One Piece: Nobody knows Devil Fruits better than me.

Chapter 217 Jin Yun Arrives from Overseas!

The Grand Line, the Little Garden.

The island called 'Little Garden' is actually not small at all.

On the contrary, this island is a huge island that still retains its prehistoric landscape and ecological environment.

All the species on the island actually look ridiculously large, such as the giant dinosaurs, the two enormous sea king carcasses in the center of the island, and...
"Crackling sound!"

"Jie Jie Jie Jie Jie!"

Those two loud laughs, as loud as thunder.

The laughter came from two enormous giants, each as large as a mountain.

"So that's how it is—there were living skeletons guiding you?"

One of the giants wore a masked helmet, had a long beard, and had a giant sword beside him.

"Tell me more, Usopp. Before my next duel with Dorry, tell me more about things overseas."

The other giant was somewhat fat, had a large beard, wore a pointed helmet, and had a giant axe beside him.

All around them were astonishing signs of battle.

The mountain peaks were leveled, the vast forests were uprooted, and deep pits and marks from swords and axes were visible everywhere.

Those were the marks of their battle.

They are 'Blue Oni' Dorry and 'Red Oni' Brogy—the two captains of the once-powerful 'Giant Warrior Pirates'.

At this moment, they are talking to some of the rare guests on the island.

They were a group of tiny pirates who were insignificant compared to them.

That was the Straw Hat Pirates.

"Yes, Master Brogi!"

At that moment, Usopp smiled and nodded after hearing Brogy's words.

"After all, you have been fighting here for 102 years."

As a man who aspired to become a warrior of the sea, he regarded the two giants as role models after witnessing their bravery and fighting spirit.

The two stayed on the island to fight because of a promise and for the honor of warriors—this courage and spirit was what he sought.

Since the role model wanted him to say more, he naturally had no objection.

"It's the skeleton we encountered at Whiskey Peak the day before yesterday, named Brook."

"He said he would join us and catch up in a while. He even gave us recent newspapers—perfect, we haven't finished reading them yet, so let me tell you what they were about."

As he spoke, he began rummaging through things.

"Yeah, Brook is such a funny guy, it's a shame he can't get on board right away!"

Meanwhile, Luffy, who was showing off his roasted dinosaur meat next to Usopp, also expressed some regret about it.

Nami, standing to the side, covered her head and sighed helplessly, "If you're going to talk about regrets, at least eat a little slower, okay?"

Luffy: “?”

"It's alright—if that guy really wants to get on the ship, he should catch up soon."

Zoro leaned to the side, squinting as he casually remarked, "And speaking of which, is all the wine on the ship really gone? There's not a drop left?"

"There's nothing we can do about it, since we didn't get any more whiskey at Whisky Peak."

Nami said with a smile.

At this point in the conversation, Usopp finally pulled out the newspaper Brook had given him the day before yesterday from the box—because the journey from Whiskey Peak to Little Garden took less than a day, they had arrived as soon as they woke up, so they hadn't even had time to read the newspaper.

"Let me see... Hmm, the position of Shichibukai is vacant, and an analysis of the personnel to follow... Hmm, I'm not very familiar with this either, let's try something else."

"The Germa Kingdom is confirmed to be destroyed. The body of the long-lost pirate 'Bakingom Stussy' has been found near the kingdom's ruins. Rare footage from the World Economic News Agency has been leaked. The one who destroyed the country is a new member of the 'Twelve Constellations'. A new member of the Twelve Constellations!?"

Usopp's eyes widened, and his voice instantly rose in pitch.

"The Twelve Zodiac Signs!?" *2
Dorry and Brogy exchanged a glance, somewhat puzzled.

Clearly, as people who began dueling on the island more than a hundred years ago, they are among the few people on this sea who have never heard of the 'Twelve Constellations'.

"That's an organization where monsters gather. The leaders in the organization are even more monstrous than the Seven Warlords of the Sea. You masters don't know about the Seven Warlords of the Sea, do you?"

Usopp said with a serious expression, "Anyway, those twelve constellations are all terrifyingly strong."

"Usopp!"

Before he could finish speaking, a voice from behind interrupted him.

"Um!?"

Usopp turned his head.

Then you see Sanji, who was smoking and humming a song while grilling meat, has now thrown the huge brush he used to spread barbecue sauce on the ground.

His face was filled with extreme horror, and his dark gaze turned to Usopp: "You just said Germa?"

"Right, right, the Germa Kingdom, a member state of the World Government, was destroyed by the 'Twelve Constellations,' supposedly by a guy named Ino-tora—wh-what happened?"

Usopp was somewhat taken aback. As far as he knew, among the many 'major events' that the Twelve Constellations had accomplished, this was by no means anything worth remembering.

At that moment, Sanji had already snatched the newspaper from his hands.

He trembled as he picked up a cigarette, took a drag, and read the contents of the newspaper.

In the newspapers, the country that had been a nightmare of his childhood had become ruins.

On the ruins, several familiar and hated figures lay collapsed on the ground.

Apart from that, it seems that only two figures are still alive on that battlefield.

It was a figure wearing a tiger-head mask, and
"Reiju."

Sanji recognized the sister who had saved him.

But what worried him was that he carefully read all the contents of the report, but he couldn't find any information about Reiju.

So Sanji gritted his teeth.

"Sanji, what happened?"

Nami looked over with concern at that moment.

"No, it's nothing."

Sanji gripped the newspaper tightly and said in a low voice.

You don't look like anything's wrong at all.

Nami was still worried after hearing this.

But it is precisely at this moment
"Eh?"

Luffy, who was stuffing dinosaur meat into his mouth and looking at Sanji with some confusion, seemed to sense something and suddenly turned his head away.

And not just him.

"Huh?"*2
At that moment, Dorry, Brogy, and Zoro seemed to sense something as well, and they also turned to look into the distance.

"Huh? What happened now?"

Usopp was naturally confused, but he also looked in the direction they were looking, and subconsciously picked up his slingshot and put his binoculars on.

then
"Clap!"

The slingshot in Usopp's hand fell to the ground.

"Nah, nah, nah"

His voice trembled instantly: "No, it can't be! How could it be such a coincidence?"

It was clearly visible in the field of view of his telescope at that moment.

Something is flying by in the distant sky.

It was a golden cloud.

Behind that golden cloud, swirling clouds trailed behind it, like the exhaust of a rocket, or like something out of a myth.

At this moment, propelled by the tail flame.

It was tearing through the sky at an incredibly high speed toward the small garden, creating huge waves on the sea below.

But that's not the key point.

The key point is that there are two figures standing on that cloud at this moment.

"Yohohohoho Captain Luffy, I've caught up!"

The signature laugh of one of them was enough to identify him.

"Brooke!"

Upon hearing that voice, Luffy immediately raised his hand, revealing an expression of surprise and delight.

"Oh? Who's that next to you? Is he your friend?"

"Hey ho ho ho, I guess so—he's my benefactor's colleague, and he brought me here specifically!"

"I see!"

But obviously.

Apart from Luffy.

The others present, however, were unable to calmly observe their conversation.

because
At that moment, there was indeed someone next to Brooke.

It was a thin man, casually sitting on a cloud, casually throwing away a peach pit he had just finished eating.

But the key is
The man wore a mask of a sea monster.

It was a monkey head mask.

(End of this chapter)