Paper Paper Fruit In One Piece

Island is done for..." 

As the giant ship Noah fell again, the whole of Fish-Man Island erupted in chaos. Unlike the first time when they were unprepared, this time many had been watching the battle above. The first to panic were: 

"We're done for, hurry up and run!" "We're going to be crushed, ah—!" *Slash!* 

After a flash of light from a blade, the Fish-Man pirates who were about to flee were confronted by: 

"Go back and fight! No one is escaping!" 

The sight of several mad leaders from the New Fish-Man Pirates caused most Fish-Men to freeze in fear. 

"Big brothers, Noah is about to fall! If we stay here—ah!" *Slash!* 

Another Fish-Man fell to the ground, blood pouring from his wound. 

"So what?" 

The remaining leaders' cold words made the Fish-Man pirates pause. 

"This is a holy war, there will definitely be sacrifices. You just need to fight to the death!" "...Please, spare me, without my life, what—..." "They've gone crazy, the leaders are insane!" 

"In the end, what does dealing with humans or attacking Fish-Man Island have to do with anything? We've always been killing our own kind, haven't we?" 

—— "A team without thoughts or beliefs... It's no surprise they can't accomplish anything." 

Roman glanced at the panicked New Fish-Man Pirates before looking up at the sky. — The key to everything still relied on Luffy; after all, destroying such a giant object was one of his specialties. 

*Ha ha ha! You can't protect anything—* 

"Gomu Gomu no Fire Pistol!" 

Luffy's punch landed squarely in Hody Jones' stomach, and the intense flames from his Armament Haki even blasted through Hody's body, turning the sea water behind him into scorching steam! 

"Ah!!" 

*Crack!* At the same time, Hody Jones bit down hard. Though Luffy quickly turned his head, he was still bitten on the shoulder. 

*Whoosh—Boom!* 

Hody Jones was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing into the giant ship Noah. Luffy tore away the teeth still embedded in his shoulder, not giving Hody a chance to recover, and yelled: 

"Shirahoshi, take me to the deck of Noah!" 

"Yes, Luffy!" 

Luffy, held in the giant mermaid princess's palm, was brought to the deck. He faced Hody Jones, who was shoving handfuls of drugs into his mouth, and immediately bit his thumb before shouting: 

"Gear Third!" 

At the same time, Armament Haki instantly covered his giant fist. Under the overwhelming strength, all of Hody's struggles were useless. 

"Gomu Gomu no—Bear Gun!" 

This punch wasn't fast, and unlike Gear Second, it didn't create explosive sonic booms. But the power contained in it was earth-shattering! Unbeatable— *Boom!!!* 

With one punch, Luffy slammed Hody Jones directly into the Noah ship! The punch crashed through countless rooms, and the huge deck cracked into countless fissures. The thick beams, which even the strongest men on board couldn't wrap their arms around, creaked and groaned as they snapped like dry straw under Luffy's fist. 

"As long as I'm here destroying this ship, it won't be able to hurt my friends!" 

"Straw Hat Luffy, but this ship was part of the promise..." 

"Who cares about promises when everyone's already gone?!" 

—— 

Those words left Fish-Man Island's prince speechless. But: if the people of Fish-Man Island were no more, then what would the 'promised time' matter? Were they really going to have Noah carry nothing but bones under the sun? 

"Understood, I'll leave it to you." 

"No, please destroy this giant ship, Straw Hat Luffy!" 

"Of course!"

In an instant, Luffy transformed both of his hands into giant fists, facing the giant ship while shouting angrily. The Armament Haki covered his fists with a metallic shine! They looked like two huge metal dumbbells, and then he threw a punch:

"Gomu Gomu no—Elephant Gun Barrage!"

Countless shadows of punches rained down, fast as meteors, with the deafening sound of a thousand soldiers and a stampede of horses charging together. The punches slammed into the descending giant ship with incredible force!

Under Luffy's fists, the massive Noah, about the size of half of Fish-Man Island, was rapidly disassembling, breaking apart into huge wooden blocks, which were then smashed into even smaller pieces by Luffy's terrifying blows.

"It's... slowing down..."

"Don't lose now!!"

"Fish-Man Island is counting on you—"

"Go, big brother with the straw hat!!"

Under the slowly descending shadow of death, all the people of Fish-Man Island—from the king, ministers, and soldiers, to the regular fishmen and even pirates—were sincerely hoping for a miracle. They wished that Luffy could stop the giant ship, Noah, with his own strength!

"OOOOHHHH!!!"

"Stop, big ship!!"

Ignoring the wound on his shoulder caused by Hody Jones' bite, Luffy, with his huge fists covered in Armament Haki, continuously slammed upward at Noah, determined to destroy it completely!

Stop—?

"Luffy, please stop!"

!!

Luffy quickly halted his fists as Shirahoshi swam toward him, spreading her arms to block him.

"Get out of the way, coward! If I don't destroy it, the island will—"

"It's already fine! Luffy."

But Shirahoshi, with tears in her eyes, didn't move.

