Grand Line.
On the sea, a Marine warship sailed rapidly towards Naval Headquarters.
At the bow of the ship, Zephyr was dialing the den-den mushi with a gloomy face.
After a while, a familiar voice came from the other side of the call.
"This is Sengoku."
"Zephyr, is your mission complete?"
Sengoku asked.
"Mission accomplished, Sengoku."
"That's good..."
"Why has my student been captured?!"
"Huh? Your student was captured? Is it Ain and Binz?"
"Who else but them?!"
"But, I don't understand! Zephyr, didn't Momonga temporarily take over your job at the Marine guerrillas? How did Ain and Binz get caught?"
"That Marine traitor Gasparde is naturally impossible to be the opponent of Momonga, but they met Rifan on the way to pursue Gasparde."
"Rifan?! Wait, you mean that guy Rifan caught Ain and the others!?"
"That's right, I spoke to that guy, and he didn't even intend to let Ain and the others go."
As Zephyr said, he told Sengoku exactly what he heard from Rifan.
He knew that Sengoku was always in charge of Rifan's affairs.
Now it can be said that only Sengoku has a way to quickly fish Ain out of Rifan's hands.
Putting Binz aside, he is a man after all.
No matter how horny Rifan is, it is impossible for him to lay hands on a man.
But Ain is a woman!
Zephyr became more and more worried about Ain's situation when he thought of Tsuru's disclosure of Rifan's situation.
'It turned out that Ain and the others met Rifan by chance.'
'The sea area they are in should be closer to that guy Moria.'
'So, is Rifan's goal really Moria?'
Sengoku rested his chin on one hand and muttered.
"Sengoku, that's not the important thing, is it?"
"Aren't we talking about Ain?"
Zephyr's muffled voice came from across the den-den mushi.
"Zephyr, don't worry, I will contact Rifan later."
"He still wants to be a Shichibukai, so he won't do anything excessive."
"And didn't you say that Rifan is going to have a contest between Momonga and Princess Vivi of Alabasta."
"Perhaps Momonga, Ain and the others, staying with Rifan temporarily can help us understand Rifan and Rifan's partners better."
Sengoku comforted.
Having said that, Sengoku quickly took out other den-den mushi and dialed the den-den mushi of Gion held by Rifan.
It's a pity that no matter how loud the den-den mushi sounded, the den-den mushi couldn't be connected.
For a moment, Sengoku's brows also furrowed tightly.
Zephyr received Sengoku's reply, and his already unhappy mood became even more focused.
What Sengoku and Zephyr don't know is.
Rifan had expected that Sengoku would call.
So he put the den-den mushi in his room long ago.
Rifan will answer it when he is free.
the other side.
The Black Pearl, deck.
at the center.
Vivi held the Famous Sword given to her by Rifan and fought with Vice Admiral Momonga.
There was a constant sound of metal clashing between the two.
"I didn't expect Princess Vivi to use the sword to such an extent.
"Did you teach her that, Rifan?"
Gion stood beside Rifan and ask.
Rifan shrugged and smiled. Admitting it without saying anything.
"But you didn't say that what you taught her was swordsmanship."
"Since Vivi can use the sword to this extent."
"Originally, I thought you would teach her to practice a certain kind of hand to hand combat technique.
Gion sighed.
It's no wonder, after all, in her cognition, what Rifan is good at is hand to hand combat.
As for swordsmanship, although Rifan has used swords before,
But from what Gion saw, Rifan used a sword as if he were using a baseball bat.
In Gion's mind, Rifan should know little about swords.
"Rifan, since Princess Vivi can use a sword, you must also be able to use a sword."
"Although Vivi's swordsmanship is still a little immature, it can already be called a qualified swordsman."
"Since that's the case, Rifan, your sword skills should be stronger.
"Can you tell me how well you have practiced the way of sword?"
"Could it be that your understanding of swords comes from the previous competition with me in the capital of water 7?"
Gion laughed.
At this time, she has almost completely regarded Rifan's invitation to fight her in the capital of water 7 as Rifan's plan to learn swordsmanship.
Not everyone knows that Rifan simply wants to complete the copy space achievement.
In order to get rich rewards.
"If you want to know, just pay the reward~"
Rifan stretched out his hand and raised Gion's chin, and said with a light smile.
"You are really thinking about rewards all the time, and you are targeting me."
Gion sighed and didn't ask any more questions.
She took a step back a little, avoiding Rifan's hand on her chin.
At this time, Nami came over with a curious face.
"Rifan, Vivi's appearance has changed a bit."
"How should I put it, I always feel that she is a bit too mature now."
"Did you put some kind of ointment on her?"
"If yes, can you give me that medicine as well?"
Nami skillfully put her hand over Rifan's neck, and said with bright eyes.
Obviously, for beauty-loving Nami.
The changes in the current Vivi also have a strong appeal to her.
"Unfortunately Nami, the changes in Vivi's body did not come from the ointments and ointments I made."
"It came from the power of a Devil Fruit."
Rifan shook his head.
For his partner, he did not hide this.
But of course, he wouldn't directly name the Devil Fruit that Vivi ate with marines around them.
Sure enough, after hearing that Vivi ate a certain Devil Fruit.
Gion, Shuzo and the others all looked over curiously.
No wonder, so far.
The Devil Fruit eaten by every member of the Black Pearl Pirates showed terrifying power.
What makes them even more afraid is that Rifan is likely to be able to use the power of the Devil Fruit that Vivi ate.
In the cognition of Gion and others.
There is no weam devil fruit users among the Black Pearl Pirates.
This also shows that Rifan may have more and more terrifying power.
