"Captain, you did this on purpose, didn't you!" After Wang Han used medical ninjutsu to rescue everyone from Laboon's stomach and then enlarged them again, Zeff and the others couldn't help but glare at Wang Han resentfully. However, they were also quite surprised that Wang Han had the ability to make life forms bigger and smaller. He could even shrink a huge guy like Laboon to the size of a palm. They had never seen Wang Han use this ability before.
"Haha, how could that be?" Wang Han could only laugh it off, admitting he had genuinely forgotten.
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"I swear, I will never go inside a whale again in my life, no, I will never go inside any fish again." After being rescued, Sanji immediately started vomiting. It had been an ordeal, like being stir-fried in a wok twice, and he had swallowed a bellyful of stomach acid.
"Sanji, I feel like throwing up whenever I see fish now." Luffy lay weakly on the ground, his whole body limp.
"The Going Merry, my Going Merry! I promised Kaya I would protect the Going Merry." Usopp looked at the Going Merry, which was almost a pile of scrap metal, and tears streamed down his face.
Zoro sat solemnly opposite Tashigi, ignoring Smoker's murderous glare, and asked Tashigi very seriously, "Are you Kuina?"
“I am Tashigi, you’ve mistaken me for someone else,” Tashigi denied without hesitation, without saying anything about Kuina.
"You damn green algae-head, you should at least know who you're flirting with!" Smoker roared.
"Damn it, what business is it of yours if I talk to Kuina?" Zoro roared back immediately.
"Green algae head, do you want to fight?" Smoker showed his ten fingers.
"Let's fight then, who's afraid of who?" Zoro also placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.
"Everyone, stop arguing," Tashigi quickly advised. "Also, Three Swords, I'm really not Kuina."
"Sister, why won't you come with me?" Nami looked at Nojiko with tears in her eyes, hoping that Nojiko would come back with her.
"I've found my partner, Nami! Haven't you found yours too?" Nogi said with a laugh. "We'll meet again someday. Let's each go and pursue our own dreams. Next time we meet, you'd better be stronger."
“But, but you were clearly forced into it,” Nami said with tears in her eyes. “If I hadn’t been away from the village, you wouldn’t have been mistaken for me and taken away by that bastard.”
“Nami, the captain didn’t mistake me for someone else. I only found out later. He actually intended to take me away from the start, but his methods were rather despicable.” Nochiko shook her head and said, “Although I was indeed forced to board the ship at first, I’m staying on it voluntarily now. I’m very grateful to the captain for showing me the wonderful world outside, and I also want to see this vast world. Everyone has been very kind to me, so, Nami, let’s each go and pursue our own dreams.”
On the other side, Sanji calmly smoked a cigarette and asked Zeff, "Old man, are you like this too? Willingly following that bastard to find your dream?"
“Sanji, although the captain has been infamous because of all sorts of rumors, he’s not a bad person at all,” Zeff said. “Although I was forced to join the crew at first, he not only healed my leg, but also rekindled my dreams. If he hadn’t forced me, maybe I would still be running a restaurant peacefully in the East Blue. Sanji, let’s see who finds ALLBLUE first.”
“You old codger, I’ll definitely find ALLBLUE before you do,” Sanji said immediately, a genuine smile playing on his lips. He was also happy that Zeff was able to rediscover his dream.
Although Zeff didn't say it, Sanji understood Zeff's predicament of being surrounded by enemies. Zeff's bounty was now a billion, which was far beyond his strength, and he was infamous. Sanji knew that if Zeff wasn't under Wang Han's protection, he wouldn't survive long with that kind of bounty and infamy. Sanji was still too weak to protect Zeff or even help him.
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"Kuina, are you really not planning to go and catch up with Zoro?" Wang Han asked, looking at Kuina who was following beside him.
"No." Kuina glanced at Wang Han and shook her head. "In Zoro's memory, I'm already dead. Let him keep that memory and keep trying. If he knew I was still alive, I don't know how much trouble he would cause me."
“Alright, this is your choice.” Wang Han sighed, tossed several boxes full of money out of his backpack, and said, “Tell everyone that we’re leaving tomorrow at noon. Leave this money for Luffy and the others so they can go to Water 7 to repair their ship or get a new one.”
“Mm.” Guina nodded.
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At Gaya Island, the harbor fell silent as Wang Han and his companions disembarked from the ship. People dropped what they were doing and fled back to the island or onto their ships, which quickly departed the island.
"Sigh! It seems we still have to do something." Looking at the people who fled for their lives as if they had seen some kind of flood or ferocious beast, Wang Han sighed. He had to admire how well the World Government's propaganda was done. Now, everyone avoided them, and even ships ran away from them. Even the Japanese entering the village was not as terrifying as them getting ashore.
"Commander, you're finally planning to do something." Upon hearing this, Zeff and the others burst into tears. The loneliness of being surrounded by enemies is something not everyone can endure.
"Commander, what are you planning to do?" Zeff asked expectantly.
“We have no power, no authority, and we're notorious. How do you tell us to change this situation?” Wang Han smiled.
“Of course, it’s about doing something significant that people will recognize,” Zeff said with a smile.
“Doing something big that people can recognize is indeed a good method, but it won’t work because the government won’t give us publicity.” Wang Han shook his head and said, “The most effective method is to solve the problem at its root. Now is the time for me to flex my muscles to the world and then do something truly momentous.”
"What should we do?" Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Wang Han.
“Keep an eye on the recent newspapers, and you’ll find out soon enough.” Wang Han shook his head and said, “Now we’ll head to Skypiea first. We have some business to attend to. After that, we’ll enter the New World, the latter half of the Grand Line. It’ll be time for me to deal with the Four Emperors.”
"Yes." Everyone nodded in agreement. As for the Sky Islands, since it was Wang Han who mentioned them, they all believed that Sky Islands existed in the sky.
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