Upon hearing this, everyone turned their gaze to them, and saw a tall, slender woman with red hair smiling at them from a short distance away.
"Oh!!"
The moment Sanji saw this woman, his eyes immediately turned into hearts, and he appeared in front of her at an incomprehensible speed.
He leaned forward slightly, adopting a gentlemanly posture, and said in an incredibly gentle yet magnetic voice:
"Beautiful lady, you're right! We are the Straw Hat Pirates. May I ask what you need? Or is there anything I can do for you?"
The woman was startled by Sanji's sudden action, and after realizing what had happened, she covered her mouth and laughed, saying:
"You truly are as gentlemanly as the rumors say, Mr. Black Leg Sanji!"
"Um?"
"You know me?" Sanji asked, a curious expression on his face.
"Of course! Famous naval officers, pirates, and World Government officials from around the world are all VIP customers of our entertainment center!"
"Your pirate crew is the most prestigious! So it's perfectly normal for me to know you!"
So who are you?
At that moment, Nami, standing behind the woman, asked her directly, her eyes fixed intently on her.
"Oh! I forgot to introduce myself! My name is Baccarat, and I'm here to greet you VIP customers!" Baccarat said with a beaming smile.
"Just let me know if you need anything!"
"Next, please look this way!"
As she spoke, Baccarat made way for them, and everyone looked in the direction she pointed. They saw an incredibly luxurious car slowly driving towards them.
Its all-gold body gives it an air of nobility, and there's a turtle wearing a hat on the hood.
"Whoosh!"
In the blink of an eye, Luffy, Usopp, Franky, and Chopper teleported to the side of the car just like Sanji had done earlier, their eyes sparkling.
Luffy: "Sukkomi, what's this?"
Usopp: "It looks so high-class!"
Franky: "That's really novel! Is this the mode of transportation here?"
"That's right! This thing is a tortoise car, and it's our main mode of transportation here!" Baccarat replied with a smile.
Xia Chen slowly walked over, a hint of interest in his eyes.
"Gulp!"
As Xia Chen walked past her, Baccarat, who had been all smiles, unconsciously swallowed, and a few drops of cold sweat trickled down her back. She thought to herself:
"Is this the World's Strongest? Just walking past me makes me feel this much pressure!"
Xia Chen, noticing Baccarat's expression, smiled slightly. Baccarat felt pressured because he was doing it on purpose.
Otherwise, given his strength, he wouldn't have revealed even a trace of his aura; to those who don't know him, he would appear to be just an ordinary person.
He had just released a tiny, almost imperceptible aura, yet it instilled fear in Baccarat on a psychological level.
He was also using Baccarat to give Tesoro a heads-up about whether or not to deal with them!
If Tesoro doesn't come looking for trouble, he naturally won't bother with him out of boredom.
Therefore... it all depends on the other party's choice!
"Is this powered by a tortoise?" Franky suddenly turned to Baccarat and asked.
"Ah... that's right!"
Baccarat, regaining her senses, immediately replied, shaking her head as she tried to dispel the fear Xia Chen had instilled in her, before smiling again and saying:
"This car is called Turtle Rolls-Royce, and it's one of the most high-end tortoise cars around here. It's equipped with eight strong, muscular tortoises, and it will definitely give you an excellent experience!"
Xia Chen approached the Turtle Rolls-Royce and gently stroked the car body. Then, with a swift movement, he jumped directly into the vehicle.
The moment he sat in the driver's seat, the remnant soul of the Akina Mountain racing god within him instantly Awakening. His right foot immediately landed on the accelerator, and he sped off, leaving only a voice echoing in the distance:
"Go find another car, I'll drive this one around here for a bit!"
(⊙o⊙)...
(#°Д°)!
(╬▔盘▔)╯!
After a few seconds of silence, the scene erupted into a tremendous roar.
" Xia Chen! What are you doing? We were here first!" Luffy yelled, straining his neck.
Usopp and Chopper were also jumping up and down in anger. They had arrived first, but now you've just driven away.
It's one thing to just drive off, but at least take me with you! Running off all by yourself is just too much!
In an instant, the group stopped and began greeting Xia Chen repeatedly.
Because they didn't muffle their voices, most of the people around them shuddered when they heard the name Xia Chen.
Then they hurriedly looked behind them, and when they saw Luffy and the others cursing, and then looked at the Thousand Sunny not far away, their faces showed expressions of horror.
" The Straw Hat Pirates!! Even that nemesis Xia Chen the Sovereign, is here?"
It's no wonder they were so shocked; another piece of news about Xia Chen the Sovereign had reached their ears in the past few days.
Xia Chen the Sovereign summoned countless ice spikes, annihilating nearly 100,000 pirates with a single move. Most of them were reduced to ice shards, leaving no trace of their bodies.
The few that managed to leave behind intact bodies were completely transformed into purple ice sculptures, which neither melt in fire nor dissolve in water.
Now, an ice sculpture can even fetch a considerable amount of money on the black market!
Why didn't they doubt the authenticity of this news at all?
It's all because there's video evidence! A high-definition video, shot from Xia Chen's perspective, is circulating on the black market, recording the entire process in its entirety.
I heard that the person who filmed this video didn't want a single penny when they released it; they just wanted to spread the news quickly so that the world would clearly know the strength of Xia Chen the Sovereign.
The fanatical expression on that guy's face at the time made it clear to anyone that he had completely become Xia Chen's fan.
This is simply a perfectly normal way for him to let the world know about his idol's abilities!
Getting back to the main point, when these people learned that Xia Chen had arrived, they all shrank back in fear. Some of them even rushed onto the ship and immediately gathered their crew to leave the area.
Those who remained were also telling themselves to keep a low profile during this time and not to cause trouble!
If Xia Chen knew about these people's performance right now, he might praise Jack.
That's right! Jack recorded that video, and Xia Chen knew he was recording it, and even knew that Jack would distribute it!
Because Jack had already asked for his opinion, Xia Chen had no objection to releasing the video.
He actually had his own considerations. Although he had defeated most people in the Summit War, most people in the world would not dare to mess with him.
But there are always some hotheads who think they are the most important person in the world, like the 100,000 pirates who came to punish him back then.
If Jack's video can help him reduce the number of these hotheads, then in his opinion, it's well worth it!
While those noobs were all easy targets for him to defeat with a single basic attack, the problem was that they were just going to die, but what was the point of provoking him and hurling insults at him before they died?
Therefore, in order to reduce the occurrence of such incidents, Xia Chen agreed to let Jack distribute the video.
It seems to be working quite well!
On Luffy's side, they were still occasionally cursing Xia Chen.
Baccarat, standing to the side, managed a weak smile, not daring to respond or say a word.
Only when they saw another Turtle Rolls-Royce driving towards them did they look at the crowd and immediately say:
"Ladies and gentlemen, my newly summoned Turtle Rolls-Royce has arrived. Let's ride in this car, and I'll take you on a tour of the city!"
After saying that, she jogged straight towards Turtle Rolls-Royce Rolls...