Chapter 11

11. Laboon's story! Lord Lord Sima Di's Devil Fruit!

Since he decided to take Laboon along, it's now a matter of how to convince the others.

But Lord Lord Sima Di believed,

Once they knew Laboon's story, they definitely wouldn't refuse.

The problem is...

Crocus is probably still "vacationing" in Laboon's stomach, how can he let everyone know this story?

While thinking,

Luffy suddenly had a solemn expression, staring straight at the seabed.

"It's hitting the Red Line? It sounds so sad, just like... being abandoned by its partners." Luffy said.

Forgot that this guy has the ability to "listen to all things"!

Since that's the case, it's easy to handle.

Lord Lord Sima Di immediately said with interest: "An island whale blocking the entrance of Reverse Mountain? Sadness of being abandoned by partners? There seems to be a very good story in it, let's go find the answer!"

During the launching ceremony,

Lord Lord Sima Di went to sea for novel adventures and legendary stories, so this proposal wasn't abrupt.

But...

"Hey, hey, let's go, the whale just now didn't look like it was easy to mess with." Usopp backed out.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah!" Facing Facing Nami nodded wildly.

However...

Lord Lord Sima Di and Luffy were both shining with eyes, as the two highest combat powers on the ship, this matter seemed to have been decided.

"Go that way." Sanji pointed to the lighthouse next to Reverse Mountain: "There's a house there, it should be where the person guarding the entrance lives, maybe they know something."

"Yosh! Let's go!" Luffy said.

What could Facing Facing Nami and the others do?

They could only steer the Going Merry closer, land and knock on the door politely, but no one answered.

"Strange, is there no one?" Zoro wondered.

"Could it be that they were... by passing pirates?" Usopp looked horrified.

"Boom—"

The ground under their feet trembled again, Laboon was still hitting the Red Line.

But then it suddenly became quiet.

I guess Crocus injected it with a sedative.

Not long after,

Laboon floated up from the seabed, and then a giant water column sprayed out from the blowhole on its back, with two figures vaguely mixed in it.

"Look!"

"That whale spat out a small house!"

"Idiot, that's a specially made ship, but there seems to be someone in the house?"

"It's coming toward us!"

Under everyone's gaze,

The house-ship docked on the land, and Crocus, with white hair, went ashore and looked at everyone.

"Pirates who just crossed Reverse Mountain?" He said impolitely: "I am Crocus, the lighthouse keeper of Twin Capes, you can dock here temporarily, but you are not allowed to destroy my things or attack that island whale."

The tone left no room for negotiation, and he didn't seem to fear pirates.

Also,

As the former ship doctor of the Pirate King, Crocus was someone who had seen the world.

How could his combat power be too bad?

"Hello! Whitebeard uncle!" Luffy laughed: "That island whale sounds so sad, was it abandoned by its partners?"

"Hmm? How do you know?" Crocus was quite surprised.

"I heard it say so myself!" Luffy said as a matter of course.

This shocked Crocus!

He thought of his former captain Roger, who possessed some kind of ability to listen to all things...

"Are you a Whisper-Whisper Fruit ability user? Or an innate ability?" Crocus asked.

"Whisper-Whisper Fruit? Isn't that Apis's ability." Luffy scratched his head: "Is it hard to understand what animals mean? I thought everyone could."

Usopp and the others behind him had black lines on their heads.

How dull are you to think that everyone can understand?

Wouldn't the existence of the "Whisper-Whisper Devil Fruit" be as redundant as a Devil Fruit ability that turns people into humans?

Crocus examined Luffy again, then fixed on his straw hat.

This straw hat...

So familiar!

"This straw hat of yours..."

"Uncle, you have a good eye! It was given to me by Shanks, he said it was the straw hat worn by the Pirate King!" Luffy said proudly.

Crocus looked at Luffy deeply when he heard the name "Shanks."

That red-haired intern?

No,

He is now one of the Four Emperors of the New World.

So this kid,

Is the future that Shanks bet his arm on in the East Blue?

After pondering for a moment,

Crocus didn't tell the intricate relationship between himself and Luffy, but turned to look at Laboon, who was floating quietly on the sea.

"Listen carefully, Laboon's story..."

"It's a whale with human emotions, I still remember it was fifty years ago..."

Island whales are group animals in the West Blue, little Laboon was attracted by the music of the Rumbar Pirates and followed them to the Grand Line as a partner, but the dangers of the Grand Line couldn't let the young one continue to follow.

The Rumbar Pirates could only leave Laboon here and made a promise—

"When we go around the world and come back, we can meet again!"

Little Laboon waited for 50 years.

Crocus went deep into the Grand Line, but the news he brought back was—the Rumbar Pirates broke their promise, fled the Grand Line, and returned to the West Blue.

Laboon had been crazy ever since, hitting the Red Line day and night, wanting to return to the West Blue to find the Rumbar Pirates.

After hearing Laboon's story, everyone was quite touched.

"What a moving story."

"A promise kept for 50 years? That's really long."

Lord Lord Sima Di was also quite moved, and when he turned his head, he saw Luffy quietly walking toward the main mast, seemingly having some ideas.

"Stop!" Lord Lord Sima Di shouted: "What are you doing?"

Everyone noticed Luffy's strange behavior.

Luffy, who was discovered, simply said: "I want to take the main mast down, as long as I insert it for Laboon, I can make a new promise with him, I will definitely help him find that pirate group, go around the Grand Line and return here!"

Although what you said is very dreamy, but...

"Why do you want to hurt the Merry!" Usopp said angrily.

"This isn't just your ship, you bastard!" Facing Facing Nami gave him a chestnut.

"Bastard! Don't always have strange ideas!" Zoro was also furious.

Lord Lord Sima Di saw that the time was ripe,

And immediately said: "By the way, I once got an interesting Devil Fruit that allows the user to transform into other animals... If Laboon could transform into a puppy or something, raising it on the Going Merry and taking it away wouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Oh!"