Alabasta

Ding! Sarah has joined the crew. Please choose Sarah's crew position.

"Combatant."

Having chosen Sarah's position, Lin Yu began checking her information.

Name: Sarah

Identity: Former Baroque Works member

Special Skills: None

Talent: Sound Localization

Favorability: 20

Combat Power: Three Stars

Devil Fruit Ability: Thorn Fruit

Sound Localization: Can determine a person's location through faint sounds. This ability can be used for surprise attacks or reconnaissance.

She actually had a talent.

Seeing Sarah's information, Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised.

Then, Lin Yu handed Sarah a Sea Stone Special Necklace and said:

"Once I confirm your loyalty, I'll help you take it off."

Lin Yu did not completely trust Sarah, who was deeply calculating and highly capable of stirring up trouble.

She was unlike Kaya, Makino, and the others, who were kind-hearted and simple-minded.

Nor was she like Mikita, whose favorability toward Lin Yu had reached an exceptionally high 80.

So, to prevent any accidents, Lin Yu could only make her suffer a little.

Seeing what Lin Yu handed her, Sarah had already mentally prepared herself and said directly:

"Change it to a single handcuff."

"I don't really like wearing this thing. Of course, if this is one of your special fetishes, I can accept it too."

Lin Yu shrugged.

"This is the only kind here."

"Fine."

Sarah sighed, took the Sea Stone Special Necklace from Lin Yu's hand, and put it around her neck.

Lin Yu opened the cell at the right moment and let her out.

"Come on. Help me recruit Golden Week Marianne."

"Yes, sir."

Lin Yu headed toward another cell, with Sarah following closely behind.

More than ten minutes later, Lin Yu recruited Golden Week Marianne as well.

Golden Week Marianne was already timid by nature. A little intimidation from Lin Yu made her surrender immediately, and with Sarah setting an example—

Golden Week, who possessed the Color Palette ability, quickly agreed to join Lin Yu's Pirate Crew.

Ding! Marianne has joined the crew. Please choose Marianne's crew position.

Seeing the prompt, Lin Yu turned to Golden Week Marianne and asked:

"Which do you choose, navigator or ship's doctor?"

His Pirate Crew system currently had only two vacant positions: navigator and ship's doctor.

However, the positions in the Pirate Crew system could be adjusted freely, so it did not really matter.

Lin Yu was only asking this now to show some humanistic concern...

"Navigator. I've studied the relevant knowledge."

Marianne spoke expressionlessly.

It was not that Golden Week Marianne was deliberately giving Lin Yu attitude. That was simply her personality; she rarely showed much expression.

"Then it's settled."

Lin Yu smiled and led Sarah and Marianne out of the prison.

Lin Yu had no intention of immediately doing anything with Sarah and Marianne.

There would be plenty of time in the future anyway.

At noon.

Everyone aboard the God Slave noticed that there were two more people. However, Kaya, Makino, and the others had long been mentally prepared, so they were not surprised.

When Mikita saw Sarah and Marianne being released, she was naturally very happy. She thought Lin Yu had released them for her sake, so her favorability toward Lin Yu rose by a few more points.

One day later.

Alabasta Royal Palace.

"I wonder where Nami and the others have reached by now."

Princess Vivi leaned against the window, holding a Newspaper as she gazed blankly at the setting sun in the distance.

If Alabasta had not just gone through a war and needed her to stay behind to reassure the people, she would probably be on that ship now as well.

Thinking of her past experiences with the Straw Hat Pirates, Princess Vivi could not help but smile.

Bang!

"Quack!!"

"Quack quack quack!!!"

Suddenly, Karu flung open the door and anxiously pointed outside at Princess Vivi.

"Karu, what happened?"

Princess Vivi walked over to Karu and asked in confusion.

"Quack quack quack!!!"

Karu anxiously scratched at the ground. Then, he hoisted Princess Vivi onto his back and ran out of the palace.

"Karu, what are you doing?"

"What exactly happened?"

Princess Vivi grabbed Karu's reins and asked in astonishment.

Then, Princess Vivi saw guards, soldiers, and servants sprawled all over the kingdom.

"What exactly happened?"

Shocked, Princess Vivi jumped off Karu and quickly went to a fallen soldier.

"They were only knocked unconscious..."

Discovering that the guard soldiers had merely fainted, Vivi breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Vivi saw two maids wearing backless maid outfits and Special Necklaces walk up to her.

"Princess Vivi, come with us."

"Young Master is waiting for you."

Vivi looked at the two maids before her and quickly recognized their former identities. She spoke in shock:

"You... you're Shalria and Princess Anna?"

Elsewhere.

Inside Alabasta Royal Palace's grand hall.

Lin Yu sat upon the throne.

At his side stood Reiju, Kaya, Makino, Nojiko, and the others in order.

Afraid that Vivi might misunderstand, he had not brought Mikita and the other former Baroque Works members this time. Instead, he had them wait at an inn in the royal capital.

Since Mikita had already completely sided with Lin Yu, he was not worried that the three of them would run away.

In front of him.

Alabasta's king, Nefertari Cobra, sat in a chair, silently watching Lin Yu seated on his throne.

On the ground beside Cobra, Igaram, captain of Alabasta's royal guard, the deputy commanders Chaka and Pell, along with a number of guard soldiers, had all been knocked unconscious.

"Mr. Cobra, what do you think of my proposal?"

Lin Yu glanced at Cobra and spoke with a smile.

Since Cobra was Vivi's father, Lin Yu had not done anything to him.

And Lin Yu had made only one proposal to Cobra: let Vivi board his ship.

As for the Poneglyph concerning "Pluton" hidden by the Nefertari royal family, he had little interest in it.

Robin would board his ship sooner or later anyway. Spending time looking for it now would only be a waste.

And he urgently needed to head to Jaya Island, so he did not want to waste too much time in Alabasta.

"I'm sorry, but as a father, I refuse your proposal."

Cobra shook his head and directly refused Lin Yu.

He had already recognized Lin Yu as the God Slayer. He knew that Lin Yu had killed the kings of two nations, and he had guessed what fate might await him, yet he still refused.

Cobra's only hope now was that Karu could successfully take Vivi away and get her out of the palace.

"But as both a princess and a daughter, I have reason to accept his request."

Vivi, with blue hair and dressed in a princess gown, walked into the palace hall from outside and looked at Cobra as she spoke.

Behind her, Anna and Shalria also entered.

"Vivi!" Cobra was startled to see Vivi walk in.

"It's okay, Father."

Vivi comforted Cobra, then looked at Lin Yu and said:

"God Slayer Lin Yu, I accept your request."

"But my condition is that you spare Father and spare Alabasta."

"As long as you agree, you can take me away right now."