Daily life as a writer in the world of pirates

The sudden disappearance of Wanzi caught everyone off guard.

Luffy was already full of joy and couldn't wait to land on the island. But now, his eyes were downcast and his mouth was so pouted that it could hang a can of oil: "That Maruko guy is really going to leave as soon as he says it!"

Luffy stretched out his arms, sat on the bow of the Merry, and began to enjoy the scenery of the sky island again.

After less than a minute, he put aside his head and asked in a rough voice, pretending that he was not the one asking: "Are we far from the Capital of Seven Waters?"

Robin covered his mouth and chuckled: "If everything goes well, we should be able to arrive before the finals of the author competition."

Chopper leaned over the side of the boat and looked down, silently sighing: "There's still more than half a month left -"

Usopp puffed up his chest: "Time is going very quickly. Even if Maruko is not here, we still have to take risks. After meeting Maruko, I must tell her about the heroic performance of the sea warrior Usopp-sama on the empty island!" "

Sanji's eyes lit up: "I wonder what the people on the empty island will eat? Will there be angels?"

Nami's face was full of longing: "Please, please, Rolando must not have lied. We also need to find a lot of gold. Fortunately, that guy Maruko left a few seal scrolls in advance. It's great!"

"Everyone, cheer up and try your best to find gold, okay?!" Nami glanced at everyone, full of threats.

Zoro stood up and stretched his shoulders, rarely willing to take the initiative to disembark: "Sky Island - I wonder if we can have a big fight!"

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There is darkness in front of me, and I can't see my fingers. Where is this place?

Wanzi did not appear in any place that she was familiar with, and she was not even sure whether she was still on the Grand Line or in this world.

Did he travel through time again?

Probably not. Every time she traveled through time in the past, it was basically because she suffered life-threatening injuries in the original world, and she had no consciousness during the entire time traveling.

However, this time, she clearly felt the pull of space. This was the power of the teleportation scroll.

Wanzi stood up and did not choose lighting immediately. Instead, he randomly found a direction in the darkness and moved forward.

In a completely dark space, nothing could be seen or heard, and Wanzi's nerves were on high alert, always paying attention to any unusual movements around him.

"Well"

Suddenly, a man's soft cry of pain came from behind.

Wanzi turned quickly in the darkness, like a nimble cat, and walked to the man without making any movement.

In the darkness, Wanzi's voice was cold, and his small hands pinched the man's neck: "Who are you?"

"Who are you! Where is this? Where is Tikki!"

The man's voice was filled with anger, and without saying a word, he directly attacked Wanzi.

At this sound, Wanzi suddenly formed a seal with his hands and rubbed a small spark on his fingertips, which instantly illuminated the sight of the two of them.

"Esnisan?!"

"Are you——Mariko?!"

Maruko was speechless: "My name is Uchiha Maruko, okay? Maruko! Please, can you call me right once?"

Ace scratched his head and laughed: "Sorry, sorry, why are you here?"

"I should be asking you this, right?" Wanzi turned his head and rolled his eyes helplessly in the darkness.

"So you used the teleportation scroll to call me here! But I remember that you didn't have the teleportation scroll. What I gave you was the sealing scroll?"

Ace also looked confused, not understanding the situation at all.

Wanzi simply turned his head to study another thing: "This space is a bit strange, it seems to be isolated from all elements."

"And he is still quietly absorbing my chakra. Although it is slow, it cannot be ignored. While there is still light, let's see if there is any danger here first, and then we will discuss other things."

Ace touched the place where he had just been pinched by the ball. To be honest, at the time, he completely thought he was an enemy, but he never expected that he would be Luffy's partner.

This girl was completely different in this dark environment than when she was with Luffy. She came in later than him, but she adapted to this environment instantly, as if she had been in similar environments countless times. .

Ace followed Maruko and began to explain: "I was on Banaro Island and caught up with Teach."

Maruko: "That traitor on your ship?"

Ace nodded, and then found Maruko standing in front of him, unable to see him at all.

So he continued to speak, with undisguised anger: "Yes, you are worthy of killing Thatch and defying the ban to defect from the ship to get the Devil Fruit. It is really powerful!"

"Your cause and effect relationship is wrong." Maruko said calmly, "Whether he has this Devil Fruit or not, he will defect to the Whitebeard Pirates. As for Thatch, maybe he is just an unlucky guy that Teach met while stealing the fruit."

Ace suddenly chuckled: "You are quite smart. With you by Luffy's side, I can rest assured."

"Don't worry too early." Maruko said calmly, "Luffy is our captain. I will not stop what the captain decides to do. I will only do my best to help him."

Maruko extinguished the flame and his vision fell into darkness again.

