Chapter 449

"I finally understand."

"Life is so long, how could there be such a happy moment?"

"I might die here today."

"But even so, I am very satisfied."

Once he recognized the facts before him, he had to accept them.

He only had one request, and that was to have these mermaids accompany him before he died.

【What is this, seeing through life? My stomach is about to burst from laughing!】

【Sure enough, when it comes to being funny, you still have to look at Sanji.】

【I have to say, if it were me, I might also feel that I found the true meaning of life here; after all, the days in that Peach-Colored Kingdom were too bitter.】

【I always feel that Sanji's illness has really worsened after going to the Peach-Colored Kingdom this time.】

【I guess Sanji wanted to settle down here the moment he saw these mermaids, right?】

【Zoro: How could I have such a teammate?】

【If some of these mermaids rebelled, maybe Sanji would stand on their side without hesitation.】

"By the way, why is there such a big difference between your two genders?"

"All the males on this island are fish-headed monsters."

Luffy suddenly thought of a question and asked it without hesitation.

When this question was blurted out, everyone felt it was inappropriate.

After all, this was somewhat disrespectful to them; if they got angry now, they might just kick them out alive.

After all, this matter wasn't something that could be discussed casually.

All the mermaids smiled and gave a reply after hearing this question.

"We are all protected by the gods, which is why we are spared from that terrible pollution."

"As for all the males on this island, they didn't have the protection of the gods, so they were unfortunately polluted by the war and turned into human-bodied, fish-headed monsters."

This was indeed quite a sad thing; of course, this history had continued for a full hundred years.

Although some couldn't accept it, they had all gradually taken it in stride.

They would only continue to operate in that darkness.

"I see."

"So that's why they have such great hatred for us!"

Luffy quickly associated it with them; perhaps they felt inferior because of their appearance, which was why they treated normal humans like this.

Otherwise, he really couldn't figure out why they would attack them.

Even though these fools couldn't even beat them.

And they still wanted him to join their team.

I have to say, they were quite persistent in this regard.

Now that they had entered the East Sea Dragon Palace, presumably those people would soon follow.

Instead of trying to figure out how to deal with them, Luffy was thinking more about.

Where was the good food?

Having been unconscious for a whole day, his stomach was hungry.

If this continued, he might just starve to death here.

"If other residents see our war chariot, they will definitely take action."

Chopper wasn't too worried about this; he was only afraid that their war chariot wasn't on this island at all, in which case they would have to spend more time looking for it.

"I wonder how Liu Zoro and the others are doing now."

He lay on the table, feeling a bit listless.

On the other side.

The throne in the center of Fish-Man Street.

The fish-man had already arrived in front of the leader.

"We have successfully found Straw Hat Luffy."

"However, things didn't go very smoothly; they have now arrived inside the East Sea Dragon Palace."

Since they couldn't deal with Luffy yet, it didn't mean their leader couldn't deal with him.

Taking advantage of them being scattered by the airflow, now was the best time to act.

The person on the giant throne listened and sneered gloomily.

"Is that so?"

"No matter what, find them."

They could never forget about Arlong.

Now that the Straw Hat Pirates had come again, they must make them experience unbearable pain this time!

After receiving this approval, the fish-men became even more motivated.

As long as they successfully captured Straw Hat Luffy, their value would skyrocket.

Were they still afraid they couldn't dominate this Grand Line?

By the stream.

Nami slowly opened her eyes, looked at the green lawn in front of her, and crawled up.

"Where is this..."

She still remembered being swept away by a huge airflow.

Beside her was Robin; before landing, Robin seemed to have manifested giant hands to catch her.

She turned her head and saw Robin looking at her with concern, and only then did she realize it wasn't a dream.

"You're okay, that's good."

Zhuge Franky breathed a sigh of relief seeing that Nami had finally woken up.

Actually, all of them had been swept away by the airflow and arrived on this island, fainting due to the upheaval of their bodily functions.

Fortunately, other than still feeling a bit uncomfortable, there were no other wounds.

"We had only just reunited, I didn't expect to be swept away again because of the airflow."

"It's okay, everyone is on this island; we still have to find the war chariot."

Although what happened now made them frustrated, they couldn't forget the true meaning of continuing to move forward.

There were three of them here now, and that was enough.

The three of them set off again to look for the rest of their companions, and once everyone was gathered, they would strike again.

"Let's go inside first; maybe Luffy and the others are there."

"Judging by the airflow, Chopper is very likely with Luffy now; they will be fine."

The three chatted as they walked, embarking on the road to find their teammates.

Liu Zoro walked alone in the stone pillar maze.

"These were originally stones from the sea, and they were actually moved here to make a maze."

"So annoying, I can't find the exit."

If he had to say what was most painful now, it was being trapped in such a maze.

He was all alone, and even though he made such a big commotion here, it still didn't attract anyone's attention.

Could it be that there wasn't a single patrol person in this East Sea Dragon Palace?

Although angry, he could only continue to grope for the way out.

【No, this is too much, right? How can they just leave Liu Zoro here?】

【I admit that this is torture for Liu Zoro; there is simply no exit to be found in here.】

【Could this be deliberately arranged? Maybe Zoro was already caught by that group of fish-men before that and locked in this narrow maze?】

【What the person above said makes sense, but I fully support Liu Zoro in chopping this place up.】

【Now let's just watch Liu Zoro's grand escape scene!】

【I always feel that greater danger is waiting for him; could this be a trial exclusive to him?】

【This group of hateful fish-men, why are they so different from those mermaids?】

Liu Zoro was still groping around when he heard footsteps slowly approaching his direction.

He turned around and came face-to-face with several fish-headed people.