The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

Even among his crewmates, this captain lacked any dignity or authority, allowing himself to be treated like this at will!

Bell silently watched Luffy collapse and convulse, wisely refraining from saying anything.

"To get to Albana, the capital of Alabasta, from here is due east, and you'll need to cross the Santora River..."

In other words, when Luffy and Link entered the Santorini River, they chose to go due west and arrived at this rainy land.

However, if you go to Albana, it's in the opposite position.

"So, that means we still have to cross that desert?!"

As soon as this was mentioned, everyone immediately fell silent.

In the original story, Luffy first fought Crocodile in the desert and was taught a lesson by Crocodile's Logia-type abilities, but he also discovered Crocodile's weakness of being afraid of water.

Later, Luffy and his crew crossed the great desert thanks to Eyelash, a desert camel whom Chopper met by chance. Eyelash was his friend and also a scissor from the Transport Club.

It's a desert creature native to Alabasta, known for its lustful eyes—the migratory crab.

However, its personality is a bit strange. It can instantly accelerate upon seeing a dancing woman—well, that's a good kind of lustful power, and it shares a common language with Sanji...

Thus, thanks to its rapid speed, the Straw Hat crew was able to return to the Santora River in a short time.

Then, it sank halfway across the Santora River, and the crab returned, allowing the Straw Hat Pirates to swim across on their own.

As a result, they encountered a series of chaotic events during the river crossing, including a giant whale named Santora that was particularly fond of eating human flesh.

Right now, the group hasn't encountered any camels, and their journey is going to be arduous.

Bell also opened his mouth.

He could, with his one of only five abilities in the world—flying—take people across the desert.

But there are just too many people here right now...

"Everyone..."

Bell was thinking of bringing as many people as possible.

But after a brief pause, the Straw Hat Pirates all looked up and stared at Link.

"I said……"

Even though Link happened to have the relevant tools, he couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Why don't you guys come up with something? The teacher can't rely on me and my props, can she?"

He complained there.

"Your presence here is already our best option and the best solution!!"

Usopp chuckled, "Since we have the people and tools to solve this problem, we don't need to bother thinking about it."

D en D en??

The rest of the Straw Hat crew, including Zoro, all nodded in unison in perfect unison.

There's no way around it, Link's gadgets are just too tempting.

It has brought them so much convenience that they even feel their lives would be much less interesting without Link's gadgets.

"If we ever separate, I'd like to see how you manage to live."

Link, while looking down on them, took out the matching items amidst the shameless smirks of the group.

A bow, a bunch of colorful targets, and a bunch of arrows the same color as the targets, with heads shaped like toilet plungers.

“Mr. Bell, could you please take this target to Albana?”

Link handed a red target to Bell.

Then he took out a red bow and arrow.

"This is... Mr. Link, your prop?!"

Bell looked curiously at the small bow and arrows in Link's hand.

"Yes, this is called [Transporting Arrows]."

Link nodded.

Item: [Transporting Bow and Arrows].

Description: Shooting an arrow will take the user to the location of a pre-placed target of the same color.

This is also an early Doraemon gadget from the Anywhere Door routine maintenance series.

"[Transporting arrows]..."

Bell muttered a couple of things, looking at the target in his hand, looking at it from left to right, but he couldn't figure out what it was all about.

"Bell, since Link has already said so, then just do as he says."

Vivi noticed Bell's confusion but didn't say much, simply giving the instructions.

"……it is good."

Unable to figure it out himself, Bell simply stopped researching and nodded.

Link and the others nodded, then soared into the sky with the red target in their arms.

In mid-air, it transformed back into a giant falcon and swiftly flew towards Albana.

In the blink of an eye, it turned into a small black dot and disappeared into the distant horizon.

Luffy smacked his lips, watching Pell leave with longing, still feeling a little regretful that he hadn't been able to ride on those wide wings.

However, he quickly regained his energy and looked at Link with renewed spirits.

"Alright, Link, so what do we do next?!"

To be precise, they were looking at the [transportation bows and arrows] in his hands.

"Do you need me to shoot an arrow?!"

Luffy was very eager to try it out and planned to test Link's new toy, no, new gadget.

He felt that this prop would be very interesting.

"You should rest, my great captain..."

Link felt that even if he were willing to let go, the other crew members would most likely refuse to let Luffy use Link's gadgets.

God knows what kind of effect this guy will produce...

