Island Arrangements

Uzi and the others didn't understand, but were greatly shocked.

"May I ask... what is the budget?"

Just imagining the palace standing in the sky made Uzi feel breathless.

"No, as long as you can make it, everything you need will be provided."

Cifer's words struck his heart like a giant hammer, stirring up a storm of emotions.

"What is the name of this palace?"

"The Las Noches".

Las Noches... What a great name!

For the first time in a long time, Uzi is full of energy.

Even when he was designing the skull for Rocks, he was just doing it for money, but now it's completely different.

He wanted to use the finest stone, the most durable materials, and, based on the given design, to create the most magnificent building...

He wanted Las Noches to be his most satisfying creation.

He wanted to ensure that in the future, when people mentioned "Black Winged Great Demon," they would think of Las Noches and remember him, Uzi —the architect of Las Noches!

"Please allow me to discuss this with my disciples."

After obtaining Cifer's permission, he picked up the Den Den Mushi and led everyone to a place where they wouldn't disturb Cifer and the others, where they began a heated discussion.

"Captain Cifer, where did you take that picture of the palace? It looks so simple!"

Nolan pouted. In her beautiful fantasy, she had imagined a huge palace like Alabasta, where she would live like a princess.

Unexpectedly, the image projected by the Den Den Mushi showed nothing but a towering throne in the main hall, giving one the feeling of a shattered dream.

"That is a palace that only a true king can enter."

Certain memories flashed through Cifer's mind.

He used his shared vision ability to project his memories of Las Noches onto the Den Den Mushi and have them recorded.

There was no need for my companions to know about that process.

"Okay, okay~"

Seeing that the captain didn't want to talk about it, Nolan didn't press further.

"Don't worry! I'm only providing the main structure of the palace. Once it's built, you can add whatever else you want, except for the main hall."

Cifer patted her little head.

All I wanted was a memory that belonged to Ulquiorra.

"Yay! Hahahaha!"

"You're still a long way off, kid!"

Enel laughed heartily, carrying the Golden Tonfa behind his neck; clearly, he had won again.

Only ten minutes after they left, the outcome of the battle had already been decided.

"Damn it, laugh all you want, laugh as much as you can while you still can, because you'll have to cry someday."

Following behind Enel was Lucci, whose face was bruised and swollen, with several large bumps on his head and numerous scars all over his body.

He thought that with his greatly increased strength after obtaining the second Devil Fruit, he would be able to exchange blows with his opponent, but he forgot that Enel was also a dual Devil Fruit User.

Even though he hasn't inherited Cifer's abilities, his basic combat strength is still far superior to what he has now.

Lucci was not discouraged, after all, his opponent was someone who could fight on par with Marineford Admiral.

He was indeed not qualified to reach the threshold of the world's highest combat power in one fell swoop.

As for why he believes that Kizaru was just the world's strongest fighter in the past?

Lucci looked at his captain, who was probably the only one in the world with the highest combat power right now.

Lucci sat down next to Chopper, waiting for the ship's doctor to treat him.

"Bear, give me your schoolbag!"

Seeing this, Chopper nudged the Tyrant's leg next to him.

After the bear joined, Chopper temporarily stopped using his small backpack and switched to a super large backpack filled with a first-aid kit and snacks, which Chopper carried.

"Give."

Chopper crawled into the bear backpack and rummaged through it.

Little Bonney stood outside the backpack, and all the snacks he had taken out went straight into Bonney's mouth. Only after the snacks were gone did Chopper climb out carrying a first-aid kit.

"Seriously, Enel, go a little easier on me~ I always end up covered in injuries."

Chopper kept bandaging Lucci. Although Lucci had a strong self-healing ability, the wound couldn't get infected, otherwise it would be very painful.

"It's my requirement; only through real combat can I improve faster."

"Moreover, he held back enough."

Before Enel could speak, Lucci answered first.

A man like him can only grow through battle.

"He really is a resilient man."

Looking at Lucci, who was constantly challenging stronger opponents in order to become stronger, Xiong rarely uttered words of praise.

Because the houses in Rocky Port were damaged in the fighting, civilians began to walk toward the center of the island.

A small number of them were no longer so afraid of Cifer and his group, and boldly stepped forward to greet them.

"It's good that someone has arrived. Find all the treasure that originally belonged to the pirates here. Hand over half of what you find, and keep the other half for yourselves."

Cifer was too lazy to search for the money hidden by the small pirates one by one, but even a mosquito's leg is still meat, so he simply let the civilians search.

"Huh? Really?!"

A small number of people simply couldn't believe their ears; this was Pirate Island!

Even if each pirate only has a little bit, the total number is immeasurable.

"Long live Boss Ulquiorra!"

The smarter ones, however, have already begun to cheer.

After the first person started, everyone followed suit, shouting Cifer's name.

After all, to receive free protection and even get a share of the money that originally belonged to the pirates with just a little effort is an unprecedented treatment!

They were glad they had made the bold decision to stay.

"Hmph~ Cifer really has become their savior~"

Seeing the civilians' high spirits, Robin covered her mouth and smiled faintly.

"One day, Cifer will become the savior of this world, Nika... may just be a legend."

Bear patted Bonney's little head, a regretful smile on his face, but also a hint of relief.

Whether Nika exists or not is still unknown, but he has already seen the man who can make people who were originally suffering laugh.

Whether Nika actually exists is no longer important.

Thanks to the benefits provided by the Cifer, everyone mobilized, even the little kid who was about the same height as Chopper was carrying treasure, laughing so hard his eyes were almost closed.

Cifer and his companions had only been on the island for a short while when they returned to the center of the island, where gold and silver treasures had been piled up like mountains, and there was more than one such mountain.

"So bright!"

The mountains of treasure, densely packed together, shimmered in the sunlight, so much so that Chopper and Bonney could barely open their eyes for a moment.

In terms of treasure alone, it is more than the Heavenly Gold that T-Bone and his group transported this time.

"Did you keep your own share?"

"Here I am!"

When Cifer spoke, the commoners all showed off their arms laden with treasure, their mouths never closing.