I reached the top of Pirates

Chapter 179 178. Nika and Temptation!
"Well, there are too many experiments. How about using Germa technology to clone me and help me?"

"Well! Forget it."

Similar thoughts flashed through my mind.

Kuleha stored the life force water, looked at Messer and said:
"From now on, you and Asia should get me more of this vitality water to facilitate my experiments."

"No problem. Leave it to me."

Moses said, "Let us go. It's time for dinner."

The two left the laboratory and went to the rooftop restaurant.

As they walked down the aisle, Kuleha said:
"Luo, Chopper and the others have already completed their basic medical skills, and they have also completed the tasks I assigned to them well. Now it's time for them to learn more advanced knowledge. Starting tomorrow, they will come to the laboratory to help me."

"Okay, you can arrange it yourself."

In addition to his daily practice in recent years, Chopper has also developed a curiosity about medicine because Kuleha often took care of him when he was a child, so he has been learning medicine from Kuleha.

As for Luo, he loved medicine from the bottom of his heart because of his family's education.

The two walked and talked as they arrived at the restaurant.

The dinner was sumptuous.

While eating a delicious dinner, I listened to Pepe and the others talking about their interesting experiences in learning music.

The next day, after breakfast.

Everyone still followed the same itinerary as yesterday, forming teams and doing their own thing.

Moser took Makino and Asiya to the sea area around Elegia to hunt and practice.

Every evening, Messer would take Asiya to the laboratory to collect the extracted vitality solution.

In addition to reading books every day, Robin would extract valuable information from the hot topics faxed from various branches, compile it into news and forward it again. As time passed, the position of the Global Times in the East China Sea became increasingly stable.

Because there are news from the Grand Route from time to time, the Global Times has firmly established its leading position in the East China Sea news industry.

It's not that there weren't other newspapers that stepped in to squeeze him or take shady action, but after Messier dealt with the mastermind behind the scenes with thundering means, these covert actions became smaller.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was only a few days away from three months.

That day, Moses and his people had a picnic in the forest behind the mountains of Elegia.

BBQ, laughter, drinks, friends.
Uta sat next to Messer, eating butter pizza and complaining:
"Shanks is so slow. He said two months, and it's been almost three months. If I hadn't been able to see him in the Song Space, I would have thought he really didn't want me anymore."

The little girl expressed her dissatisfaction in order to seek comfort.

Mercer curled his lips. "How about I give him a beating when he comes back in a couple of days? I'll teach him a lesson about time."

Uta rolled his eyes at Messer and refused, "I won't let you two fight over something like this. The aftermath of your fight will be terrifying.

What if you two get hurt?"

Messer smiled and said, "It's okay. I'll take Yamato, Pepe, and Eri to beat him up. I guarantee we'll beat him into submission."

Eri, who was standing by, asked doubtfully:
"Brother! Are we going to deal with Uta's father?"

Perona covered her mouth and laughed happily:
"Alright then, I'll use the Negative Ghost to sneak attack and knock him down, and you rush over, Messer, and pin him to the ground and beat him hard."

Uta's face turned awkward, and he looked at Perona pitifully:
"Pepe, if you continue like this, I will ignore you."

She was very aware of Perona's dangerous abilities, and when she first started learning, many flies came to annoy her.

It was Perona who knocked them down with the Negative Ghost.

After a few social deaths, no one dared to harass them anymore.

However, thinking about Shanks kneeling on the ground to confess, Uta had to admit that he felt a little bit excited.

The little devil in my heart is ready to make a move.

However, as soon as this thought came to mind, he quickly shook his head to get rid of it.

No, no, Shanks loves me so much, I can't think like this.

But Shanks broke his promise.

Do you want to play a little prank on him?
Forget it, don’t want it anymore.

Let him be spared this time.

In the Grand Line Paradise, in a certain sea area, on the deck of the Redfors.

Shanks held a treasure chest in his hand, his eyes filled with inexplicable thoughts. Suddenly, he shuddered, glanced at the icy weather around him, then looked in one direction, and a gentle, happy smile slowly curled up at the corner of his mouth:

"Uta! I'll see you soon."

