"Your Royal Highness, are we really going to find a group of pirates for help?" Igaram, who looks like he is wearing a blond curly wig on his head, asked with hesitation on his face.
"By making this move, we may appear to be defecting from Baroque Works, and we will lose the opportunity to find his hidden boss."
"And that Brook was also a pirate before, right? How can you believe the words of a pirate?"
"That Shin's moniker is the Plunderer! He's a super scary character with a bounty of more than 1 billion Berry!"
"He is also a member of the Whitebeard Pirates. Whitebeard is a terrifying great pirate!"
Igaram chattered to the girl with royal blue hair on the deck. That girl was Vivi, the princess of the kingdom of Alabasta.
At this moment, when Vivi listened to Igaram's words, her whole body began to tremble. "Okay, let's not talk about it. In the past two years in Baroque Works, haven't we found out anything? What can we do if we don't seek external help to try something new?"
"And, of course, I know how terrifying Shin the Plunderer is. If you say this again... if you say it again..."
Looking up, she saw Vivi trembling all over, tears in her eyes. "I won't even dare to go there."
After contemplating for a while, the master and servant decided it was too dangerous; they would talk about this later.
At this moment, several crew members from the Kingdom of Alabasta said, "Your Royal Highness! A pirate ship is chasing us!"
"That ship is from Baroque Works! It's so fast, they're about to catch up!"
"What! Hurry up!" Vivi and Igaram shouted.
With great haste, they hurried toward the Azure Dragon.
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"They're coming."
"And they're waving a white flag."
"It's not easy to sail freely on this sea. One day, when our flagship becomes famous, we will intimidate other ships with our presence alone."
"By the way, is the other party's white flag really meant for us? It seems someone is chasing them."
Shin and the others looked at the fast-moving ships behind them, chatting on the deck out of boredom. As for the ship, it was steering itself. After all, Shin still had the Soul-Soul Fruit in his hands, so the Azure Dragon had long since been awakened as a Homie.
It's just that Shin rarely extracts human souls, so he uses some animal souls instead. Therefore, although the Azure Dragon could steer itself, it could hardly speak.
"So it has nothing to do with us?" Shin said indifferently. "I rarely see a chase scene at sea."
A loud scream echoed, "Help!" The ship soon approached the Azure Dragon within about 100 meters, and Vivi stretched out her hand, constantly signaling for help from the people on the Azure Dragon.
"They really are looking for us," Shin said in surprise and stretched out a hand.
The Float-Float Fruit ability that had just been obtained activated instantly, and the two ships that originally seemed some distance apart quickly drew closer under the surging waves.
"Who are you? Huh? Princess Vivi of Alabasta." After the two ships approached, Shin asked directly but suddenly recognized the blue-haired girl.
There are actually some differences between two-dimensional and three-dimensional appearances. After all, if you look closely, you'll notice that many women in anime have different hair colors and hairstyles but look nearly identical. In reality, this is impossible.
Princess Vivi's royal blue hair and Igaram's distinctive blond wig-like hair made it easy for Shin to recognize her.
"Igaram, is it true that he is a pervert as reported in the newspaper? He already knows me!" Princess Vivi exclaimed, causing Shin's expression to darken immediately.
The so-called rumors spread easily, but refuting them is nearly impossible. When Morgans decided to attract attention, the rumors in the newspapers became Shin's biggest label, second only to his ability to plunder Devil Fruits. The bird tried to retract the statements, but it was too late.
Even if Shin wanted Morgans to publish an apology for him in the newspaper, people would likely assume Shin had threatened Morgans rather than believing the truth.
That's why Shin simply plucked Morgans' feathers out and destroyed his hair follicles with the Munch-Munch Fruit but didn't bother forcing him to refute the rumors—it would have only made things worse.
But now that even the princess of Alabasta was speaking like this, Shin couldn't help but feel frustrated.
"Plunderer, if you dare to do anything to the princess, I'll make you pay!" Igaram stood in front of Vivi, though he was trembling all over, trying to appear heroic.
"No, if you're willing to help Alabasta, even if it's my body you want as a reward..."
"Enough of you!" Shin finally roared uncontrollably. Although he had never developed Conqueror's Haki, the presence of a top-tier powerhouse and his Azure Dragon Fruit ability still overwhelmed Igaram and Princess Vivi, making them collapse on the deck.
The two of them were so frightened by Shin's roar that they hugged each other and cried.
Violet couldn't help but chuckle.
'Oh dear, this scene reminds me of the first time I met Shin.'
Shin glared at her fiercely. She hurriedly looked up at the sky, pretending to look at the clouds.
Shin remembered very clearly that the first person who labeled him as a pervert was Violet!
"Hurry up and stand up!" Shin waved his hand impatiently. "If you keep annoying me, I'll throw you onto the ship behind us!"
Sure enough, as soon as he said this, both Princess Vivi and Igaram immediately stopped crying and stood up.
"Tell me what's going on, and how did you recognize me?" Shin frowned and asked directly.
"Yes, it was Mr. Brook who told me! We met Mr. Brook at Whiskey Peak," Princess Vivi said with a terrified expression.
"Brook? That makes sense. He has to pass through here if he wants to return to the Red Line," Shin nodded.
And that guy Brook is actually a huge pervert. Although he's not as extreme as Sanji, if a beautiful girl asks for help, he'll definitely agree.
Obviously, Princess Vivi fits the criteria of a beautiful girl.
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