"This operation on Fish-Man Island is even more dangerous than I imagined," Nami said with a headache.
If it weren't for iser, they might have all drowned in the sea current.
Hearing Nami's words, rry laughed, "But it's also exciting, isn't it!"
An adventure like this is truly interesting. "That may be true, but..." Nami rubbed her temples and said, "I wish there could be a little less of this kind of excitent."
If it happened too often, she was afraid her heart wouldn't be able to take it.
"That's difficult~" Franky spread his hands and said, "After all, our captain is Luffy."
With that guy around, having a peaceful adventure is basically impossible.
After all... that guy loves unknown adventures the most!
Nami: —
Listening to Franky's words, an image of a certain adventure-loving idiot imdiately popped into Nami's mind, and she silently sighed.
Yes, with a captain like that... it's impossible for them to have any peace.
Shaking her head, Nami stood up from the rock and said, "I'm planning to go into town to look around and buy so things. Who wants to co with ?"
They finally made it to Fish-Man Island; they couldn't just stay by the ship the whole ti.
So... ti to go shopping!
"!" rry raised her hand.
She looked as obedient as a little schoolgirl.
"Alright."
After reaching out to ruffle Little rry's hair, Nami looked at Nico Robin and Franky and asked, "What about you two?"
"I won't go," Franky shook his head and said. "I need to clean up the Thousand Sunny first."
They might need their pirate ship at any ti, so before that, he needed to get the ship ready.
This was also his duty as the shipwright.
"Then the Thousand Sunny is in your hands."
"Leave it to super !" Franky said, giving a thumbs-up.
With his abilities, he could definitely get the Thousand Sunny ready in just a few hours!
Nami nodded, then turned her gaze to Nico Robin and asked, "What about you?"
"I'm going to look around elsewhere," Nico Robin said with a profound look in her eyes. "Perhaps there are things on this island that I want to know."
According to Uncle Rayleigh, there are things on this island that record history, so... she wanted to go see.
Hearing this, Nami was montarily stunned, then nodded and said, "Alright, then be careful."
"Don't worry, I'll be fine on my own," Nico Robin said with a smile.
As soone who lived alone in the dark world for twenty years, protecting herself was absolutely no problem.
"That's true," Nami smiled, then turned to rry and said, "rry, let's go. We're going to town to buy so nice clothes."
"Okay!"
Little rry imdiately raised her small hand and said, "Then I want to buy a pretty little dress!"
"No problem."
Watching the two leave with smiles on their faces, Nico Robin also smiled, then turned to Franky and said, "I'm heading out too, Franky. See you later."
"Alright!"
Franky, holding a toolbox, waved without looking up, then got down to work with his butt in the air, focusing on his job.
Nico Robin didn't mind, nodded, and turned to leave.
"I wonder how Zoro and the others are doing," rry, floating beside Nami, said. "Will they be with iser?"
"Not sure," Nami shook her head. "I passed out at the ti, so I don't know if Zoro was with iser."
After a pause, she continued, "But... as long as soone is with Zoro, he won't get lost."
"Perona, then."
Recalling the last scene she saw, rry nodded and said, "If Perona is with Zoro, he probably won't get lost."
After all, it was with Perona's help that Zoro made it to the Sabaody Archipelago.
Nami agreed.
"Let's go, we'll explore first and look for them later."
"Alright!"
Then, the two walked off smiling toward the distant streets.
anwhile, Zoro, whom they were thinking of, was walking through a special coral forest on the island.
"Damn it, where is this place?!" Zoro said, rubbing his temples.
Not only did all the paths look identical, but the area was also huge... How was he supposed to find his way out?
After thinking for a mont, Zoro gripped the hilt of his sword and said, "Maybe I should just cut a path through."
As if he thought this was a brilliant idea, Zoro's eyes lit up.
With his skills, cutting a path would be no problem at all!
But before he could act, he heard a woman's voice.
"So, what exactly are you doing?"
Zoro: !!!
Hearing that familiar voice from above, Zoro's expression stiffened, and he casually released his grip on the sword hilt, saying, "Just taking a walk."
"Taking a walk?"
Perona, floating down from the air, poked Zoro's forehead with a finger. "Do you think I'm an idiot?"
"What kind of walk has you circling the sa 50-ter area for ten minutes?"
If he's lost, he's lost... calling it a walk—how could he even say that?
Zoro: ...
Seeing Perona's slightly disdainful expression, Zoro fell silent.
After a mont, Zoro said, "So, you've been here for a while?"
"Yeah, about ten minutes," Perona glanced at her watch. "And I've been watching you wander around for ten minutes."