"Shanks. Are you thinking about Uta? Then you have to think carefully about how to comfort that girl. You broke your promise this time." Beckman was smoking a cigarette with a smile on his face.

Shanks laughed bitterly:

"I didn't expect it would take so long. Uta must be getting impatient waiting."

"By the way, you came here specifically to steal this fruit. Is there something different about it?" Beckman narrowed his eyes, a little puzzled.

Shanks looked at her with a complicated expression and said softly:
"Beck, do you want to know? If it's you, I can tell you."

Beckman shook his head and chuckled:
"I trust you 100%. As long as it's your decision, whether it's Marinford or Mary Geoise, I will go with you."

"Baker."

Shanks' eyes sparkled with emotion.

The next second, Beckman said:

"Now think carefully about how to comfort Uta. And Moses, you didn't even pay for his food and just let him go for almost three months. Haha."

Shanks's face turned awkward, then he straightened up:
"We are partners, so I'll tell you."

……

Two days later.

After breakfast.

Asiya's improvement has come to an end because her body's endurance has reached saturation, and more training will be needed next.

Instead of just devouring vitality.

Because of the practice during this period.

Asiya's strength has also improved by leaps and bounds.

Strength rating: C+
While walking towards the library with Robin, a wave of observation Haki scanned the body.

Mercer raised his eyebrows, and Robin beside him was startled. He turned back to look at Mercer and asked doubtfully:
"Seeing and hearing?"

After such a long period of training, Robin has finally mastered the power of domineering.

With a slight red light in his eyes, Robin looked over and sensed that the intensity of the aura was even stronger than that of Messier.

He looked at Moses suspiciously: "Is there a strong man?"

Messer laughed and said, "It's Shanks. That bastard still knew to come back. Don't bother with him."

"Oh. Let's continue reading then."

Robin invited Mercer with a smile.

She likes days like this very much.

Live a free life, read books when you are free, and explore ruins when you want to go out.

After a while,
library,
When Shanks came in, he saw Messer on the second floor and walked up with a smile.

"Hey, Moses, why did you ignore me just now?

I already said hello to you."

"Your so-called greeting is just randomly scanning people with your observation Haki?"

Messer raised an eyebrow.

"Aren't you deliberately provoking me and challenging me to a fight?"

Shanks' thoughts were exposed and he smiled awkwardly, "I thought you would rush over to fight me because I stood you up."

"Didn't you go find Uta first?"

Shanks blinked when he heard that, "I came to find you first."

"Oh, then I will explain this to that girl in detail later."

Messer said calmly:
"She was obsessed with Shanks, and when he came back he came to me first, not caring about her at all."

Shanks's mouth twitched, and he looked at Messer as if he were looking at a devil. He clasped his hands together and apologized:

"I was wrong and I'm sorry. It's my fault for breaking the appointment. Please let me go this time. Don't say this to Uta.

Please.

Mercer glanced at him and said, "Why didn't you do this earlier? You had to force me to use my ultimate move.

This person is just one word.

cheap."

Shanks' mouth twitched violently. Even with his good temper, his anger rose rapidly. He said with empty eyes:

"How about we just have a fight?"

"No, I'm a civilized person, not a barbarian like you who only wants to solve problems with violence."

Shanks' forehead veins bulged, and he was choked for several seconds before he laughed angrily:

"Do you have any shame? Do you believe what you say? You always make advances towards Ace and the others, so what qualifications do you have to say such things?"

"As an older brother, it's only natural for me to beat my younger brother. Is there a problem with that?"

Moses retorted.

Shanks rolled his eyes.

"Come with me, I have something to talk to you about."

Shanks's expression became serious for once. Mercer raised his eyebrows and looked at Robin.

"I'm going to see what this guy wants to tell me."

Robin held his chin with one hand and looked at Messer with a smile, "Well, go get busy."

The two left the library.

Soon we arrived at the port on the Redfors.

In the captain's cabin.

Shanks pointed at the bed and said:

"sit."

He took out a bottle of wine from the wine cabinet and handed it to him. Mercer took it and drank it cold.

Shanks opened a bottle of wine and drank it himself. He leaned against the window, exhaled, looked at Messer and said:

"Do you know the legend of Nika?" Messer raised his eyebrow slightly, and Shanks continued without pausing:

"The so-called Nika Joyboy"

Moses drank his wine and listened to him. He scratched his head out of boredom and interrupted him, "What on earth are you trying to say?"

