Ghost Communication?

"If we do encounter the enemy, the first thing to do is protect our comrades and the ship," Xi Yan said. "Leave the fighting to us."

Without him and Merry by his side, fighting the enemy at sea would be too disadvantageous.

So just protect the ship and the people returning to port.

As for Nami?

Nami's Cloud Cloud Fruit requires time to activate its wind-based abilities, and the enemy may not give them that time, so preserving her life should be the priority.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing," Sanji said.

He wasn't stupid; he naturally knew the priorities of the matter.

This time, Xi Yan simply nodded and said nothing more.

"Do you need me to follow you with my Negative Ghost?" Perona asked.

In this way, she can still be useful when encountering enemies.

"Can your Negative Ghost go beyond the island?" Sanji countered.

Aren't the range of abilities that Devil Fruit User can unleash usually limited?

"This is the first day you've met me?" Perona said, speechless. "Have you forgotten how we first met?"

"I remember I sent a Negative Ghost to your ship back then."

As she spoke, Perona recalled the scene from that time; she remembered how Usopp had almost wet himself in fear.

Thinking about this, Perona almost laughed.

But the thought of how the other person would defeat her using such a strange method made her unable to laugh.

Damn it, who would have thought that bastard Usopp would use a balloon to hold a hammer!

That despicable Long Nose liar!

"It seems like that's true." Sanji blinked and said, "So... your Negative Ghost can detach from your body and fly to very far places?"

"Of course!"

The Little Ghost proudly raised its head and said, "I can fly really far!"

Back then, she relied on this ability to hunt prey outside the Thriller Bark.

That's why Lord Moria was able to obtain so many shadow zombies!

A trace of sadness appeared in Perona's eyes when she thought of Lord Moria. She wondered how Lord Moria was doing now.

'How are you doing in Wano Country?'

You weren't bullied, were you...?

At this moment, Perona doesn't seem like a haughty Ghost Princess, but rather like a young girl worried about her elderly father.

Zoro clearly noticed Perona's change, but instinctively felt it was best not to disturb Perona at this time.

With that thought in mind, Zoro composed himself and continued running forward.

Perona also composed herself at this point, realizing that there was no point in thinking about these things now, so she should deal with the current issues first.

As for going to Wano Country?

After dealing with the Dressrosa matter, they will naturally go to Wano Country to find Lord Moria.

"Your ability is quite interesting," Xi Yan said, stroking his chin. "In this way, it can even be used for communication."

"Communication?"

Perona paused, wondering what he meant.

"Just like what you're doing now," Xi Yan explained. "If you could shrink the Negative Ghost to the size of an ear, you could have Negative Ghost perch beside our ears and relay information for all of us."

Although there's a delay because Perona has to relay the message, unlike Den Den Den Mushi, this thing can be used for group chats!

In terms of group chat alone, Den Den Mushi (a type of Den Den Mushi) is far superior to it.

Ghost Communication, you deserve it!

"Ghost Communication, huh..."

Perona gave a thoughtful look; she hadn't really considered such a thing before.

She usually only uses Negative Ghost to convey her thoughts and ideas; she never thought of using Negative Ghost as a means of long-distance communication.

But it must be said that Xi Yan's idea is really good.

"Yes, Ghost Communication," Xi Yan laughed. "Isn't that a good suggestion?"

While Den Den Mushi can do the same thing, who has time to use Den Den Mushi during a battle?

That's why Perona's abilities are so useful at this time.

"Hmm, quite good."

Perona nodded in agreement at first, then said with some distress, "But I don't think I can do that right now, and I can't handle everyone's information at the same time."

Shrunk the ghost to the size Xi Yan described shouldn't be difficult for her.

But the problem is... she might not be able to handle everyone's information properly!

If everyone were talking at the same time, she might not be able to keep up.

Thinking about this gave Perona a headache.

"It's alright, take your time," Xi Yan said with a smile.

Ultimately, this is just a suggestion; it doesn't necessarily have to be used right now. After all, they have Den Den Mushi) to replace it, right?

This time, Perona simply nodded and said nothing more.

