One Piece's Vice Captain 2

Chapter 380: Elegia's 'disappearance'
In the eerily quiet Elegia, a shark was holding a doll in its left hand and supporting its face with the other hand, dozing comfortably.

On another reef, a sleeping Persian cat was completely submerged in the warm turquoise flames, with only a few strands of long black hair scattered on the flames.

Far, far, far away at sea.

Kizaru, who originally brought two warships to pick up a certain kid, was not sure what to do next, so the two warships stopped on the sea.

"Report, the eternal compass pointing to Elegia is suddenly disordered, and the situation of Elegia cannot be confirmed based on the ocean currents and nautical charts." A marine holding a madly spinning eternal compass reported to the admiral standing at the bow with trembling voice.

"What a trouble~" Kizaru was a little distressed. In front of him was a screen showing a snowflake. "The live broadcast signal was also interrupted. I could have watched some singing and dancing to kill time~"

The marines didn't know what to do. They were looking forward to hearing that the most mysterious singer Uta was holding her first concert in Elegia. But now the entire island of Elegia seemed to have disappeared from the map.

"What should I do now?" Kizaru took out a Den Den Mushi, but he couldn't contact anyone. "Really? Why did you lock yourself up? Now I can't even contact you."

The marines looked at each other in bewilderment. They only knew that their mission was to pick up an important person from Elegia and escort him to Marijoa, but they were not sure about anything else.

Kizaru looked at the screen with the signal interrupted and quickly recalled the previous information. [According to the previous intelligence, the singer Uta is a brand new enemy in the era of pirates, and she also has a large fan base. But now, it’s a pity that her beautiful singing voice can’t leave that island. The crisis that threatens the world will be solved by that kid~]
Vice Admiral Flying Squirrel, who was also accompanying them this time, felt something was wrong. "It is said that the girl named Uta has the ability to subvert the world. Is it enough to send only two warships now?"

"Don't worry. No matter how much she subverts, she can't create many tricks." Kizaru was not really worried. It didn't matter if the other party had cheating abilities. That kid's abilities were also at the cheating level. What's more, another guy with the same cheating abilities was also on that island.

Now that Uta's abilities are confined to the island, the barrier and changes in ocean currents can also prevent others with ulterior motives from getting close.

But there was no way the navy could find the island, let alone catch the kid running around and throw him back to Marijoa.

"What a hassle," Kizaru sighed again in distress. If he had known earlier, he should have switched tasks with Fujitora. Escorting Barrett to prison would be easier than picking up that kid.

In another sea far, far away.

"The signal is interrupted? Will the concert only include one or two songs like before?" Lachi Lu, who had been guarding the video Den Den Mushi, patted the Den Den Mushi that was sleeping with its eyes closed, but still did not see any other images.

He had been watching the concert since it began, but the singer in the video only sang three songs before saying goodbye to everyone and turning off the video, just like she did in previous live broadcasts.

"She should only have enough energy for a few songs." Beckman did not find it strange, although it was indeed strange to hold a large-scale concert with tens of thousands of people just for a few songs.

"She has really grown into a big girl now," Jesus sighed. It was only by chance in the past two years that they learned that Uta sang for fans all over the world through live video broadcast. When they heard that she was going to hold a concert soon, they decided to watch the live broadcast from far away sea.

Shanks didn't say anything, just looked in the direction of Elegia silently.

At this time, their ship was anchored on the sea, and since the concert began, navigator Bendik Snake had been standing on the side of the ship, looking at the calm sea below with a somewhat distressed expression.

The ocean currents often change due to various reasons, so it should be normal for the ocean currents to change when Uta holds a concert... right?

After watching for a while and finding that the live video signal was interrupted, he mentioned the matter to the captain.

"I guessed it. The navy guys should know Uta's ability and won't let her have the chance to spread her singing outside the island." Shanks was not very surprised and asked, "Is there a way to go to Elegia now?"

"That's a problem." Bendik Snake took out an eternal pointer. The pointer in the glass was spinning wildly because of the chaotic magnetic field. "I don't know how those people did it, but Elegia disappeared."

