"Lady Lida, please get into the sedan chair."
Outside the castle tower, several servants carried an open-air palanquin, waiting for Lida and the royalist to hop and skip out of the castle tower.
Lida casually took out two lollipops from her bag, gave one to Baohuang next to her, and tore open the wrapper for herself. Just as she was about to get into the sedan chair, her little face suddenly froze, and she looked in one direction.
"Um?"
"What's wrong, Lady Lida?" Baohuang asked.
Which direction is that?
Lida pointed in that direction and asked, "Is there any important facility there?"
"That direction..."
Bao Huang looked over and replied, "Lady Lida, it's Qiangang."
"Hidden Harbor..."
Lida frowned, immediately stopping her movement as she was about to jump into the sedan chair. "There's the scent of strangers, and quite a few of them."
Baohuang was taken aback, and subconsciously touched his temple, saying, "Go and check the location of the nearest port."
Then she put her hand down and said to Lida, "Lady Lida, I have already sent someone over."
Lida nodded, staring at the location. "It seems... getting closer."
Soon, Baohuang sensed something, and placed his hand on his temple, saying, "Now, let's relay this. Lady Lida saw it. A group of people came out of the harbor. They weren't from the navy. Some of them were wearing clothes with musical notes and headphone symbols, and they were approaching this way. Their numbers... are about three hundred."
"What about the navy in the harbor? They were all defeated?" Lida exclaimed in surprise.
"The navy... has spotted them. It's unclear whether they've been defeated. They're just standing there, not making any moves, but they look very strange," the royalist replied.
From her shared perspective, all she could see was that one scene.
"Huh? We've been spotted... Move! Why aren't you moving? Move faster, the view is off."
Bao Huang urged her on, and she noticed that in the shared field of vision, the person looking down from high above was completely still. She was certain that the person had not been attacked, but they just wouldn't move.
"Lady Lida..."
The royalist lowered his hand, about to say something to Lida, when Lida waved her hand, her gaze fixed in that direction, "No need to look, they're already here..."
In her field of vision, a group of figures had already appeared on the street in the distance.
The location of the underwater port is in the Flower Capital, so if you're moving quickly, you can see it easily.
There were indeed about three hundred people in the group, and Lida immediately focused her attention on two people in the crowd.
One of them was an old man walking at the very front, stroking his beard and strolling leisurely.
The other was a woman in the center of the crowd. She was dressed like a songstress, wearing headphones with a microphone attached to her mouth. She had brown skin and a pair of jet-black wings on her back. There were also faint silvery willow catkins on her shoulders, which gathered on her back and extended to the top of her head, like a feathered robe.
These two... are somewhat special.
Lida then took a closer look at the group of people, and upon doing so, she was taken aback, feeling that... they were somewhat familiar.
The expressions on this group's faces were somewhat similar to those of the navy led by Cass, the bearded man.
"Where did Crow go?" Lida asked Baohuang.
"Lord Clod is currently inspecting and handling matters in the White Dance region," the royalist said. "Should we inform him?"
"Never mind, I'll do it myself..."
Lida thought for a moment and said, "These guys have chosen the perfect time. Let's not let the Navy come; there are capable people among them. Since Kuro isn't here, I'll face them myself."
As she spoke, the crowd drew closer, and the woman in the middle stopped, causing everyone else to halt as they confronted Lida.
The old man stroked his beard, looked Lida up and down, and said, "'White Whale' Lida."
"It's a white butterfly!"
Lida instinctively retorted, then angrily shouted, "You old man, do you want to die?!"
The old man smiled and said, "My name is Constance. You may not know me, but that's alright. We have no intention of being enemies with the Navy, nor do we want to be enemies with the Golden Lion. Please make way."
"Give Way?"
Lida looked back and suddenly realized something. "This direction... Udon, are you going to rescue those prisoners?"
Constance held up a finger and laughed, “To be precise, it’s about saving them. We can create the best ideals for them and make them fight for them. Wano Country is the starting point of our cause, and we must have it. If you can step aside, we will be extremely grateful.”
What are you talking about?
Lida frowned: "You think you can just hand over the place that Kuro fought so hard to conquer? Who do you think you are?"
"I?"
Constance chuckled: "I'm just a useless old man discarded by the sea, with a little bit of scheming ability, and..."
Whoosh!
He vanished in a flash.
The moment he disappeared, Lida's hair stood on end, her body swelled up and she transformed into a young girl, her fist radiating an aura of dominance as she threw a punch forward.
Snap!
That fist was gripped by a large hand.
Constance appeared in front of her, caught the punch with his hand, then took a step back, retreating about ten paces, and flicked his hand. "Wow, that's quite powerful. No wonder it's a white whale, and... it has a Devil Fruit ability."
"Tch, didn't get any." Lida clenched her fists so tightly they cracked, and pursed her lips, but her gaze darkened.
This old man is quite skilled in domineering techniques.
Lida has now developed her Devil Fruit ability to the point where she can touch others and activate their abilities while using Haki. If an ordinary person's Haki is not as strong as hers, they will be able to break through her defenses and have their Haki absorbed, but this old man is a bit different. His Haki is very high, and he perfectly resisted her ability.
However, in terms of strength, Lida is not inferior.
She clenched her fist, spread her fingers, and emitted a hazy white light. She then stretched it forward, unleashing a "Qi Shockwave!"
A shockwave shot from her hand directly towards the old man and the group of people behind him.
"Impact?"
Constance paused slightly, a hint of reminiscence flashing across his face. "Speaking of shocks, it reminds me of the past..."
He didn't dodge; instead, as the shockwave arrived, he thrust his knee forward, his imposing knee directly slamming into the shockwave.
Bang!
The shockwave refracted upwards from the knee and flew directly into the air.
A wisp of smoke rose from Constance's knee, and he smiled faintly, saying, "When it comes to shockwaves, Sengoku is still the most formidable."
This guy...
Lida lowered her body, exhaled slightly, lowered her fists, and bared her teeth:
"You are just from the old era that was defeated by Kuro. Don't underestimate people, old man."
"Young people these days...don't know how to respect the elderly at all."
Constance shook his head and smiled: "Very well, let me test the combat power of the people of the new era."
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