"But you can use this ghost to follow us for now," Sanji said. "At least that way we can get information about what's happening around us."

"That works too," Perona nodded.

Although this Little Ghost is quite a target, it will be fine as long as it hides in a good enough spot.

Xi Yan then said, "Then remember to stay away from the battlefield."

"I know."

Perona sighed and said, "If we encounter Doflamingo, I'll have Negative Ghost stay far away."

Perona knew that her Devil Fruit ability was ineffective against those with Haki, so she didn't plan to use it against Doflamingo.

Ultimately, her ability can only be used as a supplementary tool.

In combat... their effectiveness isn't that great.

Thinking of this, Perona felt even more helpless.

"Actually, if you could cultivate your own Haki, you might be able to wrap Haki around a ghost," Xi Yan said.

Almost all powerful individuals share a consensus: Haki can be intertwined with ability.

So if Perona could learn Haki, she might be able to use that ability to deal with strong opponents.

"The problem is, I can't learn Haki!" Perona said with a headache. "If I could learn Haki, what would I be complaining about?"

The problem is that she can't learn to Haki.

Even with Xi Yan's special training, she still couldn't learn to Haki.

No, it's not just her; no one else has learned to Haki either.

Perhaps... the training period was too short?

Thinking about it carefully, it's not impossible, after all, they only had less than a day of special training.

"Take it slow," Xi Yan said. "It would be best if you could learn it, but if you can't... just hide behind Zoro for now."

At the end, Xi Yan's tone even carried a hint of teasing.

After all, he, being an experienced person, could tell at a glance what Perona was thinking.

It's a pity that some idiot's brain only has alcohol and the thrill of fighting~

"That guy..."

Perona glanced at the back of that idiot's head, a smile appearing on her face. Then, as if realizing something, her expression immediately became somewhat unnatural.

"Who... who's hiding behind this idiot?"

"I'm Ghost Princess, I'm sure I can learn how to Haki!"

Upon hearing Perona's words, a thought immediately flashed through my mind:

Are you being arrogant and tsundere?

Just keep being stubborn!

Okay, I won't tease her anymore, or she'll explode.

After clearing his throat, Xi Yan said, "Anyway... Luffy and I need a little more time to handle things here, so we'll leave the outside matters to you for now."

Don't worry.

Sanji nodded and said, "I will protect Nami and the others, and the ship."

He swore on his own life that he could protect them!

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you."

"OK~"

"Kaga ~"

Sanji decisively ended the call and then ran like the wind towards the distant street, signaling Perona's Little Ghost to follow him.

Perona's Little Ghost nodded upon seeing this and quickly flew away into the distance with Sanji.

"By the way, did you manage to take down that Stare-Stare Devil Fruit User?" Perona asked.

If they don't deal with this person, their actions will easily be discovered by the Donquixote Family.

"No, she's one of us now."

Perona:???

What does it mean to be one of our own?

Looking at Sanji's retreating figure, Perona was immediately filled with question marks.

However, since Sanji had already said so, Perona didn't ask any further questions.

"As long as you know what you're doing, that's fine," Perona said.

Don't worry!

Sanji gave Perona a thumbs up, indicating that he was perfectly fine.

Seeing this, Perona didn't say anything more and then left with Sanji.

After putting the White Den Den Mushi and regular Den Den Mushi into his pocket, Xi Yan turned to Perona's Little Ghost and said, "We don't need to worry about this. Tell Zoro and the others that we can handle things here."

"We'll come find you after we get the Diamond Fruit."

Since I promised Ace, I must get my hands on the Diamond Fruit.

Both he and Luffy are the same in this respect.

"Of course I know you two don't need to worry," Perona said. "I know your strengths."

"I'm only here to tell you what's going on."

After speaking, Perona turned to look at Luffy and Chinjao, who were still fighting, and her eyes gradually became surprised.

Who is this old man?

"He can actually fight Luffy for so long."

She remembered that when she arrived, these two guys were already fighting, and they still weren't done...

Is this old man really that Lihai?

