For the next week, Al stayed by Hancock's side, enjoying the warmth and peace. During this period, time seemed to slow down for them.

This time was interrupted by Nami's call.

Hearing that they were about to arrive at Nine Snake Island, El and Granny Flame Flower came to the port and waited for the arrival of the Orange Windmill with the Nine Snake Island's national defenders.

Prior to this, El had already forwarded the population data of Nine Snake Island to Lilith through Kaya and others.

According to his needs, Lilith arranged for mechanical engineers to work overtime to manufacture all the necessary electrical appliances.

At the same time, Robin's archaeological work was successfully completed and everyone ended their journey to the moon.

Following the instructions on the map, they drove the Orange Windmill, loaded with various electrical equipment, and descended from the sky towards the direction of Nine Snake Island.

When the female warriors of Nine Snake Island learned that new electrical appliances were about to arrive, they all cheered and looked forward to Nami's arrival.

Soon, the Orange Windmill appeared in everyone's sight. The huge net bag hanging on the bottom of the boat that dropped from the sky attracted everyone's attention. It was loaded with all the electrical appliances for this transportation.

As the ship flew directly above the dock, Nojiko skillfully untied the rope, and Tashigi and Rebecca held both ends of the rope to ensure that the items fell steadily to the ground.

Under the command of Captain Kikyo, the patriotic soldiers worked together and happily carried this batch of precious supplies back to Nine Snake Island.

Al took the opportunity to return to his ship, and everyone gathered in the lounge to discuss the next course of action.

Weiwei spoke first: "Al, we have also received a notice from the World Government about the looting, but I have already explained the reason why the Navy could not contact us before, saying that the Den Den Mushi were sick, so they should not have discovered our whereabouts."

"You did a good job, Vivi." El said calmly, "We will try to delay the time, but no matter what, we will not hand over the money to the World Government. The transformation of Alabasta and Cocoa Village also requires a lot of funds, so I plan to take advantage of the World Government's order this time and take this opportunity to go out to sea to grab a big sum."

Perona asked curiously, "Are we going to venture out to sea again?"

Al smiled and nodded. "Yes, the money on the moon is reserved for Dr. Vegapunk's research. Only with sufficient funds can the doctor make up his mind to break away from the World Government. I happen to know a place where a large amount of treasure is hidden. I will take advantage of this order to take it away legitimately."

Upon hearing the news of the treasure, Nami immediately became excited: "Really? Then when are we leaving?"

After a brief thought, Al replied, "You guys take a rest first. I still have something to deal with. We'll be able to set off soon."

After the discussion, he went to the measurement room, took out a brand new mobile phone, and started pairing it with the satellite equipment.

Since confirming the satellite network's ultra-long-distance communication capabilities, he has given Vegapunk and his clones (except York) paired cell phones.

But in order to protect the privacy and security of his own pirate group, he used his administrator privileges to block their chat room, retaining only internal communications and no longer opening it to the outside world.

This time, he planned to leave Hancock a mobile phone that was specifically for contacting him, to ensure that she could contact him anywhere.

After the setup was completed, El returned to the lounge and found Vivi, "Vivi, come with me to Nine Snake Castle. From now on, the electrical appliances needed by Nine Snake Island will be purchased directly from Alabasta. Let's communicate with Granny Flame Flower first."

When Weiwei heard Al's arrangement, she was slightly stunned, and a complex emotion flashed in her eyes.

She seemed to have thought of something, and became somewhat uneasy.

After El and Vivi left, Nami, Kaya and the others went to the Nine Snake Village together, intending to take this opportunity to observe the power layout here and accumulate experience for the future transformation of Kokoasi Village.

Sitting on the back of El's blue dragon, Vivi's gaze drifted away from time to time, her heart filled with anxiety and hesitation.

Finally, she broke the silence: "Al, do you have something you want to tell me alone? Does Hancock disagree?"

"I've already told Hancock about our affairs, and she didn't object." As he said that, he took out the Sen Sen Fruit from the mission space and handed it to Vivi.

"This is a natural-type Sen Sen fruit. It has important meaning to Alabasta. I'm giving it to you to keep. If you meet the right person, you can make your own decision."

When Vivi heard the news that Hancock agreed, her heart felt as sweet as honey, and her face was filled with joy that was difficult to conceal.

She happily took this rare nature-type fruit. The power of the Sen Sen fruit has already shown great potential in the land of Alabasta and Aramaki.

However, before she could indulge in this joy for too long, Al's next words made her mood instantly fall to the bottom.

"The problem now is actually with me. You and everyone else are my cherished partners. I don't want the change in our relationship to affect the harmony of the entire team. So, can you wait for me for a while?"

