"Hee-hee, this is just a cannon from the wind!"

"Hey, I can't pretend I didn't hear that, Luffy! The Merry's Super Wind Cannon is the best and most unique! ”

Luffy's conversation with Frankie, who was standing on the deck of the Golden Merry, opened the eyes of Abisi, who had just been frightened to death—although he was carrying Grandpa Long and several of them, the huge truck was still floating steadily on the sea.

"Well, I mean I feel, I feel ......."

"Luffy! What an amazing battle! ”

Luffy scratched his head and explained, while Chopper threw down the rope excitedly with a look of admiration. Abith looked at the few people on deck, then at Luffy, Sanji, and Nami who were still in the van.

"I ...... We did it? ”

"That's it! Ahaha! Luffy laughed and gave a thumbs up, while Nami and Sanji gasped.

Grandpa Long didn't know what was going on, he just slapped the sea with his tail.

"Chase! Don't let the pirates run away! ”

On the cliff of Gunkanjima, the chaotic navy looked at the Golden Merry, which was carrying a wagon on the stern, and began to move in a chaotic manner.

Seeing this, Luffy also announced loudly, "Okay! Little ones! Set sail for the Lost Island! ”

But it's a pity that no one in the crew gave him face -

"Come on, we don't know where the Lost Island is!" Sanji said angrily, "General Porusalino just gave us the method. ”

"Well, but my instincts tell me it's over there! Ah, no, maybe it's over here...... Well, it's like ......"

"Luffy! It's too casual to have no goal in this way! ”

Chopper couldn't help but complain.

However, unusually, Nami leaned towards Luffy's opinion: "Anyway, whether it is using Grandpa Long's instinct or relying on our intuition, Lost Island is not on the chart anyway...... Anyway, let's sail with the wind first, and ask the wind as we go! ”

"Wow! Nami, who asked the wind, was really handsome! ”

"Hey, Nami, I'll share a bite of your meat in a while, you take back such handsome words, and let me, the captain, say it!"

"Idiot! Who wants a bite of meat! ”

Carrying six pirates, a maiden, and a legendary dragon, the Golden Melly, confidently holding its sails high, left Gunkanjima behind.

"The destination is, the Island of Legends!"

……

"Hang on, hang on! Move a little further this way. ”

"Wrong! It's over here. ”

"Hey! Where are the people in the materials team? ”

On the back side of the island of warships, sailors are repairing damaged masts on warships.

"The mast of the warship was actually broken by a group of pirates, which really detrimental the name of the navy!"

Captain Eric said, standing on the deck, looking at Major Hardy's back. The warship with the damaged mast wandered around the harbor, watching Luffy's group of pirate ships sail along the surface of the sea with the wind.

"Eric...... What are the monsters that the pirates took away? ”

"Millennium Dragon."

"Huh!?"

"Those guys did not hesitate to fight against the navy, and even risked escaping from the island, just for the sake of this thousand-year-old dragon and keel...... Any idea why? ”

"Do they already have a clue? About the lost island that sank to the bottom of the sea a long time ago, and the dragon's nest on that island! ”

"I don't know the details, but it's probably true...... It is very likely that these pirates want to bring this thousand-year-old dragon back to the dragon's lair, and then monopolize the dragon's lair keel and the treasure of the lost island. ”

"Then it's hard to find them again if you don't chase them right away! And in case they put the situation ......"

"Don't worry, Major, let's go swim and rest now! If my guess is correct, these guys could be our guides...... And didn't you find out? Our Lieutenant General Nelson, who was supposed to arrive at Gunkanjima at this point in time, is ..... now"

A voice sounded, interrupting Captain Eric's speech, a dark shadow flashed above the two of them, and Major Hardy looked up into the air: "It's ......!" ”

"Look, our Lieutenant General Nelson is also planning to let this so-called Luffy gang be his guide......"

Eric smiled maliciously and entered the cabin from the deck.

Click-click-click...... The brisk voice of a typewriter sounded, and a report was being typed in the communications room.