If she hadn't wanted to waste any more ti, she would've loved to see how long this idiot would keep circling, maybe even spending the whole day stuck in this few-hundred-ter coral forest.
Hearing Perona's words, Zoro's face imdiately flushed red.
But he didn't say anything more, just turned his head away from Perona, looking as if he was sulking.
"You still have the nerve to sulk with ?" Perona grabbed Zoro's face and said, "Do you have any idea how much trouble I went through to find you?"
She had only been distracted by the scenery of Fish-Man Island for a mont, but when she looked back, Zoro was gone.
She was dumbfounded—how ridiculous!
After that, she spent over two hours searching for this jerk!
Over two hours!!!
Just thinking about it made Perona even angrier.
"I wouldn't get lost."
Zoro, his face still pinched, grumbled unhappily, "I was just taking a walk. I would've gone back eventually."
Seriously, did she really think he was that directionally challenged?
"Is this what you call 'going back eventually'?" Perona pointed to the nearby coral forest and said, "If I hadn't co, would you have wandered around here all day?"
Zoro—
Why was his mouth still so sharp?
Darn it!
"Hmph, from now on, you're not allowed to leave my side, got it?" Perona released Zoro's face and glared at him. "Otherwise, if you get lost, I'll have to go looking for you again."
With that, she summoned several Negative Spirits, making her threat all the more intimidating.
"Fine, you're so naggy."
That simple sentence made Perona fu with anger.
"You jerk!"
"Hmm?"
Just as Perona was about to teach Zoro a lesson, his expression suddenly turned serious, and he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Seeing this, Perona paused for a mont before floating behind Zoro and asking, "What's wrong?"
Why did this idiot suddenly beco so serious? Could soone be coming?
"Soone's coming," Zoro said, narrowing his eyes. "And there are quite a few of them."
As if to confirm Zoro's words, a large group of Fish-Man soldiers rushed out the next mont, surrounding the two with weapons in hand.
"So many?" Perona exclaid in surprise. "Are they here to capture us?"
Could these guys be after their heads?
Even though her head wasn't worth much, this idiot Zoro's head was worth a fortune!
"Maybe," Zoro replied.
These guys might be here to capture them because they didn't enter through the main gate, just like... back on Sky Island!
"You're the Straw Hat Crew's Pirate Hunter, Roronoa Zoro, right?" the lead Fish-man said, looking at Zoro.
After speaking, the lead Fish-man curiously glanced at Perona, who was hiding behind Zoro.
'This person doesn't have a Wanted Poster... Is she a new mber?'
There was no other explanation.
Thinking this, the Fish-man nodded to himself before turning his attention back to Zoro's face.
At that mont, Zoro calmly replied, "What if I am?"
"Good, that makes things easier."
"Are we fighting?" Perona asked.
As she spoke, the ghosts floating beside her rose into the air, as if ready for battle.
She herself remained behind Zoro.
"What the heck are those things?"
"Ghosts?!"
Seeing the ghosts around Perona, the Fish-Man soldiers imdiately took several steps back in fear, their eyes wide with terror.
"Hara hara hara!"
Perona, who had taken in the other party's reaction, imdiately laughed, then floated out from behind Zoro, placing one hand on her hip as she said, "That's right, this is my Hollow Power!"
"Hara hara hara!"
"Gulp..."
Hearing Perona's words, the lead Fish-man instinctively swallowed and then said, "Don't misunderstand, you two. We're not here to capture you."
"Huh?"
"Not here to fight?"
Perona, who had been laughing, suddenly froze. If they weren't here to fight, why did they co with such an aggressive stance?
"Of course we're not here to fight," the lead Fish-man said sowhat helplessly. "Even out of respect for the Blood-Eyed Ninja, we wouldn't capture you just for illegal entry."
Besides, they probably couldn't win anyway.
"Then what are you here for?" Zoro frowned.
"You must have saved a shark earlier, right?" the lead Fish-man said.
"That did happen."
"Then that's it." The lead Fish-man waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to lower their weapons, then continued, "That was our Princess Shirahoshi's pet, galo. Because you saved it, and considering what your companion, the Blood-Eyed Ninja, has done... our King wishes to invite you to a feast."
Perona: ???
"So you're here to invite us to a banquet?"
"Yes," the lead Fish-man nodded. "And others from the Straw Hat Pirates are also being invited."
Perona was left speechless. If they were here to invite them to a banquet, why bring so many people? It looked like they were trying to capture them...
"Is there good alcohol?" Zoro asked with an interested expression.
If there was good alcohol, he wouldn't mind going with these guys.
As for whether they were lying to him?
Zoro, with absolute confidence in his own strength, wasn't afraid of such a thing.
