Chapter 31

How are we supposed to fight this?

Wouldn't it be better if everyone sat down, shook hands, and made peace?

"Dammit!"

"I will definitely get stronger!"

"From now on, everyone keep an eye on each other — we have to take down Lord Sima's rule!"

Watching the crowd grit their teeth and "plot" right in front of him, Sima Di couldn't help but laugh.

"Alright, alright. From now on, I'll watch you die with my own eyes, and I won't use this ability again."

"That'd better be the case!"

"I'd rather die!"

"If you use that ability on me again, I'll definitely kill you!"

Sima Di shrugged at Robin — a bunch of people who didn't mean what they said.

"Yo, looks lively."

Kureha and Laboon walked over from a distance. The adorably cute Laboon was even dragging a Tyrannosaurus by the tail, looking quite relaxed for such a feat.

What a contrast...

"Where did you guys just go?" Nami complained. "We were attacked, you know!"

"Oh, really?" Kureha said indifferently. "If you can't even handle a little trouble like that, what's the point of talking about becoming the Pirate King?"

Though blunt, the words weren't wrong.

But...

"You're our companion too, you know!"

"You weren't just standing by watching the show the whole time, were you?"

"Dammit! Old man Kureha, you've gone too far!"

Faced with everyone's accusations, Kureha innocently shrugged.

"I'm just a ship doctor, where would I get any fighting power? In this dangerous jungle, I can only call Laboon to protect me."

Done!

All the logic's on your side, isn't it?

At this moment,

Dongli suddenly spoke up. "Kureha? That kid who followed around young Luo Jie over fifty years ago?"

"That's me, Dongli. It's been over fifty years, and you haven't changed a bit." Kureha greeted him with a smile.

"But you've gotten so old you don't even look like yourself anymore, ohehehe—" Dongli laughed. "Did you find the pirate crew you were looking for?"

Kureha sighed and shook his head.

"So this time you set out to sea because... you still haven't given up?" Dongli was greatly surprised.

Kureha patted the head of Laboon beside him, smiling kindly.

"This time, I'm just accompanying this little one out to sea."

"Oh? She's... you just called her Laboon?"

"That's right. And it's all thanks to this kid — he has a Devil Fruit that can turn Laboon into a human." Kureha looked at Sima Di.

Dongli also looked at Sima Di, then burst into hearty laughter.

"Ohehehe— this kid's interesting!"

At this,

Sima Di could only spread his hands and say indifferently, "Well, most people can only eat one Devil Fruit, and besides, aren't we companions? Kureha, you also taught me how to train Haki."

The art of conversation,

and sure enough, Kureha took it well, smiling as he looked at Sima Di, just like he was looking at one of his own juniors.

"By the way, Sima, where did you guys just go?" Usopp asked cheekily.

He had seen Sima Di carrying Robin back!

Could it be...

"Oh, right!" Sima Di took out a green vial and said, "I just discovered a Road Poneglyph under the volcano crater, and after that..."

After hearing Sima Di's explanation, everyone present needed a moment to take it in.

Dongli and Broggy were learning for the first time that their race had actually come about through "drugging."

As for the Straw Hat Pirates...

"You're saying the Road Poneglyph is a hundred meters under the lava?"

"Why would you even be in a place like that?"

"Or rather, why are you completely fine?"

The crew was utterly stunned by Sima Di's wild stunt!

What normal person would run to the bottom of a lava flow?

Even Kureha muttered, "Luo Jie was reckless enough back then, but even he never discovered a Road Poneglyph under the lava... what should I even say about you."

A "hidden map" that even the Pirate King hadn't discovered — this was something Kureha hadn't expected.

He thought he was just revisiting old times, but unexpectedly got a pleasant surprise?

"By the way..." Nami asked, "how long does it take for Little Garden's magnetic field to fully record?"

This concerned how long they'd have to stay.

"That, huh, seems like a year?" Dongli said quietly.

He knew full well that the group in front of him was in a hurry to go save Alabasta.

"What!"

"A year?"

"You've got to be lying!"

The Straw Hat Pirates were all stunned!

Vivi and Igaram were on the verge of breaking down — where would they find the time to wait a whole year here!

By then Alabasta would probably already belong to Crocodile.

"Huh? About that—" Laboon took out the pointer and said: "We ran into a candle house in the jungle. There was a little girl inside just like me. The moment we met, she attacked me, and I smacked her flying with one palm. This is what she dropped."

Vivi, who had been watching Hope's Rush speeding over, saw the pointer and her eyes lit up.

"It's the permanent pointer to Alabasta! We can head straight to Alabasta!" Vivi said joyfully.

Truly a lifeline in a desperate moment!

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30. Slash-Back Hakoku! Learn on the Spot and Show Off! The Giant Warrior Pirates Return to the Sea!

Going downstream along the river that enters the island, one can pass through Little Garden and set off for the next stop.

With the permanent pointer to Alabasta in hand,

Luffy immediately decided to set sail and head straight for Alabasta!

Before leaving,

Sanji and Zoro were still arguing over their "hunting contest" — one insisting his prey was longer, the other insisting his was heavier.

They were clearly heading down the path of Dorry and Brogy.

However......

"Bam!"

"Bam!"

Nami landed a two-hit combo, and both Zoro and Sanji were done for.