One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 127 The Outsiders on Plague Island!
The Grand Line, the Island of Plague.

As mentioned before, this island is perhaps one of the least habitable islands in the entire ocean.

Every inch of the land here is cracked, with dark poison seeping from the cracks in the soil. Normal people's shoes will be corroded through if they step on it.

The water sources on the entire island have an eerie dark purple hue, and many places on the island are shrouded in a thick fog that is clearly poisonous.

The plants that survived on the island were almost all poisonous plants adapted to the extreme poison – even though the island itself is a rather huge 'large island', the only place that can be described as having lush vegetation is the large forest in the center, which is filled with poisonous miasma.

Fish and marine animals will not approach this place, and even seabirds will instinctively avoid the airspace above this island while soaring through the sky.

This is a true 'no-man's land' where there is no possibility of a normal life.

But at this moment.
"Cough cough."

A petite girl is walking on this island.

She was hunched over, leaning on a cracked wooden cane, her whole body, including her face, wrapped in thick fabric as a barrier.

Even so, it's still clear that her figure is abnormal.

Her shoulder bones were crooked and protruding, as if they had been forcibly broken and then haphazardly rejoined.

One of her legs appeared to be broken, and one of her arms was bent at a very unnatural angle, her skin and flesh so thin that she looked like a skeleton.

She was blind in one eye, but judging from the moisture and shape of her other eye, she must have been a great beauty in the past.

She avoided the dangerous poison pools and rivers, especially bypassing the large central forest, and walked to the relatively high 'Poison Thorn Mountain' on the island.

"Haha. We're almost there. I wonder if that gentleman has found the medicine that Grandpa Miras needs."

She was panting heavily.

For her body, this was certainly very strenuous.

But she had no choice.

The survivors on this island have survived to this day thanks to the help of a certain gentleman, but that's all.

Apart from her, who had only recently arrived on the island, everyone else on the island was in extremely poor health due to long-term exposure to toxins, and it would be best if they could avoid inhaling the toxic fumes.

Therefore, only she can handle this matter.

Of course, she also knew that these anti-poison measures she had taken were not actually effective.

She could feel the toxins slowly seeping into her body, and a dull pain emanated from all parts of her body.

Perhaps this was the Celestial Dragons' original intention—to see those banished here die after their suffering deepens, which is what they wanted to see.

But as I said before, she had no choice.

"I must live. I need to go back. My grandfather and brother are still waiting for me."

This belief is the only reason she is still standing here.

She has a reason to live.

"This little bit of pain is nothing!"

As she whispered this, she forcefully stabbed the wooden staff in front of her, causing the soil on the mountain to spurt out poison.

She was heading towards a cave not far away—the place where they had arranged to deliver supplies to the man every month.

But it is precisely at this moment
"."

The girl glanced to the side, then froze instantly.

Because at that moment, she seemed to vaguely see a blue glow burst forth from the poisonous mist within the huge forest below Poison Sting Mountain.

then
"laugh."

A loud scraping sound appeared—and it grew closer and closer.

The girl tried to dodge, but given her physical condition, it was impossible for her to dodge in time.

So all she could see was a huge shadow emerging faintly from the depths of the fog.

"What new creatures are lurking in the 'Morbid Forest'?"

Upon seeing this, the girl tensed up and instinctively gripped the wooden staff in her hand.

It's important to know that the great forest known as the Miasma Forest on Plague Island is the most dangerous place on the entire island.

It is inhabited by a large number of highly poisonous creatures, almost all of which are monsters that the Kingdom of Adi released here at the behest of the Celestial Dragons—and only these monsters with strong vitality can adapt to this environment.

If there is any chance of survival outside, then the forest is a true death trap, where the probability of survival is zero, even for just one day.

"What is it?"

The girl struggled and barely managed to move behind a rock.

then
"!!!"

Through her remaining eyes, she saw what emerged from the thick poisonous fog. It was indeed a gigantic monster—at least twenty meters long, resembling a twisted, deformed lizard, its multicolored blood a testament to its formidable toxicity.

And this was only the first one—beside it, three other enormous creatures, no smaller than it, appeared.

The girl naturally understood that even in the 'Malaria Forest', these monsters were definitely among the most dangerous and powerful creatures.

But by now, they were all dead.

That enormous body was simply dragged out of the forest by a figure in front of it.

"."

The girl saw that figure.

It was a thin figure dressed in white, surrounded by strange clouds of white and blue.

What caught the girl's attention the most was the sea monster headdress he was wearing.

That was a ram's head mask.

"Oh?"

At that moment, his gaze seemed to have also fallen upon the girl, and he actually waved to her from afar: "Hey~"

"Young lady, are you a survivor from the island? I lost my way in life, so I decided to hunt some prey—"

As he spoke, under the horrified gaze of the girl.

The man in the ram's head mask actually took a step forward.

then
"Buzz!"

From beneath his feet, clusters of white and blue intertwined fiery clouds instantly appeared.

Then, he actually stepped onto the fiery cloud and climbed upwards step by step.

What's even more terrifying is that the group of monster corpses he was dragging behind him were also pulled up with him.

A moment later, he stood before the girl amidst her stiff expression.

"So, young lady—can you guide me back to the right path? These prey can be used in exchange."

He said it lightly.

"The right path?"

"Yes, I'm being asked to find a girl named Keli—she should have been to this island, perhaps you."

As the man in the ram's head mask finished speaking, the girl's face instantly turned ashen.

But it is precisely at this moment.
"Buzz!"

The man in the ram's head mask suddenly stopped in his tracks.

at the same time
"Boom!"

The ground in front of him suddenly collapsed, creating a huge hole that separated him from the girl.

"Oh?"

The ram-headed mask stopped in its tracks and looked to the side.

He wasn't particularly wary—because the previous attack wasn't a direct assault, but rather a warning.

【Gravity Field/Separation Field】

“Da!” “Da!”

The sound of wooden clogs clattering on the ground could be heard.

The next moment, a figure appeared in the direction the ram-headed mask was looking.

"I apologize for the abruptness; it is truly rude of us to arrive without prior notice, but for guests who come unannounced—"

It was a tall figure.

He had short black hair, a mustache, wore a light purple kimono, hand guards, and a standard overcoat.

He held a knife in his right hand, had a bag slung over his shoulder, and what was most striking was the wound on his eye.

It was an X-shaped wound, and the injury wasn't old.

He is blind.

At this moment, his narrowed eyes seemed to sense the presence of the ram's head mask and were looking at him slightly.

"Could you please move a little further away from her?"

　Sorry, the Kingdom of Romira in the previous text has been changed to the Kingdom of Adi. I initially thought Fujitora's country didn't have a name, so I just made one up. Today, while researching, I found a small website with original SBS documents, which included the name 'ADI'.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)