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

At the very top of the gate are four large characters: 【Trial of the Gods】.

Usopp: "...A trial?!"

He stared wide-eyed, looking ahead in astonishment.

"It seems that if we want to find the Merry, we will have to cross one of these passageways."

Zoro counted on his fingers, "I have a feeling this was deliberately arranged for us, to make us follow his ideas and pace step by step..."

As he said this, his fingers made a series of crisp chimes, "660":

"No wonder he calls himself a god. He really has a strong desire for control. This sense of looking down from above and his desire to manipulate and dominate make me even more eager to meet him."

"So after all that, which one should we choose?!"

Sanji, a cigarette dangling from his lips, stared at the four entrances.

"I have a feeling that none of these four are very safe."

Nami rubbed her arm, a chill running down her spine. "Link, what do you think?"

"Me? Hmm..."

Link thought about it carefully, "If it's a trial, none of these four are very reliable."

"Iron and rope are obviously tricky and involve too many dangerous uncertainties, so these four should be eliminated first."

"Then there are the remaining two. One sounds very dangerous, while the other sounds much more cheerful and might be the least dangerous of the four."

Uh-huh.

The others listened and nodded in agreement, finding it all quite reasonable.

"So, the answer is pretty obvious, isn't it?"

Chopper instinctively looked towards the Trial of the Ball.

"yes

Link snapped his fingers. "So our choice is the Trial of the Swamp."

Kou En Kou En?

The others nodded subconsciously, thinking there was nothing wrong with it.

then……

"Hmm?!?"

"The Trial of the Swamp?!"

Except for Robin and Luffy, the entire Straw Hat crew stared at Link in astonishment.

After saying all that, are you sure you're not joking?!

It looks like the ball is obviously much simpler and safer than the swamp!

Swamps are very dangerous places!!

It might even be related to the Cloud Swamp. Was it really the right choice?!

A group of people expressed strong skepticism.

However, given that Link was the one who made the choice, they could only put their doubts and uncertainties aside.

After all, Link's credit and reputation are very reliable. If their silly captain had made the choice, he would probably have been immediately suppressed as a foolish and impulsive act of play.

As for Luffy's thoughts...

"Alright, it's decided. Let's head to the Trial of the Swamp!"

Luffy roared with boundless enthusiasm.

For him, as long as he could participate in this trial game, it didn't matter which path he took.

"But how are we going to get in?"

Nami looked at the long river of clouds.

"It's all waterways inside, are we really going to take that raft across?"

"If we're already inside, then we don't need to."

Link clapped his hands with a smile, then casually picked up another item.

It was a gas cylinder with a yellow mouth and a red body.

"Just use this [solid cloud gas]."

As Link spoke, he shook the gas cylinder up and down in his hand.

Prop: [Solid Cloud Gas].

Description: This is a type of gas that can solidify clouds, making them stable enough for people to stand on without feeling hard or falling.

This is about Nobita who, on a hot day, had nowhere to take a bath. He suddenly came up with the idea of ​​going to the sky and using the clouds as a bathing pool, which prompted Doraemon to bring out this gadget.

Moreover, this prop seems to have laid the groundwork for the later "Nobita's Cloud Kingdom".

"Hiss?"

After a few sprays of mist, the entire river of clouds stopped moving, as if it had solidified.

"Whoa, you can actually step on it!!"

Luffy was the first to leap, landing on the soft cloud.

To his surprise, his body did not sink as it would in the river, but instead he jumped around on it, enjoying himself immensely.

“I want to play too!!”

"Don't run away, Luffy!!"

Following Luffy's example, Chopper, Usopp, and the rest of the Straw Hat crew also stepped onto the soft clouds.

While marveling at the convenience of Link's tools, they headed towards the [Swamp] Trial.

"Was I the one who was ultimately chosen?!"

Behind the four passages, out of the Straw Hat crew's sight, stood the figures of four priests.

Upon seeing that Luffy and his crew had chosen their side, Gezda, the trial priest of the Swamp with spider-like hair and dressed in purple, spoke thus.

Although his tone carried a hint of smugness, he maintained the posture of biting his upper lip and rolling his eyes.

Yes, that's right, he's a bit of an idiot, that's an official consensus.

Because his overall coordination seemed abnormal, he often couldn't see the enemy because he rolled his eyes, he would mutter to himself about the enemy but forgot to make a sound, and sometimes he even forgot to breathe.

These strange behaviors often require reminders from others, making him the only priest who needs subordinates by his side. Overall, he is a very interesting character.

