One Piece: From Ninja To Pirates Chapter 65: The Sky-Blooding Blood Eyes!

"Ah~"

"Nothing beats a good nap."

Zoro opened his eyes with a contented expression. The crow's nest truly suited him best - perfect for keeping night watch against potential sneak attacks while also serving as an ideal training spot to strengthen his physique.

"Hmm?"

"Why are those guys building snown?"

Leaning against the window, Zoro curiously watched the busy figures below.

"Is that snowman... supposed to be rry?" Zoro stared strangely at the snowman beside iser, clearly surprised by its craftsmanship.

"Wow, iser! Your snowman is amazing!" rry exclaid, circling the snowman that resembled her. "Is this ?"

"Yep, modeled after you," iser grinned. "What do you think?"

"It's perfect! I love it!"

rry dropped her small shovel, abandoning her own snowman project to excitedly circle iser's creation.

"Hehe, rry twins~"

"Glad you like it."

"Dammit, didn't expect him to be this skilled at snowman building," Usopp muttered. "Guess I'll have to show my true skills."

"I think mine's pretty good too," Luffy said while picking his nose.

Usopp: ...

After one glance at Luffy's snowman - with mismatched eyes, no nose, and a mouth shaped by fist imprints - Usopp fell into deep contemplation. Could this honestly be called "good"?

Suddenly, Zoro's voice bood from above through a gaphone:

"Hey! There's a pirate ship in the distance - looks kinda weird."

This imdiately grabbed everyone's attention. Robin and others erged from the cabin, peering curiously at the horizon.

"Let see." Usopp checked through binoculars. "Whoa... they've got no flag or sails."

"That ans they're just drifting!" Nami pointed out.

Without sails, controlling the ship's movent would be impossible - not all vessels had external paddles.

"Reminds of that ga we once played..." Sanji mused.

"You an that ruthless Davy Back Fight?"

"Yeah."

"There is so resemblance," Nami agreed. "Could they be victims of that ga?"

How tragic... losing your sails was practically a death sentence.

"Soone's there!"

Usopp suddenly shouted. "Fishing... looks pale and emaciated. Shipwreck survivors?"

At the ntion of starvation, Sanji imdiately frowned. He couldn't stand seeing people go hungry. "Hey, Captain."

"Yeah, let's check it out," Luffy grinned. "If they're enemies, we'll just knock 'em flying."

Luffy understood Sanji's concern and didn't object, being equally curious about the distant situation.

"rry, you're up."

"Aye!"

rry nodded enthusiastically, channeling her power to maneuver the pirate ship, swiftly adjusting course toward the derelict vessel ahead.

"Ah... without the sails, we don't even have a way to escape," sighed El.

The short man holding the fishing rod wore a face full of lancholy.

"Maybe this is fate," Kuku shook his head.

"Stop the nonsense and hurry up with the fishing."

"How can we catch fish without any bait?!" Kuku retorted.

"It's still better than just sitting around doing nothing," Dobby frowned. "The captain still needs us—"

Before he could finish, a massive Pirate Ship appeared ahead, charging toward them at incredible speed.

The discovery startled them so much that they fell off the railing, landing hard on the deck.

"A... a Pirate Ship!!"

"Quick, let's run!"

"Idiot! We don't even have sails—how can we escape?!"

Those words seed like the final straw, plunging everyone on board into silence.

For a mont, they stood frozen in place as if under a spell.

"Yo, hello there," Luffy grinned from the ship's bow.

"Please, spare us," the n bowed to Luffy. "We have nothing left now."

Seeing their state, Sanji instinctively frowned before silently turning away.

'There's still ti to cook.'

"We don't have any intention of robbing you," Franky said disdainfully. "You clearly have nothing left."

The ship was battered, with many parts damaged, the sails gone, and these guys trembling from hunger... How much money could people like this possibly have?

"rry, pull up alongside them."

"Got it!"

Under rry's control, the Pirate Ship slowly turned, eventually aligning itself parallel to the other vessel.

Franky and Luffy imdiately leaped over, inspecting the ship's condition.

"W-wait... how is your ship moving by itself?!" Kuku exclaid in disbelief.

The tall, bald man clearly saw the other ship's helm turning on its own, as if controlled by a ghost.

"Could it be... a g-ghost...?"

"A ghost, my foot!" Franky snapped. "Don't be so ignorant. Ghosts don't exist in this world!"

