CHAPTER 50: Help

The Sunny set sail, saying goodbye to the Crocus, and headed slowly towards the first stop on the Grand Line, Whiskey Peak.

Luffy entered the activity room and immediately saw Nami interrogating Vivi.

Faced with the "ferocious" Nami, Vivi weakly confessed everything, even revealing her true identity.

"So you're a princess? The princess of Alabasta..." Nami's expression gradually softened, and a Berries symbol appeared in her eyes.

The fruits were eaten, there was no way to turn back time, so now they had to limit the damage.

A princess was a very suitable target for extortion... and compensation!

When Vivi saw Luffy, she became even more scared and quickly said, "I... I'll make up for it... I was really hungry and wanted to find something to eat. I didn't know it was... something magical, like a Devil Fruit."

Nami immediately broke into a friendly smile and said, "So, Princess Vivi, how much money are you willing to compensate?"

"Fi... Fifty thousand Berries, what do you think?" Vivi's voice became smaller and smaller, almost inaudible.

"Fifty thousand?!" Nami grabbed Vivi's collar furiously again, shaking her back and forth. "Are you stupid? If you could buy something like that for fifty thousand, I'd buy a whole box myself!"

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...that's all my savings."

Vivi felt like crying, but she had no tears. His head hurt from being shaken so much.

"I was an idiot for expecting that. If you were rich, would you come here to steal food because you were hungry?"

"Yes..."

Vivi's stomach cooperated and made a growling sound. The young woman's face turned red.

Luffy watched the two girls arguing and couldn't help but laugh.

He sat down next to Nami and asked, "What two techniques have you mastered?"

"Geppo and Shigan..."

Vivi bit her lip. She knew that the person in front of her was the real decision maker, the captain.

"Please don't throw me into the sea to feed the fish. When I return to the kingdom, I will definitely make it up to you!"

When you return to the kingdom, you will probably be taken away by Baroque Works along the way!

Luffy thought to himself and smiled, "Your kingdom is currently in rebellion, in chaos. I'm afraid there won't be much money for compensation. Furthermore, the Rokushiki fruit is something that not even money can buy."

"How should we deal with her, Luffy?" Nami sighed helplessly.

"Selling the princess as a slave should fetch a good price." Luffy smiled.

"That's a good idea, as expected of you, Luffy~" Nami's eyes sparkled, full of agreement.

The two sang in harmony, scaring Vivi until she turned pale.

"I'm sorry!! Please, not that... I'm willing to do anything, please spare me!"

The fate of being sold into slavery was obvious for a princess.

"Hahahaha."

Luffy couldn't help but laugh. It was fun to scare the little girl.

Nami glared at him and sighed, "I was just messing with you. We're not those low-level pirates who do such boring things."

"Thanks!" Vivi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"But you still have to make up for it! Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep at night!"

"I... I understand, I will find a way..."

Vivi nodded vigorously, afraid that those Luffy and that evil woman would change their minds.

Luffy shook his head and said, "The black market price for a Devil Fruit is at least a hundred million Berries, and the Rokushiki fruit is even rarer and has no side effects. The price is even higher."

One hundred million!!

Vivi's heart almost stopped beating. If it were old Alabasta, it wouldn't be a problem to come up with that money, but now...

"As far as I know, Alabasta is now being targeted by Crocodile. It won't be long before you are no longer a princess, but a princess of a fallen kingdom, with no money for compensation."

Hearing this suddenly, Vivi trembled and looked at him in disbelief: "How... How do you know? Who are you?"

"I am Monkey D. Luffy, my grandfather is Monkey D. Garp, Vice Admiral of the Naval Headquarters."

"The Navy hero's grandson?"

Vivi's mouth fell open, realizing that this identity was perhaps not inferior to that of a princess... In fact, in a sense, it could even be superior.

This is the high-ranking central figure of the Three Great Powers of the Grand Line, a prominent figure in the Navy!

"Crocodile?" Nami asked confused.

"Just like Mihawk we met before, he is one of the Seven Shichibukai, nicknamed 'king of the desert'." Explained Luffy.

Vivi looked at Luffy in a daze, her head in complete chaos.

After a while, she became excited:

"What does this mean?!"

"Do you know what Crocodile did in Alabasta? Did you find out from the Marines?"

"If that's the case, why didn't the Marines act?!"

Ah, she discovered a blind spot, you are very smart.

Luffy chuckled lightly.

Crocodile is a pirate. A pirate who went to Alabasta and became a 'hero'. If you say that he turned over a new leaf and started a new life, even the Five Elders would probably laugh.

He must be planning something, but considering he's a Shichibukai, a government lapdog, they just don't want to bother.

"I know you are anxious, but don't forget that you are currently my prisoner, Princess Vivi."

Luffy raised his hand and explained to her the rules of how this world works.

After listening, Vivi muttered in a daze:

"No wonder when I reported to the Marines I never heard back... No one came to take a look, no one cared what was going on in Alabasta!"

They know, or rather, they can guess some situations, but they cannot intervene and nor do they want to.

After all, the Marines are considered one of the Three Great Powers of the Grand Line, but to put it bluntly, they are still the dogs of the World Government.

Without government approval, the Marines cannot act against the Shichibukai.

Even if Vivi went to Sengoku and presented all the evidence of what Crocodile did, there would be no results.

Vivi, impressed by this, had tears welling up in her eyes, falling one by one.

She bit her lip hard, drawing blood.

"Alabasta... the rebel army deceived by Crocodile, the suffering people... have they no hope?"

She clenched her fist, but only felt profound helplessness.

At age 14, she abandoned her princess status and infiltrated Baroque Works to investigate the mastermind behind domestic turmoil.

After two years, she finally learned a name.

Behind it all, was that Shichibukai, Crocodile.

She finally saw a glimmer of hope. As long as she could obtain solid evidence and submit it to the Marines, everything that Alabasta had suffered would pass, the suffering would end, and the country would welcome hope.

However, now someone said to her: "You are very naive."

"Haha... Luffy, don't bully her," Nami sighed deeply, looking at the pitiful Vivi and feeling empathy.

Luffy opened his hands. "I'm just helping you vent, that's all. Whose side are you on, Nami?"

She gave him a disdainful look.

Nami hugged Vivi, patting her head and comforting her with a smile.

"Don't cry. Even though he scared you this whole time, when he says something like that, he really wants to help you!"

"Huh?"

Vivi was stunned, her teary eyes looking at Nami and then at Luffy.

Luffy rested his face on his hand and laughed.

"Don't look at me like that. I just think Crocodile is a little too arrogant. So I'm going to teach him a lesson."

(End of chapter)

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