It was five hours after the Straw Hats had encountered the Giant Necked Dragon, and the location was a gray island that could not be found even on the military-grade charts of the Navy headquarters.

"Hey, it's a drowned ghost, isn't it?"

A chubby pirate said.

"In that case, he won't be of much use to Lord Gigula."

The other tall, lanky pirate replied.

On the snow-white sand, Luffy, who had been plotted by the electricity released by the giant neck-necked dragon, was lying here, and the two pirates were studying him condescendingly.

The chubby pirate kept kicking Luffy's side with his foot, and his body lying on the beach remained motionless: "I see, this guy must be dead." ”

The tall and thin pirate showed a helpless expression: "It's really a disappointment, at least leave something valuable......

In this era of pirates, the corpses in the water are no different from the dried starfish on the beach, and apart from the forces to which these two pirates belong, basically no one will take a second look.

The fat pirate bent down and expertly reached for Luffy's unlucky clothes, fumbling around the inside of his clothes and pockets.

"Aren't you going to dissect the cadaver directly?"

The tall, thin pirate had a puzzled look on his face.

"Let's see if there's anything first, we've been here for almost a year, and we haven't gotten a single Bailey except for the money we said!"

The greedy fat pirate didn't give up and continued to search for his pockets.

"It's better to be able to burst some gold coins...... Like the old guy last time...... Alas! ”

Before he could finish speaking, the fat pirate suddenly let out a strange cry and fell on his back. It was a scream mixed with pleasure as if it had been pierced by needles from the top of the head to the chrysanthemum.

"Yes, who ——!?"

The two pirates looked back at the same time.

Left, right—the beach that had been divided into their patrol areas, was empty except for the two of them.

"Huh?"

The fat pirates suddenly reacted and looked down—just beneath their feet was a piece of armor covered in red rust and looking extremely ancient.

"What is this?"

"Was there just that? Didn't you? ”

The two guys who are not very smart look at me and I look at you, with a puzzled look, and after finding that neither of them can give an explanation, they began to concentrate on studying this mysterious armor that suddenly appeared.

And yet—

Ga......

The armor suddenly made a creaking sound and moved.

Katsa!

The rusty metal rubbed against each other, and the long-handled axe held by the armor's hand swung at the tip of the fat pirate's nose.

"Ahh

The fat pirate slowed down, was taken aback, and stepped back.

"Hell, what the hell is it?"

The tall, lanky pirate was a little more daring, and he held down the arm's arm.

And inside the helmet, there was a "flutter" laugh.

Even if the two are not very smart, they can be sure that this is not a ghost armor, and someone is inside. But the strange thing is that although the armor is normal in size, it seems that the person wearing it is very small, almost like a three-headed toy soldier.

"Bastard, let me see your true face!"

The tall, lanky pirate reached for the helmet's visor and pulled it up rudely.

"I can't really ...... you guys"

It's a girl's voice, or more precisely, a little girl's voice. The face that appeared under the mask was full of childishness, and although he wore a single glass in his left eye, which is usually only chosen by mature adults, no matter how you look at it, he is not yet ten years old.

"Hah, it's a little kid...... Survivors of the island that wasn't cleaned up before? ”

Finally figuring out the situation, the tall and thin pirate raised his chin.

"What a bold man, stinky little ghost, even some female pirates are not as good as you...... But uncles, tell you that Mistress Piercro has offered a reward of 100,000 Baileys for each of the island's survivors like you! ”

As he said this, the fat pirate drew his knife with a hideous face, and waved it in front of the little girl like a cat teasing a mouse.

"I say, are the subordinates that Piecro, the 'Great Mortician Funeral Chief', secretly recruited in Paradise like you? He's too picky, isn't he? He is also the most powerful killer in the New World, managing the emperor......"

Quack!

The little girl in the armor said something that should never be known to a kid like her, and kicked the tall lanky pirate in the crotch mercilessly—a blow that you could tell from the sound that it was not light.

"Ah——!

”

After being fatally beaten, the tall and thin pirate trembled in pain, spun straight like a spinning top, and then his eyes turned white and he fell down with a thud.

"Sure enough, those big guys in Marin Fando, the part that they focus on protecting when cultivating the 'iron block' is their weakness......"

The cruel little girl rushed towards the fat pirate again,

"Meteor - Half Moon Slash!"

"Hah!"

The fat pirate dodged the little girl's long-handled axe in despair, although he was not a smart fellow, but he knew it just by the tone of the little girl's voice and the unusual name of the move, this move ......

Well?

Dodged?

Only then did the fat pirate realize that he had not only dodged the blow of the name-bluffing, but that the hateful stinky imp seemed to have lost his balance due to too much force and rushed forward, "snapping" and stepping on the "corpse" that had fallen on the beach.

Burst!

Luffy, who was stepped on in the stomach by a little girl, spit out a large mouthful of seawater.

"It's just a stinky little guy who can talk big! Death to the master! ”

The fat pirate, who found himself frightened by a child, was furious and threw himself at it, and his feet stepped on Luffy's stomach as he fell to the ground, and Luffy spat out two mouthfuls of sea water again.

"Cut! If it weren't for ......"

The little girl who ran to the edge of the cliff at the end of the coast looked angry, but as if she was very hesitant, she suddenly turned around and rushed towards the fat pirate who was running towards her.

"Die!"

The fat pirate's knife slashes at the little girl.

Boom!

There was a sound of metal striking, and it was the helmet that flicked off the blade. And taking advantage of this opportunity, the little girl also walked past the pirate's side.

"Let's see if your broken armor is hard, or Lao Tzu's big sword is sharp!

