Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 96 Competition of Long Chain Islands (2)

……………………… During the preparation process of the competition……………

Near the coast, a group of Foxy Pirates began to set up various snack bars and small stalls.And the man behind the other party, ah no, the captain has also surfaced.It was Foxy, a man with a split head and a long red nose with a beer belly. According to a certain chick, he was a disgusting man no matter what he looked at.

The members of the Straw Hat Pirates also gathered, and Luffy who ran out brought back a short old man.After Usopp’s explanation, this island is a long chain island, and this old man seems to have stayed on the super high stilts for ten years, but he dared not come down because he was afraid of heights. Later, Lu Fei kicked the stilts and broke them. down.And his beloved horse Shirley waited for him for 10 years without complaint or regret. Just when the old man Dongjite reunited with Shirley, that disgusting man appeared and caught Shirley.Then in order to help the old man get Shirley back, Luffy agreed to the competition, it was as simple as that.In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that even without this matter as a medium, Luffy would agree to this competition, the reason is just for fun...

While Sauron and the others were strolling around the small shops that were about to be built, at this moment, Encore and Luffy were squatting not far away and talking furtively.

"I think it would be better to add some freckles~~~" Luffy suggested with a low smile.

An Ke asked strangely: "Why?"

"Because Ace has freckles~~"

"Is that so?"

"Yeah!! Not bad!! Add a few more over there~~"

"so?"

"Yeah, perfect~~"

Sauron came back with a bottle of wine and asked strangely, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing!!" Luffy and Anke turned their heads and said in unison, and then continued to mutter furtively.Zoro ignored them and sat cross-legged on the sidelines waiting for the competition to start.

"Complete~~" Anke stood up with a smile and made a circle in front of Luffy.Luffy looked left and right suspiciously, and said suspiciously, "Strange, nothing has changed..."

Reaching out to flick his forehead, An Ke smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Of course you don't see anything unusual~~ I made it for those pirates. In this way, I can have a good time~~~".It turns out that Luffy and Encore have just been studying Encore's disguise later, and now Encore has become a ten-year-old flaxen-haired girl with an ordinary face in the eyes of the Foxy Pirates The face is covered with freckles according to Luffy's request, and there is no cuteness at all.However, in the eyes of all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates, Anke is still as cute as the original doll.This miraculous change is not worth mentioning in Encore's view, anyway, it is not a piece of cake to accomplish this little thing with her illusion~~~
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Luffy was invited by Foxy's people to the center stage to get ready for the beginning, while Zoro sat drinking away from the crowd, and Sanji took Robin and Chopper strolling around the booth, Nami and Usopp were still gloomy, and Anke also shook a pink cotton candy and slowly swayed to Sauron's knees, playing with the cotton candy in his hand.

After taking a sip of the wine, Sauron looked at Enke, who rarely appeared next to him without concealment, and said helplessly: "I said, marshmallows are for eating, not for playing..."

"Is that so~~" Anke looked at Sauron strangely, then took a bite of the marshmallow in his hand, chewed it a few times, and nodded.

Seeing Anke's nod, Sauron said happily, "Have you tasted it?"

"Oh???" Encore blinked at Sauron, then took off a small piece and handed it to Sauron's lips: "Try it..."

"Does it taste strange?" After eating it directly, Sauron's expression instantly changed to that of a bitter melon: "It's so sweet..."

"Oh?? So it's sweet~~~" Biting the marshmallow without feeling, Anke looked at Sauron who kept pouring wine into his mouth strangely, "Speaking of it, Sauron. Sweet... ...What kind of taste is it??"

Zoro paused while drinking the wine, looked at his big eyes curiously looking at himself from the cotton candy, put down the bottle and thought for a while, and said: "Probably... like that kind of happy feeling, Don’t people often say that when you’re happy, it’s like knocking over a jar of honey in your heart... probably that’s what it feels like..."

"Cotton candy and honey...are they both sweet?" Encore looked at the 'sweet' cotton candy in his hand in doubt, and couldn't understand Sauron's explanation at all.

Looking at Enke who couldn't understand at all, Sauron began to change the subject: "Speaking of which, is it natural for you to have a bad taste?"

