"A person?"
"Is that a person?!"
Looking at that enormous Giant, Nami was completely stunned.
Why would there be such a huge person in this world?
Was that even reasonable?!
"It really is a person..."
iser also looked at the incredibly huge Giant with so surprise and said, "But isn't this a bit too big?
He's even larger than that Little Oars I saw before.
Could this be a legendary monster?"
anwhile, Usopp shouted in terror, "That guy is the legendary Bald Sea Monster!"
"A sea monster..."
Looking at the appearance of the Bald Sea Monster, Perona showed a disgusted expression.
This was the legendary monster?
It wasn't cute at all...
"Tch..."
"Huh?!"
Hearing Perona's voice, Chopper imdiately looked at her with a shocked expression and said, "Are you disgusted by him?"
"Correct." Perona said with disgust. "He's not cute at all."
Chopper: —
Was this really the ti to care about sothing like that?
Just then, the Bald Sea Monster, Watatsumi, raised his enormous fist and swung it downward.
"Not good, he's going to attack!" Franky's pupils contracted as he said, "Quick, iser!"
"No need..."
Having understood what the other party intended to do, iser showed a strange expression and said, "It seems he's not trying to hit us."
Franky: ???
What did that an?
What did he an by "not trying to hit them"?
However, before he could voice his confusion, he saw Watatsumi's fist slam onto the Lantern Fish's head, directly raising a huge bump on it!
"Thump!"
"Huh?!"
Seeing this, Usopp and the others imdiately showed surprised expressions and said, "So he was trying to hit it?!"
Could it be that this ugly-looking guy had co to rescue them?
"Hey, Kōrō!" Watatsumi said with an annoyed look at the Lantern Fish. "How many tis have I told you not to eat ships randomly!"
If this ship got eaten by this guy again, Captain Vander Decken would definitely be furious!
The Lantern Fish, having been punched, looked at Watatsumi with a wronged expression but didn't dare say anything more. It could only obediently nod, indicating it understood.
Watching the two enormous beings interact, Chopper gulped and said, "Are we saved?"
"Probably." Brook said. "After all, this guy doesn't seem to intend to attack us."
As for why the other party was doing this, he had no idea.
"Never mind, let's escape first!" Usopp said excitedly.
Staying here ant they might be attacked by these two monsters!
So... it was better to escape first!
"That's right, then let's..." Before Nami could finish her sentence, she noticed a strange shadow appearing behind Watatsumi.
This change imdiately caught her attention.
"What is that shadow?!" Nami's pupils contracted as she said, "Could it be another monster?"
"Monster?!"
Upon hearing Nami's words, Usopp and Chopper's faces imdiately turned pale.
Two weren't enough, and now there's another one?
anwhile, Perona's eyes lit up, her expression growing sowhat excited.
A monster?
That would be great!
"Probably not a monster," iser said, stroking his chin. "It looks like a tattered pirate ship."
"Pirate ship?"
The group was montarily stunned. Why would a tattered pirate ship appear?
Could it have been destroyed by so sea monster?
"Right, a pirate ship," iser nodded. "It looks a bit like the one Brook was on back then."
As soon as these words were spoken, the Thousand Sunny fell into a deathly silence.
And at that very mont, an eerie, abnormal sound drifted over from the distance.
"The dead have neither mouths nor desires, in..."
"Huh?"
Hearing that strange, murmuring voice from afar, Brook's head imdiately sprouted a few question marks.
Was that guy talking about him?
"Sothing's off," Franky said with a grave expression, staring at the approaching pirate ship. "Why is there a human voice coming from it?"
"Why do you assu it's a human voice?" Nico Robin said.
Franky: —
Glancing at Nico Robin, who had said this with a straight face, Franky was instantly rendered speechless.
Was this really the ti for such a comnt?
Upon hearing Nico Robin's words, Usopp's face imdiately turned pale.
"Could this be a ghost ship?!"
"Why is there a ghost ship underwater too?"
"Eek!!!"
iser: ???
Watching Brook scream along with the others, iser said sowhat helplessly, "Why are you screaming too?"
"Aren't you from a ship like that yourself?"
"But this ti, we've encountered a genuine ghost ship!" Brook pointed at the tattered pirate ship in the distance. "Look at that sail!"
