Chapter 55

It was the "Saruyama Alliance's" "Masira Pirates" and "Shojo Pirates," who worshipped the Mont Blanc Noland from the fairy tale book...

"Are they enemies?"

"Be careful!"

The Straw Hat Pirates watched the two pirate ships approaching rapidly, with a gorilla and a monkey standing on their respective bows.

It was the Exploration King Shojo and the Salvage King Masira.

"What are you doing here?" Masira asked vigilantly.

"They must be eyeing the gold too!" Shojo said firmly.

"What?" Masira was shocked: "Then put the competition aside, deal with the enemies first!"

"Good!"

The next moment,

Shojo took out a microphone, and then a ghost-crying and wolf-howling sound came from the ship's speakers, attacking everything in range indiscriminately!

Although his own ship was the first to suffer, he didn't care at all.

However...

Watching the deck of the Going Merry creak, there was a faint trend of being overturned by the sound waves.

Lord Lord Sima Di was angry!

[Shut up, you bastard!]

The next moment,

Shojo's mouth was fitted with a zipper and locked, and his whole body uncontrollably curled into a ball, resembling an egg.

"Damn! What did you do to Shojo!" Masira was furious.

He immediately jumped from the ship's edge toward the Going Merry, holding high his heavy fist capable of knocking out a Sea King, target—

Still the Going Merry!

Why do these people love hitting ships?

[Get lost!]

Masira, who was in mid-air, was immediately ejected like a cannonball toward the horizon, landing in the distant sea.

Now the people of both pirate groups exploded!

—I don't know if they were confident enough in Masira, but not a single person went to look for him.

They angrily took out their salvage gear and launched a siege on the Going Merry—are these people toxic?

They are professional salvagers, so they are all aiming at the ship?

"Don't destroy the Merry, you bastard!" Sanji kicked away a giant capture device.

"Don't touch the Merry!" Zoro cut off the flying cable.

"Guard the Merry!" Usopp blasted the lasso away with an explosive star.

Lord Lord Sima Di didn't want to tangle with these small fries, so he glared!

The invisible Conqueror's Haki swept over all the enemies, followed by a series of falling sounds.

Only Shojo, whose mouth was sealed, looked in horror at the small fries lying on the ground, finally realizing that they had provoked someone they shouldn't have.

Just at this moment,

A figure floated up from the seabed; he had a sturdy build and chestnut-shaped blond hair.

Seeing this, Shojo couldn't help but widen his eyes; this man was the boss of their Saruyama Alliance, "Mont Blanc Cricket."

He was probably diving on the seabed to look for the whereabouts of the City of Gold just now and was knocked unconscious by Lord Lord Sima Di's Conqueror's Haki.

Shojo jumped into the sea without a word, preparing to salvage Cricket.

But Lord Lord Sima Di's movements were fast, and he rolled him onto the deck with telekinesis.

Chopper, as the ship's doctor, consciously stepped forward to check.

"He was knocked unconscious by Conqueror's Haki."

"But he also has an illness himself, it's the bends. Long-term water pressure on the seabed caused his body regulation to be unbalanced, leading to an embolism blocking his blood vessels."

"Can I save him?"

Looking at Chopper's pitiful expression, everyone couldn't help but look at Lord Lord Sima Di.

With Luffy temporarily lying on the ground, Lord Lord Sima Di became the backbone of the group.

"He should be the target of our trip, let's save him first." Lord Lord Sima Di said.

"Good!"

Lord Lord Sima Di looked at the chestnut-headed man on the floor; to be honest, he was quite admirable.

As the descendant of "Big-Talker Noland" 400 years later.

Even though Cricket himself didn't fully believe in his ancestor, in order to prove the existence of the City of Gold and wash away the "family's shame," he still unhesitatingly came from the North Blue to the Grand Line, betting his life to find the ethereal "City of Gold."

This diving sickness was caused by his frequent adventurous long-term diving explorations because he guessed that the City of Gold had sunk into the sea.

Very quickly,

Cricket woke up under Chopper's advanced medical skills.

As the boss of the "Saruyama Alliance," with him there, the misunderstanding was quickly resolved.

Everyone went ashore and sat opposite each other.

"You guys are also here for the City of Gold, right?" Cricket said: "As a reward for saving my life, I can tell you the information I know."

"What!" Shojo was shocked: "Boss! That's..."

Cricket gave Shojo a look to shut up.

"Does the City of Gold really exist?" Facing Facing Nami's eyes shone with gold.

That was the light of Berries!

"I'm not very sure either..." Cricket hesitated: "But I know someone who firmly believes in the existence of the City of Gold, but he is the world-famous big-talker in the legend, so much so that his descendants can't hold their heads up."

"Eh?"

Chopper and the others subconsciously looked at Usopp.

Usopp: (▼へ▼メ)

"Think about it, it's obviously not me, you bastards!" Usopp said angrily.

Although he loves to brag, he hasn't reached the level of being world-famous!

Then he began his exposition.

"Everything starts from the fairy tale 'Big-Talker Noland' spread in the North Blue..."

More than 400 years ago, expedition fleet commander and botanist Mont Blanc Noland...

Not long after,

Noland returned to Gaya Island to find gold under the King's orders, but at this time Gaya Island had been blasted into the sky by the Knock-Up Stream. Because he couldn't find the City of Gold, he was guilty of deceiving the King. Noland was executed and crowned with the title of "Big-Talker."

"Big-Liar Noland" became a household fairy tale in the North Blue, used to teach children honesty.

After listening to the story,

Lord Lord Sima Di couldn't help but feel some emotion.

A person who entered the Grand Line four times and returned safely, his lifelong reputation was ruined by a Knock-Up Stream.

He died unjustly.

"I believe him!" Luffy, who had recovered, said firmly: "He insisted on the existence of the City of Gold until his death; I believe he wouldn't lie!"

"A person who can go back and forth to the Grand Line four times and return safely, I don't think that country had the qualifications to execute him. He probably surrendered voluntarily to prove the existence of the City of Gold." Lord Lord Sima Di analyzed.

This led the Straw Hat Pirates to nod in agreement.

Along the way,

They had experienced the dangers of the Grand Line firsthand; to go back and forth four times, his strength must be at least at Luffy's level, right?

Ordinary armies couldn't trap Luffy.

"Mont Blanc..."

Cricket didn't hide it and nodded in acknowledgment...

"Just because I have a bit of blood relation to him, regardless of whether I'm good or bad, I'm directly labeled as a liar's family and pointed at, scolded by strangers. I grew up in this environment. Is it ridiculous?"

Everyone was silent.

Only Lord Lord Sima Di said faintly: "Prejudice in people's hearts is like a big mountain; sometimes no matter how hard you try, you can't move it... but if you can slap them in the face, that must be very satisfying!"

Cricket's eyes lit up when he heard this!

Looking at Lord Lord Sima Di, it was as if he had found a soulmate.