"Bang—"
An angry Smoker punched the ground, creating a large hole. In the end, he still couldn't rescue Tashigi, and that bastard escaped.
What angered him the most was that he still didn't know what kind of Devil Fruit power the opponent used.
Smoker clenched his teeth while looking at the photo of Nami in his hand. He certainly didn't fully believe what Su Xiaoqi just said, but...
"Nami, Sakata Gintoki, and the Yorozuya crew—if these things are true, I definitely won't let you off."
On the other side, when Su Xiaoqi appeared with the unconscious Tashigi, everyone was stunned. Among them, Sanji and Sakata Gintoki were especially furious.
Sakata Gintoki shouted angrily, "You evil Saiyan, what did you do to the cute little sister Tashigi? Did you do this and that to her first and then that and that?"
Sanji right beside him followed up, "How can you do this and still be worthy of Takeqing? The two of us will represent all women to punish you."
"Both of you shut up!"
"Bang bang" — Nami knocked out the two jokers with two punches, then looked at Su Xiaoqi: "Alright, tell me, why did you bring her here and what are you planning?"
Su Xiaoqi felt like laughing when he saw Nami, but he also knew Smoker wouldn't easily believe him. But so what? That was just the beginning; the real show was yet to come.
Su Xiaoqi placed Tashigi in front of Zoro and looked at him: "Zoro, don't you think she looks a lot like your childhood friend Kuina?"
"I can tell you responsibly that Tashigi is actually Kuina's long-lost sister. I brought her here to make sure you take responsibility for looking after her."
Zoro's eyes widened upon hearing this. He was unwilling to believe such nonsense, but after experiencing so many strange things in this world, he thought maybe it wasn't impossible.
Tashigi looked at her boyfriend acting so seriously and knew this bad guy was definitely up to something again.
As for the others, the Straw Hat crew who hadn't watched *One Piece* were somewhat more inclined to believe Su Xiaoqi, but the group members who had watched *One Piece* didn't believe it at all.
Unless they were watching completely different versions of *One Piece,* which was unlikely.
Su Xiaoqi also knew just saying this wouldn't be convincing enough, so he looked at Lu Linglong and Nami: "Your *One Piece* anime is still ongoing, but where I come from, the *One Piece* manga has already ended. This news was revealed near the finale."
"Otherwise, how could there be two people who look exactly alike and both love swordsmanship?"
"The truth is only one: they are twin sisters."
Su Xiaoqi's confident and reasoned explanation actually scared Nami and Lu Linglong a bit. If you said he was talking nonsense, he had a point.
Just then, the unconscious Tashigi woke up, but the next second, Su Xiaoqi knocked her out again with a palm strike.
Everyone watching twitched at the lack of mercy. This guy really had no pity for the ladies.
Su Xiaoqi explained to Zoro: "She can't hear this yet. If she starts searching for the truth now, it's just like sending her to die."
"I won't say more. It's up to you to decide whether to take her with you to find the truth—along with Kuina's part."
Su Xiaoqi's last words struck a chord with Zoro. After a moment of silence, he looked at Luffy: "Luffy, I want to take her with us. Is that okay?"
Luffy smiled: "Of course, no question."
"Nice."
Su Xiaoqi was pleased and looked at Zoro: "But I have to warn you, when I brought her here, I offended that smoke man. He'll definitely try to take Tashigi back from you."
"With his strength, you can't protect Tashigi, and because of us, the original timeline might change. If you don't want anything to happen to her, be prepared to guard her with your life."
Zoro nodded heavily, "I won't let the tragedy happen a second time. But how should I talk to this Tashigi?"
Su Xiaoqi smiled: "That's easy. With her scatterbrained personality, just coax her a little. If that doesn't work, just put her to sleep. Anyway, you like Kuina, and they're basically the same."
Zoro blushed and shouted: "Don't talk nonsense here! There's nothing between Kuina and me!"
Su Xiaoqi patted Zoro's shoulder and smiled: "We're all men here, I get it."
Sanji looked at Sakata Gintoki and whispered: "White hair, what do you think about this?"
Sakata Gintoki thought for a moment: "From what I know about him, I think he's probably talking nonsense, but I have no evidence. But no matter what, you've got another girl on the ship. Isn't that good?"
Sanji nodded: "True, it's a bonus for that green-haired guy."
After settling the Tashigi matter, Su Xiaoqi looked at everyone: "Next, I won't move with you guys. I'll go with Zhu Zhuqing and Vivi to check other places. Contact me in the group if anything happens."
"Eh?"
Vivi was the most surprised. She didn't expect Su Xiaoqi to single her out. Could it be that he actually likes her?
Nami was unhappy and came up to Su Xiaoqi to ask: "Why split up? What if we run into Crocodile? Who will protect me?"
Su Xiaoqi rolled his eyes: "Do you still need protection? Your railgun and those water-style ninjutsu can pin Crocodile down easily."
"Besides, if I'm here, how do Luffy and the others get stronger? I can't do everything alone."
Su Xiaoqi's words were echoed by Luffy, who shouted seriously for once: "We can't rely on Su Xiaoqi for everything. I'll punch Crocodile away."
Zoro also said: "I want to see how much my training these days improved me. I'll handle Mr. 1."
Sanji looked at Zhu Zhuqing: "Zhuqing, you better watch him closely. Don't let him lay a hand on Vivi."
"Uh…" Usopp timidly asked Su Xiaoqi: "Can Kaya and I come with you guys?"
Su Xiaoqi looked at Usopp seriously: "Usopp, you're destined to be a brave warrior of the sea. I believe you can protect Kaya well."
"I understand." Usopp nodded.
Chopper jumped on Su Xiaoqi's shoulder: "I want to come play with you, okay?"
Su Xiaoqi looked at Kaya: "Kaya, can you manage on your own?"
Kaya nodded: "Chopper has taught me a lot. This time will be a good training for me."
Su Xiaoqi smiled and said to everyone: "Then we'll meet up later at the kingdom's capital."
After Zhu Zhuqing and the others nodded, they flew into the sky using the flying skill from the millennium soul bone she had drawn before.
Her soul power level had reached 50, just one soul ring short of becoming the youngest Soul King in the history of Douluo Continent.
Vivi said goodbye to her little yellow duck, then put on a bamboo dragonfly and flew up, looking back at everyone: "See you all then."
Su Xiaoqi held Chopper and flew up, smiling at Nami: "Nami, you're really cute today. Remember to protect yourself."
Nami shouted back: "Even if you compliment me now, I won't be happy, you bastard who abandoned me."
Sakata Gintoki watched Su Xiaoqi, pinched his chin, and muttered: "I feel something's off. This guy being so kind? Suspicious."
Lu Linglong thoughtfully looked at Nami, sensing that something bad might happen to her soon.
After all, their "grudge" was common knowledge in the chat group. Su Xiaoqi must have some scheme behind this.