Usopp's knees started making crisp knocking sounds: "C-can we... take a detour?" His long nose turned pitifully towards Nami, "You're a genius navigator! Find a safe route..."
"The problem is—" Nami took over, suddenly stopping, "...in the kitchen of G8 Fortress, there are enough ingredients for half a year."
Sanji's eyebrows instantly shot into his hairline: "What did you say?!"
Usopp's fingers dug desperately into the ship's rail, splinters piercing his fingertips unnoticed.
His voice was hoarse like a rusty hinge: "It's written in the novel... the going merry won't make it to the next island."
The long-nosed sniper suddenly turned, punching the mast, "But if we can get the warship-grade timber from G8 Fortress—we can repair the going merry better."
Zoro's scabbard suddenly struck the deck heavily. Everyone remembered that illustration: the burning going merry breaking in two in the icy sea, the ship spirit's final farewell dissolving into points of light.
"Then what are we waiting for?" The swordsman's voice was colder than a blade, "Let's go steal it."
Sanji's cigarette spun half a turn between his lips, the spark illuminating his gloomy brows and eyes: "The Marine must be guarding the timber store like the treasure vault of Mary Geoise." The smoke ring he exhaled twisted into the shape of chains, "But if we can get it..."
Nami's nautical chart rustled in the wind, and she suddenly pierced the mark for G8 Fortress with the tip of her pen:
"According to the novel, their dock opens a supply channel every Thursday." Her fingernail unconsciously scratched the timber mark, it could at least let the going merry sail for a while longer.
Luffy pressed down his Straw Hat, but the corners of his mouth under the shadow stretched to his ears: "Then let's go on Thursday!" His rubber fist slammed into his palm with a bang like a cannonball, "We'll get what the going merry needs—"
"Wait!" Usopp suddenly grabbed the Captain's collar, his eyes bloodshot, "You don't understand at all!"
His roar startled a flock of seabirds, "This isn't an ordinary fight! If we fail..."
His trembling hand pointed below the ship's rail—there was a barely visible crack there, seeping tiny drops of water with the surge of the waves.
Silence spread like a plague.
Everyone heard the going merry's painful groans, the keel of this partner who had carried them to the sky was already overburdened.
"Usopp." Luffy suddenly reached out and pressed on the crack, his rubber palm fitting warmly against the hull, "The going merry said it would take us to farther places, right?"
His Straw Hat was blown up by the sea breeze, revealing an expression of unprecedented seriousness, "Then let's go get the medicine that can heal it together!"
"Luffy." Nami's voice trembled, "You're not...?"
"Hehe..." The Straw Hat boy suddenly grinned, his white teeth flashing blindingly in the sunlight, "Isn't this more interesting?"
He leaped down abruptly, his Straw Hat lifted by the updraft, revealing eyes burning with fighting spirit: "The Marine prepared a surprise party? Then of course we have to go make a big fuss!"
"Can we really....." Usopp pounced and hugged his rubber leg.
"Zoro." Luffy suddenly turned his head, "Are you scared?"
The green-haired swordsman chuckled, gripping his sword hilt: "It's a good chance to try out a new move."
"Sanji?"
The blonde cook had already tied his apron: "For the ingredients of All Blue."
When Luffy's gaze swept over, Nami suddenly grabbed a book and threw it at his head: "You idiots!!"
Her furious fist froze in mid-air, she saw in the open book's illustration, her future self standing at the bow of the Sunny, with fireworks exploding in the sky behind her as they broke through the Marine's encirclement.
"...Two conditions." The navigator suddenly raised a finger, "First, all the treasure belongs to me."
Her second finger jabbed hard into Luffy's chest, "Second—if you dare to die in a place like this, I'll sell your Straw Hat to the Revolutionary Army for bounty money!"
Beyond the sea of clouds,
The alarm of G8 Fortress suddenly resounded through the sky.
Commander Jonathan stared at the monitoring screen where the Buster Call fleet suddenly began to gather, taking off his military cap with a wry smile: "Truly... I've been underestimated."
His gaze swept over the open novel "Pirate King" on the table, a dramatic close-up of Straw Hat descending from the sky was drawn on a certain page.
Meanwhile, in the cabin of the going merry, Luffy stretched his arm to the limit, his rubber fist hitting everyone in the middle with a "bang": "Let's go! Let's turn the Marine's secret base—"
"Into our banquet hall!"
As the going merry was suddenly caught by a downdraft, a certain gear of fate, ten times crazier than the original work, began to turn with a roar!
At the same time,
Jonathan also started a live stream as requested, the room name was: "Operation: Easily Capture Straw Hat Luffy!"
Then he clicked to start the live stream,
Jonathan had just adjusted the microphone when the number in the upper right corner of the screen was already soaring wildly—**50,000, 80,000, 100,000+!
"Hey hey, this is even livelier than a Buster Call mobilization..."
Jonathan adjusted his Marine cap with a wry smile, the flood of bullet comments had already submerged the entire screen.
[Marineford·Vice Admiral Momonga]: "Jonathan! All fortress cannons must be preheated! Straw Hat will break through from the southwest corner!"
[G5 Branch·Vergo]: "Suggest poisoning the mess hall, the novel shows they will definitely go for the food." (This bullet comment was suddenly blocked by the system)
[Impel Down·Magellan]: "@Jonathan Do you need poison gas bomb support? My newly developed 'Inmate Special Edition'..... will definitely keep the Straw Hat Crew in the toilet for a week!"
Suddenly a golden bullet comment swept across the screen domineeringly, it was clearly a top-up!
[Marineford·Garp]: "Beat him to death for me! If you can't kill him, throw him into the sea to feed the fish!!"
The live stream room instantly exploded.
[Sabaody Archipelago·Sentomaru]: "Old man, you're acting too fake, aren't you? Luffy is your grandson! Your lifeblood!"
[Water 7·Spandam]: "Exactly! Who doesn't know your office drawer is full of your grandson's wanted posters? Vice Admiral Garp, please have some self-respect!"
Just as everyone thought Garp was about to say something, Garp's ID suddenly turned gray, nobody knew what the problem was,
"It seems Mr. Garp personally went to adjust the cannon angles~" Jonathan said, wiping cold sweat, just as he finished, the entire live stream room was suddenly flooded with scarlet bullet comments,
[New World·Red-Haired Shanks]: "Is it popular for the Marine to team up and bully rookies now?"
The bullet comments froze for three seconds, then exploded at an even crazier speed:
[Onigashima·Kaido]: "Worororo! Red Hair, what are you pretending to be a good guy for? Who was it back then who force-fed the kid alcohol in Windmill Village? And even deliberately left the Devil Fruit there, who knows what you were thinking."
"It has to be Lord Kaido, he already knows the first half of 'Pirate King' by heart!"
"Red-Haired Shanks also didn't expect that his past was completely in the boss's hands!"
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