[One Piece]Nix likes idiots

If it were normal, Nyx would definitely give them a chance to fight.

But not this time.

The Lord of the Labyrinth is cunning and cunning, and he doesn't know what he will do in the arena. What's more, he almost made it clear that he would add rules that would benefit him.

She promised Ace that she would return the crew to the ship. Since she agreed, she must do her best, and she must send everyone back safely.

This is one of the reasons.

For this reason, when she was in the maze, she used magic spells to strengthen her already excellent five senses, and on this basis, she used the color of knowledge to cover the entire maze. Also because of what she saw, she discovered that Ace was not in the maze she was in.

And the places outside the maze...cannot be explored.

Fortunately, the Lord of the Labyrinth sent his men in to persuade him to surrender. After reading their memories through the magic spell, Nyx finally got some clues.

Through the information she has learned, Nyx deduces that this maze does not exist in reality, but is a different space created by the master of the maze through the fruit's ability. The Lord of the Labyrinth controls this space, but he cannot enter it himself. Through his ability, he can materialize the maze that exists in a different space, and generate a maze model that is visible to the naked eye and similar in size and appearance to an educational toy. The maze model is a bridge connecting reality and different spaces. The master of the maze can connect to the maze model with his mind and can perceive everything in the maze.

The created maze has only an exit. The location of the entrance is set by the maze master and can be changed at any time. For example, the end point of the trap treasure map is the entrance set by the maze master at that time.

Based on the general ability characteristics of superhuman fruits, Nyx speculated that there are four ways to find out - find the exit of the maze, destroy the maze space, make the person with abilities coma or die, or use magic spells to transfer.

She was in a maze and couldn't think of any way to cause harm to the master of the maze.

As for destroying the maze space... Nyx would be inclined to do that if she was the only one in the maze. But there are other companions trapped in this maze. Nyx wasn't sure what would happen when she destroyed the maze, and she couldn't risk her partner's life on that possibility.

Although spell transfer is convenient, it has limitations in its use - it requires the wizard to know exactly the location of the destination and have a good understanding of the destination. The maze that exists in a different space cannot be accurately located. Nyx can use this ability to escape, but she cannot use this ability to return to the maze to meet others.

Although I have considered escaping first and then settling the score with the Master of the Labyrinth, the location of the Master of the Labyrinth is also unknown. Nyx learned from the enemy's memory that the Master of the Labyrinth had turned his base camp into a labyrinth. Although the maze that exists in reality is not as easy to modify as the maze in a different space, and it is impossible to sense the movement in the maze before the fruit ability is awakened, the master of the maze can still use certain abilities. Besides, there's no guarantee that he won't threaten his friends in the maze as hostages.

After thinking about it, Nyx could only choose the only way left - to find all her companions and lead them to escape from the exit of the maze.

Except for Deus who fell into a coma, the positions of everyone else were changing every moment. In order to achieve her goal, Nyx had to maintain the state of using Haki.

Nyx has to confirm the dynamic position of her companions, mentally deduce the shortest route to gather her companions, deal with harassment from the master of the maze from time to time, and be wary of possible traps in the maze. In addition, Ace's whereabouts are unknown, and the situation of the Spedil is unclear. Anxiety, stress and exhaustion all hit Nyx's psychological defenses.

Although it is far from being called an emotional breakdown, Nyx's sanity is indeed showing signs of losing control.

This is another reason why she must step into the ring.

She needs a channel to vent her negative emotions.

"I won." Nyx emphasized again, "I beat everyone one on one."

"No, wait!" One of the crew members suddenly had an idea and hugged Deus' calf as if holding the last life-saving straw. "Boss Deus, you haven't played guessing with Nyx yet!"

The other crew members also looked at him expectantly.

Deus looked at Nyx helplessly and found that she had put her right hand behind her back, as if she could gesture with him at any time.

Deuce: "Are you really going to play?"

"I will win." The wide brim of the hat blocked Nyx's expression, "Whether it's guessing or the ring."

The crew shouted the command for them: "Rock, scissors - paper!"

Zeus produced stone, Nyx produced cloth.

Deus looked at his clenched fist.

Nyx's open palm also clenched into a fist, and lightly touched Deus.

Nyx: "Gone."

Deus: "Come on."

Seeing that Deus had no intention of stopping him, the crew members were so angry that they rushed forward and strangled Deus with their arms: "Boss Deus, how could you lose! How could you let a kind and weak lady fight such a dangerous thing?" The arena!”

Nix, who was about to jump on stage, paused.

"Kind? Weak...?" Her tone was full of doubts, "Who are you talking about...?"

The crew members stopped beating the deputy captain and looked at her with the same confusion: "Of course I'm talking about you?"

Nix: "?"

Crew: "?"

Nyx pointed at herself hesitantly and confirmed again: "Kind? Weak? Lady? Me?"