"what……"

Seeing this, Luffy couldn't help but pout, "Usopp and Nami both have the gadgets you gave them, Link."

He muttered to himself, "One day I'll get my hands on all your props and use them properly!!"

"I look forward to that day."

Link gave a perfunctory reply, then turned to face his group of companions:

Come here, hold me tight.

The others: "???"

Is 112 really the captain? I think those two over there look more like captains!

Luffy and Chopper, being simple-minded, had no particular thoughts and simply wanted to do as instructed.

Zoro tilted his head, while Usopp blinked, wondering if there was something wrong with his ears.

After realizing he hadn't misheard, he immediately gave Link a strange look, as if to say, "So this is the kind of person you are, Link," and even shifted his body slightly to the side!

Nami seemed to think she had misheard, while Vivi subconsciously overthought things and blushed.

Hmm, it seems like both of them are overthinking things?

And Sanji... seems to have turned to stone again.

After Link clearly sensed that something was wrong, he quickly explained the effect of [Transport Arrows] to them, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Luffy and Chopper were confused, Zoro crossed his arms and didn't seem to care, while Usopp looked like he thought, "I knew it, I, Usopp, was right."

Sanji breathed a heavy sigh of relief, while Nami, while relieved, also felt a pang of regret.

As for Weiwei, she was also somewhat disappointed.

Alright, everyone

Without getting caught up in the complex inner monologues of his companions, Link explained everything and prepared to draw his bow and shoot.

Come here, hold me tight!

He said it again, but this time no one objected.

First, Vivi hugged Link's waist, then Nami wrapped her arms around Vivi, and then Chopper put his arm around Nami's shoulder.

Luffy grabbed Chopper's hoof, Sanji grabbed Luffy's pant leg, Usopp hugged Sanji's black foot, and Zoro also wrapped his arms around Usopp's waist.

A group of people linked together like they were playing a game of Snake.

"Everyone ready? Three, two, one... Launch!!"

A red arrow shot rapidly towards the horizon, carrying Link, then Vivi, Nami, Chopper, Luffy...

The entire group of people were propelled into the sky by this force.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhh!!"

The cowardly trio of Chopper, Nami, and Usopp all screamed high in the sky, with the latter even having snot and tears streaming down his face.

Of course, some were afraid, while others were very happy.

"Hahahahaha!!"

Luffy laughed heartily in the sky, "This is really fun!!"

He found flying in the sky to be even more interesting than riding in Bell's coattails!

"As expected, Link, your gadgets never disappoint. One day, I'll definitely get my hands on all of your gadgets and play with them!!!"

"Then you'll be waiting a long time."

Luffy's loud laughter and Link's response echoed across the rain-soaked land.

It also drifted over that vast desert, over the oasis cities of Yuba and El Maru, and even over the Santoro River.

They were gradually approaching Albana, the capital of the country.

On the other side, across the boundless wilderness and desert.

"So they really were buried underwater?"

Crocodile, who had been waiting for a long time on the only road leading from the rain-covered land to Albana, and still hadn't seen Link and Luffy, slowly turned around.

"It seems I was overthinking things and being too cautious. But it's good this way; at least it confirms the situation of those rats."

"Let's go, Nicole Robin."

Relieved, Crocodile called out and took the lead in heading towards Albana.

Robin glanced back one last time at the distant, hazy city of Rain, before finally following Crocodile's footsteps.

Only a faint sigh echoed across the desert.

"Is it really okay?!"

At this moment, in the flower garden in the center of Albana's royal palace, three figures stood in the middle.

With a samurai sword hanging at his waist, wearing a green robe and a hairstyle reminiscent of ancient Egypt, the minister and captain of the guard of the Kingdom of Alabasta, known as "Jackal" Jaka, one of the two guardian deities of the Kingdom of Alabasta, looked up at the sky with some suspicion, then looked down at the red target on the ground.

No matter how you look at it, it seems a bit unreliable...

"It should be fine, right?"

At this moment, even Bell felt that things might have been a bit too hasty, and his words lacked a certain confidence.

"Princess Vivi said Mr. Link is very reliable, so there shouldn't be any problems."

While the two were talking, the king in the middle, Nefertari Cobra, who had medium-length black hair and was wearing the Nefertari royal attire, and was also Vivi's father, did not say much.

I just looked up at the azure but scorching sky.

"Aaaaaaahhhhh!!"