The Super Dimension Pirates in One Piece.

Chapter 838: Difficult Problems
"Ghostly energy, Nine Swords Style..."

The murderous aura condensed into a human form, and in the blink of an eye, Sauron became a three-headed, six-armed demon. Seeing him become like this, many soldiers were stunned.

Kuina sheathed her sword and placed it at her waist. She leaned her upper body forward and lowered her body, assuming the stance of an Iai Slash.

“Draw the Sword”

The lean and tall figure turned into a bolt of lightning in an instant, with all his sword skills, strength, and armed color domineering concentrated on the blade.

"——The Play of the Dead!"

Facing Zoro's full-strength attack, Kuina was as steady as a mountain. The Yama in the scabbard was pulled out in an instant. The condensed sword intent gushed out as the blade was swung, turning into countless criss-crossing black waves, like the cold sharp teeth of an ancient demon beast.

"Soul Eater!"

The next moment, the disaster beast bit the demon god who turned into thunder, and the fragmented sword energy spread in all directions.

……

I opened my heavy eyelids, and the blue sky filled my entire field of vision, followed by the green treetops. At the edge of my vision, there was a strand of black hair fluttering in the wind, which plucked my heartstrings as calm as water.

"Zoro, are you awake?"

The girl's pretty face occupied the center of his vision. She looked at him with concern. The familiar face merged with his past youthful and strong appearance.

"…In the end, you still win."

The pain in his chest gradually made Zoro regain consciousness, and he struggled to get up.

"Just lie still! Although the wound has been treated urgently, there is no way to replenish the lost blood immediately."

Kuina held Zoro's shoulder with one hand and pushed him back. She didn't use much force, but Zoro did it unconsciously, and the back of his head was filled with the soft touch he had just felt.

"..."

When Zoro realized what was behind his head, his face turned red.

Kuina asked in confusion: "…Why are you blushing suddenly?"

"What..." Zoro denied, "I'm not blushing!"

“This is a post-injury performance!”

"Is that so..." Kuina showed a confused expression and did not continue asking.

"Zoro..." Kuina took the initiative to change the subject: "In the duel just now, you stopped at the last moment, and the knife did not swing down at me."

“…There is no such thing.”

Zoro closed his eyes and said calmly, "I lost the duel. This is the result."

"No." Kuina was very resolute this time, and said, "You stopped at the last moment when you swung the knife. I believe in my judgment."

"..." Zoro did not answer and remained silent.

"If Zoro doesn't stop, I won't get away with it."

After saying that, Kuina pointed at the parts of her body one by one and said, "Here, here, and here, your knife will pierce them all."

"Your Nine Sword Style is very powerful. Can you teach it to me?"

"..." Zoro opened his eyes and looked at Kuina steadily. After a long while, he replied: "...Okay."

Kuina laughed and reached out to stroke the top of Zoro's head, letting the hair run through her fingers.

Zoro was startled by the unexpected development, his body froze, and he stammered, "Ku-Kuina! W-what are you doing?!"

"Your hair is messy."

Kuina ignored Zoro's questioning and continued to straighten his hair.

"..." Zoro raised his arm and placed it across the two of them to block their view. He turned his neck to the outside and saw that several of his companions not far away were staring at him intently.

Nami was sitting cross-legged on the ground with a smirk on her face, and the calculation hidden behind her smile made him feel a chill down his spine.

Franky had an expression that said, "I see," and a sly smile hung on the corners of his mouth.

Chopper was checking on Brook, who had broken limbs and was unable to move, while Luffy was unconscious next to him.

Sanji was tied up and lying on the ground, his head tilted up, tears of unwillingness flowing from his eyes, his envy, jealousy and hatred were fully displayed, the cloth strip around his mouth was almost bitten off by his teeth, if his mouth was not blocked, you would definitely hear his miserable howl of jealousy.

Of course, almost all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates were tied up, except Zoro.

"..."

At this moment, Zoro's face turned red with incomparable shame.

"So that's it."

A mature female voice came from the side: "Little Roronoa and Little Kuina are a couple?"

