The next morning, everything was calm on Fish-Man Island, but the undercurrents were already surging.

In fact, not every ship can successfully reach Fish-Man Island from the sea, and even if they do, there will always be accidents in the deep sea.

Sea kings, sea beasts, submarine volcanic eruptions, attacks by other pirate ships, etc., can all cause this kind of "accident".

When the ship is wrecked and people die, the fragments of the ship's hull will gradually collect along the current to the "Ship Graveyard" in the southeast of Fish-Man Island, which is also known as the "Sea Forest".

Fish-Man Island's finest shipwright, Dan the Mermaid Craftsman, lives among the lush trees of the sea and the ruins of ships.

As a shipwright, he has an inexhaustible supply of resources here, all for free, and by studying these abandoned ships, he can also learn about the newer shipwright's craftsmanship at sea.

In addition, many ships that left from Fish-Man Island needed coating, and they were also looking for Dan, whose skills were quite exquisite.

He has never disappointed his customers, and this time was no different.

Dan stayed up all night to finish the coating of a ship, and instead of being tired, he was quite excited to pat the outer membrane of the ship with his strong arm, which was very elastic and stable.

"I'm telling you, this is definitely the fastest coating I've ever had since my brother Tom and I separated. Do you know who my brother Tom is? It's the one who used to be the 'One Piece' Roger......"

One of the "supernovas", the "Strange Monk" Urki, didn't bother to listen to his boasting at all, and his tower-like body walked around the recoated ship, smiling.

He hails from the "Sky Island" and has a pair of white wings on his back, but he can't fly, and is used more for warmth, courtship, and decoration.

He also wears a cloak and a string of red beads around his neck, making him look like a monk.

However, his temperament did not take the compassion of the monks, and instead fell into the grass and became a pirate who burned and looted.

This is where his name "Strange Monk" comes from.

Urki walked around his pirate ship, smiling all the time.

When he walked back to his fellow pirate crew dressed as monks, Dan finally put an end to his chatter.

"All in all, I was able to complete the coating in the shortest possible time." Dan's fishtail passed through the ring bubbles, which allowed him to float over, and he smiled, "You should also pay me three times the price as agreed, a total of ......"

Bang –

Without warning, Urki snapped his arm and interrupted Dan's words, sending him flying and smashing into the fragments of the Sea Forest's hull.

Dan fell in the ruins, his eyes were full of stars, and his body was in severe pain, and he didn't react to what happened for a long time.

"What did you just say?" Urki withdrew Fei Dan's arm and put it to his ear, like an amplified earpiece, "I didn't hear clearly. I think I'm hearing 'triple the price', ho, that's not a good thing. ”

The pirate monks all grinned, they knew from the beginning that this was going to be the end.

Dan struggled to get up from the debris, the bubbles on the fish's tail bursting and covered in blood.

He angrily rebuked, "You ...... You are not going to keep the promise...... You begged me to ...... before."

"You have a younger brother who used to build ships for 'One Piece', don't you know what a pirate is?" Urki stared at him triumphantly and condescendingly, "We never pay. ”

"How ...... you Lie to me......" Dan wanted to do something, but it seemed that one of the bones was broken, and he couldn't get up.

"Welcome to the world of pirates." Urki spread his hands, still smiling, "Don't worry, for the sake of your dedication to coating me, I won't kill you." ”

"You bastards! Ryugu Castle ...... I curse you not to die well in the 'new world'! ”

Urki turned around, not caring about Dan's insulting curses.

He said to the crew, "Okay, the coating is complete. Prepare yourself, and we'll get going. ”

"Yes, Seng Zheng!" The pirates did not call him "Captain", but rather "Sansho", which was an official position in charge of the affairs of monks and nuns.

Watching the crew rush onto the coated boat, Urki sneered.

I wonder if other "supernovas" have set off? If I can leave Fish-Man Island first, I can get a head start.

Perhaps, I can ambush this group of "supernovas" on an island in front of me, and reduce my competitors in the "new world".

Urki was thinking about the big time ahead when he heard the pirates on board shouting, their voices full of panic, uneasiness, and confusion.

"What are you calling......" Ulki turned his head impatiently to see a large shadow in mid-air envelop his pirate ship, and then envelop him in it.

It was another ship, glowing green, pitch black and tattered, plastered with barnacles and starfish and coral, full of corruption, clutter and weirdness.

How could there be a ship floating in the sky above the Sea Forest? Wait, this ship is not that......

"Hell......" Urki's eyes widened, he had already recognized the ship, but it was too late, it rumbled down like a sea beast that had come to hunt.

It fell, and after the dark green light dissipated, the bow of the ship was sharp and easily punctured the outer membrane of the Urki pirate ship, and then with a bang, half of the Urki pirate ship collapsed!

Urki was caught off guard and was also crushed by the ship.

Still unsatisfied, the Terror Ghost opened its bloody jaws on the bow of the ship, its sharp teeth gnawed into Urki's pirate ship, clattering from the crushed stern part of the ship.

Urki's crew screamed and gathered to the bow, but the bow was crushed and the teeth of the Terror Ghost were below.

They could only hold on to anything they could, in horror, to keep themselves from slipping off the deck.

There was another explosion, and the bottom of the horror ghost shattered, and Urki rolled out of it, bleeding from his forehead, but his body swelled several times.

He was crushed under the black ship just now, and he could only use his Devil Fruit ability to make himself huge, and the more damage he suffered, the more he could grow in size and strength!

Urki looked up and saw the desperate situation of his crew, his face still smiling, but stiff and cold.

He rushed in one direction, pulling up his massive weapon—an iron pillar that was the right weapon for him.

Urki pulled out the iron pillar stuck in the dirt with both hands.

He turned around to rescue the crew, when he saw a man standing silently in front of him, trembling with fear.

This face...... There is no doubt that it was the owner of the Horror Ghost, David Jones, whose bounty was everywhere yesterday, and it was all in Ulki's hands.

He stood in front of Urki, one hand holding the uneasy tentacles on his chin, and his gray-blue eyes stared at Urki: "Huge...... But the wound didn't go away......"

He saw through my abilities! Urki's eyes narrowed. You can't wait, you have to start first!

(End of chapter)