I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

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“You…” Kuina said, “I’ve heard Zoro talk about you. Your will is admirable. You will always be a powerful swordsman.”

Xin shook his head and smiled. A few seconds later, he got up, leaning on his cane, and walked towards the bedroom: "I'm getting old. I get sleepy after eating. I'm going to rest now."

“Grandma Xin…” Kuina paused, then quickly said, “If I said anything wrong…”

"No, it's very enjoyable chatting with you." Xin turned around and smiled, "Little girl, I'm also very happy to have met you today, extremely happy. You will definitely become a powerful female swordsman!"

As Shin's face disappeared behind the door, Kuina vaguely understood why Zoro and the other two were feeling sad. She was truly a kind and generous elder.

At the same time, she was also speechless. The three of you who invited me to cook meat are still paralyzed?

Grandma Xin has already gone back inside!

"Zoro, go wash the dishes."

That command sounds so familiar.

Zoro paused, but didn't want to move.

"Luffy, go wash the dishes."

Luffy: "Ace, go wash the dishes."

Ace looked up at Zoro, the three of them stared at each other for a few seconds, then looked at Kuina together and said in unison:

"I'm too full to move."

Kuina's eyelids twitched slightly.

"Zoro, your sister is really great! She's rich and a great cook. Become our crewmate, hehe." Luffy laughed again.

"She's not my sister," Zoro muttered under his breath, then shouted, "And what kind of comrade are you? We agreed that after this meal, Kuina and I would go find the Marines. Be careful, or I'll report you! Go wash the dishes, Luffy."

"No!" Luffy cried, flailing his arms and acting spoiled. "No, no!"

Ace laughed and said, "Go ahead, go ahead. On this island, Neka and the others can't do anything. If they report us, it'll be easy for us to slip away."

Zoro muttered something again and then fell silent—in fact, he hadn't had a proper meal since arriving at Lanternfire, and seeing Kuina made him quite happy, so he ate a little too much at this meal.

Kuina glanced at the three people and wondered what kind of marines they were, and why Zoro looked so much like them.

"You... running around like this, resisting the Navy's pursuit, aren't you afraid that Lord Figo will come looking for you personally?" she asked.

"No, Grandpa is too busy to care about us," Ace said confidently.

Just as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. One of Wan Gang's subordinates said softly, "Is Senior Xin resting? Lord Fishing Lantern King asked me to inform her that Lord Star King has arrived."

"..."

A brief silence fermented.

With a whoosh, Luffy, Ace, and Zoro sprang up simultaneously, burped in their stomachs, and exclaimed in unison, "Oh no!"

Kuina silently watched Zoro.

Zoro paused for a moment, then relaxed: "Tsk, you two have led me astray again... I heard that some people aren't afraid of being reported?"

"No, no, Zoro!"

"Let's wash the dishes, let's go wash them now!"

Ace and Luffy instantly grabbed Zoro's legs from either side, and Zoro gave a faint smile.

Kuina's eye twitched violently.

Chapter 344 Stir-fried Meat with Shoe Soles

"I am truly honored that the King of the Stars could personally attend my funeral."

"You're too kind, King Fishing Lantern." Sitting opposite Wan Gang, Figo introduced Nami, Lingling, and Shirahoshi to Wan Gang one by one.

The three of them also greeted Wan Gang. Wan Gang's eyes first fell on Lingling, and he exclaimed in admiration:

"As expected of the Land of Hope, King of the Stars, your granddaughter should only be in her sixties or seventies, yet she already seems to be close to the fifth level of the Light. Gol D. Roger, whom I met a few years ago, was also not very old, and the fifth level of the Light was within reach."

“Really? The Lantern King saw Roger? He doesn’t seem to have come,” Figo said.

Wan Gang laughed and said, "When we met, they didn't know who I was. They probably just thought of me as a strange old man fishing with a lantern."

"I see.."

“This mermaid girl…” Wan Gang looked at Bai Xing again and said, “She seems to have an aura that makes people feel close to her. Is she a ship spirit? Could she be a direct descendant of the mermaid queen from ten thousand years ago?”

Figo nodded: "It seems that the Fishing Lantern King also inherits the will of the ship spirit."

“How could an old fellow like me, who has lived for over three thousand years, not have one?” King Fishing Lantern stood up and bowed slightly to Bai Xing.

Bai Xing panicked instantly: "Ah..."

"Don't be nervous, young lady. I am paying my respects to the Mermaid Queen. Without her, the starry sky would have been left with only demons long ago."

