The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

bullfighting arena,

"Aren't you coming over?"

But in just a few minutes, there were only two standing figures left in the entire arena.

Roman dressed as a magician, and Rebecca standing on the edge of the ring! ——As for the others, except for a few 'junjie' who dived by themselves, they were all lying on the ring.

It's easier to face the fighting fish in the water around the ring than to face this devil with all kinds of tricks, right?

"How can you defeat me if you don't come over?"

Facing Roman's words, Rebecca, who tightened her sword tightly, was speechless. Now she is in the most 'favorable' terrain for her, maybe she can still fight! If you take the initiative to attack...

"It turned out to be like this, luring the opponent to the edge of the field by avoiding the opponent's attack, and then standing on the edge of the field and knocking the opponent out of the field when the opponent who came to attack was unprepared."

"Using the rules of the arena to 'go out of bounds' to win, no wonder it is called 'Backwater Sword Dance'. It's a good tactic, but:"

Facing the motionless Rebecca, Roman stretched out his hand to grab it, and a whip appeared in his hand. With a flick of his hand, the black shadow landed on Rebecca's position in a flash, instantly cutting a smooth crack in the arena, so that she could dodge it just in the nick of time!

No, it's not that Rebecca avoided it, but that Roman deliberately slapped it wrong.

"Look, if it's 'Admiral' Orombus, he can easily suppress you with a long-range whip."

With a flip of Roman's wrist, the long whip in his hand turned into a long sword, and then swept across the air:

Puff!

The crescent-shaped sword energy instantly crossed the ring, making Rebecca lean back to the ground to dodge urgently! The sword energy streaked across the tip of her nose and submerged into the audience behind her! In the next second, a long sword was pointed at her throat from top to bottom, causing the girl to roll sideways in embarrassment.

"Different from the gladiators here who are used to head-to-head combat, the swordsmen on the sea basically have the 'sword energy' of long-range attacks with one or two hands. Although the damage is not as high as that of a physical sword, your 'defense' is equally deadly."

"What does this guy think of wrestling?"

Cavendish, the most powerful, used the famous sword "Durandall" to support himself in a half-squat, watching Roman, who was constantly changing weapons and "fighting" with Rebecca, the corners of his mouth twitched.

"Although I heard that the White Knights of the Straw Hats like to 'train people', I didn't expect that they would point out their opponents during the competition..."

On-site teaching, hello?

"So the limitations of pure defense and counterattack are very large, especially in this world with all kinds of weird abilities-stand up!"

"yes,"

Looking at Rebecca who nodded obediently, Roman touched the mask, looking like a child can be taught. Fortunately, at this time, Luffy's crying came from the building where the gladiators were resting next to him, bringing him back to his senses.

Ah, I accidentally committed an occupational disease again!

When I meet "one of my own people", I can't help but want to strengthen the opponent's combat power... And:

"Sorry, Rebecca."

?

"I'm going to end the battle." Facing Roman's words, Rebecca, who had been pointed out by him, was taken aback, and immediately focused on her guard! But the next moment:

brush,

In a blink of an eye, the scenery in front of Rebecca, holding the sword in front of her, turned into an arched passage.

The passage of the gladiators!

"Why... Could it be!?"

Rebecca, who turned around suddenly, looked behind her, and there was a spotless figure in a suit and top hat standing on the 'corps-strewn' arena. mask--

"Finally, in the face of strange ability users,"

Roman turned his head and looked at Rebecca, who was already 'out of bounds' and lost, at a loss.

"If you don't have a powerful armed force, you won't even know how you died."

···········

"Oh oh oh oh! The winner of Area D is the mysterious 'magician' Neo! He brought us a wonderful 'magic show'—of course, it would be even better if the audience could not be affected!"

Clap clap! ! !

There was thunderous applause. Although he was "overwhelmed first", in any case, Roman's battle was definitely a combination of "mysterious", "elegant" and "powerful"! And being strong is the most 'beautiful' thing in the whole new world.

It's like if Aunt says she is the most beautiful woman in the world, how many people in the whole world, or even the New World, would dare to object?

No!

Another example is Lao Cai's fiancée, "Huo Lisha", the contemporary pillar of the Erbao Navy, in terms of looks... it can only be said that he and Lao Cai are very "husband and wife". But what about Lao Cai's looks...and that 'girl' already has 25 husbands! All kinds of puppies and handsome men are available—this is the privilege of the strong.

"It's wonderful! Lord Neo!!"

"It's such a powerful 'magic', but I just can't understand it..."

"Nonsense, you can understand this lord's method?"

"It's a pity that the mad king's granddaughter was not thrown down to taste the betta fish..."

Snapped,

Rebecca, who understood what happened, sat on the ground slumped, she was defeated! And it was a complete loss. The mysterious magician named 'Neo' faced her completely by 'pointing' rather than fighting. In this case:

If the other party gets serious, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch even one move, right?

"Your physical strength is too weak,"

A calm voice sounded in front of her, causing Rebecca to raise her head. Although the other party was wearing a mask, she seemed to be able to imagine the dissatisfied expression behind the other party's mask.

"The legs are weak after just playing for a while? A strong man must have plenty of physical strength..."

"yes!"

Of course Rebecca, who stood up quickly, would not explain the excuse of 'I fell down because I was frustrated after losing'. but:

Lost, even the last glimmer of hope is gone. Without the devil fruit ability, how could he be Doflamingo's opponent?

"Okay, don't look like you're going to cry."

Roman patted Rebecca's shoulder to comfort him: "You must know that you are only 16 now, and Lucy and I are at your age, so I am afraid that you will be hanged and beaten by you. You are already very strong, - of course, in the future training And don't let up."

