The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

"Wow, the 'painting style' here is different..."

Looking at the slender mountains full of oriental style and the welcoming pine rooted in the rocks in the sea in front of him, Roman had the illusion that he had come to the scenic spot of his previous life for a while.

——If it weren't for the undulating waves rolling under his feet, Roman would really like to continue enjoying the scenery here.

"There is no such thing as a 'coast' in Wano Country."

Jinbei, who was at the helm, opened his mouth to introduce. After all, based on his relationship with the Whitebeard Pirates and his experience in joining the Big Mom Pirates, he would not be ignorant of the lair where Kaido, who is also one of the Four Emperors, is.

"To put it simply, the Wano country is a country on the 'mountain', surrounded by a circle of towering cliffs, you must pass a specific 'waterfall' upstream to enter the 'inland sea' of the Wano country, and then you can... ··”

"Hey? Isn't this the same as the 'Upside Down Mountain' that entered the great route?"

Facing Luffy's words, Jinbe didn't answer, and Roman next to him waved a lifelike... hot pot-shaped model and it appeared on the deck.

"In general, the landform of Wano Country is like this. It is surrounded by a circle of tall cliffs, which not only protects Wano Country, but also makes it very difficult for them to communicate with other countries. Normal ships can only pass through Enter from the waterfall above—"

Of course, Kaido's pirate group specially built a vertical lift somewhere on the cliff, but even if you don't even know it with your toes, it is impossible to "lend" it to the straw hat group.

While talking about Roman, he pointed to the waterfall that appeared on the mountain in front of him. Layers of water filled with oriental style fell down, and inside:

"Wow! What a big school of fish—"

Excited, Luffy threw himself onto the side of the boat, watching the schools of fish in the sea below rush towards the waterfall and then go upstream. But Roman looked at these brave big fish with nostalgia.

"These are carp,"

"The sea and the sky are wide when the fish leap over the dragon's gate, and the mountains and rivers shake when the tiger roars."

"It's a pity, there are so many difficulties in this world that are so easy to break through, even if you swim to the upper sea, it is impossible to transform into a dragon..."

"Roman, you're talking incomprehensible again, but—"

"Sanji, is carp delicious?"

Facing Luffy who turned his head, Sanji lit a cigarette.

"It's delicious, whether it's the 'washed carp' that is sliced ​​and rinsed repeatedly with hot and cold water; or the carefully cooked 'carp sauce soup'; or deep-fried and sweet stewed, they are all very delicious, but... "

After drooling what Luffy said, Sanji changed his mind:

"Carp are freshwater fish, right? Why can they live in the sea?"

"It's too rigid, cook." Since Brin joined, although Zoro didn't call him "color kappa" every time, it seemed that he couldn't change his habit of bickering with Sanji.

"These carp are already bigger than our boat, so it is necessary to worry about their ecological problems? How about—"

With a clang, Sauron's thumb popped the autumn water from his waist.

"Let's catch one..."

"Forget it, these are koi fish, with a long lifespan and auspicious meaning. According to legend, they can bring good luck to people. Generally, they are used as ornamental fish rather than edible fish..."

"Wow, Mr. Roman knows so much!—as if there's nothing you don't understand."

Facing the bright-eyed rabbit girl Garrott, Roman shook his head.

"I don't know everything...forget it, let's not talk about this first."

As the "Sunshine Merry" gradually approached Wano Country, even with Jibei as the helmsman and Nami as the navigator, it was still swaying in the ever-changing currents, and if you wanted to go upstream, you had to rely on those Koi power. so:

"Now there are two plans: the first is to leap over the waterfall with the carps, which requires everyone's cooperation, and it is quite difficult. The second is for Nami and I to activate the 'fluttering ability' directly to let the boat fly— "

"The first one!!"

Luffy raised his hand high, indicating that he agrees with the first plan of "high difficulty", while the others—

"Very well, no objection! That's it."

? !

We didn't have time to comment at all!

"No, Luffy~~"

"Isn't it good to fly up honestly?"

"Captain, I want to live..."

Usopp, Chopper, and Sonny hugged Luffy's thigh and wept bitterly. Why do they have to make it more difficult when there is an easy second option? ! Although the others didn't say anything, they all moved lightly to the side of the ship, as if they were ready to 'abandon ship' to escape at any time.

The Upside Down Mountain is just a 45-degree slope, but the one in front of you is directly 90 degrees. Hey——

"Don't panic,"

Roman clapped his hands and gathered everyone's attention.

"Let's just follow the first plan chosen by Luffy. Anyway, if there is an accident, I will directly activate the ability and take everyone up."

"Oh, that's fine~~~"

"Yo ho ho ho, the sea water below has become clear and transparent, even the carps can clearly see it."

"So that's it. Is the waterfall flowing down from it fresh water? These golden-yellow fish really look beautiful, no wonder they are used as ornamental fish."

After Roman promised that "I have everything", a group of people immediately watched the koi fish in the sea with great interest, and even Sonny ran to Melly's side and lamented that he would soon have the experience of "flying into the sky".

"Don't be idle, go and pack the things in your room, our boat will climb the waterfall in a while, and it will be easily damaged if there are no fixed items!"

Although the things on the boat were not unfixed and resistant to falling, no one deliberately made the things so that they would not move even when climbing a 90-degree slope. So after driving a group of viewers to reinforce the things in the room, Roman looked in the direction of the rudder:

"Jinbe, I'll leave the helm to you."