"That's a pirate ship that shouldn't exist in this world!"
"What do you an?"
Hearing Brook's words, a trace of confusion appeared in Franky's eyes.
What did he an by a pirate ship that shouldn't exist in this world?
"Because this pirate ship is the one Vander Decken sailed hundreds of years ago!" Brook said with a grave tone. "For so unknown reason, this man suddenly went insane back then and killed all the crew mbers on board."
"Not only that, after killing everyone, he even spat at the gods..."
"Such a person, having offended the gods, is destined to endure endless tornt, forever wandering the seas!"
"So... this is that ghost ship that has existed for hundreds of years!"
Listening to Brook's explanation, iser stroked his chin and said, "Now that you ntion it... he did say earlier that he was Vander Decken."
If he rembered correctly, that person had indeed ntioned that na earlier.
Hearing the two of them speak, Perona's face imdiately lit up with excitent.
"In that case... there must be cute ghosts on board!" Perona exclaid excitedly.
If there really were such adorable creatures... she absolutely had to catch a few to keep as pets!!!
Hahahaha Nami:
Glancing at Perona, who was brimming with excitent, Nami fell into stunned silence.
Was it really appropriate to say sothing like that at a ti like this?
They were all terrified!
anwhile, rry and Chopper had latched onto iser's legs, seemingly trying to find a sense of security in doing so.
"iser, we're so scared!"
Seeing these two teary-eyed little ones, iser sighed helplessly. "Calm down. What if this is also a fake Ghost Ship?"
When they first encountered Brook, hadn't they also thought they'd co across a Ghost Ship? And what was the result?
It was just a Pirate Ship that had lost its power source!
So he felt this ship might be sothing similar.
"A fake Ghost Ship?"
Chopper was taken aback for a mont, then looked up at iser in confusion. "You an... the one who spoke just now was a living person?"
Just like... when they first t Brook?
"That's not impossible."
"But this is the deep sea!" rry exclaid. "How could there possibly be people in the deep sea?!"
How could humans survive in the ocean?
Not everyone had a Ninja by their side!
"Who said whoever's on that ship has to be human?" iser retorted. "Have you forgotten where we're headed?"
Their destination was Fish-Man Island, so wasn't it perfectly normal to encounter Fish-n here?
"Where we're headed..."
Nami thought carefully for a mont, then suddenly looked up. "You an... those on the ship are Fish-n?"
As if imagining a certain scene, Nami's expression turned sowhat grim.
"That's a possibility," iser nodded.
"Oh, so it's fake after all," rry sighed in relief.
As long as it wasn't a real Ghost Ship, everything was fine.
"That makes sense," Franky chuckled. "Wasn't Brook's ship the sa back then? In the end, there was only him on board, no Ghosts at all!"
"So this ship might be a similar case."
"Exactly."
Nami nodded as well. "After all, Ghost Ships are just legends. They can't possibly exist in reality."
"Ahahaha, you're absolutely right!"
Once they confird that the ship wasn't a Ghost Ship, the group imdiately relaxed.
As long as it wasn't a Ghost Ship, everything else was manageable!
Seeing her companions' expressions return to normal, Nico Robin smiled and said, "Not necessarily."
"Have you forgotten the Kraken we encountered before?"
"If monsters that exist only in legends can appear, then... a Ghost Ship appearing wouldn't be anything strange either."
Nami and the others:
Staring at Nico Robin, who was smiling at them, Nami and the others froze in horror.
"S-so... you an..."
"That's a real Ghost Ship?!"
"Eek!!!"
Screaming in fright at Nico Robin's words, they clung to iser. "iser, you have to protect us!!!"
iser: ???
Why were more and more people clinging to him...
These useless guys.
"Don't worry, I'm here," iser said helplessly.
He simply didn't believe that thing was a Ghost Ship.
Hearing this, the others imdiately relaxed a bit.
anwhile, Perona once again flashed an excited look in her eyes and said, "Ghosts..."
"Eek!!!"
iser:
That's enough from you!
"Hey, Robin, is now really the ti to scare them for fun?"
Franky looked at Nico Robin with a speechless expression. When would this dark-hearted older sister ever change her twisted sense of humor?
In response, Nico Robin just smiled and said nothing more.
