Early morning.

The endless sand dunes, stretching like still waves, refracted a beautiful golden light under the morning sun, the distant horizon, the direction of the horizon, the endless yellow sand seems to be connected with the sky, as if the whole world is filled with endless desert......

"I'm so sorry, little Weiwei...... Let you see such a desolate place" Outside, Doto looked at Vivi apologetically.

"How come, Uncle Doto......" "Then, let's go first, uncle!"

Luffy directly interrupted Weiwei's words, and he said to his uncle with a smile.

"Hmm...... Then I'm here to wish you all the best," Doto nodded slightly.

"But do you hear any water?" Sanji looked left and right and asked with some uncertainty.

"Hearing you say that, I do hear a sound of water," Usopp nodded hesitantly.

"Hehe" Hearing the confusion of the Straw Hats and his group, Doto couldn't help but smile, "I also want to thank Luffy and Aaron, they dug up the water source together last night"

"I see," Zoro nodded, he turned his head to look at Aaron who was sleeping behind him, "No wonder this kid can't wake up no matter what, it turns out that he stayed up all night and didn't sleep enough?" ”

"Ahh Listening to Doto's conversation, Luffy clapped his hands violently, and he looked like he suddenly realized, "I seem to have dug a pit last night!" ”

"Are you a goldfish brain... How long did it take to forget? Nami looked at Luffy with some helplessness.

"By the way, Luffy, you take this with you...", as he spoke, Doto took out a small wooden bucket from his back and handed it to Luffy, the barrel was filled with precious water, "Sorry, that pool is still too small, and there are too many grains of sand mixed in the water...... I managed to get this bit of water."

"Wow! It must be a lot of work, thank you so much, uncle! I will definitely cherish it! Luffy heard Doto's description, and although he didn't understand what it meant, he still understood that this bucket of water was not easy to come by, so he carefully hung him around his neck.

"Alright Luffy, it's time for us to go" Zoro reminded Lu Fei that the Straw Hats had already walked far away.

"Oh!" Luffy answered, and hurriedly ran to his partner, waving back as he ran, "Goodbye, uncle!" After saying that, he pressed the hat on his head and hurried forward without looking back

"......" Doto watched Luffy and the others gradually move away, he slowly retracted his right hand, and then turned around and walked back to the city slowly.

Today, there is still a lot to do, sandstorm...... I will never let nature destroy Juba!

Doto walked slowly into the still-bubbling pool, his eyes flickering.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but under the sunlight, the gradually expanding pool seems to flash with a hint of colorful light.

Splendid like a miracle.

……

The sun gradually climbed up the sky, and the brilliant scorching sun sprinkled the entire desert, and the golden grains of sand shone like gold.

Smack!

The Straw Hats were steadily moving forward, but as they walked, Luffy suddenly sat down next to a dead tree with a click.

"Luffy, what's wrong with you? Are you tired? Aaron was the first to notice Luffy's anomaly, and he asked with some concern,

"Huh?" Everyone understood Aaron's cry and all looked back, and Usopp shouted in confusion, "Luffy, what are you doing?" ”

"What's wrong with you? Luffy? Vivi leaned down, "Are you tired?" Would you like to take a break? ”

"......" Zoro glanced at Luffy, who seemed to have guessed something.

"Hmm......" Luffy pursed his lips and glanced at his partners who were all looking at him with concern, and after a while, he said, "I'm quitting!" ”

"Huh?" n face confused.

"Luffy-san... What do you mean? Vivi looked at Luffy with some confusion, and she had a faint bad premonition in her heart.

"Hey Luffy, we don't have the leisure to mess around with you here," Usopp said embarrassedly, "Hurry up and stand up, aren't we going back?" ”

"That's right, we have to follow the road we came from yesterday to Catlea City to stop the rebels!" Sanji pointed to the endless desert in the distance and said,

"Huh?" Aaron looked at Sanji in shock, "Go back the way you came?" Isn't that going to take a long time?! ”

"Yes, but if we don't go back and stop the rebels, the consequences will be unimaginable if millions of people in this country start some fierce conflict!" Sanji said with some excitement, "This is for Vivi-chan"

With that, he walked over to Luffy and pulled him by the collar to pull him up, "Get up, let's go"

Then he was thrown aside by Luffy with a bang.

