Chambord Islands.
"Oh oh oh! It's all bubbles!!"
A figure wearing a straw hat jumped excitedly on each bubble until he jumped to a very high place. When he stepped on a bubble again, the bubble burst and he quickly fell downwards.
boom!
The ground was smashed and there were some cracks.
"Hey! Luffy, be careful!"
Usopp looked at Luffy who fell and complained, then looked around and couldn't help but said: "It's amazing, Bubbles can be so tough."
After experiencing a lot of twists and turns in the first half, although it was completely different from the experience in the original work, Luffy and his gang finally arrived at the Shampoo Islands.
This is the final island of the first half, and every road leads here.
"Hey hey."
Luffy jumped up from the ground, pressed his straw hat and smiled, saying: "Let's go, let's go to the town quickly."
Behind him, Usopp and Franky followed Luffy. The purpose of the three of them going to the island was to purchase resources, learn about the island, and the journey to the second half of the new world.
The group soon arrived at the nearest street.
Luffy was quickly attracted by the various specialties of the Chambord Islands. He drove a bubble car and flew around in the sky, causing Usopp to yell and scream, and he quickly spent a long time.
Franky was not led astray by Luffy. He asked about the route and learned that to reach the New World from here, one must either abandon the ship and go over the Red Earth Continent, or coat the ship and go to the fish below the seabed. Pass the human island.
"Hey! Luffy, it's time for you two to stop."
After Franky walked half a circle on the street, he found Luffy who was still flying around.
Luffy said with a smile: "Is Franky coming up?!"
"Wait before we play. I have something to tell you."
Franky called Luffy and Usopp down and told Luffy two ways to spend the Red Continent. Luffy undoubtedly chose the latter, and abandoning ship was impossible.
Franky touched his chin and said, "That means we have to find a coating craftsman, and we have to purchase supplies later... Hey, Luffy, are you listening to me?"
"ah?"
Luffy turned his head, then looked at Franky, tilted his head and said, "That person just now was so strange, he was running back and forth all the time."
Franky said with a headache: "Hey, I'm talking about business, Luffy!"
Next to him, Usopp ignored Franky and said with a curious look on his face: "Yes, Luffy, I saw it too. That person has been running around in circles for a long time."
The corners of Franky's mouth twitched.
Seeing that Luffy's attention was not on him at all, he also looked in the direction of Usopp and Luffy's eyes, and saw a green-haired figure running quickly on the street.
The figure ran over quickly and passed in front of the three of them.
Then not long after, I saw that familiar figure running back again, running in the opposite direction.
"What is that guy doing?" Usopp asked strangely.
"I don't know, it feels a bit funny, hahaha."
Luffy smiled and became interested in the green short-haired young man who was running around as if he was lost. He flew over on his bubble car and greeted him from above the green short-haired young man: "You are running here. What are you doing running away?"
"running in and out?"
Zoro raised his head and looked at Luffy above him.
Luffy said with a smile: "Yes, I see you have run back and forth seven or eight times."
"That's it... no wonder I feel a little familiar here."
Sauron slowed down and pondered for a while.
I don't know whether it was the guidance of fate or what it was, but Zoro and Luffy happened to appear on this island at the same time, and they happened to meet each other.
But this was the first time they had met. Zoro was now one of Alvarez's cadres, and had almost no interaction with Luffy before the Chambord Islands.
"Ah, you must be lost."
Luffy lowered his head, his neck stretched very long, and bent into the shape of a letter J. He looked at Zoro and spoke sincerely.
Zoro was not very surprised by Luffy's appearance. He had seen too many weird ability users. When he heard Luffy say that he was lost, he suddenly twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "No, I just don't know about this area." It’s just familiar.”
"Then where are you going?"
Luffy said with a smile. He didn't know why, but he had a good impression of Zoro and wanted to help Zoro.
Zoro pondered for a moment and said, "I'm going to Moore's Auction House. I heard that there is an auction of famous knives there... Do you know how to get there?"
"I don't know."
Luffy shook his head and said with a smile: "But I can help you find it. The auction house is also very interesting. I want to go too."
Zoro actually didn't want anyone to help him find his way, because it was a little shameful, but when he thought about waiting for no one at the auction, if the famous sword was bought by someone, the trip would be in vain. Famous sword, he still nodded.
"Then thank you."
"You're welcome."
Luffy drove the bubble car down and said, "My name is Monkey D. Luffy, and I am the man who wants to become the Pirate King!"
"One Piece?"
Only then did Zoro glance at Luffy, hey, and said: "The goal is very lofty. I am Nonoroa Zoro. My goal is to become the world's best swordsman."
"Oh! The world's best swordsman, he is very powerful."
Luffy praised, greeted Usopp and others, and took Zoro with him to look for the auction, and happened to arrive at the last moment when the auction was closed.
Seeing that he almost missed it, Zoro walked into the venue and showed a friendly look to Luffy and said, "Thank you very much this time."
"You're welcome, I just wanted to come here."
Luffy chuckled and entered the auction house with Zoro.
The auction started soon, and the first one to start was the slave auction. This made Luffy, who looked a little excited at first, gradually lower the corners of his lips.
When it was finally the turn of a mermaid to be put into the fish tank and put up for auction, Luffy finally got a little annoyed and couldn't help but said: "These are not commodities!!"
“…”
Zoro was silent and was not interested in anything other than knives, but the slave auction on the field also made him look a little downcast.
Until a fishman rushed into the auction house and tried to save the mermaid Kemi, but was shot several times by the Celestial Dragon who bought the mermaid Kemi and fell into a pool of blood. Luffy finally couldn't hold it anymore.
He stood up.
The Celestial Dragon was naturally a little annoyed with Luffy who came out. He pointed his gun at Luffy and scolded him. When Luffy refused to retreat, he shot directly at Luffy.
This shot completely made Luffy angry. He swung out a punch and hit the Celestial Dragon Man in the face, sending the Celestial Dragon Man flying away.
The whole place fell silent for a moment.
Countless people showed expressions of fear and horror. Even Zoro showed a hint of strangeness. Looking at Luffy's figure, he slowly loosened his hand on the hilt of the sword.
"This courage... is not bad..."
Zoro had already remembered Luffy's identity. He was a pirate with a bounty of 300 million beli. He happened to be one of the targets he planned to hunt. After Luffy helped him find the auction, he had no intention of going the right way. Fei took action, and when he saw Luffy punch the flying dragon, he felt a little relieved.
(End of chapter)