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Chapter 234: The Coliseum
"Whoa!" a man turned around and started at the beautiful woman who walked past him.
The girl had long blonde hair, blue eyes, and the beautiful face of a woman who had just left behind her young 20s.
She had an hourglass figure and was wearing a tight short black dress that hugged her figure.
"Stop staring at her, you pervert!" The man's wife started beating her husband over the head with her purse while this one tried to get away.
But he was not the only one who was staring at the woman, she seemed to turn the heads of everyone as she walked past the streets of Dressrosa.
It wasn't only her beauty that called for attention, after all, there were many beauties like her on the island.
What called the most attention was her state of dressing.
The black dress she was wearing seemed to have been cut at several places, revealing her skin underneath, and she was also walking barefoot on the hard stone floor.
An old lady who was tending one of the street food stands decided to approach her.
"Excuse miss, do you need any help?"
The girl sighed, She knew her attire was going to be a problem but it was not like she had any other choice.
Doflamingo had destroyed the dress Viola had left and she didn't have any other clothes at hand.
After killing that ugly cow, she had to hurry and leave the castle, she had already felt the presence of Trevol and Sugar approaching.
Vivi could easily change her physical look with her ability but creating clothes was impossible. At most, she could change the color of her skin to make it look like she was wearing some tight bodysuit, but she would feel completely exposed.
'This is better than nothing.'
Vivi looked at the worried old lady.
"I am fine, Ma'am. Had a bit of an accident but only my clothes got damaged, I'm not injured."
"Oh, that's good to know. Did you come to see the tournament perhaps?"
"Something like that. Could you tell me the way to the Coliseum? I'm a bit lost." Vivi requested.
"Of course!" Smiled the old lady.
"Just follow this road, is just half a mile that way. If you walk for a bit, it will soon come into view. Is a massive building. "
Vivi gave her thanks and continued to walk at a brisk pace while trying to ignore the stares.
Soon enough, she was in front of one of the gates that led into the coliseum.
Two men clad in light armor were blocking the entrance. One of them held a small notebook in his hands.
Their heads turned to her as she approached and they did not hold back with the stares.
"Excuse, Miss. But this entrance is only for participants. The entrance for the audience is to the left." one of the guards said.
"Great then, this is where I want to go." Vivi pointed ahead to the entrance they were blocking.
"Oh, I see…. your boyfriend must be one of the participants. But I'm afraid that we cannot let you in. You will need to go through the audience entrance and talk to him later." the other guard spoke softly.
"I don't have a…never mind. I came here to inscribe myself as a participant." She insisted.
Both guards took a step back by the shock.
But after recovering, they started to laugh.
"Oh God!, You almost had us, honey."
"Yeah!, that was a good one."
Vivi frowned.
"I'm serious. I want to participate."
Their laughter stopped.
"Are you looking to die? Some of the best fighters in the entire world are in there. You don't look like you know how to throw a punch, much less fight at that level."
"He is right, even I wouldn't dare to dream about standing against those monsters. Do yourself a favor and go watch from the stands like the rest."
She was getting annoyed.
"Look, I know I don't have the appearance of a fighter, but I know what I'm doing. Besides, is not your job to judge who gets to participate, isn't it? That's what the preliminary round is for. "
The guards looked at each other for a moment.
"Fine, is your life."
"You may want to hurry up, there are only ten minutes left to register. "
Vivi nodded to the guards and went inside with a smile.
'Good, I didn't have to resort to plan B, that would have called too much attention.'
She walked through the stone hallway until she reached a post with several armed guards.
They looked at her weirdly but still directed her to a counter where a big hairy man was staring at a huge book and talking to himself.
"Man, this tournament is going to be something. We have some big names this year…huh?"
He noticed that there was someone in front of him.
"A last-time participant?, Let's see what we got here…"
The big man looked at Vivi for some time and then started to look at the sides like he was looking for someone.
"Are you accompanying someone?"
"No… I'm the one participating. Do we have to go through this again?..." Her patience was starting to run low.
"You know this is a fighting tournament...right?."
"Yes, I fucking know!" She screamed.
"Alright, calm down girl! Fine…they didn't set any rules about age, gender, or looks…so if you want to participate I will not stop you. But you will need to sign the contract and pay the fee." Explained the big man.
"Fee?" This was bad, she didn't have any money on her persona and she had no time to rob- borrow money from the castle before leaving.
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