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

Finally, someone offered a lower bounty than mine!

However, just as Bepo was smugly trying to show off his superiority to the captain after reading Chopper's wanted poster, he saw that Law was still in the same position as when he handed the wanted poster to Bepo.

Bepo curiously leaned closer and saw the bounty poster in Law's hand.

【RINSHI】

"Ah, they changed the photo. It's much clearer than the last one. And he looks so innocent and pure. Seeing him smile gives me a kind of healing feeling~" Bepo smiled, his eyes narrowed, completely relaxed. "If only all wanted posters were like this~ Captain~ I think I saw swans flying~ So beautiful~"

The background of the wanted poster is the famous Swan Fountain in Seven Waters.

Sima Di wore Luffy's straw hat and a plain white dress with a white butterfly knot adorning the chest. The wind was perfect for the photoshoot; Sima Di's right hand rested lightly on the brim of her hat, while the wind naturally tousled her black hair and billowed her skirt, creating a beautiful contrast with the pure white swan statue behind her, its neck arched as if about to take flight.

The focus of the photo is on Sima Di's radiant smile—a genuine, pure, and blissful smile. Anyone who sees this photo would likely feel relaxed and at ease, unconsciously sharing the same smile.

This is why Marion selected this particular photo from thousands of others to submit to the Navy.

Not all pirates are fierce and menacing; there are a few among them who are happy and smiling.

Luo's hand holding the wanted poster trembled. He tried desperately to hold back his tears, but they still fell uncontrollably, soaking the wanted poster in his hand.

Since Mr. Corazon's death, he has never shed a tear again.

"He... is still alive."

"Him? Captain, you mean this Sima Di is the Sima Di you're looking for?" Bepo was very surprised. "Are forty-year-olds really this young?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Gang wanted to scold Bei Bo, but then he thought about it and realized that Bei Bo seemed to be right.

The Sima Emperor in the wanted poster looks almost exactly the same as when he first met him.

Even with the best maintenance, there should still be some changes.

Luo unconsciously frowned, recalling Sima Di's strange behavior back then.

I'm only interested in you now that you've grown up!

"To grow up... time travel?" Luo murmured.

If it really is time travel, then there's a high chance that the current Sima Emperor wouldn't even recognize him. And Sima Emperor's time travel point would be after he met him. But if that's the case... the bounty on this wanted poster is completely different from the Sima Emperor he knows.

The Sima Emperor he knew was just a third-rate swordsman who knew a little about swordsmanship; there was no way he could have earned such a bounty.

but……

No matter how many questions remain, as long as he's still alive, that's enough.

As long as he's alive, there's hope. Even if his guess is right, he'll do everything in his power to stop the time travel! It doesn't matter if he doesn't share the same memories!

The most important thing right now is... to see him!

If you really want to resolve those questions, then ask them directly!

Luo rolled up the wanted poster, his dejection vanished, and he perked up, his eyes radiating an irresistible confidence.

"Bepo! Notify everyone to depart immediately! Our destination is Water Seven!"

During the construction of the new ship, everyone was either recovering from injuries or on vacation. Of course, Sima Di wasn't; his training schedule was completely filled by Zoro, leaving him with absolutely no free time.

Left with no other choice, Sima Di had to plead and beg until he finally managed to win half a day off from Zoro. He planned to first go to the World Aquarium branch in Water Seven to hand over his manuscript. Then, he would stroll around and enjoy the feeling of wandering the streets of Venice alone.

“Venice and all that… I’ve always wanted to go there. Since this city is so similar to Venice, it’s not a problem to just consider this place as Venice, right?” Sima Di said with a smile.

Sima Di entered the World Ocean Museum branch, handed the manuscript to the editor designated by Xia Zhimin, collected the payment, and left. After leaving, Sima Di thought for a moment and decided to use the 1.0 version of the Den Den Mushi to make another call to Xia Zhimin.

"Hello, this is Xia Zhimin, the editor-in-chief of World Ocean World. May I ask who this is?"

"It's me, Sima Di."

As soon as the words "Emperor Sima" were uttered, a series of crashing sounds came from the other end of the phone. It was obvious that all the books on Xia Zhimin's desk had fallen to the floor.

"Hey, didn't I tell you not to use your real name? What if someone finds out?" Xia Zhimin said in a low voice.

"It's alright, it's alright, there's no one around. Although my name isn't common, it's still possible to have the same name as someone else," Sima Di said nonchalantly. "Also, I've already submitted my manuscript to your designated editor, and I've received my payment... But next time, please don't say I'm Fellow Daoist Meng's godson, okay? It made me very embarrassed."