"Of course," the lead Fish-man grinned. "Our King has brought out so long-cherished fine alcohol to treat you all."
Recalling what the King had said not long ago, he nodded again in confirmation.
"Then lead the way!"
Seeing Zoro agree so easily, Perona was stunned. "Zoro, aren't you afraid they're tricking us?"
What if these guys have bad intentions?
"What's there to fear?" Zoro said calmly. "If they dare trick , I'll cut them down!"
Perona: ...
That really fits your personality.
But once she thought about Zoro's current strength, Perona cald down. With this man around, there really was nothing to worry about.
Thinking this, Perona also nodded to the lead Fish-man and said, "Lead the way!"
"Alright!"
Seeing both of them accept the invitation, the lead Fish-man breathed a sigh of relief. His mission was accomplished.
Then, he smiled and said, "Please follow . We're going to Ryugu Palace."
"Alright!"
anwhile, on the other side.
After walking for a while, iser and the others successfully arrived at the rmaid Cafe.
At the entrance, they spotted Brook.
"Brook?"
Looking at the guy standing at the door, Usopp laughed. "So you're the person the fortune teller ntioned."
I never expected the first one they'd find would be Brook.
"Huh?"
"It's you guys."
Upon seeing iser and the others, Brook imdiately showed a delighted expression, then laughed, "It seems everyone made it safely ashore."
"Naturally," iser said.
With his Clone around, there was no way anyone could drown in the sea.
Brook nodded, then looked at Camie and said, "Miss Camie, it's been such a long ti."
"It really has, Bone-kun!" Camie laughed.
"Yohohohoho!"
"Miss Camie is still so captivating!"
"Now then..."
After adjusting his collar, Brook approached Camie and said, "Miss Camie, could you let see your pant..."
"Shut up, you!" Pappag kicked Brook in the face and said, "Besides, she's rfolk! How could she possibly wear sothing like that!"
"Yohohohoho!"
Brook, who had been kicked, didn't get angry but instead laughed even more happily.
Pappag shook his head helplessly, then turned to iser with an excited expression and said, "Brook told that you... you..."
"Ah, it's ," iser smiled. "I'm still alive."
"That's wonderful!"
Upon receiving the confirmation, Pappag imdiately teared up and threw himself at iser, saying, "I really thought you had died."
When he saw that newspaper two years ago, he was heartbroken.
"But I'm still alive, aren't I?" iser laughed.
"Mhm."
After confirming that iser was truly alive, Pappag gradually cald down.
Then, he turned around and greeted Luffy and Usopp.
After that, Pappag said, "Co on, let's go to my place first."
Brook had already told him about iser, so there were so things he wanted to discuss with iser after they got back.
"To your place?" Usopp was taken aback, then pointed at the rmaid Cafe in front of them and said, "But we're already here. Shouldn't we go in and take a look?"
This was the rmaid Cafe, after all.
"It's not like you're leaving today, so what's the rush?" Pappag laughed. "Once everyone else arrives, we can all co here together."
"Co on, let's go to my place first. I'll treat you all to so delicious Sea Beast at!"
Since iser and the others had co all this way, he naturally wanted to be a good host!
"Oh, Sea Beast at!"
As soon as he heard about Sea Beast at, Luffy's attention was imdiately diverted.
"You eat Sea Beast at too?" Usopp looked at Pappag in surprise.
He thought this guy only ate clams.
"How could a wild starfish like be satisfied with just seaweed and shellfish~" Pappag said, raising his head proudly.
He loved Sea Beast at too. "I see."
It seed the diet of starfish creatures was quite varied.
anwhile, Camie, as if rembering sothing, imdiately took out so clams and said, "Ah, clams!"
"Pappag, here, these are the clams I brought for you~"
"Wow, delicious clams!"
Watching Pappag happily munching on the shellfish, Usopp couldn't help but comnt, "So you still love shellfish after all."
So wild starfish he was—
"By the way, Brook, why were you with Pappag?" Luffy asked curiously.
"I t him after I was rescued and brought ashore," Brook replied.
After iser's clone had brought him to the shore, it gave him so instructions and then disappeared on its own.
So he headed toward the town and encountered Pappag, who was looking for inspiration by the seaside.
That's how he ended up telling Pappag about what had happened to the Straw Hat Pirates, as well as the fact that iser was still alive.
After that... the two of them ca to the Fish-Man Café together.
"I see."
"Let's go, we're heading out!" Pappag glanced back at the group and said, "We're going to eat so sea beast at!"
"Alright!"
After saying goodbye to the beautiful rfolk ladies, Brook followed Luffy and the others as they left the place.