"The World Government can only send cheaters to deal with Uta's cheating ability," Jesus complained, and asked, "Who sponsored Uta's concert this time?"

"Sponsored by the world's largest entertainment city, the one where the entire ship is made of gold," Lachi Lu replied, picking up a large piece of meat and starting to eat.

"Then we can guess who blocked Elegia." Beckman wiped his pistol and looked at Shanks, "Can your Haki find Elegia? There are not many people on our ship who are good at illusion barriers."

"No, it disappeared without a trace." Shanks frowned. Even that guy was dispatched. It seemed that the World Government guys were planning to completely wipe out Uta, who possessed the ability of the Heaven-defying Fruit, today.

but.

Shanks' eyes became grim. He would never let those guys hurt his daughter!

..............................

The concert is still going on.

After listening for a while, Luffy started running and rolling around there.

Zoro, who was not very interested in music, was dazzled by him and advised helplessly, "The concert will last at least four or five hours. Can you be patient?"

"Four or five hours?" Luffy, who has never been known for his patience, was petrified.

"Luffy, you're making so much noise that we can't concentrate on the song," Usopp protested helplessly.

"I want to see Anke! Why did she suddenly run away with that shark?" The willful Straw Hat Captain protested childishly. It would have been bad enough if she suddenly disappeared in front of him, but she actually disappeared with the shark!

"Although I don't like tiger sharks very much, he should be able to guarantee Anke's safety," Nami thought it was strange, but still believed in the ability of a certain shark, "and Noah and Duoduo are still here, so he can't run away."

"You asked us to be patient and at ease just a few minutes ago?" Franky was a little amused, and then pointed to the oven not far away, "How about you eat something during this time?"

"Food!" Luffy's attention was temporarily diverted.

"Don't waste the food, let me do it." Sanji couldn't bear to watch and went to prepare snacks for the big eater captain. Anyway, he couldn't concentrate on listening to the music now.

Brook was one of the few people who was really interested in music, and was carefully memorizing those moving melodies. After checking the abundant food, Sanji took the opportunity to pat the Straw Hat Captain who was waiting to eat, "Let Ace and the others come over here to eat, there are a lot of ingredients here."

"Okay!" In the colorful light, Luffy jumped to the nearby reef and brought them back after a while.

"Everyone, long time no see~", Ayu greeted everyone happily as soon as she landed.

"Ayu," Nami couldn't help but happily pick up the cute little girl and spun her around a few times, looking at her rosy cheeks with satisfaction, "It seems that your life is much better now, that's great~"

"Yes! Your Highness used a lot of mysterious things to make Wano Country much more beautiful~" Ayu nodded vigorously, and introduced the changes in Wano Country in just a few weeks with sparkling eyes, "The air is much cleaner, and the river water can be drunk~"

"So fast?" Nami was a little stunned. How could the serious pollution in Wano Country recover so quickly?

"Not the entire country," Ace corrected with a smile, "Now only parts of Kuri have been restored, and other places are still under construction. Everyone is working hard to restore Wano Country to its previous environment."

"I can only say that he is worthy of being called Tiger Shark." Robin sighed, it turned out that his wealth and ability are not to be underestimated.

After greeting them, Blue Whale found a corner and stood quietly there with Island Cloud Duoduo in his arms.

Chopper flew over in Apollo and looked at him eagerly, "When will Anko and the others finish their chat?"

The blue whale looked down at the white island clouds and replied, "Now that we have finished chatting, they are waiting for us. Tiger Shark is reading a book and Sister is sleeping."

"What?" Luffy immediately jumped over, "Where is she? I'll go find her now~"

"They are not in this music world now," Blue Whale answered truthfully, "and isn't Lady Uta a friend of Lord Luffy's that he hasn't seen for a long time? I think we should reminisce or say something to her before we leave."

"That's right," Captain Straw Hat lowered his head again.

"It seems that following that shark has some benefits. Noah now has much better common sense than the little kid." Franky concluded and took out a large bottle of Coke.

