“Looks like I guessed right; there really is an exploration achievement here at the execution platform…
but where is this pet reward?” Vivi and Karu stood in place, one human and one Duck, looking around—up, down, left, right—for a long time.
There was absolutely no sign of a pet dog appearing out of thin air in the air; not to mention a dog, they didn’t even see a single dog hair.
“It wouldn’t require us to go over and collect it ourselves, would it?” she asked Karu.
“Quack?
Quack quack!” The Duck seemed to think for a moment, then nodded repeatedly.
It could vaguely sense the location of its little brother.
“What a hassle…” Vivi covered her forehead, looking listless.
This dog named Shu Shu seemed to be quite far from Loguetown.
Although it was far, she was still very happy to have an extra pet.
Although they had only lived together for a little over a month, the bond between Vivi and Karu was excellent.
At the beginning of her Transmigration, she was actually quite fearful.
During that time, it was always Karu who accompanied her.
This goofy Duck was also her cheat, and she dared not let Karu be left in long-term care, fearing that if she wasn’t paying attention, it would be killed by some pirate or Sea Kings, which would make her wake up crying in the middle of the night.
To put it cruelly, now that she had a new pet, she didn’t need to be so careful.
Places like Small Garden could now be put on the schedule.
Even if the new pet died…
well, it would just be dead; she wouldn’t be too sad.
“Quack quack!
Quack—!” The Duck kept encouraging her to set sail alone.
Vivi pondered repeatedly; with her current strength, going to those newbie areas should be safe enough, right?
“Alright then, let’s prepare some supplies and set off immediately.”
Without the chaotic geomagnetism of the Grand Line, sailing tools like compasses could be used in the East Blue.
Vivi herself had a Navigation Lv3 (55/100) level of knowledge, and by relying on the Duck to point the way, finding the town where the puppy Shu Shu was located shouldn’t be difficult.
No sooner said than done; after telling Mr.
9, she boarded a merchant ship heading to the Koya Kingdom and set off to find the puppy Shu Shu.
Before leaving, she strolled around the execution platform again, looking around, and found that the security around the square had tightened significantly.
The patrolling soldiers had sharp gazes and were fully armed; anyone who approached within ten meters of the execution platform would be watched by them for a long time.
Through the Bounty Hunter intelligence network, she discovered that a new wanted poster had appeared in Loguetown.
This wanted poster was more like a warning, because the object they were wanted for was the pet Duck Karu…
Karu had run very fast at the time, but it was not light speed after all, and there were a few witnesses.
After piecing together the scenes from their memories, they could roughly depict a shape.
Vivi had anticipated this long ago.
The top hat, goggles, clothes, and accessories she bought for Karu were all props to conceal its identity.
Under the pen of the Marine artist, Karu had turned into a strange animal with a sheep’s head, deer antlers, bright feathers, and a fluffy big tail.
The Marine didn’t know what it was either.
Some witnesses said it was a reindeer, others said it was a raccoon dog; everyone said something different.
The Marine didn’t intend to catch such a thing, so they charged Karu with disturbing the peace and set a bounty of 50 Berries!
That amount of money wasn’t even enough to buy a newspaper!
Regarding the incident where many townspeople fainted in the square, the official explanation from the Marine was food poisoning; they didn’t mention Haki at all.
Baroque Works had some intelligence sources, and Vivi heard that the Marine Captain Smoker had contacted the distant Amazon Lily in the Grand Line, trying to ask the Empress, but she completely ignored him, and the matter seemed to have been left unsettled.
Vivi was very satisfied; she hadn’t been exposed and could continue to keep a low profile!
Everything was going smoothly; set off!
Just as she was about to board the ship, two Bounty Hunters who had come from afar brought her “bad news.”
“I am Johnny.”
“I am Joseph.”
The two Bounty Hunters stood in front of Vivi like temple guardians.
Each of them carried a large sword, and just by looking at them stroking their chins with deep, serious expressions, one would think they were peerless experts.
“We are truly sorry, Mr.
Rem from your organization unfortunately slipped and fell into the water, and was subsequently attacked by a sea beast and lost his life.”
“Yes, Mr.
Rem from your organization was a great help to us; his death is truly a pity.”
The two sang in harmony, and after finishing, they struck poses, pretending to be experts.
The unlucky guy Rem died?
Eaten by a sea beast?
Nonsense!
It was because he was too arrogant and got killed by Zoro, right!
Vivi’s “Listening to All Things” ability was difficult to apply to humans; human thoughts were too complex, and what was read out were all messy, incoherent sentences.
However, she could discern one or two points of their general emotions.
The two cool-pretending guys in front of her were very nervous.
What did this mean?
It meant they were guilty.
Vivi pointed at the man wearing sunglasses, covering half his face with his left hand, and asked: “Are you Johnny?”
“Yes.”
She then pointed at the man wearing a trench coat and shorts, covering a small part of his face with his right hand, and asked: “Then you are Joseph.”
The other party replied just as coolly: “Exactly.”
Vivi “tsk-tsked.” Looking at their skill in posturing, those who didn’t know might think they were some “Sword God, Sword Saint.”
Thinking about the butterfly effect she had caused, and combining the two’s current inner anxiety with some speculations, she tentatively asked: “So you were recruited by Mr.
Rem, and that’s why you came to join Baroque Works?”
“Yes.”
“That’s right.”
Are you guys doing this to cover for Zoro, so you infiltrated the enemy to spy for information?
Or is it that Zoro himself doesn’t care, and the two of you came to be undercover agents for the sake of loyalty?
Everyone is an undercover agent, why make it hard for each other?
She slowly drew “kazuhou,” pointing the tip of the blade at the ground: “Alright, come on, let’s spar a few moves, let me see your skills.”
Honestly, she really didn’t use any strength, and she definitely didn’t use Conqueror’s Haki.
She pressed “kazuhou” against the back of Joseph’s large sword, then dodged Johnny’s slash with a sidestep.
Taking advantage of the moment when their moves were spent, she elbowed him in the stomach, and finally reversed “kazuhou” to knock Joseph down with the hilt.
Looking at the two gritting their teeth and preparing to crawl up to fight again, she was speechless.
The level of these two wasn’t even as good as the pirates she had locked in the dungeons of Whiskey Peak.
Their physical fitness, reaction speed, strength, and skills were just at the level of ordinary people, far worse than the original Vivi.
The only commendable thing was their courage, but courage couldn’t be eaten as a meal.
If you don’t have strength, you don’t have strength.
In this day and age, when encountering a strong enemy, the only one who can still courageously shout “Gomu Gomu no…” is Luffy.
Vivi praised them perfunctorily: “Hmm, not bad.
Your foundation is very solid, and your moves are fine.
What you lack now is experience…
probably…
By the way, was Roronoa Zoro also recruited by Mr.
Rem?
Where is he?”
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”