“Wululu, wululu…”
“Heehee…”
“Heheka, heheka…”
Laughter echoed in her ears from time to time, and an angry “cross-vein” almost popped up on young Vivi’s forehead; the “Listening to All Things” ability was causing her a great deal of interference.
The sounds transmitted to her by the rivers, trees, and rocks were different from external sounds; most of the time, they appeared directly in her mind, and there was a high probability they would be misidentified by her brain as her own thoughts.
What use was this talent?
So far, she really couldn’t see any practical application for it.
It was unrealistic to imagine it as some kind of “notification sound in my ear” or “unique annotations before my eyes” cheat code.
These “fellows” were particularly mischievous and were always causing trouble for her!
Their directions were also completely nonsensical!
One would say go left, another would say go right, and after giving directions, they would just stand aside and watch the joke.
Her sense of direction—or lack thereof—was ten percent her own fault, thirty percent due to the environment, and the remaining sixty percent was the result of these “fellows” giving her the wrong directions!
After getting the direction wrong for the seventh time, Vivi knew that tonight’s training was over.
She waved her hand dejectedly and said, “Let’s go, let’s head back and rest.”
…For a whole month, a total of three groups of pirates entered the sight of the Whiskey Peak Bounty Hunters.
The first two waves of pirates were captured, but they didn’t dare provoke the third wave.
They had over ten ships and a Pirate Crew totaling more than five hundred people; they looked very fierce.
One must realize that even if all the Bounty Hunters in Whiskey Peak were counted, there were only about a hundred of them.
They couldn’t handle a Pirate Crew that was too large; such a crew might even have a Devil Fruit User.
When watching the anime, it feels like Devil Fruit Users are everywhere, but in reality, they are as rare as a Phoenix’s feather.
Ordinary people have a high chance of never seeing a Devil Fruit User in their entire lives.
Mr.
8, Mr.
9, and Ms.
Monday were all just idling their days away, eating their fill and waiting for nightfall.
Vivi, on the other hand, had a rather productive month.
Her directional issues remained unresolved, but her Swordsmanship had successfully reached Lv4 (3/1000).
This kind of improvement didn’t come with a flash of golden light over her head, but was rather a gradual process of advancement.
Swordsmanship on Earth in her past life required technique, but in the Pirate King world, Swordsmanship here valued strength more.
Without strength, no matter how good your Swordsmanship was, you couldn’t cut through a mountain with one strike.
Just look at Zoro’s Moves and you’ll know.
Swordsmen, sword-users, and swordmasters don’t need to think too much.
They don’t need to worry about things like feints or real strikes at all.
Regardless of what’s in front of them, they just draw their swords, add Haki, and finish it with a slash.
If one slash doesn’t cut it, then two will.
It was the same for Vivi.
Every time she picked up a skill attribute related to combat, she felt a slight increase in her physical fitness, such as strength, speed, and endurance.
There was no need for philosophies or some mental Realm; it was simple and crude: “If I strike with this sword, you will die.” That was enough!
After reaching Lv4 in Swordsmanship, her physical fitness could completely overwhelm ten of herself from when she first underwent Transmigration.
Based on her self-assessment and some explanations from the old retainer Igaram, she estimated that her Swordsmanship had reached a relatively high level.
The Guard Captains of various countries, at least many in the Grand Line, were basically at this level.
In a side-by-side comparison, it was roughly the same as when Zoro first set out to sea.
Karu’s achievement of a hundred consecutive wins in Paper Slap Game was also successfully completed under someone’s hints to the pirate prisoners, earning him a reward of Agility +1.
Vivi didn’t have such simple and intuitive attribute values; she could only indirectly improve her attributes through various skills.
It was much simpler for the Duck.
After manifesting the Agility attribute, it increased from 2 to 3.
The boost was incredibly large; he could even leave afterimages while running.
Vivi tried it out and found that she couldn’t catch Karu at all in a straight sprint.
A hundred-win streak wasn’t the end; there seemed to be a thousand-win streak after it, and she estimated the reward would be even better.
However, the thirty-odd pirates locked in the dungeon were almost sick of playing.
They felt disgusted just seeing the cards.
She was worried someone might play dirty and break Karu’s winning streak, so she didn’t push too hard.
She developed games like marbles and tug-of-war, but unfortunately, the retarded panel had no reaction at all to the Duck’s ten consecutive wins in those two games.
She could only stick with Paper Slap Game…
Late at night in Whiskey Peak, it began to rain, and the residual blood at the pier was washed away.
Dark clouds gathered, and the sound of rain “pitter-pattered” incessantly.
Dense raindrops hit the trees like an invisible giant hand, pressing down on the treetops again and again.
There was no stubbornness, no resistance; the trees, oppressed by the heavy rain, could only obey this great power of heaven and earth, lowering their waists lower and lower.
The harvest from three days ago was very mediocre.
Everyone had been on high alert for half a day, only for a single pirate ship to arrive.
Nine of the seventeen pirates were killed on the spot, and the remaining eight automatically joined the Ranks of “tools” for Paper Slap Game.
The old retainer Igaram quietly approached Vivi and lowered his voice: “Your Highness—ah, no!
Ms.
Wednesday, the identities of those pirates we dealt with three days ago don’t seem simple.
Headquarters has given us new orders.”
At this moment, Vivi was calculating her assets with Duck Karu.
Baroque Works wanted to subvert her country, so she had to try her best to undermine them!
After one month of Transmigration, she had successfully increased her assets from 500,000 Berries to 7,000,000 Berries.
According to market prices, with another three million, she could theoretically buy a famous sword of the Twenty-One Work Great Fast Knife Rank.
Pirates were all villains, and the Bounty Hunters who killed them weren’t much better; lining one’s own pockets was a common occurrence.
If it weren’t for her lack of prestige and strength among the Bounty Hunters, Vivi would have dared to pocket all the spoils.
Now, from Igaram’s tone, it seemed they had killed some key figure?
What could be done about that?
She would cross that bridge when she came to it; if she couldn’t win, she’d just quit.
Vivi didn’t have any mental burden at all.
She attended the meeting with an indifferent attitude.
Ms.
Monday, who was easily hot-headed, had already been waiting for a while.
Shortly after she arrived, Igaram, who was the oldest and held the highest Rank code name in Whiskey Peak as Mr.
8, took out a Den Den Mushi.
The Den Den Mushi is a type of animal in the Pirate King world, shaped somewhat like a snail.
It remains in a sleeping state when not connected and wakes up once the call goes through.
This creature can vividly mimic the speaker’s expressions and tone during a conversation.
After Mr.
8 Igaram connected, a somewhat cold woman’s voice came from the other side.
Having heard it twice, Vivi was very certain that the woman on the other end of the Den Den Mushi was the Vice President of Baroque Works, the so-called “Demon Child” with a bounty of 79 million Berries, Nico Robin.
Right now, Nico Robin had not joined the Straw Hat crew and had no interest in telling dark jokes.
She maintained a completely professional and serious attitude at work.
Vivi didn’t speak, listening intently as the other party assigned new tasks to the Whiskey Peak branch.