The sea was calm, but this was not a windless zone. One could only blame the temperamental weather of the great sea route. The only fleets that escaped the navy's encirclement were the Hellcat, the Fluffy Duck, the Bloody Rose, the Navy, and the Spot. The Navy was even more damaged.
"Sven, where is the next island? We need to rest and repair the damaged ships. We also need to obtain some water and food.”Junero stood at the bow of the ship. The previous battle had caused the fleet to suffer heavy losses. At this moment, the sea area where the fleet was sailing had inexplicably become a windless zone. Although this was not a real windless zone, it could only be said that the weather was causing trouble.
"According to the permanent pointer, we will arrive at the Green Forest Island next. There is a small town called Lush Town on it. It is one of the famous islands at the entrance of the great sea route. It is as famous as Whiskey Mountain, a town that welcomes pirates, Phantom Bar, a paradise for men, and the pirate's coffin, Forest of Death. We can get supplies and repair ships there, but I personally suggest that we don't take action against them. After all, our ships are slightly damaged now, and our forces will be complicated.”Sven introduced the next route. According to the permanent pointer, the next island was the Green Forest Island. Under normal circumstances, they should have arrived at the Green Forest Island by now. However, due to the weather, the fleet had stayed in this area for four days. They did not know if the navy would catch up soon.
" Eh?!" Whiskey Mountain Peak. What a familiar name. I remember hearing it somewhere before.”Junero was interested in this slightly familiar place name. He vaguely remembered hearing this name from somewhere.
" Whiskey Peak is a town that welcomes pirates. As for why it welcomes pirates, it's because the residents of that town are all bounty hunters. Generally, pirates who have obtained enough information before entering the great sea route will not choose this route. After all, no one is willing to enter the stronghold of the enemy camp. Of course, there are some pirates who are not sensitive to information or are hotheaded who like to run to that place.”According to the information about Whiskey Mountain that Sven had seen in the navy, he did not know that there was a huge organization behind the bounty hunters--Baroque Workshop, a secret criminal group established by the sand crocodile Crocker Dar, one of the seven seas under the king. Even the navy headquarters did not know the organization behind them.
" Aha, I remember now. The first island Luffy entered on the great sea route was the place where the Grass Hat Pirates first fell into a crisis of division.”Junero slapped his head and laughed. Sven, who was beside him, stared at Junero in confusion.
"Luffy? That Monchi D. Luffy from the East Ocean who had a bounty of 30 million Bailey? Your friend?" Sven asked. He only knew that Junero had come to the East Sea alone, but he didn't know anything about the people around Junero. According to Junero's personal introduction, Junero didn't have any friends. He only started to have friends when the East Sea bandits came. He had been living in seclusion with his grandfather on the great sea route.
"Ah, slip of the tongue. I said it quickly. It's that Luffy.”Junero nodded, but he looked at Sven with curiosity." I saw it on the bounty list when I met the Krieg Pirates.”
"Oh, then how did you know they were going to Whiskey Mountain? Could it be that the two of you are connected? He entered the Great Sea Route before us.”Sven asked in confusion. Although he didn't really care about this question, the area where the fleet stopped had suddenly become a windless zone. Waiting for his brothers to paddle forward was slow and boring.
"Well, don't worry about these details. Do you know that whale from before?”Junero changed the topic. He couldn't tell Sven how he knew that Luffy had gone to Whiskey Mountain. He couldn't tell Sven that he guessed. It would be too perfunctory and hurt their relationship. He might as well change the topic.
"Yes, I know. The giant island whale is born in the West Sea, but for some reason, it ran to the Twin Cape at the entrance of the great sea route and kept hitting its head on the red soil continent.”Sven knew a little about it. According to the navy's internal information, there was a giant island whale at the Twin Cape. It used its head to hit the red soil continent and persisted for decades. When he escaped from the encirclement, he saw that the head was covered in wounds. It was caused by the collision with the red earth continent.
"Yes, it's called Labu. I remember that it followed a pirate group into the Great Sea Route in the past, but later on, the pirate group left it at Twin Cape and didn't let it follow the Great Sea Route because it was too dangerous there. In order to meet the pirates, Labu had been crashing into the red earth continent day after day, hoping to break through the red earth continent so that he could find them on the other side of the great sea route.”Junero slowly told the story that he still vaguely remembered. Seeing Sven nod, he continued," Do you see the crooked skull pattern on Labu's head?”
"Yes, I noticed that. What is that? It looks familiar." Sven vaguely remembered that the rich man seemed to have seen it somewhere before, but he couldn't remember clearly.
"That crooked pattern is the flag of the Grass Hat Pirates, the Pirates of Monchi D. Luffy.”Junero answered for Sven. He couldn't help but sigh at Luffy's " uncanny craftsmanship ". He had turned the logo of the Grass Hat Pirates into an abstract painting. It was very ridiculous.
"Huh? The flag of the Grass Hat Pirates? I thought he looked so familiar, but it was too abstract. I didn't recognize him immediately. It turned out that Labu had already been adopted by the Grass Hat Pirates. Then, should the Grass Hat Pirates be considered to have helped us out this time?”This was the world of pirates. If someone helped you, you would remember it. Once you owed someone a favor, you had to find an opportunity to repay it.
"Yeah, probably." Junero was speechless. He owed Luffy and the others a favor by changing the topic. If he had known earlier, he would not have changed the topic. After all, since Sven had said so, he couldn't reject it. He could just take it as Luffy's favor.
"Big brother, how long will it take us to reach Green Forest Island? It's so boring to be so calm!" Kate had run down from the watchtower at some point.
"Oh, Sven, how long before we can go ashore?”Junero asked as well. He was a little worried that there was not enough food stored in the cabin. This was the food stored when they arrived at the next island in the East China Sea.
"According to the current situation of the sea area, we should reach Green Forest Island in a week.”Sven quickly calculated the result. If this sea area was still like this, it would really take a week to reach Green Forest Island.
"Are there enough supplies?" Junero asked. He was a little worried that the fleet's supplies wouldn't last until Green Forest Island.
"Yes, there's enough water and food." Sven was like a butler now. He was in charge of everything in the fleet. He thought to himself that it was time for Junero to find a steward. That way, he would be exhausted. He had seen through Junero. He was just a hands-off manager.
"Big brother, what does Green Forest Island look like?”Kate asked curiously. He was full of curiosity about the next stop. He had a heart that thirsted for adventure and a heart that explored the unknown.
"Green Forest Island is a large island. There are large areas of primeval forests on the island, and all of them are towering trees. Even the animals on the island are very large. The entire island is full of primitive flavor and pleasant scenery. It is a place that many travelers yearn for. " The town on the island, Lush, is a town that welcomes everyone. Fighting is forbidden there, whether it's the navy, pirates, or bounty hunters…" Sven told Kate as if he was telling a story. However, the ship suddenly sped up and Sven felt strange.
"Captain, the current has changed. It has increased in speed, but the weather has not changed.”Sven could tell what was going on based on his years of experience, but he didn't know how it had happened.
" Okay, got it. Kite, go to the watchtower and take a look at the surroundings…" Junero asked Kite to go up to the watchtower to observe. However, before Kite left, the speed of the water suddenly increased, carrying the entire fleet forward. From afar, the pirate fleet was sailing at high speed like a train on the sea.
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