"Are these human villains the ones who hurt the animals on the island?"

Chopper asked Mobonby.

"Hmmm! Controlled the horneaters, and then attacked our horned companions! ”

"Huh? Horns? ”

Chopper was so frightened that he quickly touched his horn.

"If the Kirin Lion was still healthy, he would never allow this to happen...... However, now that Chopper is our new king, don't be afraid! ”

Mobonbi and the animals looked at Chopper with wistful eyes.

Chopper was still looking down and thinking about something, and finally, he finally agreed in a whisper: "...... I'm going to stop them and keep them from being hurt again. ”

"Great! Everyone! King Chopper has decided to destroy the bad guys! ”

Hearing Mobangby's words, the animals cheered "wow".

As if he had made up his mind, Chopper stood at the entrance of the palace and waited quietly: "What kind of guys will the so-called villains be......

……

"By the way, what kind of guy will the so-called animal king be?"

Luffy, who was sitting on a crumbling bald parrot, asked Sanji, who was sitting on top of the mane of the lion hippopotamus.

"Since it's said to be the animal king, it must be a very remarkable fellow! It must be ten meters long, no, it should be fifty meters long! Just like the Aquamans! ”

Sanji was still thinking, and Nami, who was sitting on the back of the blue goat, had already given her guess.

"And maybe there will be dozens of horns and countless teeth, maybe even hundreds!"

Frankie, who fell behind the lion hippopotamus, also guessed.

"It's also cool and spicy!"

"I feel like a worthy opponent!"

"Hey! Zoro and Luffy, you two! We're not here to fight it! ”

……

"Definitely a group of big bad guys to be reckoned with!"

"That's right! Must be a very cruel guy! They will kill us all mercilessly, and strip everyone of our fur and take them away! ”

"Huh? Will it be so scary? ”

Imagining his fur being stripped and hung in front of a store, or made into something like a wall decoration, Chopper took another breath of cold air.

…….

"If you want me to say, Miss Nami and Frankie, your speculation is a little too unreasonable, most likely, it should be the kind of combined beast, like the legendary Chimera."

Sanji touched his chin and analyzed it seriously.

"Ahh Isn't that a little too handsome?! ”

Luffy is already fantasizing about the scene of riding the Chimera.

……

"We'll be sure to peel all our skins and make meatballs and roast them!"

"Excessive...... It's too much! Is there really such a badass? ”

Chopper completely believed in Mobangby's imaginary scenarios.

……

"So, maybe it's a modified creature? Like the giant neck-necked dragon on the island of Domos before, it has the power of technology, such as spitting fire from its mouth? Or rocket artillery from the eye? ”

Sauron also joins the ranks of speculating about the identity of the animal king.

"Ah——! I want to see it! Let's go see it——! ”

Luffy, tormented by curiosity, scurryed and jumped on the bald parrot's body.

"Is that the palace where the animal king lives?"

Although Nami had already said that she was not fighting the animal king, she had already held the "weather stick" in her hand, looked at the building in front of her, and said solemnly.

"Oooh! It's finally time to meet the animal king! ”

"It's heavy! It's no longer possible——! ”

The bald parrot carrying Luffy on its back finally fell down exhausted after flying in front of the royal palace located on the mountainside.

Luffy, who was thrown out, rolled forward like a bowling ball, and finally finally lay down in front of the palace.

"Wow, ahh The bad guy is coming——! ”

"Wow, wow, wow, wow!"

Luffy, who was startled by the sudden scream, although he didn't know why, also nervously followed the cry of "wow".

"Huh?"

"Oooh! Isn't this Chopper! ”

Luffy got up and ran over happily.

I saw Chopper hiding behind the pillar in front of the palace gate, of course, in the usual posture of "hiding his head and showing his tail".

"Chopper! Are you alright? ”

Nami sitting on the blue goat and Zoro, Sanji, and Frankie, who came over on a lion hippopotamus, also arrived.

