"Hey, Luffy, it's already 12 o'clock!" Xia Chen said to Luffy.
"You all heard Vivi's speech just now, so you understand what's going on, right?" Zoro said.
Luffy turned his head, pouting, and asked, "What do you mean?"
"That means Miss Vivi isn't coming. She was just saying goodbye to us!" Sanji slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.
"No way, Vivi will definitely come!"
Luffy still didn't believe it and stubbornly insisted.
"Sigh!" Everyone couldn't help but sigh upon seeing this.
They also wanted Vivi to come aboard the ship. They had grown accustomed to Vivi's presence after living with her for so long.
"Everyone!"
Just as everyone was feeling down, a familiar shout came from the shore.
In an instant, everyone turned around in surprise.
" Vivi! You're here!" Luffy shouted loudly to Vivi first, then turned to look at the others.
"I knew Vivi would come! Hehe!"
However, Vivi's next words froze everyone's joy on their faces.
"Everyone! I've come to say goodbye!"
I've been so happy spending this time with you all! I've never been so happy before!
"But... I still really like this country!"
"Everything I love is here, so... I can't continue my trip with you all. Thank you for taking care of me all this time, thank you so much!"
By this point, Vivi was already in tears, sobbing uncontrollably.
" Vivi!" Luffy murmured.
"Next time we meet again... will you still call me... 'buddy'?! Waaaaah~"
After a moment of silence, everyone shouted, "It definitely will!"
Then Luffy stood on the fence and shouted, " Vivi, you'll definitely become a good princess! Goodbye!"
"Goodbye!! Vivi!" everyone waved and shouted in unison.
Watching the Going Merry further and further away, and thinking of the time they had spent together, Vivi's tears welled up uncontrollably again.
Goodbye everyone!!
Vivi stood there watching the Going Merry disappear from her sight for a long time. Then she turned to look at the duck beside her.
" Karoo, let's go back!"
"Gah~"
"Ugh! So boring!"
The passengers on the Going Merry were huddled in the gaps between the railings, looking listless.
Seeing this, Zoro asked, somewhat speechless, "What are you guys doing? If you can't bear to part with Vivi, just drag her onto the ship!"
To everyone's surprise, Zoro's words immediately provoked the wrath of the crowd.
You're not human!
You have no heart!
"You're so cold-hearted!"
" Moss Head!"
As Zoro listened to these accusations, veins bulged on his forehead, and he felt an urge to punch these people.
Robin was reading a book nearby, couldn't help but chuckle when she saw this.
Zoro ultimately didn't make a move; there was no way he could defeat ten arms with his Three-Sword Style!
After clicking his tongue, Zoro walked to the bow of the ship and asked Xia Chen, who was lying there, " Marine Admiral... very strong?"
"Huh?" Xia Chen opened his eyes and looked at Zoro with a puzzled expression. He hadn't expected Zoro to come and ask him this.
Xia Chen sat up and stared into Zoro's eyes. In Zoro's eyes, he saw ambition—the ambition to become strong!
Xia Chen couldn't help but chuckle. It seemed that Zoro was still the most ambitious one on the ship!
Then Xia Chen turned to look at the sea and said, "Very strong! I can't describe exactly how strong, but he's on par with Hawk-Eyes!"
"If you've faced Hawk-Eyes, you should know how powerful he is!"
"As strong as Hawk-Eyes?" Zoro murmured, a glint of excitement flashing in his eyes.
The sight of so many powerful figures on the high seas filled him with excitement!
No, he has to train! He wants to become strong!
Thinking of this, Zoro greeted Xia Chen, then walked to the side, picked up his dumbbells, and started swinging them.
Seeing this, Xia Chen couldn't help but nod slightly. Boss Zoro is truly self-disciplined!
However... hard work can't beat cheat codes!
Sleeping~
A few days later~
" Luffy, Usopp, Chopper, did you catch anything good?"
Xia Chen walked over to the three of them and asked them.
Although they don't lack food now, to be honest, eating the same thing every day makes Xia Chen feel nauseous at the sight of dinosaur meat.
"Not yet! These fish are too smart, they won't take the bait!" Luffy couldn't help but complain.
However, at that moment, Usopp seemed to have caught something, and his face suddenly turned red.
"I caught something! It's a big one! Come help me!"
"Oh!"
Luffy and Chopper, looking excited, went to Usopp's side to help him pull the things up.
"One, two, come up!"
With shouts from the crowd, an enormous conch shell was pulled up.
"Wow, what a huge conch shell!" Chopper exclaimed in surprise.
"It must be delicious to eat something this big, right?" Luffy.
"A grilled conch would taste pretty good!" Sanji said, stroking his chin.
"No way? You're going to eat this weird conch?" Usopp swallowed hard.
Just then, the conch shell opened up, and a man crawled out.
Everyone:!!!
After emerging from the water, the man touched his head and said, "That was close! I thought I was going to die this time!"
"Who are you?" Luffy asked.
"Haha, let me introduce myself! I'm Little Ladybug Mail Order's Rice Rice, ready to deliver your goods anytime, anywhere with just a phone call!"
"To express my gratitude, all the items here are on sale today!"
"I'm not bragging, but our company sells everything from bottled water to artillery shells—we have it all!"
A proud expression appeared on Rice Rice's face when he spoke of this.
"Would you like to buy some paper?" Nami suddenly asked as she approached.
"It's that kind of big, tough paper that won't tear even if the sea breeze blows it!"
"Of course! Look!"
As he spoke, Rice Rice pulled a stack of papers from the conch shell and proudly introduced, "This is the highest-grade Millennium Paper that Little Ladybug Mail Order is so proud of!"
"Millennial paper? That sounds really high-class!" Luffy exclaimed excitedly.
"Of course! This is paper made from thousand-year-old cedar trees; it won't fade even under sunlight for a thousand years!"
"How much!" Nami asked excitedly.
Seeing this, a sinister expression appeared on Rice Rice's face, and he said with difficulty, "This is not a good situation! This paper is extremely precious!"
"I'll pay whatever it costs! Name your price!"
When Nami said this, everyone on the ship stared at her in shock, completely unable to believe that these words had come from Nami's mouth.
Is this still the stingy Nami they know?
"Since that's the case, I'll reluctantly sell them to you. I'll charge you 48 million Beli for a thousand copies!"
"Two million!" Nami slashed directly at the carotid artery.
"Four million eight hundred thousand!" Rice Rice continued to counterattack.
Just as Nami was about to continue haggling, Xia Chen stepped out, stopped her, and said calmly, "Let me handle this!"
Nami found this a bit strange; in her memory, Xia Chen wasn't the type to haggle!
Xia Chen approached the Rice Rice, looked at him, and said, "Take everything out of this conch shell; I want it all!"
Everyone:!!!
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I won't write about the Rainbow Mist storyline; I feel it's a bit boring. I'll just go straight to the Sky Island arc!