"Well, that's really a pity."
Nami shook her head regretfully, and looked at Vivi enviously.
Not only her, but Robin, Mikita and others also felt slightly regretful.
Both of them have the same thoughts as Nami, hoping to become more attractive and attract Rifan.
"Speaking of which Nami, I have something for you."
As Rifan said that, he raised his hand and touched the tattoo of the Black Pearl Pirates on Nami's arm.
Just as Nami was puzzled, she felt a familiar burning sensation coming from the pirate tattoo on her arm.
[Panda Rifan, you use the 'Primary Observation Haki Awakening Scroll' on your 'Navigator' Nami!]
[ Nami's personal attributes have been refreshed, please check it yourself. ]
[Pirates: Black Pearl Pirates (Level 3)]
[Name: Nami]
[Crew number: 03]
[Position: Navigator (Master)(New)]
[Physical: 47158]
[Physical level: A level]
[Devil Fruit: Thunder Fruit(TO)]
[Other skills: Germa 66 exoskeleton]
[Special Abilities: Junior Armament Haki, Junior Observation Haki]
[Loyalty: 100 (Life and death go hand in hand)]
[Reward: 230 million Berry]
[Rifan, your personal talent "Strengthen the crew, equal return" has been activated. ]
[It is detected that you already have advanced Observation Haki, this time the enhancement of the "Elementary Observation Haki Awakening Scroll has been turned into 500 physical points.]
[Your personal attribute has been refreshed, please check it yourself!]
[Pirates: Black Pearl Pirates (Level 3)]
[Name: Rifan]
[Age: 25 years old]
[Position: Captain]
[Talent: Strengthen the crew, equal return to the factory
[Points: 1000 points]
[Physical: 114601 points]
[Physical level: SS level]
[Devil Fruit: Dark Fruit]
"Rifan, this is...
"Um."
Rifan extended his index finger to Nami's red lips who were about to speak.
And turned his head in the direction of Gion, Ain, Shuzo and others.
"I see, thank you!"
After Nami glanced at Gion and the others, she smiled softly.
Then she stood on tiptoe, leaving a faint lip mark on Rifan's face regardless of the presence of Mikita and others.
"That thief!"
Seeing this, Mikita couldn't help showing envy, and looked at Nami jealousy.
"Now you know how cunning she is."
"Mikita, you have to be careful."
"That woman steals even a woman's man."
Carina stood beside Mikita and fanned the flames.
Not to mention that when Rifan helped her strengthen before, she even offered a tongue for Rifan.
Beside Rifan, Gion looked at Nami suspiciously.
Just now, her sixth sense as a woman made her feel that Rifan did something to Nami.
And with Nami, something has changed.
However, even if she wanted to break her head, she couldn't know that it was just a few seconds ago.
Nami has already awakened her Observation Haki.
At the same time, her navigation skills have also taken a firm step towards the 'master' level!
"Rifan, Momonga Vice Admiral is still wounded."
"Isn't it inappropriate for him to fight Princess Vivi like this?"
At this time, Ain summoned up her courage and asked Rifan.
Originally, she thought that the battle between Momonga and Vivi was just a simple battle.
After all, Vivi has not shown such a powerful force in Marine's sight until now.
And the power of the Vice Admiral is easy to see.
Even if he is seriously injured, Momonga can show strong combat effectiveness.
But the fact is that Princess Vivi has been fighting Momongas for a long time now, and she still hasn't lost.
Vivi is even becoming more and more proficient in swordsmanship!
And Vivi has not yet demonstrated the ability of Devil Fruit that Rifan said earlier.
This made Ain feel a little worried about the situation of Momonga.
"Of course Momonga needs to be injured."
"If he didn't get injured, wouldn't Vivi have no way to sharpen herself?"
Rifan laughed.
"You b…, what do you mean by that!?"
Rifan's words made Shuzo frowned immediately, and once again looked a little impatient.
"It's very simple, I just want the weak Momonga to fight Vivi."
"In terms of swordsmanship alone, I know Vivi is no match for him."
"The current state of Momonga is very suitable to serve as a sharpening stone for Vivi."
Rifan said without hesitation.
When his voice fell, a flame suddenly ignited where Vivi and Momonga were fighting.
The eyes of Gion and the others were immediately attracted.
"That is!?"
Vivi's situation made Gion already watch it attentively.
"Foxfire flow!"
Vivi took a deep breath, and the long sword in her hand suddenly ignited a hot flame.
This made Momonga, who was about to use his brute force to suppress Vivi, feel nervous, and instinctively took two steps back.
Rifan asked him to duel with Vivi, he was already very afraid.
He knew that with Rifan's character, if Vivi's strength was not up to par, he would never let Vivi fight him.
Now that he has done this, Vivi definitely has some powerful power.
At this moment, he saw raging flames burning on the sword in Vivi's hand.
How could Momonga not become more and more alert?
Having said that, when Vivi's slash strikes.
He found that with his current state, there was no way to jump or block in time.
"Fire Flow!"
As Vivi's voice fell, her figure turned into a flash of lightning.
Quickly grazing towards the location of Momonga.
Momonga widened his eyes, and only had time to swing his sword towards Vivi's arm.
The next moment, Vivi's extremely fast figure had already come behind him.
Pooh!
An arc-shaped flame suddenly flashed from the chest of Momonga.
Then, there was a sword wound popping out of Momonga's chest.
Before the blood from his wound could flow out, it was evaporated by the scorching flames.
The arc-shaped flames expanded rapidly, engulfing Momonga in an instant.
Suddenly, Momonga directly turned into a burning man!
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