Paper fruit among pirates

Chapter 40 The Whale Labuklokas
"Wow, that's the Red Earth Continent!"

"It's blocked by clouds, so I can't see the top."

Roman looked up and glanced at the red sky that towered into the clouds, straight up and down, and his eyes flashed.

"That is, if we cross the red soil continent now..."

Roman turned to look at the others on the deck.

"You can come directly to the new world..."

And it happens that Roman has this 'ability' to cheat, and can enter the end of the great route in the shortest time.

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"It's not fun at all!!"

Facing Luffy's complaints, Roman just shrugged.

"Of course, I'm just talking about it."

"Not to mention whether I have the physical strength to leap over the red soil continent, just the fact that hundreds of millions of pirates in the new world are running around, can make me die at any time."

"Hahaha, sailing is exciting only if you fight all the way!"

I have to admit that many times Luffy can grasp the key point the most - abandoning shortcuts and 'leveling up' along the great route is a wise move.

"There is an entrance ahead!"

"Be careful, we're going to be sucked in!"

In the towering red soil continent ahead, a 'river' appeared on the mountain, and the rushing river rushed to the top of the mountain!This is the entrance to the great route.

"Oh oh oh, I heard that half of the people come here and they're gone."

Sanji looked at the 'waterway' on the hillside in front of him, and if he couldn't keep the boat on the correct current, there was a high possibility that the course would be skewed and collided with the red soil continent.

"give it to me,"

At this time, it was Nami's turn to play.Only she can accurately grasp the ocean current under the ship, so that there will be no collision accident.

"Then, I'll help too."

Roman opened his arms, and sheets of white paper flew out from his arms.Form a pair of 'wings' on the left and right of the Golden Merry.

"Paper Dance - Horizontal Wings!"

"Very well, this minimizes the possibility of the ship being swayed by the turbulence. But—"

Even Nami, the most experienced sailor, has never experienced this kind of experience that requires 'boat climbing'.

"Be careful--"

"Go in!!!"

With Nami at the helm, Roman stabilizes the ship, even in rough seas and storms!The Golden Merry was still successfully inserted into the entrance of the 'Great Route' between the Red Continents.

As the turbulent current pushed the whole ship to 'crawl' at high speed, the scenery in everyone's eyes quickly retreated!until:
"Oh, oh, I see the great route!"

Luffy, who was sitting on the head of the 'Sheep' on the bow of the Golden Merry, shouted, the ship reached the top of the mountain, and looked around: sparkling, endless.

"This is the greatest ocean in the entire world!"

"We're here, let's go—"

As it reached the top, the waters of the other three oceans also converged here, pushing the Golden Merry all the way down. - Just rush out of this waterway, here is:

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"What is that, Shan?"

"Booooooooooooo~~~"

However, in front of the Golden Merry, which is swooping down at high speed, there is a black mountain straight into the sky...

"That's not a mountain, that's a whale?!"

"It's amazing!"

"Oh oh oh, is it such a big whale~~~"

Facing the elated Luffy and the crowd, Roman covered his forehead and couldn't bear to look directly.

"Haven't you considered that if we rush down at this speed and hit this giant whale, the only thing that will happen is the ship's death?"

"Ah~~!?"

"Roman, think of a way!" X5
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"What do you think of me! Is the all-purpose Tinker Bell...?"

Having said that, Roman was well prepared for this scenario.After all, after planning to get on Luffy's ship, how to survive in various extremely harsh environments such as sea, land and air has become a problem that Roman has always considered.

Don't ask, ask is love...
Snapped!
With his hands together, sheets of white paper all over Roman's body flew out from his clothes, thousands of them.With the sound of clattering, they all grouped together towards the stern.

"Paper Dance - Parachute!"

Sheets of white paper form a huge 'parachute' at the stern. ——Although it is a parachute, it should actually be called a 'reduction parachute'. It is the kind that Roman used on the space shuttle in his previous life.It sounds high-end, in fact...
It's just a sturdy umbrella.

But in any case, under the deceleration of this huge 'paper umbrella', the speed of the Golden Merry, which rushed down from the top of the mountain, continued to decrease rapidly, and when it approached the sea level, it almost stopped.

"very good--"

snap,

The decelerating Golden Merry collided with the black whale like a mountain, and the sheep's bow in front was smashed into the boat.But it is much better than the possible shipwreck before.

"Turn the rudder to the right, let's go around..."

