Chapter 138 Taking Rebecca to the Highway

Chapter 138 Taking Rebecca to the Highway

Zefa led the students to start running mode. Now they are no longer ordinary people, so this distance is nothing.

They passed through some towns on the way, and the residents of the towns were surprised to see so many people in naval uniforms. The news of the princess's kidnapping had not yet spread among the people, and the kidnapping had not been long ago. In order not to cause panic, the royal family also blocked the news.

Although it is a place with developed trade and people of all kinds coming and going, it is rare to see a navy rushing along like this.

Zefa ignored everyone's gazes and brought the students to the palace as quickly as possible.

"We are here to support the royal family. Go and inform the king as soon as you can!" Zefa said to the palace guards as he ran over.

When the guards first saw the rising smoke and dust, they were terrified and thought someone was going to attack the palace. They were finally relieved when they saw the navy uniforms.

"Yes, I'll report it right away!" The guards didn't dare to delay. They were not from the World Government, and their country couldn't afford to offend such a huge organization as the Navy.

A guard quickly trotted into the palace. Zefa's attitude was still very good. He did not force his way in just because it was just a member country. Some naval generals might do such a thing.

Soon, a white-haired old man wearing a gorgeous robe and a crown walked out, followed by many attendants and guards, as well as several people who looked like ministers.

"Admiral, you must save my daughter. She is my only offspring!" The old man came over and immediately grabbed Zefa's wrist and begged, with an anxious look on his face.

The ministers behind him had different expressions. No one knew what they were thinking and none of them spoke.

"Since we are here, we will of course do our best. Don't worry, tell us the details first!" Zefa responded.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll tell you the details first. Let's go in and talk!" The king took Zefa's hand and pulled him inside.

Zefa was also helpless, but he also understood the feelings of a father.

Vic had been observing the old king since he appeared. He was not very tall, just as tall as Zefa's waist. He was very old, with wrinkles all over his face and long eyebrows that hung down to his cheeks.

He has only one daughter at such an old age, and his daughter has not yet started a family. I guess he had her in his old age, so he loves her very much.

Vic and others followed him into the palace. They also needed to know the details of the matter as they would be needed to help later.

The palace was magnificent, and it was obvious that the owner was wealthy. It was very large, and the architectural style was different from the traditional ones. Vic had never seen it before, and arcs and arches were used everywhere.

The old king took Zefa directly to the council hall, where the country's affairs were discussed and decided.

After arriving here, the king let go of Zefa's hand and walked up to the throne on the platform.

"Come here, let the naval commanders sit down!" The king regained some composure.

Soon, the guards brought in a lot of chairs. Zefa was not polite and asked everyone to sit down, ready to understand what had happened.

"It happened yesterday afternoon. My little girl Paula insisted on attending the wine tasting meeting in the wine town. It is also a rare holy meeting in our country.

Our country's specialty is all kinds of alcoholic beverages. I've spoiled Paula. If she insists on going, I can't do anything about it. She's my only daughter.

So I arranged for guards to protect her. She was fine during the whole banquet, and many people saw it.

But she disappeared on the way back from the banquet. I waited in the palace for a long time for her to come back, and I became anxious. I immediately sent people out to look for her.

In the end, the soldiers only took back the charred bodies of the guards, and Paula disappeared. I should have stopped her from going to the party!" The king said this and his mood became depressed again.

"Then how do you know that the princess was kidnapped?" asked Zefa.

"At that time, I sent people to investigate the scene where the guards were found. It was a sparsely populated area, and there were several houses around that had been burned down. All the residents inside were dead, and there were no useful clues.

I mobilized my soldiers to search for the entire night but found nothing. I was almost in despair. I did not rest the entire night, waiting for any news.

But there was no useful result until early this morning when someone shot a letter into the palace and it was discovered by the guards. The letter said that Paula had been kidnapped and they wanted a ransom of 1 billion!"

The king told Zefa what had happened and asked someone to show him the letter. The content of the letter was very simple.

That is to say, the princess was kidnapped by them, and they will not harm the princess. They just want money, and only want 10 billion berries. They want the king to send someone to a certain place to get a Den Den Mushi to facilitate communication.

These kidnappers were really cautious, unlike the common style in this world. They did things too secretly without leaving any loopholes.

Zefa and the old king talked about some other things, but they were all irrelevant. Most of them were about asking Zefa to be more careful and that he would repay him well. Vic didn't have much interest in listening.

"Rebecca, can your current observation Haki allow you to see other people's outlines and facial features?" Vic turned to Rebecca and asked.

When we go to look for those people later, ordinary methods will definitely not work because these people are too cautious. It is estimated that they cannot be found by ordinary reconnaissance. We must use Observation Haki to have a chance of finding them.

"I'm OK at close range, but not at far distance!" Rebecca said regretfully.

"Then you need to practice more. When you have nothing to do, use your Observation Haki to sense carefully. This will make your perception more refined. Sooner or later, it will become a concrete picture in your mind." Vic instructed.

Vic had not told Rebecca before that keeping her domineering aura on could slowly increase its strength, so this time he just took the opportunity to pull her onto the fast lane. And what Vic said was right, in fact, using one's heart to sense could indeed make the perception of the color of observation more precise.

"Well, I know, I will work hard!" Rebecca said seriously. She never doubted what Vic said, because Vic was really getting stronger and stronger at an extremely fast speed.

Soon, Zefa had understood the whole incident and there were not many clues. He sent the photo of the princess given by the old king to everyone and took the students to investigate the scene.

Vic didn't go because he knew there would be no result, so he said goodbye to Zefa directly and explained that his observation Haki could reflect the picture.

As soon as Zefa heard it, he knew what Vic was trying to do, and he agreed with Vic's decision directly. He was not worried about Vic's strength at all. There were really few places in the first half of the Grand Line that Vic could not go.

Vic took Rebecca and Wendy and started investigating directly from the palace. Of course, Vic was the only one investigating, and the two women were just followers.

With Vic's current range of observation Haki, he can cover the entire island, but he cannot present a detailed picture of everything. He can only sense the aura from a distance.

He can now only clearly display the images within a five-kilometer radius, but even that is already very difficult.

Just like the screen of a computer loading a game, the more content there is, the faster the CPU and network speed are required. Jianbunshoku is equivalent to the network speed, which is needed to upload and download the sensed images. If the distance is too far, the signal will be lost and it will be difficult to receive.

Vic didn't go all out, as he wouldn't have been able to hold out for long, so he only kept a distance of two kilometers to explore.

Release the Observation Haki once, and if it doesn't see anything, immediately retract it, then move to the next place and use it again. This is the most economical way, instead of scanning as you move like a radar.

Wendy was really envious of Vic's ability to use his Observation Haki to see distant scenes, but her Observation Haki had never awakened and remained at the stage of paper drawing, unable to advance any further.

Although Rebecca cannot be as powerful as Vic, she has also awakened. Her combat power is no longer comparable to before. No one in the Elite Camp can beat Rebecca now. Having Observation Haki is like cheating, and she can know the answer in advance.

As a sniper, what Wendy lacks most now is observation Haki, which is a necessary skill for long-range sniping!