One Piece: Journey With A System 29 Man

After hearing the Sphinx's strong reminder with that deep threatening tone Reo started feeling really interested in what it might ask them and hearing it's riddle he didn't know if he should laugh at it or answer the Riddle, after all, there is no originality in her middle but thinking it is not Earth and he came to a conclusion all Sphinx might ask the same Riddle even if they are from different worlds.

As he knew the answer beforehand he thought he should let the others chance to answer so he looked at everyone else to find if they are able to answer but looking at them he found them in a confused expression which made him ask himself inside 'Really??? Is it really that hard to make you that much confused and you need to worry so hard that even your face is becoming this ugly… '

Finding them in deep thought which is putting too much pressure on them enough to make them ugly faces which made him feel discomfort he decided to answer instead of letting them suffer for such an easy answer but before he can Luffy shouted "I know... I know… "

"You do? " Hearing above all people in the crew Luffy shouting that he can answer Reo got really surprised and couldn't help but asked with doubt looking at Luffy as he thought the last person to answer the Riddle would be Luffy.

"Yes, I think I got the answer. " Luffy said with a happy smile hearing Reo asked him if he can answer.

"Are you sure no one is pressuring you to answer so quickly. If you want you can wait a little more to see my answer then you can answer afterward if I am wrong. " Reo said with a smile looking at Luffy as he has zero confidence about Luffy answering the question after all this kid only knows how to take actions directly without making a proper plan and now he is solving the Riddle as if he will ever believe him. Oh no that is not happening not in a million years.

"No as the Captain it is I who needs to answer the Riddle. " Hearing Reo want to answer Luffy puts his hand on Reo's shoulder with a confident smile and said with a serious face.

"Fine. " Looking at how determined Luffy is Reo nodded with a sigh while thinking with a cold look on his eyes looking at the Sphinx and the hovering lighting above their head which covered the whole island giving him the feeling like he is back in the "New World" 'If there is no other way I will just have to take action myself and kill it. '

"Ok, then I will answer. " Luffy said with a nod while taking a step forward and looking at the Sphinx he replied with a confident smile "The answer of the riddle is Man. "

"Are you confident in your answer boy? " The Sphinx asked as the whole island started getting dark and lighting started flashing more intensely above their head.

"Yes, I am. " Luffy said with a confident face looking at the Sphinx and continued "You see when a man is born he walks in 4 legs which means he uses his arms as legs to balance his body which will be counted as legs when he is a baby and we will count it as the morning because it is the early period of his life. Then when time pa.s.ses he learns how to walks on his legs ...… then finally the time of his old age will be counted as… "

Looking at Luffy who answered the riddle with so much confidence Reo didn't know what is going on as he asked himself 'How did he know the answer? And how in the name of Almighty he manages to explain everything so accurately??? '

"Noooo~ " the moment Luffy finished his explanation the whole Island started shaking as if it is going to sink in the bottom of the ocean while the Sphinx gave out an ear-piercing scream with agony when all the lightning in the sky gathered in a single place and struck the Sphinx all over the body making it electrocuted and getting shocked by lightning she started running towards the sea and jumped on the sea afterward it as if the Sphinx is made out of sand it started getting washed away in the seawater.

"Is the island going to sink? " Nami asked with worry holding Reo closely.

"What happend? " Zoro asked with a confused face.

"Did I answer correctly? " Luffy asked with a confused face.

"The Island is unstable we need to get to the boat. " Reo said while taking Nami in a princess carry and running in the direction of the boat followed by Luffy and Zoro right behind him.

Not long after getting on the boat the island sank in the bottom of the sea as Nami exclaimed in confusion "What just happened? "

"Why did the lightning struck her instead of us? " Zoro asked with curiosity.

"Why did she jump in the sea all of a sudden without saying if I am right or wrong? " Luffy complained about the Sphinx's action.

"Your answer way correct and I think that is the reason for it jumping in the sea as she had got her answer which killed her instead of killing us because her riddle got solved. " Reo explained with a serious face looking at the empty sea where there was an Island not long ago.

As Reo was explaining they heard a stomach growling sound and when they discovered the source of the sound Luffy complained about it a painful face"I am hungry~ "

"We should go towards Orange Islands as it is the closest Island from here. From there we will be able to get fresh water and food." Nami suggested hearing Luffy complaining about his hunger.

"Let's hurry to the Orange islands then. " Luffy commanded impatiently.

"Alright. " Nami nodded with a smile as she also wants to get to that Island for her personal reasons.

"That aside Luffy can you tell me how did you answer the riddle so correctly. " Reo said with a nod after Nami raised the sail of the boat.

"Oh that. " Luffy said with a smile and started explaining "You see when I was back in the village old man Woop uses a stick to walk then… "

While hearing Luffy explanation Reo thought 'No wonder he became so strong in the story so quickly even with that small intelligence. With this good observation is he can easily make up for that shortcoming. Sigh… '

After another day the whole crew became very tired without enough water or food when Reo discovered a small boat with a pirate flag and after another look, he came to a conclusion this boat belongs to the Buggy pirates when Nami called out "Look there is a boat coming at our direction. " pointing at the approaching boat.

"Where? " Luffy said weakly getting up from the boat floor.

"It appears to be a pirate boat. " Zoro said looking at the flag.

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