Even if the last word may still have something to do with her, what is going on with the first two, especially the second adjective?

Crew members: "That's right! We, the Spade Pirates, are a kind-hearted and gentle cook who cooks delicious food - the kind and weak lady Nyx who needs our protection!"

Nix: "?"

Why are the prefixes getting longer and longer? ?

Crew: "?"

Is there anything wrong with what they said? Why is Nyx's reaction so strange?

Deus, the only one present who knew the inside story, almost burst out laughing.

Nyx slowly turned to Deus who was laughing wildly: "What are you laughing at?"

Deus wiped the tears from his eyes: "I thought you had noticed it a long time ago."

Nyx frowned: "What should I notice?"

Deus spread his hands: "Look, don't they usually let you participate in battles?"

"What does that have to do with..." Nyx's expression hidden under the hood rarely cracked, "Wait, is it because of this?"

Deus: "Hey, you haven't thought about it at all, right?"

"I..." Nyx was at a loss for words.

Nix has always been a guy who was strict with himself but quite indulgent towards his partners. As long as the captain and first officer have no objections and the crew members enjoy themselves, Nyx will basically do what they want.

So although she found it strange, she never delved into the reasons why others did not let her participate in the battle.

Nyx covered her face: "I haven't thought about this at all..."

The corners of Deus's mouth twitched: "I'm starting to wonder where you are considering this."

Nyx clapped her fingers: "If you have to say it...for example, do you want to show your strength and reliability in front of beautiful women?"

Men who did have such thoughts were shot in the knee.

Deus couldn't refute, and just complained in a low voice: "Thank you for being able to call yourself a beautiful woman so openly."

"Except for this, if you don't allow it, um..." Nyx thought of Bansi on the ship and said it in a more rigorous way, "As much as possible, we hope that no female combatants will appear?"

Deus: "...The Spade Pirates have no such rules."

Nyx: "Or do you mind if the chef uses his hands that just killed someone to prepare your food for you?"

When some crew members heard this, they couldn't help shouting: "Nix, everyone is living on a knife's edge when they become pirates. Who cares about what is there and what is not!"

Deus: "You can even think of such a ridiculous reason, but you can't imagine that it's because they think you are a weak woman who needs protection?"

Nyx: "How did I even think of this?"

Deus: "How could you not think of this!"

"Because," Nyx said matter-of-factly, "I'm very strong."

The unexpected answer stunned everyone.

"Ah," Nyx pulled her hood belatedly, "I'm really embarrassed to say it myself."

Deus: "You didn't sound embarrassed just now."

The crew was still in a state of stunned confusion. Deus looked at these idiots who were still unwilling to accept the reality, and continued to helplessly say to Nyx: "Ignore them, go and win the arena match. We also need to hurry up to find Ace and return to Speddy. Your number."

Strangely enough, the master of the labyrinth seemed to have not urged them in a long time?

The Master of the Labyrinth, who was finally remembered, was busy decorating his viewing area.

While the Spade Pirates were still debating who should be on the show, he sent a few videophone bugs for surveillance into the maze, and had people install them at a perfect viewing angle. He also set up a videophone for projection next to him. Chong, and even asked someone to bring a deck chair.

Although the scene in the maze can also be seen through the ability, it is more pleasing to the eye this way.

He leaned back comfortably on the recliner and turned on the video phone to see how noisy the group was and whether there was any internal strife.

As a result, he saw Nyx standing in the ring.

Was he finally pushed out by his companions? Or are you willing to die for your companions?

The Master of the Labyrinth became excited.

He originally wanted that woman to taste the pain of his companions dying to protect him, but now it seems that it would be good to let her experience the consequences of offending him, right?

By the way, why not let the equally annoying captain watch this scene?

He waved his hand and asked the trusted cadre to go up to his room and get the remaining maze.

The show was about to begin, and he didn't want to leave for a second.

"It seems that you are ready? Hey, why are they willing to let you play? Aren't they afraid that you will die on this stage?" The master of the maze said in a sinister way, "But it doesn't matter, after you die, I will take them I’m also sending him down to accompany you.”

Facing the provocation from the Lord of the Labyrinth, Nyx just said in her usual indifferent tone: "Let your people come to power."

"Hmph." The phone bug of the Lord of the Labyrinth was transferred to the hands of the people in the audience the moment Nyx spoke. Taking advantage of the fact that Nyx couldn't reach the phone bug, he mocked unscrupulously, "Let's see how stubborn you can be."

At the command of the Lord of the Labyrinth, a strong man carrying an ax jumped onto the stage.

He looked at Nyx, who was "petite" compared to him, and snorted with disdain.

"Girl, don't you think your hat blocks your view? Or are you too scared to look at it?"

The crowd in the audience burst into laughter.

"How about you take off your hat and cloak so we can get a good look at your face?"