Shanks looked at Messer in astonishment. "Aren't you curious at all? Don't you think they're great at all?"

Moses said calmly, "What does it have to do with me? He is him, I am me. What's so great about a loser?"

Shanks was silent.

He took a treasure chest from the table beside him, opened it, and handed it to Moses:
"This is the mythical beast species, the Nika Fruit. Do you want it? If you do, I can give it to you."

Mercer looked at the devil fruit that appeared before him. It was a great achievement. After thinking for a moment, he looked away.
"I won't eat it. You gave it to me just to keep in the bottom of the box. After hearing what you said just now, I have no interest in it at all.

By the way, Shanks, why don't you eat?"

"Me? I won't eat it. I don't want to become a person with special abilities.

I'm not interested in becoming him."

Shanks said with a complicated expression.

Moses stood up, smiled, and said:
"I thought you had something serious to talk to me about, but it turns out to be something as boring as this. I'll be leaving now."

Watching Mercer leave the ship, Shanks laughed helplessly. At this time, Beckman walked in from outside and said with a smile:
"You've been rejected. So what do you want to do next?"

Shanks blinked, "Isn't there Ace here? I'll go ask him again."

As he said that, he put the devil fruit in his arms and walked out.

After a while.

Shanks walked back with a look of disgust on his face and threw the devil fruit on the table.

"Huhuhuhu, how could this happen? I'm so angry."

"Baker, do you know that little bastard can make a person angry to death?"

Beckman was smoking a cigarette, looking as if it had nothing to do with me.

Library.

Ace sat next to Messer and said speechlessly:

"That's it. That bastard suddenly came to me and said a bunch of incomprehensible things, and then asked me if I wanted to eat. Of course I refused.

Who wants to be that loser?"

Mercer looked at Ace subtly, "That fruit is indeed a top-tier mythical beast-type devil fruit. Aren't you tempted at all?"

Ace looked at Messer with empty eyes, "How could I possibly want something that you don't even like?

If it's really a good thing, you would accept it even if you don't want to eat it, but if you don't want it, it's obviously a big trap.

I'm not stupid. It's obvious that Shanks is not a simple person. He is mysterious all day long.

I'd better stay away from him."

Ace said, "What do you think?"

Messer rolled his eyes at Ace, then smiled and said:
"I'm glad you thought of this. It means you've matured and learned to think."

Ace curled his lips, "I don't bother to think about those things, I just know that you won't hurt me.

Let’s not talk about him anymore. When are we leaving? I’m tired of staying here. No matter how good the music is, my ears are almost callused after listening to it for too long.”

"The wild boars cannot eat fine chaff."

Moses was speechless.
"Who did you learn this irritable temper from?"

Ace curled his lips and said, "It's innate, there's no way to change it."

Robin smiled and said, "Ace, your impulsiveness can be corrected later. Just let Messer practice with you a few more times."

Ace glanced at Robin and snorted:
"Do you want to be beaten? I can't beat Mercer, but I may not be able to beat you."

Robin smiled and said, “I won’t fight with you, I’m a lady, not a barbarian like you.

Also, how do you talk to a teacher like that?"

Ace's face darkened. This was indeed true. Robin had taught him cultural courses for a long time.

"I can't argue with you, but I can hide from you. Can't I just leave?"

After saying that, he stood up and left.

Robin then followed up on Ace's question and asked, "Are we going to leave after Pepe and the others finish their music lessons in two days?"

"Yeah, that's it. It won't make a difference in the next few days."

Robin chuckled and said, "Haha! Then I'm going to try to finish reading the last few books I planned to read in the next two days."

"Well, come on."

……

Two days later.

In the evening, in the auditorium on the fourth floor of Elegia.

The graduation dance of Uta, Pepe, and Eri.

Standing on the stage, Uta's heavenly voice is pleasant and charming.

The people of Moses stood below the stage and enjoyed the touching song.

Perona stood beside Messer, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the dazzling Uta on the stage, and murmured:

"Uta is amazing, I'm just average. I just learned some basic skills."

