Arrival

In the early morning, the sun slowly rises, casting its rays down, and the temperature in the air gradually increases.

"So tired."

At the Baroque Works headquarters on Island Two, Perona stretched and slowly walked out of the house.

She was holding an umbrella; having lived in a dark area for many years, she was not used to the presence of sunlight.

"Work, work."

Perona walked to the back courtyard, where there was a shed with Seastone cage underneath, inside which sat a disheveled figure.

"Give them food."

Perona called over a servant, gave the food to Lucci, and then went downstairs to serve food to Kaku and Kalifa.

She sat down at a table not far from the shed, just then a seagull flew by and landed in front of Perona.

"For you."

Perona put 100 Belly into the other person's pocket and then took a newspaper.

"Baroque Works and former Shichibukai Law attacked Dressrosa, and former Shichibukai Doflamingo was killed."

Perona saw the Big News Morgans headline in the lower right corner of the cover, slowly read it, and immediately turned to the corresponding chapter, her eyes wide with surprise.

"You're saying Doflamingo was killed?"

Inside the Seastone cage, Lucci propped himself up and asked loudly.

"That's right."

Perona said, "This happened yesterday, and someone saw Ace and Kizaru fighting."

Give me the newspaper.

"I can't wait to say it, "Lucci said.

"Okay, okay."

Perona handed the newspaper to Lucci, who took it and read it carefully, his face growing increasingly grim. "Even a staff officer from the Revolutionary Army has appeared. Sure enough, there's Revolutionary Army presence in there."

As he watched, Lucci's eyes narrowed. "And he even fought and killed Jack of the Beasts Pirates."

"There's a new bounty here."

Perona took out a few sheets of paper, frowned, and asked, "Why is it so tall?"

"Whose bounties are they?"

Lucci asked quickly.

There are many.

Perona said, "Ace's bounty is 900 million Belly, Sabo's is 750 million, Heckle ' is 200 million, Vivi's is 80 million, Cat Burglar's Nami 150 million, Hachi's is 240 million, former Shichibukai Law's is 400 million, Robin's is 230 million, and the president's bounty..."

Lucci asked, "How much?"

"Six hundred million."

Perona said, "I remember it was increased to 300 million after we killed Lieutenant Vice Admiral Garp last time, right? How come it suddenly increased by 300 million?"

A bounty of 300 million is something very few people can receive in one go.

"It is indeed a bit strange."

Lucci said, "Defeating a Shichibukai would only increase your bounty by 100 million at most. Ace's fight with Aokiji, plus killing Moria, only increased his by 200 million. Your president actually got 300 million, while Ace only got 100 million, Sabo got 100 million, and Law got 50 million. Judging from the battle descriptions, Ace and Sabo's bounties increased quite a bit, but your president's increased by 300 million, which means his performance far surpassed the other two. But this wasn't shown in the descriptions. This implies a problem."

"What's the problem?" Perona asked curiously.

"There must have been a battle we don't know about. The battle with Jack was mentioned, but the other people's bounties were lower. It's very likely that your president was the one who killed Jack."

Lucci said, "This is just a guess, but with such a high bounty, at least the Navy has discovered your president's strength."

At this point, Lucci's eyes slowly lit up. "That's really good news."

"What's wrong?"

Perona asked, puzzled.

Lucci said, "This means that the Navy will send even more powerful forces to hunt you down. And even if Jack is killed, Kaido won't let it go."

"But it must be very difficult."

Perona said, "Ace, Sabo, Law, and the president. It would be difficult for any force to keep them here, and the Navy can't launch a full-scale attack."

You're right.

Lucci opened his mouth, happy that Xia Qiu had been exposed, but suddenly realized that with such strength, the Navy and Kaido might not be able to capture them all.

Give up.

Perona said, "Instead of pinning our hopes on others, we should pray that the president can successfully complete the plan. If he does, it won't be a problem for you to be released."

Upon hearing this, Lucci leaned back and lay down in the Seastone cage.

On a deserted island in the Calm Belt, people rested and recuperated.

"Your injury has really healed. Your healing ability is amazing." Robin looked at Xia Qiu's forehead, and an arm grew out of his forehead to stroke the wound area.

"That's right, my healing ability is no joke."

Xia Qiu shook her head smugly, then asked, "Robin, how are your injuries? How are you feeling now?"

"It still hurts a bit."

Robin said, "It looks like I'll need to rest for a while."

"That's terrible."

Xia Qiu said with some heartache, "I'm most worried about Robin. I'm only a little worried about the others."

After a night of treatment, their injuries had improved considerably, but they were still unable to fight.

However, with Ace and Sabo maintaining their full fighting strength, plus Heckle, the Four Emperors and Poseidon are simply no match for them unless they go all out.

Xia Qiu pondered this, gazing into the distance.

Ace and Luffy are together, and he is instructing Luffy on his training.

Zoro Hachi Vivi, and Vivi discussed swordsmanship, huddling together and enthusiastically sparring.

Koala was reporting the situation with Den Den Mushi, while Heckle was training with Sabo.

Most of the others were recuperating, Sanji, limping, was cooking on the ship and personally delivering the food to Cecilia was the most seriously injured.

Xia Qiu's gaze swept over the crowd. In ten days, these people would join him in fighting Kaido.

In the future, it won't be like this time, where no one died.

Xia Qiu said softly, "Robin, you shouldn't go to fight Kaido."

"Why?" Robin asked, puzzled.

Xia Qiu said, "It's too dangerous. This battle is not simple."

"I've been through many battles, how could I be afraid of these?" Robin said with a smile.

"The Four Emperors are not ordinary forces," Xia Qiu said. "There will inevitably be casualties on this journey. Robin, you should listen to me."

"You can make me not go if you want."

Robin said, Xia Qiu looked at her. She smiled and said, "As long as you promise me you won't fight Kaido."

"How could I not go?"

Xia Qiu shook his head and said, "We're already on the verge of action, we have no choice but to go. Even if we don't come looking for them, they'll come looking for me."

Only by defeating Kaido can Xia Qiu truly become invincible.

He has to go to war with Kaido.

"That solves it."

Robin smiled and said, "You're not afraid to face Kaido after the battle starts, so why would I back down? Don't worry, I can protect myself."

"More importantly, you must protect yourself." Robin looked at Xia Qiu with a very serious expression. "Promise me that if you are outmatched, call for help or run away immediately. I will be very sad if something happens to you."

"I will."

Xia Qiu nodded, just about to change the subject, when Mr. 2 Bon Clay suddenly pointed into the distance and said, "What's that? It looks like a ship?"

Everyone looked into the distance, where several ships appeared, their silhouettes barely visible in the distance.

"That pirate flag looks like..."

Mr. Christmas raised his sniper rifle, looked into the distance, and his expression changed drastically. "The Beasts Pirates, and Kaido is on the largest ship."

"The Beasts Pirates? What are they doing here?"

Xia Qiu straightened up and said loudly, "Let's get out of here quickly."

They are currently too sick to fight the Beasts Pirates.

"We can't run away."

He said with a Mr. Christmas smile, "Because we're already surrounded."

More and more ships appeared in the distance, numbering more than a dozen.

If they leave rashly, they will only be defeated at sea.

"What to do?"

Seeing this, everyone looked at Xia Qiu.

"So what if Kaido?"

Xia Qiu said coldly, "Then let's start the war. I'll make sure they never leave alive."