novelraw Chapter 365 west Yan's Surprise: Just How Much Does Jia Lei's Family Love Sweets...?
Chapter 365 west Yan's Surprise: Just How Much Does Jia Lei's Family Love Sweets...?
Chapter 365 west Yan's Surprise: Just How Much Does Jia Lei's Family Love Sweets...?
"This operation on Fishman Island is actually more dangerous than I imagined," Nami said with a headache.
If it weren't for west Yan, they might have all drowned in the ocean currents.
Hearing Nami's words, Merry laughed and said, "But it's also very exciting, isn't it!"
"That's what makes adventures fun!" Nami rubbed her temples and said, "I wish there was less of that kind of excitement."
She was afraid her heart wouldn't be able to handle it if she did it too often.
"That's difficult~" Franky said, shrugging. "After all, our captain is Luffy."
With that guy around, a safe adventure is practically impossible.
After all... that guy's favorite thing is unknown adventure!
Nami: —
Upon hearing Franky's words, Nami immediately pictured a certain adventurous idiot and then sighed silently.
Yes, with a captain like that... it's impossible for them to have any peace and quiet.
After shaking her head, Nami stood up from the rock and said, "I'm planning to go to town and buy some things. Who wants to come with me?"
Having finally arrived at Fishman Island, we can't stay on the ship forever.
So... let's go buy some stuff!
"Me!" Mary said, raising her hand.
He looked as well-behaved as a primary school student.
"it is good."
After reaching out and ruffling Little Merry's hair, Nami looked at Nico Robin and Franky and asked, "Where are you two?"
"I won't go," Franky said, shaking his head. "I need to clear out the Thousand Sunny first."
They might need their pirate ship at any time, so he needed to take care of it before that happened.
This was also his duty as a ship repairman.
"Then the Thousand Sunny is entrusted to you."
"Leave it to me, Super!" Franky said, giving a thumbs up.
With his abilities, he could definitely handle the Thousand Sunny within a few hours!
Nami nodded, then turned her gaze to Nicole Robin and asked, "And you?"
"I'm going to explore other places," Nicole Robin said, her eyes deep. "Perhaps there's something I'm looking for on this island."
According to Uncle Raleigh, there are some things on this island that record history, so... she wants to go and see them.
Nami paused for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded and said, "Okay, then be careful."
"Don't worry, I'm fine on my own," Nicole Robin said with a smile.
Having lived alone in the dark world for twenty years, self-preservation is absolutely not a problem for me.
"That's true." Nami smiled, then turned to Mary and said, "Mary, let's go to town and buy some nice clothes."
"profound!"
Little Mermaid immediately raised her hand and said, "Then I want to buy a pretty little dress!"
"no problem"
Watching the two leave with smiles on their faces, Nico Robin smiled too, then turned to Franky and said, "I'm leaving too, Franky, see you later."
"profound!"
Franky, holding his toolbox, waved his hand without looking up, then bent over and started doing his job.
Nicole Robin didn't seem to mind, nodded, and turned to leave.
"I wonder how Zoro and the others are doing," said Merry, who was floating beside Nami. "Are they with Xiyan and the others?"
"I don't know," Nami shook her head and said, "I was unconscious at the time, so I don't know if Zoro was with Xiyan."
After saying that, Nami paused for a moment, then continued, "However... as long as someone stays with Zoro, he won't get lost."
"Perona, ya."
Recalling the last scene she saw, Merry nodded and said, "With Perona by Zoro's side..."
"You shouldn't get lost then."
After all, Zoro only got to Sabaody Archipelago because of Perona.
Nami agreed with this.
"Let's go explore first, then we'll go find them."
"profound!"
Then, the two walked towards the street in the distance, laughing.
Meanwhile, Zoro, whom they were talking about, was walking in a special coral forest on the island.
"Damn it, where am I?!" Zoro said, somewhat exasperated.
Not only are the roads exactly the same, but the area is also so huge... How am I supposed to get out of here?