"Is everybody here?"

"Really, it's so worrying!"

"Huh? Where did you get that? This garland? ”

Sanji and Frankie also walked over, and Chopper laughed.

"Chopper, you haven't seen much of this green algae head, have you? He's a swordsman who joined us some time ago, well, although it's a third-rate ......"

"Hey! Do you want to be cut! Junk Cook! ”

"What did you say?!"

"What can you do after that?!"

At the same time that Zoro and Sanji are about to stage a children's fight regardless of the occasion and opportunity-

"Bad guys! Get out of this island! ”

Mobangbi's voice suddenly resounded throughout the square.

"Huh?"

"What badass? Where? ”

"And besides, where is the animal king?"

Luffy and the others looked back and forth in the square.

"What are you doing, Chopper! Defeat these scoundrels! You are our King! ”

Chopper was shouted by Mobangby, and suddenly recovered from the joy of meeting his friends.

"The King?"

Luffy and the others' expressions were stunned for a moment.

"That's right! It is the one who heals all the wounds, our brave and wise strong king! ”

"You humans! We're about to be defeated by our animal king! Why don't you surrender soon?! ”

"Hey! Chopper ...... Are you ...... Animal kings? ”

Nami looked at Chopper with eyes that seemed incredulous.

"By the way, Chopper, do you recognize that guy? The fifty-meter-long, horned and tusked tiger and the combination of a lion and a whale, and a handsome guy who can shoot lasers and rocket launchers? ”

Luffy, as usual, took out a slate with a very ugly picture out of nowhere to show Chopper.

"Didn't you say that? The animal king is Chopper! Aren't you surprised? What are you doing with this? ”

"What!? Really, Sanji? Why did you tell me! ”

"Sluggish Guy ......"

Zoro shook his head helplessly.

"Uh...... That's it! Don't worry, they're not bad guys! ”

Chopper explained to the animals in the square.

"Hey!"

Luffy raised his hand, startling the animals.

"What's not a badass? They're pirates, right? ”

"That's right, Mobangby."

"This kid is human!"

Looking at Mobangbi, Nami had a surprised expression.

And at this moment-

Goo ——!

"Damn! Hungry! ”

Luffy's stomach made an unassailing sound.

"Wait, I'll prepare food for everyone right away."

Chopper remembered the good things he had eaten at the celebratory banquet.

"Really?! That's great! ”

Luffy happily followed Chopper and staggered into the palace, while the animals watched from afar.

“……”

Mobangbi looked at Luffy with a completely unacceptable look in his eyes, full of hostility.

……

In the cave of the royal palace, there was a large open space where all the dishes prepared for the inauguration of Chopper's animal king were placed.

"Delicious——! It's delicious——! You're so happy, aren't you? Chopper! Being able to eat so many delicious things! ”

Luffy gobbled it up.

"I'll bring some more food."

Chopper, who was supposed to be the king, was now like a kitchen delivery worker, walking out of the open space with a large basin in one hand.

"However, Chopper is actually the animal king, which really scared me."

Nami was still thinking about it as she put an unknown tropical fruit into her mouth.

"That's right, Miss Nami."

"When the island is surrounded by a crown, Heaven will give everyone a new animal king...... There is such a prophecy. ”

"In other words, Chopper just came to this island just when the submarine volcano erupted, and it fell from the sky."

】

Everyone had a glimpse of why Chopper became the king of animals.

"I've heard this kind of story from Sister Robin...... Adventurers or vagabonds who go to uncivilized lands happen to do exactly the same thing as in some local myths and legends, and are then worshipped as gods by the people there, or imprisoned as demons. However, I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen to Chopper...... O animal king! ”

Sanji sighed.

"Anyway, that's a stroke of luck. In this way, wouldn't it be easier for us to know where the treasure is? The animals should follow the king's orders and tell us where the king's treasure is, right? ”

Frankie said optimistically as he refueled with the Coke he carried with him.