"No, it feels like I could taste other flavors a long time ago. But it's been so long that I forgot all of them... I only remember the bitter taste of medicine, the bitter taste of various medicines..." I took a bite carefully With the marshmallow in his hand, Anke carefully felt the 'sweetness' in his mouth, but unfortunately there was still no taste at all.

Looking at Encore quietly, Sauron just took a sip of wine silently, said nothing, asked nothing, maybe it is best not to say anything now...

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The race is ready to start, and the captains of both sides are sitting on a luxurious stage.A girl with long blue hair holding a short stick with pompoms is announcing the rules of the competition on the stage: "Okay! Guys, be quiet~ Now we will announce the three major treaties of the loser~ One: All partners, signs, etc. that were taken away in DavyBackFight must be taken back by DavyBackFight! Second: The person selected by the winning team must immediately swear to be loyal to the enemy's captain! A symbol of taking away! Those who don’t abide by the above three rules will be given the shame of being a pirate and dedicated to Davy Jones’ safe!! Will you swear?”

"I swear!!" Foxy stood up first.Following Luffy, he also stood up and said, "I swear!!"

"Okay! Straw Hat Boy, I'll let you choose first." Foxy held three gold coins between his right fingers and stretched them out in front of Luffy: "Do you want one coin, two coins, or three coins? Choose you Like it!"

Luffy looked at the three coins suspiciously: "What are those?"

"It's the number of rounds~~" The girl explained with a smile, "From one round to three rounds~ The boss means to let you choose how many games to play~~"

"Of course the more games the merrier~ Of course!" Luffy hadn't finished speaking.Nami shouted from the crowd, and when he looked over, he saw Nami and Usopp standing there with a black face each holding a finger, nodded in understanding and said, "Okay! Three rounds!!!"

The petrified Nami and Usopp twisted their necks stiffly and looked at the left side, and found that there was also a hand with a long black glove sticking up a finger there. Nami was four meters tall at the naked upper body The man yelled: "Big guy, why are you raising your finger!!"

"It's true that Luffy even counts the enemy's fingers!!" Usopp grinned at the guy who obviously had malicious intentions.That guy covered his mouth and smiled treacherously: "Because he's an idiot~~hehe~~"

"According to orthodox regulations, three rounds of competition!!" Foxy threw the three coins in his hand into the sea not far away: "Report to Davy Jones!!"

"Oh!!!"

Encore who heard this sentence asked suspiciously: "Who is Davy Jones?"

"It's a pirate who was cursed by the devil a long time ago and still lives on the bottom of the sea," explained the knowledgeable Robin. gone."

Chopper nodded and said, "The bottom of the sea is really scary..."

Sanji went on to explain: "From the name Davy, the pirates call what they snatched from the enemy Davy's Back."

"Ah..." Nami was still sighing because of participating in the competition.

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"Hey, I forgot to give it to you," one of Foxy's crew members threw a piece of paper over and said, "Write on it the order in which your personnel will appear on stage and hand it over to our person in charge. A person can only appear twice. Once you decide who will play, you can't change it!"

Zoro picked up the piece of paper and waited for everyone to gather around before he began to read: "The events of the competition are rowing, ball skills and team battles..."

"What, what?" Sanji looked at the piece of paper carefully: "There is no limit to the number of participants in rowing, but there are only three players for golf skills, and five for team competition."

"Okay!!" Luffy, who didn't listen to the rules at all, put his hands behind his head and said with a smile, "I'm going to participate in three rounds!!"

Robin smiled and repeated the rules: "According to the rules, you can't participate in all three games..."

At this time, Nami and Usopp's heads were covered with dark clouds.Usopp asked desperately: "Hey, what if we lose... The person they want must be Captain Usopp..."

"No no...it must be me!!" Although she was not angry, Nami retorted firmly, "Because I am so cute..."

It didn't take long for the list to be handed to the stage backers.The funny man in the crimson tights read aloud with a loudspeaker bug in a lively, passionate voice: "'Okay!! I have the rosters for the two teams in my hands! Announcing them now!! First the Straw Hats Boys team, first round, kayaking around the island, all the members of the Straw Hat Pirates...'"