"Is this a report to be prepared to reply to Lieutenant General Nelson?"

Eric picked up the manuscript that he was about to fax to Lieutenant General Nelson, and the Signal Soldier was stunned for a moment, and the Telex Worm looked up at Eric with confused eyes as he suddenly snatched the manuscript paper that was about to be transmitted.

"All communications to Lieutenant General Nelson must be approved by me. In other words, if the news of our success reaches his ears, you will be the first to be executed. ”

"But, but ......"

"This is also the major's order, get out of the way of me!"

Eric raised his hand slightly, and the Signal Soldier trembled with fright and quickly escaped from the room. The telebug also sensed Eric's murderous aura, and crawled slowly to escape.

And yet—

Bang!

On the table, the shell with the words GR-173 Branch cracked open.

"Since you plan to act in the back and act as the sole beneficiary, then be prepared to know nothing about the information on the front line, Lieutenant General...... Which seabird eats the fish? Let's wait and see! ”

Eric sneered and wiped away the slime from the electrobugs that had splashed on his face with his handkerchief.

……

"Everyone has been waiting for a long time, the meal is ready!"

When Ablis walked up to the deck of the Golden Merry with a cauldron in her arms, Nami, Zoro, Frankie, and Chopper at the stern of the ship all had expressions of disbelief.

"Hey, it's time to eat!"

“…… Hey, roll your eyebrows, you're the one who made today's meal! ”

Seeing Sanji, who came out later, Zoro's expression looked a little better, but the tone of his speech...... The most dragged tone said that the words of asking for people belonged to the very strong yes.

"I helped too!"

Ablis puffed up her little face into a bun, "And, this is Grandpa Long's share!" ”

With that, he suddenly turned around and disappeared from the stern.

The day after escaping from Gunkanjima, the weather was excellent.

A school of flying fish also traveled with the Golden Merry, accompanied by flying fish that looked like wings. The number is too large to count, occasionally jumping with the ship, occasionally swimming forward beyond the bow of the boat, and heeling more than a hundred meters.

"Hey!"

Luffy, who was in the van, shouted at his companions on the boat.

Grandpa Long's wagon was connected to the boat with several ropes, and it curled up in a ball, as if it were lying in a cave, and then put its head above its tail, staring blankly at the sea from time to time when flying fish emerged.

How do you look like Grandpa Poku...... Ablis thought so.

"It seems that Grandpa Long is asleep again!"

"But it's hard to make a meal, so you have to eat it while it's hot."

"Oh! Is the meal ready? Luffy thought it was his share, and instantly jumped high from the truck, accurately took the cauldron from Abyss's hand, and then fell steadily again.

But......

"It's good, it's hot!"

"You idiot! Where is there an empty hand to pick up the pressure cooker that has just been taken down! ”

Although Sanji rushed over here as soon as possible, it was still too late, and the cauldron was tossed by Luffy, flipped in the air, and smashed straight into Grandpa Long's feathered head.

Bang dang!

“……？”

Although Grandpa Long was slow to react, he suddenly opened his eyes wide and sighed heavily.

"Frankie, hurry up and get the scald medicine from the restaurant!"

"Chopper, does the scald medicine also work on dragons?"

"This is a special secret recipe for Doctor Gureva, and it is effective for sea kings!"

"Chopper! I'm going to smear the medicine too! ”

"Chopper! Luffy, this guy will wipe it again! Waste of food! ”

The smoke filter was about to be crushed, and the poor captain could only shake his scalded hands desperately—he was still a capable man, and he couldn't put his hand into the nearby sea water to cool down the pain.

Abyss grabbed the rope and slid down: "I'm so sorry! Grandpa Long, you're all right! ”

She hurriedly went to get the cauldron that was buckled on Grandpa Long's head and cleaned up the food that had been spilled on it.

Grandpa Long sighed again.

"Great, I just feel a little hot......"

Wu, Grandpa Long opened his eyes and looked at Ablis, which was the harbinger of what he wanted to say to Ablis.