A faint sense of loss welled up in Weiwei's heart.

She understood the subtext of Al's words, and being smart, she had already noticed the subtle change in the atmosphere among her companions.

Although what Al said made sense, a hasty change to the status quo might cause a rift in everyone's relationship.

But things have developed to this point, and she doesn't want to lose the opportunity to take things further with Al because of hesitation.

After all, people are selfish, and there is nothing wrong with thinking about themselves. Hancock's sudden appearance caught everyone off guard.

At this moment, she looked down at the devil fruit in her hand again, and suddenly understood, "So, this fruit is what you use to apologize?"

Facing Weiwei's questioning, Al was speechless for a moment, and could only bite the bullet and say: "If possible, I would like to wait a little longer. After all, we are still young now."

Hearing Al's words, Weiwei shook her head gently, with a firm light in her eyes: "I don't agree. I'm going to ask the Empress to help me."

After saying that, she stood up gracefully, took moon steps, and quickly leaped towards Nine Snake City.

She had finally gotten the Queen's consent, and she didn't want to miss this opportunity because of Al's hesitation.

Watching Weiwei's figure gradually disappearing into the distance, Al sighed helplessly and had no choice but to follow her and fly towards Nine Snakes City.

When Vivi entered Hancock's room, Al did not follow her in. He just stood outside the attic, quietly waiting for the outcome of their conversation.

Chapter 157 The Last Adventure

Soon, the two princesses from different countries discussed the result in the house.

When Al heard Hancock's call, he gently pushed open the door and walked in with a little trepidation.

There was a subtle atmosphere in the room and he felt guilty, as if he had done something wrong.

"He is such an indecisive person. He doesn't have the demeanor of a man of the sea at all." Hancock turned to Vivi, whose face was slightly red, and said with a hint of helplessness in her voice.

Weiwei nodded slightly, with complex emotions flashing in her eyes.

"I've already talked to Princess Weiwei. She can actually be the same as me."

After saying this, Hancock recalled her feelings at the time, a faint blush flashed across her face, and she continued: "As long as Vivi leaves your ship and returns to Alabasta, the problem will be solved. And the nature fruit you gave her can be used on your future children."

Hancock glared at him, and that look seemed to say: "You'll get away with it this time."

Weiwei then spoke up, "My father has mentioned this plan before, but Sister Hancock suggested that we not disclose it to our partners."

Hancock nodded in agreement. "This will be good for both of you. After all, Vivi's country is not a pirate kingdom like Amazon Lily. If she leaves your pirate group and returns to Alabasta, it will prevent Alabasta from being blamed by the World Government after you leave the Shichibukai."

Al looked at the two people in front of him in astonishment. He didn't expect that they would come up with such a solution.

"In that case, let's do as you say."

Al took out the prepared cell phone and handed it to Hancock.

Hancock, who had learned how to operate it from Al's phone, quickly reset her own profile picture and recorded Al and Vivi's contact numbers.

When everyone returned to the ship and set sail towards the Red Earth Continent in the South China Sea, Vivi stood at the bow, facing the sea breeze, and announced to everyone her plan to leave the pirate group and return to Alabasta after this adventure.

Everyone's eyes instantly focused on her.

"Weiwei, why did you leave us?"

"What's wrong?"

"Weiwei, did Al say something to you?"

Everyone gathered around Weiwei in surprise, asking her why she was leaving so suddenly.

Al stepped in to help out at the right time and explained, "We will soon be separated from the Seven Warlords of the Sea, and everyone will be wanted by the navy by then, so I asked Vivi to disembark early to prevent her country from being implicated by us, and to preside over Alabasta's energy plan for me."

Vivi said, "I like the adventurous life here, and I am very happy with everyone, but my country also needs me. I don't want Alabasta, which is already full of hope, to fall into war because of me."

Although the reasons they gave seemed impeccable, Robin was still keenly aware of some clues.

She quietly observed the expressions of El and Vivi, looking thoughtfully at the Nine Snake Island in the distance, as if thinking about something.

Under Nami's control, the Orange Windmill quickly flew out of the doldrums and officially entered the South China Sea.

Looking at everyone gathering around Weiwei, Al steered the ship alone towards the Red Earth Continent.

Looking at the sparkling South China Sea in front of him, Al thought of Wapol, who would establish the Dark Drum Kingdom in the South China Sea in the future.

According to the test results of Dr. Vegapunk, if special additives are added to the wax material, its melting point can only reach a level slightly higher than boiling water at most.

If you want to increase the melting point further, the cost of the additive will increase exponentially, becoming extremely expensive and impractical.