"no problem,"

Jinbei's strict character made Roman very relieved, but the other person said:

"Luffy, your job for a while is to grab the carp in front of you with your arms, and let them take our boat upstream. —— After all, the Sunshine Melly did not have a special 'flying' modification, so it did not go upstream ability."

Of course, Roman can also use his paper ability to make one immediately. but:

In that case, it would be like taking off your pants and farting, it would be easier to just activate the 'Piao Piao Ability' and fly up.

"Hee hee hee, leave it to me!"

"Well, we'll leave it to you."

As everyone packed up the things in the room, a group of people stood on the deck and waited for the 'Dragon Gate'. Since there is Roman as a guarantee, such an experience should not be missed——

"Rubber Double Carp!"

As Luffy's outstretched arms grabbed the two carps, the Sunshine Merry was pulled all the way upstream. And the deck is full of bounties of over 100 million... Although Brin has no bounties, she has Sanji's arms around her. so:

"Wow, we're actually climbing a hill."

"Following Luffy always feels like a novel adventure..."

"Hehehe, isn't it? This is like an adventure~~"

"It would be nice if there was less fighting,"

Facing Garalt's emotion, Roman rolled his eyes as he 'stand' on the deck at a 90-degree angle to the waterfall with his arms folded.

Dreaming, the next thing is to fight against the "Beasts" Kaido group. The opponent has a bunch of animals, all of them are made of glass... Ahem, meat shield fighters. Don't think about rest without a night's sleep.

fly!

"Come up—"

"Hey, hey, there's a countercurrent vortex ahead..."

Snapped,

"Floating, Suspended Sunshine Melly!"

With Roman clapping his hands, the "Sunshine Merry", which had just leaped over the waterfall and was about to fall into the maelstrom in front of the waterfall, suddenly shook, said goodbye to Newton in an instant, and then floated on the sea out of thin air, making Luffy dissatisfied grunted.

"That's not sailing at all,"

"No no no, Captain Luffy."

"Of course it's sailing—we're talking..."

Sonny and Merry, who are the incarnations of ships, hold Luffy from left to right, lest he make troubles on a whim. And Jinbe has already turned the sail under Nami's command, and then drove to the distant coast under the call of the breeze.

Surrounded by huge rocky cliffs is an 'inner sea', and on the inner sea there are two islands, the larger one is 'Wano Country', and the smaller one is Kaido's lair 'Original Island'.

So there is a basis for Roman to say that Wano Country is like a hot pot.

"There are six regions in Wano Country, namely: Kuri, Nozomi, Rabbit Bowl, Bell Queen, White Dance, and Flower City."

"And the place we are at is the bottom left of Wano Country Kuri..."

The white dove released allowed Roman to have a panoramic view of this area full of oriental style, and also determined the location of the Straw Hats. --anyway:

This architectural pattern, and those peach blossoms are not cherry blossoms. How do you feel that this "Wano Country" is full of the style of the prosperous Tang Dynasty? ····· Forget it, seriously speaking, the architectural style of Fusang is Tang style.

And because there are no foreign enemies, there is no need for the representative Pingshan City to exist. It seems:

"It's more like 'Little Chang'an'~~"

"Roman, what are you mumbling about? I'm going first—"

? !

When Roman came back to his senses, there were only black spots in his eyes that had gone away.

Luffy couldn't wait to use the "Rubber Rocket" to land first and go on an adventure. Roman, who was used to it, didn't care about him anymore.

After all, he also has work to do.

"Nami, follow my guidance," a white pigeon flew in front of the ship to guide the direction, "There is a good berth over there, let the Sunshine Melly dock there first."

And Roman closed his eyes and entered the 'hang up' state.

————

On another island of the great line:

This is a town. Although life is not considered rich, ordinary people are already satisfied. At least you don’t have to worry about being robbed and killed by pirates suddenly, because the flags hung by the pirates stationed outside the town:

It was a cross skull flag, and the huge crescent moon beard indicated the power it represented:

Whitebeard Pirates!

"What has Blackbeard been doing lately?"

In the lobby of the tallest building, confront the question of a man in a white suit and a white mask. He is short and round, with raised hair that is quite similar to Moriah's garlic head. The number symbolizing Team 8 is printed on the left side of his neck. Namuir, the shark murloc captain in a white shirt with blue sleeves, stepped forward to answer.

"Large-scale assembly!"

"The bastard's pirate group has not changed, but I found that his elite troops are quietly gathering, there should be a big move!"

"Do you want to attack us again?"

"Let them come! I'm afraid he won't—"

"Don't be noisy, everyone knows the strength of that traitor Tiqi, impulsiveness won't help..."

"What kind of action will it be?"

Amidst the quarrels of other captains, Marco rubbed his brows. If the Whitebeard Pirates wanted to slash someone with a knife, they would all be the first! But if you want to make a plan... think about it carefully, they still relied too much on daddy's protection before.

"Esa, what do you think?"

As Margao looked at the man on the main seat, the masked white-bearded acting captain 'Esa' pointed his fingers at the table. He has only known the weight of 'responsibility' since he started leading the Whitebeard Pirates! One word of his own will affect the lives of hundreds of brothers, so he can't help but be careless——

? !

blah blah~~

Amidst the sound of flapping wings, a white dove flew in.

"Ace,"

The white pigeon speaks out the words, and it still uses the real name of the man sitting on the main seat.

"The time has come to fulfill your promise."