Chapter 164: Disguising as Larvin Again
[You chose Option 2, reward: Strength +1]
Boom——!
A deafening explosion erupted as the factory gate was destroyed, sending a scorching wave of heat rushing out. The heat wave spread through the side passages just before it could engulf the three of them.
Vivian managed to block the remaining shockwaves with his Haki.
Seeing the blazing fire at the gate, Vivian raised an eyebrow, feeling a bit relieved. "Wow, the explosion was intense. There must have been explosives inside."
Luckily, he didn't enter immediately. If he had been caught in that explosion, he might not have survived unscathed.
After all, Observation Haki can't detect bombs unless it's like Luffy or Katakuri's future sight…
While Vivian was reflecting on his narrow escape, Viola, standing behind him, grew more suspicious.
He had just used a flintlock to accurately hit the fuse of the explosives from fifty or sixty meters away?
What terrifying precision!
"Thunder Swordsman Vivian is also a sharpshooter?"
Viola was shocked and once again thought of Loget Larvin. Her intuition told her there might be a connection between the two.
"Don't just stand there, follow me and don't wander off," Vivian said.
The explosion had made him more cautious. Although the options could predict some dangers, they were limited to him alone.
If a mistake led to the death of someone around him, it would be a huge loss.
"Okay!" Viola nodded and obediently followed Vivian.
After a while, they moved through the dark, quiet factory without encountering any guards. Viola tugged on Vivian's sleeve.
"What's wrong?"
Vivian, using Observation Haki to sense ahead, asked without turning around.
"Um… if possible, after destroying the factory, can you go to the Corrida Colosseum to rescue my father? He's still imprisoned there…"
Viola, the princess of Dressrosa and Rebecca's aunt, felt immense guilt for her father's imprisonment and torture after her undercover identity was exposed two years ago.
Now, with Vivian leading an attack on Dressrosa, she desperately wanted to tear Doflamingo apart.
"Sure." Vivian nodded without hesitation.
His goal in coming to Dressrosa was to destroy the Donquixote Family and free the kingdom's citizens. Once Doflamingo was imprisoned, the throne would naturally return to the Riku family.
As the savior of King Riku, he would likely gain many benefits.
Beautiful women, land, Beli, and followers…
"Ahem…" Vivian shook his head, clearing his thoughts.
Just kidding, Vivian wasn't that kind of greedy person.
Meanwhile, as they turned another corner, a large group of Tontatta dwarves came into view.
Before Vivian could persuade them to leave with him, familiar options appeared again.
[Option 1: Lead the Tontatta dwarves to escape and take the existing artificial Devil Fruits. (Reward: Flame Dragon King from Yu Yu Hakusho)]
[Option 2: Lead the Tontatta dwarves to escape and burn down the Devil Fruit factory. (Reward: Cursed Spirit Manipulation from Jujutsu Kaisen)]
[Option 3: Disguise as Loget Larvin and record evidence of burning down the SMILE factory. (Reward: Random basic attribute +1)]
Vivian: ???
Here we go again…
Ever since the war at Marineford two years ago, he hadn't played the role of Loget Larvin. Seeing this option pop up again, he felt a slight sense of reluctance.
But reluctance aside, since it was a system-given option, he had to respect it.
Rationally analyzing it, the first option required him to take the artificial Devil Fruits from the SMILE factory for himself…
If this were discovered, it wouldn't just be a matter of being sent to Impel Down as a jailer; he might end up spending his life in the Infinite School he established.
As for the second option…
"Burning down the SMILE factory myself would likely only lead to one danger…"
He muttered to himself.
That would be being targeted by the Beast Pirates, the beneficiaries of the artificial Devil Fruits, and being hunted down by them during missions at sea.
The more he thought about it, the more likely his guess seemed.
So, without much hesitation, and under Viola's puzzled gaze, Vivian took out a box of paint and skillfully began painting his face.
Viola: (⊙o⊙)?
What is Vivian doing?
She tilted her head in confusion.
A few minutes later, after Vivian had painted his face in black and white stripes and somehow pulled out a magician's outfit, Viola was stunned.
This outfit?
Isn't it the same as Loget Larvin's appearance at Sabaody Archipelago and Marineford?
Could it be?!
As if struck by lightning, Viola gulped and instinctively took a few steps back, watching Vivian light a cigar with a rifle slung over his shoulder.
"You… you you…"
"What's wrong?" Vivian looked at her.
"Are you really Loget Larvin?!"
Vivian: "…"
"Does it matter that much to you?" Vivian asked. "Isn't it enough to save your father and the people of Dressrosa?"
Silence.
Yes, as long as I can save my father and this kingdom, does it matter if it's a pirate or a marine?
Viola clenched her fists, her graceful figure slightly leaning forward in her cheongsam. Then, to Vivian's confusion, she gave him a deep hug.
"Then, please, Sniper Larvin… sir…"
Vivian: ???