After thinking for a moment, Zoro pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword and said, "How about we cut down the road?"
Zoro's eyes lit up as if he thought this was a great idea.
With his skills, carving out a path would be no problem at all!
But before he could make a move, he heard a woman's voice.
"So, what exactly are you doing?"
Zoro: !!!
Upon hearing that familiar voice from above, Zoro's expression froze for a moment, then he casually loosened his grip on his sword hilt and said, "Just taking a walk."
"walk?"
Perona, who floated down from the sky, tapped Zoro's forehead with a finger and said, "Do you think I'm a fool?"
"What kind of walk involves spending ten minutes within a range of a few dozen meters?"
Getting lost is one thing, but to go for a walk... How could he even say that?
Zoro:
Seeing Perona's slightly disgusted expression, Zoro was immediately rendered speechless.
After a moment, Zoro said, "So, you were here a while ago?"
"Ah, you've been here for about ten minutes," Perona said, glancing at the time on her watch. "And then I've been watching you wander around here for ten minutes."
If she didn't want to waste any more time, she really wanted to see how long this idiot would wander around here, and whether he would be unable to leave this coral forest within a few hundred meters for a whole day.
Zoro blushed immediately after hearing Perona's words.
However, he didn't say anything more, but turned his head away and stopped looking at Perona, as if he was still being difficult.
"You still have the nerve to throw a tantrum at me?" Perona grabbed Zoro's face and said, "Do you know how much trouble I went through to find you?"
She was only momentarily captivated by the scenery of Fishman Island when she turned around and found Zoro gone.
She was stunned; this was outrageous!
It took her more than two hours to find this bastard!
More than two hours!!!
Perona became even angrier at the thought.
"I won't get lost."
Zoro, whose face was being pinched, said somewhat discontentedly, "Can't we just take a walk and go back?"
Seriously, do they really think he has no sense of direction?
"Is this what you meant by 'going back soon'?" Perona pointed to the coral forest beside them and said, "If I hadn't come, would you have been wandering around here all day?"
Zoro—
Why is this person still so sharp-tongued?
It's unbearable to repair!
"Hmph, from now on you're not allowed to leave my side, do you hear me!" Perona released Zoro and glared at him, saying, "Otherwise, if you get lost, I'll have to come looking for you."
After speaking, Perona summoned several negative ghosts, which were quite intimidating.
"Okay, I know. You're so long-winded."
That simple sentence infuriated Perona.
"You bastard!"
"Um?"
Just as Perona was about to deal with Zoro, Zoro's expression suddenly turned serious, and he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Seeing this, Perona was stunned for a moment, then landed behind Zoro and asked, "What's wrong?"
Why is this idiot suddenly so serious? Could it be that someone is coming?
"Someone's coming," Zoro said, squinting. "And quite a few of them."
As if to confirm Zoro's words, a large number of fish-man soldiers rushed out the next moment, surrounding the two with weapons in hand.
"So many?" Perona exclaimed in surprise. "Are they here to arrest us?"
These guys must be eyeing their heads, right?
Although her head is worthless, Zoro's head is very valuable!
"Maybe," Zoro said.
These guys might be arresting them because they didn't come in through the main entrance, just like... the Skypiea back then!
"You must be Roronoa Zoro, the pirate hunter of the Straw Hat crew," the leader of the fishmen said, looking at Zoro.
After speaking, the leader of the fishmen glanced curiously at Perona, who was hiding behind Zoro.
"This person doesn't have a bounty on them... Are they a new recruit?"
There is no other possibility besides this.
Thinking this, the fishman nodded to himself, then turned his gaze back to Zoro's face.
At that moment, Zoro calmly spoke up, "So what if it is?"
"That makes things easier."
"Shall we make a move?" Perona asked.
As she spoke, the ghosts floating around her took flight, looking as if they were about to attack.
She herself remained behind Zoro.
"What the hell is that thing?"
