【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Why can so much air suddenly come in..." Zoro said puzzledly.

"It seems that this ship was picked up by something." Qi said.

"Who are you from? How dare you act wildly in my territory!"

They turned to look in the direction of the sound, and an ape in an orange jumpsuit broke through the fragile cabin and rushed in.

"Ah! Ape!" Luffy exclaimed.

"Huh? Am I that handsome?" The ape's face turned red instantly and he said happily.

"No, not really." Sanji and Zoro said together.

"What is the ape doing here?" Qi asked puzzledly.

The ape who was frustrated by Zoro and Sanji's answers suddenly became happy because Qi called him ape. He kept calling him ape as if he was praising him. He happily responded, "We are salvaging the ship!"

"Can you show it to us after you salvage it? We just need to find some information about Sky Island." Qi asked.

"Sky Island?" the ape asked curiously.

"That's right, we are going to Sky Island." Luffy said excitedly.

"What's going on?" Qi said in surprise. The ship they were on suddenly shook violently, and the air began to slowly disappear. Qi realized that something was wrong and hurriedly shouted to Luffy, "Luffy, put on your diving suit!"

“But this is hard to wear!”

Qi quickly put the diving bucket he had taken off earlier on Luffy. As long as he could breathe, he would be fine. Then he pulled Luffy and swam quickly outside. "Sanji, Zoro!"

"I get it, damn ape!" Zoro and Sanji swam quickly outside while cursing in a low voice, because at the most critical moment, the ape took away their diving suits while they were not paying attention.

……

Usopp looked at the giant turtle that appeared next to their ship and shouted in horror, "It's over, Luffy and the others are going to be eaten by the turtle!"

Usopp was running around on the deck in fear, while Nami was sitting on the deck in frustration, muttering to herself, "I'm going to die..."

"Wow, why did it suddenly get dark?" Chopper said while crying.

"Impossible, it's not that late yet!" Nami said in disbelief, then looked at the pocket watch in her hand. Although the weather on the Grand Line did change very quickly, it was impossible for it to change so suddenly like this.

"What is that!?" Usopp adjusted the goggles on his eyes, and a bucket with a bag hanging on it was thrown towards them from the sea. When Usopp saw the bucket clearly, he instantly shouted in surprise, "It's Luffy!!"

"Great, they're fine!" Nami and Chopper shouted in surprise.

"Let's leave here first!" Qi climbed onto the boat and said to Nami and the others.

"I agree." Zoro and Sanji climbed out of the water onto the deck, panting, carrying their bags.

"Wait, Sanji, where are your diving suits?" Usopp asked in confusion.

"One is broken and the other was taken by the ape. You're still curious and it's okay, otherwise Luffy would be in trouble." Sanji said angrily.

"Hahaha, what a beautiful diving suit, I wonder what it is..." A figure wearing a wooden barrel jumped from the sea onto their deck.

Sanji instantly recognized who it was and kicked it the next second, sending the ape flying into Merry's wall, the barrel instantly shattering in the process "Damn monkey!"

"Ouch! It's not my fault, I can't breathe underwater!" the ape cried in pain.

"Forget it." Qi stopped Sanji, "This guy might be able to provide us with some information about Sky Island."

Luffy took himself out of the barrel, looked at the darkening sky, and said curiously, "Ah, is it dark?"

"Monster!!!" Usopp's scream instantly diverted everyone's attention, and then they saw the most terrifying scene in history. Five huge figures appeared behind them. The figures seemed as tall as the sky, and one of the figures even raised the spear in his hand towards them!

"Run!"

As these words fell, Merry was rowed out by them at the speed of light and disappeared in the sea in an instant.

……

After escaping from that sea area, the Straw Hat Pirates were still in fear. Unlike the calm before the storm, the sea area they were now in had completely returned to true peace.

"What the hell is today?" Sanji lit a cigarette and complained.

"First, a large sailing ship descended from the sky..."

"The record pointer is pointing to the sky again..."

"Strange ape salvage team..."

"A giant turtle suddenly appeared..."

"Night suddenly falls..."

"Finally, a monster several times bigger than the giant appeared!!"

"What a strange sea!"

"Even I was terrified when I saw it. It was so scary..."

Zoro and Sanji turned to look at the ape who spoke last and shouted angrily, "Get out of here!"

"Wait a minute, do you know where to find information about Sky Island?" Qi looked at the ape and asked. If the ape dared to say he didn't know, Qi would kick him out.

"I know someone who knows something. I'll take you to meet him. He'll be very happy that someone believes in the same thing as him, and he's been studying Sky Island for a long time." Worried that they would just kick him off, the ape said hastily, "I also have the Eternal Pointer to the next island, Gaya Island. If you want to go to the town there to get information, I can take you there too."

"We also need to replenish supplies." Sanji said as he exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Let's go to Jaya Island! Restock meat!" Luffy shouted happily.

"Wait, if we go to Jaya Island like this, the record pointer will be overwritten again." Usopp suddenly realized and shouted in horror, "Then we can't go to Sky Island!"

"What!? Stop going to Jaya!!" Luffy shouted in horror, then looked at Nami angrily, "Nami, I want to go to Sky Island!"

"Don't worry, Luffy, going to Gaya will not affect going to Sky Island." Qi said with a smile, "We just need to leave before the record pointer stores all the magnetic force of Gaya Island."

"Okay, brothers! Let's go! Head towards the Meat Country, Gaya!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

……

After leaving that strange sea area, their subsequent voyage was very smooth, so smooth that it made people drowsy. Qi sat on the lookout, closed his eyes, quietly enjoyed the sea breeze, and soon fell asleep.

"Sanji~" Luffy looked at Sanji, his voice unconsciously stretched out "I want to eat takoyaki!"

"Okay, wait a moment." Sanji sighed and said, then took the octopus that Green Algae Head brought up to the kitchen to prepare.

"What on earth did you guys do when you dived to the bottom of the sea?" Nami looked angrily at the pile of messy things on the deck. "After all this time, all you brought back were some scrap metal, not even a clue to Sky Island!"

Luffy looked at the armor on the ground with shining eyes, then quickly put it on, and walked around the deck excitedly holding a broken sword.

"I already told you there was nothing there to begin with!" Zoro said angrily.