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

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If you calculate it this way, the number of people and things they've encountered related to time is quite substantial.

Luffy and his crew simply felt that their experience was quite exciting and were somewhat moved.

But after Luffy's answer reached Kin'emon's ears...

boom! !

It was like a thunderclap from a clear sky, suddenly exploding in his ears.

"You, actually..."

He was trembling all over. "Is it really the person who intervened?!"

Kin'emon stared blankly at Luffy and his group in front of him, his lips trembling as he murmured something.

"Madam Shi, I have finally found the person you asked us to find!!"

"Lord Momonosuke, Kanjuro, there's hope for you too!!!"

Two streams of hot tears gushed from his eyes.

Snot was dripping down like it was free.

Aside from not bursting into tears, Kin'emon adhered to this last remaining courtesy of a samurai, preventing himself from losing his composure.

He was basically sobbing uncontrollably by the time he reached the "843" mark, as if he wanted to release all his grief, indignation, grievances, sadness, and the joy of finally seeing the person he was about to meet.

"what happened to him?!"

Luffy was somewhat confused as he looked at Kin'emon, who was both crying and laughing.

"Maybe it's because the food prepared by some lecherous chef didn't suit his taste?"

Zoro, as usual, teased Sanji, trying to provoke him.

"Oh? Really? Then don't eat that cactus, just go to the sand and get water through photosynthesis in the sunlight!!"

"Who are you calling a cactus?!"

"Who are you calling a lecherous chef? Huh?!"

Their sharp gazes clashed once again.

The others completely ignored the two of them, observing Kin'emon's reaction.

Chopper, however, remained there, still eating his cotton candy, completely oblivious and unwilling to care about the fool's situation.

Everything has nothing to do with me, a reindeer!

"I'm sorry, I really did lose my composure."

After Kin'emon had been crying uncontrollably for a while, he finally came to his senses.

Seeing so many people staring at her, she quickly wiped away her tears and sincerely apologized.

Then~

He looked intently at Luffy and his crew.

"Since you are the ones who intervene in time, you must also be able to save Wano Country from its perilous state!!!"

Kin'emon spoke with utmost sincerity.

"I'm entrusting this matter to you all in advance!!"

After saying that, he was about to perform a grand salute there.

"Wait a minute, what are you talking about?!"

Luffy was quite confused by his few words.

"What do you mean by 'interfering with time' and 'rescuing'? What does all this mean?!"

Not only Luffy wanted to ask, but his other companions were also somewhat puzzled.

Link, with his God-like perspective and knowledge of the subsequent plot developments, vaguely understood something.

"Someone who interferes with time..."

He looked at Kin'emon thoughtfully, without saying a word, waiting for his reply.

"It's like this, please allow me to explain this matter in detail..."

Kin'emon sniffed, and then recounted in detail everything that had happened in Wano Country and to him.

Since the other party was the person personally appointed by Lady Toki to interfere with time, Kin'emon felt that he should not hide anything.

He chose to tell the whole story.

The Straw Hat Pirates, along with Law who was listening in, also got a general understanding of the matter.

"I see. It was Kaido of the Beasts, one of the Four Emperors, who conquered Wano Country eighteen years ago and killed your lord, Lord Oden."

"And his wife, Lady Shi, used the power of the Time-Time Fruit to send you to this day, eighteen years later."

"And it also left a prophecy that if someone who interferes with time is found eighteen years later, Wano Country can be saved. That's why you're so agitated now, wanting to ask for our help..."

Usopp, the class representative, summarized the matter in just three short sentences.

The clear outline of the matter was then presented to everyone.

"That's right, that's exactly it!!"

Kin'emon nodded repeatedly in excitement.

"Therefore, I would like to ask you all..."

"We refuse!!"

Before Kin'emon could finish speaking, Nami immediately interrupted him.

"That's Kaido of the Beasts!! One of the Four Emperors! The strongest creature in the world!!"

She stood there speechless,

"How could a powerhouse of this caliber simply agree to be an enemy of some unknown individual based on a few casual words?!"

"Moreover, there are so many strange and bizarre elements such as time travel and prophecy, and it's just too much of a coincidence that we met here..."

She looked at Jin Weimen with an expression as if he were an idiot, and said in a somewhat unfriendly tone:

"You wouldn't happen to be pretending to be a samurai from Wano Country, or a defector from Wano Country, deliberately spreading false information to deceive us and make us your pawns, would you?"

"knife?!"

Kin'emon was completely dumbfounded. "How is this possible?!"

Seeing Nami's distrust, he became somewhat anxious.

Indeed, what I said was quite shocking and unbelievable.

but……

Everything he said is true!!

Kin'emon, however, had no evidence to prove his words and was at a loss for what to do.

Until~~~

"Eat this."

Usopp pulled out his signature "Truth-Telling Pill".

"After you eat this, repeat what you just said to us again."

He touched his long nose and said, "If it's the same, then we'll believe everything you say!"

Upon hearing this, Kin'emon, who was anxiously worrying, immediately threw it into his mouth without hesitation.

This decisive and swift action already convinced people to believe it.

Afterwards, he indeed repeated the entire situation he had just described verbatim.

"I can't believe all of this is real?!"

After repeated confirmations, the Straw Hat Pirates finally made their decision.

What this guy said is true, and it is indeed the case.

"So, this guy asked us for help because of that so-called prophecy?"

Usopp bared his teeth, feeling a slight pain.

The samurai who fell from the sky brought such bizarre and strange things, and that's exactly what happened to them.

Indeed, the ocean is incredibly magical, full of mystery.

"So what should we do next, Captain?"

Robin then looked at Luffy.

To be honest, she's quite interested in these kinds of prophetic things...

Because all of these involve historical factors to varying degrees.

However, their next voyage route still needs to be decided by their captain.

"How to do……"

Although I didn't understand much of what he said, I did know that Kin'emon was a strange samurai and that his country needed some help.

Luffy tilted his head and started thinking.

"I don't recommend the Straw Hat leader to face Kaido so early."

Law, standing beside him, offered some suggestions in his capacity as captain of the Heart Pirates.

"We've only just arrived in the New World, and we haven't figured out the situation here, the power each emperor controls, the number of islands they own, the strength within their pirate crews, and so on."

"Under these circumstances, we have destroyed the factory that produces artificial Devil Fruits, which is tantamount to declaring war on Kaido."

"The other side has a deep foundation here, and we are completely clueless about this place. If we go directly to Wano Country to fight Kaido, it would be too hasty."

"Anyway, it only took us half a year to travel from the first half of our journey to this new world, so we have plenty of time."

"Fighting them is inevitable sooner or later, so I think we should make thorough preparations before engaging in battle."

Luo's words made sense, and the others nodded slightly in agreement.

Indeed, the saying "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated" is a very wise one, as said by a military strategist from Link's hometown.

"But……"

Kin'emon, who had just been relieved to have proven that he was not a liar, became anxious when he saw that even after these people believed him, they still had no intention of going to rescue Wano Country.

"There are no 'buts'! We are pirates, but free-spirited pirates!!"

Luffy grinned and put his hands behind his head.

"So, wherever we want to go, no matter how dangerous the people and things are waiting for us, we'll go and try it."

"But if we don't want to go, then even if there are mountains of gold there, we won't give it a second glance."

"Right, everyone?"

He turned his face and showed everyone his big white teeth.

"That's true~"

Everyone else joined in the laughter.

That's absolutely right. This is the style of their pirate crew, and this is the style of their captain.

For them, Wano Country wasn't a place they absolutely had to go to.

It's the kind of place you can go to, but it's not necessary.

Just as Luo said, they have plenty of time and there's no need to rush.