"This is where Granny Nyon lives?" rry looked around curiously. "The environnt seems quite nice."
"Ahaha, it's passable," Granny Nyon chuckled.
After settling into a peaceful life, she had developed a fondness for gardening. Without realizing it, she had transford her yard into its current state. Admittedly, such surroundings truly helped her relax both physically and ntally.
Setting aside her Serpent Cane, Granny Nyon said, "Have a seat."
iser nodded and sat on the sofa with rry.
As for Luffy...
"Hey, Luffy!" iser stared dumbfounded at Luffy. "Why are you rummaging through soone else's fridge the mont you enter their house?!"
This had happened back at Sabaody Archipelago, and now it was happening again here. This guy had absolutely no sense of boundaries.
Granny Nyon was also taken aback—this kid really made himself at ho.
"Huh?"
Luffy, already stuffing a sausage into his mouth, turned to iser. "But I'm really hungry..."
Having no idea how long he'd been asleep, he now felt absolutely famished.
iser facepald before apologetically looking at Granny Nyon. "Sorry about that, Granny. We'll pay for it."
"Ah, it's fine. Let him eat," Granny Nyon waved it off.
She figured the boy must have expended a lot of energy during his earlier treatnt, hence the intense hunger. In that case, she might as well let him eat. After all... she wasn't so stingy as to begrudge him a little food. It wasn't like he could eat that much anyway.
Seeing Granny Nyon's expression, iser fell silent for a mont. This granny probably had no idea about Luffy's appetite... Well, he'd deal with that later.
"Let's begin," Granny Nyon said.
Understanding her aning, iser wasted no ti and placed two Den Den Mushi on the table.
"Huh? Why is this one white?" rry stared curiously at the motionless snail on the table. It was her first ti seeing a white Den Den Mushi.
"Wow, really?" Luffy also glanced over in surprise. "There are white Den Den Mushi too? Can you use them to make calls?"
"Yes," iser nodded. "When making a call, placing this White Transponder Snail next to a regular Den Den Mushi prevents eavesdropping."
As he spoke, iser dialed Shakky's number.
"Prevents eavesdropping..." Luffy tilted his head at iser, clearly not understanding. After pondering for a bit, he gave up and went back to stuffing his face.
Granny Nyon: "..."
This Straw Hat Boy really seed like an idiot. Then again... it made sense. Only an idiot would eat sothing random and knock himself out.
"Buro buro buro~"
"Buro buro buro~"
"Buro buro buro~"
Click
"Hello?" iser said. "This is iser."
"Ara~ Little iser finally called," Shakky said with a smile.
"iser!"
"iser dear!"
"iser!"
Hearing three familiar voices, iser was stunned for a mont before bursting into laughter. "It's you guys! What are you doing at Shakky's place?"
"Ah, we were just worried about you," Hachi said, scratching his head. "So we ca ashore with Rayleigh to check on you."
Without Rayleigh accompanying them, he wouldn't have dared to bring Camie back to the surface again. After all... he wasn't as strong as the Straw Hat Pirates.
iser felt a warmth in his heart upon hearing this and replied, "I see... Don't worry, we're fine."
"That's good to hear..."
"Where's Rayleigh?" rry asked.
"Him?" Shakky tapped her cigarette ash. "After hearing you were still alive, he went back to your ship to continue the Coating."
According to Rayleigh, he wanted these guys to head straight for the New World as soon as they returned to Sabaody Archipelago. Before the Straw Hat Pirates ca back, he could also help keep an eye on their ship.
"I see..." rry nodded. In that case, they couldn't bring their ship over now—otherwise, Rayleigh's efforts would be wasted.
"Alright, let's get down to business," Shakky said. "iser, did you find Gloriosa?"
"Ah, yes—"
Before iser could finish, Granny Nyon very naturally took the Den Den Mushi and snapped, "You should call 'big sister,' you little brat!"
Given their past relationship, there was nothing wrong with demanding to be called "big sister."
The mont she said this, iser and rry were stunned. Even Luffy turned around in surprise, forgetting to eat his food.
"B-Big sister?!"
