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[Princess Vivi also didn't expect that Luffy would actually guess her inner thoughts when she was trying to probe him!!!]
[She had witnessed Luffy's battle with Crocodile before. He had "instantly killed" Crocodile with a casual flick. At that time, she was extremely shocked, feeling that this great pirate was indeed powerful!!!]
[But then, seeing that Luffy not only didn't kill Crocodile but instead said, "You can fulfill your duty as a Shichibukai and bring a happy and peaceful life to the common people of this city," Princess Vivi found this kind of talk very strange...]
[Since he's a brutal pirate who killed the Wapol royal family, shouldn't he be inherently evil? Why would he let Crocodile go for such a reason?]
[Although Princess Vivi was young, her keen mind immediately felt that these two so-called "great pirates," with a bounty of 50 million Berries, might really be, as they claimed, a misunderstanding...]
[At that time, Luffy even said to Crocodile that Wapol and his ilk were the real pirates; they were just getting rid of evil.]
[These words would certainly sound like sophistry in other people's ears...]
[But Princess Vivi felt that this situation was not impossible!]
[Because when she was little, she attended a World Summit with her father and met Wapol!! Princess Vivi knew exactly what kind of villain Wapol was!!!]
[So regardless of whether Luffy is a pirate or not, at least killing Wapol is absolutely not an "evil deed"....]
[Killing the villain Wapol + letting "Crocodile, the benevolent man" go. When these two things are put together, it makes Princess Vivi believe that these two so-called "great pirates" are very likely not bad people, but genuinely good people!!!]
[With this psychological guess, Princess Vivi began to follow Luffy and Nami.]
[Along the way, Princess Vivi watched Luffy and Nami act like tourists, showing no signs of being bad people at all. She immediately believed her own conjecture even more!!!]
[Now that she has been discovered by Luffy, if the other party is an extremely evil great pirate, she will certainly lose her life...]
[But if the other party isn't...]
[...Princess Vivi feels that she might be able to entrust the hope of saving the Alabasta Kingdom to the other party!!!]
[There are two paths now: one is to bet wrong and die by the opponent's hand; the other is to bet right, meet the opponent, and even gain the opponent's help...]
["You... How did you know....???"]
[Hearing that Luffy had instantly guessed her inner thoughts, Princess Vivi's mouth slightly opened, and her breathing became rapid...]
[Luffy smiled slightly: "Actually, this isn't hard to guess, is it...?]
["When I was carrying your kingdom's guardian deity, there was another person beside you. That person should be your companion or partner, but you sent him away and chose to follow us alone for so long..."]
["You deliberately sent your companion away to follow us alone. This indicates you have your own objective, and this objective cannot be known by your companion."]
["And you also saw our strength, yet you still risked following us, which shows that compared to your objective, your life is not that important..."]
["Now the only thing I'm curious about is, what kind of matter is it that can make you disregard your own life and want to approach us two 'vicious great pirates'~~~?"]
[Luffy finished his analysis, looking at Vivi with curious eyes~]
Nefeltari Vivi: "My goodness....!!! That Luffy over there actually guessed all my thoughts!!!"
[Although it's his other self, because their personalities are the same, Princess Vivi can completely confirm that the way he thought is exactly how Luffy would think.]
Addendum: "He seems casual, but in reality, he's constantly paying attention to his surroundings, and he has such a meticulous mind and analytical ability. For a guy like this to become a pirate... I'm starting to worry about the Marines on that side..."
Garden: "He really shouldn't just casually give bounties to Red-Haired Luffy~~~"
Marco: "That statement is quite meaningful... He shouldn't casually give bounties to Red-Haired Luffy, so he can casually give bounties to others, right? If Red-Haired Luffy wasn't so strong, I'm afraid no one in the Marine Headquarters would question his actions of issuing bounties to Red-Haired Luffy, would they???"
Borgart: "Hahahaha....!!! Aren't the Marines like that? For those weaker than them, they just want to crush them! But for those strong enough to threaten them, they try to pull them in one way or another!"
Reverie: "Mom's right!! Isn't that how the Shichibukai came to be....?"
Crocodile: "Haha, you're right! So-called Shichibukai are just the World Government's dogs! What a disgrace to pirates...!!!"
