Chapter 75: Splitting into Three Paths, Surpassing the Speed of Sound!
Lister went and returned with Robin!
The entire trip took less than thirty minutes.
"Lister's back!" Vivi, who was being held in conversation by Nami, stood up in pleasant surprise as she watched Lister and Robin suddenly appear on the Money號.
Nami, beside her, also stood up.
Just now, she had been worried that Vivi would let her imagination run wild, so she had pulled Vivi into a forced conversation to distract her.
Now that Lister was back, she no longer had to rack her brains for topics of conversation.
"I'm back!"
Lister put down Robin and several bags, responding to Vivi.
"Besides the Dance Powder, did you bring anything else back?" Nami's eyes were sharp, and she instantly identified that besides the two bags of Dance Powder, the other bags contained something else.
"I brought back some good stuff!" Lister said with a faint smile.
"Gold?" Nami guessed.
"Nami, you're smart, you guessed it!" Lister laughed.
"Hmph, besides gold, it's impossible for you to bring back so much cash!" Nami knew Lister too well.
She knew that if he encountered a large amount of cash, he would definitely choose to spend it on upgrades in the first instance, and it would be impossible for him to bring so much back.
"As expected, Nami knows me best!"
Lister couldn't help but smile upon hearing this.
He then added, "Besides the gold, I brought back a few other good things. Why don't you guess again!"
"Could it be Devil Fruits!" Nami guessed.
"You guessed it?" Lister's eyes widened.
"Are they really Devil Fruits?" Nami also said in surprise.
"That's right, they're real Devil Fruits, and there are five of them! Two Paramecia, three Zoan," Lister said.
"Wow, this is a huge haul!" Everyone on the Gold Ship was moved.
This time, Lister had obtained five Devil Fruits. It was possible that one of them belonged to them.
How could they not be excited?
"Lister, how are you planning to distribute these Devil Fruits?" Nami asked.
"We'll talk about that later!" Lister said.
This time, he wasn't planning to give all five Devil Fruits to the girls to distribute.
If he did that, even if the others didn't say anything, they would definitely have opinions in their hearts.
Improving the girls' strength was important, but Lister also valued the opinions of the other pirates.
"Okay! Let's solve Vivi's problem first, it's not too late to decide then!" Nami nodded in agreement.
"At the same time, Nami, I have a mission for you," Lister continued.
"A mission?" Nami asked.
"After I take Vivi to the capital, you and Robin will also take a group of people to Rain Dinners to take over Crocodile's property!" Lister said.
Just now, Lister had only taken the money that Crocodile had placed in the safe room.
Crocodile's wealth was not just that little bit.
After taking over all of Crocodile's properties, a great deal of wealth could be plundered.
The amount should be considerable.
Lister couldn't just give it up.
"No problem! Lister, leave this mission to me. I promise to complete it beautifully!" Nami's eyes lit up upon hearing this.
If it were anything else, she might not be interested, but she was the best at receiving property.
"Good! Discuss how to allocate the manpower with Zoro, and don't make any mistakes!" Lister said.
After having Nami take a group of people to take over Crocodile's property, a portion of the people had to be left behind to guard the ships and the surrendered members of Baroque Works.
After all, they had just surrendered, so they had to be on guard.
Otherwise, if something happened, Lister would regret it when the time came.
"Where's my meat?" After finishing the serious business, Lister was ready to fill his stomach.
"Bring the meat!"
"Yes!"
Lister sat down again and began to wolf it down.
About fifteen minutes later, he had finished all the hundreds of pounds of meat and dessert.
A feeling of satisfaction instantly welled up in his heart.
He then looked up at Vivi, who had a trace of anxiety on her face but had not spoken, and smiled, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Vivi!"
"I should be the one to apologize. After all, you've been running around for me all this time!" Vivi shook her head.
"Let's go!" Lister said.
Vivi walked towards Lister.
Lister held the two bags of Dance Powder in one hand and Vivi in the other, once again entering his Overclock state.
With a whoosh, he instantly disappeared from Nami and the others' sight.
Nami watched as Lister and Vivi left, then said, "Sheele, go and call Zoro and the other division commanders!"
"Yes!" Sheele responded.
With an agile leap, she jumped off the Money號 and, with light steps, was by Zoro's side in a few moments.
"General Commander Zoro!" Sheele looked at Zoro with a dazed expression.
"What is it?" Zoro looked up at Sheele.
"Big Sis Nami wants General Commander Zoro and the other division commanders to have a meeting on the Money號!" Sheele said.
"Okay, I understand!" Zoro nodded.
"I'll go and inform the other commanders."
Johnny and Yosaku, who were nearby, immediately ran to inform the other division commanders.
Soon, Johnson and the other commanders walked over, met up with Zoro, and returned to the Money號 together.
At this time, a long table was placed on the deck of the Money號.
Nami sat at the head of the table.
Robin sat in the first seat on the right.
Nojiko sat in the second seat.
Zoro, seeing this, naturally walked to the first seat on the left and sat down.
Johnson, Rocky, Jango, and Gin, according to their division rankings, also sat down after Zoro.
"Zoro, and all the division commanders. Before Lister left, he asked me to take a group of people to Rainbase to take over Crocodile's property. So, I've called you here to discuss how to allocate the manpower!" Nami said directly.
Everyone understood.
After a round of discussion, a decision was finally made.
Zoro would stay here with the main force to guard the ships and the surrendered members of Baroque Works.
In addition, Jango and Johnson would stay to assist Zoro.
Gin and Rocky would take a group of people with Nami to Rainbase to take over Crocodile's property.
After everyone had discussed and agreed, they immediately took action.
At the same time, on the other side!
On the rolling yellow sand, a desert lizard was looking around. Seeing no danger, it was about to cross a sandy path that didn't look like a road.
But at this moment, with a whoosh, a figure sped past.
It didn't touch it, but in that instant, it was still torn apart by a force, its body completely mangled.
Lister seemed to have noticed this, but he didn't care.
He could walk in a straight line; there was no need to change his route for a small lizard.
"After my physique reached 50 and my spirit reached 40, the speed of sound seems to no longer be my limit. I seem to be able to go even faster!"
"In that case, let's go a little faster!"
"Faster!"
"Faster!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—!
As Lister continued to accelerate, the sound behind him became sharper and sharper.
"1.5 times the speed of sound!"
"2 times the speed of sound!"
"3 times the speed of sound!"
"3.5 times the speed of sound."
"My speed has reached three and a half times the speed of sound!"
"This also seems to be my limit."
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