After explaining everything, Nami transformed into an electric current and returned to the ship.
Chicken Talisman, activate.
The "Never Empty Army" floated up.
Under the watchful eyes of Skypiea and Sandia, it disappeared into the horizon.
...
...
A week later.
Gourmet Town Pukey on the Grand Line.
This was a famous gourmet town.
Every year, a continuous stream of tourists came to taste the food.
Especially in the past month, due to the Gourmet Carnival, the lively atmosphere had reached its peak.
At this moment, hundreds of ships of all sizes were docked at Puki's port.
Pirate ships, Marine warships, merchant ships, wealthy nobles' private yachts... everything was available.
Among them, a medium-sized, unremarkable ordinary sailboat was naturally inconspicuous.
Only occasionally would someone look at this ship and show confusion.
Because they couldn't recognize or remember the ship's features in their minds at all.
It was as if their memory and perception were interfered with the moment they saw the ship.
This was naturally not an illusion, but something that actually existed.
Now, Roland's group, with a total bounty exceeding 2.7 billion, were already well-known figures on the Grand Line.
No matter where they went, they would be recognized, causing a huge sensation and severely affecting the quality of their journey.
Fortunately, there were two young girls on the ship who were skilled in cognitive interference abilities.
Vivi's Psychological Control could manipulate all mental phenomena.
Although Thor was not specialized in mental abilities, she could easily achieve minor cognitive interference.
On the third day after leaving Skypiea, Roland took the girls to this town, which was holding a Gourmet Carnival, to have fun.
Relying on Thor and Vivi's dual cognitive interference, no one had recognized their identities in the past four days.
At this moment.
At the bow of the "Never Empty Army."
Roland, full and satisfied, was leisurely fishing in the afternoon.
Gourmet food should be enjoyed, but daily work could not be neglected.
During these past few days in Gourmet Town, Roland's fishing endeavors had also been very fruitful.
In addition to regular items like power levels, food, fine wine, and treasures, he also obtained two special tools.
"Garuda Knife" - From the Little Chef Chinese World, one of the eight legendary cooking utensils, capable of instantly purifying all bird and beast meat.
"Momotaro Dumplings" - A Doraemon tool series, beasts that eat them will be completely tamed and obey the person who fed them the dumplings.
Splash ~
Just then,
The fishing line suddenly straightened, and the float went black.
Roland pulled up the rod sharply, and a square object, about one meter by one meter, was pulled out of the sea.
It was a square, gem-like piece of... meat... sparkling in the sunlight?
"Ding dong"
"Lucky Moment, congratulations to the host for obtaining Regal Mammoth Gem Meat - Absolute Delicacy!!!"
To emphasize the deliciousness of the Gem Meat, the system's notification even had three exclamation marks.
Of course, even if the system didn't emphasize it, Roland was well aware of the delicious value of Gem Meat.
Regal Mammoth, from the Gourmet World.
1500 meters long, 1000 meters tall, capture level 48.
Known as the "Ancient Food Treasure."
Somewhere within its body, it contains a super-premium ingredient that combines the deliciousness of all parts of the body - Gem Meat!!!
In the Gourmet World, one gram of Gem Meat costs 50,000.
The total value of the piece of Gem Meat Roland had just caught was immeasurable.
"As expected of Gourmet Town, it truly produces a lot of delicious food!"
Looking at the gem-like Mammoth meat, Roland's mouth unconsciously began to salivate.
However, he had eaten a bit too much at noon, and the feeling of fullness was still there.
"Good food is worth waiting for, I'll save it as a surprise for dinner!"
Roland made a decision.
For dinner, he would use the Garuda Knife to process the Gem Meat.
Then, he would fry, stir-fry, and deep-fry it with the highest quality cooking oil to make a grand Gem Meat feast.
Soon after Roland properly stored the Gem Meat.
"Captain! Captain! Let's go to the South Sea!"
Nami suggested excitedly.
"Nami, what do you want to do in the South Sea?"
Roland asked.
"Actually..."
Vivi handed a poster to Roland.
South Sea Ice Cream Kingdom Sobel Premium Ice Cream - Sold Out!!!
"In this scorching summer, if one could eat a delicate and delicious ice cream, what a wonderful human enjoyment that would be ~"
Nami said, while constantly glancing at Roland with her big eyes, observing his expression.
Vivi, Kuina, and even Robin and Thor, though silent, their hopeful expressions had already revealed their thoughts.
"Alright then! Let's go to Sobel Kingdom!"
Roland made the decision.
Just in time.
He also had an acquaintance he wanted to see.
Since it was brought up, it would be good to meet him early.
"That's great ~"
Nami jumped three feet high with joy.
"Thank you, Mr. Roland!"
Vivi cheered.
"Brother, I love you ~"
Kuina made a heart shape towards Roland.
"Boss, I love you too!"
Teapot Shukaku imitated and made a heart shape.
"Get lost!"
Roland kicked Shukaku, sending him tumbling.
"Thor, this is a map of the South Sea. Sobel Kingdom is at this location. Can you pinpoint it directly?"
Robin unfolded the South Sea map she had prepared in advance.
The desire to eat premium ice cream was a current one.
If they went slowly to the South Sea,
The feeling wouldn't be the same then.
Fortunately, Thor, who had mastered spatial teleportation, was on board.
As long as the exact location was determined, thousands of mountains and rivers were but a thought away.
"Hmm, roughly determined! Everyone, prepare to depart!"
Thor waved her slender hand.
A dark purple spatial portal formed out of thin air.
The Chicken Talisman activated, lifting Never Empty Army into the air, and it entered the portal.
"Holy crap!!!"
"Holy crap crap crap!!!"
"What… what just happened?"
"Did I just imagine it? A ship suddenly vanished!"
Near the port, everyone who witnessed this scene couldn't help but exclaim in shock.
"Hey, hey, hey, that couldn't be a spatial ability user, could it?!"
A pirate ability user's eyes widened in shock as he voiced this possibility.
This single incident stirred up a thousand waves; the news of a spatial ability user appearing in Gourmet Town Pukey spread like wildfire and would soon trigger a major event.
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