One Piece: Under the Throne

"Hmm! My head hurts and I'm so hungry..." Leo slowly opened his eyes, and his pupils, which were originally as bright as the ocean, became dim.

With a click, the door opened and Victoria walked in with a bowl of porridge: "Leo, are you awake? Everyone, come on, Leo is awake."

Victoria quickly put down the tray, helped Leo sit on the bed, and put a pillow behind his back.

Soon, everyone came to the captain's room. Seeing Leo's pale face, everyone was very worried. This was the first time they saw the captain so weak.

"How do you feel? Is there anywhere that hurts?" Victoria placed her little hand on Leo's temple and pressed gently.

"So hungry!"

"There's porridge here. Eat some first and I'll make more." Charles picked up the bowl and fed Leo mouthful by mouthful.

After drinking a few mouthfuls of porridge, Leo felt even hungrier. He felt something nearby attracting him, so he pointed to the cabinet.

"Bring these two boxes from the cupboard."

Hearing this, Afu brought the two boxes to Leo. At this time, he was a little confused. Aren’t these the boxes that Leo used to store his devil fruits? Why did he need them at this time?

Leo was silent for a while as he looked at the box on the left. The box contained the Fortified Castle Fruit. "Hey, Fuku, give me the box on the right."

After taking the box, Leo took out the devil fruit. Under everyone's surprised gaze, a bunch of light balls flew out of the fruit and entered his body through Leo's palm. When all the light balls were absorbed, the devil fruit had turned into an apple, and then rotted at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Huh~ Leo exhaled heavily, his eyes became bright again, and his face became much rosier: "Don't worry, everyone. I feel much better."

"Captain, you..." Victoria, who was closest to him, asked first.

“I can indeed suck…”

"Leo, you actually used such a disgusting fruit to satisfy your hunger. You are such a warrior."

"...Aren't you curious about why I can absorb the power of the fruit?"

Everyone looked at each other and said, "What's there to be curious about? You are a fruit power user and you are not afraid of sea water. What's so strange about being able to absorb the power of the fruit?"

Leo was quite nervous when he decided to confront everyone, but he was already overwhelmed by hunger and couldn't help but draw out the fruit power in front of everyone. But everyone's attitude made Leo feel uncomfortable, because he thought he was the most special one.

"You guys, forget it. How long have I been unconscious? Where am I now?"

"Leo, we are in trouble. The record pointer is completely unresponsive. We may be lost."

"Don't worry, I left a life card in the West Sea, and I can use it to navigate."

After a short rest, Leo felt that his strength had recovered a lot, so he went outside to check the situation. This is indeed a strange place. There is no sun in the sky, but it is not dark around. The environment looks like a cave. The shallows surround the island. The island is a ruin, which can also be called a garbage dump. The wreckage of the house can be seen everywhere, and there are many piles of waste.

There were no obvious signs, and Leo couldn't figure out the direction for a moment: "Since we are here, let's treat it as a new adventure. Let's split into two groups and look for clues."

As soon as he finished speaking, footsteps were heard from the ruins. The sound was very urgent, as if many people were running. Soon Leo and the others could see clearly that what was coming was actually a group of dinosaurs. They looked a bit like velociraptors, and each of them ran towards them with its mouth wide open and a long stream of saliva.

"Charles, what did you see?" Leo asked seriously, his hands on his hips.

"I see the best ingredients for the barbecue running towards us. Look at that powerful thigh. The meat must be very firm."

Soon everyone was sitting around the fire, and the aroma of barbecue filled the air.

"Delicious, Charles, your barbecue is really delicious."

"The ingredients are still good. You only need to add some sea salt before eating. Once I confirm the name of this place, I will definitely write it down in my food notes."

There were a few young dragons wandering in the distance, attracted by the fragrance, but there were a lot of bones with familiar smells piled around the group of people, which scared the little guys and they didn't dare to get close.

"Tsk, do you want to try roasting a breast dragon?"

"Hey, Captain Xiaolong, why do you want to eat it if you love it so much?" Seeing Leo's eyes shining, the three girls stared at him with some dissatisfaction.

"Okay, okay, I won't catch them."

Suddenly Charles patted Leo on the shoulder: "Captain, what if they come here by themselves?"

"With such a righteous ingredient, little dragon, of course we have to fulfill its wish." Leo looked at a little dragon that sneaked over with a smile, and grabbed its upper lip when the other opened its mouth to steal the barbecue.

"You little naughty boy are quite savvy. Come and show your brother how many teeth you have. Puh..."

When the young dragon's mouth was opened, a surprised face came into view. What a fat face it was!

Ugh! So ugly!

"Ah! It's delicious. Thank you very much for the hospitality."

A few minutes ago, Leo found an uncle in the mouth of a baby dragon doll that he found while working. The uncle said that he was a survivor of the island that was swallowed by a lantern fish. He had been living here alone for more than ten years and had to disguise himself as a baby dragon in order to survive.

The uncle patted his belly and thanked Leo with a satisfied look on his face: "After eating raw meat for more than ten years, I can finally have a bite of hot food. It's really great to meet you. I haven't talked to anyone for a long time."

Charles handed him another piece of roasted dinosaur meat and said, "Uncle, you've had a really hard time these years. Eat slowly, there's still a lot left."

Ah Fu noticed that Leo had been deep in thought since he heard what the stranger said, so he took the initiative to talk to him: "We are the marine rescue team. We came here due to force majeure. From what you said, this is the stomach of some large sea king, right?"

"Maritime rescue team? Great, please take me with you. This is the stomach of a giant anglerfish. If your boat can resist the corrosion of stomach acid, you will have a chance to escape."

Bang! Leo punched his palm, finally remembering where this place was. Leo suddenly attacked and stunned everyone.

Leo pretended to be surprised and looked at the strange middle-aged man with curiosity: "This is actually the stomach of a giant marine creature. How interesting! I smell the scent of adventure. Uncle, you have lived here for so long, do you know the surrounding situation?"

The middle-aged man scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "My range of activities is limited to this island. Outside is a sea of ​​stomach acid. I don't have a boat that can resist corrosion, so I can only stay on the island. But I heard that the giant lantern fish has three stomachs. I think there should be two more places like this."

"Wow, Taikula, uncle, my name is Leo, they are all my companions. We came to such an interesting place and we plan to explore it. Do you want to come with us? We will take you away later."

The middle-aged man smiled and nodded, but there was always a hint of worry in his eyes.