Two Scheming Minds

"Wow, that's amazing! How did you do that?"

Borsalino stared in amazement at Vidal, who had suddenly appeared not far away, his head filled with golden question marks.

"It's a long story, and I can only describe it as 'like this, like this,' etc. If you understand, that's good; if not, there's nothing I can do."

Vidal maintained his smile and said some incomprehensible things, which made Borsalino pout unhappily—his little expression was priceless!

[Boom!]

"Great Eruption!"

"Ahh!"

Soon, a commotion arose in the distance. Vidal laughed and said, "Look, they've already started. Shouldn't we join in?"

"To be honest, I'm really looking forward to your Glint-Glint Fruit ability."

He was genuinely excited, after all, it was his first time fighting against these future Marine Admirals, and so he was eager to try, a faint green light gradually emanating from his body.

"Hey~ wait a minute, wait a minute, you're in such a hurry~" Borsalino pointed to the area where the fighting was in full swing.

"I thought you were a smart person like me, why don't you consider that it's not suitable for us to play together?"

Vidal didn't understand what the 'Yellow Monkey' meant for a moment, but the 'Photosynthetic Energy' in his body gradually returned to calm.

He glanced at Sakazuki, who was slaughtering criminals, and at Dragon, who was being attacked by Comil, Yamakaji, and the six Momonga, and began to understand Borsalino's meaning.

"You wouldn't be thinking of teaming up with me first, would you?"

"Brilliant!" Borsalino exclaimed with a smile.

"Look, since only three people can be left in the end, why don't we work together to kick one out first, or kick both of them out, and then the two of us can fight, or we don't even need to fight, isn't that great!"

"Let me tell you, they had already fought before you arrived, and both of them were injured. With the combined attack from the people you brought, they must have been quite exhausted."

After hearing this, Vidal looked at Borsalino with surprise. He hadn't realized this kid was so cunning!

Who knew that such a cunning and ruthless person could hide such a dark side? Looks like I'll have to be more careful from now on.

However, Borsalino's suggestion suited him perfectly, as he was someone who liked to maximize his interests and use everything that gave him an advantage.

"Shall we sit down and have some fruit?" Vidal pointed to the lush oasis.

"Great!" Borsalino was delighted; he knew Vidal would agree. He turned and headed straight for the oasis.

"Come on, come on, although bananas are delicious, I'm getting tired of them and want to try something different. Can you grow lychees?"

"Sure, I like it too." Vidal followed and casually made a table and chairs, a wooden plate, and a lychee tree on the ground.

The two sat casually at a distance, chatting leisurely while enjoying the sweet and delicious lychees.

Would you like a glass of juice?

"Eh~ Juice is fine too? I'll have apple juice then!"

"Okay, here you go."

Another apple tree has appeared in the oasis, while outside, lava is flying everywhere, screams are constant, and the clashes of battle never cease.

This scene was broadcast live to all the high-ranking naval officers, and Zephyr, who had arrived at the outer edge of the central area, was now completely exasperated.

What's going on with Vidal and Borsalino?

Why are they all acting so irrationally? Shouldn't this be the final, chaotic battle?

Vice Admiral Cornell and Rear Admiral Dewitt, stationed at Navarone Fortress, exchanged a speechless glance. It was the first time they had ever seen Vidal act so outrageously.

And Borsalino with the Glint-Glint Fruit —those two are practically birds of a feather! What kind of human beings are they doing?

But the two involved didn't care about what others thought. Vidal gently tore off a piece of lychee flesh and asked, "Which one should we attack first?"

"Hmm," Borsalino pondered for a moment, holding the wooden glass full of apple juice, then asked, "How about Sakazuki?"

This answer surprised Vidal, who looked at him in astonishment. "Aren't you two quite familiar with each other?"

"It's alright, nothing special," Borsalino chuckled. "I only said that because he seemed to be having an easy time, and it was almost over."

Vidal turned his gaze to Sakazuki. Indeed, although the thirty criminals were not weak, none of them possessed Haki.

For someone with Logia like him, this was simply a waste of time and energy; he didn't need any defense or anything like that.

By this time, about a dozen people had already been swallowed by the lava and turned into charred corpses on the ground.

"And you probably also possess abilities that could harm us Logia, right?" Borsalino asked casually.

Vidal glanced at the guy and tsk tsk, so he's already starting to gather intelligence. But there's no point in hiding this kind of thing.

"You're talking about Haki, right? Yes, I can do that too. It's a power that allows people to touch your true form."

"But you don't need to be too envious. I think you'll also master Haki during this Special Training Camp."

"Touch the original body?" Borsalino smiled on the surface, but he was also pondering in his heart. Then, when he heard that he could also learn this power, he breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't really care about winning or losing; instead, he valued the Haki that threatened his life more.

"Could you tell me more about Haki's means?"

"Alright, but I don't know much about it either. I'll just give you a general overview." The two cunning individuals chatted about Haki while observing the situation from afar.

After briefly discussing Armament Haki, they started talking about developing Devil Fruit abilities, then their future lives, goals, and even their respective family situations.

Just as Sakazuki, slightly out of breath, melted the last criminal with a single punch, Vidal and Borsalino tacitly put down the fruit and juice they were holding.

"Let's go, we'll take Sakazuki back to the ship to rest."

"Good suggestion!"

The former, who was sitting in the chair, vanished instantly, while the latter turned into a flash of light and flew away.

The next moment, about twenty meters in front of Sakazuki, a human-shaped wooden stake rapidly grew from the ground, and then slowly took the shape of Vidal.

At the same time, beams of light rapidly converged to Vidal's right, and Borsalino glanced at his roommate.

"This guy's speed isn't slower than mine."

On the other side, Sakazuki, whose stamina was already mostly depleted, saw these two bastards appear before him, and his good mood for slaughtering pirates vanished instantly.

He wanted to mock their despicable behavior, but upon reflection, he realized that if he were in their shoes, he wouldn't refuse to join forces against one of them.

Just like when I was preparing to fight Dragon with Borsalino.

So he could only glare angrily at Vidal and Borsalino, the red lava light flowing over his body growing stronger.

"Sorry, Sakazuki, you have to leave the field now."

Borsalino drawled out his words, a dazzling golden light flashing from his fingers, accompanied by a series of beeping laser sounds.

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