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

"And they've only just set foot on the Grand Line, yet they've already caused such a commotion..."

Joz nodded in agreement and sighed.

Immediately, he glanced at the list next to Luffy, which had Link's picture on it and a bounty level similar to his own:

"And his first mate, Link the prop master? I heard he's a ruthless guy who fought Hawkeye and didn't lose a hand?"

"Who knows if it's true or not? Even if it is, some strange Devil Fruit abilities can still do the same thing." Marco put the newspaper down beside him, picked up his wine glass, and took a sip of wine.

"Just like you and me."

Whether it's Marco's Mythical Zoan Phoenix form of the Bird-Bird Fruit with its self-regeneration and immortal blue flames, or Jozu's Diamond Man form of the Glitter-Glitter Fruit with its strongest defensive stance, both were able to withstand Hawkeye's slashes.

"That's true. However, the more unusual the ability, the stronger we become if it joins us, hehehe..."

"Clang!" The sound of their glasses clinking rang out.

A summer island in the new world.

"Hahaha……"

Under the bright sun and in the sweltering heat of the shady woods, a burst of cheerful laughter echoed.

"Captain, Luffy has finally caused some trouble since arriving in the Grand Line!!"

With a piece of meat always dangling from his mouth, wearing a watermelon hat, and with an exceptionally well-developed physique, Lucky Lu whimpered and laughed heartily at Shanks, who was resting under a tree nearby.

Not only him, but the other members of the Red-Haired Pirates were also holding newspapers or bounty posters, laughing merrily.

"It seems Luffy has found quite a few reliable companions."

Wearing sunglasses, with grayish-blue hair, a white shirt, and a red dragon tattoo on his right neck, Bendick Snake was flipping through the wanted posters and smiling.

"And even the son of Yasopp was recruited and became a partner."

With his long hair tied up, a scar on his left forehead, his chest bare, and wearing a black coat and black trousers, Dege 5.9 gestured toward the direction of the Yasopp.

Everyone looked over and saw Yasopp sitting on a tree stump, grinning foolishly while holding a wanted poster.

Judging from the photo on that bounty poster, it should be his son, Usopp.

"Luffy, you could say that the whole crew has bounties on their heads. This is something that a newly debuted pirate crew that has just entered the Grand Line could not do."

Shanks, listening to his companions' discussion, also stood up with a smile and then yawned.

"But his bounty was exceeded by his own first mate, which is really pathetic. When we meet in the New World, I'll definitely give him a good laugh!"

"Haha, we'll all be there together then!!"

As soon as the topic was brought up, the other members of the Red-Haired Pirates burst into laughter.

They were all there, eagerly anticipating their encounter with Luffy, hoping to make him cry like he did when he was a child.

"However, Captain, with Crocodile defeated, the balance of power among the three major forces has been disrupted, and cracks have appeared between them."

With gray hair, a rifle strapped to his waist, and a cigarette smoldering around his angular face, Ben Beckman said in a deep voice.

As one of the characters with a remarkably high IQ among those who have appeared so far, Beckman is particularly concerned about the current situation.

"We'll talk about that later. Besides, haven't we already sent someone to contact Whitebeard?"

Shanks walked over and grabbed Beckman by the neck:

"Now, what we need to do is celebrate Luffy's achievement!!!"

"Brothers, let's have a feast!!"

"Oh oh oh!!"

Immediately, a thunderous response erupted!

127. All crew members are wanted! Their titles and bounties!! The Straw Hat Pirates are now famous throughout the seas!!

While Shanks was hosting a banquet, other parties also received this explosive news and reacted in their own ways.

Aside from the Four Emperors and the Navy, the people who felt the most deeply were the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Dressrosa, the fairy kingdom of love and passion.

"Hey, did someone take down that sand crocodile?"

Inside the royal palace on King's Heroes, Doflamingo, dressed in a flamingo-pink coat and wearing red sunglasses, struts around with an air of utter indifference.

Upon receiving the message from Vergo, who had already infiltrated the high command of the Navy and become a vice admiral, he couldn't help but let out a strange laugh.

"With such a big commotion, the World Government and the Navy will definitely take action."

Doflamingo adjusted his sunglasses.

"Attending the Shichibukai's roundtable meeting? That's good. It's been a long time since I've been to Mary Geoise. I can go and see how those pigs are doing."

He casually used his [String-String Fruit] power to create puppet strings, skillfully controlling Baby 5, who was attacking him again after he had killed her husband once more, and who was in tears.

"If it's on the way, we could also take a look at the first half of the Grand Line. It seems that Bellamy, the hyena from the North Blue, has arrived here around the same time..."

The Devil's Triangle is shrouded in clouds and fog year-round, making it easy for ships to get lost.

"Hehehe, you foolish sand crocodile, treating newcomers as prey, little do you know that you yourself can easily become the prey of others."

Inside the castle, the obese Moria looked at the newspaper the Shadow Mage had brought him and sneered disdainfully:

"The roles of prey and hunter can be easily switched."

"Trying to steal a country? Your vision has shrunk. No wonder you suffered such a crushing defeat, falling to a newcomer... I've never given up on my goals; I've always been in the New World!!"

Moria said this with a rather proud air.

"If they come to me, I'll definitely stuff their shadows into the best zombies, hehehehe!"

Based solely on the comparison of goals, Moriah's level of achievement can only be this much.

Another person who can't face reality.

Bartholomew Kuma didn't react much to the report; his focus was on the photo with Luffy and his surname.

