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

"Water Shuriken!!"

Suddenly, a shuriken imbued with the power of water appeared in Greninja Law's palm!

Whoosh! !

With a flick of his wrist, he disappeared into the distant jungle.

boom!

This triggered a series of explosions.

"That's really impressive power!!"

He withdrew his hand with satisfaction.

"This is so handsome..."

Luffy and Usopp's eyes turned red with envy.

Such a majestic Greninja, and such a powerful Water Shuriken! They really want to try it out!

"that……"

The cat viper, whose brain was completely fried, stepped forward and interrupted:

873 "Should we still go see Raizo...?"

"go!!"

Before Nekomamushi could finish speaking, Luffy and the others turned around and shouted at him.

His eyes were filled with deep expectation.

Are we finally going to meet the kind of ninja Link was talking about?!

Cat Viper: "..."

Why are you yelling so loudly?!

And... Raizo is different from the ninjas you imagine!

He glanced at the imposing Greninja Law, and the faces of Luffy and the others, and then considered the factors Link had mentioned earlier...

A strange expression involuntarily appeared on his face.

"You're destined to be disappointed..."

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Led by Nekomamushi and Inuarashi, the group headed towards the Whale Forest.

In a secluded spot within the Whale Forest, the red Poneglyphs and the ninja Raizo that Luffy and his crew have been waiting for are located.

However~~~

After everyone arrived at the depths inside.

"How could he look like that?!"

After Link had built up the story for so long, Luffy thought that the real ninja would be a powerful figure with a dashing appearance, wearing a black night outfit, carrying an assassination sword on his back, and fully equipped.

But after he met Raizo in person~

With a round face and a spider-like head, it looks unusually short despite its enormous size.

At this moment, he was bound to the Poneglyphs because the Mink Tribe was controlling him and preventing him from going outside.

He was there, tears streaming down his face, screaming loudly, looking extremely disheveled.

Click~! !

Without even asking, Luffy's image of ninjas completely collapsed.

"This person... is he a ninja?!"

Luffy, trembling, turned his head to look at Nekomamushi, Inuarashi Kin'emon, and the other two, and finally asked stubbornly.

Hmm~

The three of them nodded firmly, their eyes filled with sympathy.

Luffy:"……"

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476. Road sign obtained!! New visitors! A new journey begins; we must choose to face the Four Emperors!!

Later, Luffy, still unwilling to give up, asked Raizo several more questions related to ninjas, such as [Chakra], [Fireball Jutsu], [Jinchūriki], [Rasengan], and [Eight Gates].

Seeing the blank and bewildered look on the other person's face, Luffy realized something.

"This guy isn't a real ninja at all."

He concluded with certainty.

As for Raizo, you can say he's not good-looking, that his ninja skills are lacking, or that his ninja training is insufficient.

But ~

You can't say he wasn't a real ninja!!!

He was once a genius ninja of the Kozuki family's Oniwabanshu, but later became a retainer of the Oden family after being abandoned by a female ninja and falling into despair.

Nicknamed "Raizo of the Mist," he immediately couldn't stand it anymore.

After being freed by Kin'emon, he immediately launched shuriken at Luffy and displayed various ninjutsu techniques such as the Shadow Clone Technique.

But~~~

"You still don't know how to use Chakra!!"

Luffy said confidently.

"Besides, you've never even heard of a genin, so you obviously haven't reached that level."

"He's just a third-rate ninja who's not even a genin~"

A third-rate ninja?!

When Raizo heard these words, the veins on his forehead practically bulged.

These words were indeed extremely damaging.

He was so angry that he wanted to go up and confront Luffy.

And then~

"Um?!!"

He squinted, his head full of question marks, looking at the blue, standing Greninja frog blocking his way.

"I am from the Koga school, Koga Greninja!!"

Luo crossed his arms and said coldly.

Link, who was watching the commotion from the sidelines: "..."

It's no wonder that I grew up watching stories of battles between the marine warrior Sora and Germa 66.

This kind of childish, immature attitude is handled absolutely perfectly.

"Koga style? Greninja??"

Although Raizo had never heard of such a ninja style, the other party was clearly an excellent ninja... Ninja Frog.

Unconsciously, his hands also started waving around.

Then~

boom! !

A battle between ninjas is about to erupt!

Link only glanced at their shuriken-throwing scene a few times before deciding not to pay any more attention.

He then turned and looked with Robin at the Poneglyph in front of them.

And the symbol that represents the Kozuki family on the Poneglyphs.

The inscription on the stone tablet was originally only decipherable by the Kozuki clan, who created the tablet.

Later, it reached Ohara, and scholars were able to learn it through study.

However, the methods used by the Kozuki clan to interpret the Poneglyphs and the contents of the stone tablets were lost by the generation of Momonosuke's father, Kozuki Oden.

With the destruction of Ohara, Robin is now the only one who can decipher the Poneglyphs.

Well, let's add Link, who ate the [Translation Konjac].

"Are these the coordinates of one of the locations?"

Link glanced at it briefly and memorized the directions recorded on it.

Each road sign records a location in its historical text. When these locations are known, connecting the four points on a map will reveal the final island, "Rafurd," at the center.

These four road signs contain historical texts. One of them states that the Kozuki clan of Zou and Wano Country arranged for the Mink Tribe to govern the Mink Principality.

This is the area that Link is seeing right now.

The other two pieces are controlled by Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, two of the Four Emperors, respectively.

The last remaining piece was originally on Fishman Island, but for some unknown reason, it was taken away and its whereabouts remain unknown.

"So, we've achieved our goal of coming to this island!"

Nami and Robin were both staring at the Poneglyph in front of them.

Although Nami couldn't understand the writing on it, she knew that the process of finally finding the One Piece was about a quarter complete!

A milestone was achieved with ease, which made everyone very satisfied.

"So, can we then head to the next island?"

Nami glanced at Greninja Law, who was fighting Raizo, and the idiot captain and his crew who were cheering loudly.

I couldn't help but twitch my brow.

"Yes, we can indeed head to the next island, but..."

Robin chuckled and crossed her arms over her chest.

"The two known historical texts of the Road Signs have already been obtained by the Four Emperors."

"So... which of the Four Emperors will we face next?"

Are we going to face an opponent of the Sea Emperor's caliber so soon?

Nami's smile suddenly froze.

She suddenly realized that things weren't necessarily going to progress so quickly.

"It should be Kaido, right?"

Zoro, watching the commotion from the sidelines, casually replied.

"After all, we first wiped out the Donquixote family and destroyed his business of artificial Devil Fruits."

"And then here, he defeated one of his three calamities, Drought Jack."

"No matter how you look at it, you have a grudge against him, so you should confront him first, right?"

What he said was indeed reasonable.

Anyway, this group of people had already formed a grudge against the Beast Pirates.

Therefore, there's no need to provoke the other four emperors and encounter so many troublesome opponents.

We should take them down one by one, defeating Kaido first before dealing with the other four emperors.

The other members naturally had no objections; on the contrary, they all regarded Kaido as the first Yonko they would face.

It’s just~

There are always so many unexpected events and setbacks in this world, causing plans to be disrupted by unforeseen circumstances.

"Ok?"