Big brother, I want to become the strongest pirate in the world!

He no longer had time to worry about the Sun Pirates and the Monster Pirates.

However, although the number of negative ghosts is huge, their duration is very short. The movement speed of the negative ghosts is now visibly decreasing, and they will probably dissipate soon.

Under the sea.

Jinbe pulled over a wolf-fish merman next to him and said, "Dan! Are you sure you want to do this?!"

"This is the only way we can do it! Trust me! I'm ready!"

"...Alright! All fish-men, listen up! Pull the Caroso into the sea! We'll carry the Caroso from beneath the Red Line to the Grand Line!!!"

"Yes!!!"

What happened next surprised Kuzan and Bon Clay: the Carroso was sinking rapidly. Kuzan was puzzled, but he was being chased further and further away by the Negative Ghost and couldn't get there.

Meanwhile, Bon Clay, Monet, and Robin gradually calmed down after Dan and Tiger suddenly jumped out of the sea and explained the situation.

Monet and Robin looked at Bon Clay: "Bon Clay...you make the decision."

"...That's fine then!"

Feng Kelei's expression was more serious than ever before; for the first time, he felt the responsibility of being the second eldest brother.

"You all put these on your heads, as do these two little girls. As for Kazan and Bellamy, who are trapped in the ice, they don't need to wear them. We'll wait until they melt the ice in the seawater. After that, leave everything to us fishmen!"

Dan took out several soap bubble-like objects from his backpack and had Funcray and the others put them on their heads. Then Dan locked them all in the room to prevent them from being swept away by the ocean current.

At the same time, seven or eight relatively 'refined' merfolk jumped out and walked to Aladdin's side: "Aladdin, we'll help you thaw them."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

“They are our benefactors, it is only right that we save them.”

Several people carried Kazan and Bellamy, who had turned into ice blocks, into Kazan's smelting chamber and locked the door.

By this time, the Caroso had completely submerged beneath the sea surface, and Jinbe joined the Fish-Man race carrying the Caroso forward.

Kuzan was now all alone on the sea. He rubbed his head, looked at the empty sea, and sighed, "Well... never mind, I've tried my best. I'll go back and ask Mr. Garp for a vacation."

Beneath the Red Line, a group of merfolk are slowly moving towards the other side, carrying a large block of ice on their backs.

No matter what they encounter next, they will not let go of the boat on their backs.

Chapter 081 The Silence of Von Clay

1508 in the Haiyuan calendar.

Beneath the red earth, small dark figures slowly moved forward, each carrying a huge block of ice.

This pace is truly slow, because there are far fewer murlocs carrying ice blocks than before. Many murlocs had to leave early because they were too badly injured in the previous battle, so as not to hold everyone back.

In order to have a chance to catch their breath, the remaining fishmen had to split into two teams and take turns carrying the Carroso, so as not to exhaust everyone's strength and cause the Carroso to sink to the bottom of the sea.

Inside the smelting chamber on the Carroso's lower level, a giant rainbow bubble envelops the entire chamber, creating an environment without seawater on the seabed.

This was a huge project that Dan and the other fishmen had to work very hard to complete on their journey. The most troublesome part was stuffing the rainbow bubbles filled with air into the smelting chamber, for fear of accidentally breaking the bubbles, even though Dan was very confident in the 'membrane' he had created.

Inside the melting chamber, Bon Clay, Monet, Bellamy, and others who had long since emerged from the ice were all gathered in one place.

"call……"

Aladdin pulled a blood vessel from Kazan's right arm. Previously, because Kazan's abdominal wound was too large, Aladdin was afraid that Kazan would bleed to death if the ice was thawed.

After carefully making an incision and testing Kazan's blood to find that it was a relatively common blood type, they breathed a sigh of relief and began to boldly thaw the ice. They also asked people with the same blood type as Kazan to donate blood. Through a combination of blood transfusions, thawing, and bandaging, Kazan's condition finally stabilized.

