Chapter 167 Oh my! It’s logistics!
The next morning.

White clouds roll in the blue sky, and the morning sun shines gently on the vibrant plains.

The floating island of Vermeulle, which had lost its ability to control, had already fallen back into the sea, and the Merry was docked on the shore.

Not far from the shore lies a small mountain village. The already dilapidated village was almost reduced to ruins after the impact of the island's collapse last night.

The villagers were scattered among the ruins, busy at work. Among them were many young and middle-aged men who had been captured by the golden lion before, and they also returned to the village to reunite with their families.

“It’s a huge project to rebuild this place.”

"As long as everyone is alive, that's all."

"Hahaha, yes."

"It just so happens that these old houses are due for renovation."

Although the village was destroyed, people's faces were filled with smiles. Young and middle-aged people were talking and laughing while cleaning up the rubble.

"We're back, everyone!"

On the hillside, Luffy's laughing figure slowly walked over, dragging a huge porcupine in his hand, and several figures gradually walked out from behind him.

"The benefactors are back!"

“I actually hunted such a big beast!”

"Everyone, set up the pot and light the fire!"

Seeing the Straw Hat Pirates coming back from hunting, the villagers cheered with joy and were immediately filled with energy.

“Brothers and sisters are so strong!”

"I want to go out to sea and become a pirate in the future!"

"And me! I want to be a pirate like Straw Hat Brother!"

Several children held wooden sticks in their hands, looked at them with admiration, waved the sticks as if they were swords, and soon began to laugh and play.

"You are very popular, Luffy. Everyone here treats you as a hero."

Usopp nudged Luffy with his elbow and said with a smile: "No wonder, you fought hundreds of beasts alone last night and protected the villagers here."

"hero!"

Chopper's eyes lit up and he excitedly jumped onto his shoulders and hugged him, "You're a hero, Luffy!"

"Hehehe, but I don't want to be a hero, I want to be the Pirate King." Luffy said with a grin.

The group dragged the porcupine into the village, and the villagers rushed to help build a pot and start a fire.

They sat together on a nearby lawn, spread out picnic mats and chatted.

"Today's weather is nice, perfect for a picnic."

Nami sat on the ground with her long, white legs stretched straight out. She raised her head, closed her eyes and felt the warm sunshine and soft breeze.

"Yes, today's weather is nice, perfect for dividing the spoils!"

Reiner laughed and called out, "Everyone! Come and see what we have gained in the past few days. The Thriller Bark and the Golden Lion left a lot of treasures for us."

"Oooh!!"

"Divide the spoils!"

"That's great. I have money to buy wine again."

When they heard about dividing the spoils, several people immediately gathered around excitedly.

Gold and treasure are the romance of pirates!
"Hehehe, it just so happens that I have used up all my pocket money." Luffy came forward with a smile.

"Nani! What did you say!" Upon hearing this, Nami's body instantly ignited with flames, and she pinched his neck with both hands and shook it continuously, shouting:
"Didn't we share a lot of money from the gold from Sky Island last time? Where did you use it, you bastard? I knew I shouldn't have given you any money!"

"Alright, alright, Nami, you're almost strangling Luffy to death."

Seeing Luffy's face turn green and he looked like he was about to die, Reiner patted her shoulder and said with a smile:

"We gained a lot this time. It just so happens that the public funds for the Merry are almost used up, so this is a good opportunity to supplement them."

"Hey! When we first arrived at Water City 7, didn't we just replenish 200 million Beli's public funds? How come it's so fast!" Nami exclaimed in surprise.

"Half is for the banquet, and the rest is almost all for food." Sanji explained for him.

The ingredients they usually buy are not cheap, and Luffy's appetite is really exaggerated.

Eating the portion of ten people in one meal is just his lower limit. As for the upper limit, there is no upper limit.

"The treasure in Moria is probably worth 200 million Beli. Half of it will be used as ship expenses, and the rest we can divide equally." Reiner said casually.

"If it's split in half."

Chopper counted the hooves and thought for a moment, then looked up and said excitedly, "One person gets 10 million Beli!"

"Yes, and in the Golden Lion Palace, I found treasures worth about 500 million Baileys. I'll use another 200 million Baileys as funding for the Merry."

Reiner smiled and patted Chopper's head, then said, "The rest belongs to me."

"Ghost!"

"go to hell!"

"I disagree!"

"Well, it's just a joke. Everyone has contributed a lot, so of course everyone can get some pocket money." Reiner chuckled.

Soon, they divided the spoils of the past two days, and Reiner wrote them several notes with corresponding amounts.

"What is this?" Luffy looked at the note in his hand with a puzzled look and asked with his head tilted.

"Because they are all gold treasures now, when we get to the Sabaody Archipelago and exchange them for cash at the exchange office, you can bring them to me to exchange for pocket money." Reiner said, waving the note in his hand.

"So that's how it is. I understand." Chopper took off the small blue backpack behind him, unzipped it, carefully folded the note and put it in.

