At the moment they arrived at the Going Merry, Zoro and Sanji started fighting over whose hunted animal was the biggest.
"No man, look, mine is definitely the biggest," Sanji told him.
"Ha, sure. My rhino is bigger," Zoro told him.
"They sure are noisy," Oliver said, seeing how they were already fighting.
He watched Sanji and Zoro fight, then looked at Luffy and Usopp who were having fun with Elegg.
"..... Wait a minute, when did she come with us?" Oliver asked upon realizing that.
"I don't know, but she already joined Luffy and Usopp," Nami told him.
"Oi, Luffy!" Oliver shouted at him, pointing at Elegg. "Her?"
"Yes... she's our new nakama!" Luffy said with a smile.
"Luffy! Luffy! Look!"
Usopp was in front of a mini cannon that Elegg had in her hands.
"Use it. Aim anywhere," Elegg told him, giving him the cannon.
Usopp aimed it at a tree and when he pulled the trigger, a gust of air came out and blew a hole in it.
"Incredible! I want to try it!" Luffy said, joining them.
"I guess I know why she's with us," Oliver said, seeing the size of the hole that was made.
"And they want her to activate a weapon..." Vivi said, thinking about it.
"Don't worry so much about that. The reason they want her, they won't be able to fulfill it anymore, now she's with us just like you," Nami said.
Sanji and Zoro kept talking about their hunting competition while the rest just had to listen to them.
"How long are you going to keep at that? We can't take them whole, so cut off what we need and let's go," Nami told them.
"Yes, Nami-san!" Sanji shouted.
"Hey, can't we bring some more meat onto the ship?" Luffy asked.
"Idiot, if we bring any more, the ship won't be able to stay afloat," Nami told Luffy. "Do you want to sink the ship?"
"What a shame that so much meat is going to waste," Vivi said, looking at the two animals.
"Going to waste?" Oliver asked her. "We will take it all."
"We can't, the Going Merry doesn't have that much capacity," Nami told him.
"But I do," Oliver told her.
"That's true, you can store a lot of food. Why don't we have more food then?" Nami asked him.
"We do. It's just that if I take it all out, Luffy will eat it instantly; he already did it to Zoro and me once. Hey, Sanji."
He took meat, vegetables, and ingredients out of his inventory, placing them on the floor.
"Store this, I'll keep the meat for emergencies," Oliver told him.
"How did you buy so many things?" Sanji asked him.
"Well, with money," Oliver answered him.
"Don't cut the dinosaurs yet, I have to remove their skin and entrails," Sanji told them as he went to store the things.
"Nami-san, what does Oliver-san mean that he can store things?" Vivi asked her, not understanding.
"Wait a moment and you'll see," Nami told her.
Sanji returned and started cutting the dinosaurs' meat while passing it to Oliver, who put it in his inventory instantly.
"Eh? How does he do that?" Vivi asked.
"I don't know, he says it's a power or magic," Nami said.
"Is it the power of a Devil Fruit?" Elegg asked.
Elegg had gone over to them while Luffy and Usopp had entered the kitchen during Sanji's moment of distraction.
"Maybe? I don't know, although he has never said he can't swim," Nami said.
"Hmmmm... He is a very interesting Beastkin. Completely different from the rest of his race," Elegg said.
"I guess... Eh? What do you mean?" Nami asked her, confused.
"Well, he is a Beastkin, right?" Elegg told her.
"I think he has said that before," Nami said.
"It's just that his race is quite dangerous. They are too aggressive. My master told me that once a Beastkin crew was able to sink several battleships and managed to escape, that's why it's interesting that he doesn't want to kill anyone," Elegg said.
"Aggressive..." Nami said.
She looked at Oliver, who was chasing Luffy and Usopp, who had proceeded to attack him with the air cannon.
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They finished their preparations and set the Going Merry on its course down the river they had entered Little Garden through, attempting to leave.
"If we continue like this, we'll exit on the east side of the island," Nami said, checking the map.
"Hey, can we eat more?" Luffy asked.
"Idiot, we just ate. We can't waste all the meat we got before even leaving the island," Nami told him.
"Oliver, meat," he said, looking for help from his first mate.
"Not at all. I don't want to have problems with Nami, you better hold it in," Oliver told him, looking straight ahead.
Luffy started grumbling until he saw Dorry and Brogy up ahead.
"Wow, look, it's the giants!" Luffy pointed ahead.
"They've come to see us off!" Usopp exclaimed, happy to see them.
"This is a great reason why you little humans..."
"...won't be able to reach the next island."
Both giants said, catching everyone's attention.
"You risked your lives to preserve our pride."
"So no matter what kind of enemy you face,"
"We won't allow our friends' pride to be damaged!!!"
"Trust us. Keep moving forward!! Forward, no matter what happens!!"
The Giants shouted at them, preparing their weapons.
"Alright!! Let's go forward!!" Luffy ordered the rest.
"What are they going to...?" Zoro tried to ask.
"This is goodbye, we will meet again someday,"
"Without a doubt,"
Both Giants said.
"Look ahead!!" Nami shouted.
In front of the Straw Hats' ship appeared an absolutely gigantic fish.
"There it is. Island Eater."
"We will open a path in the name of Elbaf!!"
Both Giants shouted again while the Straw Hats prepared to attempt evasive action.
"Grab the helm! Hurry! That fish is going to eat us!" Nami shouted.
"What the hell is that?! A giant goldfish?!" Usopp shouted when he realized something. "A giant goldfish? Where have I heard that before?"
"Hurry, Usopp!" Nami shouted.
"N-No, I can't! We have to go forward!! Right, Luffy?!" Usopp said with fear, but determination.
"Yes, of course," Luffy said.
"What?! We're going straight into that?!" Elegg shouted, seeing how the fish's mouth opened completely.
"You do realize that it's bigger than Laboon, right?" Oliver said.
"I know, but everything will turn out fine," Luffy said with a smile.
"I guess we'll have to do it," Oliver said, accepting the situation.
"You're accepting it?!" Nami shouted at him in disbelief.
"Give up, Nami," Zoro said, in the same position as Oliver, making Nami cry.
"Luffy! We can trust them, right?!" Sanji shouted.
"Yes," Luffy said.
"Are you all crazy?! Are we really going straight into the monster?!" Vivi shouted.
"W-We don't have time anymore!" Nami shouted, scared.
"Island Eater. That damn giant goldfish," Dorry said.
"It's not exactly its size that's impressive. It's the size and length of the islands that it poops out after eating them whole. Like a gigantic excrement called the Island of Nothing," Brogy said.
The Island Eater swallowed the Going Merry, so everyone was trapped inside and about to be swallowed.
"Hold onto something!" Oliver shouted.
Oliver held on tight when he felt Elegg hugging him so as not to let go, while both giants remembered their adventures when they arrived at that island and got ready to attack.
"HAKOKU!!"
Both Giants delivered a powerful strike with their weapons, breaking them in the process, which caused a strong gust of air that killed the Island Eater, freeing the Straw Hats and allowing them to return to their journey.
"Wooohoo! We're flying! Awesome! This is so awesome!" Luffy shouted.
"Now sail forth!!"
The giants said goodbye to their friends who were sailing away into the horizon.
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