145: Chapter 144: Sabaody Archipelago! Overlooking the Red Earth Continent & Encountering the Mermaid KemiThe morning light breaks and the wind blows gently.
"Everyone!Let's toast to the addition of two new companions, Franky and Brook!And cheers to Kin gaining new powers!"
"I offer you Binx's fine wine.This banquet is for the life and future we long for!"
Luffy raised the wine glass in his hand and laughed heartily at everyone.
"Yo ho ho ho ho ho, what joy!Let me sing a song for everyone!"
Brook's music was soothing, and everyone couldn't help but hum along.
"Super!How can I be inferior to others?"
Franky roared and started to make trouble.
Mary rubbed her hands:
"I'm the ship elf Merry.Welcome to the Sunshine Merry, the skeleton musician—Mr.Brook.Mr.Franky joined a few days earlier than you, but it's also a good opportunity."
Brooke was immersed in the wonderful atmosphere:
"Yohoo, hoohoo, hoohoo, that's amazing!It really dropped my jaw.Ah, I only have bones, no jaw."
Time passed quietly in the joyful banquet.
"Next stop!Sabaody Archipelago!"
"oh!"
Everyone cheered.
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Originally in the original work, after the Straw Hat Pirates left the Thriller Bark and the Devil's Triangle, they still sailed on the Thousand Sunny for about a week before finally arriving at the last stop of the first half of the Grand Line -
The Sabaody Archipelago is known as the 'Pirate Paradise'.
But now, the Straw Hat Pirates have the Sunny Merry, a ship that transcends this world and this era.It only took them less than a day to see the horizon of the Sabaody Archipelago.
"Yohoo, hoohoo, hoohoo, I never thought I'd finally come here after all these years!" Brook looked at the horizon of the Sabaody Archipelago and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
"For me, the Chabaoti Archipelago is both the 'Island of Failure' and the 'Island of Restarting'.I haven't been able to reach this place in the past, but the stories that happened here are still vivid in my mind."
Zoro walked over and said:
"But this time, the mood is completely different!This time, this is both the end and the beginning."
"Yohoo, hoohoo, hoohoo, I didn't expect it would take more than half a century to get here!"
Brooke still feels happy when she thinks back on it.
Luffy stretched out his arms.
"This is the Sabaody Archipelago, the end point of the first half of the Grand Line, but also the starting point of the [New World]!I'm really looking forward to it!"
The Sabaody Archipelago is located in front of the Red Earth Continent in the middle of the Grand Line.The islands are made up of many large trees, with the ground forming the roots, from which bubbles emerge.
There is the world's largest mangrove here, the "Archiman mangrove", and because the roots of the tree are always exposed above the water, the Shambadi Islands are formed.
The biggest feature of the Shambhala Islands is that the roots of the Alkiman mangroves secrete a special natural resin due to respiration.The resin expands due to the air to form bubbles, which then fly into the sky.
Bubble culture permeates every corner of Shabaodi Island, and various items made of bubbles are inseparable from the people living here.
Because the entire island is made up of 79 unnumbered trees, and each tree has a town and facilities, people call this archipelago of 79 islands the "Chabodhi Islands."
"Well, we've arrived."
Robin hummed and smiled softly.
Luffy said calmly:
"Look, that high wall in the distance is the Red Earth Continent.We've already seen it once when we crossed the Upside-Down Mountain."
Franky laughed:
"Hehehe, I actually crossed the Upside-Down Mountain from the South China Sea when I was very young!"
Ajin was full of praise:
"The red continent, seeing it again is still quite shocking!"
Meili looked up at the towering red earth continent and murmured:
"A high wall of red earth.So Merry has come such a long way with us!"
Usopp put on his goggles and said:
"I came, I saw, I conquered!I will become the greatest sea warrior, and sooner or later we will scale this wall!"
Weiwei was also filled with emotion:
"Unknowingly, we've arrived here!This means we're nearly halfway through the Grand Line!Ask yourself, how profound an impact have we had on this world?"
However, just as everyone was sighing, the waves ahead suddenly began to surge, and then a huge monster emerged from the sea, causing huge waves.
"Sea King?"
Nami's expression froze.
"Weiwei, be careful!"