"No, that's not it..." Zoro had never been so flustered before, seeing that Shaqi had a look of nostalgia for the past.

"Don't wait until the last minute to regret it, okay? This is a valuable life experience."

"..."

Xia Qi said to Rayleigh beside her: "It's all over, let's go."

"...Yeah." After a moment of silence, Rayleigh nodded.

"Collect the troops." Erza, who was on guard around, ordered: "Take the Straw Hat Pirates back to the detention center."

"Yes!"

The soldiers moved several people who were unable to move freely onto the prison van, and those who could walk on their own were escorted aboard.

On the way, Nami in the prison car whispered to Zoro: "Have you noticed? Many soldiers are glaring at you..."

“…” Zoro also felt it. Many soldiers cast unfriendly glances at him.

Sanji was tied up like a dumpling but still refused to give up. He used his chin and knees as support points, crawled to Zoro like a caterpillar, and asked through gritted teeth:

"When did you...when did you capture the heart of Miss Kuina..."

Seeing that Zoro had no intention of answering him, Sanji leaned over to Zoro's ear and yelled, "Hey! Green algae head! Answer my question!"

"Hey, be quiet!" The soldier next to the prisoner car knocked on the fence in dissatisfaction and threatened: "If you don't keep quiet, I will give you a taste of electric shock!"

Zoro ignored Sanji, lying on his back looking at the sky. After a long moment, he spoke:

"We were defeated miserably..."

"..."

This sentence made everyone silent.

The hardships they had endured during training over the past two years had become a huge joke, silently mocking them.

Can hard work help you overcome difficulties? Can hard work help you defeat unbeatable enemies?

Reality gave them a hard slap in the face, waking them up from their dream that success can be achieved through hard work.

Passersby on the road looked into the prison van from time to time and saw a group of dejected and strange people.

……

"Keep quiet!" the guard said rudely, then closed the cell door roughly.

Nami pricked up her ears and waited for more than ten seconds, then asked in a low voice: "Chopper, are all the people gone?"

"Ah."

"Okay!" Nami immediately regained her spirits, and her previous lethargy seemed like a pretense.

Sanji asked, "Ms. Nami, what are your plans?"

Nami saw that everyone's eyes were focused on her and said, "First, we have to escape from here."

"How to escape?" Everyone became excited.

"Nami, were you pretending to be so sad just now?"

"Not really..." Nami sighed, "If not, the other party wouldn't let down their guard."

"I knew it!" Sanji said energetically, "Ms. Nami will definitely find a way!"

Then, he glanced at Zoro with disdain: "Unlike someone, you are useless."

Facing Sanji's sarcasm, Zoro sneered and said sarcastically: "I don't know who was thrown down by the enemy like a bomb and knocked out his own people."

"..." Sanji's face turned red.

"That's enough, you two!" Nami frowned with a headache. If her hands weren't tied behind her back, she would have punched them: "Now is not the time to quarrel."

"Brooke." Nami said to Brook who was lying on the ground, "Use your newly developed ability to leave your body."

"Ah..." Everyone suddenly realized.

"The soul can penetrate the walls, explore the terrain here, and then find the cell key and formulate an escape plan and route."

"Nami-san, I wanted to say this before..."

Brook hesitated for a moment, but still said, "The ropes that tied me up are mixed with seastone. I can't use my abilities now."

“Eh?!” Nami’s eyes widened in disbelief: “Do we need to be so cautious against a skeleton with all its limbs broken?!”

Nami immediately shouted, "Someone come! Someone come!"

The guard opened the cell door and asked fiercely, "What are you doing?!"

"My companion is not in good condition." Nami pretended to be pitiful and pleaded, "Look at him, he is so badly injured and has been in contact with seastone. His life is in danger..."

The guard glanced at Brook and said, "Didn't he die a long time ago? Besides, the Hilo Stone mixed in the rope will only make the ability user unable to use their abilities, but it will not affect their breathing."

"Uh..." Nami was speechless.

"Also..." The guard pointed to a corner of the roof and said, "We saw and heard what you just said in the monitoring room."

“……” Nami’s face froze.