Messer rubbed her head and chuckled:
"She is she and you are you. Although Uta sings well, she can't compare to you in other aspects."

Perona blinked and looked at Messer, then covered her mouth and laughed:
"for example?"

"She's not as caring as you, not as cute as you, and not as fun as you."

Perona blushed shyly and said:
"I'm not as good as you say. Uta is cute too. Hahahahaha!"

Messer rubbed her head and smiled faintly.

Perona smiled with her eyes curved.

The song is over.

Cheers and applause rang out one after another!
At this time, Uta came down from the stage.

When passing by a drinks table, I looked curiously at a stack of light yellow parchment on the table in front of me. There was a black staff on it, which was a very ancient musical score.

There was curiosity in his eyes: "Who dropped this?"

I picked up the sheet music and looked at the lyrics and music. I felt a strong attraction and an urge to express myself, so I blinked and opened my mouth slightly.

Messer's figure appeared beside Uta at some point, and he gently patted her shoulder with his left hand. Uta was suddenly startled.

Startled.

No, it's more like coming to my senses.

He turned to look at Messer and puffed up his mouth, "You scared me."

But he chuckled and said, "Did I sing well just now?"

Mercer nodded and looked at the sheet music in her hand: "Do you know what this thing is?"

Uta tilted her head, looked back at the name at the top of the sheet music, and said doubtfully:
"Totemjika? What a weird name, a song I've never heard of."

Messer looked at the music sheet and took it from her. Uta asked curiously:
"Do you know Messer?"

"Well, do you want to try it?"

Uta blinked and nodded heavily. "Yes, I felt very attractive just now. I was even in a trance."

At this point, Wuta's eyes narrowed, and he felt a little flustered when he thought of the slightly out-of-control feeling he had just had.

"Do you know what's going on?"

Rolling up the sheet music and holding it in his hands, Messer sensed the faint spirituality within it and raised the corners of his mouth:
"Let's go find Shanks and see what this thing really looks like now."

Wuta asked blankly, "True face?"

"Let's go."

He called out to Xiong Bao who was standing beside him, and then called Shanks who was not far away over.

The four of them came to the balcony of the auditorium.

Shanks asked doubtfully:

"what happened?"

Moser told about how he discovered Totumjika when he first came here, and the connection between Totumjika and the Song-Song Fruit that he got from the secret room of the library, and explained that he had greatly weakened the spirituality of the music score by "attacking spirits".

Even if the monster is summoned, it will not cause any trouble.

"This is the situation. It is up to you to decide whether or not you want Uta to summon this monster."

Shanks's expression suddenly became uncertain, and he felt a wave of fear in his heart:
"Thank you, Mercer."

He looked at Wuta and whispered, "Shall we go and solve this trouble?"

Uta looked at Shanks and Messer curiously, and said with a grin:
"Okay, with you two here, I believe you will protect Uta."

Messer signaled Xiong Bao to fly.

Change into Quetzalcoatl form.

Mercer took the two of them onto Xiong Bao's dragon back. The next second, a strong wind blew and Xiong Bao flapped his wings and flew into the sky.

Uta grabbed Messer's arm and screamed loudly, then laughed happily.

More than ten minutes later, Xiong Bao fell from the sky on the endless sea. When Messier was five meters away from the sea surface, he jumped down with the wind wrapped around his body.

It landed steadily on the sea, rising and falling with the waves, followed by an explosion of cold air, crackling, crackling, and a thick layer of ice spread out from where Messier landed.

A dozen seconds later, Xiong Bao landed on an irregular circular ice surface with a diameter of 100 meters.

Shanks jumped off his back with Uta and said with a smile:
"Then let's get started."

"Well," he handed the music sheet to Uta, who unfolded it, took a deep breath, glanced at the lyrics, and then an ethereal singing voice sounded.

next second.

Waves of black mist slowly emerged from the Totmujika music score and coiled towards Uta's body like a ferocious beast.

Moreover, black and red arcs of electricity were faintly visible in the black fog.

At the same time, dense black and red arcs of electricity burst out from Shanks' body, enveloping Uta and driving away the black mist on her body.

Messer's right leg was wrapped in black and red arcs of electricity, and he kicked the black mist out.

(End of this chapter)