"But it's too slow," Aaron scratched his head as he looked at Sanji who was thrown out, "I'm not very smart, but just take Klockda" "Aaron! ”

However, before Aaron could finish speaking, Zoro suddenly stopped Aaron, he looked at Aaron and said, "Don't talk yet." ”

"Vivi!" Before everyone could remember what Zoro meant, Luffy suddenly stopped Vivi, and he stared at Vivi,

"What's the matter?" Vivi looked at Luffy.

"I want to beat Klocodahl!!" Luffy gritted his teeth and roared.

“？！”

"Even if you can stop the rebels, can you stop Klockdahl?" Luffy's IQ was inexplicably online, and he coldly said the fact that Vivi didn't dare to face,

"Even if we get to Katerea, there's nothing to do, because we're pirates! It's better not to go," Luffy said calmly.

“…… Although this guy is an idiot, he often hits the nail on the head" Sanji looked at Luffy with some solemnity, he already understood what Luffy meant.

As Luffy said, the rebel army is not the source of the turmoil in Alabastan, as long as Klockdahl is not stopped, even if there is no rebel army, Alabastan will also fall into civil strife, not to mention that as a pirate, he is naturally hostile to all camps, and it is not a short time to brush up on the level of trust, and time is the most extravagant thing for Alabastan, which is about to destroy the country overnight.

"Yes, just a stupid Luffy, and Aaron too, is this the instinct of the legendary stupid" Usopp also recalled at this time, he complained a little speechlessly.

"W-That!" "You want no one to die in this war"

Without giving Vivi a chance to refute, Luffy continued to say coldly, "National, and all of us...... Our enemy is a member of the Seven Martial Seas, and this is already a riot war involving millions of people, and you still think that everyone is safe. ”

Luffy paused, he looked up at Vivi, lowered his voice and said in a low voice, "Don't you think it's too naïve?" ”

"......" Weiwei lowered her head, her whole body trembling slightly.

"Wait a minute, Luffy, can't you think about Vivi's feelings" Nami couldn't help but dissuade Vivi when she saw Vivi like this.

"Wait a minute, Miss Nami!" At this time, Sanji suddenly reached out to stop Nami, "You better take another look"

"But—" "You shut up for me, too!"

Zoro also stopped Aaron who wanted to speak, and the devil knew what the atmosphere would be like when he spoke.

"Oh..."Aaron scratched his head, then closed his mouth and quietly looked at Vivi and Luffy.

"What's wrong!" Vivi didn't care about everyone's small interactions, she suddenly yelled, she looked directly into Luffy's eyes, "I don't want anyone to die, what's wrong!" ”

…… There was silence all around.

Luffy looked at Vivi, who was about to collapse, and he said slowly: "People will eventually die"

"......" Vivi looked at Luffy who was quietly leaning on the trunk of the tree, she suddenly felt a nameless anger rush from her chest to her head, and then unconsciously, she raised her right hand sharply and gave Luffy a hard slap.

Knock Luffy two or three meters away.

…… The girl has good arm strength!

"Shut up! Don't say that again! Vivi shouted hysterically, she looked at Luffy who was lying on the ground, "Don't we want the pillar to happen now!" It's clear that it's not the rebels, the king's army, and the people of this country, so why does anyone have to die?! ”

"It's all Klockdahl's fault!!" Syllable!

At this time, Luffy suddenly flew up and knocked Vivi to the ground with a punch.

"Then why are you risking your life?" Luffy asked back with a louder roar.

"Hey! Luffy, you're overdoing it! "Luffy, you bastard, how dare you hit Miss Vivi!" "That...""Aaron, shut up, you're not allowed to speak now" "Oh..."

"......" Vivi slowly got up from the ground, and then he lunged at Luffy, knocking Luffy to the ground.

"Just look at this country" However, Luffy's mouth cannon still did not stop, and he quietly looked at Vivi...... And her somewhat trembling fists.

"What!" Crackle crackle crackle ...

While asking, Vivi slapped Luffy in the face with her left fist and right hand.

"Hmm... Very rhythmic"

"What the hell should I do!" However, one of the necessary conditions for being a strong man is to be able to speak clearly no matter what kind of blow he suffers on his face, so Luffy spoke clearly and said while slapping Vivi, "It's not enough to gamble with your life!" ”

"So, what am I gambling on? What to bet on?! "Smack!

Luffy suddenly grabbed Vivi's hand.