"Hey, what about me? I'll join the fight too!" Perona put her hands on her hips, leaned in front of him and said with a puffy face.

Nami forcefully intervened, standing between him and Perona, her eyes full of hostility as she said, "How dare you say that? You fought with us during the terrifying three-dimensional sailboat."

"That was a thing of the past!"

"I won't let you get away with it that easily!"

"You're really not cute at all!"

"By the way, Reiner, what did you just say about the Sabaody Archipelago?"

Chopper raised his head, his round eyes full of confusion, and asked, "Didn't we say that our next target is Fishman Island?"

Hearing this, the others also looked over.

"It's true that the recording pointer is Fish-man Island, but the pointer is pointing downward. Fish-man Island is 10,000 meters under the sea. Has anyone of you ever thought about how to get down?" Reiner asked back.

"No."

"Yeah."

Chopper and the others who reacted suddenly fell silent, and couldn't help but think of the thrilling experience when they went to Sky Island before.

"But, Reiner, didn't you say that Fishman Island is the gateway to the New World? If there is no way to go to Fishman Island, how do other pirates go to the New World?" Chopper asked curiously.

They already knew that the Grand Line was divided into two sections by the Red Earth Continent. The difficulty in entering the New World lay in how to cross the Red Earth Continent.

There is an upwelling current that reverses the mountain in the first half, but not in the second half.

"Normally there are two ways. One is to enter the New World through Marijoa on the Red Earth Continent with the permission of the World Government. Since we are pirates, this option is definitely out of the question."

Reiner drew a mountain on the paper to indicate to everyone, then drew a circle under the mountain and nodded.

“The second one is our goal. There is a big hole under the red soil continent. We can pass through this hole from the bottom of the sea to enter the new world.

"The Fishman Island that the record pointer points to is also there, and the way to enter the seabed is in the Sabaody Archipelago. There, we need to coat the ship with a layer of film before we can dive."

"A coating? But I have a question."

At this time, Nami came over, looked at the pointer on her wrist, and asked in confusion:
"It's hard to tell the direction at sea, and the record pointer is pointing to Fishman Island. How can we find the Sabaody Archipelago? Do you have a permanent pointer ready?"

"No, strictly speaking, the Sabaody Archipelago is not an island. It has no magnetic field, so there is no permanent pointer pointing there." Reiner shook his head.

"What are you talking about?"

Luffy, who hadn't reacted yet, was immediately unhappy, "I don't want to go to that Popo Island! I want to go to Fishman Island!"

"."

You're more than half a beat slow!
Usopp spread his hands and explained to him, "Luffy, didn't you hear us just now? We have to go to Popo first. No, we have to go to the Sabaody Archipelago before we can go to Fishman Island."

"So why do we have to go to Popo Island first? Can't we just go directly to Fishman Island?" Luffy shouted in dissatisfaction with his hands folded in front of him.

"I you. Alas~~." Usopp lowered his head, obviously giving up struggling.

It’s so strenuous and tiring.

"The Sabaody Archipelago is fun, Luffy."

Reiner leaned back against the tree trunk, lit a cigarette and said calmly: "There is the first half of the Grand Line and the specialty foods of each route. Moreover, that island can blow bubbles." Pop!
The voice just fell.

"Yoshi, our sailing destination has been changed to Gourmet Bubble Island!" Luffy raised his hand and hammered his palm, saying firmly.

"Even the name of the island was changed for you!!" Usopp stared and shouted speechlessly.

Behind him, Sanji came up around him with two large plates of grilled meat, "Everyone, let's get ready to eat."

"Wahahaha, it smells so good!" Luffy wanted to get into the plate, so he leaned forward, grabbed the big piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth. His mouth was puffed up, and he turned his head and mumbled:
"By the way, Reiner, where did you get these two knives?"

"This is Shiki's sword, [Yakura Ten] and [Moku], two famous swords."

Reiner picked up the two double-edged swords lying beside him and drew out the blades to show them.

The person who was most interested in these two swords was naturally a sword fanatic.

"A famous sword."

Zoro reached out and took one of the swords, looked it up and down for a while, then turned his head and jokingly said with interest: "Why, do you want to learn swordsmanship? I can teach you, Four Eyes."

"Well, I don't have that idea. I originally wanted to keep it as a collection, but I felt it was a bit of a waste."

Reiner chuckled and said, "If you're interested, these two knives are for you, Green Algae Head."

“How generous.”

Zoro raised the corner of his mouth, waved the sword twice to test his hand, and then handed it back without interest, "The sword is good, but I have no intention of changing it, and I am not used to using a double-edged sword."

"Really? That's a pity. It would be a bit of a waste for me to use it."

Reiner took the knife, picked a piece of meat from the middle plate, cut it, and put it in the bowl beside him, "This piece of meat is leaner, give it to you."

"Well, I'll pour you some wine." Nami smiled slightly, picked up the bottle and poured wine into his glass.

