Little Goku's Great Adventure Starting from One Piece

Chapter 254 Luffy and Goku's Decision, The Monkey Clan's Gift

On this day, the entire world received an incredibly shocking message. This message even overshadowed the recent incident of the Celestial Dragons being beaten up in the Sabaody Archipelago. It spread at an unprecedented speed, resounding in people's hearts and causing the world to quickly boil over.

And the news is—

Seven days later, the Navy will publicly execute Portgas D. Ace, the second division commander of the Whitebeard Pirates, at Marineford, the Marine Headquarters!

When the news reached the Whitebeard Pirates, within just half a day, they had assembled all the forces they could muster, with dozens of pirate crews totaling about 50,000 men, and set off in a grand procession towards Marineford.

Its purpose is self-evident.

Rescue Ace! Rescue their comrade whom they consider family!

"Did this actually happen?"

On the Red Force, Shanks sighed upon hearing the news, his expression filled with sorrow.

He had just visited Whitebeard a while ago, advising him to tell Ace to retreat immediately and stop pursuing Teach. He never expected that this would happen so soon.

The fact that Ace was arrested and publicly executed clearly shows that the World Government wanted to use this opportunity to weaken the Whitebeard Pirates, or even annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Because everyone knows that Whitebeard, who treats his crew as family, is extremely loyal and devoted. He will definitely go to Marineford for Ace and risk going to war with the Navy to rescue Ace at all costs.

In other words, the Navy and the Whitebeard Pirates will have an unprecedented super war, and this war will determine the future situation and direction of the entire world!

"Captain, what should we do?"

The fat man, Lachiru, who never put his hands down on meat, asked while biting into a piece of meat.

"The Whitebeard Pirates can't be harmed. Let's go! We have to stop this war!"

After much contemplation, Shanks made this decision with a resolute expression.

"Luffy! Come quick! Ace is in trouble!"

On the Going Merry, the purple-haired woman caught the newspaper that was falling from the sky, glanced at it, and her expression immediately changed.

Luffy, who was leisurely gazing into the distance from the bow of the ship, was startled by the words, then jumped up and leaped to the woman's side, asking anxiously, "What happened? What happened! What happened to Ace?!"

Although he and Ace did not meet in the Alabasta Kingdom as in the original story, they did meet on another island.

The two brothers were overjoyed to meet and chatted about their experiences since they parted ways.

However, because Ace still needed to pursue Teach, their reunion was short-lived, and Ace took his leave.

Before parting, Ace, just like in the original story, gave Luffy a Vivre Card fragment, saying that he could use it to find him if he wanted to in the future.

Luffy gladly accepted it, and the two parted ways again.

I never expected that after this separation, I would hear from them again at this time, in this form.

When Luffy saw the news report announcing that the Navy was about to publicly execute Ace, he stood there, completely blank.

Zoro, Usopp, and their companions also came over because of the commotion, and they were equally shocked when they saw the news.

However, they quickly regained their composure, exchanged glances, and then simultaneously focused their gaze on Luffy, saying solemnly, "Luffy, it's your decision as captain. Whatever you want to do, we'll support you!"

Luffy was brought back from his daze by his crewmates' heartfelt words.

His blank stare quickly hardened, and he clenched his fists, declaring firmly, "Ace is my brother, and I must rescue him!!"

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While the whole world was in an uproar over the news of Ace's execution, on Monkey Island, far from the hustle and bustle, Goku continued his dedicated training.

As time passed day by day, he had already spent twelve days on the island.

Since learning Observation Haki and Conqueror's Haki and recognizing the wonders of Ki, he has been familiarizing himself with these powers, making them truly his means to use when encountering enemies.

To this day, although he has not yet reached the point of mastery in using these powers, he has reached a level of proficiency.

It can be said that his strength is now completely different from before, and he can easily defeat the man he was before he was stranded on Monkey Island.

"Phew! I've been here for quite a while, it's about time I went to find Nami and the others."

After finishing his training for the day, Wukong stretched his limbs and muttered to himself.

As the sun set, its golden rays bathed the entire island.