”

The fat pirate roared and chased after the dexterous little girl, running from one end of the white sand beach to the other, going back and forth countless times, each time stomping heavily on the hapless Luffy. And every time, Luffy, who doesn't know how many sea gifts he has in his stomach, will spit out a few large mouthfuls of seawater.

In this way, the plot continued like a joke for several minutes, and the fat pirate finally forced the little girl under the cliff of the coast.

"Haha! Ha ha! You little ghost! Then you'll know the cruelty of the grown-ups! ”

The panting fat pirate said breathlessly.

However, the little girl could no longer react, just looked directly behind the fat pirate.

"You don't think this kind of deceptive trick can ...... Well?! ”

The fat pirate looked back and saw that Luffy, who he thought was a corpse, was already standing on the beach at some point, staring at him.

"That's you, right? Took my dinosaur feast away! ”

"Huh?"

"And bullying children!"

"You're ......"

"One bone!

”

Pushing the power of the "finger gun" to the extreme, the fist like a heavy cannonball tore through the air, and bombarded the fat pirate's body, directly sending him flying into the sea in the distance - in the little girl's opinion, this guy may have turned into a mess of rotten meat before he fell into the sea.

But after that, Luffy didn't care about this little character who was solved by himself with a single blow, but frowned slightly, looking at the little girl who was directly opposite him:

"How do I seem to be ...... somewhere"

Before the words fell, with a "grunt" sound in his stomach, Luffy just fell face down straight and unconscious:

"Rice ......"

“……”

The little girl was stunned for a moment, then sighed helplessly, and placed her left arm armor horizontally in front of her:

"Call the 'Hive', help me contact General Polusalino, and say that the sugar of the plum blossom team has been confirmed, and the missing 'Dark Boy' Luffy has drifted to the island of Domos, where she is on a mission, and asked for instructions on the next step......"

……

That's right, the little girl in the weird armor is none other than the corporal of the Navy Headquarters Sucrose, who has the ability of a very terrifying superhuman childlike fruit. The mysterious island that Luffy drifted to is the island of Domos, where Sucrose disguised as a child who was sold and used as a test subject.

It is well known that the second half of the seas, the most difficult and dangerous part of the Great Route, that is, the New World, was inhabited by many great people. Usually, people only think of the Navy Headquarters and the Pirate Emperors who are engaged in an all-out wrestling here, ignoring the six "Dark World Emperors" who are also powerful.

Among the six emperors of the dark world, the most dangerous and mysterious guy, the "big hand mortician" Piercro, who manages the most powerful killers in the new world, is the master of this Domus Island.

As early as two years ago, Piecro, who was at the top level in terms of brains, strength, and power, and was inextricably linked to the world government, was keenly aware of the increasingly unfavorable situation in the new world for their "traditional evildoers", and began to make preparations in a planned manner.

As a New World Elder who has been famous for many years, Piecro naturally knows that whatever happens in this sea area they are in will be taken seriously by the World Government and the Navy Headquarters. Therefore, he decisively set his sights on the less sensitive paradise and the four seas, where he secretly supported the spokesperson and established a comprehensive base.

Unfortunately, the Straw Hats, who have a "troublemaker" physique per capita, have broken into Piecro's "Domos Island Area" for a series of bizarre but somewhat reasonable reasons—the giant neck-necked dragon that can discharge electricity is one of the results of the scientific research team he placed here.

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Although he does not have the vision to invest in the "mads" research team like his colleague "King of High X Loans" Felder, after all, he is a guy who can make the apex in one of the oldest industries of mankind, "killers", and Piecro also has the awareness to keep up with the times.

Coupled with the excitement of various new weapons of the Navy in recent years......

Today, even Piecro's signature scythe on his shoulder has been replaced with a special alloy and a special construction. It can be used as a traditional cold weapon, but it can also fire Hailou stone bullets, and it is also equipped with the top-quality air island shells purchased from the Don Quixote family.

Just kidding, what era are you still engaged in traditional assassination?

......

Rubbing her eyes, Nami, who was lying across a bed covered with a large canopy, slowly opened her eyes.

Strange room, strange smell, strange feeling...... She seemed to have been asleep for a long time, lazy, and every part of her body seemed to be tightly tied, heavy and weak.

"This is ......"

After all, he was a sailor who had undergone elite training from the Navy Headquarters, and the misty lake in Nami's eyes was quickly replaced by a look of nervousness and vigilance.

She straightened up with a "brush", and looked around vigilantly through the thin curtain that surrounded the large bed and was as light as a curtain.

(Seemingly...... No one? Damn, that necked dragon...... ）

"Huh?!"

Nami's attention then fell to the clothes she was wearing, which was not her original tank top and hot pants, but a pajama trimmed with ruffles and lace, full of ladylike taste.

While trying to remember the last memories she had left behind when she was awake, Nami quietly got out of bed.

It was supposed to be a bedroom, full of tacky luxury, every piece of furniture was of the highest quality, and a larger cabinet was even equivalent to a year's salary for a junior sailor—Nami only had to look at it to know it.

Resisting the urge to pack up and take everything with her, Nami began to take a closer look at the room, and soon stopped in front of the portrait on the wall.

It is a man in a purple suit and bowler hat, smiling artificially in a gold-framed portrait.

Nami's eyes widened, she had seen this man in Marin Vando's profile - even pirates would shy away, the most notorious "burial vessel seller" in the New World, Giggula!

Such a guy, why......

"Hahaha, you're finally awake, my sweet little darling! Adequate sleep can ensure that your body is in the best condition, and there are already two princesses of the kingdom who have booked your eyes and face respectively~"

A greasy, greasy voice rang out - the door to the room opened, and the man in Nami's portrait appeared in the doorway.