Looking up at the approaching Pirate Ship, iser wiped the expression from his face and said, "Get ready for a fight."
"Huh?"
"Are we going to fight them?" Chopper shivered and said, "I'm so scared..."
"iser, are we really going to fight?"
Usopp gulped and said, "What if they don't an us any harm?"
Co to think of it, that Bald Sea Monster had just saved them earlier, so...
"It's just about being prepared in advance," iser said.
No one knew whether the other side would attack them or not, so they had to be ntally prepared.
Seeing that iser had spoken, the others gradually cald their emotions, turned to face the approaching Pirate Ship, and each prepared themselves for battle.
Watching as Chopper and the others, despite their fear, still assud fighting stances, iser nodded in satisfaction.
That's more like it.
Fear is one thing, but when it's ti to act, you absolutely cannot back down!
Otherwise... they'd be the ones to die!
Just then, Chopper said, "By the way... isn't the temperature even higher now than before?"
"I'm in so much pain..."
With that, Chopper collapsed weakly onto the deck, sweat pouring uncontrollably from his body.
"The temperature really is higher than before," Usopp said with a frown. "This is clearly not right."
"Could it be because of those underwater volcanoes we passed earlier?" rry raised her hand and said.
She felt this was a very strong possibility.
"That's right, it's because of those underwater volcanoes," Nami said with a grave expression. "If I'm not mistaken... the underwater volcanoes might be about to erupt!"
Hearing Nami's words, everyone was imdiately stunned.
Underwater volcano eruption?!
That problem was far more terrifying than the 'Ghost Ship' they were currently facing!
"The underwater volcanoes are going to erupt?!" iser exclaid in shock.
"Yes."
Nami said with a serious expression, "This rapid temperature change is the best proof!"
"What about Luffy and the others?!" rry said anxiously.
If Luffy and the others were still in that volcanic area from earlier... wouldn't they be dood?!
"Don't worry, my Clone is there," iser reassured her.
Even if they really were in that active volcanic zone, his Clone would be able to protect them.
As for that octopus...
Well, if he was lucky enough to encounter his Clone, he could survive too.
If he didn't... he could only bla his own bad luck.
"That's good..." rry sighed in relief.
Although she didn't know what thod iser would use to protect Luffy and the others, as long as they could be saved, it was fine.
"Hurry, let's get out of here first," Nami said. "At least we need to get away from the volc..."
Before Nami could finish speaking, a man's roar ca from the pirate ship high above.
"Watatsumi, sink them and seize the treasure!"
"Ooh!!!"
Upon receiving the command, Watatsumi nodded, then turned his gaze toward the Thousand Sunny.
"So this guy really is an enemy!" Usopp exclaid in terror.
"What do we do, what do we do?!"
"Of course, we take him down!" iser said.
As soon as the words left his mouth, iser appeared at the bow of the Thousand Sunny.
He then prepared to use Ninjutsu to eliminate this arrogant, show-off sea monster who didn't know his place.
But before he could act, he saw a massive shadow rush over from the side, landing a powerful punch right on Watatsumi's face.
"Bam!!!"
The heavy fist sent Watatsumi spinning before he crashed hard onto the ground.
"Boom!!"
"Kraken?"
Seeing Kraken suddenly appear, iser's head was instantly filled with question marks.
Why had this creature suddenly co here to protect them?
But before iser could say anything more, he spotted Luffy and the other two on Kraken's body.
iser: !!!
So it was them!
"A monster from the North Pole, Kraken..." Vander Decken said with a grave expression as he stared at the suddenly appearing giant. "Why would this creature protect humans?"
Though he didn't understand the reason, since this thing was protecting humans, it was an enemy!
With that thought, Vander Decken gave the order without hesitation: "Take him down, Watatsumi!"
"Ooh!!"
Shaken from the punch, Watatsumi regained his focus, then turned to face Kraken, his eyes turning fierce.
"Damn you, you piece of..."
"Roar!!"
Not giving him a chance to finish, Kraken swung his tentacles wildly, pumling Watatsumi's face until it was swollen.
"That hurts!"
Beaten up, Watatsumi couldn't stop screaming, the sound sending shivers down everyone's spine.
"That's enough, Little Squid!"
"Roar..."
Upon hearing Luffy's command, Kraken imdiately stopped his attack, then broke out in a cold sweat—had his actions displeased his master?
