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

When in doubt, they consult an old woman; this has become the most effective way for them in the underworld to solve problems.

When Bartolomeo was young, he would always seek his grandmother's forgiveness whenever he did something foolish.

Later, after becoming a pirate, whenever he encountered difficulties, he would usually seek help from the old woman in his hometown.

Their grandmother often explains common sense about life to them, and it has become an important part of their lives.

Bartolomeo also planned to contact the old woman immediately after finishing the meal to hear her opinion.

Just as he was making up his mind, the strong winds outside gradually subsided.

"The wind has stopped."

Link suddenly said this out of the blue.

Then, looking towards the bar's entrance, she thought, "New customers have arrived again!"

Ok?

Bartolomeo instinctively looked towards the entrance and saw a man in a green coat standing there.

The aura emanating from him made Bartolomeo's expression instantly turn serious.

This person is no ordinary individual.

"So there are guests here."

The man in the green coat chuckled softly at the doorway.

"Since there are other people here, then we won't disturb them."

He glanced at the bottle dangling beside Link.

"You can sit down and have a drink with me, sir."

Link smiled and extended the invitation.

"Will have the opportunity next time."

The man in the green coat chuckled and walked out the door without looking back.

Another gentle breeze blew by, stirring up wisps of dust, and seemingly bidding farewell to someone as well.

"We've had enough to drink."

After the man in the green coat, Dragon, left, Link also got up from his seat.

Thank you for your hospitality, boss.

It's about time we left.

He grabbed the still-shaking smoke bottle next to him, and Bartolomeo followed closely behind.

The two left one after the other, under the watchful eyes of the boss.

"Another legend is about to be born."

The boss was wiping the bowl in his hands when he seemed to have thought of something, and a smile appeared on his face, revealing a face full of wrinkles.

"Barto, is it alright if I call you that?"

"Whatever Link-senpai likes, you can call me Little Ba too!!"

"Forget about Little Bato, but Barto, have you ever thought that a mohawk might look better than your current one?"

"A mohawk? Okay!! Since Link-senpai said mohawks look good, then mohawks must suit me!!"

The sound of their conversation gradually drifted from afar and then faded away.

Dorrag departed on the wind, bringing with him quite a bit of wind and waves, but it didn't come in very useful.

After catching a glimpse of Luffy, who was lively and energetic, taking his oath on Roger's execution platform, from afar, she decided to help Luffy clear the obstacles to his departure.

However, after arriving at the tavern, he realized he was somewhat superfluous.

"You've met some really great crewmates, Luffy?"

He murmured softly, and his figure vanished from the town of Rogue along with the raging wind.

As for Luffy, he climbed onto the execution platform and then gave his opinion on becoming the Pirate King.

Such arrogance, such blatant disregard for the limits of the marines in Loguetown, was a direct provocation. ①

So, the Marines began to assemble, intending to capture Luffy.

They tried to contact their superior, Smoker, but no matter how many times they called the Den Den Mushi, no one answered.

Left with no other choice, they had to contact another officer, Tashigi. ①

Even Tashigi ignored them.

At that time, she was having a heated debate with a swordsman of the three-sword style about the differences between male and female swordsmen.

Zoro's whereabouts are the same as in the original game; he's carrying the 1 Berries Link gave him, intending to buy two good swords.

As fate would have it, or perhaps due to the swordsmen's affinity and mutual attraction to their swords, he ultimately chose the Sandai Kitetsu.

Then, after another impressive performance, he won over the boss, who presented him with a family heirloom, the "Snow Walk," also a top-tier, fifty-grade sword.

Unable to contact either of their superiors, and with Straw Hat Luffy rampaging through the crowd. 5

With no other option, the sailors could only call out to each other and try their best to gather their comrades to surround him.

As a result, on the way, they encountered Usopp, who had just defeated the famous bounty hunter [with a child] with his sniping skills.

And Sanji, who won the cooking competition, defeated the hottest female chef, and won the elephant abalone.

With Nami unexpectedly appearing after buying clothes, the situation has become even more chaotic.

With their leader gone, the numerous marines could only watch helplessly as Luffy, Usopp, Sanji, and the others broke through the encirclement.

Meanwhile, Zoro also broke free from Tashigi and reunited with Luffy and the others.

When they finally arrived at the Going Merry.

"Welcome back, everyone."

