Chapter 303

Moreover,

although the Heart Pirates were pirates, they were a ship full of doctors. They had barely done any evil along the way; on the contrary, they had treated countless patients.

Had they not clashed head-on with the Marines, they would not have been offered a bounty.

Moreover,

the Op-Op Fruit was also a Devil Fruit ability with very strong functionality.

There was indeed value in recruiting them.

It's just......

having this old man recruit pirates is truly infuriating!

"Hmph!"

flames rose from Sakazuki's body — that was his fury!

But Law took it as Sakazuki's final warning, his heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly agreed!

"No problem! I'll enlist! Please show mercy!"

"Hmph! Good that you know your place!"

Under the contract of the Elephant Lord,

the Thousand Sunny sailed across the sea with a clear objective for over ten days, and finally found this Elephant Lord who, for committing a transgression in the ancient era, had been condemned to walk forever.

That towering body of 35,000 meters made everyone crane their necks to the absolute limit, yet still could not glimpse the Elephant Lord's back.

— Even the highest Sky Island the Straw Hat Pirates had visited was only a little over ten thousand meters.

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The increase in lifespan did not bring any obvious sensation; vitality itself showed no great change.

But on the spiritual level,

Sima Di discovered that the telomerase in his own cells had been extended by more than tenfold.

"So...... as long as the telomerase in the cells can be extended, lifespan can be altered?"

Sima Di nodded thoughtfully.

Then he noticed —

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And then thinking of the "Fluffy Park" on the Elephant Lord's back — that was a nation inhabited by the Mink Tribe.

Something similar to a cruise ship?

"How magnificent!"

"Such an enormous creature exists!"

"What a terrifying aura!"

"It seems even higher than many Sky Islands — won't it collide with them?"

"By the way...... how is it standing on the sea?"

That last question also piqued Sima Di's interest.

"Why don't we dive down and take a look? Merry."

"Watch my skills!"

No visible change came over the Thousand Sunny's body, but its bottom had already opened the "intake valve," and by swallowing enough seawater, the Thousand Sunny was able to submerge beneath the sea.

And the existence of the energy barrier,

also allowed the Thousand Sunny to keep the seawater out without having to transform into its Gao Da form.

This startled Baron Tamago and the others following behind!

They thought the Straw Hat Pirates were trying to escape.

The giant Pokkums, who had been sitting cross-legged on the deck gazing up at the Elephant Lord, also hurriedly leapt into the sea to chase after the Straw Hat Pirates.

But he discovered,

the Thousand Sunny had not gone far at all — it was hovering a hundred meters beneath the sea, and the Straw Hat Pirates were all gazing up in awe at the Elephant Lord's "long legs"!

The Elephant Lord's leg joints were one more than those of an ordinary elephant — it was an elephant that possessed two pairs of extraordinarily long legs.

When walking on the sea,

only one-third of its feet were above the water; from the sea surface to the Elephant Lord's back was over ten thousand meters.

Such a body structure that defied common sense......

Sima Di grew more and more interested in that Giant Kingdom!

And......

how could a kingdom with such flourishing technology have vanished without a trace?

Sima Di could not believe that the trash of the World Government could truly have threatened them!

Was it......

that they sought greater development and left of their own accord?

Or......

was there some other hidden truth?

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Flowers are 1,100 short for an extra chapter! There's a picture of long legs in the top right corner!

Debt repayment progress: 【57000 characters/144000 characters】!

31. Luffy strips off the Niko Fruit! Sanji's determination!

After seeing the Elephant Lord's "long legs," the Merry's Burden rose back to the sea surface.

Seeing the giant Bokmuse floating in the sea, Luffy cast him a puzzled look.

"Big cat, did you get kicked off the ship for eating too much?"

Uh...

What kind of weird logic is that?

Giant Bokmuse couldn't possibly claim he thought the Straw Hat Pirates were fleeing, so he hastily leapt into the sea to chase them—he knew full well this was utterly irrational; how could his flesh-and-blood body possibly catch up to the "Little Pluton"?

Even in his giant form, he couldn't!

"Ah... I just got a bit hot, so I jumped in for a swim," said Giant Bokmuse, doing a backstroke.

It made Luffy involuntarily... reveal an envious gaze.

"So nice! You can actually swim... —Gaa?"

Luffy suddenly seemed to think of something and quickly turned toward Sima Di.

"Di! Hand me a bottle—mmmm—"

Zoro swiftly covered his mouth; he could guess what this guy wanted to say—but at least check the situation, damn it!

What if someone overheard?

Are we going to kill them to silence them?

Nami called out: "We're heading up to the Elephant Lord first; you all follow along."

She patted Merry's Burden's shoulder; the ship instantly understood.

Energy thrusters opened along the hull, spewing flames to lift the Merry's Burden from the sea, ascending toward 35,000 meters of altitude.

Giant Bokmuse watched, filled with envy.

For the first time, they—a ship with self-awareness—felt envy toward another ship.

Able to go anywhere, on land or sea, and capable of becoming a crucial combat asset in critical moments—so incredibly useful!

But suddenly, he froze!

Wait a minute!

He was a user of the "Ku Ku Fruit," so how could he swim in seawater at all?

Suddenly!