Pirate: I am a logistics person, what the hell is the emperor

Chapter 158: Princess Mononoke Boards the Ship
In the first half of the Grand Line, above the towering red earth continent, countless islands are clustered and slowly floating above the clouds.

In the center of the largest island surrounded by an archipelago, a magnificent palace stands.

There is a huge ship following behind the island. It is not so much a ship as a huge semi-elliptical boulder with countless oars exposed on both sides.

On its head, there is a huge lion head carved with wild mane covering it, which looks majestic and ferocious.

On the ship, in a gorgeously decorated room.

Bu—bu—bu!

Strange footsteps were heard one after another, and a man wearing a white scientist's coat and exaggerated makeup like a clown walked into the room and stopped in front of a man with blond hair and a shawl.

The man was tall, with only half of his feet left with two double-edged swords tied to them. He was wearing a yellow and orange striped kimono, and half of a ship's rudder was clearly visible on his rough face.

The scientist raised his hands and gestured at him, as if he felt that the other party did not understand what he meant, so he spoke directly under the other party's puzzled gaze:
"Admiral, the pirate groups we have assembled have arrived one after another and are gathering in the nearby waters. They will probably be all here tomorrow."

"Can't you talk?!" The golden lion yelled with his eyes wide open.

The cigar at the corner of his mouth trembled, and he turned back to the wall and looked down through the window.

"This place is too close to Marinford. I will sink the island when it is farther away. You are responsible for entertaining those captains on the island. I will personally go to the Navy Headquarters to give those old guys a warning."

"Understood, Admiral."

The scientist took out another newspaper and grinned, "Also, the experiment we did in the East China Sea has been published in the newspaper."

"Qihahaha!!"

Hearing this, the golden lion raised his head and grinned fiercely, with the long golden hair behind him dancing wildly. "This is just the beginning! Feel the fear, I'm back to subvert this world!"
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At the same time, in the foggy Devil’s Triangle.

The banquet lasted for a day and a night, until everyone was exhausted and lay down in the hall and slept for most of the day.

Only a few people woke up early and were busy preparing to set sail again.

The terrifying three-masted sailboat, under the helm of the Blue Demon and the Red Demon, slowly sailed towards the Devil's Triangle.

"There is no deviation in our course. We will soon be able to leave this fog."

Nami closed one eye and carefully checked the record pointer on her wrist. Then she turned her head to the side and saw a Gothic loli holding an umbrella. She said with a warning tone:
"Let me make it clear first. We are just giving you a ride temporarily. You'd better not have any tricks. Don't think I am as easy to fool as that idiot captain."

"I know, I know. You're not cute at all. If there were no boat, I wouldn't want to follow you." Perona put one hand on her waist and the other on her umbrella, and turned her face away angrily.

Two days ago, she saw Moria being taken away by a bear. She searched the island again these two days, but didn't see any trace of Hogbak and Absalom.

She originally wanted to rob the Straw Hat Pirates' ship and leave, but there were so many experts guarding the other ship that they subdued her after just a few rounds of fighting.

Then he was captured by the undead and brought before them.

Perona thought she was dead at the time. After all, they were once enemies, and she wanted to steal their ship. The other party would never let her go.

Surprisingly, after her begging and request, the captain of the other ship actually forgave her and agreed to give her a ride!
Perona exclaimed it was magical!
"Really? I don't know why Luffy agreed to take her away. They were enemies not long ago."

Nami sighed, and suddenly thought of something, leaned over and asked, "Hey, since you are Moria's subordinate, do you know where his treasure is hidden?"

"Ha ha ha ha, of course, my ghost can penetrate anywhere. This island has no secrets for me." Perona raised her chin proudly.

Hearing this, Nami, who was originally on guard against the other party, immediately turned her eyes into two big $ shapes, and she lingered around Perona with a familiar look.

"Good sister, tell me where Moria's treasure is. I can give you some later. How about we split it 90% and 100%?"

"Who needs to tell you 91 points! Besides, I'm older than you!"

Perona screamed in exasperation, while clasping her hands in front of her body, as if she was hiding something.

Then he curled his lips and said proudly: "It's a pity that the treasure house has been emptied, otherwise I would have brought it myself."

"Then what are you so proud of with me?!"

Boom!
Nami bared her teeth and yelled, raising her fist and leaving a big bump on her pink head. She ignored Perona who was crying out of grievance and turned around to roar behind her:

"Asshole! It's you again, right? When did it happen?!"

"While you are resting on the ship."