“…… I don't have any other capital to gamble on," Vivi said with a shudder.

"At least we're gambling with our lives, aren't we partners!" Luffy yelled.

"......" Hearing Luffy's words, Vivi couldn't help but cover her mouth, and Douda's tears finally flowed out of her pupils.

It's suffocating...... Probably a long time of tears.

"What, don't you shed tears? Tears like that. "Tears of relief.

"......" Nami stepped forward and silently held Vivi in her arms.

"......" The Straw Hats all looked at Luffy in silence.

"Tell me." Luffy slowly walked over to Vivi, and he patted Vivi on the shoulder, "Where's Klockdahl!" ”

The sound cracks through the clouds.

"That's... Can I speak now? Then just as everyone was immersed in this solemn atmosphere, Aaron suddenly raised his hand, and he said weakly.

The solemn atmosphere of the "......" was suddenly broken.

"Say it, let's talk about it, really, you guy is really an atmosphere destroyer!" Zoro said helplessly.

"Actually... Everybody's safe," Aaron scratched his head and calmly said something that was surprising, "It can be done." ”

"......" the crowd was silent.

"Nani?!"

"Do you have a way to stop the rebels? That's tens of thousands of troops! Nami looked at Aaron with some suspicion.

"Yes!" Aaron nodded affirmatively.

"What's the solution?"

"I'll talk to Gary later," Aaron scratched his head, and then he reached into his pocket and pulled Gary out, "Gary, Gary!" ”

"Cat?" Gary slowly stretched the bull's head out of the volute, and her two huge eyes looked at Aaron with some confusion.

"Can you call the blue fat man over with me to stop the rebels?" Aaron put his hands together and said flatteringly, "Please, please, let you dissect it once it's done."

"Cats?"

"Really, really!"

"Cat?"

"No repentance!"

"Cats!" Gary nodded in satisfaction, and then he looked into the distance, and the two bull's eyes instantly turned into data eyes, and a huge stream of green data converged in Gary's eyes.

A quarter of an hour later, Gary looked a little sluggish, he looked at Aaron and slowly called out, "Cat! ”

Then it burrowed into the shell.

"Thank you, Gary!" Aaron smiled and put Gary in his pocket, "Get some sleep"

“…… Chopper, what is Gary talking about? Usopp looked at Chopper with some confusion.

"It seems to say that the idol will lend Aaron something called the Blue Fat Man," Chopper said with some uncertainty, "What is the Blue Fat Man..."

Boom!

However, at this moment, everyone suddenly felt that the sand seemed to tremble.

"Something's coming?" Sanji couldn't help but look around, and then when he saw somewhere, he couldn't take his eyes off it, "What is that?!" ”

I saw that on the sand dunes in the distance, an unknown object with a round ball like a heavy chariot shining with a faint blue metallic light was approaching here at high speed, and as the thing approached, the Straw Hats seemed to feel a stronger and stronger tremor.

"No, there's something behind this thing!" The sharp-eyed Zoro saw the black dot following behind the "dark blue chariot", "What is that?" ”

"That, that, that and that stuff are all shells!" Usopp, who had a sniper scope, had seen the things for what they really were, and he cried out in a bit of a breakdown, with a cry in his voice.

"What?!" Nami looked around, and at some point, all the originally golden sand dunes were flooded by scarabs, leaving only a terrifying black that seemed to swallow people, "This is the shells of the whole desert have run here?!" ”

"Calm down, calm down, everyone" Looking at everyone's panicked appearance, Aaron couldn't help but wave his hand, "It's just that the blue fat man and his little brother are here to report"

"The blue fat man you said can't be the biggest shell, right?!" Looking at the blue fat man, who was getting bigger and bigger as the distance approached, Zoro couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"That's right!" Seeing that the blue beetle king was about to run to him, Aaron couldn't help but trot in front of everyone, and he slowly stretched out his arm to the insect king.

As if feeling Aaron, the insect king, who was originally like a chariot moving at high speed, braked suddenly, and golden grains of sand rose all around, and finally, the giant horn of the insect king fell steadily on Aaron's hand.

"Let me introduce you, this is the Blue Fat Man, the uncrowned king of the Alabastan Desert" Aaron patted the blue fat man's giant horn, he turned around and said to everyone with a smile.

The smile is like a flower, and there is a little playfulness