"A ghost?!"
Upon seeing the ghosts beside Perona, the merfolk soldiers immediately took several steps back in fright, their eyes filled with terror.
"Halaharahara"
Perona, having taken in Zoro's reaction, burst into laughter. She then floated out from behind him, one hand on her hip, and said, "That's right, this is my ghostly power."
"Halaharahara"
"Gurgle..."
Hearing Perona's words, the leading merman subconsciously swallowed, then said, "Please don't misunderstand, we're not here to capture you."
"Huh?"
"You didn't come here to fight?"
Perona, who was laughing, suddenly stopped. Why was someone who wasn't going to fight coming at her so aggressively?
"Of course we're not here to fight," the leading merman said somewhat helplessly. "Even out of respect for Blood Child Ninja, we can't arrest you just because you entered the country illegally."
Besides, it's not certain that they can win.
"So what are you guys doing here?" Zoro asked, frowning.
"You guys must have saved a shark before," the leader of the fishmen said.
"That's true."
"That's right." The leading merman waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to lower their weapons, and then continued, "That's our Princess Shirahoshi's pet, Mecaro."
"Because you saved it, and considering what your partner, the Blood Child Ninja, did, ... our King wishes to invite you to dinner."
Perona: ? ? ?
"So, you've come to invite us to a banquet?"
"Yes," the leading fishman nodded and said, "and the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates have also been invited."
Perona was speechless. If they were there to invite them to a banquet, why did they bring so many people?
It looks like they're about to be arrested...
"Do you have any good wine?" Zoro asked, a look of interest on his face.
If there's good wine, he wouldn't mind going with these guys.
As for whether the other party lied to him?
Zoro, who has absolute confidence in his own strength, is not afraid of such things.
"Of course," the leading merman grinned. "Our King has brought out some of his most treasured wines to entertain you."
Recalling what His Majesty the King had said not long ago, he nodded again in affirmation.
"Then lead the way!"
Seeing Zoro agree so easily, Perona was somewhat dumbfounded and said, "Zoro, aren't you afraid they're lying to us?"
What if these guys have bad intentions?
"What's there to be afraid of?" Zoro said calmly, "If they dare to lie to me, I'll cut them down!"
Perona: ...
That really suits your personality.
However, Perona calmed down after thinking about Zoro's current strength.
With this man around, there's really nothing to worry about.
Thinking this, Perona nodded to the leading merman and said, "Lead the way!"
"profound!"
Seeing that both of them had accepted their invitation, the leading merman breathed a sigh of relief; his mission was complete.
Then he smiled and said, "Please come with me, we're going to the Dragon Palace."
"good!"
Meanwhile, on the other side...
After a short walk, west Yan and the others successfully arrived at the Mermaid Cafe.
Then, the group found Brook at the door.
"Brook?"
Looking at the guy standing in the doorway, Usopp laughed and said, "So you're the one the fortune teller was talking about."
I never expected that Brook would be the first person they found.
"Huh?"
"It's you guys."
Upon seeing that it was west Yan and the others, Brooke immediately showed a look of surprise and then smiled and said, "It seems that everyone has safely reached the shore."
"That's natural," west Yan said.
With his clones around, no one could possibly drown in the sea.
Brooke nodded, then looked at Cammy and said, "Miss Cammy, it's been a long time."
"It's been a long time, dear Bone," Kemmy said with a smile.
"Yohohohoho"
"Miss Kemi is still as attractive as ever."
"So.
After straightening his collar, Brooke approached Cammy and said, "Miss Cammy, may I admire your plumpness?"
"Shut up, you bastard!" Papagu kicked Brook in the face and said, "Besides, she's a mermaid, how could she wear something like that!"
"Yohohohoho"
Brook, who was kicked by Rui, was not angry, but laughed even more happily.
Papagu shook his head speechlessly, then looked at Xiyan with excitement and said, "Brook said..."
You...you...