But before he could react, Luffy said, "Well done, Little Squid!"
"Now take us back."
"Roar."
Hearing the praise, Kraken's face imdiately lit up with a human-like smile, then happily carried Luffy and the others back to the Thousand Sunny.
"It's so great that you're all alive!"
Seeing the three return to the ship, rry and Chopper rushed over, both saying, "We were so worried about you!"
Luffy, catching rry with a toothy grin, said, "Don't worry, we're fine."
"Where's my Clone?" iser asked, puzzled.
Why hadn't he seen his Wood Clone?
"Oh, he said there were outsiders here, so he dispersed on his own," Zoro replied. "Didn't you receive his mories?"
He rembered iser saying that when a Clone disappears, its mories are transmitted back.
"Wood Clones don't have that feature," iser shook his head.
Zoro: ???
Is it really that complicated?
"Where on earth have you all been?" Nami said, hands on her hips. "We had to search all over for you."
"It's all because of this idiot," Sanji said, shooting an annoyed glance at Zoro. "If it weren't for him, we'd have been back long ago."
"What do you an?"
"iser's Clone had already found Luffy and ," Sanji explained. "But because this guy Zoro got lost, iser took us to look for him. We only ca back after finding him."
Everyone:
Hearing Sanji's explanation, everyone imdiately wore complicated expressions. Just like Zoro, huh.
They glanced at Zoro, who looked slightly embarrassed and had turned his head away, making their expressions even more complex.
This guy really is sothing else.
"Tch, just Number Seven."
Sanji: ???
"You bastard, I'll kick you to death!!"
"Bring it on!!"
And so, the two of them started fighting again, banging and clattering.
"You two really have endless energy," Usopp muttered.
After just going through a life-and-death adventure, they still have this much spirit... Truly, they're sothing else.
anwhile, iser watched the two with a smile, thinking to himself, 'Zoro really is a clever guy.
He actually knows how to use this thod to dispel the awkwardness.
Sanji is smart too, knowing how to play along with Zoro at a ti like this... Truly a pair of bickering lovebirds.'
"Hey, don't relax just yet!
We're still not out of danger!" Nami said. "Let's get out of here first!"
With the Ghost Ship ahead and an active volcano behind... Staying here any longer is just asking for death!
"Huh?"
Seeing that Zoro and Sanji showed no signs of stopping, Nami's face imdiately twitched with anger.
But this ti, before she could act, Perona stepped in.
"I'll handle it!"
Perona summoned two Negative Spirits, which then passed effortlessly through Zoro and Sanji's bodies.
"Bzzz"
"I... I'm just scum..."
"Getting lost as soon as I step outside... I'm such an idiot..."
"Hara hara hara"
Seeing the two taken down with just one move, Perona couldn't help but laugh.
She's pretty good, huh? The others, seeing this scene, couldn't hold back their laughter either.
Zoro, having recovered, looked a little embarrassed. He then glared at Perona and said, "Hey, what are you doing?!"
Sanji, anwhile, lay flat on the ground, not wanting to move at all.
"Is now really the ti to fight, you two idiots!" Perona said irritably, looking at Zoro. "The underwater volcano is about to erupt!"
Although she really wanted to check out the Ghost Ship ahead, for the safety of everyone on this ship... It's better to get away from here first!
"Volcano eruption?"
Zoro was taken aback. That's happening now?
"Then let's escape first," Sanji said, getting up. "We can talk about everything else after we get away."
As for what just happened with the Negative Spirits?
He even indicated that he was already used to being dealt with like that, so it didn't matter.
"Then let Little Yula pull us away!" Luffy said, grinning with his teeth bared.
"Why give an octopus a na that sounds like squid..." Usopp muttered.
"Because I think it's fun, hahahaha."
"Fun, you say..."
Listening to Luffy's words, Usopp fell into deep thought.
It seed... that was indeed sothing Luffy would do.
"Little Squid, lift up the Thousand Sunny and let's go to Fish-Man Island together!" Luffy stood up and shouted.
"ROAR!!"
Upon receiving the command, Kraken roared and then placed the Thousand Sunny on its head, slowly walking into the distance.
"He won't crush our pirate ship, will he?" Usopp said worriedly, looking at Kraken's tentacles.
