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Reincarnated as Vivi chapter 246
🕑 Added 2023-09-25 12:40:22 +0000 UTCDialogue “sample”
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Disclaimer: One Piece and all of its characters belong to Eiichiro Oda.
Chapter 246: Sabo
After the unpleasant encounter, Vivi decided to make her way to one of the big balconies.
'A need some fresh air…that was freaking unnerving. Blackbeard seemed to be even more dangerous than what I expected.'
Her meddling with the canonical events had changed some things about Blackbeard's journey, more than she knew or could predict.
He failed to get his hands on Ace. This did not stop him from becoming a Shichibukai but it did stop him from killing and acquiring Whitebeard ability.
The breakout on Impel Down happened two years later and was much different, so he did not have the chance to recruit those two guys, Shiryu and Catarina.
There was mention of Blackbeard stealing something from a secret World Government facility before abandoning his position as Shichibukai, but it was unclear what he possibly could have stolen from there.
Then, very recently, in Fishman Island, Big Mom became quite enraged when the name of Blackbeard was mentioned.
'What did he do to her? did he also steal something from her? Hopefully, it wasn't her poneglyph, because we are going to need that.'
That man was becoming a big unknown threat and she didn't like that one bit.
"Excuse me, Miss Lucy!"
Someone called for her right before entering the balcony.
She turned around and saw Don Chinjao, his grandson, and someone else who was helping him walk. The old man was in very rough shape.
"Wait up, our grandpa wants a word with you!"
'Is he going to berate me for stealing their technique or beating him up?' She wondered.
The old man muttered something incompressible. It must be very hard to talk with his broken jaw.
"I understand…" The man next to him said before looking directly at Vivi.
"He just wanted to say…thank you!"
The man bowed.
Don Chinjao noted his head and bowed too.
It was then that he noticed the shape of his head. It has become a lot ponty…like a cone.
"Oh crap, did I do that to his head?"
"No no!" Sai shook his hands quickly.
"That's how his head originally looked until the day he lost against Vice-Admiral Garp. Your last attack reverted the damage, somehow, and now he is fixed!"
'My attack fixed his head? how the hell did that happen?!, I was just trying to break his face…it doesn't make any sense.'
"Well…you are welcome then." she finally said.
"I need some rest, if you don't mind."
"Of course, well leave you alone."
Thru bowed again.
"The Don family is in your dept, Lady Lucy. But must now go for a medical check-up."
Vivi opened her mouth to say something but then stopped.
'I was going to warn them about not going there, but in the end, it doesn't even matter. Even if they are turned into toys, it would be for a short while. Better not to risk exposing the fact that she knows about it.
When she looked down from the balcony to the arena, the fight seemed to be over.
Only Sabo was left standing.
She then saw that the audience was unusually quiet and even the commentator was not announcing the winner.
"What happened here?" Asked Vivi.
"It was that crazy blonde guy," said Bartolomeo. He was sitting on top of the stone rails.
"Oh…you are the guy who was pissing from the arena before." Said Vivi.
"Hey!, at least remember my name, I won the block B. I am Bartolomeo!" he shouted.
'Well, at least he didn't introduce himself as Strawhat number one fan…then again, maybe he wasn't one after all.'
"That's…I don't know what to say, ladies and gentlemen." the announcer said.
"Everything happened too fast and this humble commentator was not able to discern the events. We saw a giant tornado appear in the arena and now…there is only one man standing!".
"Cavendish did that?" Asked Vivi.
"Yeah…it looked like he had fallen asleep and then…he cut everyone. That guy standing there was the only one who could stop the blade." Said Bartolomeo.
'That's not much of a surprise, considering who he is.' Thought Vivi.
"In any case, this concludes the battle royal from block D! The winner is the mystery knight, Sabo!" the announcer shouted.
"How is he a mystery knight?" Vivi frowned.
'Couldn't he come up with a fake name?'
"Do you know him?" Asked Bartolomeo.
"No…"
As the audience gave him a polite clap, since none of them understood how he won, Sabo turned in her direction and looked up before giving her a thumbs up.
Vivi sighed.
"The finals.will take place after a thirty-minute break. Feel free to-"
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"Do you have a moment?" the 'mystery knight' requested of her.
Bartholomew had just left the balcony and no one would dare to disturb the two block winners while they talked, so everyone who remained in the area stood away from there.
"You know…giving your name defeats the purpose of entering as a mystery knight." She gave him an impassive glare.
He took off his helmet and scratched his head while laughing sheepishly.
"I didn't think it was a big deal."
"You are lucky that Doflamingo and his family are too busy with other things…"
"Yes, they seem to be looking for you, among other people. I heard that a member of their family was murdered in the castle." Sabo said.
"Nasty people seem to meet nasty ends…I wonder why that is."
She noticed him glancing in a particular direction.
"So, what did you want to discuss?"
"Right!, I almost forgot!" He made an expression of realization.
"Do you mind letting me win the tournament and get that devil fruit?"
"Are you going to eat it yourself?" She asked and Sabo nodded a few times.
"Then..sure, you can have it."
"Eh? that easy? I thought you wanted it very badly. " he looked at her with surprise.
She had considered giving that fruit to Nami. But becoming a stronger fighter also means being targeted by stronger enemies and having a bigger bounty.
There is also the fact that they already have a dangerous amount of devil fruit users in their crew. If that ship tips over…they are in serious trouble.
"What I want is to make sure that fruit is never used against me and my friends. I can consider you an ally, right Sabo? Especially now that you have recovered your memories. "
Sabo now looked shocked.
"How did you know?"