Wukong leaped up and bounded back and forth among the crisscrossing branches, reaching the top of the tree in the blink of an eye.

Then he gently stepped on the treetop, and his whole body rose up again, reaching a high point where he could see the distant ocean. He used Moonwalk to keep his body from falling while looking around at the scenery.

"From which direction did I fly here?" He pondered, stroking his chin.

The bear had told him that Nami and the others would be waiting for him at the finish line, which meant that Nami and the others, like him, had been sent to the same place by the bear.

However, due to unforeseen circumstances, he was forced to land on this island midway through his journey, and thus was unable to reunite with Nami and the others.

Now he is searching in the direction he came from, hoping to deduce the location of Nami and the others so that he has a direction to find them.

But even after he looked for a long time, and even after he climbed up again and looked down over the entire Monkey Island, he still couldn't tell which direction he had flown from that day.

"This is really a headache. I can't seem to find Nami and the others." Goku scratched his head in mid-air.

But suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind.

He quickly bent down and took off the shoe on his right foot.

The shoes he was wearing were the only things he had managed to keep relatively intact from that battle, so even though he was only wearing a piece of animal skin, he was still wearing shoes, which looked rather incongruous.

After taking off his right shoe, he rummaged around in the stinky shoe for a while and quickly pulled out a tattered piece of life paper.

This was exactly what Rayleigh had given them, to provide them with guidance when they returned to the Dream Chaser.

"If Nami and the others don't wait for me, they'll probably go back to that place. I'll go back too and see if they're there. If not, I can ask that big guy where he took Nami and the others."

Wukong looked at the life paper in front of him and nodded seriously, analyzing the situation.

After making his decision, he glanced at the setting sun and smiled. "Now it's time to fill our stomachs, catch a few big fish for them to have a good meal, then get a good night's sleep, and we'll set off tomorrow!"

Crash!

In the ocean, Wukong dived to a depth of fifty meters, paddling like a frog, constantly searching for prey.

But for some reason, he searched around here today and didn't see a single fish, which made him very strange.

Just as he was about to surface for air and then swim off to look around some more, the calm ocean suddenly began to hum.

Immediately afterwards, like a meteor shower, many bright red objects suddenly fell onto the sea.

When these things come into contact with seawater, the seawater instantly hisses and bubbles, which looks quite eerie!

Ten seconds ago, on Monkey Island, the dormant volcano in the center of the island, which had been silent for countless years, suddenly roared, as if a sleeping giant had awakened.

The mountain and the surrounding earth trembled violently at first, and the next second, a muffled roar erupted from the volcano, and a stream of crimson magma burst through the mountain peak, like a sharp sword piercing the sky.

The scorching lava shot high into the sky with the eruption of magma, flying in all directions and landing in various places on the island, such as forests, rivers, and valleys. Some of it even flew towards the sea, scorching it and causing it to emit white steam.

Thick smoke blotted out the sky, leaving only a despairing crimson-black expanse between heaven and earth, as if the end of the world had arrived.

After the magma shot into the sky, it flowed wildly down the mountainside, instantly turning vegetation to ashes and distorting the air as it burned.

The creatures living on the island had never seen such a scene before, and they were so frightened that they ran around in a frenzy.

But the forest had already caught fire, flames shot into the sky, and thick smoke billowed out. These fleeing creatures could find no way to survive and could only run blindly through the forest. What awaited them was perhaps being burned to death by the flames, perhaps being choked to death by the thick smoke, or perhaps being melted into bones by the flowing lava.

In short, they almost certainly face certain death.

Wukong avoided the scalding lava and emerged from the sea.

With just one glance, he saw the flames shooting into the sky from the island, and his expression changed drastically.

"What happened?!"

He quickly returned to the shore, put on his shoes in a few moments, and then jumped high to observe the situation on the island.

Upon seeing the lava flowing down from the volcano and the flames rising everywhere on the island, he immediately tensed up and rushed towards the valley where the monkeys lived without thinking.

Those monkeys who saved him must not get hurt!

Whoosh—!

Wukong was incredibly fast in the forest.

