Leaving the training ship in Elbaf.
Perona stretched and floated out of the cabin, her face beaming with undisguised joy.
"Horo horo horo! Finally, I don't have to follow that boring Mihawk to find Laugh Tale anymore!"
She twirled contentedly in the air, feeling as if even the air itself had become fresher.
"Long live the Lord Marshal! Long live the intern!"
However, her good mood was quickly shattered by the sight on the deck.
Perona's face fell instantly when her gaze swept across the deck.
Franky was idly sunbathing against the railing, while Brook played a mournful violin beside him. The three Vinsmoke Family brothers sat upright, but their arrogant air could be smelled from afar.
Even Zoro, who is usually the most diligent, is currently arguing fiercely with Sanji over some trivial matter.
As for Luffy, he was sitting side by side on the ship's side with Usopp and Chopper, each with a fishing rod, looking quite content.
An unnamed anger suddenly welled up in Perona's heart.
Immediately afterwards, she put her hands on her hips, struck a pose like a little adult, and her clear voice echoed throughout the deck.
What are you all doing?!
"We're here for internships, not vacations! Why are you all doing nothing!"
This sudden shout immediately drew everyone's attention.
Before anyone could react, Perona had already floated up to Franky, pointing her little finger at Franky nose. " Franky, aren't you a shipwright? Doesn't the ship need to be inspected? Hurry up and go!"
Franky blinked blankly, adjusted his sunglasses, and said, "I just checked, Super's is fine!"
"Then check it again!" Perona declared confidently, giving him no chance to object.
Before Franky could react, she turned around again, floated in front of Brook, and glared at him angrily.
" Brook! What kind of tune are you playing? It's awful! Change it! Change it with something this princess likes!"
"Yohohoho..." Brook let out his signature laugh, giving a very gentlemanly bow. "My lovely Princess, if I may be so bold as to ask, may I take a look at your..."
"You're asking for it, you skull!"
Perona instantly bristled, roaring as she interrupted him, "This princess is only for the Lord Marshal!"
She stared at Brook's empty eye sockets, and her anger inexplicably subsided by half. She sighed.
"Alright, I forgot you're all dead and just a skeleton! Seeing how pitiful you are, this princess forgives you!"
Brook immediately straightened up and bowed ninety degrees. "Thank you so much for your magnanimity!"
"Thanks for your afro!" Perona poked his afro. "Change the song quickly!"
After scolding Brook, Perona floated menacingly towards the three Vinsmoke brothers.
She looked down at the three of them with a fierce expression.
" Ichiji! Yonji! Niji! Are you three brothers here for an internship or a fashion show? Even sitting here, you can't help but put on that arrogant attitude. This is a training ship, not your tourist ship!"
The three brothers looked at each other in bewilderment.
Yonji had the most fiery temper, was about to stand up, but Ichiji, who was next to him, pressed him back down.
"Don't mess with her," Ichiji warned in a low voice.
Yonji retorted defiantly, "Why can't we offend her? Will someone die if we offend her? Don't you see how arrogant she is now? We have to teach her a lesson!"
"Offending her isn't just a matter of whether we die," Ichiji, gripping his brother tightly, his voice tinged with the fear of someone who'd been through it all, "It means we might be kneeling on the ground, shamefully begging her to kill us!"
Yonji's expression changed instantly.
He remembered Perona's terrifying Devil Fruit ability, and reluctantly lowered his head, explaining to Perona, "We didn't do anything! Where did you see us being arrogant?"
"If I say you have it, then you have it!" Perona proudly raised her little head. "I would never wrong anyone! You all look down on everyone! Now, right now, immediately, go to the training room and each do ten thousand push-ups!"
"My temper is so bad..." Yonji's fists clenched so tightly they cracked.
"Ten thousand it is." Ichiji decisively dragged him away. "Let's go to the training room first."
Watching the three Vinsmoke brothers walk towards the training room, Perona gave a satisfied hum, then turned her attention to Sanji and Zoro, who were still locked in a standoff.
"Curly eyebrows! Moss Head! Can you two just shut up for a second?!"
"If you have nothing to do, just like them, do ten thousand push-ups each!"
As soon as the words were spoken, Zoro and Sanji seemed to be paused. One second they were at each other's throats, and the next second they turned around in perfect unison and rushed towards the training room without looking back, their movements as fast as two bolts of Inazuma.
"And you three!" Perona glared at the fishing trio. "All you ever do is fish! Hurry up and get to the lookout tower to see if any pirate ships are around!"
"Receive!"
Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper immediately dropped their fishing rods, gave an awkward salute, and scurried off to the lookout tower.
Meanwhile, in a corner of the deck, Hawkins calmly drew a tarot card.
The moment he saw the cards, his perpetually expressionless poker face finally cracked open.
"Not good!!"
Before he could finish speaking, Perona's figure had already floated in front of him.
" Hawkins?" Perona tilted her head, asking earnestly, "Did you foresee what would happen to you next?"
Hawkins ' facial muscles twitched violently.
"... I figured it out."
"That's a really good calculation!" Perona gave a thumbs up without hesitation and then threw a Negiho Ghost at her.
Thump!
Hawkins' knees buckled, and he knelt stiffly on the ground, his entire body turning ashen, his eyes vacant, utterly devoid of life.
"I'm sorry for being born... Please trample me to death, then hang me on a mast as an example for everyone..."
"Hmph!" Perona snorted with satisfaction, her gaze then locking onto Trafalgar Law in another corner.
"Hey you, yes, I'm talking to you, Trafalgar Law! Come here and satisfy him, hang him on the mast to dry like a salted fish!"
Several clear black lines appeared on Luo's forehead.
Although he wasn't afraid of Perona's Devil Fruit ability, this little girl was deeply favored by the Lord Marshal!
On this training ship, they would rather offend the arrogant Empress Hancock than go against Perona!
After all, offending Hancock would at most result in being kicked to the point of petrification, while offending Perona would leave him kneeling on the ground begging for death, a thought that sent chills down Law's spine.
He's a steady and reliable person; how could he kneel down and beg for death over a mere disagreement?
Thinking of this, Luo instantly teleported to Hawkins' side, picked him up like a chick, and casually tossed him onto the mast.
"ROOM."
Poor Hawkins was left hanging from the mast beam, swaying in the wind.
Looking at the deck that had instantly become "orderly," Perona clapped her hands in satisfaction and said with a smile, "Indeed, this princess is the Lord Marshal's most considerate little angel!"
"Without me, this intern team, it'll fall apart sooner or later!"
Just as she was feeling smug, a series of thunderclaps suddenly and without warning came from the sky in front of the training ship.
Immediately afterwards, a blinding flash of light shot into the sky from an island some distance away, instantly illuminating half the sky as if it were daytime.
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