Dragon Ball: Super Goten

Chapter 143 Participating in the Death Game!

Picking up where we left off, Mrs. Sunday, a Baroque Works executive who suddenly appeared on the Going Merry, requested to join Luffy's crew. And in just a few moments, she subdued everyone except Goten, Zoro, and Usopp…

Just to be on the safe side, Usopp decided to interrogate Mrs. Sunday. Usopp patiently asked her, "Name, age, occupation, and reason for joining the ship."

Mrs. Sunday calmly replied, "My name is Nico Robin. My age is a secret, after all, a girl's age isn't something you can just tell anyone. I'm an archaeologist, and the reason I wanted to join the crew is because I had nowhere else to go." As she spoke, she tossed her hair, activating her Devil Fruit ability, which immediately made Luffy and Chopper, who were standing nearby, laugh.

Seeing this, Usopp continued to question Robin, "So what are you good at, and is there anything you want to do?"

Robin coldly replied to Usopp, "I'm best at assassination..."

Upon hearing this, Usopp immediately shouted in a panic to Luffy, "Luffy, she's a dangerous person! Get her away from here!"

Just then, Sanji, holding the freshly made drinks, gave one to Nami and one to Robin, then coldly told the others to get their own, leaving them speechless...

Seeing that everyone else had fallen, Usopp, Zoro, and Goten immediately decided to be the last shield. However, the next second, Usopp was overpowered by Luffy and Robin's ability to imitate Chopper, and his defenses were breached, causing him to go off and play.

With Usopp's surrender, the last two stopped caring about Robin's plans. Just then, a seagull delivered a new newspaper with the Straw Hat Pirates' new bounty posters. Everyone noticed that Luffy's bounty had increased to 100 million Berries, and Zoro's bounty was now 64 million Berries...

Seeing that his bounty had only increased to 50 million and was surpassed by Zoro, Goten crumpled up the wanted poster and destroyed it on the spot. Then, he pretended to be nonchalant and went to the kitchen to drink a beverage. Nami couldn't help but mutter softly, "Goten looks a little disappointed..."

Usopp chimed in, "I thought so too, after all, his bounty went from second to third. But then again, someone doesn't even have a bounty yet..." He glanced at Sanji, and seeing that Sanji had noticed him, Usopp immediately pretended not to have said anything and started making excuses...

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Two days later, the Straw Hat crew arrived at the new island. Meanwhile, Nami, concerned about the dwindling funds, complained after everyone had a hearty meal that the ship's budget was dwindling and they would starve to death if they didn't find a way to make ends meet.

Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately reprimanded everyone: "I'm telling you guys, you're spending money way too recklessly! As the captain, I have to say something to you!"

As soon as Luffy said this, he was immediately beaten up by everyone except Robin, who had just joined the crew. Everyone shouted at Luffy, "It's all your food money that's been spent!"

Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately retorted, "That's not right, Goten ate just as much as I did!"

Sanji immediately retorted without hesitation, "He's still a kid, what's wrong with eating more to grow taller? Besides, Goten often goes to the sea to catch Sea Kings, and Goten doesn't sneak food at night like you do..."

Luffy, however, didn't seem to care and nonchalantly whistled in dissatisfaction...

Just as the Straw Hat crew was worrying about funding, they discovered that a man who had just entered the place had shown some kind of secret signal to the owner and was then led into a room behind him, never to return.

Sensing an opportunity, Nami and Robin immediately led Luffy and the others to the shopkeeper. After some persuasion, they entered the room with the shopkeeper, then passed through a long, dark corridor. Following the shopkeeper's instructions, they presented two 100-coins as a code, and then the group arrived at the other side of the corridor.

Seeing the pirate flags everywhere, the group was still wondering when a nearby pirate assumed they were there to gamble. After Nami explained that it wasn't like that, the pirate questioned whether Luffy and the others were there to participate in the competition.

Luffy and the others were puzzled by what kind of competition the other party was talking about. At this moment, Robin spoke up and said, "Speaking of this, I heard about it on the pirate ship I was on before. Every once in a while, there is a no-rules sailing competition held here. It is a competition where you have to follow a special pointer from a designated location to the finish line."

At this moment, the pirates nearby thoughtfully pointed out the three groups with the best chance of winning the championship to the Straw Hat crew: the giants Poppy and Bogo, the fishman Willy, and the general Gaspard.

Nami hesitated for a moment upon hearing this, but then Goten found out, "Nami, there's a 300 million Berry prize if you win!" Upon hearing this, Nami immediately agreed to participate and signed up with Sanji. Meanwhile, Zoro and Luffy, hearing that there was free food, immediately grabbed Usopp and Chopper and headed off for a feast…

Goten then took the opportunity to talk to Robin: "By the way, haven't you participated in any competitions like this on other pirate ships before?"

Robin smiled and said, "I haven't stayed on other pirate ships for very long, so I haven't participated in any adventures. I've just been constantly hiding..."

Seeing this, Wutian couldn't help but continue to question, "So, are those guys too weak, or do you simply dislike their style, which is why you left them..."

When Robin confronted Goten's questioning, she simply smiled and retorted, "Aren't you curious about what I'm hiding, or do you think it's completely unimportant?"

Goten responded, "I'm not in the mood. You'll have to tell me when the time comes. Until then, we just need to protect our friends with all our might. Nothing else matters. After all, we're not detectives who have to get to the bottom of everything..."

Robin snorted softly upon hearing this, then found a place to sit and enjoy her coffee. Goten, seeing this, also went to find Luffy and the others for a meal. When Nami returned after registering, she found that only Robin was left. After learning that Luffy and the others had gone to eat for free, she didn't say anything and stayed to discuss some precautions for tomorrow with Robin...

Meanwhile, Luffy was eating when he started taking food that others had ordered and putting it in his own mouth. This angered a man in a kung fu outfit, who grabbed Luffy's head and slammed it onto the table. Usopp and Chopper were terrified and didn't know what to do. Meanwhile, Zoro and Goten were ready to have a big fight.

The man angrily complained, "They just take other people's food like that, and they're reaching so far..." Only then did he notice something was wrong and shouted, "Their hands can reach that far!" Usopp and Chopper, not holding back their criticism, remarked, "Too slow..."

Just as Luffy, who had been beaten up, stood up and was about to retaliate, the true owners of the food that Luffy had just stolen—a group of pirates—surrounded Luffy and his crew, along with the troublemaker, and the atmosphere instantly became tense...