On the boundless ocean, Mina stepped on a massive surfboard, cutting through the sea surface like an arrow, leaving a long white wake behind her.
“Charge—!” She spread her arms, enjoying the thrill of high-speed surfing, occasionally controlling the flames behind her to perform various fancy jet-boosted maneuvers, carving one exaggerated “Z” shape after another onto the sea surface.
After losing interest in playing, she suddenly began to ponder a serious life problem.
Her hundred-meter-tall physique, while great for fighting, was truly inconvenient in daily life.
Eating required calculations in tons, bathing required finding a whole stretch of ocean, and sleeping meant only sleeping in the open air.
Most importantly, many pleasures were impossible to experience because of this massive size.
“Sigh, if only I could shrink.” Bored, Mina lay on the surfboard, tracing circles on the water with her finger, her mind beginning to wander uncontrollably.
“That’s right!
Isn’t there something called the ‘Mini-Mini Fruit’ in the Pirate King world?” A thought flashed across her mind like lightning, instantly igniting her heart’s desire to explore.
If she could shrink, there would be so many more things to have fun with!
She could even learn like Gaban and experience what it’s like to go to “university.” Experience climbing snowy peaks, enjoy hot air balloons, and explore underground caves.
Just thinking about it made her go hehehe…
“Hehehehe…” A lewd laugh echoed across the vast ocean, startling a few passing seagulls.
However, the next problem soon arose.
How could she find that fruit?
The world was so big; finding one tiny fruit was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and she had absolutely no clue where to start.
Mina scratched her long golden hair in distress, and suddenly, a brilliant idea came to mind.
“Right!
Why am I so stupid!” “If I can’t find it myself, I can just pay others to help me find it!” Where would the money come from?
In this world, was there any faster way to get money than directly robbing the “heavenly tribute”?
That was the tribute used by the Celestial Dragons, the World Nobles, to flaunt their status; every shipment was incredibly wealthy.
“That’s it!
I’ll intercept a heavenly tribute first, then use the Berries to put out a bounty across the world!” Mina slapped her thigh and excitedly sat up from the surfboard.
“If 8 billion Berries can’t find it, then make it 10 billion!
If 10 billion still can’t find it, then I’ll go intercept another ship of heavenly tribute!
I’ve got plenty of ways!” This simple and crude plan, combined with her personal style of bandit logic, was simply perfect.
With a new goal, Mina was instantly filled with motivation.
The flames behind her intensified, the speed of her surfboard increased again, and she headed full speed toward the Grand Line.
However, just as she was dreaming of a bright future, a “tiny” Marine warship appeared on the horizon ahead.
It was a massive warship with standard Marine paint; on both sides of the hull, dozens of pitch-black cannon muzzles were densely mounted, exuding an aura of killing intent.
“Marine?” Mina curled her lip, and on the principle that less trouble is better than more, she prepared to bypass them.
But at this moment, the Marines on that warship seemed to have discovered her too.
“Report, Vice Admiral!
An unidentified giant creature has been spotted in the waters ahead, approaching us at high speed!” A Marine soldier holding binoculars reported with a trembling voice to a man on the deck wearing a coat of justice.
“What is it?
A Sea King?” The Vice Admiral frowned and took the binoculars.
The next second, his pupils constricted violently.
In his field of vision, a huge, blurry female figure was gliding on the sea surface, stepping on a plank.
And behind her, a ball of golden flames, like the hellfire of judgment, was burning fiercely, dyeing the surrounding sky in an ominous red.
“That…
what kind of monster is that?!” The soldiers on the warship looked in the direction of the Vice Admiral’s gaze, and when they saw the scene that looked like a myth, everyone was terrified, their faces turning pale and their legs going weak.
“What are you panicking about!” the Vice Admiral roared, forcibly stabilizing the morale, “It’s just a giant with a larger body size!
Everyone, attention!
Prepare to fire!” Under his command, all the cannons turned, locking onto the golden figure approaching rapidly in the distance.
