Jabra sighed and helped him finish the rest of the sentence: "Like a girl in love."
"I think so, too!"
Kumadori nodded repeatedly, but he was more confused.
"Do you suspect that Lucci has betrayed the CP organization?!"
Jabra was indifferent.
This was something he didn't need to think about.
Before last night, even though Jabra and Lucci were at odds, they had to admit that man's loyalty to the World Government and justice.
After all, at the age of 13, he was a cold-blooded monster who killed all the pirates who threatened the affiliated country under the World Government, as well as all the hostages present.
But when he saw Lucci again last night, he saw something in that man that he had never seen before.
A feeling of being bathed in the sun that shouldn't happen to people like them.
"That guy… seems to be truly alive!"
"But what on earth could have caused such a drastic change in a monster like that?!"
This question seemed to press the pause button for the entire cell.
Even Fukurou fell silent at this moment.
After a long silence, Jabra just murmured: "Looking at that guy's condition, this change should be pretty good, right?!"
"Tsk."
Jabra curled his lips and said self-deprecatingly: "We can't even protect ourselves, so why would we worry about such an annoying guy?"
Having said that, he couldn't hide the worry in his eyes at all.
But at this moment, a crisp sound of footsteps was heard in the darkness, coming closer and closer, accompanied by the dim light in the cell turning on.
Hattori, a pure white pigeon wearing a tie, flapped his wings and flew from the end of the corridor into the cell where Jabra was.
"Gugu."
"Hattori?"
Jabra was stunned for a moment when he saw the white pigeon in front of him, which looked very proud and even boastful.
When he raised his head, he saw Lucci standing outside the cell with a smile on his face, looking at him jokingly.
"Jabra."
"It's rare to see you in such a mess."
"Lucci!"
Jabra curled his lips and turned his head away, his tone revealing reluctance: "If it weren't for these handcuffs, I would beat you down right now!"
Lucci was not moved at all.
A few years ago, when he and Jabra acted together, their strengths were almost the same, and there was even a tendency for them to compete with each other within CP9.
They have fought each other countless times.
But since he joined the White Knight Pirate, his own strength has been completely different from before.
"You can no longer arouse my interest."
Lucci's voice was indifferent as if he was stating a fact, but it sounded particularly harsh to Jabra's ears.
Jabra's face turned red on the spot, but his body was restricted by the Sea Prism Stone, and he couldn't muster any strength.
"I haven't seen you for a few years. Your other skills haven't improved, but your tongue has become sharper."
Jabra looked at the shackles on his hands, unwilling to admit his weakness in front of his old rival, so he simply closed his eyes but spoke out his inner doubts: "What exactly have you been through?"
"Have you betrayed the World Government?"
"No!"
Lucci shook his head: "It was the World Government that gave up on me."
Jabra was stunned, and even Fukurou and Kumadori, who had been silent all the time, couldn't help but look at Lucci with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"How is that possible?"
Fukurou was surprised: "You are the most talented man in CP9 in the past eight hundred years!"
"In the future, you will almost certainly be able to move up to CP0 or even become a senior executive."
"Are those people crazy?"
Lucci recalled what Gismonda had said that night, with a look of sarcasm on his face, without any attempt to conceal it: "To the World Government, we are just tools after all."
"The so-called justice…"
"It is just a shackle that binds us, allowing us to become a killing tool with peace of mind."
"Once a tool loses its value, it is thrown away."
"Kalifa and I are the first, but we won't be the last."
He looked at Jabra and couldn't help but persuade him: "I can't tell you to give up everything you have and betray the World Government. After all, that's like walking from one abyss to another."
"Jabra, even though we have had many conflicts and I don't like you, we are companions after all."
Jabra was stunned and said: "Who is your companion?!"
Lucci shook his head, not caring at all about Jabra's denial.
After officially joining the White Knight Pirate, he gradually tried to give up his original thinking, remove the shackles imposed on him by the World Government, and look at this world and his former companions.
Naturally, he has a different feeling.
Then he said calmly: "You're... What did Captain Gawain say?"
"Oh, yes, a tsundere, someone who says something harsh but means otherwise."
"What a fuss!"
Jabra's face turned red, and Fukurou beside him nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, this guy was worried about your safety just now."