Such enormous tentacles... crushing their pirate ship would be as easy as child's play!
"Don't worry, he won't," Luffy grinned and laughed.
Hearing Luffy's trust in him, Kraken imdiately showed a happy smile on its face, then beca even more careful in controlling its strength, afraid of crushing the pirate ship.
"Damn Kraken," Vander Decken said through gritted teeth, glaring at Kraken. "To think it would beco a human's servant...
Doesn't this creature know it belongs to the sea?!"
"Hey, Captain, should we chase after them?"
"Of course we're chasing!" Vander Decken roared. "When has a pirate ship I've set my eyes on ever escaped?"
"Right!"
Hearing Vander Decken's vigorous roar, the fish-n behind him imdiately joined in with their own roars.
This was their captain!
"Watatsumi, get up, we're going to catch them!" Vander Decken said.
"Understood!"
Upon receiving the order, Watatsumi stood up from the ground, clearly intending to pursue Kraken.
"What is that thing?"
Zoro, standing on the deck, looked puzzled at the colossal figure and said, "A seafloor giant?"
"So cool!"
Luffy's eyes sparkled as he said, "This is the first ti I've seen soone so big!"
This is just too aweso!
"We don't know what that thing is either," Franky said. "It's probably so kind of special deep-sea creature."
As for whether it's a monster?
Sorry, he wouldn't even think in that direction.
"And what about that broken-down pirate ship that made the noise earlier?" Sanji pointed at the pirate ship and asked.
"That's a ghost ship!" Perona said. "There might be ghosts on it!!"
"Ghost ship?"
Hearing the words "ghost ship," Sanji was montarily stunned. Do ghost ships really exist in this world?
anwhile, Luffy showed an extrely excited expression and said, "Ghost ship?"
"Aweso, let's go catch so ghosts!"
Seeing Luffy's reaction, Perona imdiately moved closer to him and said, "Won't it be dangerous?"
"After all, there's an underwater volcano right behind us."
"It hasn't erupted yet, right?" Luffy grinned and laughed. "So let's go check it out."
Hearing Luffy say this, Perona clearly beca tempted.
However, she didn't say anything imdiately. Instead, she first glanced at the volcano cluster behind them.
Seeing no unusual activity there, she breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, she showed an excited expression and said, "Then let's go!"
"When the ti cos, we'll catch a few ghosts and raise them!"
"Alright!"
Watching these two people whose eyes were practically sparkling, iser was rendered utterly speechless.
You two really can play well together, huh...
"Idiots, why are you looking for ghosts at a ti like this!" Nami said angrily. "The priority right now is to..."
Before Nami could finish her sentence, an enormous explosion sounded from behind, terrifyingly loud.
"BOOM!!!"
"Wh-what?!"
Glancing at the gradually brightening light behind them, Usopp swallowed and said, "Could it be that the underwater volcano is about to erupt?"
"That's right..."
Nami said with a grim expression, "The underwater volcano is about to erupt..."
This terrifying shaking and reaction... it's definitely the prelude to an underwater volcanic eruption!
"Then let's get out of here quickly!" Franky said. "Otherwise, our pirate ship will be destroyed by the lava!"
At this distance, the lava would catch up to them in no ti!
"But we want to catch ghosts..."
Looking at these two idiots still obsessing over ghosts, Nami imdiately got angry and punched each of them.
"Thump!"
"Thump!"
After giving them both big lumps on their heads, Nami opened her shark-like mouth and roared, "Is now the ti to be thinking about ghosts?!"
"Escaping for our lives is what matters most!!!"
Can't these two idiots tell what's urgent and what's not?!
"Oh..."
After being beaten, the two imdiately behaved themselves.
Seeing their sowhat aggrieved expressions, iser couldn't help but laugh.
Then, iser pointed at the ghost ship in the distance that was also frantically fleeing and said, "Those guys have already run away, so there's still a chance we might et them again."
"Really?!"
Hearing iser's words, Luffy and Perona's eyes imdiately lit up.
If they could et again... then they would definitely catch a few ghosts!
"Probably," iser said.
"Great!"
Looking at the two who had regained their energy, iser smiled, then turned his gaze back to the pirate ship in the distance, thinking to himself: 'It's just... this might not be a ghost ship. If it really were a ghost ship, it wouldn't care about an underwater volcanic eruption, since ghosts aren't afraid of physical attacks!'
