"Ha ha ha."
Su Xiaoqi, flying in the air, laughed heartily, bending forward and backward with joy. He was very much looking forward to what interesting things would happen when Smoker met this group.
Zhu Zhuqing looked at her boyfriend's gleeful expression with curiosity and asked, "Tell me, what kind of mischievous things did you do earlier? And what's going on with that Tashigi?"
"Eh?"
Hearing this, Vivi and Chopper were startled — was there some other story behind this?
Su Xiaoqi smiled and said, "Not yet, I'll slowly explain it to you when we reach the next city."
Alabasta, the city of Rohara, inside a certain inn.
Vivi and Chopper's facial expressions were priceless after hearing what Su Xiaoqi had done before. Zhu Zhuqing pinched him irritably and said, "How big is your grudge against Nami, really?"
"Of course, if I don't give her some punishment this time, I just can't swallow this anger."
Su Xiaoqi thought of that night and felt furious — it was the darkest moment of his life.
"Vivi, this plan is only halfway done, the rest needs your help. Are you willing?"
Facing Su Xiaoqi's gaze, Vivi found it hard to say "no," but since Nami was also her good sister, she still wanted to try to negotiate, "So what should I do next?"
"Nami has a chat group with Su Xiaoqi and can meet him often, but I'm different. So please let me think of myself this once."
After convincing herself, Vivi began to listen seriously to Su Xiaoqi's next plan.
Ten minutes later, Vivi, Zhu Zhuqing, and Chopper all opened their mouths wide in shock. They never expected Su Xiaoqi would set such a trap for Nami — this was just too cruel.
"Um… is it too late for me to back out now?"
Vivi panicked inside. If Nami found out the role she played in Su Xiaoqi's plan, they might become enemies right there and then.
"Vivi, I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, if Nami pursues it, I will take responsibility for you. Besides, this is way more interesting than your undercover work at Baroque Works."
Vivi looked at Su Xiaoqi and asked, "Will you really be responsible for me?"
"Of course." Su Xiaoqi nodded seriously.
Vivi blushed and lowered her head, whispering, "Then I'll follow your lead."
Zhu Zhuqing was speechless beside them. Their conversation seemed not on the same wavelength at all.
She had noticed Vivi stealing glances at Su Xiaoqi before. At first she found it strange, but now she understood — this princess seemed to have feelings for her man.
Zhu Zhuqing wouldn't interfere whether Su Xiaoqi would seek other women later; she knew he had boundaries and wouldn't go too far.
Otherwise, back in Douluo Continent, he could have already gotten Ning Rongrong and Meng Yiran — both had shown obvious signs, anyone not blind could see that.
After fully letting go of her worries, Vivi gave some opinions on Su Xiaoqi's previous plan. Since they were going to play, they might as well go all out — after all, Su Xiaoqi would be responsible for her.
Su Xiaoqi admired Vivi now; no wonder she was a Baroque Works trainee undercover for two and a half years, she really had skills.
Zhu Zhuqing watched the two getting more and more enthusiastic and sighed quietly — this princess wasn't far from being completely led astray.
Nearby, Chopper shivered, already imagining how furious Nami would be later.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Nami and the others were also very lively.
Tashigi woke up not long after Su Xiaoqi left. To prevent her from escaping, with Zoro's approval, Nami first tied her up. As for how to convince her, that was up to Zoro.
If reasoning didn't work, then, as Su Xiaoqi said, just knock her out.
Sakata Gintoki and Sanji, after their common 'enemy' Su Xiaoqi left, both wanted to show off in front of the girls, so their alliance broke down and they started bickering again.
In a bad mood, Nami occasionally punched them a few times to vent her frustration on these two poor guys.
Lu Linglong and Kaya chatted the whole way, while Luffy and Usopp were looking for Fire Fist Ace.
However, instead of calling Ace out, the two accidentally attracted Smoker.
When Smoker saw Nami at that moment, the scene Su Xiaoqi had been waiting for began to unfold.
Smoker ignored Luffy this time and fixed his gaze on Nami and the white-haired, deadpan-eyed man carrying a wooden sword labeled 'Lake Toya' on his waist.
"The Straw Hat Pirates and the Yorozuya seem very close — is this really an alliance?"
Sakata Gintoki, feeling uncomfortable under Smoker's gaze, cursed, "Smokehead, why do you keep staring at Gintoki? Gintoki's not interested in greasy old uncles like you."
Smoker ignored the insult and said calmly, "You're Sakata Gintoki of Yorozuya, right?"
Gintoki was stunned for a moment and said, "That's right. If you want Gintoki's autograph, you won't get it."
Smoker looked at Nami, "Then you must be Nami?"
Nami frowned slightly, finding his questions strange, so she didn't answer.
Smoker continued, "Did you kill that East Blue rat colonel?"
"So that's what this is about." Nami cursed Su Xiaoqi in her mind again, then said, "I don't know any rat or whatever you're talking about."
Smoker took a puff of his cigar. "Release Tashigi. You two come with me to Marine Headquarters for investigation, or I'll arrest everyone here."
"Arrest me?" Nami sneered, "I'm not in a good mood today, I suggest you don't mess with me."
Sakata Gintoki stepped forward, "Nami-chan, let Gintoki teach him a lesson."
But what greeted Gintoki was a solid punch from Nami. "Do you know Armament Haki? Can you even cut him?"
"Bad temper, hitting even his own allies when he gets angry." Smoker silently tagged Nami in his mind again.
"Then I'll personally take you in. I won't go easy on you just because you're a woman."
Smoker used his usual attack — turning his body into smoke and flying toward Nami.
Nami raised her hand to stop the others who wanted to act. "All of you, stay put. I want to take this guy down myself."
Seeing Smoker getting closer, Nami formed three simple hand seals and shouted, "Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet!"
"Damn, this woman actually has a Water Fruit power."
Smoker was shocked at the rapidly approaching water dragon, but at close range he had no time to dodge and got hit hard.
"Is that all?"
Nami looked at the drenched Smoker lying on the ground with contempt. She slowly took out a coin, mimicked Misaka Mikoto's signature move, and flicked the coin.
"So strong."
"So scary."
"Can't mess with her."
"Nami-chan is the best."
These were the thoughts of everyone present at that moment. Just as they thought it was over with Smoker fainted, Nami walked up to him, clenched her fist, and said,
"I let you choose Vivi."
"I let you abandon me."
"Su Xiaoqi, you bastard."
Seeing their captain beaten up like a pig's head, Tashigi broke free from Zoro's hand that was covering her mouth and cried, "Please stop hitting him! If you let Smoker captain go, I'm willing to join you."
Hearing this, Nami stopped her action and turned to everyone with a sweet smile, "Everyone, did you just see anything?"
"No, we didn't see anything."
Everyone present shook their heads vigorously and answered in unison.