"Stay still and don't try your clever tricks!" The guard poked Nami with an electric baton. The crackling sound of the electricity made Nami twitch.

"Ms. Nami!" Sanji was filled with indignation when he saw Nami being treated like this. Before he could say anything, his mouth was poked with an electric baton.

"Zi La"

Sanji twitched for two seconds, exhaled a puff of smoke, and stopped moving.

……

"Knock knock knock" there was knock on the door.

"Please come in."

The mahogany door was pushed open, and a man wearing a dark green coat, with a serious face and a red tattoo on half of his face walked in.

The person who came was Monkey D. Dragon. He looked at the sofa for guests and saw Reiju with pink hair already sitting there.

"Eric, you looking for me?"

"That's right." Eric nodded and motioned for him to sit down.

"Please have some." Kurumi, dressed in a maid outfit, served him some black tea.

"Thank you." Dorag took the tea and took a sip.

"We received a report from the Sabaody Archipelago. Today, a pirate ship flying a pirate flag arrived at the Sabaody Archipelago..."

Before Eric could finish, Dragon covered his forehead with a headache and asked, "Is it Luffy?"

"It was him." Eric nodded and replied, "He and his friends, a group of eight people, were taken to the detention center in the Sabaody Archipelago."

"..." Dorag didn't know what to say.

"Are they okay?" Reiju asked for him, including Luffy and Sanji.

"The injuries were definitely sustained, but they are not life-threatening."

"But what comes next is the key point." Eric leaned forward: "Dragu, you should also be aware of his character."

"The reason why I live-broadcasted my trip to Raftelu is to reduce the number of people who go out to sea with unrealistic dreams."

"But Luffy is different."

"You know your child well. Finding the One Piece and becoming the Pirate King is just a result he wants. The process - freedom - is his true core."

"..." Dorag did not speak. In the past, he also believed that freedom was the most important thing.

But for most ordinary people, their so-called freedom will bring great harm to ordinary people.

After witnessing the success of Shenzhou, or its management style, he realized one thing - complete freedom is unnecessary.

"I allow citizens to sail freely, but I will never allow pirates to exist."

"Eric." Dragon clasped his fingers together and said in a heavy voice, "I want to... meet with Luffy and have a talk."

"Okay." Eric agreed and said to Reiju, "Reiju, you should go too. You probably have a lot to say to Sanji."

"it is good."

After the two left, Kuang San leaned over to clean the table.

"what--"

Eric grabbed Kurumi's wrist and pulled her into his arms.

"Ah~" Kuang San said with a faint smile on her face, "It's still daytime, aren't you afraid of being seen?"

"What are you thinking about?" Eric, who was hugging Kuang San with his arms, closed his eyes and took a deep breath: "The missing Kuang San factor has been replenished."

"Be good~ be good~"

Kurumi held Eric's head in her arms as if she were comforting a baby.

"Work hard." Kuang San showed a devilish smile: "There will be a surprise tonight?"

"Really?!" Eric immediately perked up, and after putting down Kuang San, he immediately went to work. Although most of the work was given to Kong Ming and Zi Fang, he still needed to nod his head for important matters.

Eric was overwhelmed by the reconstruction, planning and economic development direction of the newly occupied areas, as well as the appointment of governors and officials.

There is another more important question:

Eric picked up Vegapunk's "The World is About to End" report again.

"Ugh……"

He sighed heavily. If the sea level rises by one meter, five percent of the world's land will sink into the ocean, and coastal towns and populations will be seriously threatened.

If the sea level rises by five meters, more than 90 percent of habitable cities will be submerged by sea water, not to mention the humans living in them.

Eric cursed in his heart: "This is probably the problem faced by the foot basin, and someone wrote it into the story."

"Get me Da Vinci and Vegapunk... Never mind, I'll go find them myself."

Eric decided to put this question to scientists.

Eric was about to conquer the world but faced with such a thorny problem, he was in tears.

Dragon and Reiju boarded the airship bound for the Sabaody Archipelago.

There were several other people traveling with them.

"Prulee, if I can't convince Luffy... I'll trouble you."

"No problem, Mr. Dorag."

(End of this chapter)