Tick tock.

Scarlet blood flowed slowly, and the intense pain made Luffy almost unconscious, and his whole body trembled slightly.

"Ability, experience, skills, the gap between us is like the gap between heaven and earth, it's not a level at all, Straw Hat Luffy!" Klockdahl looked at Luffy, who was almost dying, and said a little boringly, "An innocent little ghost like you who can only talk big, I don't know how many times I've seen it on the Great Voyage!" ”

"Juba is finished," Klockdahl looked at the sandstorm that was already heading south, "this unprecedented sandstorm will bury Juba completely, and the rebels will be even more annoyed when they know about it, and the pedantic thoughts of thinking about others are the magic weapon to destroy this country!" ”

Then, he looked at Luffy, who was no longer shaking, and said, "You are the same, Straw Hat Luffy, if you give up those boring feelings, you may be able to live longer..."

Syllable!

But at this moment, Luffy's right hand suddenly stretched out and grabbed Klockdahl's right arm.

"Huh?" Klockdahl looked at Luffy with some surprise, "You're still alive?" It's a tenacious vitality."

"But so what" But then Klockdahl gave a disdainful sneer, and he led Luffy slowly to the edge of the quicksand cave, and then pulled the hook on his left hand out of Luffy's body.

Blood spilled in midair, and Luffy was thrown like rags by Klockdahl into the quicksand hole.

"Goodbye, Straw Hat Kid Luffy" Looking at Luffy who rolled and slid into the center of the hole, the corners of Klockdahl's mouth lifted a cold arc, "You will follow that Yuba and be buried under the earth forever!" ”

With that, he turned and walked away without looking back, his figure gradually turning into sand, slowly dissipating in the wind.

As the sun sets, the desert returns to silence.

Burst!

Suddenly, the center of the quicksand cave suddenly exploded, and the yellow sand flew, and I saw that in the center of the quicksand cave, Luffy struggled to stick his head out of the cave.

"Ahem!" He coughed up a large puddle of blood, then looked up to the sky and yelled, "Water! ”

……

"You want me to go to Albana......" Dusty looked at Smoker on his bike with some confusion, "are you going to hunt down the Straw Hats?" …… Or to help the King's army? ”

"You can do it yourself!"

"Huh?"

"It's up to you what you want to do when you get there," Smoker said slowly.

"How can that be?" Dusty was a little at a loss.

"Do what you think is right, whatever the outcome, the responsibility is on me," Smoker slowly restarted the motorcycle, "let it go, whether it's you or Altaïr, I give you that permission." ”

"Speaking of which, where did Altaïr go?"

"He's already going to Albana first"

"So where are you going? Colonel Smoker? Dusty asked.

"Suddenly there is something urgent, I have to go to sea first," Smoker explained lightly, "I have to keep in touch at all times!" ”

"Yes!" Dusty tightened his grip

"You have to watch the end of this country well," Smoker put down the goggles on his head, and he looked into the distance, his eyes long, "whether it is to perish or survive, something like this will definitely happen at some point in the era." ”

After saying these unclear words, he started his motorcycle and ran into the depths of the desert in a hurry.

"......" Dusty looked at Smoker's distant figure a little stunned.

She had a vague sense that what Smoker had just said was full of meaning.

"Sergeant, Sergeant!" Just as Dusty pondered the deep meaning of Smoker, a soldier suddenly interrupted her thoughts, "Please give the order!" ”

"Okay!" Dusty gathered her mind for a moment, then she turned to look at the navy members standing straight behind her, and ordered with a serious face, "Pursue the Pirate Straw Hat Boy and his group, the whole team strengthens their equipment and prepares to advance towards Albana!" ”

"Yes!"

……

At night, in the middle of the desert.

"Nani?! Doesn't this crab know how to swim? Usopp looked at Vivi in shock, "This is a hairy crab!" ”

"Because the moving crab is a creature in the desert, it is very afraid of water," Wei Wei explained helplessly.

"But it's a crab anyway!" Usopp said with some breakdown, "Is the Great Voyage all such strange creatures?!" ”

"Crabs! This is not the sea, you can think of a way for me! Usopp yelled at the crab at his feet.

However, the crab ignored him at all.

"It's going to be bad if it goes on like this!" As he spoke, Usopp took out the map from his bosom and spread it out for everyone to see, "Look! There is a sea-wide river between Yudi and Albana, and if you swim slowly, you won't be able to do it! ”

"Moreover, there are still about ten kilometers of desert to walk after crossing the river, so you can't waste too much time on the river!" Usopp looked at the crowd, "If this crab can't make it to the river, do you want us to run to Albana next?" ”

"There's no way around it," Nami said helplessly.

