bookbashuk Chapter 178 She's a really nice person
Chapter 178 She's a really nice person
Chapter 178 She's a really nice person
"Miss Yu, Katakuri, my two younger brothers, and that wolf." The others were just customers; it wouldn't matter who they were even if I told them. The coffee shop staff weren't their superiors; they were just people hired arbitrarily.
None of the four people or the wolf seemed to be of any use. "Mr. Tanaka, go find Katakuri's brother Cracker. He might have Katakuri's Vivre Card." With that, Bakura hung up the phone.
Tesoro had already left; staying in the prison would be pointless. "Does Yu have his two younger brothers' Vivre Cards? Did he bring them with him today?"
Bakara didn't know, so she could only try her luck. "I'll go look in Miss Yu's room."
The coffee shop's sudden disappearance caused some commotion on the street, but the officials at the scene quickly responded that it was a staged performance. Although the credibility of this claim was questionable, at least there wasn't much discussion about it.
The street parade continued, while the vanished coffee shop, after wandering in the darkness or perhaps having been there for a long time, finally landed on the ground after a huge impact.
Everything in the shop, from the chairs to the coffee cups and machines, was thrown from its original position. Fortunately, Yu and Katakuri's abilities helped maintain balance, preventing any injuries.
“We’ve arrived on an island,” Luo said expressionlessly, looking out at the endless forest.
Ace wasn't as calm as him. He stretched his arms and said, "I didn't look for her, but she came to me on her own."
Luo remained calm and asked, "What do you mean, Mrs. Luo?"
"Let's have a good workout and see how well you all work together." Before leaving the coffee shop, having never fought alongside her two younger brothers, Yu instructed the others, "You all stay here. No matter what happens outside, don't go out. Sweetie, the task of protecting them is yours, okay?"
"Awooo!" Sweet readily agreed. Although it couldn't fight alongside Yu and Katakuri, it would definitely complete the task well since it had been given the mission.
Yu patted Sweet's head, got up and walked to the door. "Let's go."
Outside the coffee shop, by the moonlight and the dim light coming from inside, it was only vaguely discernible that it was in a forest. As for the exact location, Yu would never know.
They had only walked five or six meters when the faint light from the coffee shop behind them vanished. Realizing something was wrong, they turned back and, using the moonlight, went back. Ace, using his ability to materialize himself, discovered the coffee shop was gone.
Is the coffee shop being moved there again?
Despite their doubts, no one let their guard down.
Yu used his ability to conjure two wooden sticks, lit them in the flames that Ace had transformed into, and handed one to Law.
Holding a torch, Yu walked to the spot where she remembered the coffee shop. She crouched down, using the torch to illuminate the area, and supported herself with her other hand on the ground. "It's definitely here."
"She's actually quite nice; she even sent unrelated people back." Ace assumed he had been teleported back to the coffee shop.
Luo Tongyou squatted down as well, but he quickly came to a different conclusion, "It's not Kong Mingwei, there are others." The spoon he picked up from the ground was half iron and half white, and looked like plaster.
"Plaster? They're not strangers." Yu, recalling recent events, naturally thought of Salidon from yesterday, surprised that the two would appear together. "Salidon, now that you're here, why are you hiding? Why don't you come out and give us a proper welcome?"
Now that everyone has been "invited" here, it would be impolite not to come out and greet them.
After Yu finished speaking, Sariden, who was hiding in the shadows, did not respond. However, he did not want to remain silent in this situation, so he walked out of the woods.
Hearing the sound, Ace threw a ball of fire, and in the firelight, he saw the hideous Sariden. For some reason, this guy was even more arrogant than the last time he saw him, showing no signs of the restraint he had displayed after being captured.
The little Dongzi he held in his hand was instantly recognizable to all four of them; it was from that coffee shop, now transformed into a statue by his powers and toyed with. "I have no grudge against you. If you hadn't brought people to vandalize my place, I wouldn't be in this predicament. Your pet and these people are in my hands. Offer something in exchange, and I might show leniency. Otherwise, with a flick of my wrist, they'll be nothing but dust."
"Things? What do you want? It's not crystal, is it?" Yu asked immediately.
"Since you know, then don't waste time, just hand it over." Sariden hadn't forgotten what that person had said. She needed the crystal, and it was on Katakuri. She had to get it, no matter the means. Although she didn't know what the crystal's purpose was, that person's abilities were too bizarre. If she didn't finish this task now, she might be inexplicably thrown back to Grantesoro.
"It really is crystal. It seems I guessed right. Kong Mingwei rescued you? In exchange, you need to help her get the crystal, is that right?" You asked gradually, one hand clenched into a fist behind her back.
Saridden was exposed, but it didn't matter. "So what if you know? Only handing over the crystal can save their lives."
Ace stood to one side, one hand on his hip, watching Yu and Sariden exchange words, wanting to intervene but holding back. Especially since Law was watching him, showing no intention of intervening at all.
What are these two up to?
Katakuri's attention was half on Yu and half observing his surroundings. He couldn't sense anyone else's presence, and his Observation Haki didn't detect any other movements from Sariden.
Sariden, seeing that the four showed no intention of handing over the crystal, grew impatient. "Since they are unwilling to hand it over voluntarily, then I will have to take it myself." Suddenly, the ground shook violently, and the four of them had to support each other to keep their balance.
The sudden feeling of constriction in my feet was very uncomfortable. I could feel my feet, but I couldn't move them freely. Moreover, this feeling kept spreading up my calves.
Looking down, they realized it was a cast. Their calves were wrapped in plaster, and it was gradually climbing up to their knees and even their thighs.
"Once all you have left are your faces, you'll be at my mercy." Sariden said calmly, watching helplessly as Yu and the others watched as more and more plaster was applied to their bodies.
Ace wanted to use fire, but the plaster cast was intact, and he didn't even feel any heat in the part of his calf that was wrapped in the cast.
"Stop burning it! If we keep going, we'll just get burned." Luo stopped Ace and turned to Yu, "Nai-san, we need water."
Normally, Yu would have immediately used seawater to rescue them, but this time, she tried. It was completely ineffective!
Unlike Devil Fruit users, Yu's abilities are different. She can create wood on her own and even transform herself into wood. However, she can only control seawater; she can't conjure it out of thin air. She can't transform her power into fire like Ace.
“There is no seawater around this island, but it is not suspended in the air, and the vines have an end.” When Yu squatted down to investigate the coffee shop earlier, she buried a seed there. While talking to Salidon just now, she let the seed take root and spread in all directions.
It was then that she realized the outward spread had an end, but that end wasn't the sea; it was more like a wall, preventing the vines from continuing forward. This island was strange.
Katakuri was puzzled upon hearing this. He looked up at the sky, where only a crescent moon hung in the sky, and his gaze faltered. "Try extending the vines upwards or downwards at their end."
She didn't quite understand, but Yu did as she was told. Soon, what she felt from the vines surprised her. "There are vines on the top and bottom of the wall, and they're like a circle." She didn't feel anything when a single vine went up or down, but when several vines were together, she could sense that the horizontal distance between them was getting smaller, like something that would only happen in a sphere.