Just as Roman was about to get around the 'big guy', Luffy jumped to the side of the ship with a snap.

"You broke my... Privilege seat!"

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hey, don't-

"Rubber-gun!"

Snapped! !

The extended fist slammed into the giant whale's eye, perfectly explaining what it means to be immortal.

"Are you an idiot!??!" X5
Nami, Usopp, Zoro, and Sanji burst into tears at the same time!
As expected of One Piece, he can easily make the famous Zoro burst into tears...

"calm down···"

Roman at the helm no longer knew what he was talking about.

"As long as I develop a 'golden swirl' drawn with paper, affect the surrounding velocity field through friction, and control the movement of water and air in accordance with the golden spiral, I will be able to break through time and space and travel until I encounter Luffy..." (Araki Science)

glance,

Eyes that were several times bigger than the entire Golden Merry rolled, looking at the 'little thing' that had just attacked it.

"Hmph, let the horse come over—"

Bang!
"Shut up!!" X3
Facing Luffy who was kicked on the deck by Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji at the same time, if he hadn't held the rudder, Roman would have wanted to rush up to make up for it.

"Hit, call me! This captain, don't mind—"

Do you not look at the level when opening a monster? !
then:

"Be careful, it's absorbing water—"

As the giant whale's mouth opened, the Golden Merry, which was not even a fraction of the opponent's tooth, was sucked into the opponent's abyss without any resistance!

brush brush~~
Pieces of paper tape flew out and quickly tied everyone on the boat.Then:
"Let it be your fate."

Roman is tired, Roman cannot get up again, Roman is starting to follow the trend~~~
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Under the 'blue sky and white clouds'.

"what do you think?"

Facing Zoro's question, Sanji, who was smoking a cigarette, glanced around.

"What can I think...I think we were swallowed by a whale..."

"Hahaha, aren't we living a good life!"

This is the ever-optimistic trio.

As for the others—

Usopp, who fainted again, had a serene face, and even held a bunch of flowers in his hand. It would be more perfect if he added a suicide note.

"Mother Bellemel...I want to go home."

Giant sea kings, giant whales, and people and boats were swallowed in one bite... Nami, who was about to cry without tears, had already begun to miss Cocosia Village.

"Roman, Roman, look at the island over there~~"

Facing Luffy's shouting, Roman had already made a sun lounger out of paper, and lay down on it, looking like a 'salted fish'.

"I'm not Roman~~~"

"I'm just a salted fish,"

"Just let me hang up..."

The first level to drive the dragon, the ship to rush the tower... I can't take it, I don't want to play, I say goodbye...
"This...isn't a hallucination?"

The big-hearted trio had calmed down and asked, pointing to an old man lying on a sun lounger on the island.

"What about this?"

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It was a sturdy old man, wearing a beach shirt, beach pants, and slippers, just sitting under the coconut tree on the island and reading the newspaper.

Facing the Golden Merry, he just glanced slightly, and the eyes behind the glasses were unusually sharp!
"Hey...what are you looking at,...if you want...to fight...we have cannons..."

In the face of Usopp's trembling threat, the old man just spit out a word coldly.

"I advise you not to,"

"It will kill people."

"Oh, who are you saying is going to die?"

In the face of Sanji, who was full of fighting spirit, the old man just spit out a word calmly.

"I."

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"You're talking about you!!"

Is this the most cowardly thing to say in the most rude tone?
"Forget it, don't be impulsive."

Zoro said, Sanji, don't stand up and negotiate with your arrogance, let me do it:
"Master, can you tell us who you are and where is this place?"

Facing the 'kind' Zoro, the old man lying down reading the newspaper snorted coldly.

"When you ask someone, it's polite to report your family name first, right?"

"Uh-huh······"

"You're right," for the sake of information, forbearance. "My name is····"

"My name is Kolokas. I'm the lighthouse keeper of the Twin Gorges. I'm 71 years old this year, Gemini, with AB blood type."

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You didn't say anything...
"Can I kill him!"

Zoro, who had been tricked, immediately 'revealed his true identity' and let Luffy pat him on the shoulder from behind.

"Forget it, don't be angry..."

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Kurokas--

Roman's eyes flashed while lying on the side of the salted fish.

This name...Although the identity of a lighthouse keeper is very ordinary, Roman knows that this old man has another 'uncommon' identity!

One Piece, Gol D. Roger's ship doctor.

Well, it's time to act.

(End of this chapter)