"How can you catch up with that!" Usopp said with a very exaggerated expression, "Absolutely impossible! ”

"It's too late to say anything," Sanji said, puffing out his cigarette and pointing ahead, "Look, the Sandora River is already here"

A thousand meters in front of the crabs, a wide river seems to be boundless.

"You said it earlier!" Usopp yelled at Sanji, and then he said in a panic, "What should I do?" What are you going to do if you go on like this? ”

"Please, tongs, let's think of a way~" Nami asked the moving crab in a numb voice.

"That's right! The pincers like dancing girls the most! At this time, Chopper suddenly said loudly.

"Is that so?" Then Nami stood up and took off her white robe, revealing her graceful carcass under her clothes.

"Almost!" Chopper said calmly.

"Wow! Oh no! Miss Nami is so beautiful! However, before the crab could see it, the two perverts on the crab's back had already fallen down with red eyes and happy faces...

"Ahh It's coming! ”

I saw the two eyes of the moving crab slowly turn, he looked at Nami's hot body, and a red heart instantly appeared in his eyes, and the swinging frequency of the eight crab legs increased by nearly double, and the moving crab at this time was like opening a matchless.

It's twice as fast as it was just now.

“…… Whatever it means animals like human women," Usopp looked at the approaching river a little speechlessly, and he yelled in horror, "What problem does this solve?" Chopper! ”

"Go!!" Chopper looked at the river close at hand, and he roared energetically.

Rumble!

I saw that the eight legs of the moving crab kept swinging, and it was actually moving forward frantically on the surface of the river.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Sanji looked at the splash of the crab with some shock, "This crab is too powerful, I can't believe it!" ”

Then a flash of thought suddenly flashed in his eyes.

It is not difficult to understand how crabs can run on the surface of the river, as long as they have a large enough initial velocity, they can theoretically walk on the surface of the river.

As for Yamaji, who is good at leg work, he should theoretically be able to walk on the sea with strong foot strength.

In that case, you might be able to... Sanji thought in his heart, but the touch of slowly sinking made him come back to his senses.

The moving crab slowly sank into the water...

"Why did it sink! Crab! Usopp shouted indignantly.

"There's no time to complain, let's go," Zoro said lightly, placing the diminutive Chopper on his head and slowly swimming forward.

"Wait for me!" Seeing that everyone was swimming towards the opposite shore, Usopp hurriedly followed, and he swam to Vivi's side, "Isn't there a boat nearby?" How many kilometers are there to get to the other side of the river? ”

"About 50 kilometers," Vivi said calmly.

"How can you swim past!" Rumble!

As soon as the words fell, the river next to the straw hats suddenly rose, and a huge catfish more than ten meters tall raised its head and stared coldly at everyone.

"It's a once-in-a-century Sandora catfish!" Vivi explained with a frightened expression.

"Just explain it!" Boom!

The catfish threw itself into the water, and it turned around, aiming its large mouth full of fangs at the crowd, and its tail fin twisted, and ran towards them fiercely.

"And it's the one that likes to eat people the most!!"

"You said that earlier!"

"Hey Chopper! Don't cover my face! I'm going to cut that guy! Zoro pulled Chopper, who was covering his face, and said helplessly.

"Wow, wow, wow! I'm coming! Run, run! Chopper looked at the approaching Maw, and he yelled in horror, pulling Zoro's hair unconsciously in his hands.

"It hurts, it hurts! Don't talk nonsense! I know! I'll just run! Feed! Don't talk nonsense! Zoro scrambled to appease Chopper,

Knock knock!

At this moment, there was a crackling sound behind the catfish, and everyone looked back and found that it was the kung fu manatee that came out of nowhere and knocked the catfish unconscious.

"Kung Fu Manatee!" With tears in his eyes, Usopp said, "Saved! ”

……

Because of the help of the kung fu manatee, everyone successfully crossed the river.

"Is it too late?" Zoro asked, looking at Vivi.

"It's hard to say," Wei Wei replied with a solemn face, "Even if I sit on the body of the eyelashes, I don't know if it's too late."

"And there are only two people who can sit," said Usopp, "and if the Baroque Workshop were to intercept it, it would be ahead, right?" ”

"Isn't there a way for everyone to act together?" Usopp asked, looking at everyone.

Everyone was silent for a long time.

"Damn, there's no way," Usopp said a little weakly, "If only Aaron were here at this time!" That guy must have some strange idea, right? ”

"......" The crowd continued to be silent.

There is no objection to what Usopp just said.

Although everyone didn't know the existence of a certain Amon, Aaron's magical performance all the time made everyone unconsciously equate Aaron with omnipotence...

"But that's a good thing," Zoro said slowly, looking at the crowd, "We're too dependent on Aaron, and that's not what you want."

"......" The crowd fell silent again.