"Shakky is—"
iser wisely shut his mouth before finishing his sentence. He noticed the Den Den Mushi's expression had changed—and it looked... kind of terrifying.
"Wait, just how old is Shakky?" iser wondered silently.
At that mont, intense curiosity welled up inside him. But... reason told him not to ask. Absolutely not. Otherwise, he'd definitely get beaten up the next ti he saw Shakky.
"You talk too much," Shakky said expressionlessly.
"S-So scary...!"
Hachi, Camie, and the others huddled together, trembling in fear as they stared at Shakky, who was radiating an intimidating aura.
Why had she suddenly beco so terrifying? Was it because of what Granny Nyon had just said?
"What I said was—"
Before Granny Nyon could finish, Shakky cut her off. "Keep spouting nonsense, and I'll spill all your dirty little secrets from back then."
A dangerous glint flashed in Shakky's eyes.
Granny Nyon: "..."
Shakky's words instantly silenced her. After a pause, Granny Nyon forced an awkward laugh and said, "I was just joking earlier. Shakky is actually very young."
This was directed at iser and the others.
Though... it didn't sound very convincing.
Still, now wasn't the ti to argue—that would only invite trouble.
Clearing his throat, iser said, "Right, got it."
"Alright, let's get down to business," Shakky said seriously. "They're good friends of mine, so... I hope you can help them out."
This statent confird what iser had said earlier—he indeed had a very good relationship with Shakky.
Upon confirming this information, Granny Nyon secretly sighed in relief. At the very least... they weren't enemies.
But soon, another problem arose—she wasn't the empress anymore!
Thinking this, Granny Nyon said, "Shakky, I'm retired now. There's only so much I can do."
"You should know that well enough."
All she could do was try her best to protect these three in front of Hancock.
As for whether Hancock would listen... well, she could only do her part and leave the rest to fate.
"Hancock might listen to you," Shakky said.
Granny Nyon sighed helplessly. That little brat might not necessarily heed her words. But since things had co to this, she couldn't refuse any longer.
"Fine, I understand," Granny Nyon replied.
"Good, I'm counting on you!"
Click—
Looking at the disconnected Den Den Mushi, Shakky rubbed her temples with a headache. Hopefully, Granny Nyon could help Xiao iser.
Shaking her head, Shakky glanced at the three trembling figures on the sofa and gave them a gentle smile. "What's wrong with you all?"
"Ah, haha, we're just a little cold, that's all."
"Right, Hachi?"
"Y-yeah!!"
Seeing how afraid they were of her, Shakky felt a bit helpless. It wasn't like she would do anything to these kids.
Just then, the door was kicked open, and a group of young pirates swaggered in, their expressions full of arrogance.
"Hmph, the Rip-off Bar?" the leader sneered. "Let's see what the fuss is about."
"Oh my~"
"So punching bags delivered right to our doorstep~"
"Huh?"
The young pirate was montarily confused, not understanding what she ant.
"Hey, boss! It's a rfolk!"
"Look, there's a rfolk and a Fish-man!"
The group stared excitedly at Camie and Hachi on the sofa, their eyes practically turning into Berries symbols. If they could capture them and sell them at an auction... they'd make a fortune!
"Ahahaha! Looks like we're hitting the jackpot this ti!"
"Boys, grab them!"
"Right!"
At that mont, the door behind them suddenly slamd shut with a loud BANG!, startling the pirates.
They instinctively turned around and imdiately noticed Shakky standing by the entrance, freezing in shock.
"Y-you... weren't you just behind the counter?!"
How had she appeared at the door in an instant?
"Teehee, that's not important," Shakky said with a 'gentle' smile. "Gentlen, since you've co to my humble establishnt, you should at least order sothing to drink."
The pirate leader hesitated. Though wary of her speed, his greed for money overpowered his unease. After all, we're talking about millions of Berries here!!!
At this thought, the leading pirate said, "I don't know who you are, but... right now our Rooster Fire Pirate Crew has business to attend to. If you don't want to die, you'd better scram back to—"
Before he could finish, he was overwheld by an overwhelmingly terrifying killing intent, instantly forcing him to swallow his words.