"You just said waste"

Veins popped up on Zoro's forehead, and he closed his eyes and felt his teeth itching. "You're not planning to use it as a table knife, are you?"

"Of course not. What are you thinking? For someone like me who can't use a knife, it would be a waste to hold them." He denied it decisively.

"That's good."

"So I plan to give it to Sanji to use as a kitchen knife." Reiner said righteously.

Zoro: "."

"Oh - what a surprise! Let me see it."

Sanji took the long sword with great interest, weighed it, and said with a smile: "It's a bit heavy and very sharp. It's perfect for cutting the meat of sea kings. Thank you, Reiner."

"You're welcome, chef."

Reiner waved his hand, picked up the glass, drank it all, and put it heavily on the ground.

Oh my! It’s logistics!!

The breeze blew through the grass, creating ripples. Under the sunny sky, a group of people happily enjoyed this peaceful moment of picnic.

After eating and drinking, they rested and chatted on the spot, while Luffy, Chopper and Usopp made a fuss nearby.

Reiner sat against the tree, the sunlight shining through the gaps between the dense leaves, casting spots of light on his face.

This time, he fused the Golden Lion's template to Sukuna, and the incomplete abilities he inherited could not be used on other objects, and could only allow himself to float and fly.

It is more than enough to be able to make up for the flying ability, Sukuna was originally going to go in the direction of swordsmanship.

His powerful attainments in swordsmanship are enough for Reiner to use him until the late stage, and then he can find someone with stronger physical fitness to merge with him.

Moreover, although Shiki's overall strength is not as good as before, his body is still much stronger than Ryuma's almost decayed corpse, which has only one tenth of its physical vitality left.

With his reinforcement, Sukuna's strength directly surpassed that of the Mage Undead, and he became the strongest trump card in his hand.

The plan went smoothly. At least in the Battle of Marineford, he had the power to influence the outcome of the war.

Rustle~~
There was a noise overhead, and a few leaves fell on Nami's face beside her.

"Eh?" When they looked up, they saw a grinning head suddenly appear above them.

"Reiner! Nami, look what I caught!"

Luffy grinned, hanging upside down on a branch with his feet and looking down, holding a beetle bigger than his face in his hand, and boasted: "It's Hercules!"

"It's a very big rhinoceros beetle, worthy of its name."

"Don't point bugs at me, idiot!"

boom!
Nami yelled and punched his head into the tree trunk.

"I can't bear toot."

Countless green leaves fell, and looking at Luffy's head stuck in the tree, cold sweat flowed down Reiner's forehead.

"Oh no! Great benefactor of the Straw Hat!"

Screams came from a distance, and several villagers ran up in panic, gasping for breath and shouting, "Navy! There are a lot of navy, five warships are coming!"

"Demon-Slaying Order?!"

"Nani!"

"They must be here to arrest us!"

Everyone stood up hurriedly. Luffy retracted his head, turned over and jumped down from the tree, "Are you ready, everyone?"

"Ready!"

"what"

Zoro put one hand on the hilt of the knife, "Just in time to kill them and avenge last time."

"Hee hee hee."

Luffy held down his straw hat with one hand and rushed to the shore of the Merry, laughing and shouting: "Then run!"

"Warmophile."

"Green algae head."

"A swordsman with poor sense of direction."

Everyone walked around Zoro in disgust and ran straight towards Luffy.

Nami jumped onto Reiner's back, turned around and waved to the villagers behind her with a smile, "Goodbye everyone!"

"Goodbye!"

"Bon Voyage!"

The villagers behind them bid farewell warmly and watched them leave.

Turning around, Nami hooked her hands around Reiner's neck, leaned on his shoulders, and her eyes fell softly on that angular profile.

"Reiner."

"Ok?"

"It's okay, I just wanted to call you." Nami tied up her hair and smiled slightly.

On the deck of the Merry, Reiner released the undead, raised the anchor and sails, turned the rudder and let the ship slowly move away from the shore.

boom! boom! boom!
As the dense roars rang out, countless artillery shells whistled through the sky.

"There's shelling on the left!"

"Leave it to me, yohohoho~~."

Brook leaped lightly, and came into the air like a flying swallow, and the rapier swung out, leaving an afterimage that quickly dotted the air.

"Bottle Dance·Serial Strike!"

boom! boom! boom!
Sharp green light flew out like a violent storm, intercepting a large number of shells and exploding them in the air.

at the same time.

"Coke refilled! Soldier dock system, outer ship zero started!"

As soon as Franky finished speaking, the speed of the Merry suddenly increased by one knot, and the entire ship was speeding across the sea.

"Hahaha, well done Franky." Luffy jumped onto the bow of the ship, raised his hands and shouted excitedly.

"Let's go! Food Bubble Island!"

"It's the Sabaody Archipelago!!"

Looking at the speeding Merry, Brooke, who was slowly falling from the sky, looked confused.

"Oh, I'm not on the boat yet, wait a minute! I'm not on the boat yet!"

 There is another chapter tonight, and it will land in Shampoo Land

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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