Thor sighed, his eyes hidden in the dim light were full of gloom.
He stretched out his right hand and grabbed the black and white striped trousers at the broken leg. He gritted his teeth and said, "I used to be the fastest runner, but now I have become a waste that is holding me back. If it weren't for me..."
"Shut up, you old dwarf."
Jabba interrupted Thor's words directly, and then he reached out to touch the pipe out of habit, but he touched nothing.
Before being imprisoned, everything they had on them was confiscated, leaving them with only prison uniforms.
Unable to touch the pipe, Jabba silently put down his hand, looked at Thor who looked sorry for himself, and said: "Barrett's ability has been awakened. No one can escape in that situation."
"Stop comforting me."
Thor was very stubborn and took all the blame on himself.
Jabba's arm moved a few times, pulling on the chain, making a harsh clanking sound.
Thor looked at the slowly shaking chain beside Jabba's arm with vigilance, and said warily: "Jabba, you bastard, are you trying to beat me?"
"You saw it."
Jabba curled his lips, and then deliberately shook the chain several times, making a clanking sound.
Sol said angrily: "I just admitted my mistake, but I never thought I would get beaten up by you, an old bald man."
"Then just shut up, old dwarf."
Jabba glared at Thor.
Sol felt wrong and remained silent.
Jinbei broke out in a cold sweat as he looked at Jabba and Thor who had just finished competing, and then looked at Rayleigh.
Lei Li helplessly spread his hands and said: "In short, this is the situation. The two of them had a little quarrel, but it doesn't happen often. Just get used to it."
“…”
Jinbei was speechless.
"If we want to quarrel, we won't be able to quarrel for a few days."
Thor looked at Jinbei who was sitting cross-legged in the corner with an expressionless expression, and said calmly: "It won't be long before the navy will definitely execute me directly."
"Stop saying such stupid things."
Jabba frowned and glared at Thor.
Rayleigh looked at Thor, silent.
"Once the grudges and hatreds in the world are formed, it is never so easy to wipe them out."
Facing the eyes of the two old friends, Thor, who had already anticipated his own fate, looked calm as if what he was talking about was just commonplace gossip, not death.
"Sunny has found her own way, and I have lived long enough... As for regrets, I can no longer read newspapers related to that brat. However, the newspapers during this period are almost gone. It’s become that brat’s headline show.”
"Now that I think about it, maybe that brat knew something was going to happen to me, so he prepared all the remaining headlines for me to read, haha..."
Speaking of this, Thor suddenly thought of the incident where Garp had his arm cut off by Maud with a knife in Marineland, and he couldn't help laughing.
However, what he could not forget the most was the childish and amazing shot that Maud fired to save him in Mad Hatter Town.
"Raleigh, Jabba."
Thor suppressed his laughter and looked at Rayleigh and Jabba with sharp eyes.
"It's okay if I die, but you two don't have to explain yourself here."
“…”
... ... ...
An airspace somewhere in the new world.
The terrifying barque drifted in the wind.
Since the 500 zombie coolies created by Mod were officially put into use, the progress of the ship's project has been significantly faster.
In addition, with the help of these 500 zombie coolies, Bebo, the crew members who originally served as coolies, finally had their hands free.
Castle, laboratory.
The room made of blue bricks and stones exudes a chill.
In the center of the room, there is a wide platform.
Blackbeard's body was placed on the platform.
Beside the platform, Luo was holding a pen and paper and was immersed in recording something.
Maude was also in the laboratory, but stood farther away, as if this would not disturb Luo's work.
The room was so quiet that only the rustle of Luo Ji's pen was left.
After a long time, Luo let out a long breath, closed the notebook, and placed it on the workbench aside.
Maud glanced at the notebook that Luo placed on the workbench and asked, "It seems that the progress of the 'chimera' experiment is not as easy as imagined."
"Well, after all, it is a technology involving the human body, so a lot of preparations must be made before formal practice."
Luo took a deep breath, raised his fingers, opened the area, and covered Blackbeard's body.
Maud looked at Luo who was back at work in a blink of an eye, smiled, and said softly: "I won't bother you anymore."
With that said, Maude turned and left the laboratory.
"If the 'Chimera' surgery plan can be successful... including weapons, I will be able to use at least five Devil Fruit abilities at the same time."
Maud walked slowly in the corridor, thinking about the chimera surgery that she didn't know when it would be completed.
If it goes well, even if Hunter's Note is weak in the later stage, Mod can rely on chimera surgery to once again significantly improve the overall strength of the four nine-star items.
After a while, Maud returned to her room on the top floor of the castle.
Closing the door behind her back, Maud walked through the hall and went straight to the balcony, looking down at the square below.
In the center of the square, Jim and Runti, who had transformed into dinosaur forms, were fighting with all their strength. Every move and every move was full of cold murderous intent to kill people.
Around the square, Maud's crew members watched with interest.
