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

Chapter 357 Naval G8 Fortress

"Huh huh huh~"

On the small boat heading to Water Seven, Ace ate bread while Bai Yun ate bread and fished.

Ace was convinced by himself and decided not to pursue the matter any further. Bai Yun was in a good mood and even hummed a tune while fishing.

Ace, on the other hand, became indifferent, munching on bread and gazing absently at the sea.

It was as if their emotions had been switched.

"What's wrong? Is the bread not tasty?"

"Is life just too hard?"

Bai Yun sensed Ace's emotions and spoke up.

"Bread certainly doesn't taste as good as meat..."

"Life is too bitter? Not really, it's not as bitter as that cup of coffee... it's just that I feel..."

Ace replied, but hesitated to speak.

"Do you feel so incompetent that you couldn't even catch Blackbeard?"

Bai Yun said it directly.

Ace looked up and met Bai Yun's gaze, his eyes indeed filled with resentment. "Hmm..."

"That's true."

Ace thought Bai Yun would say something to comfort him, but who knew Bai Yun would be so direct!

"Mix protein shipping!"

Ace cursed, originally intending to throw bread at Bai Yun, but his childhood experience taught him to cherish food, so he didn't do it.

"What's wrong? I'll tell you the truth, okay?"

"Just like when we were kids facing that bear."

"Your chances of beating him are 46%."

"Just like you are facing Blackbeard now."

"Blackbeard's Dark-Dark Fruit is a natural counter to Devil Fruit users."

"And he also has newly recruited subordinates."

"Although you have a handsome and capable general like me, I am just an avatar and can't do much."

"So, go back to Whitebeard and explain, then persuade him to give you some men, or the entire Whitebeard Pirates, to go and confront Blackbeard."

"This is much better than the two of us chasing after Blackbeard!"

"Do you understand now, my foolish and reckless brother?"

Bai Yun then offered another long speech to comfort Ace.

Ace ate all the bread. "I understand what you're saying. It's true, it's really too much for one person."

"But if I were as strong as my father, these problems wouldn't happen."

"Wow, you're just as strong as your dad."

"How old is the white-bearded uncle? How old are you?"

"If the white-bearded uncle were your age..."

"forget it..."

Bai Yun originally wanted to say that Whitebeard's strength is top-notch after all his adventures, and that he might not have been as good as Ace when he was young... but he was one of the top men in the Rocks Pirates when he was young... Bai Yun felt he had offended him.

"Don't be too hard on yourself."

"It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge."

"What we're doing now is..."

Bai Yun rephrased it as a tactical pause.

"What is it?"

"Let's find a place to have a big meal; the bread really isn't good!"

........

Naval Fort G8.

"Heitu, your cooking skills are really good!"

Jessica, the head chef of the Navy's G8 fortress, patted Bai Yun on the shoulder, who had gone from "White Cloud" to "Black Soil," and praised his cooking skills.

In just one day, Bai Yun had already infiltrated the enemy ranks.

It only takes one day for a homeless man lying at the back gate of the base's forest to become a naval grunt, along with the identity of a civilian who was persecuted by pirates and blown away by cannons, plus the image of a one-eyed man with disheveled hair and a bandaged right eye.

"Ms. Jessica, you flatter me."

"That's all I can do. Thank you for taking me in."

Bai Yun replied while serving food to the soldiers.

Jessica laughed heartily.

"Haha, I've struck gold!"

"But, you're a girl named Kurotsuchi... how about I call you Rika from now on? What do you think?"

Bai Yun knew this would happen, but now he was under someone else's roof and had no choice but to bow his head.

"Whatever makes you happy, Ms. Jessica."

"Haha, okay, I'll call you Lika from now on."

"You! I'm talking to you! What are you looking at?! Go eat now!! If you dare to have any ideas about Rika, I'll make you starve for a week."

Jessica was pleased, then warned the soldiers not to have any designs on her "sister" Rika.

Bai Yun forced a stiff smile, hoping nothing more than that Luffy and his crew would arrive soon!

........

Hundred meters in the air.

The Merry was still flying.

"Look, we can already see the sea, hahahaha."

Luffy lay on the ram's head and looked down, where he could see the sea surface faintly.

It was already night.

"Heave-ho, finally back. It's true that a man of the sea is best suited for the ocean, even though the sky island is amazing."

"Hahaha, the sea, Captain Usopp is back."

"I'm back!!"

Usopp and Chopper leaned over the ship's railing and looked down, also sighing with admiration.

"Hmm, we'll find a place to convert all this gold into pesos later."

Nami, on the other hand, was thinking of finding a place to convert gold into Berries. They weren't gold and jewelry collectors, so converting gold into Berries would make it easier to spend.

As for everyone else.

Robin is reading a book.

Zoro is sleeping.

Sanji is making sweets.

No one noticed that the octopus balloon wrapped around the Going Merry had become very small, as if all the air in its head had leaked out.

The next second, with a pop, the octopus balloon shrank back to the size of a normal octopus.

Gravity and Newton's laws kicked in, and the entire Merry began to fall vertically downwards, thankfully it was already quite low above the sea surface.

"ah!!"

Everyone on the ship felt the enormous drop and weightlessness, and immediately grabbed whatever was around them.

Sanji got his face covered in juice.

The people on the deck were also confused.

"What's wrong? It's not an octopus hot air balloon...wait!!!"

Everyone looked up and saw twinkling stars. The octopus hot air balloon had disappeared, but a small octopus swooped down and stuck to Luffy's face.

Chapter 358 The Straw Hat Pirates' Invasion

Night falls.

Inside the G8 naval ring fortress, the songs of ship repairmen could be heard.

"Iron Fortress G8~"

"Pirates, don't even think about getting close!"

"188 cannons await your arrival!"

Just as the confident lyrics of the song faded away, Mekao of the G-8 Navy Maintenance Squad saw a ship crashing straight down from the sky.

This is the Straw Hat Pirates' "invasion," a forced invasion.

"Uh... then then then!!!"

Too shocked to speak, Mechao pointed with his finger, unable to utter a word.

Bai Yun has now taken on the role of "Lika the Cook," a newcomer to the G8 branch kitchen with excellent culinary skills.

Bai Yun said that he was enduring all this humiliation while waiting to reunite with Luffy and the others, and thankfully he didn't have to wear a skirt.

At this time, Bai Yunzheng, Jessica (the head chef of the G8 branch), and other chefs were working hard in the kitchen to prepare dinner for the soldiers.

It's worth mentioning that Jessica is not only the head chef, but also the wife of Lieutenant General Jonathan, the highest-ranking officer of the G8 branch.