There was a little incident during this time. Aladdin originally planned to operate on Kazan's ghost hand because it was bright red and looked like it was full of blood, so it would be easier to operate from there.

However, Robin was startled when she saw this scene. She quickly jumped over and hugged Kazan's ghost hand, not letting anyone touch it. Robin briefly explained the situation of the ghost hand.

Although the group didn't quite understand, they at least learned that Kazan's ghost hand was generally unable to move.

"Now we have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"

"Let me tell you the bad news first."

With a stern face, Bon Clay spoke first, before anyone else in the monster family. After Bon Clay spoke, the others fell silent.

Since Kazan fell into a coma due to serious injuries, Bon Clay has completely lost his usual quirky and eccentric style, and is serious all the time.

"The bad news is that due to the severity of his injuries and the prolonged freezing, Kazan's internal organs are in very poor condition. While it won't kill him, he will be unable to engage in high-intensity combat for a considerable period of time."

"Ah."

Bon Clay didn't react strongly to the news. He had already anticipated that Kazan would probably be unable to fight for a while. This was just a minor issue. He could just find a place to hide once he entered the Grand Line and wait until Kazan recovered before setting sail again.

After this battle, the Monster Pirates began to doubt their own fighting strength, thinking back to who they had encountered from the Grand Line all along.

Shanks, Mihawk, Tiger, Jinbe, Kuzan.

None of them were within their capabilities, so they began to think that powerful beings were everywhere on the Grand Line. They were not afraid of encountering strong enemies, but only of causing Kazan's death because they were too weak.

"The good news is that Kazan's condition has stabilized. Based on my observation of Kazan's recovery ability over the past few months, he only needs to rest quietly to recover and should not have any aftereffects. However, Kazan will inevitably have a huge scar on his abdomen."

Hearing this, the entire Monster Pirates finally felt relieved. Ever since Kazan fell into a coma, they hadn't had a single day of peace. For the first few days, Perona and Sugar were almost unable to sleep properly, crying themselves to sleep and then waking up to continue crying.

"...Alright, everyone's exhausted these past few days, let's take a rest."

"Aladdin, thank you!"

"No need for such words. Without the help of your Monster Pirates, our Sun Pirates would probably never have been able to return to Fishman Island."

Aladdin waved his hand and left the smelting room with his other fish-men assistants. Now, only the members of the Monster Pirates remained in the smelting room.

After Aladdin left, the melting chamber was eerily quiet, with everyone staring at the figure with his eyes tightly closed.

At first glance, Kazan's eyes are unsettling, even terrifying; simply looking into those red eyes creates a sense of pressure.

Now, those terrifying eyes have become a safe haven in their hearts. Without seeing the bloodlust in Kazan's eyes, everyone feels uneasy.

Brother, he's not the strongest in the world yet; he can also fail.

Under Kazan's watchful eye, they enjoyed an incredibly comfortable living environment, even forgetting the fear they felt about this ocean before joining the monster family, living every day in a happiness they never dared to imagine before.

This time, Kazan's serious injury and coma pulled them from their dream back to reality, and they realized that... the monster family did not yet have the right to run rampant on this sea.

The Monster Family isn't just Kazan's family; true strength comes from the strength of all its members. They can't rely on Kazan forever.

"have a rest."

This time it was Bellamy who spoke. Unlike the others, who were all recruited into the Monster Family by Kazan, he joined the Monster Family voluntarily because he wanted to become stronger.

That's why Bellamy was mentally prepared earlier than anyone else, and realized the shortcomings of the monster family earlier than anyone else. This usually single-minded boy actually had a more determined will and a more keen observation in this matter than anyone else.

If the other members of the monster family passively became stronger simply to protect their hard-won family, then Bellamy was the only one who actively wanted to become stronger.

From the moment Bellamy was truly accepted by the monster family, he set his own dream: to become the King of the Cards!