Now his strength has greatly improved. With his full power, he only took less than half a minute to travel more than 6,000 meters. This was even with various burning and fallen trees blocking his way. He even rescued a few small animals trapped by flames along the way.

Upon reaching the valley, he immediately saw that the forest on the right side of the river was ablaze with flames. The fire had spread to almost the entire area near the riverbank, and the billowing black smoke was like a demon from hell, making it hard to breathe.

Instead of staying in the caves on the left side of the river, thousands of monkeys stood on the right bank, scooping water with large leaves and frantically pouring it onto the burning forest in an attempt to extinguish the flames.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

The monkey king, who holds a high position, should not have to take action, but he is now also among those fighting the fire, his voice urgent and anxious.

Wukong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the monkeys were unharmed.

But then he noticed the Monkey King's anxious voice, so he flashed to his side and asked, "What's wrong? What happened?"

When the Monkey King saw Wukong suddenly appear, his eyes lit up. He quickly grabbed Wukong's arm and pointed at the forest with his other hand, shouting, "Squeak! Squeak squeak squeak!"

"You mean your son and several members of your clan are trapped in the forest and can't escape?" Wukong's expression changed.

"Squeak!" The Monkey King nodded quickly, begging Wukong to help him rescue his offspring and his people.

"I understand! Do you know roughly which direction they are in?" Wukong nodded immediately.

"Squeak!" The Monkey King immediately pointed in a direction.

Without hesitation, Wukong rushed into the burning forest after receiving the instruction: "Don't worry! I will definitely rescue them!"

Somewhere in the forest, the little monkey that often jumped on Wukong's head was now cowering and trembling beside a boulder.

Beside it, seven monkeys guarded it tightly behind its back, but looking at the flames that surrounded them, which were several meters high, their faces showed a human-like despair.

They couldn't escape; those terrible flames were just too big!

Your Majesty! We failed to protect Your Highness; we deserve to die!

Just when they were in despair, a gust of wind suddenly swept in from the front, instantly clearing a safe path for the raging flames.

Immediately afterward, Wukong appeared outside the flames and said happily to them, "I've finally found you! Come with me!"

"Squeak?!"

The big monkeys were all shocked by the sudden appearance of Wukong. They rubbed their eyes, thinking they were hallucinating.

The little monkey, who had been cowering in fear, immediately rushed out from behind the big monkeys upon hearing Wukong's voice, its eyes brimming with tears, and squeaked loudly at Wukong.

"Alright, it's alright now. I'll take you out of here." Wukong hugged the little monkey and comforted it with a smile.

The little monkey hugged Wukong tightly, clinging to his only support at the moment.

With Wukong's immense power, it wasn't long before the monkeys trapped in the forest escaped and reunited with their troop.

Upon seeing that the little monkey and several members of its tribe were unharmed, the monkey king shouted excitedly, and the other monkeys splashed water in the river, howling and howling to express their excitement.

Wukong was also very happy that the monkeys were unharmed, and his face was full of smiles.

But soon he realized something and quickly turned to look into the depths of the valley.

At the end of the valley, a red line appeared.

This is the high-temperature lava that is surging down from the volcano. It is unstoppable and leaves nothing but barren land in its wake. Now it has finally flowed here and it is expected that it will soon turn this once vibrant valley into a place devoid of life!

"Squeak! Squeak!"

The Monkey King was very perceptive. Shortly after Wukong noticed the lava, it also discovered the terrible disaster, and its monkey face became quite anxious.

This is the place where their ancestors lived for generations, the precious land that has sustained their monkey tribe. If this place is destroyed, what will become of their monkey tribe?

Wukong stared intently at the surging lava, and then thought about the fires all over the island. If this continued, the island would surely become a barren wasteland, and the monkeys and other creatures would no longer be able to survive here.

He has to do something!

His mind raced, and he suddenly remembered that the molten lava that had been radiating high temperatures was quickly cooled down after encountering seawater, turning into ordinary stones.

Does that mean he can use seawater to avert this disaster?

Having come up with an idea, he immediately told the Monkey King his thoughts and asked the Monkey King to lead his people to a safe place to hide.

Then he soared into the sky, observing the island's current condition from high above while continuously approaching the ocean.