"Ah, it's me," west Yan said with a smile. "I'm still alive."
"That's wonderful!"
Upon receiving an affirmative answer, Papagu, with tears in her eyes, threw herself into Xiyan's arms and said, "I thought you were really dead."
He was heartbroken when he saw that newspaper two years ago.
"I'm still alive, aren't I?" west Yan laughed.
"Um."
After confirming that west Yan was indeed still alive, Papagu's emotions gradually stabilized.
Then he turned around and greeted Luffy and Usopp.
After finishing this task, Papagu said, "Let's go, come home with me first."
Brooke had already told him about Xiyan, so there were some things he wanted to talk to Xiyan about after he got back.
"Go home with you?" Usopp paused for a moment, then pointed to the fish-man café in front of him and said, "But we're already here, shouldn't we go in and take a look?"
This is a mermaid cafe.
"You're not leaving today, what's the rush?" Papagu laughed. "We can come here together once everyone else has arrived."
"Let's go, let's go to my place first, I'll treat you to some delicious sea monster meat!"
Since west Yan and his group had finally come all this way, he naturally wanted to show them proper hospitality!
"Oh, let's go eat sea monster meat!"
Upon hearing that he could eat sea monster meat, Luffy's attention was immediately diverted.
"You actually eat sea monster meat?" Usopp asked Papagu in surprise.
So this guy didn't just eat clams after all.
"How could my wild nature be satisfied with just wakame and shellfish?" Papagu said, raising his head.
He also really likes sea monster meat and such. "I see."
It seems that starfish have a very diverse diet.
Kemi, as if remembering something, immediately took out a clam and exclaimed, "Ah, a clam!"
"Papagu, here, these are the clams I brought you~"
Wow, delicious clams!
Seeing Pappa eating shellfish, Usopp immediately remarked, "Doesn't that mean he still likes eating shellfish?"
Wild starfish—
"By the way, Brook, why are you with Pappag?" Luffy asked curiously.
"I met him after I was rescued and brought ashore," Brooke said.
After bringing him ashore, west Yan's clone gave him some instructions and then disappeared.
So he headed toward the town and there he met Papagu, who was looking for inspiration by the sea.
And so, he told Pappag what had happened to the Straw Hat Pirates, and also told him that Xiyan was still alive.
After that... the two of them came to the Fishman Cafe together.
"I see."
"Let's go, let's set off!" Papagu glanced back at the group and said, "We're going to eat sea monster meat!"
"profound!"
After greeting the several beautiful mermaid ladies, Brook left with Luffy and the others.
"By the way, do you really have sea monster meat here?" west Yan asked curiously. "I remember that mermaids don't eat fish, right?"
He clearly remembered that Kemi had said this, that mermaids don't eat meat.
"Mermaids do not eat fish," Papagu nodded and said, "but fish-people don't have this concern. They eat both fish and meat, so there are still ingredients on this island."
This time, west Yan simply nodded and didn't say anything more.
Just then, Brooke noticed the bounty poster hanging on the wall.
"Huh?!"
"Isn't that Vander Deikun?!" Brooke exclaimed in surprise. "Why is a ghost wanted?"
Is a bounty offered for a ghost that has been dead for hundreds of years?
Is this reasonable?
Hearing this, west Yan curiously came over, then stroked his chin and said, "The owner of that ghost ship we encountered before we came here?"
"Did you see what this guy looks like?" Usopp asked, glancing curiously at Xiyan.
In that environment, only west Yan's eyesight would be able to see what people looked like.
"no."
west Yan shook his head and said, "No one came out of that ship at the time, so I don't know if that Vander Deiken looks like that."
Usopp was somewhat surprised to hear this. If he didn't come out... how did this guy named Vander Deiken manage to sail?
"You met this person?" Papagu asked curiously.
"I think so."
Usopp nodded and said, "When we were about 7000 meters underwater, we encountered a guy who called himself Vander Deikun. I don't know if it was him."