"There should be no one else here except the two of us."

"The longer it stays here, the faster it absorbs chakra. I feel like this space is trying to assimilate us."

The two sat cross-legged in the darkness, and the atmosphere was somewhat quiet.

Ace took the initiative to find a topic: "Sorry, I didn't expect to drag you into this."

Maruko shook his head: "It's my fault. Those red scrolls were newly made. I forgot to check them with chakra when I took them out, so I should have given them the sealing scrolls that were supposed to be given to you, and turned them into teleportation scrolls."

Wanzi sighed: "You'd better conserve your strength and try your best to survive."

Ace: "Why do you say that suddenly?"

"Although my chakra can be absorbed here, that's when I turn the chakra into energy and release it."

"You are different. For natural devil fruits, you are the energy itself. You should feel yourself getting weaker all the time now."

"Besides, your breathing has changed in those few steps."

Ace did not answer Maruko's question, but smiled and praised: "You should be the most powerful ninja I have ever seen."

After observing for a long time, Wanzi finally came to a conclusion.

"It seems that this should be a special space constructed with the ability of the Dark Fruit."

"Is there any way you can get out?"

Ace shook his head: "This is also the first time I have seen such a special fruit and ability."

"When fighting Teach, he said that he had been lurking on Dad's ship for twenty years just to get this fruit."

Wanzi shook his head and frowned: "This is troublesome! He knows this fruit best, how can we ask him to let us go?"

"By the way, Esnisan, if Tiqi told you anything else, please recall it and tell me everything!"

Although he didn't know why Maruko did this, Ace was very cooperative and tried to tell Maruko all the information he knew.

"Before I showed up, he discussed the second step of his plan with his current partners."

"Moreover, he still regrets that when he met Luffy before, he didn't expect that his bounty was 100 million beli, and he missed a huge bargaining chip."

"By the way, I seemed to hear it before I passed out. They decided to hand me over to the Navy as a new bargaining chip."

Maruko asked: "Do you know what Teach's ultimate dream is?"

Ace gritted his teeth: "Of course I know, he dreams of becoming the new Pirate King!"

Wanzi lowered his head and was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "Aisnisan, I have a question."

"How is your relationship with Whitebeard? What I mean is - if you were publicly executed by the navy, would the Whitebeard Pirates do their best to save you?"

Ace said without hesitation: "Of course!"

Suddenly, an incredible thought flashed through Ace's mind: "Could it be that Teach is going to cooperate with the Navy to lure out Dad?"

Maruko opened her mouth and analyzed everything she could think of for Ace in detail.

To be honest, although Ace seems to be more polite and attentive than Luffy, from Maruko's perspective, he is still a huge idiot.

If everything is as she expected, then Ace's existence can not only catch the strongest Yonko, but also catch a big fool who will risk everything for his brother!

Therefore, the best way is for her and Ace to join forces to nip this possibility in the bud.

"The world-recognized strength ranking: One Piece is greater than the Yonko, greater than the Shichibukai, greater than hundreds of millions of ordinary pirates."

"Even if the Dark Fruit is powerful, one person alone cannot become the Pirate King. He needs more powerful subordinates."

"The fragrance of wine is afraid of deep alleys. If you want to realize your ambition, Tiqi, who was once unknown, must manage his reputation well in order to attract those unruly and strong people."

"I think the bounty alone is not enough to attract him. His goal should be to use the Shichibukai as a springboard to directly target the strongest Yonko!"

"It just so happened that Crocodile was defeated by Luffy, and the position of Shichibukai became vacant."

"Logically speaking, it would be the best choice to hand over Luffy, who defeated Crocodile, to the Navy as a certificate of surrender, but he chose you in the end."

"Whitebeard will definitely send troops for you."

"But if you can allow the top brass of the Navy to openly challenge the strongest Yonko in front of the world and actively cause a war, there should be something in you that the Navy cares about, right?"

Ace nodded silently, and Wanzi didn't ask any more questions, just to make sure his guess was correct.

Maruko's voice became solemn unconsciously: "Aisnisan, you should understand how much changes will be brought to the world once you are caught by the navy?"

"The only outcome for the Whitebeard Pirates and the Navy is that both sides will lose!"

"Leave aside the navy for now. The casualties of the Whitebeard Pirates will definitely be heavy. Your partners, brothers, and even your father may die in this war, as well as Luffy and Sabo. They will never ignore death."

Ace: "I understand, I"

Wanzi interrupted him in time: "You don't have to blame yourself."

In the darkness, a smile suddenly appeared on Wanzi's face: "Now, I am actually grateful that I was given a teleportation scroll."

"Now, there's a twist in this chess game driven by Teach."

"That's me!"