[Upon hearing Luffy's analysis, Princess Vivi froze in place~~~]
[Her heart kept pounding. She thought for a moment!!!]
[She looked at Luffy: "I can tell you all my thoughts, but before that, can I ask you a question???"]
["Alright, anyway, we don't have anything urgent to do right now, so speak!" Luffy made a gesture for her to continue~]
[Princess Vivi spoke: "Did you really kill Wapol and those people because they harmed innocent civilians?"]
["Yes."]
["This question doesn't need to be answered specifically." Nami directly gave Princess Vivi a definitive answer.]
[Hearing this answer, Princess Vivi's heart felt slightly at ease, so she asked again: "Alright! Then why didn't you kill Crocodile....?"]
["We agreed to only ask one question!" Luffy directly interrupted Vivi's words, his face showing an unpleasant expression. "Little girl, don't misunderstand, we're not very interested in your story! If you want to talk, talk; if you don't, then leave!!!"]
["Ah....."]
[Suddenly realizing that she seemed to have made a grave mistake, Princess Vivi's face immediately turned pale and strained: "Right.... I'm sorry....."]
["Oh, oh, oh~~~ Don't be afraid, this guy... he's just a man with a sharp tongue and a tofu heart!!!"]
[Nami smiled brightly, reached out, and pulled Princess Vivi to her shoulder, then laughed and said, "Go on, what is it after all? But... I'll put my words out first, we're just listening to a story, we're not guaranteeing to help you with anything~~~"]
[Princess Vivi nodded slightly~]
[Then.... she began to narrate...]
["From about two years ago, the Alabasta Kingdom, besides the capital region, stopped raining in other places. Then the dance powder incident happened. Then, to investigate the truth, she joined Baroque Works, and the clues she recently investigated..."]
[After listening to Princess Vivi's narration, Chopper's eyes suddenly widened: "Nani??? That guy with the hook is actually a big bad guy!!!?"]
["Damn it, that bastard!!! No wonder I always felt he had a very unpleasant look on his face~~~" Nami also clenched her small fists and said angrily.]
[Seeing Chopper and Nami's reactions, Princess Vivi felt relieved...]
[She suddenly knelt before Luffy and Nami: "Please help this country!!! Even if I've found out that the mastermind is Crocodile, no one in our country can defeat him.... The Marines can't possibly help us deal with a Shichibukai.... If your strength is so great, if you are willing to help this country, we can pay you!!!"]
["How much?"]
[Nami's eyes immediately lit up~]
[Hmph~]
[Luffy reached out and lightly flicked Nami's head!!!]
[Nami loves money, Luffy loves money even more!]
[But as the saying goes, a gentleman loves money, but acquires it through proper channels!!!]
[Luffy would never blindly and foolishly become someone else's thug...]
["Honestly, Luffy has only encountered two royal families since he was a child~~~"]
["One was the Goa Kingdom royal family in the East Blue~~~"]
["The other was the Wapol royal family of the Drum Kingdom~~~"]
["No matter which royal family, Luffy's impression of them is extremely bad..."]
["It can even be said to be very poor!!"]
["And after they arrived at Oilana City in the Alabasta Kingdom, they personally witnessed Crocodile dealing with pirates and saving civilians."]
["They also personally saw how much the people here loved and respected Crocodile..."]
["At least from Luffy's first impression, the Alabasta Kingdom's royal family is not 'good stuff'."]
["And now, this little girl in front of him claims to be the princess of the Alabasta Kingdom, and she even calls Crocodile a 'vicious and shameless bastard'!!!"]
["This kind of thing... only a hot-blooded child would easily believe it!!!"]
["Of course, it's precisely because of these things Princess Vivi just narrated that Luffy also became suspicious of Crocodile~~~"]
["In summary... currently, there's no absolute evidence to prove Crocodile is a bad guy, and no absolute evidence to prove this princess in front of him is lying!"]
[So, Luffy slowly said: "Don't talk about money first. If you really want my help...! Tomorrow, at the same time and place, bring me all the information you have on Baroque Works."]
[After saying that, Luffy did not linger. With Chopper in one hand and Nami in the other, he vanished in a flash from the alley!]
[The next day, Princess Vivi arrived as scheduled. After Luffy received the information, he did not ask Princess Vivi for any promises or guarantees, and still left without any hesitation!]
