Chapter 164 The Fighting Champion Who Started Running Away Within Three Seconds of Meeting Him

Waterwheel Island.

As always, this name can give people a rough idea of ​​what kind of place this is. Dozens of large streams of water branching out from the mountains in the center of the island divide the entire island into fragmented and blocky terrain. Islanders travel around On the waterway, the rows of waterwheels on both sides of the waterway are the origin of the island's name.

This is a picturesque, peaceful and relaxing place.

Since being included in Whitebeard's sphere of influence, the islanders who had been invaded by pirates and underworld forces have experienced the true meaning of peace for the first time. The islanders here can be said to be undoubted admirers of Whitebeard, and will even join The Whitebeard Pirates regard it as their greatest honor.

“What a nice place!”

"Your Highness, there is no need for you to come in person."

"Farug, I'm not looking down on you. Although you are much stronger than before, you are still no match for that fighting champion! If you want to compete with that guy, you still need to practice hard, or take demons. Fruits are also a good choice. If you don’t like the brain-consuming Superman type, the animal type Devil Fruit can effectively improve your combat power.”

"No, let's forget about devil fruits! Surfing and sea swimming are my few hobbies anymore."

Farug shook his head vigorously.

There are many such people!

Devil Fruit is a secret treasure of the sea. Not everyone is obsessed with its power. The price of not being able to swim makes many people choose to refuse. Even if a Devil Fruit is delivered to them, they either store it or sell it. Farooq is the one. Such a guy.

Devil Fruit may give him greater power.

It's just that he is even more unwilling to accept the corresponding price.

"But, is that fighting champion really as powerful as your highness said?" Farug said with a bit of doubt on his face, "I have never heard of his name. If he is really that powerful, he should be in this new world long ago. Is it right to be famous?”

"This shows that our Mr. Champion is very cunning, and he is not a pirate, but a fighter... The new world is the new world of pirates. The pirate emperors are all staring at the supernova pirates every year. Fighters who are constantly recruiting new pirates and jumping around in the ring and arena are not looked down upon by the Pirate Emperors."

The boat traveled upstream in the waterway, heading towards the town in the center of the island.

The small ship carried three guests, Elus, Fran, and Farug. The warship was too big to enter the island's waterways, so it could only stay in the port with the large army. Elus took the maid and The men went into battle lightly to catch this prey.

"Is that so! A fighter? I used to fight in the arena back home in Nanhai!"

"Eh? Have you ever been to the arena?"

"It's either a very famous arena or a boxing ring organized by the Kingdom's underground forces. Its influence is only in a few nearby kingdoms. But it was there that I first made a huge sum of money in my life by playing games, a total of five hundred Wanberry... I wanted to use this money to save the teacher's dojo..."

"Then what?"

Suddenly there was nothing more to say, and Elus patted the table impatiently.

"The teacher was suffering from a terminal illness, and all the money could not be cured. After the teacher died, the dojo closed down. I can't teach students, and my reputation is not as good as the teacher..." But I can make the strangulation technique my teacher gave me famous throughout the world, so I came to the Grand Line, but was defeated in the New World, and you all know what happened after that."

"Okay! It's not interesting!" Elus rolled his eyes in boredom.

"Huh? Don't ask, Your Highness! You're embarrassed to say such things." Farug couldn't help roaring.

"Shut up, if you keep making noise I'll throw you off the boat and swim all the way across."

Fran looked over coldly.

The bright red eyes were so cold that it made Farug's bones tremble. He didn't care about swimming all the way, but being thrown out of the boat by the little maid... was a bit shameful! Even though he knew that the maid in front of him had no problem crushing him, his pride still didn't want this to happen.

so,

"Ahem, Your Highness, I've never asked before. This is Whitebeard's territory. Isn't it okay for us to just barge in without even saying hello?" Farug's voice was three times softer than before.

"······There should be no problem?"

"Huh? You really...didn't say hello to Whitebeard?" Farug's eyes widened.