This reminded him of the ability of Wapol's Swallow-Swallow Fruit. Since he couldn't find a suitable method, he would use the omnipotent devil fruit to solve the problem.

So he began his editing mission to find the location of Wapol.

[Task name: Find the Swallow Fruit]

[Task type: Search for objects]

[Mission Objective: Find the person with the Swallow Swallow Fruit ability in the South China Sea]

[Task Reward: Complete Formula for Swallowing Fruit Fusion]

After the mission was successfully created, he came to the measurement room and said to the map: "System, activate the detection skill."

[Detection skill has been activated, duration is 10 seconds, two times remaining. ]

As the detection skill was activated, a value of more than 200,000 meters appeared in front of El's eyes. That was the distance between him and the Swallow-Swallow Fruit.

After pacing back and forth to confirm the direction, he marked the island where Wapol might be located on the map according to the distance.

It was an island near the doldrums, and just on the way to the red earth continent.

Back on deck, he steered the boat toward the island.

"El, are we going somewhere?" Nami was talking to Vivi, and suddenly noticed that El changed the route, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"I remember that there is a fruit ability user here who can create huge wealth for us, which is in no way inferior to the great treasure of the West Sea." The wealth mentioned by El immediately aroused Nami's great interest.

"What kind of fruit ability user is it? I've never heard of anyone who can get rich using the power of a fruit." Nami's curiosity was completely aroused.

Al explained: "It is an ability called the Swallow Swallow Fruit. Its owner can transform discarded steel into a special alloy, a very valuable metal."

At this time, Weiwei also joined the conversation: "Al, are you referring to King Wapol of the Drum Kingdom? I remember being beaten by him and crying when I attended the World Conference when I was a child."

After hearing what happened to Vivi, the girls on the boat were outraged and expressed their desire to teach that guy a lesson for Vivi.

"Then I will help you avenge him and make him work for Alabasta for the rest of his life to atone for his sins." El suggested.

"But, Al, is it appropriate to capture him rashly like this? He is the king of the Drum Kingdom who can directly participate in the World Conference." Vivi said with some concern.

"Don't worry," Al comforted him, "There has been a coup in his country, and the current King of the Drum has been replaced. The World Government will not stand up for an exiled person."

After sailing for a long time, Al used his detection skills again and calibrated the direction again, and finally arrived at the island as night was about to fall.

With one last exploration, he found the humble Wapol toy store under a bridge.

Al went forward and knocked on the store door. A rough male voice came from inside: "Who is it? We are closed today. If you want to buy toys, come back tomorrow morning."

Seeing that Wapol had no intention of opening the door, Al directly broke the door lock with his finger gun and strode in.

Wapol, wearing a white fur coat, was resting on the bed. He looked at the uninvited guest fiercely, "Who are you? Why did you suddenly break into my toy store?"

Chapter 158 Weiwei VS Nami

"Wapol, you slapped the Princess of Alabasta at the World Conference before. I am here to settle the score with you today."

"I have done so many bad things, how could I remember such a small thing?" Wapol said nonchalantly, picking his nose. "Get out of here if you know what's best for you, or I will eat you up."

Facing Wapol's threat, Al simply chuckled. He got close to him and with a single blow from his hand, he knocked Wapol unconscious.

Then, Al grabbed Wapol with one hand and returned to the boat.

Seeing the unconscious Wapol wearing shabby clothes, Vivi's anger faded.

After taking out the seastone and handcuffing him, he had Kerala throw him towards the Alabasta palace.

Then let Weiwei contact the country and detain Wapol first, and then deal with him after he returns.

Then, he adjusted the direction of sailing and continued towards the Red Earth Continent. After everyone returned to the cabin to rest, he took out the Swallow Swallow Fruit fusion formula he had just obtained.

Soon, he found a suitable fusion method that could fuse Mr. 3's wax and sand into a special glass similar to Wabo alloy, and adding colorants could also produce various colors.

By using this special material, houses with unique appearance, excellent lighting effects and corrosion resistance can be built in Kekoyasi Village.

When they were about to arrive at the Red Earth Continent, Al contacted Mori, the commander of the Western Army of the Revolutionary Army, through Kerla, and successfully found the passage they had opened.

This artificial tunnel, like a giant black dragon, winds beneath the red earth continent. This unprecedented passage breaks the world government's monopoly on the four seas.

From then on, the West Sea and the North Sea were truly connected, and there was no need to cross the dangerous Great Sea Route and the Doldrums anymore.

The journey from Nine Snake Island to the Kingdom of Flowers still took El nearly a month.

During this long journey, El arranged for Vivi to undergo a series of training to ensure that she had enough self-protection ability when facing a crisis alone in Alabasta.

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