When he arrived over the ocean, he already had a clear understanding of the situation on the island.

Most of the island is forested flatland, with higher terrain only on the sides of the volcano and the valley where monkeys live.

In other words, as long as he extinguishes the flames on the ground and stops the lava from flowing, the disaster will be largely averted.

He can use the Kamehameha to extinguish the remaining flames on the hillsides on both sides of the valley, just like Master Roshi did.

"Kamehameha!!"

After finding the right angle at sea, Goku solemnly unleashed a Kamehameha wave at the ocean.

When the turtle wave fell into the sea, the calm ocean instantly trembled, and a huge wave formed in the blink of an eye, then surged toward Monkey Island.

Splash!

As a massive amount of seawater fell onto the island and spread rapidly, the flames on the island diminished visibly, turning into hissing white smoke that rose into the air.

When the seawater reached the valley, the lava in the valley had only swallowed less than a third of the area before it was blocked by the mighty seawater, and the two mighty forces clashed instantly.

Eventually, much of the seawater evaporated, but the magma also cooled and solidified, gradually turning into volcanic rock.

Goku then unleashed Kamehameha waves towards the ocean from two other directions, quickly extinguishing the fires on the other flat land on the island.

After the fire was extinguished, the seawater gradually receded back into the ocean due to the terrain. Although this process brought disasters to many creatures that were no less severe than the fire itself, it ultimately allowed most of them to survive.

Finally, Goku unleashed two more Kamehameha waves at the two small hills, successfully extinguishing the last flames on the island.

Thus, the series of disasters caused by the volcanic eruption finally came to an end.

After unleashing so many powerful Kamehameha waves in succession, even with Goku's significant improvement in strength during this period, he was exhausted.

He was warmly received by the monkeys and quickly filled his stomach. Then he closed his eyes and began to sleep soundly.

And so he slept until the next day.

The next day, in the cave where the monkeys lived, the ground was still damp in many places, left behind by the seawater that had seeped in.

Fortunately, the terrain rises higher as you go deeper into the cave, so the area where the monkeys live at the very back is not greatly affected by the seawater.

"I'm leaving now, thank you for your hospitality these past few days!" Wukong said goodbye to the monkeys after he finished packing.

In fact, he didn't have much to pack. He just put on his shoes, tightened the animal skin around his waist, and took the small cloth bag containing money that he had survived the battle in his hand. That was it.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

The monkeys were very reluctant to part with Wukong, chirping and surrounding him. The Monkey King's son even hugged Wukong's leg, looking up at him with teary eyes, unwilling to let him leave.

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"I really enjoy being with you all, but I have to go find my friends, so I really have to leave." Wukong patted the little monkey's head, a hint of reluctance in his eyes.

"Squeak!"

The Monkey King stepped forward and spoke to the little monkey, who then reluctantly let go of Wukong.

Immediately afterwards, the Monkey King did not say goodbye to Wukong, but instead squeaked a few times.

"Before I leave, are you going to take me somewhere?" Wukong understood what it meant and blinked in confusion.

"Squeak!" The Monkey King nodded, said nothing more, turned around and took a few steps, then gestured for Wukong to follow.

Although Wukong found it strange, he didn't ask any questions and followed them.

Led by the monkey king, they arrived at the entrance of a passage in the cave, guarded by two monkeys that were much larger than the others.

With the Monkey King's nod, the two burly monkeys made way, and Wukong followed the Monkey King into this passage he had never been before.

After walking for about three minutes in the narrow, dimly lit passage, a brightly lit place suddenly appeared before us.

Wukong opened his eyes wide in surprise, only to see that outside the passage was a sizable space, about the size of a basketball court. Ten meters high, the rock ceiling was inlaid with shiny stones, illuminating this enclosed space that was not exposed to sunlight.

In the center of the space, an old monkey covered in long white fur sits on a stone stool, and not far from it is a small, light green pool.

In the middle of the small pond, a red plant grows alone, but it only has six leaves, which look very sparse.

"Where is this?" Wukong couldn't help but ask.