"By the way, do you really have sea beast at here?" iser asked curiously. "I rember rfolk don't eat fish, right?"
He clearly rembered Camie saying that rfolk don't eat at.
"rfolk indeed don't eat fish," Pappag nodded. "But fish-n don't have such concerns—they eat both fish and at, so there are still ingredients available on this island."
This ti, iser just nodded and didn't say anything more.
Just then, Brook noticed the wanted poster hanging on the wall nearby.
"Huh?!"
"Isn't this Vander Decken?!" Brook exclaid in surprise. "Why would a ghost be wanted?"
Issuing a bounty for a ghost who's been dead for hundreds of years?
Does that make any sense?
Hearing this, iser also curiously moved closer and then stroked his chin, saying, "The owner of that ghost ship we encountered before we arrived here, right?"
"Did you see what this guy looked like?" Usopp asked curiously, glancing at iser.
In that kind of environnt, only iser's vision would have been sharp enough to make out soone's appearance.
"No."
iser shook his head. "No one ca out of that ship at the ti, so I don't know if Vander Decken actually looks like this."
Usopp was a bit surprised to hear this. If he didn't co out... how did this guy nad Vander Decken sail the ship?
"You encountered this person?" Pappag asked curiously.
"Probably."
Usopp nodded. "When we were around 7,000 ters underwater, we encountered soone who claid to be Vander Decken. I'm not sure if it's the sa person."
"Then it must be him," Pappag nodded.
No one else would go by that na except that guy.
Then, he furrowed his brows and said, "No wonder the royal palace couldn't find them—they went to a place like that."
"The royal family of this country is looking for him?"
"Yes."
Pappag nodded. "This person is a notorious undersea pirate, so the royal family has been searching for him."
"Is it just because he's an undersea pirate that they're looking for him?" Usopp asked curiously.
"Of course not."
Pappag shook his head, then glanced at the taxi floating over from a distance and said, "Let's go, the taxi is here."
After waving over the fish with the word "Taxi" written on it, Pappag continued, "We can talk about anything else once we're in the car."
"Taxi..."
Looking at the fish with the strange device on its body, iser twitched the corner of his mouth slightly and said, "The things on Fish-Man Island are really quite unique."
"Well, this is Fish-Man Island after all~" Pappag laughed.
Then, he beckoned everyone to board the so-called taxi.
Once seated, Pappag took out a clam and took a bite, his expression turning relaxed and content.
Then he said, "If that guy nad Vander Decken were just a pirate, the royal family wouldn't care about him."
"But the problem is... he's targeting the rmaid Princess!"
"The rmaid Princess?!"
"Yes, the rmaid Princess."
Pappag said while eating clam at, "I heard that after he saw the rmaid Princess, he fell in love with her at first sight."
"After that... this bastard sends a love letter to the rmaid Princess every week."
"When he got no response, he switched the love letters to small packages or other things."
"And now... it's even turned into threatening letters!!"
"Then he really is scum," Usopp said with a look of disgust.
"Yes, this guy is indeed scum," Pappag nodded and said, "So..."
Before Pappag could finish, Camie spoke up, "So the rmaid Princess's father was furious and ordered this guy to be captured."
"The three princes we saw earlier often lead troops searching for Vander Decken everywhere, but unfortunately, they haven't found him..."
At the end, Camie sighed helplessly.
Who would have thought that despicable guy would hide in the sea?
"Camie..."
Pappag, standing on his seat, said dejectedly, "I was just about to explain this topic to them..."
Seeing the dejected Pappag, iser shook his head helplessly—these two were still the sa as ever.
Then, iser said curiously, "The rmaid Princess... I wonder what she's like."
"She must be very beautiful."
Usopp said, "Otherwise, that guy nad Vander Decken wouldn't take such a big risk to do this."
Risking being hunted by the entire country just to pursue the rmaid Princess...
Who knows how stunning she must be.
"The rmaid Princess is indeed very beautiful," Camie laughed. "At least, that's what I've heard."
"You haven't seen her?"
"No."
Camie shook her head and said, "How could soone like ever see the rmaid Princess?"
She was just an ordinary rfolk in this country, with no chance of seeing Her Highness the Princess.
Taking in Camie's reaction, iser fell silent for a mont, then smiled and said, "There will be chances in the future."
"Hmm"
This ti, Camie didn't argue but nodded.
"More than that, I'm more concerned about Vander Decken," Brook said. "Isn't he the cursed pirate from hundreds of years ago? Why..."
"The person you're talking about did exist hundreds of years ago," Pappag, back to normal, laughed. "That person ca to Fish-Man Island hundreds of years ago and then died here."