"That's for sure," Papagu nodded.
Nobody but that guy would use that name.
Then, he frowned and said, "No wonder we couldn't find them at the palace; they must have gone to a place like that."
"Is the country's royalty looking for him?"
"Yes."
Papagu nodded and said, "This person is a very despicable underwater pirate, so the royal family has been looking for him."
"Just because he's a great pirate from the bottom of the sea, you keep looking for him?" Usopp asked curiously.
"Of course not."
Papagu shook his head, then glanced at the taxi approaching in the distance and said, "Let's go, the taxi's here."
After beckoning the fish with the word "taxi" written on it to his side, Papagu continued, "Get in the car first, we can talk about it then."
"taxi...
Looking at the fish with the strange device on its body, west Yan's lips twitched slightly and he said, "The things from your Fishman Island are really quite unique."
"After all, this is Fishman Island~" Papagu laughed.
He then invited everyone to get into what he called a taxi.
After settling in, Papagu took out a clam, ate a bite, and his expression became relaxed.
He then said, "If that guy named Vander Decken were just a pirate, the royal family wouldn't care about him."
"But the problem is... he's got his eye on the Little Mermaid!"
"The Little Mermaid?!"
"Yes, Little Mermaid."
While eating clam meat, Papagu said, "I heard that he fell in love with the mermaid princess at first sight after meeting her."
"After that... that bastard would send the Little Mermaid a love letter every week."
"When they didn't get a response, they replaced the love letter with a small package or something else."
"And now... it's turned into a threatening letter!!"
"He really is a scumbag," Usopp said with a look of disgust.
"Yes, this guy is definitely a scumbag," Papagu nodded and said, "So..."
Before Papagu could finish speaking, Kemi interjected, "So the mermaid princess's father was furious and ordered the arrest of this guy."
"The three princes we met earlier frequently led their armies to search for Vander Decken, but unfortunately they never found him..."
In the end, Kemi sighed helplessly.
Who would have thought that despicable fellow would be hiding in the ocean?
"Kemi..."
Standing on his seat, Papagu said, utterly dejected, "I was just about to explain this to them..."
Looking at the dejected Papagu, Xiyan shook his head helplessly. These two guys are still the same as ever.
Then, west Yan said with some curiosity, "The Mermaid Princess... I wonder what kind of person she is."
"She must be very beautiful."
Usopp said, "Otherwise, that guy named Vander Deikun wouldn't have taken such a big risk to do something like this."
He'd risk being hunted down by the entire nation just to pursue the Little Mermaid...
I really don't know how good-looking the other person must be.
"The Little Mermaid is indeed very beautiful," Cammy laughed. "At least that's what I've heard."
"Haven't you seen her before?"
"no."
Kemi shook her head and said, "How could someone like me possibly meet the Little Mermaid?"
She was just an ordinary mermaid in this country, and it was impossible for her to see the princess.
Having observed Kemi's reaction, west Yan paused for a moment before smiling and saying, "There will be opportunities in the future."
"Um"
This time, Kemi didn't argue, but nodded.
"More than that, I'm concerned about Vander Decken himself," Brooke said. "Isn't he a pirate cursed hundreds of years ago? Why...?"
"The person you're talking about did indeed exist hundreds of years ago," Papagu said with a smile after regaining his composure. "This person came to Fishman Island hundreds of years ago and then died here."
"And the person you met earlier... was his descendant, Vander Deikun IX!"
"So they're your descendants," Brooke laughed. "I thought I'd really encountered a ghost."
"Seriously, that almost scared the soul out of me."
"It's not a ghost, that's good!" Luffy, however, looked disappointed and said, "What? It's not a ghost."
"What are you disappointed about?!"
Usopp chopped Luffy on the head and said, "Thank goodness you're not a ghost, you bastard!"
Although they have a Princess Mononoke on their ship, he really doesn't want to encounter a ghost!
"Hahahaha"
"Ghosts are interesting, aren't they?"