“Monkey, D…”

He wrapped the Bible in his hands, and the spotted bear-ear hat on his head swayed in the wind. "Is this why you went to the East Sea before?" Dragon's voice was very soft and quickly dissipated in the air.

On the deck of the Sun Pirates' ship sailing in the New World?

"Was it them who killed Ah Long and his gang?"

Jinbe, the blue robot cat, sits on the ground, residing on the earth.

After carefully examining the newspaper article, including the section about Ah Long's misdeeds in Donghai, I couldn't help but shake my head and sigh slightly.

"I originally thought that just separating Ah Long and the others wouldn't cause any trouble, but I didn't expect them to leave the Great and go to the East China Sea, and even do such a thing."

"Honestly, I'm starting to regret what I did back then..."

Somewhere on the Grand Line~

The candlelight flickered. Mihawk, carrying a black sword on his back and wearing a black top hat adorned with white fur, his eyes as sharp as an eagle's, finished reading the report and recalled his encounter in the East Blue.

"I never imagined that this group of people had grown to this level, possessing the power to shake the World Government..."

He held Luffy and his crew's bounty posters in his hand.

"Straw Hat Boy, Props Master, Pirate Hunter—they're starting to give the World Government a headache. A round table meeting of the Seven Warlords? Let's go then, hahahahaha?"

A soft laugh echoed across the sea, drifting into the distance.

Meanwhile, Luffy and his crew, who had just finished their voyage from Alabasta, had been sailing on the high seas for quite some time.

They did encounter some interesting people and things along the way.

First, in a fog, they encountered a row of naval warships, but fortunately, none of the sailors on these warships spotted the Merry.

Interestingly, a guy carrying a rice bucket, who looked like a chef's apprentice, fell off the ship.

Afterwards, Luffy and his crew learned that the commanders of various Navy fleets had enjoyed coffee together.

This careless guy named Taji, after drinking the soup Sanji made, exclaimed that it was such a waste for such a great chef as Sanji to be stuck on this shabby ship.

Later, because he shared the same dream as Sanji, Sanji helped him out.

Thanks to him, the people on the USS Going Merry also got to enjoy this traditional naval delicacy.

In addition, there's Chopper's research on his Rumble Ball, Usopp's design for his medicinal bullets, and Zoro's memories of his past...

Many fascinating people and events unfolded on this ship, adding vitality and fun to the otherwise monotonous life of a sea voyage.

Having found herself in this environment, Robin truly understood the meaning of Link's words, and...

This peace and comfort was something she had never experienced before.

Robin really enjoys this kind of life, even just reading books and watching Link and Luffy fish makes her feel content.

"Hey, Luffy! You bastard, you ate the bait again, didn't you?! How are we supposed to fish now?!"

"Don't we have Link's [Automatic Fishing Rod]? We don't need bait or anything."

"Idiot!! How can you use a fishing rod like that, which is like cheating and gives you absolutely no fishing experience, to fish?! True fishing requires focus, patience, and hard work to finally reel in a fish. That's what gives you a sense of accomplishment, that's what fishing is all about! What you're doing is just laziness!!!"

"I don't care!! I only fish to eat fish, I don't understand the process or the experience of fishing!!"

"You guy!!!"

Usopp was furious at Luffy's self-righteous words, especially when he saw Luffy eating bait while using Link's [Automatic Fishing Rod] to keep catching fish.

In Usopp's eyes, this behavior was utterly disgraceful to the sport of fishing, and he was so angry that he was about to roll up his sleeves...

result……

Crash.

Luffy's fishing rod suddenly trembled, and then the white-gloved fishing rod pulled up a big guy.

"That's... a conch shell?!"

Everyone tilted their heads as they gazed at the strange, soft-bodied, tentacle-like creature with a giant seashell and swirling eyes.

It's less like a conch shell and more like a giant ammonite.

"Is it edible?!"

No matter what strange creature it is, Luffy's first reaction upon seeing it is always this.

"You can try barbecuing," Sanji was also deep in thought there.

Just as the two were about to get to work and dismantle the enormous ammonite into eight pieces...

Suddenly, the shells on both sides of the ammonite opened up, just like the hatch of a submarine.

"Oh, that's great, that's great! I thought I was doomed this time..."

A creature dressed in beige emerged from the seashell.

"Thank you for saving me!"

This guy was tall and thin, with an honest and simple-minded face, but the cunning glint that occasionally flashed in his eyes and the gold ring on his finger indicated that he was no pushover.

He scratched his head and said with a smile:

"Excuse me, please allow me to introduce myself. I'm Ladybug Mail Order's Rolls-Royce, ready to deliver your goods anytime with just a phone call!!"

Please give me your guidance!

He also bowed and flashed a bright smile at everyone, revealing his front teeth.

However, his words left everyone completely bewildered.

"Ladybug mail order? What's that?!"

"Yes! I call this ship, the Esca, when it was transporting goods, it encountered a strong typhoon and ended up in disaster!"

This salesman, who looked exactly like a Rolls-Royce, immediately pulled out a thick stack of brochures:

"To thank you all for saving our lives, these catalogs are free. If you see anything you like in them, just give us a call and we'll deliver it immediately." Oh?!

Zoro immediately became interested: "That's so convenient! Can it be delivered by sea?!"

Rolls-Royce waved his hand: "Sir, you're joking. The ocean is so dangerous and so vast, how could that be possible?"

Sauron: "..."

So what you're doing is essentially just island-to-island trading, what's the difference between that and those merchant guilds?!