One Piece: The Legend of Beasts

Kaido leaned against the thick rock wall, the part below his chest muscles soaked in hot water, the muscle texture was clear and distinct, like the undulating mountains. He closed his eyes tightly, feeling an indescribable comfort all over his body.

This is an open-air bathing area located in the northern suburbs. It is surrounded by smooth stalactites. The pool water is azure blue and the area is large. It can easily accommodate more than a dozen people. Looking out, you can see the empty night sky.

The area near the bathing beach is covered by lush forests. It looks particularly quiet under the starry sky, with the occasional chirping of cicadas.

It was already late at night when they came out of Capona's tavern. Uno suggested that they should go back to rest as soon as possible to prepare for the next battle. However, Lingling said that Rocks thought that the expedition on Shiraguru Island took too long and planned to recuperate for a while before launching a new operation, so they could move freely on the island during this period.

Then, she glanced at the young couple next to her who were drunk, singing with their arms around each other, and suggested with a smile that she would take everyone to a secret place to enjoy themselves.

Then, with the consent of cadre Wang Zhi, the group followed a remote path and arrived at the unique rock bathing beach on Beehive Island.

"Oh hehe! Taking a bath after drinking is such a luxurious experience!"

Kaido stretched himself lazily. The hot water at just the right temperature could relax his muscles, giving his body and mind a good relief. It effectively eliminated the fatigue accumulated throughout the day, and his brain, which had been a little dizzy due to the alcohol, also became clear.

"Not only that, the smell of alcohol that had been lingering on you is also gone."

Uno, who was sitting next to him, said in a teasing tone. Even when taking a bath, he still did not take off his helmet. A towel folded into a square was placed on the top of the helmet. His hands were placed on the edge of the bathtub. He was obviously enjoying the relaxation brought to his body by the hot water. "No matter how many times I come, it's still as comfortable as before. My whole body is well relaxed, but I always feel a little weak."

"I guess that guy has regained consciousness by now?"

Kaido glanced at the wall made of hundreds of bamboos and couldn't help but sigh, "Not to mention that he is as strong as me, he can also compete with me in a drinking contest. In some ways, he is even more terrifying than that guy Lingling!"

"How is that possible?! Mom is the most powerful woman in this ocean! That little girl can't even be one ten-thousandth as good as her!"

Sun Prometheus muttered loudly with some annoyance. He had a violent reaction to Kaido's previous comment. At this moment, he was floating in the air outside the bathing area. Due to his extreme fear of water, he didn't dare to get close to the bathing pool, let alone touch the rising steam.

The principle is simple. Even though he is a soul split from Lingling's body, he is essentially just a ball of talking flame.

"You seem to be very excited ever since mom praised Setorizu."

Zeus, sitting on a recliner, took a sip of orange juice on the round table. He had a casual expression on his face as he slowly looked at his partner who had been inseparable from him for many years. "Are you worried that your position will be threatened? I don't mind having another girl to get along with, okay?"

“Who…who said that!”

Prometheus raised his voice to defend himself, his already red face turned even redder, "I didn't... No, my mother is the supreme being in my heart! No one can surpass her!"

Zeus gave a malicious smile: "Hey, no matter how I listen to your reasons, they seem very blunt."

"Be quiet! To Lingling, none of you can be missing! Gurgle Gurgle~"

The short and fat man floated on his back in the bathtub, his pot-bellied belly sticking out of the water. He held a large bowl of mung bean soup in his hand and took a big sip. He squinted his eyes and smacked his lips, "Hmm~ The water temperature is just right. It can be used as a raw material to make delicious desserts!"

Uno raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Come to think of it, I almost forgot Mr. Longbread was here too."

"Hey, hey, I deliberately made time to spend with you. I even gave my treasured snacks to Colleen Lola and asked her to help take care of those kids!"

Long Bread glanced at him unhappily and muttered, "As your beloved head chef, I should at least look familiar!"

“Actually… I should be the one with no sense of presence…” In a corner of the bathhouse, a young man with a spiky hairdo was soaking in hot water. He forced an awkward smile on his face, with the corners of his mouth twitching from time to time.

The man is a trusted confidant of Long Bread and the current king of the Kingdom of Etel. Through the clever mining of mineral resources, the country's strength has gradually recovered to its heyday, and people are living a fulfilling life.

To celebrate this grand occasion, the man asked his confidant to temporarily take over the position of king, and personally brought a mountain of treasures to the Honeycomb Island to pay tribute. At the invitation of Long Bread, he decided to stay on the island for a while.

Since he is often abroad, his name and appearance do not seem to leave a deep impression on people.

"What's that called..."

Kaido held his chin with his hand and thought hard for a while. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind and he waved at the man, "Yes! Pirate A! Help me get a towel too!"

"It's the Nosaiken." The man took a towel from the top of the rock wall with a helpless look, swam over and handed it steadily to Kaido.

"Did you hear that in the tavern earlier?"

Kaido spread the towel over his shoulders and turned to look at his partner with a mocking smile on his face. "The three fruits that Shiki brought were swapped, and the culprit has not been found yet. I didn't expect anyone to be interested in something that would make you unable to swim if you ate it!"

"It would be unusual if you weren't interested."

Uno smiled faintly, not commenting on Kaido's evaluation, "After eating the devil fruit, you can't touch the sea water, but you will also gain a powerful superpower. Even if you worry about the risks brought by the fruit, you can get a guaranteed huge amount of 100 million berries by selling it on the black market. It can be said that getting a devil fruit is like picking up a treasure."

"You know so much."

Kaido said in a low voice, then remembered something and continued to ask, "If the ability obtained is not very good, wouldn't it be a big loss?"

"That's not necessarily true."