"If it satisfies me, maybe I'll be gentler, hahahaha."

The crew members of the Spade Pirates listened to the filthy words from the other side and wished they could go out in person and crush them all to ashes.

Hearing this, Nyx on the stage pulled her hood down harder, making the brim of the hat that almost blocked her entire face even tighter.

"Don't be nervous." The man opposite smiled even more wildly. He weighed the ax in his hand, "As long as this ax strikes down-"

"Don't hide! If you get hit on the head, you'll still feel happy. If you hide, you'll break your hand. That'll be so painful, hahahaha!"

In his eyes, not only did Nyx not take out any weapons, her body wrapped in the cloak was even trembling slightly. It can be said that it is powerless and does not pose any threat at all.

The master of the labyrinth did not urge his subordinates to take action. Instead, he listened with relish to his subordinates' provocations and threats against women.

The crew members of the Spade Pirates who were watching the game were very uneasy.

Even if she says she is strong, she will still worry when she should be worried.

"As expected, I'm still worried." The crew members compared the body shapes of the two contestants, "Can Nyx really win?"

"Why didn't she take out that wooden stick called the 'Wand'? Isn't that her weapon?"

In their memories, Nyx would almost always have a wand in her hand every time she used her powers.

They had only seen Nyx use her abilities to cook, teleport, and manipulate.

As for using abilities to fight?

If you don't count her controlling pots, pans, books, and even fishing rods to hit Captain Ace who is causing trouble everywhere, and if you don't count her flirting behavior... then they really have never seen Nyx. Even if you try hard, you can't imagine what it would be like for the usually gentle and gentle Nyx to get into a fight.

Compared with everyone's worries, Nia, who was put on the ground by Nix before going on stage, yawned out of boredom, curled up into a cat ball and tried to close her eyes to rest.

This appearance of being a pet but indifferent to the suffering of its owner aroused the indignation of the crew.

"Why are you not worried about your master at all?"

One of the crew members wanted to take it into his arms and give it a good rub, but Nia, with her eyes closed, still nimbly dodged the claws that were reaching for it.

"Damn it, I don't believe I can't catch you!"

While chasing Nia around, the crew member was not paying attention and bumped into the man standing at the very back.

"Ah, I'm sorry." Although they had briefly fought against each other, now that the man had surrendered, the crew member apologized honestly.

The man looked at the stage with dull eyes, showing no reaction to his apology.

The crew member stretched out his hand and waved it in front of his eyes: "What's wrong with you?"

"On the stage... on the stage..." the man replied stutteringly.

Could it be that something happened to Nyx? !

The crew member suddenly turned his head, only to see a huge and sharp ax hanging brightly above Nyx's head on the stage.

In order to make the arena match look more exciting, the Master of the Maze specially lit the arena. At this moment, the bright white light reflected by the giant ax stung the crew's eyes.

"Nix!" He rushed to the side of the ring regardless and was about to climb up, but was held back by his companions. He shouted almost frantically, "What are you doing! Nyx is in danger!"

"You will only affect her if you rush forward now!" The others spent a lot of effort to hold him back. "Calm down and wait and see!"

"Hey?"

The held crew member blinked.

On the stage, the giant ax still stayed on top of Nyx's head, neither rising nor falling.

Looking closer, the fingers of Nyx's right hand were pressing on both sides of the giant axe's blade.

The giant ax is not about to fall, but is stuck in that position and cannot move. No matter how hard its owner blushed, it never moved.

The crew's jaws dropped.

Noticing the commotion behind her, Nyx turned her head sideways and asked, as if ignoring the giant ax above her head: "Do you believe I can win?"

"I believe it, I believe it." The crew members said in unison, "Quickly change your position, it's too dangerous now."

It would be over if Nyx couldn't control the ax!

"Well... axes are very dangerous." Nyx turned her head again and complained calmly to the owner of the giant axe, "You scared my companions."

opponent:"???"

Who is scaring whom? !

Under the horrified gaze from the other side, the fingers covered in military colors suddenly exerted force. The entire ax surface was crushed to pieces by a few fingers.

The scene once again fell into deathly silence.

Nix: "The rules for victory are... only one party is on stage for more than ten seconds."

Before the enemy could react, Nyx had already rushed to his side and swept him off the stage with a horizontal kick. The kicked enemy slammed into the crowd watching the game, leaving a straight mark in the crowd.

Ignoring the challenger who was unconscious under the violent impact, Nyx picked up the "wooden stick" left by the enemy and used it to fly away the ax fragments on the ring. She calmly started counting down while cleaning the ring.

"Ten, nine, eight..."

When she counted down to "two," another thin man jumped up from the audience holding a dagger.

At the same time, the Master of the Labyrinth reminded "kindly" in a gloomy voice: "The rule of victory is - only one party is left on the stage for more than ten seconds. It does not say that no one else can be sent up."

