After sailing away from the island of rare animals, Alvida asks.
"Hey, Captain, where to next?"
Ace just casually answered.
"Who cares?"
"What do you mean by who cares? Is the booze still affecting you since you, Gaimon, and Zoro wouldn't stop drinking even last night?"
"Nah, it will take a lot more booze than that for me to get drunk, although the same can't be the same for my friend Zoro here."
"Well, it's nothing unexpected of Zoro sleeping during the day."
"Yeah, you're right about that. It seems Zoro has a special talent for drinking booze, but it will take him a few years for him to be able to outdrink me."
While I was speaking with Alvida about which island to visit next, I heard a faint cannonfire. At first, I thought the navy or a different group of pirates was attacking us, but the sound was so far away that it seemed there was a group that was fighting ahead.
"Tell me something, do you hear that?"
"No, what is it I'm supposed to be hearing?"
While Alvida was confused, I was about to call Usopp to ask if he'd seen anything, but just before I did, I heard him.
"Ahhhh, Captain! I see two navy ships attacking a pirate ship straight ahead."
Well, it seems I wasn't just hearing things. I was right when I thought I heard cannonfire. I wonder which pirates are being attacked. I wonder if I know them well, only one way to find out.
"Hey, Usopp, can you tell who the pirates are?"
"No, but they look extremely familiar. I wouldn't be surprised to find out they were a famous pirate crew."
"Describe their Jolly Roger for me."
"It's a black skull in the shape of a cat."
Well, would you look at that, it seems we're about to meet the black cat pirates. There's a skill that their first mate, Jango, has. I'm wondering if I can copy his hypnosis ability. The only other person with a similar ability is Lafitte from Blackbeard's crew. Besides, I need to let Captain Kuro know what happens if he tries to pretend to be a butler.
"Well, Alvida, we are going straight ahead, not too fast, though we don't want to fight them at full strength if we can help it."
"Ok, Captain, but the Jolly Roger that Usopp describes sounds like it's the black cat pirates you were warning the rich family about."
"That's right, it's without a doubt Captain Kuro of the Black Cat pirates. I think we should introduce ourselves to him. There aren't many people in the East Blue who have a higher bounty than he currently does. Right now, let's put him to the test, hey Zoro, wake up. We're about to fight here, and Usopp, get down here. We need to load the cannons so we can fire if it comes to that."
"Aye, Captain."
"Groan,Yawn, Hey, what is going on here?"
"Get ready, we're about to fight, and it's no small time, it's the Black Cat Pirates."
" You mean the pirate crew with the pirate you were talking about back in Syrup Village?"
"That's right, he's the future Klahadore, well, not if I can help it."
"So, what's the plan of attack, Captain?"
"Well, we let them fight each other and tire each other out. I do not doubt that Captain Kuro and his crew will win. As soon as they finish, we attack them."
"No honor among thieves, huh?"
"That's right, when you're a pirate, you need to be ready for anything, even to fight right after you've fought, that's something the pirate who's called the man of a thousand plans should appreciate."
"Oh, by the way, don't look at the first mate's rings; he can hypnotize you with them. They're also his weapons, so be extremely careful and be careful of the Nyan brothers, Buchi and Sham; their combo attacks can be tricky."