Jabra's expression froze when his true thoughts were exposed. Then he raised his hand and zipped up Fukurou's mouth.
"Shut up!"
Lucci laughed, and his aura became calmer, then he shook his head helplessly: "Fukurou hasn't changed at all."
"But."
"Since you plan to stay in the CP organization, then do everything you can to climb up and truly take power into your own hands."
Jabra turned to look at Lucci, put aside his shame, and turned to look at Lucci.
"Instead of being a chess piece that can be discarded at any time like us now."
If before, he just suspected that some changes had taken place in Lucci, now he was sure.
This old rival who had competed with him for many years really decided to give up his former justice and pursue a new life.
"Does the White Knight Pirate really have such great magic that it would make someone like you join them from the bottom of your heart?"
"What a joke."
Lucci said calmly: "When the target you want to assassinate, in order to buy you time to escape, he desperately blocks the monsters from the New World."
"And when the justice you rely on decides to eliminate you simply because of suspicion, you will also make the same choice."
"Captain Gawain has no intention of making things difficult for the princess of Alabasta and the three of you. He will release you and Vivi later."
"Don't worry about your life."
Seeing that he had said everything he needed to say, Lucci prepared to leave. Then he waved to the white pigeon, Hattori.
The latter cooed twice, pecked Jabra's hand, then turned and flew back to Lucci's shoulder, raising one wing in salute.
The three of them breathed a sigh of relief but became even more curious about Lucci's experience and this sudden change.
Those understatements in Lucci's mouth, in reality, are close calls to death again and again.
As members of the CP organization, they knew very well how decisive and ruthless those people would be once they took action and decided to kill someone.
"Lucci, you…"
Jabra opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.
All that curiosity, concern, and worry about Lucci's experiences in the past few years turned into one sentence when they were spoken.
"How strong are you now?"
"My Power Level value has exceeded 2,000 as early as half a year ago."
"If you're still at your previous level, you won't be my opponent!"
Lucci paused as he was leaving. Then he turned around, and his eyes fell on Jabra, with an interested look on his face: "I haven't tested it in a long time."
"It should be... more than three thousand now!"
... ... ...
"Are you kidding me?!"
Jabra was stunned.
He knew that Lucci's talent was far superior to his own. Even if he was unwilling to admit it, he knew in his heart that it was only a matter of time before Lucci surpassed him.
But the gap was so big that it was far beyond his expectations.
"No matter how you look at it, this growth rate is too incredible, isn't it?!"
"We're just getting started."
Lucci laughed at himself. Recalling the monsters on the ship, he couldn't help but feel shocked. Then his eyes fell on Fukurou beside him.
"Speaking of which, what is the upper limit of the Power Level value you can test now?"
Fukurou closed his eyes, frowned slightly, and sat cross-legged in deep thought. After a few seconds, he slowly opened his eyes: "Within 10,000, there shouldn't be any problem. If it's higher, my body probably won't be able to handle it."
Lucci nodded, thinking of the group of monsters on the ship who were in a frenzy of training and the unfathomable Gawain, and he immediately became interested: "Interesting!"
"Do me a favor and measure Kuro's and the others' Power Levels."
"I want to see how big the gap is between me and those monsters."
Kumadori's eyes widened suddenly because he heard Lucci's subtext: "On this ship. Shouldn't you be the second most powerful person after White Knight Gawain? Is there anyone stronger than you besides him?!"
"With a Power Level value of 3,000, it's already close to the level of a Vice-Admiral in the Marines. Even a monster like you... was that the guy who attacked me yesterday? And the monster who used the Cat Claws?!"
"How is that possible!"
Lucci did not comment and said calmly: "Who is stronger and who is weaker? I have to try to know."
After speaking, Lucci opened the door of the basement directly and walked towards the deck with the three of them.
Jabra struggled to stand up and followed Lucci's footsteps out of the door while Fukurou and Kumadori followed after a slight hesitation.
Only, at this moment, there are still many puzzles in the minds of the three people.
Jabra couldn't help but ask: "Aren't you afraid that we might take the opportunity to escape?"
Lucci turned his head and looked at Jabra; his eyes were still as warm as at the beginning; without any change, he said lightly: "You are lurking around the princess from Alabasta for two purposes."
