"Oh, do you have a compelling reason why you had to scatter so many chess pieces on the ground?"
Sakuya walked in front of the two, looking at the chess pieces scattered all over the floor, her face expressionless as she stared at Zhong Chen.
"Uh... there is a reason! It's all Veldora's fault, yes, it's all his fault!"
"If it weren't for him not letting me take back my move, I... I..."
At this point, Zhong Chen was too embarrassed to continue.
"So, there's no valid reason then!"
"I'm sorry, it was my fault!!! Please forgive me just this once!"
With no other option, Zhong Chen could only lower his head and admit his mistake. Seeing this, Veldora burst into laughter and mocked Zhong Chen:
"Hahaha! Zhong Chen, you're such a coward, afraid of your own maid. I, this great me, completely... completely... completely... don't think there's anything wrong with what you did!"
Veldora, seeing Izayoi Sakuya staring at him with an icy expression, shrank his neck and quickly changed his words.
"Lord Veldora, if there's nothing else, you can go see if those little ones have packed their luggage!"
"Yes, this great me will go at once!"
With that, Veldora ignored Zhong Chen's pleading gaze and hurriedly fled the scene.
Sakuya then turned her head to look at the pitiful-looking Zhong Chen, only to show a helpless smile, and then activated her time ability.
As time continuously rewound, the scattered chess pieces all returned to their original positions.
Sakuya then sat in Veldora's previous seat, put the chess piece Zhong Chen wanted to retract back in its original place, and then said:
"I've let you take it back. Where do you plan to move this time?"
Looking at Sakuya sitting opposite him, Zhong Chen felt incredibly moved in his heart.
He knew that ever since he summoned Izayoi Sakuya, his life had been meticulously taken care of.
Every day, Sakuya even took the trouble to wake him up. Thinking of this, Zhong Chen's face broke into an incredibly bright smile as he said to Sakuya:
"Sakuya! Unknowingly, you've been by my side for such a long time."
"You're always doing household chores. Is there anything you yourself want to do or something you want?"
Hearing Zhong Chen's words, a flicker of memory crossed Sakuya's face, and then she showed a gentle smile and spoke softly:
"Hehe! Thank you, Master, for thinking of me."
"However, I don't want anything. Being able to always take care of Master is already my greatest joy!"
Hearing Sakuya say this, a thoughtful look flashed in Zhong Chen's eyes:
"Is that so! Then I'll give you something!"
Saying this, Zhong Chen pulled a waist pendant from his pocket.
Seeing this pendant, Sakuya couldn't help but let out a laugh:
"Pfft!"
What kind of pendant could make even Izayoi Sakuya, who rarely smiled, laugh out loud?
It turned out to be a Q-version model of Sakuya and Zhong Chen, scaled proportionally.
The Q-version Sakuya in the pendant was angrily hitting the Q-version Zhong Chen on the head with a broom.
And the Q-version Zhong Chen was squatting on the ground, covering his head, with a huge tear flowing from his eye.
"Here, for you! I don't know if you'll like it!"
Zhong Chen handed the pendant to Izayoi Sakuya. Sakuya took it and, with a smile, softly said:
"I like it very much, thank you, Master!"
With that, she hung the pendant on the waist of her maid uniform.
"A Chen!!! Are you up yet!! It's time to go!"
The two, about to continue their game, hadn't even started when they heard Milim's loud shouting from outside the door.
"It seems we can't continue!"
"Indeed!"
With that, the two stood up and looked towards the doorway, only to see the large door burst open with a bang, and Milim walked in first.
"I know, Milim, you don't have to be so loud!"
"Yo, you all followed too, perfect, then let's get ready to depart. The children have been looking forward to Vivi's royal palace for a long time!"
"Mr. Zhong Chen!"
"That's great, Vivi! With Mr. Zhong Chen's help, your country will soon be peaceful!"
Nami said to Vivi with a look of pleasant surprise after hearing this.
"Mhm!"
Zhong Chen said nothing more but led everyone out.
When everyone was standing outside, Sakuya pressed something, and the entire villa suddenly erupted in a thick cloud of white smoke.
When the white smoke cleared, the place where the villa once stood was empty, leaving only a desert in the eyes of those present.
"What... what's going on? How did such a large house suddenly disappear!"
"Indeed, I've never seen anything so magical in my life!"
"Hmph hmph! You don't even know this, then let Lord Milim tell you!"
Milim said excitedly to the Straw Hat Pirates.
As Milim explained with exaggeration, Luffy and the others also understood the principle behind it.
"Sugoi (Amazing)!"
"It's truly amazing, this technology completely surpasses my imagination!"
"Does this mean we can completely put the Going Merry into this capsule and carry it with us?"
"That's right! How about it, aren't you shocked by the technology of our Monster Country Federation!"
Milim said loudly to the group with a proud expression.
Zhong Chen, hearing this, muttered in his heart: Milim, legally speaking, you're not even a part of our Monster Country Federation, are you!
"Then, I wonder if your esteemed country sells this kind of capsule!"
Vivi immediately thought of the importance of the space capsule and asked impatiently.
One must know that the space capsule was simply too practical.
If the World Government knew that the Monster Country Federation had such technology, it was highly likely they would directly attack the Monster Country Federation.
"Not for sale yet!"
Zhong Chen replied calmly, as if he didn't care at all about something as world-changing as the space capsule.
Hearing that the Monster Country Federation was not selling it externally, Vivi breathed a slight sigh of relief, then warned with a serious expression:
"That's good. I suggest your country most not expose this kind of space capsule, otherwise, it might attract countless people to come and snatch it!"
Zhong Chen, hearing Vivi's warning, straightened his expression and said:
"Snatching? With that bunch of rotten fish and shrimp! Even if those scums from the World Government mobilized all their forces, I wouldn't bat an eye!"
"Wow! He's so arrogant! Sugoi (Amazing)!"
Chopper looked at Zhong Chen with admiration, while Vivi, worried, continued to persuade the nonchalant Zhong Chen:
"I know your power is great, but the World Government's power is beyond your imagination, they..."
Before Vivi could finish, Zhong Chen waved his hand, interrupting her.
"Hehe! Miss Vivi, I'm very happy that you think so much of us, but what I want to say is!"
"It's not that the World Government's power is beyond my imagination, but that our power is beyond the World Government's imagination!!!"
"Rimuru, Milim, what do you say?"
"A mere World Government!"
"I am a Demon Lord!"
"You all..."
Luffy and the others looked at the three increasingly arrogant individuals before them, and all the words they wanted to say could only turn into deep silence...