Reiner sat leisurely at a stone table with his legs crossed. He put down the newspaper in his hand, picked up the coffee and took a sip.

"Of course, this time the enemy was defeated by everyone, and everyone has a share of the treasure. We'll talk about this later. There is a piece of news you can come and see."

"You still have some conscience, huh."

Nami walked up and sat on his lap unceremoniously, picked up the newspaper and started reading, then frowned as if she had seen some incredible news.

"Captain of the Whitebeard Second Division, Portgas D. Ace was taken to Imperial. Wait, I remember Ace was!"

Nami exclaimed, raising her head and casting her gaze towards Luffy, who was sleeping in the distance.

Off to the side, Sanji noticed the commotion here and came over curiously, "What happened?"

"Luffy's brother has been captured and is now imprisoned in Impelton."

"Impelton, the underwater prison known for its iron walls?!" Sanji couldn't help but frown when he heard the name.

For pirates, that place is a hell-like place that they shudder at the mention of.

Impelton, the great underwater prison, is one of the three major agencies directly under the World Government, along with Enies Hall and the Admiralty Headquarters, Marinford.

It holds countless serious criminals and is the nightmare of all pirates. There are many legends about it on the sea.

All the criminals who were sent there would be subjected to severe torture every day, and would be tortured for the rest of their lives in a way that would be worse than death.

"It is said that since it was built, all the prisoners who were imprisoned there have never come out alive. It is truly an iron wall."

At this time, Robin also came over and said seriously:

"In addition to being under extremely strict surveillance, it is also in the doldrums, and there are a large number of giant sea kings living around it."

Several people sat around the table, all with frowning faces.

Most ships are powered by wind, and the doldrums are areas of sea with no wind and no current.

The Merry has Coke to provide power, so that's not a problem, but a large number of giant sea kings are very troublesome.

Even if they could reach Impel Down, there were countless vicious criminals suppressed there, and the number of troops stationed there was absolutely exaggerated, not to mention that it was so close to the Navy Headquarters.

"What are you all thinking about? Luffy hasn't even made a decision yet, but you're already worrying about it. Do you really want to jailbreak?"

Reiner put down his coffee, leaned back in his chair, lit a cigarette and said calmly: "Anyway, let's talk about this after Luffy wakes up."

"That's true. Everything is almost ready. We can set off at any time. Now we just have to wait for them." Sanji slowly stood up.

Soon, the others also dispersed and started to busy themselves with their own affairs.

Reiner came to the ship and summoned a large number of undead, and took advantage of this time to clean the Merry inside and out.

Soon it was noon and everyone woke up one after another.

The Thriller Bark also sailed to the edge of the fog, and a door that looked like a big mouth slowly opened. On the Merry, everyone, led by Luffy, stood at the stern and waved goodbye to Lola and the others.

Reiner's ghost was busy operating the boat, slowly swimming away from the big ship that carried the entire island.

On the shore, Lola led a group of people, waving and shouting with tears of gratitude.

"See you again, everyone!"

"Thank you for helping us get our shadow back!"

"Be careful on your journey, my benefactors!"

"Ah! Take care of yourselves too!" Luffy responded with a smile on his face while standing on the guardrail.

Until the terrifying three-masted ship turned into a black dot and disappeared into the thick fog.
“Those guys are pretty good.”

Luffy jumped off the guardrail and laughed, holding his straw hat on his head with one hand, and strode towards the aquarium bar on the first floor, "Let's get going, what are we having for lunch today, Sanji."

"That depends on what ingredients Reiner can get. Although Water Seven purchased a lot of ingredients, they have almost all been used up for the banquet in the past two days."

Sanji blew out a smoke ring and spoke slowly, "Also, Luffy, I have something to tell you."

In the aquarium on the first floor, there is a long mahogany table in the middle. The table top is smooth and the edges are carved with exquisite patterns. There are about ten chairs around it.

In addition to being used for leisure, the first floor is also used as a meeting room. At this moment, everyone is sitting together with serious expressions.

"Besides Ace, there is another thing."

Reiner stood up and spread the newspaper on the table, then sat back in his chair and said in a deep voice:

"A major incident also happened in the East China Sea recently. Many towns were destroyed one after another. The murderer was a strange beast that appeared out of nowhere. There are no other clues reported."

"East China Sea?!"

Hearing this, several figures paused and immediately turned their gazes to the newspaper.

"The towns that were destroyed were all on the edge of the doldrums. Our islands have not been affected yet."