Wan Gang smiled reassuringly, sat back down, and looked at Nami with a somewhat hesitant gaze.

This little girl, aside from being very pretty, doesn't seem to have anything particularly special about her...

"Nami possesses a light that illuminates the calculation of money; she is the first person in the entire starry sky to possess such a light, and there has never been another like her."

Nami appeared reserved but was inwardly proud, while Wan Gang looked surprised and asked, "Can you teach me?"

Nami was taken aback: "You... want to learn?"

"Well, there are only five days left, it's really too late, but I still want to know more." Wan Gang smiled and said, "I apologize for being so forward, young lady."

Nami glanced at Figo and said, "Of course, but... I haven't actually been able to organize the knowledge about this lamp in detail yet."

"It's ok."

Wan Gang is known as the King of Lantern Fishing, not only because he founded the largest independent lantern fishing group on Lantern Star, but also because he has learned so much throughout his long life.

He possesses more than thirty different types of lamp wicks, and can naturally catch a wide variety of lamp wicks, making him the most skilled at catching lamp wicks.

He seems to have an interest in everything and has an extremely strong learning ability.

So, naturally, he said to Figo, "I've heard that the King of the Stars can fish for all the wicks of the lanterns. I wonder if you'd be interested in accompanying this old man on one last lantern fishing trip? It's just inshore fishing, a two-day round trip."

“Of course,” Figo said. “Have you arranged everything on the island? Is there anything else I can help you with?”

Wan Gang laughed and said, "I just hope that the King of the Stars will not pay attention to the requests of some juniors."

Figo paused, seemingly lost in thought.

Some time later, he and the three girls moved into the accommodation arranged by Wang Gang, the fishing lantern king. Someone secretly came over, which made Figo fully understand the meaning of Wang Gang's words.

"King of the Stars, please persuade King Fishing Lantern! If it were you, you could! King Fishing Lantern can still live for a while. He can lead us to the battlefield! Lead us to kill the demons! There's no need for him to die here in vain because of some ascension funeral!"

The young man before me knelt on one knee, tears welling in his eyes, his emotions so genuine and poignant that they moved all who saw him.

Figo replied, "I understand."

The young man looked up unexpectedly, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Please help me!

“Go back and rest. I’ll try to persuade him tomorrow or the day after,” Figo said.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry, I disturbed your rest." The young man said excitedly as he took his leave.

Nami said in surprise, "You're not..."

“I promised to help persuade them, but that doesn’t mean I can definitely do it.” Figo waved his hand. “You must be tired. Go and rest.”

Nami slightly opened her mouth. How could you, the King of the Stars,... Never mind, it's none of my business.

Because of Shirahoshi's size, Wan Gang arranged for them to live in a giant's house. The huge bed, which was hundreds of square meters in size, made Nami, who had been sleeping on the back of a sea monster recently, green with envy. She ran up and jumped on it.

"Wow, this bed is huge! I'm a little scared to sleep alone in this bed, let's sleep together!"

"Mmm..." Bai Xing replied happily.

Actually, she was a little timid in this unfamiliar place, which Nami thoughtfully noticed.

The two girls went to take a shower. Figo and Lingling exchanged a glance, signaling Lingling to rest first as well.

Coincidentally, after that young man, several other groups of lantern hunters who had heard of Figo's arrival came to make the same request to him.

However, since it was already late at night, and many people were thinking of disturbing Figo at dawn, the entire island of Uramio soon fell silent.

The sound of even breathing came from the two girls' room. Nami, holding Shirahoshi's tail, was fast asleep.

After resting for a while, Lingling came out and looked at Figo with great interest.

"Come on, Grandpa."

"Let's go."

The grandfather and grandson went to steal food again, behind Bai Xing's back.

……

On the other side, Zoro lay in bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.

He was a loyal friend, and after teasing the two brothers for a while, he didn't immediately report them to Figo. Instead, he gave Luffy and Ace a night to escape.

This also persuaded Guina to go and report to Figo tomorrow.

"Have they already set sail?"

They're two pretty good guys, though.

Zoro rolled over.

……

"We absolutely, absolutely must get Zoro and his sister on our ship!" Luffy declared resolutely as they sailed on the small boat on the sea.

Ace, who was steering the ship, nodded in agreement: "Let's form a lantern-fishing crew, Luffy. Invite them in the form of a lantern-fishing crew."

"Okay...I'll be the leader!"

"I can't let you have that."

"No, I want to be the leader!"

"You are the deputy commander."

"don't want……"