Deus immediately realized that this was a loophole in the rules: "You...!"

Most of the other members of the Spade Pirates also had angry expressions.

He quickly remembered another rule and his expression became even more ugly.

There is no limit to the number of challenges until no one in the Spade Pirates can stand up. Rules that ostensibly favor them. But according to the Master of the Labyrinth, the real victory conditions should be interpreted like this——

Defeat everyone in the Labyrinth Pirates before they are all defeated.

"Hahahaha, it seems someone has finally figured it out?" The master of the maze did not hide his malice at all, "I really like the way you look now..."

boom!

The man who had just appeared was swept off the stage with a stick, and hit the person responsible for holding the phone bug with perfect accuracy.

"...an expression of despair." The Lord of the Labyrinth finished the last half of his sentence with his voice stuck.

Ignoring the commotion in the audience, Nyx pointed the stick she had just knocked away at a certain surveillance phone bug on the field.

"Ten, nine, eight..."

Nyx's voice was very calm, but the Master of the Labyrinth somehow felt that there were subtle emotions hidden in the almost waveless countdown that he felt were very familiar to him.

What is it.

Something felt familiar to him.

While the Lord of the Labyrinth was pondering, the third battle had already begun.

-

As early as the beginning of the first round, the cadres who received the order from the Lord of the Labyrinth to get another Labyrinth had already arrived in the Room of the Lord of the Labyrinth.

He was sent here by the Lord of the Labyrinth using his power. But he had to walk on his own on the way back. The Master of the Labyrinth had written the route on a piece of paper and handed it to him.

The cadre happily opened the door of the Labyrinth Master.

The boss is actually willing to let him go to his room! And let him touch that precious maze model! Does it mean that the suspicious boss trusts him more? Thinking about it this way, it is just around the corner to be promoted to the level where you can have access to gold mines.

Isn't it just to bring the maze to the boss? He must fulfill his mission satisfactorily...

All the cadre's thoughts came to an abrupt end after opening the door.

Why does this room look like it was burned down?

Is this really the boss's room? Are you kidding him? !

The cadre stepped into the room suspiciously and looked around in the scorched darkness for another maze model that the master of the maze said, but he couldn't find it no matter how hard he looked.

Or is the boss just looking for an excuse to get rid of him? But why? Could it be that the boss discovered the last time he hid the treasure? So are you warning him now?

Wait... maybe the route back is also wrong!

The cadres were panicked.

pat.

A hand suddenly rested on the cadre's shoulder.

Cadre: "Ahhhh!"

Ace: "Wow!"

Both of them were startled by each other.

The cadre held his chest that was beating wildly, turned his head tremblingly, and let out a second scream.

He remembered this face. He was defeated by this man just this morning! He handed over the treasure map himself.

Ace covered his ears with his hands: "I was scared to death, why did you shout so suddenly!"

The cadre stepped back in horror: "Why are you here?!"

Shouldn't he be locked up in a maze?

"Huh? Ask me. Actually, I don't know either." Ace scratched his head, "The road I took before was too roundabout, so I just decided on a direction and broke the walls along the way..."

Ace smiled heartily: "Anyway, after the final bang, I came to this room."

Cadre: "What the hell is that banging like that!!!"

But the seemingly frantic cadres have keenly extracted the key information.

This guy escaped after destroying the boss's maze from the inside...?

Before the cadre could finish digesting this fact, Ace asked politely: "By the way, I'm looking for my partners now. Do you know where they are?"

Cadre: "Uh... this..."

Of course he knew where this man's partner was, he had just come from that place.

Ace continued: "I just made a circle outside, and ended up back in this room. Do you think I should continue to blast a way out?"

The cadre quickly stopped him: "No, if you do this, this place will collapse!"

"It will collapse..." Ace was entangled, "This will be difficult to handle."

While Ace was thinking, the cadre moved towards the door bit by bit.

When will you not run at this time?

"Speaking of which..." Ace suddenly came closer, "You look familiar."

The cadre was furious for a moment: "You actually forgot about me?! We..."

He suddenly fell silent.

It's bad...this person doesn't remember himself, which is obviously a good thing!

The cadre immediately changed his mind: "No, no, we have never seen it before!"

"No, we must have met before!" Ace shook his head and recalled more carefully, "Hey, where is it...?"

The cadre's heart skipped a beat, he closed his eyes and shouted, "I know where your partner is, I can take you there!"

Sure enough, Ace was diverted from all his attention by these words. He happily patted the cadre on the shoulder: "Oh, really? Thank you so much!"

The cadre endured the pain on his shoulder and tried his best to smile in a flattering way: "No matter where you are, it's my honor to help you."

Ace: "You look more familiar when you smile like this..."

Cadre: "Brother, let's go quickly! Your partners must be waiting impatiently!"