I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

Bai Yun rolled down from above.

"What did you just say, Nami?"

"It's okay, you did a great job."

"Let's slip away while that guy's stuck."

Nami patted Bai Yun on the shoulder with satisfaction, then called out to Usopp on the second floor.

Luffy agreed.

........

"It's infuriating! That damn gorilla! Because of what he did, there are even more places on the ship that need repairs now."

After getting rid of the gorilla, the Merry sailed to a calm place.

Everyone started repairing the Going Merry, and Usopp cursed the gorilla as he worked.

"I don't know when, but this ship has become so dilapidated. It's time to replace it with a new one."

Zoro said.

Usopp immediately jumped up, "Don't say such heartless things."

"Zoro has feelings too, but he only thinks about practical matters."

Bai Yun explained to Zoro.

“Yes, Bai Yun is right. Stop complaining, Usopp.”

"The Going Merry is our partner through thick and thin. We all have feelings for it and will never abandon it."

Luffy picked up where Bai Yun left off.

These words deeply moved Usopp.

"Luffy, you..."

Before Usopp could finish being moved, Luffy struck with his hammer, widening the already cracked side of the Going Merry.

Seeing this, Usopp changed the subject.

"You bastard!!!"

Chapter 201 The Liar Noland

After getting rid of the gorilla, Nami looked at the map and corrected the course. The Going Merry continued on its way and soon arrived at its destination.

........

"We've arrived at the place marked with an 'X' on the map."

"This is the place...that guy, who was it again?"

Sanji said, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

“Montblanc Kulikatet”.

Robin added.

Nami looked at the scene before her, somewhat incredulous.

"That dreamer lives here?"

Luffy and Usopp believed it very easily.

"Awesome!!!"

Before me stood a castle that looked like something out of a fairy tale.

"That big house belongs to that dreamer?"

"He must be a very wealthy man."

Luffy and Usopp exclaimed.

Zoro, carrying his sword and with his eyes closed, said, "Idiot, open your eyes and look."

Sanji removed the cigarette from his mouth. "Calling him a dreamer is less accurate than calling him a vain person."

Obviously, Luffy still didn't understand, so Bai Yun gave him another hint.

"Look closely at the flags above; they don't even flutter, they're fixed in place."

Chopper opened his eyes wide with his hands, "What? Open your eyes and look! What flag?"

Bai Yun smiled helplessly, "Let's go ashore and see."

"Ah!!! It really is a board."

When Luffy got to the back, he saw that the castle and all that was in the way were just a mirage. It was just half a house on the shore, and the castle was just a wooden plank serving as the missing front wall.

What dream led him to be expelled from town?

Nami turned to Robin and asked.

"I don't know about that, but it's said that Gaya Island has a lot of gold buried there, which should be related to the Golden Land that Bai Yun mentioned."

Robin handed the microphone to Bai Yun.

“I said this is about a story, and we’ll have to ask Kulikate herself.”

Bai Yun returned home.

"Really."

Luffy scratched his face, turned around, and pushed open the door without hesitation.

Hello~ Sorry to bother you.

Usopp was startled. "You're being way too reckless!!!"

But there was no one in the house.

"Oh, is nobody home?"

Is anyone there?

Luffy went inside, while Usopp stood outside, hesitant to go in, and tried to persuade him otherwise.

"Come out quickly! What if a bad guy comes out later?!"

Meanwhile, Nami noticed a picture book on a tree stump outside the house that was being used as a table.

"Hey, here's a picture book. It looks like it's from a long time ago."

"The name is 'Liar Noland'."

"Oh! That's a great name; the content is sure to be interesting!"

Usopp felt the same way.

"Liar Noland, what a familiar name. I think I saw it when I was a kid."

Sanji came closer.

"I didn't watch it when I was a kid, but it seems like this story is about gold."

Bai Yun also came over.

"Really! This is the story about gold!! But the title doesn't seem to tell."

"And Sanji when you were a kid? This is supposedly published in the North Sea."

Nami responded to both reactions with ease.

"Ah, I was born in Beihai. Haven't I told everyone that?"

Sanji said with a smile, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

At this time, who could know about his tragic childhood? In the North Blue, Germa 66 was the only powerful force. Although Sanji was the "crown prince" of Germa 66, he didn't receive any of the treatment due to a crown prince.

"This is the first time I've heard of you. I always thought you were from the East China Sea."

Usopp replied.

"Me too."

Bai Yun smiled and continued Usopp's sentence, saying there was no need to bring up unpleasant things.

It's unnecessary and impolite.

"It doesn't matter where I'm from; this is a well-known story in Beihai."

"Although it's a fairy tale, the liar Noland in the book is a real person."

Sanji explained.

Then I gave everyone a brief explanation of the whole story of Liar Noland. (If you don't understand anything, please ask Baidu yourself. I won't fill in the word count. ~(￣▽￣～)~)

Chapter 202 Montbran Kurikat

With Kurikate not around, Luffy and his crew didn't know what to do next, so they simply waited for Kurikate to return.

Bai Yun was sleeping again, saying it was to conserve his energy for the night. When Nami asked him what he was going to do that night, he remained mysterious and wouldn't say.

After Sanji briefly told them the story of Noland, the Liar, Nami read the book carefully on her own.

It's just a story, and the book isn't long; Nami finished it in an hour.

"Poor...big liar."

"Just like that... before he even had a chance to become a brave sea warrior, he was tragically executed..."

Nami, with a pitiful look in her eyes, told Usopp the end of the story.

Usopp shouted angrily, "Don't look at me while you're talking!!"

"And don't fabricate tragic endings!"

When Usopp spoke of the ending, he was referring to his own fate, since Noland's dream wasn't to become a sea warrior.

Just as Usopp said this, Luffy, who was in the background, suddenly cried out in surprise and plunged into the sea from where he was crouching by the shore.

"Waaaaaah!!!"

Bai Yun was startled awake. He pulled off his blindfold and saw that Luffy was gone, but instead a chestnut was sticking out. Then, a middle-aged man with a chestnut-shaped head got up.