Daily life as a writer in the world of pirates

Why did Maruko mention the rebels before mentioning Catrea? Wanzi never joked about such things, and Weiwei became serious after hearing this.

As the only heir to the royal family, Weiwei was not slow to respond and immediately blurted out: "What do you mean - the rebels are in Catrea?"

After saying it, Weiwei strengthened her speculation. The rebels were indeed in Juba when she left Alabasta, but that was more than three months ago. Now that the situation in Alabasta is getting more serious, there is no guarantee that they will not change positions.

The most important thing is that Catrea and the capital are both on the right side of the inland river. If the rebel army sets out from Catrea, a fast horse can reach the capital in one day and one night! The situation is already very urgent.

Wanzi shook his head: "Not very sure, only eight points."

Wanzi explained to everyone carefully: "My perception cannot directly 'see' things. In layman's terms, what I perceive is only the breath. The breath of the strong and the weak is different, the breath of the young and the old is different, even if you feel it carefully Everyone’s breath is different.”

"In Catrea, more than 90% of the entire city is filled with the atmosphere of young adults, and there is almost no atmosphere of the elderly and children. This should be very abnormal. So I think the people who stay in Catrea now , there are only three possibilities: the king’s army, the rebel army, and the people from the Baroque Studio.”

"The King's Army currently only has 300,000 people, and they should all be near the capital. There won't be so many people in the Baroque Studio, so I still prefer the rebel army."

The domestic situation in Alabasta is now serious, and war may break out at any time. It could be delayed for several hours, and the consequences could be fatal.

Whether to go to Yuba or Catrea, this decision can only be made by Weiwei, and everyone looked at Weiwei.

Weiwei bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes full of struggle. Without seeing the situation in the cities of Juba or Catrea with her own eyes, she had no way of getting accurate information. Where on earth were they going?

Nami looked at the beads of sweat on Weiwei's forehead and couldn't bear it: "If that doesn't work, how about we go to both places?"

Weiwei shook her head gently: "These two cities are in completely opposite directions, and there is no time."

Sauron suggested: "How about we divide our forces into two groups?"

Weiwei: "No, the desert in Alabasta is too big. If you don't have trusted locals to guide you, you will probably get lost in the desert."

Although Weiwei was very entangled in her heart, once she made up her mind, she would never waver easily. She showed a gentle smile to everyone: "We are not going to Yuba, we are going to Catrea!"

Weiwei glanced around everyone, looking guilty: "Sorry, everyone, I have troubled you a lot. But can I ask you to go to Catrea with me?"

Nami laughed: "Of course!"

Usopp raised his right hand, revealing the bandage on his arm: "We are partners!"

Sanji turned around and walked into the restaurant: "I will prepare travel lunch boxes for everyone now!"

Nami quickly got to work, sorting and placing all the supplementary supplies that Wanzi had brought back, instructing everyone to put on local clothes, and discussing with Weiwei to carefully divide the things to be brought across the desert into eight parts.

Usopp ran back to the warehouse, put all his weapons into his bag, and handed Nami's new weapons to her.

Zoro had nothing to bring. When he looked around boredly, he suddenly realized that the Meili was quite unexpected here. This time everyone had to disembark and had to find a good place for Meili to berth.

Sauron asked calmly: "Weiwei, is there any secluded port near here?"

Weiwei: "It's close to the city, so there are more merchant ships. Pirate ships usually park on the deserted shore nearby."

The Meili was moved to another place, and everyone wore local clothes. Under the leadership of Wanzi, they entered the rapeseed flower market, where Wanzi and Chopper were separated.

"Wanzi - Wuwu~" Wanzi heard Chopper's soft and cute call from a distance, and immediately ran over, picked up Chopper and spun him around three times before holding him tightly in his arms.

Wanzi sounded very guilty. This was the first time that Chopper left his hometown and went to another city. She actually left Chopper alone out of habit. It was really careless.

"I'm sorry." Two voices sounded at the same time. Wanzi and Chopper looked at each other and suddenly laughed at the same time.

Wanzi put Chopper down, squatted on the ground and asked curiously: "I sensed that you went to Catrea City, how did you get there?"

Chopper scratched his head, and his tone was a little confused: "I happened to sleep in a carriage, and I was taken there by the carriage. I also heard those people saying that guns and food were not easy to buy, and I was not very good at it. Understand."

"However, luckily I met eyelashes and he brought me back!" Chopper said, introducing the camel with long eyelashes behind him.

"Hmph--"

"Yes, it's me, the most handsome eyelashes in the world, who brought my friends back! - This is what the eyelashes said." Chopper stood aside and translated for everyone.

"Hmph--"

"Three beautiful ladies, do you want to try camel riding? - This is what the eyelashes said." Chopper opened his wet "deer eyes" and looked at Maranzi and the other girls sincerely.

Weiwei nodded and blew a wave of rainbow farts at her eyelashes smoothly: "Thank you, Mr. Eyelashes, for bringing Chopper back! Since Eyelashes can travel between these two cities, you must know the way!"

Weiwei turned around and suggested to Maruko and Nami: "When we cross the desert later, Maruko-chan and Nami-san can just sit on the eyelashes. In the desert, camels have better survivability than humans."