Upon hearing this passage.Immediately, Usopp clutched his stomach in discomfort and said, "Honestly, I have a disease that prevents me from participating in the competition...".Nami, who regained her energy and put her hands on her hips, yelled viciously: "You think I want to go! Come to your senses!!"

"'...The second round, GROGGYRING, players, Encore, Nonoroa-Zoro, Sanji. Huh?? Why does the Straw Hat Pirates have a child??...'"

"Why was I assigned to football??" Anke below tilted his head strangely and said, "I don't know how to play football..."

"That's right!! Chlorella head! Why did you write cutie in???" Sanji yelled, grabbing Zoro's collar.Sauron also yelled back: "I wrote it in random order, how do I know when I wrote her in it???".On the other side, the Foxy Pirates pointed at Encore and whispered: "Hey, did you hear that? That blond man actually called that brat 'cute', is there something wrong with his vision??? "

"What did you say???" Sanji immediately rushed forward and shouted with his fangs: "Little cutie is as cute as an angel, your eyesight is the only problem!!!".The group of people were scared away in an instant.

"Really, Anke is as delicate and cute as a doll. Is there something wrong with their brains?" Nami also clenched her fists angrily.

Anke just blinked his left eye, but smiled silently.If Nami and the others knew what Encore looked like in the eyes of Foxy Pirates, they would definitely agree with them.

"'...Round [-], RamdomDrowner, players: Monkey D-Luffy, Nico Robin, Nami, Usopp, Tony Tony Chopper!'" The man continued to shout passionately: " Well, well, everyone has been waiting for a long time! The winner will have a banquet, and the loser will go to the bottom of the sea! Ruthless Davy Back, I will be the host of the Banquet Captain of Foxy Pirates, Itomimis!" After bowing, he continued to shout: "The first round is the first round, a week-long kayak race around the island!"

Robin asked lightly: "How do we allocate personnel?"

"Considering that there are devil fruit capable users in the team, let's divide them into groups of four," Sauron suggested.

"'...The kayaks used in the kayak competition can only be made from two wood pulp and three empty barrels! If other materials are used, they will be disqualified immediately!! It all depends on the boatman's skills! There are no barrels The group can come here to get~'" The host patted a pile of wooden barrels that were moved onto the stage at some unknown time, and said with a smile: "'One set, free~~'"

Robin smiled and said, "If you can only use three empty barrels, it may be impossible to make a small boat for four people~"

"Okay, let's divide into three groups!" Sauron said with a calm smile, "As for the personnel~"

——So under the glorious decision, considering the weight and everyone's ability, Usopp, Nami and Robin are in a group, Luffy and Sanji are in a group, and Sauron, who is physically strong, carries the weight of the ship The two lightest and smallest members - Encore and Chopper.

So everyone started beating and preparing to build their own unique boats, please ignore a certain captain who dismantled a wooden barrel and a certain swordsman who chopped a wooden barrel in half.

"'Okay! Then, while everyone is making small boats, let me introduce the rules of the competition by the way~ The route is to circle around the small islands of this long chain of islands. This route seems easy, but it is actually extremely difficult to navigate. Once the small boat sinks, the This group will be eliminated! Furthermore, guns, cannons, bombs, scimitars and other weapons can be used as much as you want!! Those who want to abstain halfway because of fear will be regarded as a shame for pirates!!!”

……………… The boat is ready~~~………………………

Looking at the boat he was about to take, Anke suddenly realized that he regretted being with Sauron and Chopper.Two simple wooden barrels are tied together, and half a wooden barrel is tied to the back. The front wooden barrel is inlaid with several wooden boards to be used as pedals.Luffy and Sanji’s is even worse, it’s just a piece of wood; the only thing that can be seen is the boat that Usopp made, in comparison, it’s called a god-like masterpiece~~ Well, this god is definitely not That lunatic Enilo in Sky Island, please don't get me wrong...

The dinghies of all participating players were placed behind a banner marked 'START'.The list of each group was also handed over to the host.

"'Are you ready? Oh, and the list of members is out!! Let’s announce it according to popularity!! First of all, the No. 1 one~ Sure enough, it’s our idol, Ms. Polki from the powerful Foxy team~ ~Leading the team is Sailfish Man Capodi and Star Shark Munda~~The passenger's boat is <Cute Little Train>~~~~'”

"I hate it~~ I'll leave it to you~~" The blue-haired girl who introduced the loser's contract before kept blowing kisses to the audience on the shore.