"Speaking of which,"

Nami straightened up, "I think it's necessary for everyone to know a situation, when you leave Marin Fando......"

"Hey...... Doesn't the animal king have to stay on this island to protect these animals? ”

Luffy suddenly spoke, interrupting what Nami was about to say again, "But Chopper is going on an adventure with us, right?" ”

"Therefore, it is better to be a prince than a king who is responsible for the people. can heroically rescue Her Royal Highness the princess who is in trouble......"

Sanji is a serious way.

"I heard you don't seem to be some kind of prince? The Idiot Prince? ”

Sauron drank the fruit wine made by the animals, and this time he found the first opportunity to attack Sanji.

"What did you say?"

"It's noisy, just eat quietly with His Royal Highness the Idiot Prince."

"Damn!"

Yamajimeng put his feet on the table, "I don't want to be called an idiot by a third-rate swordsman who only knows how to exercise. ”

"Bastard, you kid have a kind of look again!"

Sauron also put his foot on the table and grasped the hilt of the knife with his hand.

"Oh! Want to duel?"

Sanji jumped over the table and kicked at Zoro.

"That's right! It's a duel! ”

While Zoro dodged Sanji's kicking skills, he pulled out his knife, and Sanji quickly dodged it.

"Your kid's knife can just cut through the air, right?!"

"Can you hit anything with that kid's kick?"

The aftermath of the back-and-forth collision between the "Three Knife Streams" and the "Demon God Wind Feet" caused the stalactite pillar of the table in the middle of the hall to collapse.

"Ahh The royal palace will ......"

"Where do they look like good people?!"

Watching the battle between the two humans even more ferocious than the beasts, Rasuke and Mobangbi didn't have the ability to stop it at all.

"Chopper is so slow! Is there no more food left? ”

The rest of the people are completely accustomed to it, and Luffy pats his stomach even more, looking like he is not happy.

"That's right, little man."

"I'm not called a little man! Damn pirates! My name is Mobangbi! ”

"I've eaten enough fruit, is there any meat to eat?" Meat! ”

"What......"

"Meat ——?"

The atmosphere in the hall seemed to suddenly become cold.

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

Luffy, who was sluggish, was completely unaware that he had said something wrong.

Oooo

The panicked animals scrambled out of the hall.

"Fool! Is all you know about eating?! See! Everyone is scared away, right?! ”

"Can't you just be a little more careful?"

Nami and Frankie each hit Luffy hard.

"Hey...... Feed! You people! ”

"It's supposed to be these villains!"

Rasuke and Mobangbi shouted at them with only one face out of the exit.

"After eating these things, leave this island quickly, and never come back here!"

"We're just here to look for Chopper, and if we find it, we'll definitely take it with us and leave! Rest assured, Mont Blanc! ”

Luffy said disapprovingly as he gulped down.

"My name is Mobangby!"

Mobonbi clenched his fists, "Damn pirates! We won't give King Chopper to you! It wants to be the protector of the island! ”

"But ......"

Boom ——!

"Hey! What's going on?! ”

It was as if there was an explosion in the distance, and the spreading shock wave caused even the palace hall to shake, and Nami's words were interrupted again.

"Oh no! There's an explosion over there! ”

Chopper, who was holding food in both hands, finally returned to the exit of the hall in the midst of that huge commotion.

"That direction...... Oh no! It's Daddy's Boat! ”

Mobangbi quickly ran out after learning the direction, and Chopper and Rasuke followed closely behind.

"Ahh Could it be the guy named Badulla......"

Frankie and Nami also rushed out.

"Beat them up ——!"

Luffy shouted as he rushed out.

"Pause! Knock those guys first! ”

"Nice offer! Let's truce first! ”

Zoro and Sanji also stopped the fight between the little boys, and each used "Tsukibu" and "Shaving" to keep up with their companions.