Maruko, Nami, and Eyelash all agreed. Now everything is ready, all that's left is Luffy.

In order not to delay his departure, Maruko once again acted as a locator. Fortunately, Maruko put enough chakra on Luffy, and the range was not large. Maruko didn't open his Sharingan, so he sensed it directly.

"Luffy is probably less than two blocks away from us. He is moving very fast now. Why?"

Zoro quietly drew his sword: "Maybe he is avoiding the navy."

Maruko closed his eyes and continued to sense: "It should be right. Behind Luffy, there seem to be a dozen people with stronger aura than ordinary people. One person's aura even vaguely surpasses Luffy, and there is another one who is on par with Luffy. how do you know?"

Sanji silently took out a cigarette and lit it: "Ah, I saw it."

Usopp hugged Chopper and hid behind the wall: "You can see clearly."

What did you see? Maruko opened his eyes in confusion. The streets that were bustling just now were almost completely empty. Six heads poked out from the corner from top to bottom. They were Sanji, Zoro, Nami, Vivi, Usopp and so on. There is Chopper.

Maruko also leaned his head over. There was a huge amount of dust on the street in front of him. A young man wearing a straw hat and a red vest ran wildly at the front. Not far behind him was the guy from the Whitebeard Pirates who Maruko had seen before. Not only was the boy shirtless, he was also sleeping while eating; and behind them was another acquaintance, the captain of the navy in Rogge Town, Smoker, the user with the smoke fruit ability.

"Hey - Sanji, don't press on me, you guy!" Zoro complained unhappily.

Sanji: "No, I'll switch with you, I don't want to stand behind you yet!"

Zoro drew his knife: "Do you want to fight?"

Sanji moved his legs: "Come on!"

Zoro and Sanji who were beside Maruko suddenly had a disagreement, and ended up dramatically pushing Maruko out from behind the wall.

Wanzi stood alone in front of the three groups of people rushing towards him with a look of confusion.

Luffy didn't understand the word "atmosphere" at all, so he happily waved to Maruko and shouted, "Maruko-chan - so you are here!"

"The Red-Eyed Witch is here too?!" Smoker whispered to himself, "Sure enough, the intelligence said it was right. The Straw Hats took this route. Fortunately, the navy warships were fast and could stop them in advance!"

Smoker yelled: "I will never let you go this time! White Snake!"

A familiar scene happened again. Smoker's right hand turned into white smoke and quickly rushed towards Luffy and Maruko.

"These devil fruit abilities are really annoying. I can only restrain them temporarily. There is no way to hurt them!" Maruko cursed, then he rushed towards Luffy and stood between Luffy and Smoker.

"Ninjutsu Fire Release - The Powerful Fire Dragon Technique!"

"Fire Fist——" A more mature and magnetic male voice sounded at the same time. The man from the Whitebeard Pirates also stopped in place, facing Smoker, and the right half of his body turned into monstrous flames and rushed towards Smoker.

Two different flames, one on the left and one on the right, faced the white smoke at the same time. One had a larger range and the other had a higher temperature, easily forcing Smoker back dozens of steps.

"You're wrong too. There are no identical Devil Fruits in the world. I've seen your wanted poster. Are you a ninja?" There was obvious surprise in the eyes of the boy from the Whitebeard Pirates. Although the back of Maruko's bounty order did have a picture of the Sharingan with a fire dragon standing next to him, it was still not as shocking as seeing it in person.

Are ninjas so powerful? The young man was secretly surprised. He remembered that he had never seen such a ninja before in Wano Country? Are all the powerful ninjas by the general's side? Wano Country is really not something to be underestimated!

While the boy was thinking, Smoker had already cheered up and was ready to attack again. The vitality of Devil Fruit users is just a little stronger than that of ordinary people, not to mention that it didn't harm his entity at all.

The boy turned to look at Luffy and said in a familiar tone: "Luffy, you and your friends go first, I will chase you later!"

With the cushion of Maruko and the boy, Luffy was finally able to turn his head and take a look. At this glance, he saw a familiar face that was no longer familiar!

Luffy's face was filled with undisguised shock and ecstasy: "Ace! You are Ace! Why are you here? Did you also eat a Devil Fruit?!"

The boy, no, you can just call him Ace now.

Ace helplessly spread his hands and said, "Yes, I got it accidentally after going to sea. Now I can't swim either."

"Ace?" For Maruko who reads the newspaper every day, this name is not unfamiliar. After all, it is a person who has appeared in the newspaper. "Captain of the Second Division of the Whitebeard Pirates - Fire Fist Ace?"

Maruko looked at Luffy and then at Ace. Even though the timing was wrong, the desire for gossip in his eyes was still very strong: "What is your relationship?"

"Brother." "Brother." They both said at the same time!

Luffy smiled and explained to Maruko: "I once told you, my sworn brothers, Ace is the eldest brother, Sabo is the second brother, and I am the third brother!"

Ace exposed Luffy mercilessly: "It's my younger brother."

Maruko quickly flipped through the memory palace in her mind. When she first came to this world, she and Luffy chatted with each other about the past, and it seemed that she really heard what he said.

and! If I remember correctly, the person Vel'Koz asked to find seemed to be named Sabo. It should be - a coincidence?