The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

[Steelbow] Kong looked calmly at the scene before him, and combined with the situation below, it felt so familiar.

"So, the person you were assigned to is me, right?!"

He gave Ryder a self-deprecating smile, "I never thought that even I would have a day when I'm completely controlled by others."

"I don't know how many days it's been since I've had an experience like this..."

He remarked that he had been out of the game for many years, always guiding from behind the scenes.

But in today's war, I've stepped into the spotlight again, and become a pawn on the battlefield, specifically assigned to be watched...

This feeling made him feel incredibly complicated, and at the same time, he had to take it seriously.

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1020 The Enigmatic Props Maker!! The Fear of Emptiness by [Steel Bones]!!

"Someone like you, who's spent his whole life living alone, actually chose to become a vassal of the Straw Hat Pirates when he escaped from prison, which I already found a bit unbelievable..."

[Steel Bone] said in a deep voice, "After all, it is really hard to understand how a person's lifelong belief and practice can be so easily broken."

"But what I didn't expect was that you would come here and participate in such a competition. This is so unlike you..."

"Hehehe, verbal persuasion is the least effective against me."

Ryder interrupted [Steelbow] Kong directly, elegantly opened his umbrella, and said with a smile:

"My choice will naturally have corresponding reasons."

"And you should know that I can see through people's hearts, let alone such a clumsy psychological tactic."

"I'm not one of Whitebeard's stupid sons, who would fall for a trap without thinking."

"If you're trying to sway me this way, you've made a mistake, and besides..."

Ryder gently pinched the hem of his shirt: "Don't let me, in my final years, look down on you, [Steelbow] Kong~!!"

The aristocratic demeanor and temperament were displayed to the fullest extent.

If it weren't for his somewhat sinister appearance, he would truly look like a nobleman standing there, leaving no room for criticism.

Ryder and Cyborg are old rivals, having fought each other many times before.

In the end, they resorted to such clumsy methods and techniques in this final battle.

There's nothing wrong with taking this approach, but it depends on who you're dealing with.

To use such techniques against an old rival like Ryder, someone who can read minds...

He felt as if he had been insulted.

"There's no other way. We've already come this far, so no matter what the method, no matter how small the chance, we have to try it."

Kong, the "Steel Bone," didn't feel anything was wrong. He was no longer the same soldier who was the Fleet Admiral when he fought against Ryder.

On the contrary, they are politicians who work for the world government and commanders-in-chief of the armed forces.

"Well, it seems there's no point in negotiating then."

The elegant smile on Ryder's face gradually faded, and he slowly gripped the umbrella sword in his hand.

"I have one more question."

Seeing the atmosphere gradually building up to tension, [Steelbow] Kong remained calm and continued:

"To be able to arrange the positions so cleverly and so easily restrict the movements of Borsalino, Sakazuki, and Sengoku, and even make you hold me back..."

At this point, Sora's eyes narrowed slowly: "Even Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, couldn't have made such an arrangement, could he?!"

"Or rather, given his personality and understanding of the navy, it's unlikely that he would go to such lengths."

"Heh heh heh, it seems you're not so stupid after all, you're actually able to realize that..."

Ryder chuckled sarcastically, "I thought that after so many years as Commander-in-Chief, your judgment and awareness in combat had been worn down quite a bit..."

"It's alright to tell you. It was the Straw Hat Pirates who assigned us the roles. It was all very clear: what each person should do, where they should be, what role they should play in this battle, and what function they should fulfill."

Ryder spoke frankly and openly to [Steelbow] Kong.

"The Straw Hat Pirates... I get it now."

[Steel Bone] Kong nodded slightly upon hearing this: "The Straw Hat Pirates, excluding their pets, have a swordsman who has no sense of direction, a cook who is a pervert, a navigator who is a money-grubber, a shipwright who is a freak, and a musician who is a skeleton~"

"Jinbe and Nico Robin wouldn't do something like that, as for the captain..."

[Steel Bone] paused, his expression unusually changing slightly: "Just that bastard Garp's grandson~~"

Well, just those five words, "Garp's grandson," are enough to give you a pretty good idea of ​​what kind of impression Luffy has in Kong's mind.

Even Ryder, who was opposite him, seemed to be deeply moved and nodded almost imperceptibly.

On this matter, he was unusually supportive and agreeable with Kong's ideas.

"So, all of this was arranged by the first mate of the Straw Hat Pirates, is that right..."

After using the process of elimination, Kong easily arrived at the answer he wanted:

"Is that the [Props Master] who has so many amazing items?"

Upon mentioning this character, Kong's brows furrowed involuntarily once again.

This character really seems to have appeared out of nowhere, leaving people completely clueless.

Even their navy and CP intelligence agencies had no accurate information about this person.

"There is absolutely no trace of his origins, past, life, abilities, or even his tools and their condition."

"Anyone who exists in this world will leave behind all sorts of traces, but this man is the only one who did not."

"It's as if he's shrouded in mystery, completely shrouded in enigma, and we know absolutely nothing about him..."

In fact, in Kong's mind, this mysterious and unknown "Item Master" with very little information was even more dangerous than Garp's grandson.

Since Garp's grandson is not even twenty years old, even if he has awakened the ability of the Human-Human Fruit Mythical Zoan type Nika form, to be honest, Kong doesn't think he is too much of a threat.

He knew and acknowledged that the Mythical Zoan type Nika was very strong and was the number one enemy of their World Government, but what if—and I mean what if—[Skeleton] Sora said.

They sent three generals to jointly besiege them. In this world, it is impossible to resist a guy who has two generals working together. How should the other side deal with it?

In terms of combat strength, [Steelbow] Kong is not actually that weak. Even if things get really bad, he still has to personally take action, as well as the Five Elders, the Knights of God, and other powerful figures.

But the only exceptions are those mysterious and unpredictable items with magical effects, and the [Item Masters] who control them.

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