"What's wrong? Abith? ”

Luffy, who suffered retribution, picked up the pot and turned his head to look at Abith.

"Just take it...... Grandpa Long seemed to remember something! ”

Grandpa Long raised his head slightly and said something to Ablis.

"What did it say?"

"Lost Island...... The Lost Island with the Dragon's Lair is in the direction of the rising sun on Gunkanjima! ”

"In that place, it's Grandpa Long's hometown!"

"Grandpa Long said it remembered!"

Abyss and Luffy nodded to each other and cheered loudly with joy: "No wonder General Polusalino said that whether it is a machine or a human head, if it is broken, you can knock it and it will be good!" ”

"It turns out that Lost Island is just east of Gunkanjima! Grandpa Long really remembered! ”

Abyss and Luffy shouted at Nami on the deck.

“…… Frankie, go rudder! ”

"No problem!"

"Zoro and Sanji go adjust the sails!"

"Leave it to us!"

"Chopper is going to contact General Polusalino! Let him change his destination! ”

"Good!"

Under Nami's command, the Golden Melly quickly changed course, towed the wagon raft, and headed in the other direction.

But—

"What's wrong, Ablis? Is Grandpa Long going to say anything again? ”

"No, it's a flying fish."

"That's right! There were a lot of flying fish just now! ”

Luffy looked at the sea, and the flying fish, which was so active just now, suddenly disappeared.

Abidis heard the sound of the flying fish, and it turned out that they had dived because there was something dangerous in the sky. Looking up, there was a dark shadow in the middle of the sun, and the flying fish were afraid of that and they dived into the water.

A huge seabird hovers leisurely in the sky, flying in the opposite direction to the boat.

(Nothing left and flew away......)

"Hey, hey! Either way, let's head full speed toward the Lost Isle first! Luffy said loudly.

Although Abyss always felt that something was wrong with the seabird just now, because she remembered the location of Grandpa Long and remembered the location of the Lost Island, she became happy again, and left the anxiety just now behind.

……

"It's back......"

Captain Eric looked out into the southeast sky from the deck.

A large bird spread its wings and flew over, circled the mast a few times, and landed on the side of the ship at once.

"Eric!"

"It's the Major! The Scout Bird just returned. ”

Eric removed something from under the neck of the big black bird.

The Scout Bird is a giant bird with a wingspan of more than two meters, and is a special migratory bird that lives in many parts of the Great Route. Like phone bugs, they have taken the initiative to help humans with some work because they can get bait from humans. If they fly at full speed, they can even reach speeds of hundreds of kilometers per hour, which is quite impressive.

At the same time, they also contain a kind of magnetic sensor, which can grasp the right direction to fly whether it is day or night. The navy, on the other hand, used the bird as a reconnaissance tool.

Therefore, whether it is Nami or Sanji, even Zoro and Frankie, who are relatively distant from the navy, can actually recognize their identities as long as they see this kind of bird.

But it's a pity that the people in the group noticed this kind of bird, but the girl Abisi, who knew little about the navy, and Luffy, who basically returned all the theoretical knowledge related to the navy to Admiral Zefa

Major Hardy himself took the camera removed from the Scout Bird into the ship's documentation room—and after dozens of minutes, the developed photographs clearly showed the pirate ship towing the raft carrying the Millennium Dragon.

"Heading east."

The scout picked up a pen in his beak and drew on the open chart.

"What did you sail southeast for in the first place?"

"It's to disguise the course. Hmph, take what you learned at the Navy Headquarters against us? How could it be useful! ”

Eric threw a large piece of grilled fish to the Scout Bird, who picked up the fish in his mouth, flew out of the window, and stood on the top of the mast to eat it leisurely.

"Anyway, we can start the pursuit, Major. Those guys still have such a big dragon in the back of the boat, so their speed must have dropped a lot. And our warships are matched with my abilities."

"I understand...... Adjust your course to the east! ”

Major Hardy excitedly gave an order to his subordinates, "From now on, this ship will pursue the pirate group Luffy and his gang!" Everyone is ready for battle! ”

(End of chapter)