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"Isn't this to cover your identity? At first, I wanted to present Fellow Daoist Meng as a male writer. But your writing style is too delicate, it's obviously sexual in nature, and I can't change it. So I can only change your age," Xia Zhimin said earnestly.

Sima Di's lips twitched. So you described "Fellow Daoist Meng" as a middle-aged housewife in her forties? And a divorced one at that?

"But if you're going to do this, why did you have to take a professional photoshoot? Isn't that a contradiction?" Sima Di asked, puzzled.

"Author's photo?"

Xia Zhimin sounded surprised, clearly unaware of this matter.

"Don't you know?" Sima Di already had a bad feeling.

"How could I possibly send someone to take a professional portrait of you? The fewer people who know you're a pirate, the better."

Sima Di was sweating profusely. "I... I think I've done something terrible."

"what?"

"I think you can see my ultra-high-definition wanted poster."

"What?! What exactly happened?! Explain yourself!"

You could tell from Xia Zhimin's voice that he was furious.

“Someone impersonated someone from your magazine and wanted to take photos of me as a model. I thought it was a photoshoot for an author, and the modeling was just a pretext, so I let him do it. And… there were thousands of photos. He even took photos of everyone in our pirate crew…”

As Sima Di spoke, he felt like he wanted to die.

But what Sima Di didn't expect was that after he finished speaking, a whoosh came from the other end of the phone, the kind of feeling of relief.

"so far so good."

"What do you mean 'good'?! We've all been exposed! Even Sanji..."

I guess we'll never see that hand-drawn wanted poster again.

"I don't care who Sanji is, or whether your whole group has been exposed or not, but the fact that he's using modeling photos as a cover means he doesn't know you're the Dream Master yet, so there's no problem. From now on, you need to be careful what you do and don't cause any more trouble, okay?"

"You're right... Okay, I got it. But I can't guarantee my bounty won't increase in the future..."

After Sima Di finished speaking, there was an eerie silence on the other end of the phone, followed by Xia Zhimin's helpless voice.

"You just need to make sure you don't get caught."

-

After finishing his call with Xia Zhimin, Sima Di looked dejected and lost all interest in shopping. He decided to head straight back, crawl into his bed, and feel guilty for a while.

Sima Di was halfway there when he suddenly sensed a familiar presence. He looked up and found Robin standing opposite him.

Robin? Oh right, Robin must have gone shopping with Nami today. Let's say hello then.

However, just as Sima Di was about to raise his hand in greeting, he saw a green shadow dart up to Robin, as if it were hiding from something. Upon closer inspection, Sima Di smiled.

Zoro was carrying a lot of things in both his left and right hands, with three cute babies hanging on his chest. His clothes had also been changed to an oversized yellow T-shirt, making him look rather comical.

-

On Zoro's side, Robin had just promised not to tell anyone about it when she turned around and saw Sima Di laughing and slapping the wall on the other side.

"Oh dear, I promise I won't tell anyone, but the first mate might be a bit off." Robin laughed and left.

Zoro, with a bewildered expression, crossed the bridge and arrived beside Sima Di.

"Hey! That's enough! Stop laughing!" Zoro's face turned red to the roots of his ears.

"Haha... Yes, sorry, I won't laugh anymore." Sima Di tightly covered his mouth, but as he covered it, it turned into "Pfft, hahaha..."

"Sorry, Zoro! But it's just... so funny!"

It took Sima Di three minutes to barely suppress his laughter; the guilt he felt just moments before had long since vanished.

"Um... I won't tell anyone. But this afternoon's training..."

"It's canceled! It's canceled! Go do whatever you want now!"

"Then thank you, Master Zoro."

After saying that, Sima Di ran away as fast as he could, afraid that Zoro would change his mind at any moment.

-

The next morning.

After breakfast, Grandma Kokoro came over for a visit and explained to everyone about Mermaid Island and the Thriller Bark.

Just after Granny Kokoro finished telling these stories, Chimney and Franky's block girl knocked on the door and entered.

When the news of the new ship's completion was announced to everyone, joy spread across their faces.

At the same time, the Franky family also came running over in a group, shouting "Straw Hat Brother!"

Seeing this, everyone came out of the house to see what had happened.

"What happened? Why are you running so fast?" Nami asked.

“Actually, I have a favor to ask…” Zambry rushed over and knelt down on the ground, “By the way, have you seen the wanted poster?”

Upon hearing the words "wanted notice," Emperor Sima's heart skipped a beat.