Bab 219: Chapter 217: Encounter!

"Nature works for my symptoms," Rifan remarked.

"Also, Robin, it's better not to force Vivi," he added.

"Vivi's shy look is enough to have a critical healing effect on me."

Rifan nodded emphatically and couldn't help but give the three of them a thumbs up.

At this moment, he couldn't help but thank the black screen mechanism of the copy space. After all, he didn't want to share such a scene with thousands of men in Blue Star watching.

"That's really great. It's not in vain for us to prepare for such a long time~"

"Right, Vivi?" Nojiko looked at Vivi with a big smile on her face.

"Nojiko..."

Looking at Nojiko's teasing smile, Vivi couldn't help but pout in complaint.

"It seems that our Miss Wednesday can't let her go."

"That's not okay. If you can't let go of your hands and feet, you won't be able to finish your training properly in a while."

The corner of Robin's mouth raised, and she crossed her hands, using the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit to create two arms on both sides of Vivi's body. As Robin controlled two arms, she grabbed Vivi's hands and pulled them outward. The special swimsuit worn by Vivi was immediately clearly displayed in front of Rifan's eyes. Vivi noticed Rifan's scrutinizing gaze and immediately blushed.

"Okay, let's talk about your training," Rifan said, noticing Vivi's head had a faint tendency to smoke. In order to prevent Vivi from using the ability of the Sand-Sand Fruit to escape, Rifan hastily changed the topic again.

"Robin, you and I will practise Fishman Karate later. Nojiko, I will try to help you understand the 'Gungnir' technique. As for you, Vivi, you should take this sword, the Third Generation Kitetsu, first. I have to test whether you can learn swordsmanship first. Besides, you have been so restless. It may be impossible to train swordsmanship that requires a calm mind to learn."

While talking, Rifan took out Kitetsu from his props bar and handed it to Vivi. Although according to his understanding, Vivi did not need to hold a sword and could directly use sand to construct the blade. But since it's her first time coming into contact with kendo, having a real sword in hand would be more conducive for training and it's also to test whether Vivi could learn the 'Firefox Style' or 'Oden Two Sword Style' that he had mastered.

"I understand, Captain Rifan," Vivi said as she felt the strange cool water when she touched the cursed sword. This made her fast-beating heart a little calmer. And this also made Vivi feel a little fond of the blade in her hand. If other swordsmen knew that Vivi used the cursed sword to cool down her mind, they might be astonished.

Vivi nodded and looked at Rifan solemnly. "I will study hard. And master the power of the sword!"

Maybe it was because of Robin's power that displayed her pose in front of Rifan, or maybe it was because of the cooling effect of the cursed sword. At this moment, Vivi calmed down a lot. Although letting her perform her job as a dancer in front of Rifan now might be a little bit reluctant.

Hearing this, Rifan nodded in satisfaction and took out another famous sword, 'Oto(Sakura Ten)' from the inventory. "If you want to learn my swordsmanship, it is best to experience it through combat first. Robin, Nojiko, you two go for a swim first. I will show Vivi the sword technique called 'Firefox Style'."

After Rifan finished speaking, he tightly clenched the sharp sword in his hand. The next moment, a raging flame ignited on Oto's blade. Seeing this, Nojiko quickly gripped the cursed sword in her hands and prepared to deal with Rifan.

"Be careful, Captain. Don't use the flame on your sword to burn the few pieces of cloth on Vivi's body~ Speaking of which, it's not for this purpose that you want to teach her the sword technique called 'Firefox Style' right?" Robin said to Rifan and Vivi in a soft voice with a slight curvature of her mouth.

After the words fell, Vivi's body couldn't help but tremble, and her original posture collapsed instantly. And her mood, which had already calmed down, also started beating at a high speed again.

However, before she could say anything, Rifan swung a flaming blade and attacked Vivi. Feeling the strong wind and heat, Vivi subconsciously wanted to elementalize. However, Rifan was faster. They saw his empty hand move toward the swimming pool. A stream of water quickly rushed toward his palm and was finally pushed onto Vivi's body by Rifan. Immediately after coming into contact with water, Vivi lost the chance to elementalize. Facing Rifan's head-on slash, she had no choice but to go forward with both hands holding the sword.

"When testing your talent in swordsmanship, you are not allowed to use your devil fruit ability. Understand Vivi? If you don't want to have your swimsuit burned by me like Robin said, then get serious and show your strength in front of my eyes," Rifan looked at Vivi seriously.

Entering the training mode, he was no longer as playful as before. "I understand, Captain Rifan," Vivi said, freezing for a moment. The next moment, a red light symbolising Observation Haki used flashed in her eyes. The long sword in her hand gradually turned black because of the Armament Haki.

"Captain Rifan, please advise," Vivi said, taking a step back and regaining her stance. "Mm! This is a bit of training. Then I'm going to spar with you, Vivi. Firefox Style—Fire Willow Flash!" When Rifan's voice fell, he rushed at a speed that Vivi couldn't see clearly. Soon, the swimming pool was completely covered by the sound of gold and iron clashing.

…

Some time passed.

On the sea, the Black Pearl quickly sailed towards its destination.

At the same time, not far from the Black Pearl, another pirate ship under Smoothie's command was heading in its direction.

"Ada, after some time, we will arrive at the capital of Water 7. Do you think that man Rifan will still be there?" After Smoothie used her devil fruit-squeezing ability to prepare double the carrot juice for herself, she smiled at Ada, who was holding a monocular not far away, and asked.