He almost wished they did—it would an he could see Tom again.

But reality was cruel. Ghosts simply didn't exist!

"They look really pitiful," Chopper said, hiding behind iser's left leg.

"That's true," rry added, peeking from behind iser's other leg.

iser:

Glancing down at the two little ones, iser sighed. "What are you two doing? Are you really that shy?"

"N-no way!"

"M-rry isn't either!"

Despite their words, neither moved away from iser's side.

Shaking his head, iser decided to leave them be.

Growl—

Kuku's stomach suddenly rumbled, drawing everyone's attention.

The two-ter-tall bald man flushed red, utterly embarrassed.

"Ahahaha, so you're just hungry," Luffy laughed. "Co on, we're about to eat too. Join us!"

"Wha—?!"

"R-Really?"

Kuku and the others stared at Luffy in disbelief, never expecting a pirate to invite them for a al. "Ah, our cook can't stand seeing people go hungry."

"But..."

"But what?" iser raised an eyebrow. "Do you really have anything worth us coveting?"

Kuku: "..."

Well... aside from the few of them left, they really had nothing. But pirates obviously wouldn't care about them.

"Thank you for your generosity."

"Hahaha, no problem!" Luffy waved it off casually.

"Chopper, weren't you always hoping soone would ask for treatnt?" Nico Robin said, looking at Chopper. "They seem injured."

"Injured...?" Chopper peeked out and saw the wounds on the people aboard the other ship.

"Everyone, co over here. I'll treat you first. Sanji's food will take a little longer."

"The pet is talking!" El exclaid in shock.

"Idiot! I'm not a pet!" Chopper angrily enlarged himself. "I'm a pirate too! My bounty is 5... 5... 50 Beri... damn it!"

Chopper nearly burst into tears. Why was his bounty only 50?

Seeing Chopper's reaction and iser's increasingly hostile glare, El and the others exchanged glances before obediently bowing. "Please help us."

"Enough talk, get up here now!"

Soon, the ragged group boarded the Thousand Sunny and followed Chopper for treatnt. After a mont's thought, rry also went along.

"Oh~"

"rry, not scared anymore?"

"They look so pitiful. I want to help too," rry said.

The kind-hearted little rry ultimately overca her fear and chose to assist Chopper.

"Then let's go."

iser followed. He couldn't let these two sweethearts stay alone with strangers—what if they were hostile? Though... they hadn't checked the condition of this pirate ship yet.

At that thought, iser narrowed his eyes.

"Co on, iser."

"Right!"

"I never expected a pirate ship to actually approach us," Stanson said, holding a Den Den Mushi. "This is really..."

"A pirate ship?!" Sarugo's voice ca from the other end. "Perfect! Stall them. We're coming to take them down."

"Oh, right—what does their flag look like?"

"It seems... like a straw hat on a pirate flag," Stanson squinted at the mast. "But they feel like they're playing house—no sense of danger at all."

Trusting strangers so easily—were they new pirates? Judging by the ship's condition, probably.

"Idiot, that's the Straw Hat Pirates!" Sarugo shouted excitedly. "Don't let them escape, got it?!"

"You know them?"

"This is a pirate crew with a total bounty exceeding 1 billion berries!"

"1 billion..." Stanson's face showed disbelief. How could a group like this have a 1 billion berry bounty?

This... this is impossible!

Wait... could it be that these guys never took us seriously from the beginning?

Is that why they carelessly brought us aboard?

Realizing this, Stanson's expression turned grim.

They had misjudged their opponents. These weren't harmless sheep, but the king of beasts who could defeat a hundred!

"Mark my words, you must not let them escape, or I'll have your heads!" Sarugo said coldly.

Their father's birthday was approaching, and these pirates' flag and heads... would make the perfect gift!

At this thought, Sarugo's body trembled with excitent. That was over a billion berries!

"I... I'll do my best," Stanson gulped.

How could he guarantee capturing these guys?

"Enough talk. I'll be there soon," Sarugo hung up the Den Den Mushi and began rallying his n to rush to the designated location.

After ending the call, Stanson's heart sank.

Just when he thought he saw hope, he found himself staring into another abyss. This feeling was truly... utterly terrible.

"Well, well, young man. Seems you've been keeping many secrets from us."

"Who's there?!"

Stanson imdiately looked up, but all he saw was an ever-expanding Sharingan.

Finally, the Sharingan filled the entire sky, blotting out the sun!