Chapter 239Immediately after, she saw several other manuscripts.One detailed the Sabaody Archipelago Incident, focusing on how Straw Hat Luffy killed three Celestial Dragons, accompanied by a blurry but highly impactful photograph.Another claimed that the Straw Hat Crew had been completely annihilated by the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Bartholomew Kuma.Morgans watched Vivi's rapidly changing expression, and his heart skipped a beat.He tried to step forward and snatch the reports that hadn't been finalized yet, especially the news about the Celestial Dragons being killed and the Straw Hat Crew being wiped out; these reports were too sensitive, and the World Government had applied immense pressure to block them.Even if Princess Vivi was one of the protagonists of the news, he couldn't let her see them.Otherwise, why would anyone talk about the 'glamour moments' of journalism?Mastering public opinion was mastering the truth of the world.However, just as he approached, a cold and irresistible whirlwind swirled around Vivi, blowing him back stumbling.Wind elements coiled around her fingertips, carrying the unique pressure of a Logia-type Devil Fruit User."Logia Wind-Wind Fruit?!"Morgans blurted out in alarm.One had to know that a large part of why the Three Admirals were called the ultimate combat power was because they had eaten powerful Logia-type Devil Fruits.With this comparison, did the Princess before him also have the potential to become an ultimate combat power?Gulp.What kind of joke was this?Morgans' throat moved.He only now realized that Vivi was not a weak woman, but a powerful ability user.So how did the news about Princess Vivi being held hostage by the Straw Hat Crew get out?What was the deal with the five hundred million special bounty?Could a Logia-type Devil Fruit User even be held hostage?As I see it, Princess Vivi is simply a core member of the Straw Hat Crew!But the important thing right now was—"What do you think you're doing, barging into my office? Leave here at once!" Morgans said, bracing himself."I'll leave when I'm ready to leave."Vivi looked up, her gaze sweeping over Morgans. "But before that, I'm going to look over all the intelligence you have here regarding this incident and the whereabouts of our companions."She waved the report about the annihilation in her hand, exuding a full queenly aura."You wouldn't want the World Government to know that you just hosted me here, and that I saw some things I shouldn't have, right?"Morgans was so angry his feathers were shaking and his beak clicked, but he was helpless.Facing a Logia user who could elementalize, the bodyguards of his newspaper office were practically non-existent.Furthermore, if the World Government found out Princess Vivi had caused a scene here and seen classified intelligence, he would be in big trouble.Just then, urgent knocking and a subordinate's panicked report came from outside the office:"President, this is bad! Agents from the World Government are here and say they want to see you regarding the Sabaody Archipelago reports!"Morgans felt like his crest was about to explode; whatever he feared most was exactly what happened!Glaring fiercely at Vivi, he lowered his voice and said:"Just look! Look then! Don't cause me trouble! Leave as soon as you're done!"With that, he straightened his bowtie, forced a professional smile, and pushed the door open to deal with those troublesome agents.Vivi was the only one left in the office.She quickly walked to Morgans' desk and began flipping through more documents and intelligence.Her heart sank.The news that Ace was about to be executed was true.Before, even they felt that Ace being sent to Impel Down wasn't a big deal, or at least his life wouldn't be in danger.If Luffy found out about this, he would definitely head to Marineford regardless of everything.Meanwhile, the news of Luffy killing a Celestial Dragon and fighting against the top Marine combat forces was strictly blocked, with only a small number of newspapers leaking out.The reports about them being annihilated were the narrative the World Government hoped to guide."Everyone was sent flying; they should be safe for now."Vivi recalled Kuma's intentions at the final moment.Was there also a reason why Kuma sent her to this place?"Luffy, where are you now? You must be safe!"Holding the newspaper in her hand, Vivi thought that perhaps she could use the intelligence network of the World Economic Journal to find out the specific locations of her companions as quickly as possible.Especially Luffy's whereabouts.And she had to find a way to pass the urgent news of Ace's impending execution to Luffy and the others who might still be unaware....