"Wait a minute!!" Nami next to them yelled, pointing at the yellow shark, "Isn't a shark a fish??"

"I hate it~~~" Boerqi twisted her body and said coquettishly, "There is no rule that fish cannot appear~~"

"'Then came the No. [-] popular team, alas, surprise, surprise!! It turned out to be a trio of navigator Nami, sniper Usopp, and archaeologist Robin from the Straw Hat Team. Barrel Tiger>!!'”

The people on the shore stared at Nami who was standing there and said, "That orange-haired girl is so pretty~~~".Another person laughed and said, "I want that black-haired elder sister to be our partner~~".Then everyone looked at Usopp on the same boat with contempt and contempt: "That man will be spared..."

Nami frowned and said, "This one won't sink..." Nami kicked the wooden board under her feet with her heel,
"It's been said that I'm not a boatman, I'm a sniper! Besides, what's worse than those two boats..." Usopp looked at the other two groups of players in the boat with a slight disdain.

"This is not a boat, it's just a piece of wood..." Sanji sat on the so-called 'boat' with cold sweat on his face.

"Ahahaha~~~" Luffy smiled and held the oars and said, "How should I say this..."

Zoro, who was sitting on the wooden barrel in the middle, looked at the gigantic Chopper who was holding the handrail and kept stepping on the pedal, also dripping with cold sweat: "Do you want to keep stepping?"

"Yeah~~" Chopper, who was stepping hard, explained proudly: "In this way, you can move forward quickly..."

"I always feel like I'm going to go swimming today..." Wu Wu was placed in the last half of the barrel, Anke stood up and tightly grasped Sauron's trouser legs in front of him: "And the half of the barrel I'm standing on Will the barrel loosen suddenly?"

Imagining the scene where the child who was put in half a wooden barrel was helplessly washed away by the waves, tearfully reaching out to him for help, Zoro smiled inexplicably and said, "That's pretty good~~ ~".As soon as the words fell, a child punched him in the back. Why didn't he punch his head?because it's not enough...

"'Next is the third most popular <Beauty Prayer> (a boat like a flower~~)! This is a small boat dedicated to the beauties~~~'

'The No. 8 popular <Crab Red Lotus> (a boat like a crab~~) is always at the top of the list of popularity; the No. [-] and No. [-] popular are <Paddle King No. [-]> and <No. ~); No. [-] is <Drunkard> (passenger ship~) who likes to hold banquets very much; No. [-] is a special number~~~'”

"Wait a minute!!" Unable to hear the name of his own ship, Luffy protested loudly: "Why is there no our ship!!".Chopper also protested dissatisfied: "That's right!! We don't have any either!!!"

"'Let me see, the <Rickshaw> of Deputy Captain Encore, Ship Doctor Chopper, and Swordsman Zoro...the third last most popular!!! And then, <One Plank>...Wow!! It's tight The next Penult seat!!!'”

Luffy standing on the wooden board asked suspiciously: "What is Penult?"

Sanji, who was pressing the lighter and was about to light a cigarette, said lightly: "It means the penultimate place..."

Encore, who was still firmly grasping Sauron, asked curiously: "However, there are still ships that are not as good as ours. What does it look like?"

"'By the way, the last place is the giant ship <Barrel Carrier>!!'"

Everyone was surprised to look back at the three giant spliced ​​wooden barrels that appeared behind them. The barrel in the middle was already 10 meters in diameter.

"The oars of that boat can't even reach the surface of the sea..." Chopper said blankly, "How can I make it move?"

"Hahahaha!!!" The men standing on the barrel laughed and said, "Thank you for noticing, that's right, the oars of this boat can't reach the surface of the water~~ There are a lot of water in this boat." sea ​​water!"

"Are they idiots?" Luffy looked at them with contempt.Sanji said strangely: "How many barrels did this big guy use?"

"It's made up of three giant wooden barrels!" A person explained, "It's not against the rules at all~~~"

"'Okay! Everyone is on the starting line~~'" the host pointed to the giant sparrow behind him and said, "'Let me ride on the rare bird 'Jiujiu' in the South China Sea to report to everyone in the air!!' "

"Listen, you rowed hard from the very beginning!!" Nami, who had no confidence in the other two groups, held the oars and was ready to go.

