"Let go of King Cobra! Let go of Princess Vivi!"
The sudden shout made Su Xiaoqi's heart leap with joy and also snapped Vivi out of her trance as she was still in Su Xiaoqi's arms.
"Uh oh, I was enjoying it too much and accidentally forgot my lines," Vivi muttered.
Just as she hesitated whether to continue with her lines, she suddenly recalled the instructions Su Xiaoqi had given them earlier:
"If anything unexpected happens, I'll handle it first. Then you follow my words or signals."
Su Xiaoqi looked toward Kousha and said, "From what I've investigated, you seem to be the leader of the rebels. Capturing these two should help your rebellion, right?"
Koza pointed at Mr. 2 lying on the ground: "We were all fooled by this guy. Now knowing the truth, we won't rebel against this country anymore."
"Our real enemies are you Yorozuya Pirates, Crocodile, and his Baroque Works."
"The leader is right. This time, we will defend our country and drive out your evil pirate gang."
"Yeah, drive them out!"
"Drive them out!"
Su Xiaoqi smiled at the fired-up rebels. With this, the Alabasta rebellion was basically resolved, and next he could fully focus on pranking Nami.
"If you don't want Princess Vivi dead, all of you shut up."
Su Xiaoqi shouted to silence everyone, about to continue, when suddenly Lu Linglong, the adorably clueless girl, started chatting with her hostage 'Cobra'.
"Kaito, what should I do now? Everything's totally messed up."
"Improvise. The script's dead, people are alive. Just remember the theme: prank Nami."
"Can I add some extra scenes for myself?"
"Do as you please. Su Xiaoqi will cover for you anyway."
Su Xiaoqi felt like going crazy. "Can you two at least pay attention to the situation? Want me to bring you some chairs and sunflower seeds so you can chat leisurely?"
"No way, can't let Lu Linglong improvise freely or we'll get exposed sooner or later."
Thinking this, Su Xiaoqi yelled up to the rooftop, "Captain Chopper, let our Princess Vivi and these foolish citizens see our captain, Nami!"
Instantly, everyone's gaze focused on Chopper atop the roof.
Chopper, nervous facing thousands of eyes below, took a deep breath and shouted, "You idiots, open your eyes wide! This is our Yorozuya Pirates captain, Nami!"
With his words, Nami's figure slowly appeared before everyone.
"Huh? Why is there another Nami there?"
Luffy looked puzzled at the screen showing Nami. The others glanced at the real Nami, already guessing what Su Xiaoqi was up to with this big production.
He was about to prank Nami badly.
Yet the real Nami, seeing her image on the screen, showed no anger or rage—only an unusually calm expression.
"Everyone, if I kill Su Xiaoqi, you'll help me, right?"
At Rohala, no one expected the Yorozuya Pirates' captain to be such a young woman. No matter how they looked, they couldn't connect her with the fierce and cruel pirate image.
Vivi, after catching Su Xiaoqi's look, immediately slipped into character and shouted, "What's your purpose here? Like Crocodile, are you trying to steal this country?"
"Nami" sneered, "Don't compare me to trash like Crocodile. I've beaten that kind of pirate scum every time I see them, until they dare not show their faces."
"As for my purpose, of course…"
Lu Linglong interrupted from below, "Our purpose is all the treasures of Alabasta."
"Old man, hand over all the money. You don't want your princess to become this man's plaything, do you?"
Su Xiaoqi and Zhu Zhuqing exchanged looks, speechless at Lu Linglong adding so much to her role.
Kaito, watching Lu Linglong's face flush with excitement, thought: "You call that improvising?"
Kousha shouted, "No way! We will never hand over the country's treasure or Princess Vivi to evil pirates like you!"
His words ended, and the former rebels raised their guns at Su Xiaoqi and the others.
"Stop!" Cobra yelled, looking at Lu Linglong, "You can have all the country's treasure, but don't harm my people. No matter where you run, this country and the World Government will never let you go."
Lu Linglong looked up at 'Nami' and asked, "Captain 'Nami,' this old guy dared to threaten us. Should we take care of him?"
Both 'Nami' and 'Cobra' twitched their mouths, feeling Lu Linglong was way too into the role. Vivi looked at Su Xiaoqi, silently asking what to do now?
Su Xiaoqi could only hope to end this quickly. If Lu Linglong kept going wild, he had no idea where things would lead.
Anyway, his goal to prank Nami was almost complete. After the Alabasta incident, Nami's bounty would surely rise. But before leaving, he had to add one last spark.
Glancing at the Baroque Works operatives itching to act, Su Xiaoqi chose his targets: Mr.1 and Mr.2 were for Zoro and Sanji to train on; the female partner next to Mr.1 was unnecessary.
He launched a ki blast sending her flying, then looked at Mr.1: "Monk, tell your boss the partner by his side is good. If he wants that thing, bring her to the kingdom's capital to find us."
He already imagined Nami seeing this would definitely bring her knife to the capital, probably forgetting about Robin.
Playtime's over. Those who had to board Luffy's ship still had to go—Luffy was a friend after all.
"Huh?" Lu Linglong whispered, "Kaito, isn't this supposed to be our farewell line? Why is Su Xiaoqi ending so soon? I still have so many lines to say."
"Because of your 'extra performance,'" Kaito silently complained. "Alright, that's enough for now. We'll play next time."
"Okay," Lu Linglong pouted reluctantly. She felt like a switch had been flipped inside her and she couldn't stop.
Su Xiaoqi and Lu Linglong threw smoke bombs prepared by Kaito on the ground. Amid the chaos, the four of them rushed to the rooftop to join Zhu Zhuqing, Chopper, and Tokisaki Kurumi.
Lu Linglong stared at the crowd below. Suddenly, a classic anime line popped into her mind, perfect as today's closing.
So, amid everyone's bafflement, Lu Linglong slowly spoke:
"Everyone down there, listen up."
"No one was born standing on the heavens—neither you, nor me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacant throne in the sky is about to end. From now on, our Yorozuya Pirates captain Nami will stand at the top!"
*Thud!* Su Xiaoqi collapsed to the ground, thinking the biggest mistake in his plan was letting Lu Linglong join.
Who does she think she is, Sosuke Aizen?