It's true that there's nothing wrong with being helped by a partner, but if it becomes a liability, it's something that everyone in the Straw Hats can't accept.

"But what now?" Usopp looked at everyone, "You can't really go to Albana, can you?" ”

Dadada!

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of running in unison in the distance, and everyone turned their heads to look.

I saw Karui, the running duck who hadn't been seen for a long time, leading his friends to gallop towards the Straw Hats.

"Karui!" Wei Wei said in surprise, "There is also a super fast duck troop!" You're here to pick us up! ”

"Gah!" Karui responded, and the running ducks stopped in front of the Straw Hats, who looked at Vivi in unison, then stretched out their right wings, clumsily but firmly placed them on their foreheads, and saluted Vivi.

"Gah!"

"In this case, we should be able to get to Albana before the rebels," Vivi said with some amusement, and she turned back to the group and said, "Everyone, hurry up and get on the duck!" ”

……

At the moment when Luffy struggled to climb out of the quicksand, when the Straw Hats rushed to Albana, when the rebel army and the king's army were about to fight, when the agents of the Baroque Workshop were chatting, at the moment when ...... Aaron's moment of leisurely tea.

The natural sandstorm finally came to Juba.

"Damn, why is the scale of this sandstorm so large?!" Doto watched in disbelief at the sandstorm slowly approaching in the distance, and even from a distance of several kilometers, he could feel the tremendous force of the wind that seemed to destroy everything.

"Damn, the pool hasn't had time to install sand control facilities yet!" Doto glanced back at the pool.

At this moment, the pool has expanded several times compared to before.

"Shh Doto snorted, and then he ran to the pool, stretched out his hands, felt the stinging grit on his body, he raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot, and yelled at the sandstorm as if venting, "Sandstorm, come on!" No matter how many times... No matter how many times! ”

"Juba will never lose to the sand!!"

Swish!!

With Doto's roar, the pool behind him suddenly glowed with colorful light, and then, the clear water in the pool suddenly rose into the sky, forming a huge column of water more than ten meters high in mid-air.

"......" Under Doto's shocked gaze, a giant colorful hand stretched out from the pillar of light, and then slashed hard!

The water column was suddenly scattered, and then a figure composed of colorful light slowly walked out of the water column.

The figure was in the form of a human, about forty meters tall, and because the whole body was made of clear water that shone with colorful strength, so Doto couldn't see the real appearance of the figure.

"......" seemed to feel Doto's gaze, and the water man slowly lowered his head, he stared at Doto for a moment, and then nodded slowly, as if affirming Doto's behavior just now.

Then, the water man raised his head, he looked at the yellow sand flying in the sky and the hurricane that seemed to be so fierce that it seemed to be able to destroy the world, slowly, slowly put his right hand on his waist, and the more and more brilliant colorful light gathered in the water man's right fist.

……

"Huh?" At the moment when the water man appeared, Aaron raised his head as if he had a feeling, he looked in a certain direction in the distance, and said in surprise, "It's actually launched now?" ”

"What's wrong with you?" Miss. Golden Zhou asked coldly, with a faint hint of annoyance.

"It's nothing, it's just that King Kong has activated" Aaron shook his head, he explained with a smile, then raised his teacup and took a beautiful sip.

"......" Miss. Golden Week looked at Aaron with some confusion.

This guy is always so startled that people can't see through it at all......

Why should I see through that guy?! Miss. Golden Zhou roared in her heart, and then she jerked up the teacup as if she was hiding something.

"It's hot!" Then he was burned by the tea.

"Be careful" Aaron couldn't help but sigh when he saw Miss. Golden Week's appearance, then put down the teacup, and then leaned forward and covered Miss. Golden Week's mouth with his hand, "How is it?" Doesn't it feel a little cooler? ”

"Strange, why is it hotter?" Aaron looked at Miss. Golden Week with some confusion, because it was dark, so he didn't see Mmiss. Golden Week's face was so red that it looked like it could drip blood.

"Get your dirty hands away!" Miss. Golden Week screamed, the sound was so loud that it attracted everyone's attention frequently.

"Uh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" Aaron didn't notice the strange eyes of the crowd, he reluctantly withdrew his hand, and then took another sip from the teacup.

"I hope he can be happy here" After a while, Aaron put down the teacup, he looked in the direction just now, and sighed faintly.

……

"This is—" Doto stared blankly at the pool, as if nothing had happened, but the yellow sand scattered in the sky told Doto that everything was true!

With just one blow, the water man simply threw a punch at the sandstorm and blasted the invincible sandstorm away!

The huge pillar of light, which seemed to shatter the void and was so brilliant that it illuminated the night, was forever reflected in the bottom of Doto's heart.

It's a miracle!