Maud leaned in front of the balcony railing and muttered to herself: "Jim's 'ability' is only seven stars. Logically speaking, in a head-on confrontation, he should be crushed by Runti's nine stars."
Speaking of this, Maud looked at Jim who was being beaten by Runti.
Although Jim's odds of winning were so low that they were almost invisible, there was no sign of defeat in a short period of time.
"An ancient species is an ancient species. It has outstanding endurance."
Maude's eyes fell on Jim, who had transformed into a triceratops form.
Faced with Runti's Pachycephalosaurus attack, Jim relied on the unique defensive power of the Triceratops and the excellent endurance given by the ancient species to turn a duel with a huge disparity in strength into a protracted battle.
No wonder Kaido, who aims to destroy the world, is so obsessed with the animal army.
"Let's make full use of it, Runti."
Maud glanced at Runti for the last time, then quickly looked away.
With Runti here, he is simply Jim's best combat partner.
For this reason, it doesn't matter if he temporarily takes out the shadow and returns it to Runti.
However, Runti, a rather stubborn woman, obviously wanted to kill Jim in actual combat.
Unfortunately, Jim, who is also an ancient species and has been tortured all the way up to this day, will not be killed with a headbutt so easily.
Maude left the balcony, returned to the hall of the room, sat on the sofa, and continued to think about the chimera surgery.
Crunch—
At this moment, Lafayette opened the door and walked into the room.
"Maud."
When alone, Lafayette called Maud by her first name.
Maude looked at Lafayette, pointed to the sofa, and said softly: "Sit."
"Hoo ho."
Lafayette smiled slightly, sat on the sofa directly opposite Maud, and immediately took out a few things and put them on the table.
There are two permanent pointers and a yellowed map with many holes in the corners.
Maud looked at what Lafayette had taken out.
Because Lafayette is the navigator in the team, he is responsible for controlling everything that can determine the route. Now he is taking it out to let Maude, the captain, decide the next destination.
Maude picked up the yellowed map.
This is a map that briefly depicts the topography of the island.
But in the center of the island on the map, a red cross is very conspicuous, and in the upper right corner of the drawing is a skull symbol that pirates like to see most on the map.
Obviously, this is a very typical treasure map.
Maud gently rubbed the treasure map.
This treasure map, and the permanent pointer attached to it, were a gift from heaven brought to them by the violent storm when they first entered the Great Channel.
A treasure map usually means unknown treasure.
Of course, it could also be a pile of tattered empty boxes, full of uncertainties and dangers.
When he first got this treasure map, Maude planned to try his luck at the location of the treasure map after changing ships.
If you're lucky, you might be able to find a lot of treasure in the treasure cache.
However, the ship was replaced, but since Mod later focused more on improving his strength and was not short of money, he put the treasure hunting plan on hold.
As time goes by, it will be forgotten.
It wasn't until Lafayette took out the treasure map and permanent pointer today that Maude remembered this.
"Lafayette, if you don't take this out, I'll almost forget about it."
"Hoho, with the current rate of transformation of the terrifying three-masted ship, a large amount of gold may be needed in a short period of time. The older the treasure map, the more likely it is that the treasure location pointed to contains gold."
Lafayette explained the reason for taking out the treasure map, and then picked up another permanent pointer.
"I remember you said that there is a large amount of ready-made gold hidden on the 10,000-meter empty island above Gaya Island. However, we do not have a permanent pointer to that empty island. However, we have a permanent pointer to Ulki's hometown."
Having said this, Lafayette handed the permanent pointer to Urqui's hometown to Maud.
Maude put down the treasure map and took the permanent pointer handed over by Lafayette.
Inside the transparent glass sphere, the pointer lies steadily horizontally, pointing in one direction.
Lafayette looked at Mod and explained: "Ulki's hometown is on the sky island, so as long as you can reach the sky island where Urki's hometown is, you will definitely be able to find a way to your 'destination'."
"really."
Maude nodded.
Because the transformation plan of the terrifying three-masted ship required a large amount of gold, Lafayette took out these two permanent pointers.
Maud stared at the permanent pointer in her hand and asked, "Which destination is further away?"
"Empty Island."
Lafayette answered quickly.
Judging from the trembling amplitude of the pointer, it is very likely that the location of the treasure map is somewhere in the sea in the New World, and Urki's sky island hometown is in the first half of the great channel on the other side of the Red Continent.
"Yeah… "
Maud groaned, thinking about which route to choose.
Although the destination pointed to by the treasure map is relatively close, it may be a waste of time.
The sky island is far away, but as long as you can reach the destination, you can definitely get a lot of gold.
Should we try our luck at a nearby treasure location first, or should we directly travel a long distance to the empty island
Lafayette looked at Maud who was thinking, took out a photo from his pocket, and placed it gently on the table.
Maude noticed Lafayette's actions and couldn't help but look at the photos spread out on the table.
In the photo, there is a tall man with gray-green hair.