"Come, come to my Trial of the Swamp, I will give you a good welcome!!"

Gezida was gesturing with his hands in a very irregular manner, while the other three priests beside him were clearly bored.

Having finally encountered prey that Lord Enel valued, he even called them over and gave them detailed instructions.

They also saw the strange Qinghai man, who took out a strange gas and sprayed it slightly at Yunhe, which seemed to freeze Yunhe in place.

The group was quite intrigued by this wondrous item.

I thought we'd have a good time, but they ended up choosing other trials instead.

"Never mind, Lord Enel also said that it's not just these Qinghai people who have come to this island. The Shandian people are also restless and should have already arrived on this island."

One of the four priests, wielding the [Rope] trial with a 0% chance of survival, Shura, symbolizing "anger" among the four emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and pleasure, glanced at it...

Then, wearing a pilot's hat and goggles, he, known as the "Sky Knight," mounted his pet three-foot bird and flew away into the distance.

"Let me go and have some fun with those guys in Shandia!!"

After saying that, he disappeared from the scene.

The other two priests are in charge of the trial of the "ball," which has a 10% chance of survival. The "joy" symbolizes happiness, anger, sorrow, and pleasure, while the "shade" is round and chubby, like a big white ball, bouncing around.

There is also Ohm, the strongest of the four priests, who possesses the [Iron] Trial, which has a zero chance of survival.

He symbolizes the "sorrow" among the four emotions of joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness. He wears sunglasses, is a bald, muscular man in a vest, and has tattoos all over his body.

The two exchanged a glance; neither of them were the type to be arrogant.

The former loves to have fun, while the latter prefers to grieve and cry alone; both dislike unnecessary trouble.

Of course, they would carry out any orders given by their master Enel with utmost loyalty.

The two figures gradually disappeared at the entrance of the passage, returning to the open space near the palace, which was supposedly a historical site, to await the deity's command.

"We're in!!"

With Luffy charging forward, the group easily entered the passage.

"Is this... a swamp cloud?!"

Link and the others followed them in and saw the strange clouds that covered the ground all around.

"It looks dangerous, but if you handle it carefully, it should be easy?"

Link rubbed his nose slightly and thought to himself.

Unlike the other three trials, the survival rate of the [Swamp] Trial is fifty percent, which is quite high.

This is one of the reasons why he chose "swamp" instead of "ball".

Of course, the other one is mainly Shadley's "Ball" trial, which Luffy and Sanji have already passed in the original version, so it doesn't seem very interesting to pass it again.

There's nothing we can do about it; the priest in charge here is a funny, goofy guy who embodies joy amidst all the emotions of life—he's the kind of person people make fun of.

In the original version, even Chopper easily defeated this priest named Gezda (5.9).

Then, by sheer coincidence, Gazda landed in the city of Yuba in Alabasta.

Then, with the help of his swamp cloud ability and his cloud shells, he successfully helped the city of Yuba to extract hot spring water.

With such water resources and unique characteristics, Yuba immediately transformed back into its original oasis city.

As a result, Gazda got along very well with Bell, Gaka, and the others, and thus settled down in Alabasta...

Yes, fate can be so mysterious sometimes.

"I said……"

Before Luffy and his crew could even take in their surroundings, Gezda jumped out on his own initiative.

"You people..."

His face flushed red, and he suddenly couldn't continue speaking halfway through his sentence.

Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, and the others all tilted their heads in unison: "???"

They were completely baffled by this guy who suddenly jumped out and startled them, but then stopped talking halfway through his sentence.

"What's wrong with you?"

Chopper, being a doctor, noticed that something was wrong with him and couldn't help but ask.

"He might... have forgotten how to breathe?"

After observing for a while, the experienced Robin hesitated slightly and guessed.

Easily defeated by 155, revealing the truth! Enel! [God's Selection], only Haki can counter Haki!!

"Forgot to breathe?!"

Everyone was stunned. How could someone forget something like this?

Even Link, who already knew about this situation, couldn't help but drift back to the past when he met Link for the first time.

He vividly remembered that the two earliest characters he knew who were so engrossed in things like forgetting to breathe were A-Shuai and Dai-Tou from the comedy school series.

Back then, the two main characters of the comic book dominated Link's school life.

"Should we help him?"

Usopp's long nose suddenly twitched, then he rubbed his palms together.

"Should I also inquire about the Going Merry while I'm at it?"

Everyone silently watched the strange smile on his face and the small box of "Truth-Telling Pills" that he pulled out.