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

Two muffled thuds brought Zoro and Sanji's increasingly heated verbal sparring to an abrupt halt.

"What time is it?!"

Nami withdrew her fist and ran forward. Zoro and Sanji, whose heads were tilted after each taking a punch, roared with sharp teeth:

"Can't you take our dangerous situation seriously?! Give me some urgency, you two are both responsible, you bastards!!" Nami said angrily, knowing that these two guys were completely unreliable.

"Hey, Usopp, why are you running after me?! Use the [Instant Adhesion Gun] Link gave you to stick those Marines to the ground!!"

She turned her head and spoke to Usopp, who was also there, running breathlessly with his head down.

"Do you think I'm stupid?!"

Usopp rolled his eyes in annoyance and said, "Don't you even see how many marines with guns are behind us?"

"They haven't fired at us yet, mainly because they're worried about stray bullets hitting civilians on the street and because we haven't resisted."

"But if I pull out the glue gun and point it at them, do you think they'll let us experience what it's like to be in a hail of bullets?!"

As a sniper, he was extremely sensitive to shooting.

Within these narrow streets, if it weren't for the genuine concern about accidentally harming civilians, the fact that none of them carried wanted posters, and the uncertainty about whether they were any heinous naval criminals, the primary objective would have been to capture them alive.

Otherwise, these naval soldiers would have already opened fire on them.

However, if Usopp and his crew are ungrateful and turn their escape into a gunfight, then the situation will be quite different.

Out of self-defense and to protect the safety of civilians, as well as to subdue this group of highly threatening pirates who have been redefined as ferocious and menacing, the navy will definitely choose to open fire.

"So in the end, I'll still have to rely on you?!"

Nami knew the reason, and while she was speechless and had a headache, she also looked helpless.

Without further delay, she immediately pulled out the thin straw from her great, flat place.

"that is……"

Vivi was originally trying to figure out how to deal with so many pursuers behind her, but the microphone that Nami took out immediately caught her eye.

"Is this called 'Tornado Straw'?"

Noticing Vivi's curious gaze, Nami waved at her and winked playfully.

"This is a gadget Link gave me, specifically for self-defense, you know?"

So it was a gadget Link gave me...

Weiwei nodded in understanding, a hint of envy flashing in her eyes.

Link has already lent Nami the gadgets, so their relationship is already incredibly close.

When will I be able to gain Link's approval and be given items in return...?

Weiwei felt a mix of trepidation and anticipation as she thought this.

"Whew!!!"

After speaking with Vivi, Nami tilted her head slightly and put the [Tornado Straw] to her lips.

Then he gently blew on the group of pirates who were getting closer and closer behind him.

Suddenly, a strong gust of air gushed out from the straw in Nami's mouth.

"what is that?!"

When the group of marines saw Nami take out a microphone, they instinctively raised their guns and pointed them at her.

But then, a powerful tornado, formed by the strong airflow, instantly swept towards them.

So one by one, while roaring, they turned into shooting stars in the sky, carried away by the tornado and blown far away.

"This is so convenient..."

The other Straw Hat Pirates members looked up and watched this scene.

Although they had anticipated that they would escape just as easily, it didn't stop them from marveling once again at the wonder of Link's gadgets.

"Speaking of which, should we borrow a few gadgets from Link later...?"

A group of people stared thoughtfully as Nami put the [Tornado Meow Straw] back into its magnificent place.

Nami has the Tornado Meow Stick, and Usopp has the Instant Adhesion Gun. Both of these items are quite powerful and can be very effective in certain aspects.

This made them even more tempted.

Of course, they weren't trying to be lazy or overly dependent, but rather, in certain ways, like getting rid of the navy as they are doing now.

Tools with this function would really make things much more convenient and save a lot of trouble!

The others also had the idea of ​​borrowing some more of Link's tools, and Sanji himself had long had this idea, and had even borrowed some from Link several times before.

However, due to certain well-known reasons, he has never succeeded, and Link has never agreed.

"Damn it, I really want the Chameleon Tea and the Chameleon Cookies from the Animal Transformation Cookies..."

Sanji always feels a pang of sadness whenever he sees others using Link's gadgets.

"My women's bathhouse! My dream!! So are all human dreams so difficult to achieve, seemingly within reach, yet actually far away at the ends of the earth?!"

The thought of being right in front of him yet unable to have him made Sanji feel the world gradually turn dark.

"Fortunately, Link hasn't shown up in front of me with the gadget that makes him invisible yet."

With that in mind, Sanji felt a little better.

"They didn't even use any invisibility items in front of me to show the invisibility effect I've always dreamed of; otherwise, that would have been true despair."

