Chapter 76: Cobra: Vivi has a boyfriend??
Initially, Lister planned to reach the capital within thirty minutes.
However, after increasing his speed to 3.5 times the speed of sound, he directly shortened the travel time to less than seven minutes.
Before even entering the city, he could hear the earth-shattering sounds of battle from the capital.
Lister took Vivi around in a half-circle, found a suitable spot, and put her down.
"This is a good spot. No one should disturb you here. Vivi, you can start the artificial rain here!"
"Okay!" Vivi looked around and nodded.
As the princess of the Alabasta Kingdom, she was more familiar with this royal city than Lister.
Although this area was also at the foot of the royal city, it was sparsely populated.
It was indeed suitable for creating artificial rain here.
At least, it wouldn't be easily discovered by others.
"I'm going to deal with that super cannon," Lister said.
"I'm counting on you, Lister!" Vivi said solemnly.
"I'll be back before it rains!" Lister left this sentence and disappeared on the spot.
Vivi watched as Lister's figure disappeared and also began to get busy with the artificial rain.
"Kill—"
"Rebels, die!"
"Cobra's lackeys, die!"
Lister entered the capital.
As far as the eye could see, there was fighting everywhere, from the streets and alleys, it was everywhere.
Countless corpses lay on the ground, gradually turning cold.
However, Lister was not concerned about this.
Like a ghost, he moved through the army of thousands without a single drop of blood on him.
Because his speed was too fast, he caused quite a few "ghost" incidents, making many people lose their will to fight.
Lister went deeper and deeper. The closer he got to the royal palace and the central square, the more intense the killing became. But Lister's gaze never lingered on the crowd for more than a moment.
His gaze was always on the nearby buildings.
If anyone who didn't know their place tried to trouble him, whether they were from the royal army or the rebel army, he would kill them with a single stroke.
"Found it!"
The clock tower was near the square and was very conspicuous. Lister found it without much effort.
Lister didn't look for the entrance to the clock tower. He directly used Moonwalk, step by step, flying towards the clock face at the very top of the clock tower.
After getting close to the clock face, he looked around and quickly found a small window.
Lister approached, swung his sword to break open the small window on the clock face, and entered the clock tower from there.
The Baroque Works super cannon was placed here.
As soon as Lister entered, he saw the super cannon and also the two guys Crocodile had placed here to guard it.
Of course, the moment Lister broke in, they also discovered him!
"Who are you?"
The two Baroque Works officers shouted.
Lister's cold gaze swept over the two of them. Without a word, he swung his sword.
A slash wave shot out, sweeping towards the two of them and killing them on the spot.
After getting rid of the two nuisances, Lister turned his gaze to the super cannon in front of him.
"That Crocodile is really something, moving such a large cannon here. Isn't he tired?"
Lister couldn't help but complain.
If Crocodile were alive and heard this, he would definitely mock Lister: I only needed one word, what does being tired have to do with me?
Lister used his Observation Haki to penetrate the super cannonball's timer device.
His Overclock mind simultaneously deduced, and he quickly figured out the principle of this timer.
Without another word, Lister swung his katana and easily cut the connection between the timer and the cannonball.
Then, he swung his sword several more times, directly cutting the entire cannon and the cannonball into countless pieces.
Then, with a One Hundred and Eight Pound Phoenix, he directly blew all the explosives away, sending them flying out.
Although these scattered explosives would still burn if they encountered an open flame, they were no longer concentrated and did not have the conditions to blow people up.
Besides, Vivi was almost ready on her side.
As long as it rained, these explosives would be soaked and rendered ineffective, and would definitely not cause trouble for the residents here.
"Done!"
Lister sheathed his sword.
"When I go back, I'll tell Vivi to send people to clean up this steel!"
Lister didn't stay here for long.
After defusing the super cannon crisis, he turned around and jumped down from that small window again.
After leaving the clock tower, Lister didn't immediately return to Vivi's side. He released his Observation Haki, got a general idea of the situation nearby, and then used Moonwalk to fly towards the royal palace.
"Enemy attack!"
At this time, Cobra was secretly grieving in the royal palace when he was suddenly startled by a shout of "enemy attack."
The next moment, he saw more than a dozen figures flying in.
These people were his guards.
Before Cobra could ask what was going on, Lister stepped into the royal palace and appeared in front of him.
"Who are you? What are you doing here?" Although Cobra was in a panic, he managed to maintain his composure.
"Relax, I'm not your enemy. The reason I came in this way is, one, because I don't want to explain too much to your guards. Two, even if I explained, you probably wouldn't listen. And even if you did, there would be a lot of procedures. I hate trouble, so I just fought my way in!" Lister said.
The corner of Cobra's mouth twitched.
It was the first time he had heard such a reason.
However, the situation was stronger than him, so he took Lister's words as the truth.
"Then who are you? What do you want to see me about?" Cobra said calmly.
"My name is Lister, your daughter Vivi's man. Vivi is currently creating artificial rain. The reason I'm here is to remind you to quickly turn on the speakers and other communication equipment. I will bring Vivi here soon to end this war. Alright, I've said my piece. Any questions?" Lister said.
Although Lister's words were not long, the content was not small at all, and it was very explosive.
Especially the first two sentences! They directly blew the mind of this old father!
"Vivi's man?"
"Vivi has a boyfriend?"
"When did this happen?"
"Why haven't I, as her father, received any news!"
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"Father-in-law? Are you listening to me? If you are, say something. I don't have that much time to waste with you here. I have to get back to Vivi's side!"
Lister, seeing the dazed Cobra, couldn't help but walk up to him and wave his hand.
At this moment, Cobra came back to his senses.
His daughter's matter was a big deal, but it wasn't urgent. He could slowly learn about it later.
Right now, stopping the war was the top priority.
Cobra suppressed the urge to grab Lister by the collar and question him about how far he and his daughter had gone.
He said, "I heard you. I'll have someone connect the speakers right away!"
"Then I'll be going!"
Hearing Cobra's words, Lister didn't waste any more time and quickly disappeared from the royal palace!
"Men, connect the big speakers for me!"
"Yes!"
While his men were busy, Cobra stared blankly at the spot where Lister had disappeared.
"Vivi has a boyfriend. Doesn't that mean I'm old? Titi, our daughter has grown up."
Lister walked out of the royal palace and looked up at the sky.
Dark clouds were gathering.
It looked like it was about to rain.
Lister didn't linger in the capital any longer and used Moonwalk to head out of the city.
Pitter-patter—
The moment Lister's front foot stepped out of the capital, a light rain began to fall from the gloomy sky.
"It's raining?"
The royal army and the rebel army, who were in a frenzy of fighting in the capital, were all stunned when they saw the falling rain.
They gradually stopped fighting.
This situation quickly spread to countless people.
For a moment, everyone stopped.
They quietly felt the coolness brought by the rain.
Under the washing of the rain, the violence and anger in their hearts gradually calmed down.
Looking at the countless fallen corpses around them, and then at the living people, they were momentarily lost in confusion.
"What now? Do we fight or not?"
"I don't know?"
"No, I'm not fighting!"
"Me neither!"
At this time, Lister was by Vivi's side.
"Vivi, the stage is set. It's time for you to go on. Come on, I'll take you there!"
"Yes! Leave it to me now. I will definitely make them stop!" Vivi nodded solemnly.
Lister held Vivi and headed towards the royal palace.
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