"... I thought about grabbing our Mr. Champion and leaving. There's no need to go to so much trouble, right? Move quickly. The best we can do is have a verbal spat afterwards. Well! No problem, as long as everything goes according to plan, I guarantee there won’t be any problems.”

Farooq was silent.

Okay,

The tiger broke into Whitebeard's territory without saying hello. The tiger didn't care if there were a few more monkeys in his territory, but when another tiger broke in, he would react immediately and kill or drive them away. intruder.

I hope they can leave before the Whitebeard Pirates arrive at Waterwheel Island.

otherwise,

Their small manpower is not very pleasing to the well-organized Whitebeard Pirates. Even if His Highness Elus can block the monster Whitebeard, he himself has no confidence that he can withstand the group of fierce monsters under Whitebeard's banner. Including Ms. Fran, it would probably be too much.

"Your Highness, we are here."

Fran got off the boat first, her maid's dress swaying slightly in the wind, and her bright red hair as eye-catching as a burning flame.

She stood on the dock like a bright red peony in bloom.

But after all, this is not one of those big cities with a mixture of good and bad. The picturesque Shuiche Island is understood from another aspect. It is a real rural place. There are no big cities. There are only a few small towns on the island. The whole island The population, including the infants, is less than 40,000.

"Wow! I'm mentally prepared for the journey, but... I haven't seen such an authentic countryside for a long time." Farug was amazed after getting off the boat.

"Isn't the Black Thorn Flower Island considered a countryside?"

Elus stepped on the blue-grey ground, admiring the rural scenery in front of him, while chatting with Farug.

"Of course not. The poor place on Black Thorn Flower Island is just a primitive village. Your Highness, don't underestimate the countryside. It cannot be called a countryside without enough fields." Farug looked serious. Not like a joke.

"Hello? What nonsense are you talking about? What do you think those fishing villages are?"

"A fishing village is a fishing village!"

"...Okay! As you like, what we have to do now is to find our Mr. Champion. It's such a big street...it's not difficult to find at all!" If this were still on the ship, Elus didn't mind chatting with Farug for a while to relieve his boredom, but now he was off the ship.

Of course the mission is limited.

What's more, the mission target is right where it's visible to the naked eye.

The fighting champion, Gizas Badges, was standing next to a ramen cart not far from the pier, eating ramen with a bowl bigger than his head.

"Fighting mask, purple hair and beard...the belt that symbolizes the championship...Your Highness, is this guy?" Farug took out the navy vs. Gizas Badjis for several years. I compared the reward order published before and compared it with the photos above, and I feel that they are almost the same.

"I didn't expect to meet him so soon... I'm really lucky! It looks like I can dare to end the operation before Whitebeard arrives."

At this moment,

The ramen-eating champion also raised his head.

He seemed to notice Elus and his group standing on the pier, and then——

"Snapped!"

The big bowl hit the ground and shattered into pieces.

Badgers flew away in the opposite direction to the dock like a rabbit with an arrow in the butt. Even Elus couldn't help but praise the crispness of his escape. It must be said that Badgers' reaction speed was frighteningly fast.

perhaps,

He recognized himself... Elus was thoughtful.

Even though he is not as popular as White Horse in the newspapers, Elus is often in the newspapers. Except for those guys who are not interested in the news at all, anyone who has read the newspapers should not forget about it so easily. Elus's impression.

"I'll chase him."

Farug shouted and fled out as fast as an arrow from a string.

He does not doubt Elus's judgment that he is not the fighting champion's opponent, but this does not prevent him from challenging the fighting champion. If he waits for His Highness Elus or Miss Fran to take action, he may not have the chance to personally It’s time to test the true strength of this fighting champion.

As for the Whitebeard Pirates coming if the delay lasts too long,

All right!

This kind of thing is something that His Highness should worry about. He can think about it when he has nothing to do. Now... His mind is entirely on Badgers, looking forward to the fight with this fighting champion.