He could only find some solace in this thought.

As Sanji was thinking this, he suddenly saw a strange stick floating in mid-air, entirely green, with a red handle.

Sanji: "???"

A few question marks had just appeared on his forehead when he opened his mouth slightly in shock.

"Sanji, what are you saying?!"

Then he heard a voice that he knew all too well say those words.

Sanji: "...Link?!"

He swallowed hard, hesitated for a moment, and then asked the question with difficulty, word by word.

"it's me."

With that familiar tone of voice, a button that looked like a switch was pressed on the red and green stick, and Link's figure slowly appeared in front of him.

He held the strange stick in one hand and Chopper in the other, and the two of them appeared at the same time.

"Sanji just said something about an invisibility gadget or something."

Chopper, whose hearing was quite sensitive, heard Sanji's mutterings and jumped off Link's hand to the ground.

He then patted his little deer paws. "But Sanji, how did you know we just happened to use an invisibility item?!"

As he spoke, he looked at Sanji with a very innocent and naive expression, genuinely curious.

However, Chopper's sincere question, devoid of any other ulterior motives, dealt Sanji an unbearable blow.

Sanji's body seemed to have suffered a major blow, swaying and almost losing his footing.

"So this gadget is a tool that allows you to become invisible?!"

His tone suddenly became hoarse and slurred, and his words came out in broken sentences.

"Oh, you mean this?"

Link shook the red and green stick in his hand.

"This is called the 'Invisibility Stick,' and it is indeed an invisibility-related item."

Item: [Invisibility Stick].

Description: A small red and green stick. Holding it in your hand and turning it on will cause it to absorb light from the surrounding area, achieving an invisibility effect. The downside is that while the user disappears, the stick itself can still be seen.

In addition, like the [Famous Sword - Electric Light Ball], this item becomes ineffective once the electricity is used up.

It is also a type of item that requires charging, but it is much more cost-effective than some disposable items that consume batteries and cannot be replaced.

Of course, it's definitely not as convenient and practical as an invisibility cloak.

However, in terms of achieving invisibility, it is much stronger than the chameleon cookies in the [Chameleon Tea] and [Animal Transformation Cookies].

"Having seen so many marines before, and with a bounty on my head, I figured I might as well hide for now. That way, I can avoid some unnecessary trouble."

.

Link explained it this way.

Then he saw Sanji standing there, staring blankly.

"It really is..."

Sanji's voice trembled slightly. He wasn't listening to what Link was saying at all; all his attention was focused on the [Invisibility Stick] in Link's hand.

Although he didn't know the specific effects of this item, just hearing its name was enough to deliver a devastating blow.

"That is my dream..."

Sanji stared intently at the invisibility stick in Link's hand, his eyes gradually turning bloodshot, and his breathing becoming heavy.

"I'm now just one step away from my dream, from the women's bathhouse..."

He trembled uncontrollably as he raised his arm toward the invisible stick that was so close at hand.

Then~

La!

His dream was shattered.

"What's wrong, Sanji?"

After Link put away the Invisibility Stick, Sanji suddenly turned into a statue, his entire body becoming incredibly stiff.

Moreover, his background was completely empty gray-white, as if it were unusually lonely and dilapidated.

"Sanji, are you alright?!"

When young Chopper saw Sanji like this for the first time, he was a little flustered.

He thought Sanji had contracted some serious illness: "Could it be some sudden illness?! We need to get him treated right away!!"

"Doctor?! Quick, doctor... Ah, it seems I am the doctor myself?!"

Well, if Sanji really does get sick, it'll probably be an unbearable sudden heart attack and stroke.

"It seems they suffered a huge blow?"

Link, having put away the Invisibility Stick, was genuinely moved with pity when he saw Sanji's pitiful state.

But when I think about what Sanji might do after obtaining that invisibility gadget...

Well, it seems most appropriate to shatter his dream.

"Is your dream really this pathetic...?"

Even Zoro, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it anymore, and a bead of sweat rolled down his forehead, speechless at the sight.

Sanji, whose life had lost all color and turned completely gray, was unusually unmoved by Zoro's words.

Instead, they silently knelt on the ground, heads bowed, arms drooping, the world shrouded in a vast expanse of desolation.

Sauron: "..."

Link: "..."

Usopp and Chopper, who were healing him, were both present: "..."

Hey, hey, hey, does this mean you've lost all hope in life?

Are you just going to give up on your perseverance and persistence like this? Does that mean you've spent your whole life living for women?

Would you really die without a woman...? It seems like you really might, and it would be a fate worse than death?

A group of people were internally complaining.

"Alright, Usopp, you carry Sanji, let's hurry up and get out of here!!"