"I heard his name is Chinjao." Xi Yan sat back down by the window, stroking his chin as he said, "He comes from a place called the Flower Country, was a former pillar of the Eight Treasure Navy, and was also a pirate."

"Eight Treasure Navy?"

"Former pillar of the nation?"

Perona looked at Xi Yan in confusion and said, "What is all this about?"

How come she hasn't heard of any of them?

"I don't know about that. I only know the name," Xi Yan said, shrugging.

This is all information he learned from the host; as for deeper details?

The host didn't say, and he wasn't interested in finding out, since the other party wasn't really related to them.

How much is the bounty on his head?

"I think it's around 500 million," Xi Yan said after thinking for a moment. "From what I've heard, this guy had a 500 million Beli on his head when he was young."

"According to Shakky-jie, in the past, having a bounty of 500 million Beli was considered quite a powerful hero."

Wanted Order back then were different from now. A bounty of 100 million Beli was considered quite impressive, let alone someone with a bounty of 500 million Beli.

This guy was just unlucky to run into old man Garp!

Thinking of this, Xi Yan couldn't help but laugh.

That's really impressive.

Perona nodded first, then looked at Xi Yan with a puzzled expression and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"Did you know that this old man has a grudge against Luffy's grandfather?" Xi Yan said, pointing at the Chinjao.

Perona:???

What does it mean to have a grudge against Luffy's grandfather?

Oh... right, Luffy's grandfather seems to be the legendary Navy Hero, Garp.

In that case, it's normal for the two sides to have a grudge, since the Navy does arrest pirates.

Then Perona said, "So that's why they were fighting so fiercely?"

As she spoke, Perona glanced at the old man, whose Anger Value was clearly not caused by the match.

"More or less."

Recalling what had happened before, Xi Yan said, "According to this old man, he harbors a grudge against Luffy because of Luffy's grandfather."

"So he plans to kill Luffy here."

Upon hearing this, Perona's expression immediately darkened.

Kill Luffy?

This is something she cannot accept.

As if he had read Perona's mind, Xi Yan said, "Don't worry, that old man can't do it."

Seeing Perona looking at him again, Xi Yan continued, "Didn't you notice that Luffy wasn't taking it seriously?"

Not to mention the Fourth Gear he used to fight himself, he didn't even use the powerful Gear Third.

This means that Luffy never used his full strength from beginning to end!

Perona looked Luffy, and then said, "Is that so?"

How come she didn't notice?

She felt the beating was quite fierce.

"You haven't seen it, so you naturally don't know how capable Luffy is." Xi Yan touched the spot where Luffy had hit him with Fourth Gear yesterday and said, "He's incredibly powerful."

The power of Fourth Gear is incomparable to normal. If it were activated, it could probably finish off this old man in no time.

"I know he's good."

"No, you don't know." Xi Yan shook his head and said, "You've never seen him use the Fourth Gear, so you have no idea how powerful that move is."

"Fourth Gear??"

A hint of surprise flashed in Perona's eyes. There's Fourth Gear?

What are Fourth Gear like?

"Yes, Fourth Gear." Xi Yan said with a smile, "But I probably won't need it to fight this old man, so you'll have to wait and see later."

"Yes, of course, you can also ask Luffy to show you."

If Perona were to ask, Luffy probably wouldn't refuse.

Perona blinked upon hearing this, as if asking Luffy to demonstrate his fighting style.

She thought about it for a moment and realized it might not be necessary.

Thinking of this, Perona said, "Never mind, let's talk about it later."

Anyway, she'll have a chance to see Luffy fight in the future, so there's no rush.

Seeing that Perona had said that, Xi Yan didn't say anything more.

Perona didn't continue speaking, focusing intently on watching Luffy and Chinjao's battle.

Seeing this, Xi Yan asked in confusion, "Aren't you leaving?"

He doesn't need Perona's Negative Ghost.

"There's a match here, why should I leave?" Perona asked, puzzled.

Anyway, it won't interfere with her getting things done.

Xi Yan thought about it for a moment, and it seemed to make sense.

"Then let's continue watching the game."

"Good."