The person is wearing a straw hat, and starts with the power of words!

"Usopp, if you were asked to fight against a pirate with a bounty of 9500 million Berries on the Grand Line before you even boarded the ship, would you dare?"

The final question left Usopp speechless.

to be honest......

He doesn't dare.

Even now,

Usopp is just a small-time pirate with a bounty of 3000 million Berries...

Sima Di shrugged. Now you all know the difference between the two, right?

Everyone understood.

Then...

"Zoro, you three, from now on, you'll use Conqueror's Haki for half an hour every day," Crocus said.

Zoro and the other two nodded repeatedly, showing no fear whatsoever.

They never dreamed that they would have the potential to awaken Conqueror's Haki.

This is fantastic!

Brooke, in particular, laughed excitedly, "Yohohoho—".

Usopp, watching from the side, became even more silent, even somewhat doubting himself...

Is he really that bad?

Seeing that Usopp was acting strangely, Merry was about to go over and offer some words of comfort.

Don't let anyone go; let him decide for himself.

However, Emperor Sima used a mental link to stop everyone.

Having never experienced the "Water 7 vs. King" incident, and having been overly protected within the Straw Hat Pirates, Usopp had to figure some things out on his own.

Is it about striving to be the best?

Or should we just let things take their course?

If you still have the latter mindset

Usopp will only find it increasingly difficult to stay with the current Straw Hat Pirates.

Most of the Straw Hat Pirates didn't understand Sima Di's intentions, but even Luffy didn't question them.

Because everyone believed that Sima Di was definitely doing it for Usopp's own good.

"Let's go," Sima Di said.

"Huh? Is that kid not going to care?" Franky looked at the unconscious Dibaru.

He's a promising talent who has awakened Conqueror's Haki; with proper training, he could become a formidable opponent.

"No! I refuse!" Sanji jumped up and down, "Only one of us can stay! If he gets on the ship, I'm off! No discussion!!!"

If Dibalu were on board, wouldn't he be annoyed to death every day?

"Oh—then forget it, never mind." Franky waved his hands repeatedly.

then,

The Going Merry continued sailing in the direction Hachi had indicated.

They quickly found their target: the takoyaki boat.

but......

"Kemi? Papagu? Strange, aren't they here?" Xiaoba scratched his head with one hand.

This did remind Emperor Sima...

It seems there's a mermaid named "Kemi" who's coming to rescue Hachi, right?

If I remember correctly,

It seems she was swallowed by a sea monster, and during her digestion, she encountered the Straw Hat Pirates and got beaten up before they made her vomit.

Now...

I don't know if it's been digested or not.

Sima Di took out Captain Jack Sparrow's compass, thinking of Cammy's appearance, and the compass needle spun around and around.

What's happening here?

Has it already been digested?

"Crash-"

"boom!!!"

A giant sea monster leaped out from the seabed and slammed into the hull of the Going Merry, attempting to capsize it.

This is where the power of the Going Merry being crafted entirely from the Adam Tree truly shines; the sea monster's impact did absolutely no damage to the ship.

even......

As the Going Merry, which had been thrown into the air by the impact, was about to fall from its peak, nearly a hundred jet nozzles opened under the ship, revealing the Wind-Blowing Shells obtained from the Sky Island.

The Going Merry was actually hovering in mid-air!

But everyone thought it was Sima Di who made the move, so they were not surprised and their attention was on the sea monster that was ramming the ship.

This made Mary a little disappointed.

next moment,

The hull and stern deck of the Going Merry opened, revealing several dark jet nozzles from which thick bursts of energy flame shot. The Going Merry fired arrows at the sea monster, then nimbly swerved ninety degrees to avoid a collision.

"Hey! Emperor, don't scare us!" Nami complained.

Sima Di shrugged, indicating his innocence, and then looked at Mei Li, the instigator.

Until this moment,

Only then did everyone realize that the Going Merry was actually flying on its own!

"Wow, amazing! The flying Going Merry!" Luffy's eyes gleamed.

"The Going Merry is awesome! Franky is awesome too!" Chopper exclaimed excitedly.

"Is this really a ship? Are you sure it's not a spaceship?"

"Wow, what a powerful ship!"

......

The praise from everyone made Mary stand with her hands on her hips with great pride.

She really bragged about it.

The weapon system was immediately activated, and each energy jet was ready to be used as a cannon at any time.

but......

"Wait!" Sima Di called out.

Only then did he notice that the compass needle in his hand was pointing straight at the sea monster in front of him.

So it turns out that the compass was spinning around because Kemi was at his feet and the compass wasn't pointing downwards.

So......

"Sanji, go and give him a few hard kicks in the stomach, there's a surprise in store."

surprise?

"Whoosh-"

Without hesitation, Sanji shot out, leaving a long trail of afterimages as he arrived at the belly of the sea monster, delivering several powerful kicks with a series of "thump thump thump".

......... . 0

Crush!

suddenly!

Kemi's swollen chest twitched, and an orange starfish laboriously emerged from her collar, greedily inhaling the air.

"This is the emptiness of freedom..."

"You bastard! What have you done to my mermaid princess?!"

Sanji delivered a powerful kick, sending the starfish hurtling into the sea.

Xiao Ba leaped forward and caught it with his body, at the cost of sliding on the deck and crashing hard into the edge of the ship.

It's clear how much force Sanji used in that angry kick!

"Hachi, you dare to save it? I'll kill you too, believe it or not!" Sanji looked like he was about to go berserk.

Xiao Ba quickly suppressed the pain and explained, "This starfish is Papago. It's the master of the mermaid Kemi in your arms. It was probably hiding from the corrosive gastric juices of the sea monster. It wasn't trying to take advantage of her!"