[Warning: Scheduled wake-up plan time reached...]The cold notification sound dragged Luffy back to reality from a deep dream.He snapped his eyes open, the blinding sunlight making him instinctively squint.It was already broad daylight.Recalling last night's dream, his mouth couldn't help but twitch.In the dream, he had fought his grandfather Garpfor another whole day!Although fighting in dreams helped digest combat experience, the fear of being dominated by those iron fists and the sense of exhaustion still left him with lingering trepidation."As expected, I didn't sleep well,"Luffy muttered, trying to move his stiff body.Under the powerful recovery of the Nika Fruit, his injuries were mostly healed, but the third-stage penalty for crew separation still existed, bringing a constant, fine pain like background noise.While it wouldn't make him lose his ability to move, this pain would undoubtedly be a huge distraction during combat or when he needed high concentration."While this could be considered a kind of special training, I can't always be distracted trying to resist pain during a fight."Luffy frowned and began to think seriously about a way to solve this persistent penalty.He had endured the first stage's electric shocks with his Rubber body and eventually found a way to utilize them.He avoided the second stage's penalties by multitasking and following the plan, since getting hit by that penalty too many times at once would consume a lot of energy.Then there must be a way to avoid the third stage's penalty too.The cause of the penalty was crew separation."Wait!"Luffy's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped his hands together, but the movement pulled at his injuries, making him bare his teeth.That really hurts, you bastard.He slowly sat up."If I'm being punished because I don't have any crew members around me, then wouldn't it be fine if I just find a partner to join?!"He felt excited by his own wit.The way his brain was working—he was just too smart!However, reality soon threw a bucket of cold water on him.He looked around and found himself still encased in that paw-shaped shockwave, flying through the air at high speed, unable to do anything.He could only wait until he reached his destination to take action."Ah, but this is way too boring."Luffy wailed and lay back down.Hunger surged back like a tide, even more ferocious than yesterday.He felt like he could eat an entire Sea King.Under the double torture of boredom and hunger, he turned his gaze toward Nika, whom he had forced out to keep him company.At this moment, Nika seemed a bit irritable and prone to anger because her energy consumption was too high and Luffy didn't have a single drop of alcohol here."What are you looking at! You bastard!"Nika glared at him irritably, arms crossed as she floated to the side."Nika, I'm so hungry,"Luffy said weakly, his eyes unconsciously drifting toward Nika as his throat moved. "Do you think...""No! Absolutely not! Are you really thinking about that, you bastard?!"Nika screamed in fright, her limbs flailing, almost on the verge of tears.Luffy's gaze was clearly looking at her as if she were mobile emergency rations!She was the noble Sun God Nika!How could she be treated as food?"Then do a backflip for me to see." Luffy blinked, changing his request."Ha?! What do you take this god for? A pet to entertain you?! Preposterous!" Nika refused righteously.Luffy didn't say anything; he just stared at her silently with a calm gaze, but an invisible pressure began to permeate the air.Nika: "..."A second later."Hmph!"Nika curled her lip reluctantly and nimbly performed a standard backflip on the invisible barrier.After landing, she turned her head away with an expression that said she wasn't doing it voluntarily.Luffy sighed boredly and lay flat again.The two chatted intermittently, mostly with Luffytalking and Nika bickering back.The topic inevitably returned to the battle at Sabaody Archipelago."You couldn't even completely defeat a single Admiral, and you got beaten so badly by your grandfather. How embarrassing!"Nika curled her lip with a look of disdain. "That was a total defeat."Luffy retorted, "Give me a break. If you're so tough, why don't you try it? That was my grandfather, who's basically Admiral-level! I had to face two at once! In this sea, who can win against two Admiral-level opponents at the same time?""That's because you're too weak!""Isn't my power just your power? You gave it to me, yet you're still complaining about this and that.""That's because I didn't have a choice at the time!"...And so, amid the bickering, starving, and constant pain, nearly two more days passed.Just as Luffy felt he was about to lose his mind from hunger and even began to seriously consider the feasibility of Nika as emergency food—Scaring Nika so much she almost retreated back into the consciousness space, never to come out again—He then felt the speed of the shockwave enveloping his body begin to slow down, and his altitude was also dropping.Through the barrier, he could see a lush island appearing below, where the vegetation was unusually tall."Are we finally arriving?"BOOM!