“Fire—!!!” Following the order, cannonballs like a rainstorm, trailing long black smoke, tore through the sky and bombarded Mina in an overwhelming wave.
Facing this saturation attack capable of destroying a small island in an instant, Mina didn’t even dodge, letting those cannonballs smash one by one against her fair, smooth body.
“Boom, boom, boom—!!!” The deafening explosions merged into one, kicking up clouds of smoke and fire, completely swallowing Mina’s figure.
However, when the smoke cleared, everyone on the warship was dumbfounded.
Mina was still standing on the surfboard; let alone being injured, even the gorgeous purple-gold clothing on her body wasn’t stained with a speck of dust.
The violent bombardment just now, other than kicking up some dust on her, had absolutely no effect.
“Is that it?” Mina tapped her shoulder where non-existent dust was, looking a bit bored, and swept her gaze over the warship that was now close at hand, her eyes turning unkind.
What she hated most was when others suddenly interrupted her when she was having fun.
The next second, she strode a few steps across the sea and instantly arrived in front of the warship.
Before the Marines on the ship could react, a massive hand that blotted out the sky descended from above, grabbing the entire warship like it was a toy model, easily lifting it out of the sea.
“Ahhhhh—!” Hundreds of Marines on the warship instantly lost their balance, screaming as they rolled into a heap on the deck.
“Hey, you ants, why did you attack me?” Mina lifted them in front of her and asked from a high vantage point, her tone full of annoyance.
“Mon…
Monster!
You’re a pirate!
Attacking you is only natural!” The Vice Admiral forced himself to stand up and shouted, his voice fierce but his heart trembling.
“Pirate?” Mina raised an eyebrow, “Who said I was a pirate?” “Just because of this, you attacked me?” Feeling offended, she flipped her wrist and turned the warship in her hand completely upside down.
The deck instantly turned into a chaotic mess, with countless soldiers screaming as they fell toward the sky below, but fortunately, they were grabbed by their companions, preventing a tragedy.
“I was wrong!
Ma’am!
We were wrong!
Spare us!” Pleas for mercy rose one after another.
Mina was finally satisfied, set them upright again, and continued to ask.
“Speak, what are you doing with such a big formation?” In this moment of deathly terror, a young Marine soldier’s psychological defense collapsed completely, and he blurted out while crying.
“We…
we are going to Ohara…
to execute…
to execute the Buster Call!” “Shut up!” The Vice Admiral beside him turned pale and glared at him, but it was too late.
“Ohara?
Buster Call?” Hearing these familiar words, Mina’s eyes instantly lit up, and a surge of excitement welled up in her heart.
She couldn’t be bothered to argue with these underlings anymore and casually tossed them and the warship back into the sea.
“Listen well, this was just self-defense.
If you dare to fire at me again next time, I’ll crush you, ship and all, into iron pancakes.” Leaving behind this harsh warning, she ignored the group of Marines who had narrowly escaped death.
The flames behind her jetted, and she rushed toward Ohara at a speed faster than before.
When Mina arrived at Ohara, it was already a living hell.
Flames soared into the sky, explosions were incessant, and the “Tree of Knowledge,” symbolizing wisdom and history, was groaning in pain amidst the raging fire, slowly collapsing.
Mina’s gaze swept quickly over the chaotic battlefield, and soon, she saw an icy path that was particularly striking on the sea surface, extending from the shore into the distance.
And on that icy path, a little girl wearing a dress with short black hair was running forward, stumbling while crying.
Nico Robin.
Mina recognized her at a glance.
This point in time, this scene—it couldn’t be wrong.
“Heh, how could I miss the Marine’s moment of justice.” The curve of Mina’s mouth grew wider, and then, her legs exerted force, and her massive body leaped up, jumping hundreds of meters into the high sky.
She was ready to give the group of Marines below, who were executing “justice,” an unforgettable entrance.