Link was already waiting for Luffy and his crew on the deck.

As for his new underling, Bartolomeo, after consulting with his grandmother, he decided to train for another two years.

He felt that his current strength was still too weak. He would wait until he had cultivated to a certain level and was no longer a burden to Senior Link before he would set sail again to find and follow them! After meeting Link, everyone had arrived, so there was nothing more to say. All the necessary supplies had already been replenished.

Food and refrigerator, new clothes and seemingly valuable antiques, two other swords, sniper goggles and other materials, and the Pirate King's declaration on the execution platform.

Everything that needed to be done has been done, and there are basically no regrets left in Rogge Town.

The USS Merry set sail and left the port under the gnashing eyes of a group of sailors.

The navy could only lament their helplessness.

"Where is Colonel Smoker?"

Tashigi, who arrived late, thought she would be scolded, but after looking around, she realized that her boss was not there either.

No navy officer could provide an answer, because their superior was in the hands of some pirate.

On the deck of the Merry.

"I don't have the hobby of taking a rough, burly man on a trip."

If it's a cute girl like Tashigi, then I might consider it.

Link opened the cap of the [Smoke Man Manufacturing Bottle], and immediately, plumes of smoke burst out from it.

Then they converged in mid-air over the sea, gradually forming a human shape.

It was Smoker's own face.

[More to come later!]

075 Calm Belt and [Aircraft-Type Universal Control Stick]! The Millennium Dragon Bone is in hand!!

After Smoker emerged from the bottle, he stared intently at Link, but made no move.

He wasn't completely stupid; he knew that if he made any unusual moves, Link would take him back again.

By then, it will be very difficult to come up with a solution.

Smoker will not act rashly until he has a way to crack this strange little bottle.

"Nani? What's this? Link, is it your new gadget?!"

Luffy curiously approached and looked at Smoker, who was hanging in mid-air with a gloomy expression.

"Did this summon some kind of smoker?"

"He is indeed a smoker, but he wasn't summoned by me."

Looking at the motionless Smoker, Link knew that even if the [Smoke Man Bottle] wasn't controlling Smoker, it must have had a huge impact on him.

Otherwise, he would have attacked Link long ago after he showed up.

That being the case.

Go as far as you can.

Link waved to him casually.

"Don't let me run into you again next time!"

He chuckled, "Otherwise, I'll take you in every time I see you."

Smoker remained silent with a gloomy expression.

But then I looked at Link, and then at Luffy with a curious expression, Zoro holding a sword, and Sanji smoking a cigarette...

After silently memorizing the faces of these people, Smoker could only slowly drift across the sea towards Loguetown.

Link, the prop master, truly lives up to his name!!

You, and your props, I've memorized them all!!!

"Goodbye."

Link was in a good mood and waved to him.

Apart from the curious Luffy, no one else paid any attention to the smoking man.

They all thought it was a product made from Link's gadgets, and they were all marveling at it.

They had no idea that this was a naval captain, a future vice admiral, and a backbone of the navy.

But even if they knew... they wouldn't necessarily be that surprised.

They've almost become immune to so many things that happen to Link.

Let alone capturing a colonel, even capturing a general... well, that would still be surprising.

With everything prepared, the group set off towards the Grand Line.

People say that when you want to do something, a lot of irrelevant things will always pop up to interfere with you.

The Straw Hat Pirates perfectly illustrate this point.

They were heading towards Reverse Mountain, where the Grand Line is located, when they unexpectedly encountered a little girl named Apis.

It turns out that the little girl had done something wrong and was being pursued by the navy.

When the navy spotted the USS Going Merry and its flag, they didn't hesitate and included the ship in their pursuit.

Having been inexplicably dragged into this mess, Luffy and his crew had no choice but to flee in a certain direction.

After they finally sailed into a certain sea area, they found that the navy had not kept up with them.

"Great, we've finally shaken off those guys."

Luffy rubbed his nose with his index finger. He was very happy that he had successfully shaken off the Navy in his first encounter with a naval pursuit.

But before he could even enjoy his happiness for two seconds, he was greeted by Nami's high-pitched scream.

"We're currently in the doldrums!!"

"The Calm Belt, what's that?"

Everyone was puzzled, and then Nami gave them a thorough explanation.

Luffy was very excited when he heard that crossing the Calm Belt would lead to the Grand Line.