[Going Merry~~~]
[In the war room of the dining hall...]
["All the Baroque Works' data was spread out on the table!"]
[Sanji opened his mouth and said: "Although I've had contact with Baroque Works before, I only had contact with their 'Billion' agents! If we're talking about this part of the data, the information provided here really matches what I understand."]
["This Baroque Works is indeed not 'good stuff'! From the information provided by that girl, Mr. 3, Mr. 4, Mr. 5, Miss Goldenweek, and Miss Valentine, these few people can all be found on the bounty list, and their names are even confirmed."]
["As for the other agents further up, this data only has codenames, no photos, so it's impossible to confirm."]
real identity. But according to this situation, those people must all be wanted criminals!!!"]
[Nami, after several hours of examining the bounty orders and comparing them with the information provided by Princess Vivi, made an analysis.]
["Then what are we waiting for!!! Let's go help the poor little princess!!"]
[Sanji, upon hearing this, his eyes immediately glowed with little red hearts, and he raised both hands and began to spin, as if he was about to become a prince consort...]
["Idiot, shut up!!!"]
[Nami looked up, and her fist, covered in Armament Haki at 400 hardness, instantly landed right on Sanji's head...]
[Then, she looked at Luffy and said, "Luffy, what do you think...?"]
[Luffy's gaze fell on the data of Ms. All Sunday. He pointed at the codename "Ms. All Sunday" and said: "This person is very interesting..."]
["Interesting?" Usopp scratched his head, looking bewildered.]
[Zoro also asked suspiciously: "This person's data only has a codename; everything else is blank! How can you tell she's interesting???"]
[Sanji was overjoyed: "I know!!! Because this Ms. All Sunday is a woman!!!"]
[Duang!!!]
[Nami's 400 Armament Haki-enhanced fist instantly made Sanji calm down again...]
[Luffy explained: "Although this person has no photo and not much information, judging from the clues provided by the girl who claims to be Princess Vivi, if we carefully deduce it...]
[...almost all of the important clues Princess Vivi discovered originate from this Ms. All Sunday."]
Nefeltari Vivi: "Oh my god...!!! How did that Red-Haired Luffy over there's brain grow...? He actually figured this out just from the information I provided!!!"
Nico Robin: "His deduction is completely accurate..."
Garden: "What a formidable fellow..."
[When the crewmates finished listening to Luffy's analysis, they all understood~~~]
["So... this Ms. All Sunday isn't completely loyal to Mr. 0?" Nami slightly furrowed her brows, looking at Luffy.]
[Luffy nodded: "At least from the current situation, that's how it is. Of course... it's also possible that this Ms. All Sunday is Princess Vivi's subordinate, and she hasn't revealed everything to us."]
["Additionally, regarding her conjecture that Mr. 0 is Crocodile, it certainly seems highly probable, but... I cannot jump to conclusions about Crocodile just because of a possibility."]
[At this moment, Buggy laughed heartily: "You mean that Crocodile? He used to hang around in the New World. Later, for some unknown reason, he joined the Shichibukai and stayed in the first half of the Grand Line~~~"]
["Although I don't know what kind of person he is now, from what I knew of him before, he's a very scheming and cunning person!!!"]
["Scheming and cunning..." Hearing this, Luffy's eyebrows slightly furrowed, and he pondered for a while~~~]
[He rubbed his chin: "Looking at it this way, the possibility of what Princess Vivi said... has increased significantly..."]
[Because of Buggy's two sentences, Luffy's trust scale now began to tip from Crocodile's side towards Princess Vivi's side...]
["So what should we do now? Go directly to Crocodile and ask him about it???" Nami suggested.]
[Having fought Crocodile yesterday, Nami already knew Crocodile's strength, so she felt they could use force.]
["No...!!"]
[Luffy shook his head. He thought for a moment, then a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "I have a better way that can directly make the true culprit fall into our trap himself!!"]
["What method?"]
[Everyone was startled upon hearing Luffy's words!!!!]
[He can actually make the mastermind fall into his own trap????]
[Luffy smiled slightly. He took one of the documents and placed it in the center of the table, then pointed his finger at that paper~~~]
[Everyone looked over, only to see three words appear prominently where Luffy's finger pointed...]
[DANCE POWDER!!!]