Chapter 176

Before this, he had been thoroughly enjoying eating takoyaki, then came Brook's little interlude, and only now did he remember to ask.....

Kame immediately carefully explained the general method of "how to cross the Red Line".

Board "Mary Geoise", pay the toll, change ships on the other side of the Red Line and leave,

or coat oneself in bubble film to dive ten thousand meters underwater, resupply at Fish-Man Island, then proceed to the pit at the bottom of the Red Line to cross and leave.

"We are pirates, and we cannot abandon Merry, so we must choose the second method," Nami said.

Everyone nodded.

Only Merry said, "Actually... I could just fly over directly."

She had already demonstrated the ability to fly before.

But...

"No! I want to see the Mermaid Princess!" Sanji resisted, saying, "And Fish-Man Island is very likely the location of All Blue; I must go!"

"Fish-Man Island sounds very interesting; it would be a pity to miss it," Luffy grinned.

"A voyage ten thousand meters underwater; we certainly cannot miss that!" Nami said with interest.

Chopper's face showed bitterness,

but after glancing at everyone who was eager to try, he still did not raise any objections.

And what no one expected was,

Usopp, usually the most cowardly, now did not raise any objections or any strange illnesses.

He just stood there quietly.

It seems Sima Di's words before had a great influence on him.

However...

Is it really that easy to change?

Usopp's trembling long nose had already betrayed his heart; now he was only putting on a brave face.

"Yo-ho—"

As soon as the Going Merry docked,

Luffy jumped onto a rising rainbow bubble and ran toward the sky by stepping on them.

Those were formed from resin secreted by the Shakky's Red Trees, a unique sight of the Sabaody Archipelago.

However...

When the resin bubbles rose to a certain height and left the specific environmental zone, they would "pop" and shatter!

"Ah—"

"Boom!"

Luffy crashed onto the ground, kicking up a large cloud of dust.

Kame was so scared she almost lost her soul!

"Don't worry about that guy; he's a rubber man, he can't be killed by falling," Sanji comforted.

The dust cleared,

and they saw Luffy's head had smashed into the ground, and he was pulling his own head out like pulling a radish.

Everyone got off the ship, preparing to stroll around the island.

"I'll stay behind and guard," Usopp said while standing on the ship's railing.

Usually, when encountering a new island, Usopp was the first to go ashore to see if there were materials suitable for his new ammunition.

Who would have thought he would voluntarily stay behind today?

Actually, with the current Going Merry, even if Merry herself was outside, once someone boarded, she could react quickly and use the Hearthstone to return and check, then decide whether to sound the alarm.

"Since Usopp voluntarily stays behind, let him stay," Sima Di said.

If

water

group

took the lead and turned to leave.

Others didn't pay much attention either; after telling Usopp it was trouble for him, they left in a swarm.

"Every tree island has a number; everyone just needs to remember the number and won't get lost," Hachi reminded.

Although that was the case...

Everyone subconsciously glanced at Zoro; surely even this lost cause would get lost?

"Bastards! Who are you looking down on?" Zoro shouted angrily.

He glanced at the number on the tree trunk; unfortunately, a bubble floated by and covered the "4" in "41".

Tree Island No. 1?

Zoro would absolutely not forget that!

He waved his hand and turned to leave alone.

No one stopped him.

Anyway, even if Zoro remembered wrong, there was the "Lost Cause Savior" Hearthstone; rub it and you could return to the ship.

He also walked in the opposite direction along with Hachi.

After everyone had left,

Usopp came to the storage room, took down a bottle of Super God Water from the shelf placed there, and stared at it with flickering eyes.

He seemed...

indeed a bit unable to keep up with the Straw Hat Pirates' pace.

On the ship, no one has mastered Haki,

only Usopp and Robin. Running fast as a pet doesn't require effort, Franky has tech enhancements and his combat power is no joke, Franky's swordsmanship can actually trade blows with Zoro.

only he......

From the East Blue departure until now, it's been almost a year, and aside from one move "Petrification Ray," he doesn't seem to have made much progress.

"Perhaps...... it's time to make a decision!"

Usopp gritted his teeth and pulled out the bottle cork, choosing......

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61. The news of Ace's execution! Sima Di's earth-shattering scheme!

The bustle of Sabaody Archipelago far surpasses every island the Straw Hat Pirates had reached before.

But for Sima Di, who lives in the 21st-century era of information explosion, it's merely a slightly busier small town.

So he showed a lack of interest.

Things like "New World Biscuits" and "New World Dried Fruits" — just hearing the names, you know they're an IQ tax.

Even worse...

someone was actually pushing a bubble bicycle, trying to sell it to them?

The key point is — Luffy and Chopper were actually quite interested!

Luckily there was a local, Hatchi, so Sima Di didn't have to waste his breath.

After refusing the shopkeeper's kind offer,

after riding off on the bubble bike, Luffy still wouldn't let it go.

"Why won't you buy it for me? I have my own money!"

Thanks to the loot gathered a few times,

every member of the Straw Hat Pirates has their own little stash, unlike before when they were strapped for cash.

"Luffy, did you forget about the bubbles bursting?" Hatchi reminded him. "These resin bubbles only stay stable in the specific environment of Sabaody Archipelago; once you leave, they'll shatter."

"So this bubble bike can only be used on Sabaody Archipelago?" Robin said, suddenly understanding.

"Gao — then it's not even as good as the Mk-5." Franky mocked.

Luffy also pouted, and for once said that the shopkeeper was really black-hearted.