Intelligence Worth One Billion

"Overthrow... overthrow this world!!!"

As his words fell, Chopper cried out in terror.

Ryan turned to look at Chopper, stroking his chin. "Is that really so surprising? Come to think of it, didn't you guys declare war on the World Government too?"

With a flick of his hand, Ryan produced a newspaper reporting on the Enies Lobby incident.

After reading it, Chopper's shout abruptly stopped. He pushed at his head with a hoof and said innocently, "That's true!"

Ryan smiled, rubbed Chopper's fluffy head, then turned to Luffy, whose mouth had not stopped moving. "Straw Hat, let me ask you something else. Before coming here, did you run into a group of people trying to capture you?"

"How did you know?" Luffy swallowed his food, scratched his head, and laughed. "There was a group like that, but I sent them all flying!"

"I see..." Ryan murmured. They had gone through events almost identical to those in the original story. That incident at the auction house, where Luffy beat up a Celestial Dragon, would very likely happen too. Should he warn them?

He looked up at Luffy and the others, then suppressed the thought.

What happened at the auction house was an opportunity for the Straw Hat Crew. If Kuma had not sent them flying and helped them avoid that particular period, then with their current strength, if they took part in the Paramount War, even with the protagonist's plot armor protecting them, it would be hard to say whether one or two of them might fall.

Besides, he wanted to take this chance to see the true level of this world's top-tier combat power. Kizaru Borsalino, the Logia-type Glint-Glint Fruit... That was somewhat worth looking forward to.

Just as Ryan was lost in thought, Luffy shouted unhappily, "Hey, Ryan, you