"Heh heh, it seems you've made a new friend!"
Jing and Toreini said simultaneously, looking at Vivi.
"Hello, Chairwoman. I am Vivi!"
Vivi heard that the person who arrived was the legendary Chairwoman of Academy City.
She quickly straightened her clothes and introduced herself.
"No need to be so polite. Enju, this child, hasn't caused you any trouble, has she?"
Jing asked Vivi with a gentle expression.
"No, no, Enju hasn't caused any trouble; she's helped me quite a bit!"
"Is that so! Then I'm relieved!"
Jing nodded slightly upon hearing Vivi's words.
Meanwhile, Aihara Enju, standing beside them, spoke with a wronged expression:
"Teacher Shizu, in your heart, am I really the kind of person who likes to cause trouble?"
Jing heard Aihara Enju's aggrieved words and approached her with a smile.
She lightly tapped her little head and said:
"Isn't that right? Haven't you, little one, always been messing around with Veldora?"
"Hehe!"
Hearing Jing's words, Aihara Enju's wronged expression instantly vanished.
Instead, she awkwardly scratched her little head, chuckling foolishly.
"Alright, no need to pretend. Even if I tell you, you won't change."
"Toreini and I just happened to see you and came over to check. Since you're shopping, we won't disturb you!"
"Toreini, let's go. Miss Vivi, I'll leave Enju to you!"
After speaking, Jing smiled and entrusted Enju to Vivi.
"Please rest assured! I will look after Enju!"
Vivi quickly nodded in agreement.
Although she didn't know how high the Chairwoman's status was in the Monster Country Federation.
But just from the children she had met, she knew that the Chairwoman was definitely not simple.
"Then I'm relieved. Enju, don't play too late, remember to be back before the dormitory curfew!"
"Yes! Teacher Shizu!"
Jing, having received a satisfactory answer, then left with Toreini.
Aihara Enju watched the two of them leave.
Suddenly, she put on a mysterious expression, leaned close to Vivi, and asked:
"Sister Vivi, do you know how old Teacher Shizu is this year?"
Vivi thought for a moment and then said:
"Probably only in her twenties. The Chairwoman looks very young!"
Hearing this, Aihara Enju shook her head and said softly:
"No! Teacher Shizu is said to be over ninety years old!"
"What!!! Is that true?!"
Vivi's jaw nearly dropped from Aihara Enju's words.
Jing's appearance looked so young, yet she was already over ninety years old.
"Of course it's true. Not only Teacher Shizu, but Headmaster Toreini is also rumored to be even older than Teacher Shizu!"
Aihara Enju said softly to Vivi with an expression that seemed to say, 'How about that, are you surprised?'
Vivi thought of Toreini, whom she had just met but hadn't spoken much to.
She had only narrowed her eyes, but she was so beautiful that she seemed unworldly.
A monstrous wave had already risen in her heart.
What is the situation with the people in this country? How can anyone live so long?
And each one is excessively beautiful.
It's as if all beauty can be found in this country. Is this really a country that can exist in this world?
"Enju! Can I ask you a question?"
Looking at Vivi's serious expression, Aihara Enju nodded with a puzzled look.
"Is your Monster Country Federation really a country in this world?"
Actually, Vivi had wanted to ask this question for a long time, as the Monster Country Federation was simply too strange.
The entire country suddenly appeared near Alabasta. One must know that the area of the Monster Country Federation was not small.
Normally, it should have been discovered long ago, but no one had found any trace of it.
Even if these were explained away by the Grand Line's peculiar climate or magnetic fields.
But the number of strong individuals in this country seemed a bit excessive. Any squadron leader had the strength of a Warlord of the Sea.
This was too over the top. One must know that even the World Government couldn't make a strong individual with Warlord of the Sea strength a mere squadron leader.
Yet the Monster Country Federation did just that, and no one in the entire country found it strange.
Coupled with the age issue Aihara Enju had just mentioned, it made Vivi feel that all of this was too unusual.
So she finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been hidden in her heart.
"Uh… this… I can't say. If Sister Vivi wants to know, you can ask Chen Gege! If he wants to tell you…"
Hearing that Vivi's question was this, Aihara Enju immediately shook her head, indicating that she couldn't tell Vivi.
After all, this already belonged to the core secrets of the Monster Country Federation.
Although she and Vivi were friends, she couldn't disclose any confidential information about the Monster Country Federation.
"Alright! If you can't say, then forget it. I'll ask Mr. Zhong Chen when I have time!"
"Mm, alright, Sister Vivi, don't think about these things anymore, we haven't bought anything yet!"
"Okay, okay, okay!"
Hearing Aihara Enju's words, Vivi decided to temporarily suppress her doubts.
After all, today was for shopping with Aihara Enju.
Thinking of this, Vivi smiled and continued to accompany Aihara Enju in buying figures.
And just as the two of them were continuously spending, no one present noticed a figure flashing in the distance, then disappearing.
Swish… "Lord Souka! We've discovered the intelligence personnel sent by the World Government. Should we deal with him now?"
Souka, standing on a treetop playing with a kunai, heard her subordinate's report and a playful smile appeared on her serious face.
"No need, continue to monitor. Lord Souei wants to know exactly what they are investigating!"
"Also, Lord Benimaru is currently ordered to form a new Legion, which will take some time."
"I heard that my foolish brother has also become a Legion Commander, sigh!"
Thinking of her brother, Gabil, a troubled expression appeared on Souka's beautiful face.
She couldn't help but sigh.
"Hehe! I think Lord Benimaru must have a reason for recommending Lord Gabil to be a Legion Commander!"
"You don't need to worry too much!"
Hearing her subordinate say this, Souka could only smile wryly and nod.
"I hope so! You may go. Continue to monitor and don't be discovered!"
The subordinate, dressed in a secret agent uniform, lightly touched his right chest, nodded, and instantly vanished from the spot.
Only a single leaf slowly fell to the ground.
"World Government? Soon I'll make you kneel on the ground and sing 'Conquest'!"
Whoosh… After speaking, Souka threw the kunai in her hand, piercing a fly falling from a distant tree. When she came back to her senses, she had already disappeared from the treetop.
Kunai: You could at least pick me up! I don't cost money!
"This is the legendary Sabaody Archipelago! It looks pretty good, doesn't it?"
Zhong Chen slowly walked off the training ship with a group of little lolis, looking at the bubbles everywhere with a surprised expression.
"Wow… it's true! So many bubbles! And you can pop them!"
"So much fun!"
The little lolis were also excitedly poking at the floating bubbles.
"You haven't been to Sabaody Archipelago? Then how did you get to the New World?!"
Looking at the group of equally curious little lolis, Zhong Chen asked with a puzzled expression.
"Brother Zechien carried the training ship and flew over the Red Line to reach the New World!"
"Uh… alright! You really know how to find shortcuts!"
Just as everyone was chatting, a sudden commotion came from the distance.
"The Celestial Dragons are here! Hurry and go! If you encounter a Celestial Dragon, you might even lose your life!"
"That's right, run!"
"Celestial Dragons?"
Zhong Chen heard that Celestial Dragons had arrived, and his face instantly showed an expression of having found a new toy…