Chapter 388: Chapter 388: Jewelry Bonney
Chapter 388: Jewelry Bonney
Bonney angrily swung the pipe at Luffy!
"Get out of my way!"
"Hey! Wait, wait, do you know me?!"
Luffy hurriedly jumped back. After landing, he glared at Bonney.
"That was dangerous! Who the hell are you anyway!"
"She’s the ’Big Eater’, Jewelry Bonney."
Robin had already recognized the other party. She turned to face Luffy and explained:
"She was on the Sabaody Archipelago when we landed two years ago. Just like you, she’s one of the Supernovas known as the Worst Generation."
"A Supernova?"
"Miss Robin is right. And we all know the father she just mentioned."
Sanji looked at Bonney. For once, he didn’t go into a love-struck frenzy at the sight of a beautiful woman, but said with a serious expression:
"It should be said that he once did us a favor. One of the former Royal Warlords, Bartholomew Kuma."
"Eh—?!"
Luffy’s eyes widened in surprise as he looked at Bonney.
"Kuma is your father?!"
"How do you know?!"
Hearing these words, Bonney’s gaze hardened. She immediately stared at Luffy with vigilance. From her eyes, it was clear that she was also quite surprised.
"Oh right!"
Then, as if remembering something, Bonney’s pupils constricted, and she immediately questioned Luffy loudly:
"What is the relationship between you and my father! Why did he help you two years ago!"
"You’re asking about our relationship... eh... well..."
"Stop playing dumb, Straw Hat!"
Seeing Luffy stammering, Bonney bit her lower lip and shouted with great impatience:
"I saw it clearly during the Summit War! Kuma sent all of you flying! I understand his ability! That was clearly helping you!"
"Speaking of which, he should have been modified to have completely lost his consciousness by then."
Remembering this, Bonney was clearly getting angry. She gritted her teeth and stared at Vegapunk, squeezing out an angry voice from between her teeth.
"You bastard, what the hell is going on!"
"Wait a minute! Don’t be rash, Bonney! He asked me to implant the program before he received his final modifications! Kuma didn’t tell me the reason for this!"
Seeing her angry eyes, Vegapunk collapsed to the ground and took a few panicked steps back.
He knew that Kuma had met Straw Hat on Thriller Bark. At that time, Vegapunk had thought it was because of Straw Hat’s identity.
After all, Kuma was also one of the founders of the Revolutionary Army. It was understandable that he would want to save Dragon’s son at a critical moment.
But looking at the situation now, it was clear he had guessed wrong. Vegapunk quickly turned his head to look at Sanji.
"How do you know about Bonney’s and Kuma’s relationship?"
"Well, Reiner told us."
Sanji, a cigarette in the corner of his mouth, glanced towards the back of the corridor.
Reiner slowly walked up from behind, holding up a Vivre Card between his two fingers.
"Kuma told me. The reason he helped us was also because of a promise he made with me back then."
Back then, their crew had fought all the Supernovas on the Sabaody Archipelago. After Bonney was defeated, Kuma had suddenly appeared and intervened, asking them to let her go.
Later, Reiner had met with Kuma alone.
Reiner had promised that if Bonney was in danger in the future, he would help. It was also at that time that he had learned the reason why Kuma had saved Bonney, through ’speculation’.
Of course, Vegapunk wasn’t entirely wrong. The reason Kuma had agreed to help was also largely due to his relationship with Luffy.
"Anyway, calm down first. If you want to ask something, at least find a place to sit down first."
Reiner walked over and tossed the Vivre Card in his hand to Bonney.
After catching the Vivre Card, Bonney’s eyes suddenly widened in shock. She whipped her head up to look at Reiner.
"This is...?!"
The Vivre Card in her palm, which was slowly moving, was clearly pointing at... herself!
A while later, in a spacious resting room. The decoration here, as always, maintained its futuristic style.
The living room was very simple, with only a few sofas and a long table in the center. The rich aroma of coffee filled the room.
In a corner were some cabinets, on which were placed some documents and various instruments. They were somewhat messy, not at all as neat and orderly as Nami’s chart room.
The world’s number one genius didn’t seem to be as meticulous about tidying his desk as one might imagine.
"No wonder Kuma would help you! You actually used me!"
"Hey, hey, hey! What do you mean, ’used’? Can’t you speak properly, you little brat?"
Thud.
Putting down his coffee cup, Reiner gave Bonney a dissatisfied, sidelong glance.
"Although I’m a pirate, I’m very true to my word. And it’s not like you’ve run into any danger, have you?"
"So, you went out to sea because you were looking for your father?"
Nami’s eyes showed some emotion.
After the three sides had sat down and communicated, Bonney’s emotions had finally stabilized a little. Vegapunk had also told them some of Bonney’s life story.
Including the fact that Bonney was currently only a 12-year-old girl.
"Wuwuwah~ That’s so touching!"
Franky, the manly man, shed tears, covering his nose with a tissue and crying out loud.
Although a lot of information had been explained, Vegapunk still refused to mention the terminal illness Bonney once had, and the reason why Kuma had accepted the modification.
This also led to the few from Luffy’s group looking at Vegapunk with some resentment.
"Hey! Uncle! Why did you do that!"
"Exactly, exactly! Bonney is so pitiful!"
"And here we were thinking of saving you! You heartless, evil scientist!"
Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp, one after another, fiercely condemned Vegapunk.
"Long-tongued Big Mom!!"
"Apple-head Kaido!!"
"Broom-head Teach!!"
"—Oh! Well said, Luffy!"
Usopp praised him and gave Luffy a high-five in celebration.
The three of them had scolded the other until he was ashamed of himself.
"So now!"
Bang!
Bonney slammed her hands on the table and stood up. She leaned over and glared at Vegapunk.
"I’ll give you one last chance! Turn my father back to the way he was! You definitely have a way!"
"Did you hear that, you stinky old man? If you dare to refuse, we’ll leave you here! You can just wait for the people from the World Government to come and take your head."
Sanji immediately joined the ’hostile’ camp against Vegapunk.
Even Franky, who admired him the most, did not speak up for him.
"It’s not that I don’t want to! It’s that I can’t do it right now, Bonney! Kuma’s memory..."
"Sigh~"
Vegapunk had a grievance he couldn’t voice. He could only lower his head helplessly and shake it, sighing.
"Forget it. Since it has come to this, we have to escape from here anyway. That thing has to be taken along in the end."
"Come with me. I’ll take you to see the last thing Kuma left behind."
Vegapunk stood up from the sofa and, with his hands behind his back, walked towards the door.
"The last thing my father left behind..."
Bonney was stunned for a moment, pursing her lips, a hint of unspeakable sadness in her eyes.
The group looked at each other and quickly followed.
Passing through a long corridor, and after several twists and turns, the group was led to a remote, abandoned area. They stopped in front of a room that was tightly sealed by a large steel door.
(End of Chapter)
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