Weiwei also reacted immediately, and a biting cold air surged out:
"What the hell?It's a bummer!Stay away!"
"Roar—"
In an instant, a violent snowstorm swept over the sea king.The sea king let out a painful roar and was frozen along with the surrounding sea surface, unable to make any more noise.
Luffy couldn't help but raise his eyebrows:
"Hmm?Is this a move similar to.Ice Age?Although its area-of-effect damage isn't as powerful as Aokiji's, Vivi has grown a lot!"
Sanji jumped off the boat to check on the sea king, frowning slightly:
"What's going on?The sea was calm just now, and there wasn't any major threat.Why is this sea king so jumpy?Is it jumping out to scare people?How is this possible!"
Sanji paced on the ice, looking thoughtful, and walked around to examine the frozen behemoth.
Nami waved her hand and said:
"Hey!Sanji!Come up quickly!We're about to land on the island!"
Sanji responded:
"Ms.Nami~ I'll be back soon!"
Nami looked at the record pointer and said helplessly:
"Really, what is Sanji doing all of a sudden?He froze a seaWang Lei, this is just a normal phenomenon, right?"
Luffy was slightly startled and reminded:
"Sanji!Check this sea king's belly!"
Sauron frowned and said:
"Maybe.the lecherous chef has discovered something wrong?"
Zoro also used his Observation Haki to scan the sea king, and was surprised to sense a faint life signal within this giant creature.
"Wait.there's something in this big fish's stomach!Sanji!Back off!"
Sanji had already discovered that there was something inside the big fish, but when he saw Luffy's signal and Zoro's loud call, he jumped lightly and returned to the boat.
Zoro drew his sword and swung it out with a slashing wave, cutting the frozen sea king in half and revealing what was inside.
"It's.so cold!Someone come and save me!"
"Woo~ Me too!"
The two strange creatures cuddled together in the pervasive chill.Everyone sensed the contents of the sea king's stomach and was initially puzzled.After reconfirming, they couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:
"Is this.a member of the fish-man tribe?"
Sanji's eyes were burning with fire:
"Ohhhhhh!That's the beautiful mermaid lady!I told you my 'Beauty Radar' is never wrong!I really saved a beautiful lady!"
Then, Sanji jumped up and picked up the shivering mermaid and the strange creature in her arms, and returned to the boat in a flash.
Sanji released some flames to warm the shivering mermaid in his arms.After feeling some warmth, the mermaid stopped trembling and slowly opened her eyes.
Luffy was stunned, then recalled:
"This guy.seems to be the fish-man Kemi from the original story?Has the storyline changed because of our early arrival?"
Sanji helped the mermaid with short light green hair and a pink fishtail to slowly stand up.
Sanji comforted him in what he thought was the most gentle tone:
"My beautiful mermaid, everything is fine now!You are saved!"
Sanji suppressed his inner excitement, not wanting to lose his composure and scare the mermaid in his arms.
Chopper said anxiously:
"Alright, alright!Sanji, let me, the doctor, check if this fish-man lady has suffered any other injuries!I'm going to treat her!"
Chopper said as he took the merman from Sanji and released a soft aura that floated towards her.
"doctor?"
The mermaid turned her head dully and looked at the cute reindeer with a serious face:
"Excuse me.are you a doctor?"
Luffy waited for her to recover some strength and then said seriously:
"Ms.Merman?How did you end up being eaten by a sea king?And how.uh?"
Luffy was also a little speechless.After all, it was outrageous that a member of the fish-man tribe would be eaten by a sea king.
At this moment, the strange creature in the mermaid's arms—a creature that looked like a starfish—spoke:
"I'm so sorry!I'm Papagu, and this is Kemi.Thank you for saving us!Otherwise, we would have been eaten alive!"
Chopper's eyes widened:
"Woooaa!The starfish is talking!"
The strange starfish named Papagu rolled his eyes in a humane way:
"Don't you, the reindeer, talk too?"
Chopper said shyly:
"I wouldn't be happy even if you said that!"
The mermaid holding Papagu looked around and, realizing that the group in front of her had no ill intentions, timidly introduced herself:
"Hello.Hello!I'm Kemi."
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