"····yes,"

Rebecca, with tears in her eyes, couldn't help but smile, what should the man in front of her say? Obviously he wanted to seduce him, but he was unmoved; if he wanted to hurt him, it didn't matter; but when he was in the ring, he acted like an instructor admonishing others; now that he won, he was earnest...

It doesn't match your mysterious temperament at all~~

"Mr. Neo is such a nice guy."

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"What are you talking about! I hate people saying that I'm a'good person'," Roman waved his hand speechlessly after receiving a "good person card" for no reason, "I'm leaving, don't be depressed——"

"It's hard to say whether Doflamingo will survive today."

! ?

In the eyes of Rebecca who turned her head suddenly, only the back of the mysterious magician was slowly leaving.

"Unfortunately, not a knight."

The girl muttered to herself, then shook her head amusedly.

No way, you're not a little girl anymore, Rebecca!

Brace yourself, even if it's you—

Also fight!

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"Wow, wow, ah, I... I thought... never again..."

"Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow

When Roman found Luffy, he was crying with another gentleman with wavy blond hair and wearing noble plain clothes!

"Hey, isn't this Sabo, Chief of Staff of the Revolutionary Army?"

As the behind-the-scenes 'financier' who had secretly funded the Revolutionary Army, Roman certainly knew Sabo, but at that time he was a navy 'white dove'.

Click,

The mask split from the middle, and automatically retreated to the sides and disappeared, revealing Roman's true face. Anyway, those present are:

"Oh oh oh oh, the true face of the white knight brother!!! It's too dazzling——"

Bartolomeo next to him fell back on the ground in excitement, forming an arch bridge shape. Let Roman nodded, this flexibility is not bad.

"Roman, this is my brother Sabo! Whoa, I always thought he was dead..."

"Sabo, this is my partner Roman!"

Sabo, who wiped his face, straightened the noble scarf named 'Krabat' on his chest, and then bowed seriously to Roman.

"Luffy has always been taken care of by Your Excellency, which makes my incompetent brother feel ashamed. ——Thank you!"

"It's okay, I'm used to it anyway."

Roman waved his hand, then touched his chin pretending to be surprised.

"It's just that the second in command of the Revolutionary Army is actually Luffy's brother..."

"I didn't expect you to be Luffy's partner, no wonder the wanted order of the 'White Knight' is armor."

It turned out that he was the same as himself, a 'rebellion' of the old class.

"Let's talk about the past later,"

Roman took out a piece of paper, and Luo's weak voice came out of the mouth on it.

"The Straw Hats, I'm sorry."

"Our plan failed, Doflamingo didn't—"

"Traman, is your voice hurt?"

"Yes I am,"

For a moment, Luffy wiped away the tears and snot on his face and became serious.

"What about the rest?"

"We are all fine, Luffy." Nami's voice was replaced on the other side, "At the same time, I received a request for help from the Dontata Kingdom. They have more than 500 people enslaved by Doflamingo to work in factories. I hope we able to help them.”

"It's the SMILE factory, we are going to go there. But then Doflamingo will definitely get the news... My combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced underground, so:"

"Okay, I'll beat Fidoflamingo!"

In an instant, Luffy weighed the pros and cons: Although burning fruit is very important, partners are more important.

"Roman, the arena is here for you."

"no problem,"

Roman didn't pay attention to Diamanti, a mere senior cadre, Diamante.

It's the same even if you add Badgers, that guy's right hand punched Mr. Garp during the top battle, and now he has to rely on equipment to hit the 'wave elbow'. It's really hard to say whether the strength is advancing or retreating. and:

"Luffy, let me compete in your place."

Although Sabo is about ten centimeters taller than Luffy, in this new world where the height is often several meters, who can see the difference? What's more, Luffy itself is a full-body camouflage of helmets, cloaks, and beards.

"Don't worry, I will never let the Shao Shao fruit fall into the hands of other people!"

Ace's will can only be inherited by me.

"Okay, then I'll beat Fei--"

"Wait a minute," Roman pressed his palm to make Luffy calm down, "I'll take you out. This arena is not a 'good' place. Didn't you notice that a large number of participants have disappeared?"

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"Even the cadre of your revolutionary army, Haku, is gone."

!

"Sorry," Sabo thought for a while with a serious face, "There is no 'Haku' in our revolutionary army."

"really,"

Roman flipped his hand, and a stack of white paper fell into his hand.

"These are the list and information of the participants that I recorded before, there should be many masters on it! But—"

'Children's Fun Fruit' is indeed a BUG-level thing, and even Roman has lost his 'memory' of these people. Of course, it's just the memory of this world, that is to say, Roman's memories of people like 'Green Pepper', 'Lao Cai' and 'Haku' are still there in his previous life. But the memory of meeting them in this arena is gone!

"Obviously there are records, but I don't have any memory about these masters——if you recall carefully, you will find that there is a 'blank' place in your memory."

! ! !

"That's right," Luffy's face became serious, "I clearly remember fighting a big guy in the ring before, but now I don't have any reflection."

"That's right," Sabo said with a frown, "We sneaked in here after receiving a call, but we didn't know about that call or the caller..."

"This should be the devil fruit ability of someone from the Doflamingo family, so it's best to join the main force first and then discuss countermeasures."

"That's it, Roman! Send me to everyone!"

"OK,"

clatter~~~

As Roman snapped his fingers, the flying white paper immediately formed a pair of wings behind Luffy. And for this kind of thing, Luffy has long been used to it, and he is about to take off into the sky:

"Helmets, cloaks, and camouflage remain."

"Ah? Ah, ah—"

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