"Th-then... let's have a drink."
"Huh?!"
The other underlings exchanged confused glances at their boss. Wasn't this shift in tone a bit too sudden?
Wait... was their boss... actually scared?
"Good. Then one cup of Blood Rose for each of you."
"Th-the... price?"
"Of course... your lives!" Shakky's expression turned cold.
Since they had seen that Camie was rfolk... they wouldn't be leaving here alive!
There were so things she didn't want to see happen a second ti!
anwhile, after hanging up the Den Den Mushi, Granny Nyon fell into deep thought, lost in contemplation.
iser didn't disturb her, instead taking out so food for the Den Den Mushi to eat.
These were extrely valuable treasures—they couldn't go hungry.
"This little guy is so cute," rry said. "Can I feed it?"
"Sure."
iser reached out and ruffled rry's head. "If you like it, you can keep it with you for now."
"Yay!"
Watching rry's cheerful expression, iser couldn't help but smile as well.
Then, he turned to Granny Nyon, who had snapped out of her thoughts. "Shall we discuss the next steps now?"
"Mm, go ahead." Granny Nyon rubbed her face before asking, "What do you need my help with? Is it about leaving this island?"
Hearing her words, Luffy imdiately perked up. "Granny, you'll help us leave?!"
If she was willing to help them escape, that would be perfect.
"W-well..." Granny Nyon hesitated awkwardly. "That depends on whether Hancock agrees. I can't make decisions about the Kuja Ship."
Luffy: ???
Luffy stared at Granny Nyon, utterly baffled. If she couldn't help them leave... why had she said that in the first place?
"Granny Nyon, that's not what I wanted to discuss," iser said seriously. "Do you have a Eternal Log Pose to Marine Headquarters here?"
"Why go to Marine Headquarters?" rry asked, puzzled.
"Hey, iser, we need to return to Sabaody Archipelago!" Luffy interjected.
Why would they go to so Marine Headquarters? Right now, they had to regroup with their crew at Sabaody!
"Luffy, take a look at this." iser placed the newspaper announcing Fire Fist Ace's impending execution on the table. "Fire Fist Ace is your brother, right?"
"He's about to be publicly executed by the Marines!"
"Wh-what?!"
Luffy, who had been eating, froze in shock, his sausage dropping to the floor unnoticed.
Then, in a panic, he rushed over and grabbed the newspaper. Though he couldn't read much, he understood the headline clearly:
(Fire Fist Ace to Be Publicly Executed at Marine Headquarters!)
After seeing it clearly, Luffy imdiately panicked.
"Hey, iser, what do we do?!" Luffy looked at iser with a frantic expression. "Ace is my brother!!"
"Luffy's brother?!"
rry also panicked. A public execution... did that an he was going to die?
If Luffy's brother died, Luffy would surely be devastated!
Granny Nyon, on the other hand, gave Luffy a strange look. She hadn't expected the person about to be publicly executed to be the Straw Hat Boy's brother... It was truly surprising.
"That's right, Ace is my brother!" Luffy said anxiously. "What do we do? What do we do?"
"No... I have to save him!"
Though reuniting with his crew was urgent... if his brother died because he didn't go to Marine Headquarters to rescue him, he would never forgive himself!
"iser, hurry, let's go to Marine Headquarters!!"
"We don't have a Eternal Log Pose for Marine Headquarters," iser said helplessly. "Only with a Log Pose can we find Marine Headquarters."
After speaking, iser glanced at Granny Nyon and said, "So... Granny Nyon, what's your answer?"
If they had a Eternal Log Pose for Marine Headquarters, things would be much easier.
Granny Nyon looked at Luffy, then at iser, and sighed.
"Ah... Kid, co with . I'll take you to Hancock."
"She probably has that thing, but—you'd better prepare yourself!"
iser was taken aback. Prepare himself?
Was it because he was a man?
Thinking this, he nodded. "Alright, I understand."
Though he didn't know what kind of person this Hancock was, if she had it, he'd take it by force if necessary!
"Good, then let's go," Granny Nyon said.
This kid had killed a Celestial Dragon—maybe he really could persuade Hancock after all.
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