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

Usopp haphazardly stretched out his arms and legs, lunging towards the wall.

While the group outside was doing all this, Lilith had already gone inside.

Moreover, a tone of voice suddenly came from the communicator into her earpiece:

"Lilith, Lilith~!"

The voice sounded hurried, as if there was some plan in mind.

She looked back and saw that the Straw Hat crew was still "blocked" outside the door.

She was just about to warn the guys behind her not to be fooled by the visual effect, but then...

Whoosh! !

A figure flew in from outside in an instant.

Lilith calmly shifted her feet to the side, causing the figure to fall to the ground.

"You really can walk through it~~~"

Sanji peeked in, curiously looking around at his surroundings.

"How strange..."

After everyone had passed through the wall and entered the passage, they all looked around at the laboratory environment.

Behind them, the laboratory door in the wall seemed to have turned into an iron gate.

This incredible material transformation structure once again exceeded their understanding.

At that moment, Lilith, who was standing nearby, suddenly disappeared without anyone noticing.

Just as they were surveying their surroundings, a loudspeaker suddenly announced something:

"I am Vegapunk Think, please continue forward."

The broadcast voice was very flat, as if devoid of any emotion.

"Please listen to me, just keep moving forward."

The Straw Hat crew looked up, exchanged glances, shrugged indifferently, and strode forward.

In any case, no matter what situation awaits them, they are not afraid at all.

Even to put it another way...

"Go and find the treasures of the future!!"

Nami's eyes shone brightly, and her face was full of money.

"Future treasure?? What's that?!" Usopp was full of question marks.

"It's a flower that can produce gemstones, or something like that."

"...Are you a young girl or an old hag?"

Usopp, ever the master of self-destruction, continued his rant, "I just can't understand it."

Link, Sanji, and Franky all silently distanced themselves from him, leaving Nami, who was getting closer and closer to Usopp, an opening for him to unleash his attack.

"Future kicking techniques!!"

boom! !

Usopp was instantly kicked away by Nami.

The two of them then engaged in a brawl, with Usopp being the one who was brutally beaten.

The people in front ignored them completely and continued walking forward.

Suddenly, the group stopped in their tracks.

The path ahead of 820 was blocked by a huge experimental chamber.

Above that experimental chamber was a label that read "SERAPHIM04".

Seraphim are six-winged angels mentioned in the Old Testament.

They are the highest-ranking messengers of God, also known as the head of angels, or Seraphim.

This already indicates what kind of research is being conducted in this experimental chamber.

Inside the experimental chamber called Seraph, a strange, mysterious liquid was being loaded.

The dashboard above seemed to be recording the dangerous progress, which had reached 98%.

Right in front of the experimental chamber, a figure sat upright in that position.

White hair, black wings, and brown skin—this is an extremely strange appearance, yet it looks exactly like its companion!

"Jinbe?!"

Franky shouted out instinctively.

"But he looks very young..."

Robin looked him up and down, "Something seems a little off."

“Ah la la~”

Aokiji, who was standing to the side, seemed to know something. Seeing Jinbe's appearance, he couldn't help but let out a cold breath.

810 [Swimming powder], there's such a thing?! And it's so reliable!!

Usopp was also there, counting on his fingers:

"Possibility 1: He is Jinbe's child~"

Hmm, the guy across from me who looks a lot like Jinbe is a complete carbon copy of Jinbe when he was young.

"Possibility 2: Jinbe was turned into a child by someone."

Nami echoed the guess.

"Possibility 3: A guy who looks like Jinbe~~~"

Sanji, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, stood there, casting a striking shadow.

"And he has wings, which looks really weird."

"Hey, who are you?!"

Usopp and Franky were asking each other questions back and forth.

However, the young Jinbe did not respond. He simply stood up silently, as if he were full of energy, and immediately assumed a fighting stance.

Only then did everyone finally get a clear look at his physique.

Although he looks like a child, his enormous size is exactly the same as Jinbe himself!

"I suddenly had a bad feeling..."

Franky suddenly tensed up. "It could be possibility 4..."

His tone gradually became serious as he looked at Jinbe, who had raised his arm and whose palm was radiating brilliant golden light.

"He's a pacifist!!"

Before he finished speaking, Jinbe, who bore the mark of the Seraph, raised his palm and pointed it directly at the crowd.

That dazzling, deadly golden flash was about to burst forth.

Whoosh~~~ Boom! !

In the blink of an eye, the intense golden light suddenly shot towards them, and the blinding laser beam surged forth.

A deafening roar, as if the sky had collapsed and the earth had split open, nearly sending up a mushroom cloud over the site.

This laser beam blast sent the Straw Hat crew flying, sending them sprawling!

The violent impact even shook the entire research institute.

This sudden attack, though without warning, was dangerous and deadly.

This also set the stage for the fierce battle that was about to unfold.

"Asshole...々~..."

Sanji stumbled backward, his feet scraping the ground. "How dare they launch a sudden attack on us! What if they hurt Nami and Robin?!"

"Have we been identified?!"

Usopp, however, seemed to have a clearer understanding of reality: "As expected, the World Government doesn't welcome pirates!!"

This is Vegapunk's research base island, which is naturally also the territory of the World Government.

They were a group of wanted criminals, so it was quite normal for them to be attacked by pursuers.

"That is to say..."

Nami's Clima-Tact instantly materialized in her hand, which she grabbed firmly. "Is this a clone soldier of Jinbe?!"

"He looks like a child, it's really hard to bring yourself to do it..."

She was about to brandish the weather stick in her hand, but she stopped herself.

That moment of hesitation gave the opposing Seraph an opportunity to take advantage.

[Seraph Jinbe] Suddenly, he leaped forward.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, the other person suddenly plunged into the water splashing on the floor!

"what is this?!!"

This scene stunned everyone once again. "Is this guy... a power user?!"

"Or perhaps, this is also the power of technology?!"

If it really comes down to ability, they are fairly familiar with each other.

It seems I've seen this ability before in Dressrosa.

Yes, it can move freely on walls and the ground, meaning it can turn objects into a liquid state and move or pass through them freely.

It was the ability of Señor Pick, a true man and a member of the Donquixote Family, possessing the Swim-Swim Fruit.

When using their abilities, users can transform a portion of the ground or a wall into a water-like, ripple-like substance.

The user can freely submerge into the water-like ground or walls, as if swimming on land, thereby enabling them to move quickly through different dimensions.

It can be used to quickly hide underground when attacked by the enemy, or to launch a surprise attack from the ground when the opponent is not paying attention.

And now, [Seraph Jinbe] also possesses such an ability.

He was like a whale shark in the deep sea, swimming swiftly across the land, lunging straight at his prey—

Nami holding the Weather Stick in her hand!!

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on here?!"

Nami cried out in surprise as she quickly dodged away.

Meanwhile, [Seraph Jinbe] pressed closer and closer.

"Damn it, this guy really does look like he's going to be a real pain!"

Sanji stomped his foot, preparing to rush forward and rescue his princess.

However~~~

"You can use this before you go up."

Link, holding a prop, blocked his way.

"this is……"

Sanji also stopped in his tracks and looked at the box that Link was holding, which looked like it was covered in powder.

"This is [swimming powder]~"

Link weighed the prop in his hand and said with a smile.

Prop: [Swimming powder].

Description: This is a powdery substance resembling baby powder. When applied to the body, everything around the user becomes like water. Furthermore, the water created by this powder makes it easier to float than real water, allowing even those who can't swim to do so (thank goodness!).

However, such water can also cause drowning, and if someone drowns, it will be very troublesome afterward, and the only way to rescue them is by digging.