Uno shook his head, and because he shook it too hard, the towel on his forehead slipped off and fell into the water with a "plop" sound, splashing water everywhere. He slowly picked up the towel, folded it into a rectangle and put it back on his head, and did not forget to explain to Kaido, "The ability of the fruit can be made stronger through development, and it can be taken to a higher level when combined with Haki. Even if you get the weakest ability, you may become a strong man who gallops across the sea through hard training."

He stretched out his right arm, looked at his palm, a strange emotion in his eyes, and said slowly: "When I first gained the ability to decompose, no matter what I touched, it would break into countless small pieces, causing quite a lot of noise.

“It’s reached a point where I can control it completely and even accurately determine where in an object to decompose.”

As he spoke, Uno swung his right hand in a half circle and gently pressed it against the rock wall. A circular crack spread along his palm, and the rock instantly broke into fine powder, fell into the water and disappeared, while the remaining part remained intact, with no trace of breaking. "To be honest, I am very satisfied with this ability."

"Really? I'm sure your ability has helped you overcome many difficulties."

After seeing the skill Uno just displayed, Kaido was filled with sincere admiration. His original prejudice against devil fruits was reduced by more than half. He looked up and said with a particularly emotional tone, "It makes me want to become a power user too!"

"Devil Fruits are also known as the 'treasures' of the sea. It takes a lot of effort to find them, which is why they are so valuable in the market."

Uno dipped his right hand into the hot water again and added some more information for him, "Another person can only eat one fruit in his lifetime. If he eats a second one, it will explode into pieces. You must remember this."

"So, you need to choose carefully what abilities you want to obtain."

Kaido couldn't help but click his tongue after hearing his words. After thinking for a while, he said, "In this case, I must get a fruit of the nature type or mythical beast type. The rarer it is, the more it can highlight my uniqueness!"

Uno gave a helpless smile, "If you are like me, I don't know when I can get what you said."

"That's what I mean. Why not just eat the fruit that suits you best? Gurgle Gurgle~"

The long bread lying on the water took another big sip of the mung bean soup, burped with a look of enjoyment, pointed at himself with his left hand and said proudly, "For someone like me, with the power of 'food' and my superb cooking skills, there is no such thing as hunger!"

"Once I decide to do something, I won't change it easily!"

Kaido still insisted on his own idea, grinning at the two people who disagreed with him, "Especially after the battle with Setsu, I realized that only by combining powerful abilities with Haki can one embark on the path to the strongest! Oh hehehe!"

"Huh? Are you guys talking about me?"

"That's right! I was talking about the battle with you in the training ground... Huh?"

Everyone was stunned when they heard this slightly boyish voice, and subconsciously looked towards the source of the sound. At some point, a graceful figure appeared on the steaming water surface, with long hair that gradually changed from white to blue-green and draped behind her, like a waterfall, making her delicate face even more beautiful. Her white and flawless skin was like white jade, with curves that revealed a pair of slender and straight legs. The hazy steam rolled up, just covering the most sensitive parts of her body, making her even more seductive.

Looking at her impeccable and graceful body, everyone opened their mouths in amazement and could not say a word, as if their breathing had stopped in an instant. Nosaiken stared with his eyes wide open, and two long lines of blood trickled down his nose.

"Kaiichiro, Uno! Aling felt a little bored over there, so she came here!"

The girl stretched out her slender arms, creating a splash of water, and her plump breasts swayed up and down due to her movement. "By the way, taking a bath instantly makes me feel refreshed! It's more comfortable than I thought!"

After recovering from her brief excitement, she put her finger to her lips and glanced at the stunned people around her. There was a hint of doubt and curiosity in her beautiful pink eyes.

"Strange? Why are you all looking at me like that? As a samurai, I need to adjust my lifestyle to be more like a man!"

The scene fell into silence for a short period of time, and then it was like a boiling pot, and the whole bathtub was shaking violently from side to side, as if it would collapse at any time.

"Wu, you big head ghost! Hurry up and put on the bath towel and go back to the next room and sit down obediently!!"

"Ah~ Miss Seorizu is so beautiful... The road to heaven seems to be right in front of me..."

"Ms. Seorizu! This is not a good idea!"

"Oh hehe! What an interesting woman!"

"Segoritsu, you wanted to come over and play with us... It hurts!"

"Idiot! Now is not the time to talk about this!"

The continuous noise came into Lingling's ears through the wall. She covered her ears impatiently, her whole body immersed in the misty hot water, and bit her lip helplessly: "These guys are really troublesome."

While they were immersed in the comfort and relaxation of the bath, in a distant country, a huge conspiracy was quietly taking place.

The raging waves kept hitting the beach. A tattered boat lay alone on the coast. The broken hull seemed to have been through countless storms and was riddled with holes. The side of the boat was also broken into several pieces, leaving only some ropes and broken planks scattered on the ground. A gust of sea breeze blew the flag on the broken boat, which fluttered in the wind. A skull with golden hair could be vaguely seen painted on it.

There were many corpses lying on the deck. Everyone had a black face and stared in horror at the front. Their muscles were stiff. Perhaps they had been dead for a long time. The air was filled with a nauseating stench.

It is not difficult to tell from their attire that they are a group of pirates, but now they are all dead on the ship. Judging from their appearance, the cause of death is death from taking some kind of highly toxic drugs, but how these people were killed is still unknown.

After an incense stick of time, a group of people in strange costumes ran hurriedly towards the beach through the lush woods, with surprise and worry on their faces.

A pirate ship that has traveled thousands of miles from overseas, and a ship full of dead bodies, will naturally attract people's attention.

The news soon spread throughout the country, and the country's ruler immediately sent people to investigate the case. However, since no relevant evidence was found and they were illegal intruders, the matter was eventually left unresolved.

The truth of the matter was ultimately buried in darkness.