Nami glanced around and felt a little relieved when she knew that Kokosia Village was fine, but she still couldn't help but worry, "I just don't know how long we can be safe."

"By the way, Luffy, Reiner, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji, there are six people on our ship who set out from the East China Sea." Chopper explained to the confused Brook on the side.

"So that's how it is. My hometown is facing a crisis."

Brooke nodded and said, "It's such a coincidence that it happened at this time."

"Now we have to make one of three choices. Either we continue our voyage, or we go to Impel Down to rescue Ace, or finally we go back to the East China Sea. This way we can just meet Brook and Lab."

Reiner looked towards the end of the long table and said in a deep voice, "Whatever you say, Luffy, we have no objection to whatever choice you make."

Although the newspaper did not provide a detailed description of the Donghai incident, he was able to associate the various strange animals in the blurry photos with the golden lion Shiki.
The other party was flying in the sky, and unless he was lucky enough to run into him, he didn't know where to find him.

"Yohohoho~~, please don't worry about me, everyone. I don't want your voyage to be affected because of my affairs." Brooke said with a smile.

"Wait a minute! What's wrong with you guys?!"

At the end, Perona spoke hastily, looking at them in disbelief.

"Is breaking into Impel Down an option? No one with a brain would have such an idea. That is the last place any pirate in the world wants to go!"

"what"

Zoro glanced at her calmly, "What's wrong?"

"What's wrong?!" Perona rushed forward in a rage and pulled his hair.

"Don't make it sound so easy, you bastard! You're such a directionally challenged person that you can get lost and walk into a trap in an ancient castle. You can't even get out after two minutes. I don't want to go to that place with you guys!"

When Zoro was told about getting lost and falling into a trap, he immediately became angry:
"Don't pull my hair, you bastard! You're just following us temporarily! You can't help yourself when you're living under someone else's roof, don't you understand? Let go now, or I'll chop you to pieces!"

"Negative Ghost!!"

".I am so useless for getting angry at a girl."

"Stop it, you two."

Reiner held his forehead with his hand, looking helpless, "Hey, Perona, we have an agreement that you are not allowed to use your abilities on others on this ship. If you do this again, I will throw you into the sea to feed the fish."

"Hmph! This guy is not a gentleman at all. I apply for a special exception for him!" Perona puffed up her cheeks and raised her hands angrily.

"As for Ace, forget it. He doesn't want me to see him embarrassed."

At this time, the silent Luffy finally spoke. Thinking of Ace's expression when he talked about Whitebeard when they met in Alabasta, he couldn't help but grin.

"That guy has reliable companions too. They will definitely go and save Ace. There's no need for me to help."

Luffy said with a smile: "As for Donghai, I decide."

boom! ! !
Suddenly there was a deafening roar, followed by a violent shaking, and the entire sea surface became turbulent in an instant.

boom!boom!
The room suddenly tilted, and all objects fell to the ground.

"What's going on! I just measured the temperature and wind pressure. There shouldn't be such a rapid change in the weather in such a short period of time!"

Nami held on to the table tightly, gritting her teeth to steady herself from being knocked over, until a flash of blue passed by.

A big hand wrapped around her waist and picked her up. Only then did she subconsciously look at her wrist, and suddenly her pupils shrank.

"The record pointer is no longer pointing downwards! Shouldn't it be pointing to Fishman Island? Carry me out to see Reiner!"

"what."

Kicking open the door and rushing onto the deck, Reiner leaped lightly and jumped onto the bow deck holding Nami in his arms.

It was a sunny day and there was no wind, but the sea was extremely rough, with huge waves hitting the hull of the Merry one after another.

And far away from this small boat swaying with the waves, several islands of different sizes fell into the sea one after another!
"Just like the time on Sky Island, the magnetic field of the recording pointer has been taken away." Nami looked incredulous as she watched the falling islands in front of her.

"This is not a problem with the pointer." Reiner stared into the distance.

Just near where the archipelago crashed, many ships that were countless times larger than the Merry were also swaying, with various pirate flags hanging on their masts.

".The island fell from the sky?!"

Others also rushed out of the room and leaned on the railings, shocked beyond words by the scene before them.

"It seems that we don't even need to go back to the East China Sea."

Reiner's gaze was as sharp as a sword, as if it pierced through space and fell straight into the sky. A floating island ship gradually turned into a black dot.

"I'm afraid the only one who can do this is that man, Golden Lion Shiki!"

　There's another chapter tonight

　　
　
(End of this chapter)