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

And so, a sense of impending storm gradually arose on the sea.

However, ordinary people wouldn't notice it until they receive the message.

For example, the Flying Fish Knights' base is very close to the Sabaody Archipelago.

They are a rural mafia from the nearby islands who occasionally venture into the lawless areas of the Sabaody Archipelago to extort money from pirates.

They were living a fairly comfortable life.

Their leader, Dibaru, was quite lucky; he managed to acquire some flying fish for his subordinates, thus establishing the Flying Fish Knights.

There's nothing wrong with letting life pass by leisurely like this.

But one day a few months ago, everything changed.

Dibaru vividly remembers that his life turned completely dark after that bounty was issued.

"I'm being chased around like a dog by the navy and bounty hunters, like a rat crossing the street, and I can only build this little settlement on this vast ocean!!"

Inside the main room, Dubal slammed a bottle of strong rum on the table and said somewhat drunkenly.

"Damn it! If I run into those wicked Straw Hat crew, I'll absolutely not let them get away with it!!!"

His voice carried a deep-seated hatred and heart-wrenching sorrow, enough to break the hearts of anyone who heard it.

In the middle of the sea area of ​​this base, there are two iron cages hanging there.

"I'm sorry, Xiao Ba, we couldn't rescue you successfully."

"Don't say that. It's my fault for dragging you all down with me, causing you to be captured as well."

Inside the two iron cages, one contained a fish-man with six arms and two legs, resembling an octopus.

In the other cage was a green-haired fish-woman, and next to her fluttering tail was a peculiar starfish wearing a hat.

An octopus and a human were there, sighing and groaning.

"I really hope someone will suddenly appear and save us!"

The green-haired fish-man gazed at the boundless sea in the distance, his eyes filled with endless anticipation.

"Stop dreaming, Kemi~"

The little starfish next to it, seemingly devoid of all energy, trembled its tiny, five-pointed star-shaped hands.

"Even Xiao Ba, the most powerful person we know, has been tied up by them. Who else can save us?"

“We’re about to be sold off like merchandise in the Sabaody Archipelago.”

He said there listlessly.

"But……"

Kemi immediately pouted, "I was captured by them thirty times and eaten by sea monsters twenty times before, but I still managed to escape, didn't I?" Well, to be honest, although she was extremely confused and had experienced many hardships.

For most people, experiencing such danger even once would be a near-death experience, but she went through it dozens of times and still managed to survive safely.

It has to be said that this kind of luck is quite remarkable.

"Perhaps our luck has run out..."

The orange starfish looked incredibly sad. "If some chef buys it and makes a seafood platter, it won't survive..." (Zhao Li's)

"Don't be so negative, Papagu..."

The mermaid Kemi comforted it, saying, "Perhaps it's like when we were in danger and first met Hachiko, who saved us."

"Maybe someone will suddenly appear and rescue us."

"Heh, you're dreaming."

The starfish Papagu had lost all zest for life. "How could there be such a creature? Unless they fell from the sky?"

Whoosh?!

No sooner had he finished speaking than a black dot appeared in the sky above their base.

Then, as the black dot grew larger, its shape became clearer and more distinct.

"what is that……"

The mermaid, the fish-man, and the starfish also noticed this situation and couldn't help but raise their heads, looking at it with some curiosity.

"That shape looks like... a bear's paw?!"

The two people and the starfish widened their eyes instantly as they saw the bear paw print land on the sea near them.

boom! !

A huge wave suddenly surged up, sweeping towards the surrounding buildings.

"Aaaaaaah!!"

Mermaid Kemi and starfish Papagu immediately screamed.

"I'm going to drown!!"

The two displayed exaggerated facial expressions with bulging eyes and wide-open mouths.

[Thank you so much to 'Mast Hand Covers the Sky' for the generous donation! Thank you!!]

267 really is a mermaid!! [The Cursed Baby], Sanji, you do bear some responsibility.

"What are your names, twist~"

The fishman named Xiao Ba in the nearby cage said speechlessly:

"Aren't you all able to breathe underwater?"

"...Yeah, right!!"

The two silly guys suddenly realized what was going on.

