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

The one who spoke was the leader of the three thieves who stole Luffy and his crew's treasure earlier. He had blond hair, so let's call him Yellow Hair.

Usopp hid behind Bai Yun and did not answer.

"They're probably just petty thugs looking for Wu Nan's gold."

Seeing that Bai Yun and the others didn't speak, Huang Mao guessed for himself.

"Wu Nan? Gold?" Bai repeated the two words in a questioning tone.

I think I've heard of it, but that's all I've heard.

"Is not it?"

"It's not for the gold left behind by Wu Nan, the legendary gold pirate who supposedly possessed one-third of the world's gold."

"You guys came to this godforsaken, deserted island?"

"Gold! Mine!!"

"That's why the blond guy explained so considerately."

When gold was mentioned, Huang Jinlong happily revealed a smile that could launch a thousand ships.

It's confirmed that Bai Yun hasn't seen it.

At the same time, he silently complained to himself, "One-third of the world's gold."

That's an outrageous claim! A pirate from the East Blue possessing a third of the world's gold? Where do that leave the Celestial Dragons and the Golden Emperor?

It is believed that Bai Yun possesses one-third of the gold in the East China Sea.

"Forget it, don't waste your breath on them."

"Golas, kill them."

"Gold can only be mine!!"

The golden dragon tossed three gold coins to Golas, a tall man dressed as an Indian, who was standing next to him.

Golas smiled as he accepted the gold coins, carefully put them away, and then took out the massive cleaver from his back.

Usopp was terrified and broke out in a cold sweat, while Bai Yun didn't react much.

Nami observed through binoculars on the Golden Dragon's ship, and after considering Bai Yun's strength, she felt relieved.

She had already overheard Huang Jinlong and the others talking about Wu Nan on the ship.

Now she's concerned about the treasure map that Golden Dragon and his group have, which shows where the gold is hidden.

This is the same point that Bai Yun thought.

Gold.

Pirates love treasure and treasure hunting, don't they?

"Wait, don't be in such a hurry."

"You'll regret killing us."

"Since you've come here to find gold, shouldn't you have a treasure map?"

"Can't you understand it?"

Bai Yun's words stopped the Golden Dragon from stopping Golas.

How did you know?!

"I guess so, treasure maps always have so many strange and wonderful mysteries."

"But do you know who's standing in front of you?"

"who is it?"

"It's the famous treasure hunter, the adventurer who ultimately found the treasure—Usopp!"

Bai Yun moved aside, stretched out his hands towards Usopp, and solemnly introduced him.

Usopp's eyes widened. "How did they get here?!"

But then he met Bai Yun's gaze, and Bai Yun blinked to indicate something.

Usopp understood; lying was his strongest ability, and he became quite imposing, putting his hands on his hips as he spoke.

"That's right!"

"I am the famous treasure hunter, Usopp!"

"This is my assistant, Bai Yun."

"You can't understand treasure maps, right? I'll help you. If we find gold, you can have it all; we don't want it."

Upon hearing that Usopp and his crew didn't want the gold, the Golden Dragon readily took out the treasure map.

Chapter 66 Tail Facing East

"Walking through the southern hills, I saw a whale facing west, its tail..."

.......

After being misled by Bai Yun and Usopp, the Golden Dragon and his crew believed it. Sure enough, there are smart people in the pirate world, but there are also quite a few idiots.

"Really! Then tell me quickly, where is the gold hidden?"

There was not a trace of pleading in Huang Jinlong's tone; it was full of threats.

Usopp swallowed hard, took the treasure map, opened it, and saw a line of text written at the bottom.

"Walking through the southern hills, I saw a whale facing west, its tail..."

Then the remaining words were covered in stains and became illegible.

"I can't see the words below. Aren't you a treasure hunter? Do you know how to solve it?"

"What did the blond guy say?" the golden dragon snorted, as if Usopp wouldn't know how to solve the problem and would kill him in the next second.

"Of course! I'm a treasure hunter!"

"Well, whales face west, and their tails... If a whale's head faces west, then its tail faces east."

"If a whale faces west with its tail pointing east, the treasure is where its tail points?"

Without much thought, Usopp blurted it out almost on the spot, and even he was still a little confused about the last sentence.

But his words immediately shocked Huang Jinlong and the others.

"I see!!"

"The whale faces west, but its tail faces east!"

"Gold! Gold!!"

"Men, let's go!"

The golden dragon was overjoyed, as if he could already see the gold appear before him. He gave the order and then turned to walk towards the southern hills.

The blond guy pushed Usopp and Bai Yun along.

Usopp asked, "Should we come along too?"

Before the blond-haired man could even touch Bai Yun, Bai Yun moved forward on his own, leaving the blond-haired man empty-handed.

"Look how sensible he is."

"You can't leave until the gold is found. Don't worry, once the gold is found, the captain (with a small chance) will let you go."

"Stop talking nonsense, let's go."

Seeing that Bai Yun didn't resist, Usopp could only put away the treasure map and then catch up with Bai Yun. Although he didn't know what Bai Yun was thinking, he could only rely on Bai Yun now.

Bai Yun thought to himself that although he didn't know how the plot would unfold, fate had arranged for him to know that Luffy and the others would come to the island and meet up with them.

Don't rush into action. Wait and see. The process of finding the treasure might involve digging or something similar, which will provide free labor. No rush, no rush.

Nami, watching from the ship, had no idea what Bai Yun was thinking this time.

"What is this guy doing?!"

"We've got the treasure map, why aren't we defeating them yet!"

Nami put away her binoculars and complained, but then she also got off the boat and went ashore to check the situation.

........

On the other side of the island, Iwazo, who runs a floating oden shop, also moored his boat on the shore of this golden island and instructed his grandson to go to Tobio to wash the dishes.

Doppio was captured by the Golden Dragon a while ago and made a laborer. He was in the cabin that Luffy crashed into.

After Zoro saved Luffy with the plank, Doppio also climbed onto the plank.

Just as Luffy was wondering where to go and how to find Bai Yun and the others, he smelled the aroma of oden in the air, picked up a wooden stick, and quickly swung it over.

Then I saw the oden shop run by Iwazo, and learned that Tobio was Iwazo's grandson.

After eating plate after plate of oden, Luffy and Zoro were satisfied, but they had no money to pay back.

Then the two were surrounded by iron chains, layer by layer, and locked up tightly.

"Uncle, we'll pay you back, please let us go first."

Zoro said.

Meanwhile, Luffy behind him had his straw hat blown up by the wind and carried towards Doppio. He then shouted, his shout drowning out Zoro's voice.

"Hey, Tobio, catch my straw hat for me, it's something I really cherish."

Doppio nodded and caught the straw hat, but when Iwazo said that being a pirate was no good and that he should inherit the shop, he got so angry that he stomped on a few plates and ran away in a huff. Luffy immediately chased after him with Zoro.

"We'll pay you back, sir!"

"Tobio, give me back my straw hat!"

Luffy shouted and ran into the forest with Zoro.

Luffy yells at Doppio to stop, Zoro yells at Luffy to stop.

But nobody stopped.

Luffy has vision and will duck to avoid tree branches blocking his way, so all the branches hit Zoro on the back of the head while he was leaning against him.