Uta sang for nearly an hour on the stage before a short intermission was announced. The venue became brighter, and the blue sky and white clouds outside the light column were very comfortable.

Uta stood on a giant phonetic symbol and floated around, her energetic voice reaching the ears of every fan, "Are you having fun? I will give you lots of delicious food and fun things~"

As Uta was speaking, all kinds of delicious food, beautifully wrapped gifts and various toys kept appearing in the air, and the densely packed crowd cheered because of the endless gifts.

"You can eat, drink, play, sing and dance as much as you want here. Just spend a happy time with me~~", Uta flew around in the sky, and the endless food and gifts made many fans who were suffering in life feel like they were dreaming, "If you are with me, any wish will come true, and there is nothing to be afraid of. The new era is the best~~~"

"Oh!!!", the venue once again erupted in enthusiastic exclamations, and everyone kept shouting the name of the person who created all these miracles.

"I'm really curious about her ability. I thought Miss Anke was the only one in the world who had this ability to materialize." Robin looked at the food falling from the sky, then looked at Uta's left eye that had been covered by her white bangs. Suddenly, he had a strange guess, "Her eyes... shouldn't be the same as Miss Anke's, right?"

"No, that should be her normal eye." Zoro didn't think so. "If it's the same as Encore's eye, then the World Government shouldn't let her have the chance to hold a concert."

Moreover, the other eye once appeared in the Battle of Marineford as evidence of Encore's death at that time, but it was probably taken away by Tiger Shark afterwards.

"That's right," Sanji nodded, and then looked at the piles of food on the reef, "But this is really a chef's paradise, with all kinds of rare ingredients."

"So that's how it is. Uta's ability is to create infinite treasures?" Chopper looked at the large amount of food falling from the sky with starry eyes.

"Even if it's a devil fruit ability, it's too powerful." Brook said happily, "It's as powerful as Miss Anke's ability, yo ho ho~"

Nami couldn't guess what Uta's ability was, so she decided to ask someone who knew her, "Luffy, aren't you Uta's friend? You should know something, right?"

"She has loved singing since she was a child," Luffy said what he knew.

"That's it?" Nami was a little skeptical and looked at Ace, who grew up with Luffy.

"No, I don't know her. I only heard Luffy mention her a few times." Ace waved his hand, reminiscing about his childhood. "When Sabo and I met Luffy, he was still a 7-year-old crybaby."

"I also met Uta when I was seven years old. After that, my grandfather sent me to Dadan, where I met Ace and Sabo~", Luffy counted on his fingers and tried to sort out the timeline. After counting, his eyes lit up and he raised five fingers happily, "Then I met Anko when I was 12 years old! Anko was also 12 years old at that time!"

"A 12-year-old cutie~", Sanji's tone was inexplicably rippling, "That must be very adorable!!"

Zoro complained in disdain, "Haven't you seen it? Anko was always like a child two years ago."

"When we first met, Anke didn't want to talk to us at all..." The Straw Hat Captain was a little unhappy, but soon boasted, "Ace and I tried hard for a long time to make her smile happily~"

"Yeah, when Anko was little, she didn't know what she liked, so Luffy and I could only think of ways to make her laugh~" Ace recalled the time when he was a child training, and smiled as he pointed at a single-celled guy, "Luffy is more talented in this area, and Anko likes to see him being clumsy."

"That's right!" The naive Straw Hat Captain put his hands on his hips proudly, thinking that his elder brother was praising him.

"Damn it! There are so many beautiful and lovely childhood sweethearts!" The blond chef bit his handkerchief again with envy and jealousy.

"That must have been a very interesting time~", Nami also laughed for a while, and suddenly realized that the topic had deviated, "No, I was asking what Uta's ability is. Since Luffy has known her since he was 7 years old, he should know Uta very well, right?"

"She likes singing very much, and she only stayed in Windmill Village with Shanks for a while occasionally. Later, she did not follow Shanks and his ship, and I was later sent to the mountains by my grandfather." Luffy said that he had told what he remembered. When he was a child, he often saw Uta singing, and the two of them often had some fun competitions.

(End of this chapter)