Although Ada could only be regarded as a newcomer, and Smoothie still couldn't confirm her loyalty to the Big Mom Pirates, But based on Ada's performance and abilities during this period, Smoothie was quite appreciative of her. She even had the idea of keeping Ada on her ship.

"I think there is a high probability that we will meet. Even if we can't meet him directly, Rifan's Black Pearl won't leave the capital of Water 7 for too long," Ada replied as she put down the binoculars and turned to face Smoothie.

"Also, Ms. Smoothie, there's an interesting ship a few kilometers ahead. The flag on that ship appears to be the flag of the Warlords of the Sea, Boa Hancock's Kuja Pirates. Should we avoid them?"

Upon hearing this, Smoothie stood up from her seat immediately. "Warlords of the Sea Hancock? The most beautiful woman in the world? This is truly a rare coincidence. A rare encounter, and you suggest we avoid it? I'm very interested in the juice squeezed from the body of the world's most beautiful woman," Smoothie said with a smile on her face.

Although facing the Warlords of the Sea, Smoothie, one of the four generals, was not afraid. Especially when the opponent was the only woman among the Shichibukai, known as the most beautiful woman in the world. This naturally piqued her interest.

"But sister, we still need to find Rifan. It might be a waste of time to engage with the other party," Charlotte Garrett frowned and voiced her concerns. Completing her mother Charlotte Linlin's mission was the top priority for her.

"Don't worry, Garrett. It won't take long," Smoothie said confidently as she walked toward the bow of the ship.

After a while, following Smoothie's orders, the pirate ship approached the pirate group of the Nine Snake Pirates.

"Damn it, it's all your fault. If you hadn't reminded her, Sister Smoothie wouldn't have noticed that woman Hancock," Garrett complained while looking at Ada.

Garrett didn't like Ada at all, especially after Ada defeated her earlier. Her dislike for Ada intensified now.

"Don't worry too much, Ms. Garrett. We have to trust Miss Smoothie; she is the pride of the Big Mom Pirates. If you are worried, please follow me, and I will stand with you," Ada replied with a gentle smile, seemingly unbothered by Garrett's hostility.

"Hmph, who needs the protection of a newcomer like you?" Garrett snorted and walked towards the bow of the ship. Ada could only shrug helplessly in response.

"However, Empress Hancock actually appeared in this sea area. She is both Shichibukai and the most beautiful woman in the world. That guy Rifan must be very interested," Ada thought to herself. Thinking of this, she opened the reincarnation exchange group and left a message for Rifan.

['Panda' Ada Wong: Rifan, in the North Blue domain west of the capital of Seven Waters, about a few hours' voyage away, there are Nine Snake Pirates lurking. If you don't mind the trouble, you can come and see the world's number one beauty~]

Although she did not explicitly mention that she was on Smoothie's boat, Ada believed that Rifan could understand based on the message she had previously left for him.

To Ada's surprise, her message had not yet received a response from Rifan. Instead, another Panda reincarnator responded.

['Panda' Leigh: Ada, how do you know that the Nine Snake Pirates are here? Wait, you are not on the pirate ship opposite us right!?]

['Panda' Ada Wong: Leigh? Where are you? This is going to be troublesome.]

['Panda' Leigh: So, the pirate ship you are on is here to attack us? Wait...that flag is... the flag of the Four Emperors?!]

['Panda' Ada Wong: As you can see, get ready, Leigh. The woman on the boat I was on wasn't friendly.]

['Eagle' Ethan: I just opened the reincarnator exchange group, and I saw such an interesting situation.]

['Green Pheasant' Makoto Itou: Is there a battle between reincarnators of Panda?]

['Green Pheasant' Otoshi: Haha, this is interesting, Rifan's slave Ada will be forced to fight Leigh, who seems to have a good relationship with Rifan.]

['Camel' Nasser: Alright, that's great! I really want to see the Panda reincarnators fighting each other, especially that slut Ada! I really hope that Rifan's slave will be defeated!]

['Camel' Huuli: Is the battle between the Panda about to start? It's really interesting. Ada ranks second, and Leigh's ranking is not bad. There must be a very interesting contest~]

['Green Pheasant' Honoka: But, since Leigh's pirate group is the Nine Snake Pirates, Ada's pirate group should not be able to defeat them.]

['Green Pheasant' Makoto Itou: Honoka, it seems that you are quite tired from being chased by me. Did you miss the fact that the ship that Ada is on belongs to one of the Four Emperors?]

['Kangaroo' Marie Rose: Damn bastard, if you keep chasing us, I will definitely make you pay the price!]

['Green Pheasant' Makoto Itou: Hehe, I really want to see what price you can make me pay~]

['Eagle' Tina: Since it is the pirate ship of one of the Four Emperors, it must be able to defeat the Queen of the Nine Snakes, but has Ada left Rifan's side and joined one the Four Emperors pirate group?]

['Camel' Yuza: I really want to know which pirate group of the Four Emperors Ada joined, and I really want to see what the final outcome of the two reincarnators from Panda is.]

['Green Pheasant' Otoshi: Do you still need to ask? Of course, one of them will die, hahaha.]

['Panda' Rifan: Really, that's not necessarily the case.]

['Panda' Leigh: Rifan! Great, do you have a solution?]

['Panda' Ada Wong: You have finally appeared, Rifan. Do you have a solution to our situation here?]

['Panda' Rifan: Don't worry, my side has already set sail! We're in the West area of the capital of Water 7. I'll be there right away!]

After Rifan left a message, he immediately closed the communication group interface among the reincarnators.

He turned his attention to Princess Vivi, who stood before him, gripping sword in both hands, diligently practising the "Firefox Style" sword technique for several hours.