Chopper also said excitedly: "I'm gearing up!!!".Sauron standing on the barrel folded his hands and looked at his ship: "This thing won't sink..."

"No wonder..." Anke, who finally stood on the top, frowned and looked around and said, "According to what the host said, other ships can be sunk~~"

"Hey!! Usopp, Chlorella!!" Sanji, smoking a cigarette, looked fiercely at the two guys who were called: "If there is something wrong with the ladies, I will never let you go! !"

"Huh???" Sauron also stared fiercely: "What did you say??"

"I will definitely win!!" Luffy, who was sitting on the wooden plank with the paddle in hand, was full of excitement.

"'Okay! Nami, please take this record pointer to prevent getting lost!! Try to make sure not to go too far from the island~~'" The host who was riding on the sparrow threw down several permanent pointers.

"Why do you want to leave the island??" Nami pointed to the coastline and said, "Isn't it enough to grab the innermost place from the beginning??"

"How can it be so simple..." Usopp watched nervously, except for the Straw Hat team's boat and the big barrel behind, all the other boats pointed their bows outward, "Except for the monster-like big barrel behind them, They all carefully pointed the bow of the boat at the outer circle. Don’t you think it’s weird?” Then they yelled loudly at Luffy and the others next door: “Brothers!! Run outside from the beginning!!!”

"'Okay!! On your marks!!!READY~~~~!!!!'"

There was a "bang" gunshot in the air, and Foxy's people all rowed out, and Luffy and the others also rowed with them. Although they didn't know what would happen, they were just in case~~
At this moment, the lid of the large barrel behind was suddenly opened, and there were still many small wine barrels floating on the large amount of sea water gushing out.The gushing sea washed all the boats outside, and the small wine barrels also surrounded many small boats. After the sea calmed down.Nami looked at the small wooden barrels floating around the boat strangely: "What is this?? Is it a trap??" Then she poked it with the oar in her hand.The wooden barrel suddenly emitted a blinding light, and then exploded. Nami and the others were blown out, including the people and the boat. The only advantage was that they left the sea area surrounded by wooden barrels.

"'Here!! The famous killer feature of the barrel aircraft carrier - the barrel bomb attack!!'"

However, at this moment, the boat led by Boerqi had already gone a long way.

"Damn it!!" Looking at the wooden barrel that trapped him, Luffy rotated his arms impatiently: "See if I don't hit you all at once!!"

"I said that these wooden barrels will explode when touched..." Sanji helplessly tapped the rubber head in front of him with the paddle in his hand.

"Just blow them away without touching them, right? Luffy, give me your oars..." After taking the two oars, Zoro closed his eyes and kept spinning them, and then quickly With a wave on the sea, the blowing wind quickly blew the wooden barrels around the two small boats to the huge wooden barrel carrier.

The small wooden barrels that hit the obstacle began to explode one after another, and the fluctuations caused by the explosion instantly caused a huge wave of ten meters high, rushing towards the coastline.

"Big Bang..." Looking at the incoming waves, Sanji loudly said to Nami and the others at the front: "Nami-san, Robin-chan!! Hurry up and ride the waves!!"

Rushing up directly along the waves, Anke tightly grasped the edge of the barrel and said with a smile, "Will it fall apart~~Chopper~~~"

"Wooah!!!!" Chopper at the front was still so frightened that he couldn't hear Encore's words clearly, "It's so scary!!!!"

Still imagining the helpless look of Encore being washed away by the waves on half a wooden barrel, Sauron said absent-mindedly: "It shouldn't be..."

"'Wow!!! The Straw Hats caught up with the front troops in one go!!! It's amazing!!!'" The host riding on the sparrow dutifully reported the current situation loudly.

After the waves pushed Luffy and the others to the front, they finally stopped, and the sea returned to calm.Now Nami and the others are still ahead, Polki is leading, and the remaining two teams of the Straw Hat team are parked side by side on the sea, followed by <Drunkard> and <Beauty Prayer>, others can't see~~~~
(End of this chapter)