But iser didn't say this out loud, leaving Luffy and Perona with a bit of hope.
"Luffy, hurry up and get Little Squid moving!" Nami said. "Tell him to take us out of here at top speed!"
"That's not necessary."
Usopp glanced at Kraken's expression and said, "He's already running as fast as he can."
That terrified expression... it seems he's also very afraid of the underwater volcano behind them.
"That's great."
Nami sighed in relief.
It was even better if he was willing to flee on his own, as that would push him to his limits!!!
"Kraken..."
Walking to the side of the ship and looking at Kraken's fleeing posture, Nico Robin said, "He runs so awkwardly."
It gave the impression of running in a ssy, disorganized way—it really did look ugly.
"Indeed."
Perona, who had co to Nico Robin's side and looked down, nodded in agreent.
This guy called Little Squid isn't cute at all.
Usopp: ...
"Isn't the focus a bit too strange?" Usopp complained.
Is how graceful the fleeing posture looks really that important?
What matters is escaping alive, damn it!!!
"What does an underwater volcano eruption even look like?" Luffy said curiously. "I really want to see it."
"Idiot, don't say things like that!"
Chopper frantically covered Luffy's mouth, saying, "What if..."
Before Chopper could finish, another terrifying explosion sounded from behind, followed by a massive surge of magma erupting from the volcano's crater!
"BOOM!!!"
Chopper:
Watching the erupting magma, Chopper froze in terror.
Had he covered Luffy's mouth too late...?
Was he going to get burned to death?!
Roast reindeer?
As if imagining the scene, Chopper imdiately burst into tears.
"Now you've seen it," iser glared at Luffy. "Are you satisfied?"
In response, Luffy just grinned toothily without saying another word.
iser shook his head helplessly, then walked to the bow of the ship to look into the distance, hoping to spot a safe place.
Just then, iser noticed a massive trench far ahead.
Seeing this, he imdiately said, "Nami, there's a huge trench ahead. Is that the way to Fish-Man Island?"
Hearing iser, Nami quickly joined him at the bow and glanced at the Log Pose in her hand.
Then, she said, "That's the direction!"
"Then I'll lift Little Squid," iser said.
Although having this big guy carry the ship was fun, his speed was clearly no match for the magma chasing them... So, it was better to use his Water Release Technique to hurry along!
"But if you act now, you might expose yourself," Nami said anxiously.
As she spoke, she glanced at the massive Watatsumi running ahead.
iser also noticed those guys, a flicker of killing intent flashing in his eyes as he said, "Then..."
Before he could finish, he saw Watatsumi and the pirate ship get swept up by a sea current, vanishing from their sight in the blink of an eye.
iser: ???
What was that?
Just as he was about to strike, they got swept away by the current?
"Due to the temperature difference in the water, the sea current ford a whirlpool," Nami explained. "So those guys are probably far from here now."
"That's even better!" iser said.
Without hesitation, iser clapped his hands together and shouted, "Water Release - Super Water Dragon Bullet Technique!!!"
"Hum"
The next mont, the sea began to tremble, and an enormous Water Dragon erged!
"ROAR!!!"
The Water Dragon roared, then lifted Kraken and the ship, swiftly charging toward the distant trench!
"Roar?"
Looking at the Water Dragon holding him up, Kraken's head visibly sprouted several question marks.
What was this thing?
"This is my ability," iser said from the bow. "So just relax."
"Roar"
Hearing iser's explanation, Kraken nodded, then turned back to watch the terrifying scene with a hint of glee.
If not for this human, he wouldn't have had the chance to enjoy such a view so leisurely.
Seeing this, iser laughed. "You... getting cocky now that we're safe, huh?"
"Roar"
Hearing iser, Kraken grinned even wider.
After observing the situation for a mont, Nami let out a sigh of relief and said, "Whew... looks like everything's fine now."
iser's Water Release Technique moved at an incredible speed, so there was absolutely no problem shaking off the magma!
Then, Nami looked ahead at the trench and said, "We'll go down from there, and then we can reach Fish-Man Island."
"Alright!" iser gave Nami a thumbs-up and said, "Leave it to !!"
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