At the same time, as the waves surged, the sound of conversation could be heard coming from within them.

"You idiot, moron, moron! What were you doing catching newsbirds when you had nothing better to do?!"

"I just want to use the money to buy the newspaper on it and see if it has any recent news about Ace!"

"And then you captured the newsbird and changed the direction we were heading?!"

"Who knew that catching a bird would change their direction?!"

"A plane will crash immediately after hitting a bird at high altitude, let alone such a large bird as the Newsbird!!"

"...What is an airplane?"

"Stop changing the subject, you idiot captain!!"

Crackling and clanging!

A commotion, filled with shouting and cursing, followed by the sounds of punches and kicks, echoed across the sea.

"Twist, these sounds are..."

Upon hearing that unusually familiar tone, the octopus-man named Hachi trembled all over.

He seemed to be recalling some very unpleasant past events.

"What happened?!"

Just then, people carrying guns, cannons, and swords rushed out of the buildings that had been hit by the waves.

Leading the group was a tall man riding a large black water buffalo, wearing an iron mask.

It was the same person who was drinking and cursing in the room just now.

"That flag is..."

As the waves subsided, the ship inside came into view.

The man wearing an iron mask, who looked like a leader, saw the iconic flag and his pupils suddenly contracted.

"The Straw Hat Pirates!!!"

That's right, it was the Straw Hat Pirates who arrived.

According to the route that Big Bear had designed for them, the landing point for the 750s was the waters around the Sabaody Archipelago.

As a result, their foolish captain foolishly pecked at a passing newsbird halfway through the journey.

This caused them to suddenly change direction and land in this direction.

"I can't stand you, you idiot!!"

Nami withdrew her smoking fist. "What time is it? Stop causing trouble."

She was in a bad mood and gave Luffy a blank stare as he lay on the ground covered in bumps.

"Speaking of which, where is this place?"

Nami looked up and began to survey her surroundings.

Then~

She saw Hachiko, the octopus-man imprisoned in the iron cage, staring blankly at her.

Nami: "..."

Xiao Ba: "..."

Life is truly unpredictable; the large intestine encloses the small intestine.

I thought we'd finally settled things after seeing each other so many times in the East Blue, but here in the Grand Line, we've met again?!

Fate is truly a wonderful thing.

"Why……"

Nami's eyebrows twitched beside her, while Sanji and Zoro also had dead fish eyes, looking like they wanted to say something but couldn't.

Meeting an old friend in a foreign land is usually a wonderful thing, but this particular "old friend"...

That's not the kind of guy you'd be happy with.

"Oh, I see you here again, Hachi!!"

Nami pointed at the octopus-like fish-man inside the iron cage and roared.

"Nami, it's been a long time..."

Xiao Ba didn't know what to say in this situation, so he could only give a slightly stiff greeting.

"Hey, are you Xiaoba's friend?"

Nearby, Papagu and Kemi, who had just been washed wet by the waves, suddenly had their eyes light up.

"So, they really are coming to rescue us!!"

"It's unbelievable... that someone actually fell from the sky and came to meet us..."

Papagu sniffed and widened his eyes.

He never expected that, even in this seemingly hopeless situation, someone would descend from the sky to save them! "Does that fish-man know Nami?"

Robin, Chopper, Franky, and Brook, who joined later, asked from there.

"Back in the East Blue, a group of fishmen called Arlong occupied Nami's homeland, causing her great suffering. That octopus fishman was a leader among that group of fishmen."

Usopp explained to everyone.

"Oh, so that means he's Nami's enemy?!"

Little Chopper's summary is quite insightful.

"You could say that."

Usopp scratched his head. "I remember it was defeated by Sanji and handed over to the Marines to be imprisoned. How did it end up here?!"

"Don't mention Ah Long's name to me!!"

Sanji immediately interrupted, his body trembling as if recalling some unpleasant scene, a low-pressure atmosphere spreading around him.

"Aaron..."

Usopp fell silent at the thought of Arlong.

Clearly, like Sanji, he had imagined the final moment when Arlong was fed the Mermaid Fruit by Link, turning him into a rather grotesque sight.