【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Stop arguing and think about how we can find that bird?" Nami said with a headache.

"Ms. Nami, believe me, we just need to listen carefully to the direction of the cry we just heard!" Sanji closed his eyes and said seriously. The next second, he heard a cry similar to the previous one. "That's the cry!"

He opened his eyes and turned to look in the direction of the sound, only to find that it was Usopp pretending to be a bird. He immediately got angry and hit Usopp on the head with the bird net, "You bastard!"

"What!?" Usopp said aggrievedly, holding his head. Then he saw a spider lying on Nami's back, opened his eyes wide and asked curiously, "Nami, there's a good thing stuck on you, where did you catch it?"

"Spider!!!!" Nami and Sanji shouted together and quickly ran behind a tree to hide.

"Ah, Sanji, so you're afraid of spiders!" Qi teased with a smile.

"What!? No way!" Sanji retorted angrily, "I'm not afraid, it's just that bugs are too disgusting!"

"Then you shouldn't be afraid of the moths and centipedes nearby, right?" Qi pointed with a smile at the centipedes and other insects on the tree where Sanji and Nami were hiding.

"Ah!!! Moths and centipedes are so disgusting!!" The two looked at the tree in front of them and ran away in panic.

"You stinky cook, so useless." Zoro laughed as he walked.

"Hey, Zoro, you're going in the wrong direction." Qi said with a smile.

As if in retaliation for what Zoro had just said, Sanji immediately came over and taunted, "Animals can point the way, but Green Algae Head is not even as good as an animal."

"What did you say!?" Zoro immediately turned around and glared at Sanji angrily, "Want to fight? You stinky cook!"

"Come on!" Sanji challenged.

"Stop arguing, we have to catch that strange bird back!" Nami angrily interrupted the fight that was about to begin. She didn't want to stay here at all.

"Eh? Where's Luffy?" Usopp asked confusedly. He just saw Luffy excitedly catching beetles everywhere.

"Captain and Dr. Chopper left a long time ago." Robin said with a smile.

"What!?" the others shouted in shock.

"Okay, we should go now." Qi covered his face helplessly.

"Now we not only have to look for strange birds in this forest, but also have to find Luffy." Nami covered her forehead and said with a headache. She wanted to cry when she thought about them running around in this scary and dangerous forest.

"Luffy has Chopper with him, so he should be fine." Usopp said while constantly looking at the surrounding environment, worried that something would suddenly jump out from the dark corner.

"I hope so, but that's Luffy." Nami muttered to herself as she held her breath and walked forward, afraid that a large number of disgusting bugs would suddenly appear like just now.

"Chirp~~"

"There!" Qi said, and quickly chased in the direction of the sound.

"Wait, us!" Usopp and Nami shouted in panic.

Zoro, Sanji and Robin followed closely behind.

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"I got it!" Luffy laughed happily and showed what he caught to Chopper. "Look, Chopper! It's Atlas!!"

"Haw!"

Chopper looked at the struggling beetle in Luffy's hand and asked in confusion, "Atlas?"

"Yes!! Atlas and Hercules are the favorites of people all over the world!!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

"Eh? Just a small beetle?" Chopper asked, "Which one is better, it or the big secret treasure?"

"Hmm..." Luffy tilted his head and thought hard, "It's hard to tell who's better!!"

"Luffy! There's something here too!" Chopper said, pointing at a small beetle lying on the tree.

"Ah! It's a white-bellied pigeon!" Luffy screamed happily, "Chopper, catch it quickly!!"

"Chirp!"

Suddenly, the sound of a bird stopped the two men from catching the beetles. They looked up at the branch in confusion and saw a strange, colorful big bird perched on the branch in front of them.

"Luffy, that's the south-facing bird we're looking for!" Chopper reminded.

"Chirp~~" The bird on the branch showed an evil smile at the corner of its mouth.

"Eh!?" Chopper looked at the bird in shock. It said it was going to kill the guy who was making trouble in the forest.

"Don't you dare say that!" Luffy stared at the bird angrily. "Do you want to help us get to Sky Island, or do you want to be eaten by me?"

"Chirp~" The Southern Bird retreated a little and looked at Luffy, not even daring to meet his eyes.

Chopper looked at Luffy and the South-facing Bird in surprise, but the South-facing Bird seemed to reject Luffy's request and said it didn't want to leave here.

"It seems you want to become my food!" Luffy grinned, and the next moment he stretched out his hand to grab the bird on the tree.

"Chirp! Chirp!" the bird flying south cried in panic.

When Luffy heard what Xiang Nan Niao said, a bright smile appeared on his face. He stopped grabbing Xiang Nan Niao's hand and said, "Then come with us! You can come back after we reach Sky Island!"

"Chirp~"

"Let's go, Chopper, it agreed to go with us!" Luffy turned to look at Chopper who was in shock, and said with a bright smile.

"Oh oh!" Chopper was still immersed in the scene of Luffy threatening Nantou, and hadn't come back to his senses.

"Luffy!!" Usopp shouted happily as he looked at Luffy in front of him. It was really strange. He didn't know why the insects in this forest kept attacking them. Fortunately, they walked together, otherwise if it was just him and Nami...

"Luffy, what's going on with this bird?" Nami looked at the bird on Luffy's hand in confusion.

"This is the south-facing bird, Mr. Captain," Robin said with a smile.

"Yes, it agreed to go to Sky Island with us." Luffy responded with a bright smile, stroking the feathers on the south bird's back with his right hand.

"So that's how it is." After hearing Luffy say this, they instantly understood. After all, they had experienced this several times and were used to it.

"Anyway, we have caught the south-facing bird, and it's time to go back." Zoro said. He wanted to go back and continue drinking his wine.

"That's right, let's get out of here quickly!" Usopp, Nami and Sanji said immediately. They didn't want to stay in this forest full of insects at all.

"Let's go!" Qi said, "I wonder how Merry's reinforcement is going."

"Hehehe, Merry will definitely become awesome!" Luffy said excitedly.

But when they came out of the forest and returned to the uncle's house, they saw Uncle Kulikate, the gorilla and the ape lying on the ground with injuries all over their bodies.

"Damn it, which bastard did this?!" Sanji cursed and dragged the gorilla that fell into the water out.

"Merry!" Usopp looked at the broken bow of Merry in disbelief. "Who did this?! Bastard! Who is it?!"