Golden lightning suddenly appeared, startling Nami into stopping.
"How could this be?"
Didn't that guy say last time on the ship that he admired us?
Why this time…
"Miss Nami, I think there are other Marines present now, so this guy probably can't let us go openly," Sanji whispered in Nami's ear.
Nami showed a look of realization upon hearing this.
Meanwhile, Vivian had finished gathering his strength and was about to slash forward, but just as he raised his hand…
Bang!
A gunshot rang out.
Vivian widened his eyes, looking down in shock at his bleeding abdomen.
"Damn it…"
A flintlock?
Damn…
Vivian suddenly felt terrible.
He thought the worst that could happen was getting punched or knocked out from behind, but who knew this bastard would use a gun?
If that shot had hit the back of his head, wouldn't he be dead by now?
The lightning dissipated in an instant, and Vivian knelt forward, then conveniently lay down under Sentomaru's watchful eyes.
"Hey!" Sentomaru frowned.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Larvin got up, pulled out a modified flintlock rifle from his clothes, and fired several shots at Sentomaru.
Bang—!
Bang—bang—bang—bang!
The bullets wrapped around Sentomaru at extremely tricky angles, but just as they were about to hit, they were all knocked to the ground by his Haki.
"Such advanced Haki techniques…" Larvin widened his eyes and immediately retreated a few steps, showing a serious expression.
Damn, what kind of monsters have come to this island?
If he had known, he wouldn't have come here to ambush the Celestial Dragons. Maybe he should have turned back to the East Blue, changed his name, and lived to be over a hundred…
But…
Living to a hundred without avenging himself, would that be truly living?
I, Larvin, am not someone to be trampled on!
"Marines, die!"
Larvin roared, pulling out a heavy machine gun from who knows where, and started shooting wildly at Sentomaru and the approaching PX-1 Pacifista.
Vivian, lying on the ground, was shocked.
Damn, this guy is a Devil Fruit user?
And it seems to be a spatial type…
He can pull out a heavy machine gun out of thin air. If he gets angry, won't he pull out a few cannons next?
The more he thought about it, the more ridiculous it seemed. Just as he was thinking about his next move, options appeared again.
[Option 1: Continue playing dead on the ground. (Reward: Mastery of Haki)]
[Option 2: Suddenly rise and kill Larvin. (Reward: Random spatial skill x1)]
[Option 3: Wait for the right moment, get up, and intercept and attack Nami and Sanji. (Reward: Random basic attribute +1)]
Hmm?
Playing dead on the ground is dangerous too?
Vivian was a bit confused, but he still trusted the system's options.
So he changed his position, lying on the grass and watching Nami and Sanji.
Intercept and attack, right?
That means he doesn't have to kill them…
Thinking this, he waited.
Soon, as Sanji passed by, Vivian suddenly sprang up and slashed at Sanji's waist.
"Sanji!" Nami screamed.
Sanji, sensing the threat, flipped backward and quickly distanced himself from Vivian.
Seeing this, Vivian immediately followed, tightening his abdominal muscles to prevent blood loss.
But just as he left his original spot…
Boom—!
A loud explosion sounded from behind.
Instinctively, he turned to look and saw that the spot where he had been lying was now a mess, blasted by Larvin and the Pacifistas' heavy weapons. Not only were the plants and trees destroyed, but even the soil had been blown away, leaving a deep crater.
"Gulp!" Vivian couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Damn…
Without Armament Haki, he would have been blown to bits, right?
Supernovas are indeed terrifying…
"It seems that the 40 million bounty on that guy Larvin was indeed too low," he muttered to himself.
At the same time, Sanji, who was being pushed back by Vivian's attacks, didn't show any panic. Instead, he frowned in confusion.
This guy…
Is he holding back on purpose?
With his strength, how could he have been caught off guard by that earlier trick?
Even his current attacks seem like child's play… visibly clumsy.
"Hey, your acting is too fake," Sanji couldn't help but say.
"Fake?" Vivian coughed, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
No wonder, he thought. He had followed the options exactly as written, but still hadn't received a prompt saying he completed the task.
"Looks like I need to get serious." Vivian said, throwing a powerful punch that hit Sanji in the abdomen, sending him flying back to Nami.
"Sanji!" Nami quickly helped Sanji up.
Meanwhile, Vivian took a deep breath and recited his sword technique.
"Thunder Breathing, First Form…"
A flash of lightning appeared, dazzling Nami and Sanji.
"No way…"
Sanji's pupils contracted, and two big question marks appeared on his forehead.
Is that guy really going all out?
"Thunderclap and Flash!"
With those words, Vivian's figure suddenly disappeared, reappearing in front of Sanji and Nami in an instant.
Just as the blade was about to cut into Sanji and Nami, a huge figure suddenly appeared between them, a large hand striking down on the electrified Vivian's head.
Thunk!
A soft sound, and no one could react to what had happened. When they looked again, Vivian had disappeared, leaving no trace.
…
[You chose option 3, reward: Strength +1]
In the air.
Sitting cross-legged in a giant bear paw-shaped transparent bubble, Vivian held his hand over his abdominal wound, lost in thought.
As expected…
Choosing the third option, when he really attacked Sanji and Nami, Kuma would suddenly appear and slap him away?
"But where is he sending me?"
He muttered in confusion, looking down at the scenery below, feeling like he was on a plane.
Would he be transported back to the Sabaody Archipelago?
Or to the Impel Down prison where he had left a ward?
Having appeared multiple times on the Sabaody Archipelago, Vivian had little hope that Magellan wouldn't notice him.
"Whatever, I'll see when I get there."
Thinking this, he tore a strip of cloth from his clothes, tightly bound his abdominal wound, and lay back in the bubble, taking a leisurely nap.