Becoming stronger is merely a means to achieve one's dreams, and defeating Doflamingo has become just one step in achieving those dreams.

Bellamy will never forget who she was becoming stronger for and what she was becoming stronger for.

Big brother... I will definitely become your strength.

Bellamy closed his eyes, plopped down on the ground, and fell into a deep sleep.

The others followed Bellamy and fell asleep around Kazan.

In the end, only Bon Clay remained standing in the entire smelting chamber.

With his arms crossed over his chest, his fingers digging deep into his arms, he gritted his teeth and stared at the indentation in Kazan's abdomen with red eyes.

"Wilderness Bensam... what have you been doing all this time?!"

……

In the two years from 1508 to 1509 of the Sea Calendar, the plot will enter the prelude to a major upheaval in the later stages. During these two years, the monster family will do many things that may change the main storyline of the original work. When the Sea Calendar begins in 1520, the main storyline of the original work that everyone is familiar with may be completely different.

Chapter 082 Chaotic Vortex

"Brother Tiger! This is bad, it's a distorted ocean current, if this continues we'll lose our way."

"Forget about the direction of travel for now, focus on protecting Carosso's hull! Jinbe, you take the other team and get moving!"

"Yes!!!"

Beneath the North Sea, on the first half of the Grand Line, Tiger stared with a dark expression at the underwater whirlpool ahead, which was gradually growing larger and faster.

The whirlpool had already affected countless marine creatures; even smaller sea kings were inevitably swept up in the chaos.

Even the merfolk would lose their way if they entered such a distorted ocean current, let alone now that they were carrying a large block of ice.

The Sun Pirates, led by Tiger, are rapidly circling the ocean around Karoso, creating a small whirlpool with their speed. Karoso, inside the whirlpool, remains unaffected.

Meanwhile, Jinbe and his 'power-type' fishmen carried Karoso from below, advancing while coordinating with another group of fishmen to maintain distance from the small vortex.

The Sun Pirates weren't unfamiliar with such situations and had some experience in dealing with them; it's just that previous situations hadn't been as severe and difficult as this one.

Soon, the small vortex created by the Sun Pirates collided with the distorted ocean currents beneath the sea, and for a moment the distorted ocean currents failed to break the rhythm of the small vortex.

"Very good, keep it up!"

"Brother Tiger... I'm afraid he can't hold on any longer..."

Just as Tiger was feeling excited, a merman henchman behind him suddenly looked in a certain direction with fear and said something.

Tiger followed his gaze and saw an enormous black shadow hurtling towards them.

Upon closer inspection, Tiger swallowed hard. It was an island whale of enormous size... This island whale had countless wounds on its head and was hurtling towards them... or more accurately, the red earth next to them, with tremendous force.

Tiger, his eyes bloodshot, watched as the island whale traversed the distorted ocean current, passing right by them. It not only disrupted the small vortex created by his Sun Pirates crew, but also caused the rhythm of the distorted ocean current to become chaotic, even reaching the point of forming a chaotic vortex.

Done!

This was the only thought the entire Sun Pirates had before their rhythm was disrupted: even their Fish-Man race would be decimated in this chaotic vortex!

"Everyone, do your utmost to protect the Carroso! Meet in Fishman Street in two months!"

These were Tiger's last words before he was swept away by the chaotic vortex, and also the last sounds the Sun Pirates heard before losing consciousness in the chaotic vortex.

Inside the Carroso.

Bon Clay keenly sensed the danger outside and immediately used his Imitation Fruit to transform into an extremely fat black bear. He used his soft, furry body to tightly embrace the entire Monster Pirates, then curled up into a ball and remained motionless.

Two or three seconds later, the Carroso suddenly began to shake, spin, and roll violently. The ball of flesh that Bon Clay had transformed into rolled around in the melting chamber. He tried his best to suppress the nausea in his stomach, maintain his consciousness, and hold on tightly to the people in his arms.