Pirates: Dangerous Options in My Brain

"As long as I don't use sword techniques and only use breathing techniques to increase my speed, no one should be able to recognize my true identity..."

In mid-air, holding onto Ace, Vivian thought to himself.

At the same time...

"Don't think you can leave here!"

A golden light suddenly appeared, more dazzling and radiant than the beams from Vivian and Kizaru, with an added sense of sanctity.

Vivian looked back to see Sengoku, now transformed into a giant Buddha, with a golden fist as large as a giant's, crashing down towards him. Vivian and Ace instinctively closed their eyes, but Rayleigh appeared above them, blocking the blow with his arms.

Boom—!

A muffled sound echoed as the powerful impact spread outwards. Before Rayleigh could push the fist away, Garp appeared on the side.

"Don't get distracted while fighting me, Rayleigh!"

Bang!

A punch landed hard on Rayleigh's side, and Vivian seemed to hear a bone crack. The next second, blood trickled from Rayleigh's tightly closed lips, his face visibly reddening.

He actually withstood it?!

Sengoku, in his Buddha form, looked at Rayleigh in shock, unable to believe it.

As Garp's long-time friend, Sengoku knew exactly how powerful Garp's punches were. Normally, they could shatter a mountain over a hundred meters tall.

Yet Rayleigh, after taking such a punch head-on, still stood his ground...

Despite being long-time adversaries, Sengoku couldn't help but marvel, "That's truly monstrous."

Meanwhile...

Under Rayleigh's cover, Vivian landed safely, quickly picked up the motorcycle, and pulled Ace onto it. He twisted the throttle and sped towards the Whitebeard Pirates' camp.

"Stop that guy!" Sengoku shouted.

Before his words faded, countless cannonballs were fired along Vivian's path.

"Hey, hold on tight!"

Feeling the cannon fire whizzing past his head, Vivian shouted without turning back, then maxed out the throttle, lifting the bike into the air again.

"Yahoo—!"

Looking at the dense crowd and the sea of flames below, Vivian couldn't help but shout.

"Why are you saving me?" Ace asked in confusion from behind him.

He had already recognized who this "Larvin" really was.

Vivian's earlier words reminded him of the jailer who used to interrogate him and cook for him in Impel Down.

"Didn't you say that I should die rather than live to avoid this war?"

"Of course."

Vivian rolled his eyes, "If you had died earlier, this war wouldn't have happened."

"But now, if we don't rescue you, the Whitebeard Pirates won't leave this island until the last moment. Do you understand?"

"Father..."

Ace lowered his head in shame.

He shouldn't have been so stubborn back then.

He should have listened to his father and stayed on the ship.

If he had, maybe things wouldn't have turned out like this.

"Thank you, jailer boy."

"Tch."

Don't thank me, thank those damn system options.

Vivian thought to himself, pulling out some homemade bombs from his pocket and throwing them onto the path of the pursuing marines.

...

Elsewhere...

"Ace!" Luffy, covered in countless wounds from being kicked into a stone wall by Aokiji, wiped the blood from his forehead. Seeing Ace already on the motorcycle with Vivian, he couldn't help but grin happily.

"Hahaha, that Larvin is really amazing."

"It's Larvin!"

Kicking away Kizaru's light beam, Hancock turned and shouted at Luffy in annoyance.

Then, catching sight of Vivian on the motorcycle, she immediately looked lovestruck. "As expected of Lord Larvin, even his back while escaping is so stylish."

"Ice Pheasant Beak!"

Whoosh—!

A massive ice bird shot down from the sky, sweeping towards Hancock.

Aokiji, standing above on Moonwalk, said disapprovingly, "Don't get distracted while fighting me, Empress."

He glanced at the fleeing Vivian and Ace.

"Can they really escape from here?" He muttered softly.

...

"We're almost to Whitebeard."

Seeing the Whitebeard Pirates' camp ahead and Whitebeard fighting Akainu, Vivian couldn't help but smile.

It seems this mission isn't as difficult as he thought.

Even if Whitebeard is defeated by Akainu, he will surely fight to the death to buy time for his "children" to escape.

Ace will survive, Whitebeard will heroically sacrifice himself, the Whitebeard Pirates will carry on, and the marines will achieve their goal without losing face.

Everything seems perfect...

But why does something feel off?

Isn't this motorcycle ride going a bit too smoothly?

Just then, Ace spoke up from behind. "Hey, jailer kid, give me some of those bombs you had earlier."

"Bombs?"

Vivian was surprised. "You want to use them to cover our escape? Alright, but make sure you throw them accurately. Don't throw them into the crowd; they're very powerful. I don't want anyone getting killed."

"Got it," Ace nodded.

Satisfied, Vivian handed the bombs to Ace.

As they talked.

"Yata no Kagami!"

A golden beam appeared in front of the motorcycle, instantly transforming into a human shape.

"Almost let you escape..."

Bang!

Unable to stop in time, the motorcycle crashed into Kizaru, as if hitting a wall, with a loud bang.

The motorcycle broke, parts flying everywhere, and Vivian and Ace were thrown far away by the explosion.

"Cough!" Vivian coughed up blood and struggled to get up, looking at Kizaru.

"Why did that guy suddenly appear here?"

Isn't he a Revolutionary Army spy?

His confusion deepened.

The next moment, Kizaru puckered his lips and said mockingly, "Wow, the five-hundred million-belli sniper, Loget Larvin, is really scary~~~"