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

Emperor Sima has made his decision!

From now on, I'll only give 100 Berries per newspaper, and I'm resolutely not giving any more tips!

and......

This time he's going to get it for free again!

Using telepathy, I controlled the newsbird to drop a newspaper, and then let it play by itself.

Sima Di used telekinesis to unfold the newspaper, and the Straw Hat Pirates once again dominated the front page headlines.

and......

It has nothing to do with the Grand Dessoiro, but rather—

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24. Distribute the spoils! A new way to eat Devil Fruits!

The Straw Hat Pirates have confirmed their target: the Four Emperors! How should the BIG?OM Pirates respond?

Oh?

Sima Di was a little confused. When did they announce that they were going to take down BIG?OM?

That's definitely what I think.

—Sima Di would never have guessed that this was a special treat that Tesoro had arranged for the Straw Hat Pirates before his death.

Let's look at the content again.

The entire article only states "according to reliable sources," but it doesn't mention at all who leaked the information.

"Tsk! I should go and greet this news king when I have time," Sima Di said with interest.

He was still quite curious about just how reliable this "reliable information" was.

Keep looking down.

Poor Tezzolo,

The news of the sinking of the Grand Tesoro was relegated to a secondary section, and the majority of the content was about the Straw Hat Pirates.

To be fair, the news agency didn't do anything wrong.

The Straw Hat Pirates are now considered "rising stars" and are definitely a hot topic in the news!

It can only be said that the "Golden Emperor" is a thing of the past, and is no longer a darling of the media.

The third news item that followed immediately piqued Sima Di's interest.

—The Drought Pirates of the Kaido Pirates and Baron Tamago of the IG?OM Pirates are about to arrive in Dressrosa 14 today!

At the end of the newspaper,

The article also included a comment from the editor: "Looking forward to the first meeting between the Straw Hat Pirates and the two Yonko crew members."

In short: always eager to watch the excitement.

Sima Di stroked his chin, feeling that this was indeed a problem that needed to be taken seriously—after all, it was a group of four emperors.

It must feel so good to slap them in the face!

Thinking of this,

Emperor Sima opened the gold vault and was preparing to operate it.

A beam of light suddenly shot into the sky, exploding in the shape of a straw hat, followed by a deafening explosion.

This is a special pyrotechnic display made by Frankie, intended for use only in emergencies.

Sima Di was just about to use this thing.

I didn't expect someone to have used it beforehand?

The four women, Robin and her companions, who were still asleep, were immediately awakened.

Who gave the assembly signal?

"Something big has happened?"

"Could it be that Luffy made a mistake again?"

"We still have to go back. If he makes another mistake, this time I'm going to beat him with Armament Haki for an hour!"

The five of them used their Hearthstones as quickly as possible to return to the Going Merry, which was docked somewhere unknown.

Unexpectedly, Usopp was even faster.

"Oh? Was Usopp the signal you sent?" Vivi asked in surprise.

"Yes! It's me!" Usopp nodded seriously. "I'll explain what happened after everyone's due date!"

Sima Di noticed that Usopp was holding a newspaper, which seemed to be the same thing he wanted to do.

Not bad!

They're starting to look like a team.

otherwise,

If it were the Usopp of the past, he would probably be scared out of his wits and hiding somewhere by now.

Very soon,

One after another, beams of teleportation light descended, and the Straw Hat Pirates appeared in various forms.

Luffy, as always, brings his own meat.

Zoro reeked of alcohol.

Sanji had been doing something, and he smelled strongly of cosmetics, with several lipstick marks on his face.

...

Everyone has gathered.

Usopp then opened the newspaper and said seriously, "Everyone! The Big Omega Pirates and the Kaido Pirates are about to arrive in Dressrosa! Now we need to decide whether to confront them head-on or avoid them and set sail early."

have to say,

Usopp really does look a bit like a captain in this pose.

He's at least much stronger than Luffy, who's chewing on the leg meat of some unknown creature.

But Usopp was still very self-aware.

He merely started, thus ceding space to Sima Di.

Emperor Sima, however, was in no hurry to say these things and took out the spoils from the gold treasury.

First, he tossed the booklet to Franky, along with the Penetration Fruit.

"This is a method to imbue objects with Devil Fruit abilities. Take it and study it yourself."

"Wow—that's great!" Franky exclaimed excitedly. "Leave it to me!"

Sima Di picked up the lucky fruit again.

"This Lucky Fruit doesn't significantly boost strength, and it also requires touching the target to control their luck, so it's still most suitable for Robin... Of course, if anyone wants it, we can try to get it."

The group exchanged glances.

Apart from Usopp, who was somewhat interested in the so-called "luck," the others didn't really need it.

But Usopp is the one who obtained the Boom-Boom Fruit, and he hasn't even figured out how to use it yet.

Therefore, they remained silent.

"Alright, then it's for Robin." Sima Di handed the Lucky Fruit to Robin.

Robin didn't hesitate for long and took it, preparing to take a small bite.

"Wait a minute, Robin-san!" Sanji called out, "Wait for me, just a little while!"

He ran quickly to the kitchen, and to save time, he used his Moonwalk technique to go up to the second floor. He soon returned with an object that looked like a piece of white paper.

"This is a candy wrapper. Wrap it around the Devil Fruit, bite it off, and swallow it without chewing. Your taste buds will only come into contact with the wrapper, so you won't taste that disgusting flavor!" Sanji said proudly.

It's a good thing he came up with this brilliant idea!

"Hey! Why didn't you say so last night?" Usopp said, annoyed.

He ate it even though he was gritting his teeth!

"I was fighting CP0 at the time, who had time to care about a rough guy like you!" Sanji said bluntly.

Usopp is so angry!

But that's just Sanji's personality, and you can't do anything about it—it's definitely not because you can't beat him!

"Then thank you, Sanji."

Robin took the candy wrapper and wrapped it around the Lucky Fruit as Sanji had instructed. When she took a bite, the wrapper actually spread out along with her teeth, perfectly separating the juice from the fruit pulp.