions of equally massive size, crushing all the island's defenders with unstoppable force!"

"The naval fleet that arrived as emergency reinforcements from behind the Gates of Justice was also destroyed! Two Vice Admirals from Headquarters were seriously injured!"

"The Tower of Justice has collapsed! The Gates of Justice have been destroyed!"

"The flag symbolizing the authority of the World Government was even torn to shreds by the legendary warriors from Elbaf and trampled underfoot!"

"Where did they return from, and who exactly released these two beasts who were famous a century ago!!!"

"Things are getting lively now."

Siano chuckled and closed the newspaper.

It seems he has inadvertently added another big headache for Marine Headquarters.

One can only say, as expected of the straightforward and hot-tempered giants.

Judging by the timing, after the two uncles read the note he left behind, they truly could no longer sit idly by, ending that century-long duel and setting sail once more.

Their first stop was straight to Enies Lobby.

Stirring up a massive storm on the sea.

For him, this was naturally good news.

From now on, there were two extremely powerful allies on this sea, and if he went to Elbaf in the future, he would have people to bridge the connections.

Furthermore.

The bigger the incident at Enies Lobby, the more the attention of the World Government and Marine Headquarters would be diverted; in the short term, they shouldn't have time to come looking for trouble with him.

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The Luomu continued to sail along the Sandora River.

As night fell, the group successfully arrived at Alubarna, the royal capital of Alabasta.

In the royal palace, the lights were bright.

The banquet had long since been prepared.

As a kingdom situated in the desert, with most of its territory being extremely barren, Alabasta was not particularly wealthy.

Even so, to express their gratitude for the help provided by the Luomu Adventure Group, the scale of this banquet was still set extremely high.

Inside the main hall, silver candlesticks swayed with warm light, reflecting the dazzling array of delicacies on the long table.

Large bone-in steaks roasted to a golden brown, fragrant lamb stewed with dates, and mountains of various precious fruits...

The fine wines that the royal family had treasured for years were all brought out without reservation, left for Siano and the others to enjoy.

Even King Cobra, who had been bedridden, forced himself to attend and host the banquet in person.

With face and pageantry fully provided, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves thoroughly.

Under these circumstances.

Let alone Siano and his crew, even if they were truly heinous pirates, they probably wouldn't have the heart to harbor any ulterior motives.

When the banquet ended, the night was already deep.

The drunken crew members were helped to their rooms by maids to rest, while Nami, a minor who wasn't allowed to drink, was dragged away by Vivi to play in her room.

As for Siano and Robin, both tacitly drank very little.

After leaving the table, they came to a side hall of the palace to meet with Cobra, preparing to talk about Crocodile and the Poneglyph.

And at the same time.

On the Red Line, thousands of miles away, at the Holy Land of Mary Geoise.

Another meeting was also taking place.

Although in terms of level, it was a little bit higher...

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Pangea Castle.

The Five Elders were gathered in the top-floor conference room, the atmosphere so heavy it felt like it could be wrung out like water.

On the long table in front of the sofa, several newspapers and intelligence reports were scattered; at the very top was the headline from today's World Economic News.

"Enies Lobby destroyed, Gates of Justice collapsed..."

The blonde Five Elder wearing a deep red suit slammed the newspaper onto the table, his tone icy:

"In just one month, first the Seven Warlord Crocodile was killed, then the siege on Tor Island failed, and now this sudden major incident—the dignity of the World Government has been trampled into worthlessness."

His name was Shepherd Ju Peter, currently serving as the Warrior God of Agriculture.

"Blue Ogre Dory, and Red Ogre Brogy..."

The kimono-wearing Five Elder holding a cursed blade narrowed his eyes, "Didn't those two giants duel on Little Garden for over a hundred years? How could they suddenly leave and precisely attack Enies Lobby?"

Ethanbaron V. Nasujuro, the Warrior God of Finance.

"Someone intervened."

The curly-haired Five Elder wearing a flat cap flipped through the intelligence sent back by the CP department and said indifferently:

"According to the descriptions of the seriously injured guards, when the giants were hugging each other and celebrating, they mentioned the name Siano; it seems it was thanks to him that the Blue and Red Ogres learned that there were giant companions at Enies Lobby whom we had successfully deceived and sent to guard the gates."

Jaygarcia Saturn, the Warrior God of Science and Defense.

"Siano?!" The blonde Five Elder turned his head sharply, "This Siano again?!"

The previous two major events he mentioned were also done by this guy!

"From Loguetown to Tor Island, he hasn't even been in the Grand Line for two months, and he's already caused so many major incidents; now even the commotion at Enies Lobby is related to him? This brat is simply like a plague; wherever he goes, things will..."

"Turn upside down."

The white-haired, long-bearded Five Elder who hadn't spoken until now interrupted him, speaking indifferently:

"By the way, before I came to the meeting, I just received the latest emergency intelligence from CP0: another Seven Warlord, Hanafuda, died yesterday in the Kingdom of Alabasta; the person who dealt this blow is also this Siano."

"What?!!!"