"And the person you encountered earlier... is his descendant, Vander Decken IX!"
"So it's a descendant," Brook laughed. "I thought I'd really t a ghost."
"Really, it almost scared the soul out of ."
It's good that it wasn't a ghost—yohohohoho. anwhile, Luffy showed a disappointed expression and said, "What? It's not a ghost?"
"What are you disappointed about?!"
Usopp chopped Luffy on the head and said, "It's a good thing it's not a ghost, you idiot!"
Although they had a Ghost Princess on their ship... he really didn't want to encounter an actual ghost!
"Ahahahaha!"
"Ghosts sound pretty interesting, don't they?"
"Absolutely not!" Usopp roared, his mouth wide like a shark's.
Unfortunately, such words had no effect whatsoever on Luffy.
Seeing Luffy staring back at him while picking his nose, Usopp imdiately deflated like a balloon and sighed helplessly.
This idiot...
"Hold on tight, we're about to enter the Express Current," Pappag said.
iser: ???
"Enter the Express Current?" iser asked in surprise. "The Fish-Carts here can go on an Express Current?"
Was this so kind of strange black technology again?
"Of course," Pappag replied. "Fish-Man Island is so large. If there were no Express Currents, it would be hard to tour the whole place in a single day."
"Ah, we're here."
Glancing at the water pipeline below, Pappag smiled. "This is the Express Current!"
Looking at the special water flow made from Bubbles below, iser was rendered speechless.
So this is the so-called Express Current?
Well, that's...
At that mont, Usopp pointed at the Pirate Flag on the distant Confectionery Factory and said, "Hey, that pattern looks familiar."
"Ah, that's the Confectionery Factory..."
"No, I'm talking about that Pirate Flag," Usopp said. "I feel like I've seen it sowhere before..."
"A Pirate Flag, huh."
Pappag looked in the direction Usopp was pointing and then said, "It's not strange that you recognize it. That's the flag of one of the Four Emperors of the New World."
"Four Emperors?!"
Hearing it was one of the Four Emperors, Usopp's expression imdiately changed.
"It's the BIG MOM Pirates, right?" iser spoke up.
After saying that, iser glanced at Usopp and added, "You probably saw the flag's pattern at Shakky's place."
"Oh, right!"
Rembering, Usopp smacked his palm. "I did see it at Shakky's."
iser nodded upon hearing this, then turned to Pappag and asked, "Fish-Man Island is currently under the protection of the BIG MOM Pirates, correct? What kind of price do you have to pay?"
He had only heard before that receiving protection from a Four Emperor required paynt, but he wasn't clear on what exactly that paynt entailed.
"We have to supply Totto Land with a large quantity of sweets every month," Pappag explained. "That's the price we pay."
"That factory we just saw was also built for this purpose."
"Just sweets?" iser asked, astonished.
He thought the Four Emperors would be like the World Governnt, demanding that Fish-Man Island supply vast amounts of treasure. But it was just sweets?
Seriously, just how much does Galette's family love sweets...
"At least, that's what I know," Pappag said. "As for whether Ryugu Palace has made any other agreents with the Four Emperors, I don't know."
He was just an ordinary, number-one fashion designer on Fish-Man Island. He couldn't possibly know such secrets.
"Four Emperors..." Luffy said with so emotion. "I wonder if I'll get to see Shanks."
"You'll definitely et him once we reach the New World," iser said with a smile.
"Yeah!"
Hearing iser's words, Luffy nodded happily.
By that ti, he would definitely be a very famous great pirate!
Hahahaha.
"Alright, Celebrity Street is just ahead," Pappag said with a smile. "My ho is right here."
"Where? Where?"
"That one."
Camie pointed at the largest building at the front of Celebrity Street in the distance. "That's Pappag's ho."
"What?"
Seeing the enormous building, the group was stunned.
"You live there?" Usopp exclaid in surprise.
Wasn't this building a bit too big?
"Correct!" Pappag grinned. "As Fish-Man Island's top fashion designer, it's only reasonable for to live there, right?"
"Hahahaha~"
As a famous designer on Fish-Man Island, he had plenty of money!
So... living in this huge building was no problem at all!
Watching Pappag proudly raise his head, iser remarked with a sigh, "You're even more impressive than I imagined."
Being able to live in the largest house in the most prosperous part of an island... this guy must be incredibly wealthy!
It seed Pappag had been humble earlier.
Hearing iser's praise, Pappag laughed even more happily.
"It's not that impressive, just average," Pappag chuckled.
Then, with a grand gesture, he said, "Well then!"
"Co with to my ho as guests!"
"Yeah!!"
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