"Noah has already stopped."

?!

It's happening!

Roman, who had been watching from below, suddenly felt a jolt. The huge wooden ship, Noah, had come to a halt because:

A group of equally huge sea kings had appeared out of nowhere. Each one had grabbed a massive iron chain hanging from Noah and stopped the island-sized ship in mid-air, just above Fish-Man Island!

Although these sea kings were strange, with body features that seemed to be a mix of various creatures, they all had one thing in common:

They were gigantic!!

Each one was over a thousand meters long! The Marine warships seemed like toys compared to these sea kings. Not to mention the much smaller Going Merry and the Straw Hat crew.

Though these sea kings might not be a threat in front of true "masters," to ordinary people... no, to 99.999% of the world's population, these thousand-meter giants were a complete "disaster."

Just turning over could sink a ship, and a flick of their tails could cause massive waves!

Especially underwater, they were even harder to deal with.

The name "Sea King" truly lived up to its reputation!

"Phew, phew~~"

"Why are the Sea Kings—"

"Waaaah, Luffy is angry, you yelled at me~~~"

"This is not the time for that, is it? Never mind, at least the ship stopped."

Letting out a sigh of relief, Luffy's legs gave way, and he slowly began to fall downward, while Shirahoshi hurriedly swam over to catch him in her hands.

'Oh my, such a strong human...''If he had destroyed Noah, Fish-Man Island would have been saved...'These giant sea kings, aside from being much larger than ordinary ones, had eyes that were not chaotic like beasts, but full of 'wisdom.'

'The mermaid princess, it was you who called us—''Our strength is your strength, we will follow your orders!'As these wise sea kings lifted Noah, the crisis of Fish-Man Island's destruction was finally over. The giant sea kings were communicating with each other in their 'language.'

'Our king has appeared, where is the other king?''Wait, is it just my imagination? That human with the hat... he heard our voices...'

"Couldn't be, right?"A group of giant sea kings carefully dragged Noah while turning their heads to look at Fish-Man Island. Princess Shirahoshi was already holding Luffy and swimming toward the plaza where the Straw Hat crew was.

!!!!

As Shirahoshi moved, the giant sea kings' gazes shifted to the Straw Hat crew. In an instant, several chains slid out of their mouths!

'That human... so many...'

'Is it him?''Is it her!?'Hmm?

Roman glanced up at the chains sliding out of the sea kings' mouths, then at the sea kings who were "flusteredly" trying to pull Noah back. A sense of disappointment rose in his heart:

"Coming out all strong with Haki, but now they're suddenly messing up?"

He thought they were impressive, but they seemed so unskilled at even pulling a ship... Well, it's probably been 800 years since these giant sea kings last pulled a ship, so it's normal for them to be out of practice.

Nami also followed Roman's gaze, looking at the giant sea kings dragging Noah away. It seemed...

Like they were almost fleeing in panic? 'No! It's not her!!'

'Right, it can't be her. Otherwise...'

'...Eight hundred years... the promised time really has come...''Noah's Ark is badly damaged, we have to fix it quickly! The promised time is almost here.'——————"Tch, in the end, we found nothing. What a disappointment~~"

Roman had started a battle to get Shirahoshi to summon the giant sea kings. But in the end, all he saw were the giant sea kings dragging Noah away with blank faces... Well, they seemed a bit out of practice.

And they didn't suddenly start speaking human language... which led Roman to attach the paper to Shirahoshi early, but he didn't hear anything. So, he decided to ask:

"Luffy, did you hear anything?"

?

Facing Luffy's confused look, Roman tried to explain.

"You know, that strange sound... Hmm, let me put it this way: Did you hear the giant sea kings say anything just now?"

"What are you talking about, Roman? I'm not a fish-man, why would I understand the sea kings' language?"

Seeing Luffy's shocked expression, as if he thought Roman was crazy, Roman had to resist the urge to punch him on the head.

"Just tell me if you heard any strange sounds!"

"Now that you mention it, it seems like..."

Luffy stroked his chin, thinking carefully, and then had an idea.

"I really did hear something strange. They were saying—"

"Saying what?"

Roman asked seriously, waiting for the answer.

"They were saying: It's him, it's her..."

!?

"Was the next line: 'Our good friend little Nezha'?"

......."Move, move! The doctor's here!"

Chopper pushed through the crowd, carrying his medical box and rushing to Luffy's side.

"Luffy, lie down! Let me treat your shoulder injury!"

Sigh, it seems relying on Luffy's unreliable "hearing the voices of everything" for information isn't realistic. Could it be—Roman's gaze turned to Princess Shirahoshi, who smiled sweetly with tears in her eyes.

Forget it, getting information from a child would be too much...Later, I'll have Robin go to the Sea Forest to "translate" Joy Boy's apology letter and see if we can uncover anything new.

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PS: It's not that I'm being mysterious, but some things really shouldn't be written out too much. Otherwise, it wouldn't be interesting~~ ----You can read 10 advanced chapters at my patreon.com/YeyeQiu