"No way!" Usopp roared, opening his shark-like mouth.
Unfortunately, these words had no effect on Luffy whatsoever.
Seeing Luffy picking his nose and staring at him, Usopp immediately deflated and sighed helplessly.
That bastard.
"Hold on tight, we're about to get on the highway," Papagu said.
west Yan: ? ? ?
"On the highway?" west Yan asked in surprise, "Fish trucks here can even go on the highway?"
Could it be some kind of strange, cutting-edge technology?
"Of course," Papagu said. "Fishman Island is so big that it would be difficult to see it all in one day without a highway."
"Ah, we've arrived."
Glancing at the water pipes below, Papagu laughed, "This is the highway!"
Seeing the special water flow made of bubbles below, west Yan was completely speechless.
Is this what they call a highway?
That's true.
Just then, Usopp pointed to the pirate flag on the dessert factory in the distance and said, "Hey, that design looks familiar."
"Ah, that's a dessert factory..."
"No, I meant that pirate flag," Usopp said. "I feel like I've seen it somewhere before..."
"Pirate Flag 1"
Pappa glanced at the direction Usopp was pointing and then said, "It's not surprising that you recognize this, because it's the pirate flag of one of the Four Emperors of the New World."
"The Four Emperors?!"
Upon hearing that it was one of the Four Emperors, Usopp's expression immediately changed.
"It's the B1G·MOM Pirates, right?" west Yan said.
After saying that, west Yan glanced at Usopp again and said, "You should have seen the pirate flag pattern at Shakky's place. Oh, right!"
Remembering, Usopp slapped his palm and said, "I definitely saw it at Shakky's."
west Yan nodded upon hearing this, then looked at Papagu and said, "Fishman Island is now under the protection of the Big Mom Pirates, right? What kind of price do you need to pay?"
He had only heard that receiving the protection of the Four Emperors required payment, but he didn't know exactly what kind of payment it would be.
"We need to supply a large quantity of desserts to the entire kingdom every month," Papagu said. "That's the price we have to pay."
"That factory we just saw was also built for this reason."
"You just need dessert?" west Yan asked in surprise.
He thought the Four Emperors would be like the World Government, needing the vast treasures of Fishman Island, but it turns out they only wanted dessert.
No, just how much does Garrett's family love sweets?
"At least that's what I know," Papagu said. "As for whether the Ryugu Palace has reached any other agreements with the Four Emperors, I don't know."
He was just an ordinary top fashion designer on Fishman Island; he had no way of knowing such a secret.
"The Four Emperors...," Luffy said with some emotion, "I wonder if I'll ever get to see Shanks."
"We'll definitely meet him after we go to the New World," west Yan said with a smile.
"Um!"
Hearing west Yan's words, Luffy nodded happily.
By that time... he would definitely be a very famous and powerful pirate!
Hahahaha.
"Alright, Celebrity Street is just ahead." Papagu said with a smile, "My home is right here."
"Where? Where?"
"That's the one."
Kemi pointed to the largest building facing the street in the distance and said, "That's Papagu's house."
"What?"
The group was completely stunned when they saw the enormous building.
"You live there?" Usopp asked in surprise.
Isn't this building a bit too big?
"That's right!" Papagu grinned. "As the top fashion designer on Fishman Island, it's perfectly reasonable for me to live there, isn't it?"
"Hahaha~"
As a famous designer on Fishman Island, he is quite wealthy!
So... there's absolutely no problem living in this huge building!
Looking at Papagu, who was proudly holding his head high, Xiyan said with some emotion, "You're even more amazing than I imagined."
To live in the biggest house in the most bustling part of an island... this guy must be incredibly rich!
It seems that Papagu was being modest before.
Hearing west Yan's praise, Papagu smiled even more happily.
"It's not that amazing, just average," Papagu chuckled.
Then, with a wave of his hand, he said, "Scatter."
"Come visit me at my house!"
"profound!!"