Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Peculiar City of Seven Waters
"Although it feels magnificent from a distance, I didn't expect to be amazed when I looked closely!" Sitting on the deck of the Merry, looking at the surrounding Venetian waterways and the local residents who sat around them with strange seahorse creatures pulling boats, this noisy and flashy scene made Planck, who had long blurred the memory of his past life, couldn't help but sigh loudly. "It's really lively, don't the people here hide when they see us?" Robin looked at the pirate flag above his head and asked strangely. Just when Robin was curious, the uncle who was fishing in a small boat next to him looked at their boat and shouted, "Hey! How many of you are pirates, aren't you? "yes, what's wrong with the uncle?" Luffy waved his hand with a smile on his face, and responded to Uncle Fishing. "It's not okay for the pirate ship to enter through the main gate openly, you can turn around from here and take a detour through the back street to enter!" The uncle responded kindly. "Thank you, uncle!" Luffy happily waved his hand to the fishing uncle, who waved his hand as well, and continued to lie down and put his straw hat on his head and snored and caught a fish. "What a great uncle!" With a happy sigh, the Straw Hats, who had been instructed, turned the boat to the back street. "There's water everywhere, is this a city built on water?" Chopper asked with a look of surprise as he looked at the waterways around him. "Yes, if I'm not mistaken, it's a city built on water!" Touching Chopper's head, Planck also looked at everything around him with a wistful expression, and from time to time searched for a fragment of a text about Venice, the water city that he had learned when he was a child, and compared everything around him. "Wow, that's amazing, isn't it built on water and not afraid of sinking?" Chopper turned into a curious baby and asked strangely again. "No, isn't this a rootless city? It's built on the foundation of the seabed, and do you see all the houses with arched foundation holes underneath? “
Looking at the sea water slowly flowing from under the surrounding houses, Chopper exclaimed in surprise: "Really, Planck, you are so knowledgeable, you know this!" It really deserves to be called the capital of seven waters, a great city in the water! Chopper, who received the explanation, praised loudly and admired Planck beside him.
While the two were talking, the Merry also slowly drove into the backstreets of the Seven Waters Capital, although it felt relatively remote, like a civilian area, but it was still crowded with bloated houses.
"Is it population growth? Or is there less land? Looking at the waves of water surging under the boat, Planck seemed to understand something. While Planck was thinking, the strangers were already accosting them.
"Oh my God, big-breasted beauty, can we have dinner together?"
"I call you a big-breasted beauty, why don't you call me such a lady?"
"I'm sorry, I was wrong, wife!"
"Hey, are you here to rob the pirates? Hahaha, be careful! ”
Looking at the enthusiasm of the surrounding residents, the Straw Hats who were used to being disliked all felt strange and uncomfortable.
"Aren't the people here afraid of pirates?" Although she had doubts in her heart, Nami quickly affirmed her intention, "No, uncle, we are here to repair the ship!" ”
"Oh? Ship repairers, then you have come to the right place, we have the best shipwrights in the world, Carrera, with excellent technology, and there is a remote bay not far ahead, so you can park your ship there! The uncle replied with a smile.
"Uncle, aren't you afraid of pirates?" Nami, who felt strange in her heart, asked anyway.
"Pirates? Hahaha! We have the best Carrera shipwright in the world, what are we afraid of? As if he had heard some joke, the uncle burst out laughing.
"It seems that this Carrera dock introduced to us by Granny Cocoro is not simple!" Planck walked over to Nami and couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, but it's right to think about it, shipwrights repair ships, shipbuilding inevitably has to deal with the navy, pirates, maritime merchants, all kinds of people, and all kinds of strange people, how can you become bigger and stronger without a little protection of your own military strength?" Robin also analyzed along with Planck.
"Really? I see, you bastards, wait for us to go to the island and obey my command, we are not allowed to be disorganized, undisciplined, and cause trouble, do you hear? Nami, who heard Robin's analysis, immediately ordered the crowd behind her with a happy face.
"Why? We're not that kind of people? Nami, don't slander people! "Luffy, who is unwilling to be restrained, resists to the death.
"Hehe, you're not that kind of person? When did you go to the island and not be messed up by a few of you bastards? Who is disobedient this time, wait on the island without pocket money! Nami, who was about to try her hand at both hard and soft, moved her fist and smiled at the trembling eyes of the crowd that she thought she was a demon.
"Nami-san, I am definitely your faithful believer, whatever you say is what you say, you definitely tell me to go east and not west, and tell me to chase dogs and not chickens! Please give me pocket money! Hearing the word pocket money, Planck instantly surrendered to Nami beside him.
"Ah, despicable Planck, the first to surrender to my Namisan, it's too insidious, dear Namisan, I am your most faithful and reliable knight!" Even after Planck, Sanji also accepted this unequal treaty that restricted freedom.
"Damn!" Thinking of some of the delicacies he had just seen along the way, Luffy helplessly lowered his head against Nami's big devil. "Yes, Nami!"
Satisfied, looking at the magnificent effect of her gorgeous costume and the momentum of the eight directions, Nami proudly commanded her slaves to start the boat and sail towards the bay that could be docked for pirates not far away.
"Indeed, as a pirate, you must have the consciousness of a pirate, quietly enter the village, and don't shoot is the low-key pursuit of our generation. But that's too much, isn't it? Looking at the desolate atmosphere of birds not pooping around and the geographical location outside the lonely island, Planck, who felt that he was pitted, angrily blamed.
"Be content, we're pirates, do you expect any humanitarian care?" Robin, who looked at Planck's anger, sarcastically said on the side. "But I don't know if it's my delusion, Planck, I've always felt that there is something unsettling about this island." Robin, who finished joking, said worriedly with Planck on a worried face.
"It's okay, you guess you've been affected by that bastard of the childish, just wait to go shopping on the island and take a break! I've already asked Nami, and soon I'll be able to get a big Bailey to strengthen my strength! I'll sweep away all the hateful bastards who threaten you! Planck, who had taken Robin into his arms, stroked the silky black hair that had fascinated him, and comforted him softly.
"Also, maybe I'm thinking too much, Planck, can you really find me at the ends of the earth?" Robin, who touched the card bracelet on his wrist and felt a sense of crisis, asked again.
"Of course, do you still want to leave me secretly? At the end of the earth, I will definitely catch you back! Robin, from the moment you set foot on Blue Flame Island, you can't get out of my Five Finger Mountain, hehe! Only when Robin fell into a phobia of love, Planck, who suffered from gains and losses, responded gently and firmly.
"Really? It turns out that you bastard, you were plotting against you at that time, and you are so deeply hidden, I underestimate you Planck! Robin, who let go of his uneasiness, also began to laugh at Planck.
At the same time, a person in a dimly lit room magically opened a door through the wall and walked in, looking at the man in black who was already hiding himself in the dark like a cheetah waiting for his prey, silently poured a glass of vodka and drank it all before slowly saying: "Lu Qi, the person you are looking for has news!" ”