The Monkey King turned around and squeaked as he introduced the place to Wukong, explaining that this was a place discovered by their monkey clan's ancestor a thousand years ago, after which the ancestor led the clan to settle in the caves outside.

The reason they settled here is because their ancestors discovered that this was a treasure land, and the water in the pool could help the tribe heal all injuries except for severed limbs.

Over the millennia, the monkey race has been able to thrive and multiply thanks to this pool of water.

"Oh, I see." Wukong nodded in sudden realization. So the liquid that the monkeys had fed him came from here. How amazing.

After the Monkey King finished explaining, the old monkey who had been sitting on the rock without moving suddenly stood up and walked over slowly. At the same time, the Monkey King also stepped aside two steps to make room for him.

"Humanity, I'm sending you..."

When the old monkey came to Wukong, he stammered out a few words and handed Wukong something he was holding in his arms.

"You, you can talk?!" Wukong was startled by the old monkey's sudden display of human speech, and then he turned his attention to the thing the old monkey was handing him.

It was a green, round object that looked like something was wrapped in a leaf.

Wukong took it, looking at it from left to right, puzzled.

"Open it," the old monkey said again.

So Wukong did as he was told, carefully peeling it open slowly. After peeling off many layers, a golden fruit the size of a cherry tomato finally appeared before his eyes.

"What is this?" Wukong held the fruit in his hand and examined it carefully, but he couldn't tell what kind of fruit it was.

Perhaps the old monkey was too old; walking just a few steps and saying just a few words had taken a lot of its strength. With the help of the monkey king, it returned to the stone bench and never spoke again.

So when Wukong asked his question, it was the Monkey King who answered it.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

With the Monkey King's explanation, complete with gestures, Wukong finally understood that the golden fruit was produced by the only red plant growing in the pond, and that it had been produced a thousand years ago.

A thousand years ago, the severely injured ancestor of the monkey clan accidentally came to this place and discovered this plant growing here, as well as the six golden fruits it bore.

Because he was both hungry and thirsty, the monkey ancestor first drank a few sips of water and found that the pain in his body was relieved. Then he ate a golden fruit and found that his injuries were completely healed in an instant.

From then on, the remaining five golden fruits and the water in the pool became sacred objects for their monkey clan. Whenever a member of the clan suffered a serious injury, they would drink the pool water to recover, because they had observed that the pool water could not be drunk up. Given enough time, it would slowly grow until it returned to its original full state.

The five golden fruits were a different story. Since the discovery of this plant, the monkeys had never seen it bear new fruit. Therefore, they were very careful with the use of the fruits, only using them when the monkey king or the next monkey king was seriously injured. In the past thousand years, they had only used them three times.

Another one was given to a human who happened to be passing by more than 800 years ago. The human intervened and resolved a volcanic eruption disaster on the island, helping the monkeys survive. The monkey king at the time gave it to the human as a token of gratitude.

So after a thousand years, the only golden fruit left was the one in Wukong's hand.

To express their gratitude to Wukong for saving the monkey prince and his offspring and the habitat on which the monkey clan depended for survival, the Monkey King and the old monkey who guarded the sacred fruit and was the most senior member of the entire monkey clan decided to give the last sacred fruit to Wukong, to their benefactor.

The Monkey King didn't elaborate on the history of the monkey clan, but he told Wukong about the fruit's function and his decision to give it to him.

Wukong was very surprised and asked, "Are you really going to give me something this good?"

The Monkey King nodded repeatedly, indicating that without Wukong, their tribe would likely have been wiped out this time, so he insisted that Wukong accept their gratitude.

Seeing that the Monkey King was determined to do so, Wukong did not hesitate and immediately accepted the gift from the monkey clan with a smile.

Looking at the fruit, which was about the size of his thumb, Goku thought for a moment and put it into his money bag.

After collecting the items, he returned along the same route under the guidance of the monkey king, quickly bid farewell to the monkey troop, and officially embarked on his journey to find his companions.

"In this direction!"

On the shore, Wukong looked at the direction indicated by the Life Paper in his hand, and after confirming the direction, he put it into his shoe.

Then he leaped into the sea and sped off in the indicated direction!