"One is to investigate the intelligence inside Alabasta, but to do this, a more efficient way would be to infiltrate the Alabasta royal city or even the royal family."
"Instead of going through so much trouble to help a princess who came out secretly and infiltrated a killer organization with so much difficulty."
"Then it can only be the second possibility. You are here for Baroque Works."
"No matter which one of them, it is not a wise move to expose your identity to Vivi at this time."
"Besides…"
"If you can do it, you can give it a try."
Jabra's expression froze, and he subconsciously reached out to rub his face. Gawain's earth-shattering attack last night flashed through his mind again.
As one of the top fighters in CP9, even though there is a huge gap between him and Gawain, it is still visible.
The most terrifying thing about that attack was not its strength but its speed, which was so fast that he couldn't react at all.
Besides, what Lucci said was not wrong. After waiting for a while, he could leave without being exposed and even follow Vivi to infiltrate the royal family at the Alabasta.
It's beneficial to them and not harmful.
"Really... You've seen through me completely."
Lucci smiled slightly and said: "These are the captain's words."
Jabra froze on the spot, and even Fukurou and Kumadori beside him were so shocked that they were speechless and only felt a chill on their backs.
This feeling of having all your thoughts seen from top to bottom is no different from running naked in front of everyone.
Until just now, what amazed them was Gawain's great strength.
However, such power is not unmatched in the World Government or within the Marines. Even the three admirals, who are the most powerful in the Marines, and Garp, who is known as a hero, are undoubtedly superior to Gawain.
But now, this kind of vision that seemed to foresee everything made the three of them feel extremely uneasy.
Is it really a good thing for the World Government to let such a monster have such a great privilege?
This thought lingered in the minds of the three people at this moment.
For a while, the corridor became quiet.
Only the hurried footsteps of three people continued to be heard.
Soon, the dazzling sunlight appeared again in the eyes of Jabra and the other two.
As the cabin door was opened, the topless cadres of the White Knight Pirate, who were training the Six Styles on the deck, turned their heads at the same time.
The same powerful beast-like aura, the same naked upper body, the same violent aura
At this moment, Jabra's scalp felt tingling.
No, even without White Knight Gawain, they still can't escape with the fighting power of these monsters.
Jabra turned his head and looked at Fukurou beside him. They both saw the shock in each other's eyes.
"These guys…"
"Is that why they are so powerful?"
"Everyone!"
"I have a game here. Are you interested in trying? it"
Lucci greeted everyone, and seeing that their eyes were all focused on him, he pointed at Fukurou beside him and said: "This guy has a special ability."
"He can calculate the corresponding Power Level value based on the force of the opponent's attack on him, which can be roughly understood as the power of the blow!"
"It's like a boxing game."
Everyone immediately became interested.
Zoro put away the sword in his hand, and a wicked smile flashed on his face: "Ohh."
"So you want to determine the power of the attack?"
"So, as long as I get the highest value, I can prove my strength and become the strongest here?!"
Zoro looked around; his sight passed Sanji and fell directly on Kuro, Gin, and Lucci. For a moment, he was eager to try.
Gin, who was standing beside him, flicked his wrist. His eyes suddenly lit up, but he couldn't help but look at Fukurou and said: "Can this guy really handle it?!"
Fukurou closed his eyes, clasped his hands together, and said calmly: "It shouldn't be a big problem."
"As long as the Power Level does not exceed 10,000 points, it will not cause too much damage to my body."
"And that value has exceeded the strength of the Vice-Admiral of the Marines."
"Let's go ahead."
Seeing this, Jabra and Kumadori did not try to stop it. It was obvious that they had great trust in Fukurou's ability.
At the same time, they were also extremely curious about the power level of the people on White Knight Pirate's ship.
The two put their heads together, their eyes swept across the people present and finally landed on Kuro, Lucci, and Gin.
"The power displayed by these two last night was undoubtedly monstrous. Their Power Level is probably not lower than Lucci's."
"The other few are very strong, but there should be a clear gap between them and these three. I just don't know how big the gap is…"
As the two of them were discussing, Fukurou stepped forward, bowed to the crowd, and said
"I'm the most tight-lipped man in the CP organization, so go ahead."
"Who will go first?"
But at this moment, a small figure pushed open the door of the cabin.