One Piece: Arrival on Sky Island at the beginning

Crocodile's eyes narrowed. He could feel the temperature in the raging flames. If it touched him, even if he could become an elemental, he might not be able to do so if even the sand was melted.

When Crocodile saw this, he jumped directly off the ground and kept retreating.

At the same time, he waved his arms and turned into a huge crescent-shaped sand blade, slashing towards the flames.

"Arc-moon dunes"

The sand blades like sand dunes also swept towards the flames, and wherever they passed, the flames were extinguished by the sand.

Crocodile dropped from the sky with a proud smile on his face.

"Without air, even fire can't burn. Your Burning Fruit poses no threat to my Shasha Fruit."

"Oh!"

When Ye Mu saw this, his eyes lit up and he couldn't help but praise.

"Did you develop the Shasha Fruit well? However, you may have made something wrong!"

Crocodile was stunned and saw Ye Mu's hand tightening on the handle of the Heavenly Kingdom Knife.

"My flames don't need air."

Crocodile was stunned for a moment, thinking of something, and looked towards the flames that were submerged by his own sand. What he saw was that on the ground that was originally full of sand, a red color suddenly appeared underneath the sand covering.

Hot lava bursts out with flames from inside.

"What!!! Hey, this is so unreasonable!!!"

Crocodile's face was filled with black lines when he saw this.

"Unreasonable!?"

Ye Mu was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

"In the future, you will understand that there are many unreasonable things."

After all, as a Shichibukai, he was defeated by Luffy, who was completely incapable of domineering, with a bucket of water and his body's blood.

As for melting the sand, Ye Mu didn't even need to use the ability to heat the fruit.

Crocodile naturally didn't understand what Ye Mu was talking about, but it didn't matter, the ability of the Shasha Fruit was not limited to this.

But at this time, Crocodile was surprised to find that after Ye Mu pulled out the Heavenly Kingdom, he put it back into the scabbard, and the flame was extinguished.

"That's it! Although it's a bit anticlimactic, I don't want to fight anymore."

"What's the meaning!"

Crocodile frowned and veins popped up on his forehead.

"Are you underestimating me!"

"No!"

Ye Mu shook his head and looked at the beautiful and dreamlike Shampoo Islands around him.

Although the two men were just warming up to the battle, they had already caused very serious damage to the island. The ground was dry and cracked, magma was everywhere, the bubbles in the air disappeared, and the branches of the trees burned, completely. The appearance after the war.

"Don't you think it's a pity that such a beautiful island should be destroyed like this?"

Crocodile was stunned for a moment after hearing this, but then he looked at Ye Mu with a frown and asked.

"Are you kidding me! Just because of such a stupid reason, you think I will stop here! This island is destroyed, what does it have to do with me!"

"You think this reason is stupid, but it doesn't to me. I can't bear to destroy anything beautiful unless necessary."

Crocodile's brows furrowed even more tightly, and there was even contempt in his eyes when he looked at Ye Mu.

"Are you still a pirate!? Pirates are predators of the jungle. Either you die or I live. Even if you use any despicable means, there is no problem. Do you think that the enemy will attack you for such a stupid reason? Show mercy?"

Unexpectedly, Ye Mu listened and asked with a very arrogant smile.

"Is that the pirate you think you are, Crocodile!?"

"!!!"

"To me, the so-called pirate is freedom, the freedom to do whatever you want. As long as it makes me feel happy, happy, and like it, I will do it, whether it is choosing to burn the fruit, or be a stupid virgin, or become To become the Pirate King, to kill the Celestial Dragons, and even to overthrow the World Government, these are the reasons why I become a pirate."

"Otherwise, I will go directly to the navy. Do you think that with my strength, I will do poorly in the navy and the world government?"

"So, now I really like the beauty of this island and can't bear to destroy it. This is the reason why I put away my sword against you. Do you have any opinions on this?"

Crocodile was completely stunned. At this moment, although he didn't want to admit it, he really felt ashamed in front of this man.

It sounds like such innocent words, but it has a kind of power that makes people yearn for it.

"hateful!"

Suddenly he thought of the newspaper.

The heir to Roger's will.

What exactly is the will of the Pirate King!

Is this freedom? .seven

"Free!!!"

At this moment, Crocodile lowered his head, seeming to be thinking, and the dust in the air slowly dissipated, then raised his head and looked at Ye Mu.

"I will let you go this time, but when we get to the new world, I will take off your head."

Crocodile said, turned around and prepared to leave.

But at this moment, Ye Mu spoke.

"Then, do you want to have dinner together? You must be very hungry after the fight!"

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After all, Crocodile did not agree and left with his men.

Ye Mu took his friends to the food court on Island No. 74 in Shampoo Island.

"Oh!!!"

Everyone was dazzled by the variety of food. Baby-5 completely transferred his original interest in the playground to various snacks. Everyone divided into groups and tasted the delicious food with faces full of satisfaction.

Freya tastes it from house to house. With just one bite, you can taste the materials, seasonings and craftsmanship used.

However, just in case, everyone deliberately kept a relatively close distance.

In front of a takoyaki shop, Ye Mu and Freya were waiting.

"thank you very much!"

Ye Mu took two skewers of takoyaki from the boss, handed one to Freya, and ate the other himself.

"Oh, it tastes great!"

"Really, let me try it! Oh, this should be the big-clawed octopus from Bantro Island in the Western Sea, and this seasoning must come from the Spice Island."

When the boss heard this, his eyes lit up.

"The customer is really amazing. He tasted it all at once."

"Actually, I'm a chef too!"

"That's so lucky. I have a variety of octopus ingredients from all over the world. If your guests are interested, you can try it."

"Really! That'll trouble you."

But at this moment, there was a sudden noise, and many people visible to the naked eye were running in one direction, their faces full of anticipation.

"What is this?"

The takoyaki boss said with a somewhat embarrassed expression.

"Is it over there on the shopping street, the Dumbo Circus is starting to perform?"

“Dumbo Circus!”

Freya's expression also became excited, but then she felt something was wrong and asked.

"If it's a circus, why are you boss!?"

The boss looked downcast.

"The circus is just a superficial business. In fact, the real business there is human trafficking..."

"Eh!!!"