Badjis and Farug walked through the town one after another, and the sound of splashing into the water was heard one after another. Badjis did not escape to the depths of the island, but chose to cross the waterway in front of him, as if preparing to avoid Ai Erwus, run to the sea.

"Your Highness, what should I do?"

Fran asked softly as she looked at the two people fighting in the water.

"Since Farug wants to try it, let him try it first."

Elus had previously said something about a quick victory, but he still had a calm attitude when the matter came to pass.

"In this case, the possibility of running into the Whitebeard Pirates increases. According to the intelligence, Waterwheel Island is just the next stop for the Whitebeard Pirates who are on the move, and Gizas Badges is... Coming to a rural place like Waterwheel Island at this time might be related to the Whitebeard Pirates, and if you touch Gizas Badges, you might make Whitebeard angry."

Fran frowned as she spoke.

She looked around. She couldn't figure out why Badgers came to such a rural place without an arena, and it wasn't just a short stay. According to the information, Badgers had stayed here for more than a week. .

Is it possible to say that this is the hometown of Badgers?

Or is it really related to the Whitebeard Pirates?

It's not a big problem if it's the former, but if it's the latter... I'm afraid it might be a bit troublesome!

"The fighting champion has nothing to do with Whitebeard. Of course, if we barge into his territory without saying hello and have a fight, Whitebeard will definitely be angry, but...since the last fight with Kaido, I haven’t had sex with anyone anymore, and my hands have been itching a lot lately.”

"...Did you do it on purpose?"

"Haha! I really forgot."

Fran stared at Elus for five or six seconds, then turned around helplessly, "Just say so!"

The master and servant on the dock were bickering.

But Mr. Fighting Champion was trying his best to escape. His domineering attitude was maximized, running through the fields and swimming in the water at the fastest speed in his life... His heart was filled with fear and uneasiness. His brain was like paste and he couldn't figure out why the Black Prince appeared here.

However, even though his brain didn't understand why, his body's intuition had already sent him a warning signal.

then,

He ran away without hesitation.

Not sure why the Black Prince appeared here, he chose to run away, and then the Black Prince's men who chased after him proved that his intuition was correct. The Black Prince was coming for him, but... ·Damn it, when did you ever provoke this monster?

"Damn it, damn it!"

"Damn it, you beast!"

"I have never provoked the Black Prince! Why on earth?!"

Doubt, confusion, indignation, despair, unwillingness...the mess of emotions almost made him collapse and scream.

Fortunately, the fighting champion is not a useless person. The mentality honed by fighting different enemies in the arena allowed him to suppress the chaotic emotions that suddenly rose in his heart. There are signs that the prince is catching up. It seems that there is only one pursuer following him...

This discovery relieved him a little.

His head gradually regained consciousness. When his thinking ability returned, he immediately began to think about what to do next.

Even though the Black Prince did not appear within the range of his domineering perception, he did not ignore the 'hound' following him. As long as the hound was there, the Black Prince would be able to follow him at any time.

"Kill the guy behind first? Or escape to the beach first..."

He didn't dare to look back for fear of delaying his escape.

In fact, the information collected by the Observer Color Haki is more than that collected by looking back. Judging from the feedback of the Observer Color Haki, the tracker is very strong. Of course, this strength has not exceeded his level. Give him some time. , it should not be difficult to deal with this annoying stalker like a hound.

It's just that if he can't get rid of the pursuer as soon as possible and is delayed by the other party, it will be his failure when the Black Prince arrives.

As for the strategy of escaping to the beach first, of course he would sneak into the sea to avoid the pursuit of the Black Prince, a Devil Fruit user, and wait for the Whitebeard Pirates to arrive, but he was not sure whether he could survive the Whitebeard Pirates. arrival.

Neither option is strictly speaking good;

It's just that in such a hasty and embarrassing situation, it is unrealistic to have more options.

"What to do? Which one to choose? Which one can avoid the worst choice... Damn it! How should I choose?" The blood vessels near Badgers' temples were pulsing, and he was forced to choose between two equally high risks. Choosing an answer among the choices is really annoying to the point of infuriating!