One Piece: Under the Throne

Chapter 20 The call from the heart

On the commercial street of the Sabaody Archipelago, Leo was walking on the road with a strange big man. The big man had a hat on his head, his whole body was hidden in the cloak, and he had a two-handed sword on his waist. Judging from his appearance, he was a swordsman.

"Brother, I'm so hot. This outfit isn't comfortable at all."

"Hey stop talking nonsense. If you don't want to be caught, just endure it. You forgot how you came to Shampoo Land, right?"

Poor Will is still just a child, but he has to endure pain that is not suitable for his age. In order not to be discovered, Leo dressed Will up. The little fat fish is more than 3 meters tall and weighs about 1 ton. His face is black and white, and he has two small fangs showing from his lower lip. He looks cute overall. After the dress-up, Leo also gave him a pair of round-frame sunglasses, which are a bit different from the skin color of the little fat fish, and it looks like he is not wearing them when he puts them on.

"Brother, when are we going to Shampoo Park, huh... huh..."

Leo looked at Will in confusion: "Are you feeling unwell? Why are you out of breath after walking for such a while?"

"I feel a little thirsty and have no strength in my body." There was an unconcealable sense of weakness in Will's voice.

Leo slapped his forehead, almost forgetting that Will was a fishman, and he was wearing a black cloak. After being exposed to the sun for a long time, the fat fish was probably about to turn into a dried fish. So Leo quickly grabbed Will's arm and activated the fruit ability. In a few breaths, Will felt a coolness all over his body, as if he was back in the sea: "Ah, Kimoji, your hand is so comfortable."

Leo slapped Will's belly in annoyance and said, "Don't make such strange noises. There's something wrong with you since a while ago. Just bear with it for a while, and we'll be at Shampooland Park soon."

Will finally behaved himself, and Leo bought a ticket and took him to the amusement park. Leo had been there before, so he took the initiative to be Will's guide, and he was finally no longer alone. They played on the pirate ship, the rapids, the carousel, the pendulum, and the haunted house. Seeing Will grinning the whole time, Leo just wanted to buy him some oranges. In the end, Will pulled Leo onto the Ferris wheel with great reluctance.

Looking at the scenery below, Will suddenly burst into tears: "Brother Leo, thank you for bringing me here. Today is the happiest day of my life. You know, the dream of all murlocs when they were young is to go to the Sabaody Archipelago and have a good time in the amusement park for a day. I am the first one to achieve something that my compatriots have never dreamed of."

Seeing that Will was getting more and more excited, Leo quickly told him to shut up. He was really afraid that the little fat fish would blurt out something like "It has turned into your shape" without restraint.

Will was talking for a long time when he was interrupted by the rumbling of his stomach. The little fat fish stared at Leo with eager eyes: "Brother, I... I'm hungry."

Tsk! Why is this naughty kid so difficult to please? However, Leo felt hungry after hearing his words. He had been playing for a long time and had nothing to eat. He felt empty in his stomach when he was free. So Leo thought of Xia Qi again. Huh? Why did he suddenly think of her? Could it be that he was addicted to being blackmailed?

After leaving the amusement park, the two of them came to Xia Qi's extortion BAR: "Hey Xia Qi, I'm here again. I brought you a guest today. Since we are old friends, please give me a discount." Leo didn't know Will's appetite, but he could tell at a glance that he was a big eater.

"You changed your career, little brat? You're no longer a pirate but a human trafficker? Oh, not bad, you're a fishman, a very popular commodity." Xia Qi looked at the combination of a man and a fish with interest.

Before Leo could speak, Will got anxious: "I... I am not a slave, and fishmen will never be slaves, you bad woman."

Leo saw a well-shaped mark appear on Xia Qi's forehead: "It seems that I misunderstood. Leo, why are you so polite today? You even brought your own ingredients to eat." Xia Qi's smile became more and more dangerous, and she had already started sharpening the knife.

Rio wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "Ahahaha, Aunt Xia, why are you fussing with a kid? This guy is my little brother, so just give me some face and forgive him."

Xia Qi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Friendship is friendship, but there's no way you can get a discount. What do you want to eat today?"

"Hey, give me something more filling. I'm really worried that this kid will eat me out of money."

"Hehe, what is this, taking care of the children? I didn't realize you are so caring." After saying that, he placed two glasses of lemonade in front of them.

Leo waved his hand without answering Xia Qi, and Will also calmed down. Although the little fat fish looks silly, he is actually quite sensitive. He can feel that Xia Qi has no ill will towards him.

Soon the aroma of food wafted out, and Will's saliva was about to flow onto the table. Two large plates of seafood fried rice were served, and Xia Qi also lit a cigarette: "There are not many ingredients left in the store, you guys just have to make do with what you have."

"I'm starting to eat! x2" After saying that, Will and Leo picked up their plates at the same time and started eating. Xia Qi's cooking skills were still so great. Will was completely conquered. He ate while crying. The big plate of fried rice was decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The poor child didn't know how long it had been since he had a full meal.

"Hehe, little fatty, eat slowly. No one is going to snatch it from you. Why are you crying? Is my cooking really that delicious?"

"Sister, your cooking skills are the best. Brother Leo and Sister Xia Qi, you are all good people. No one has ever been so nice to me, woooo." Will wiped away his tears and continued to eat.

Leo looked at the half plate of fried rice he hadn't finished yet and pushed it in front of Will: "Eat more if you like it. I really admire how your parents raised you."

"Haha, long live Brother Leo. I have never seen my father, and my mother died when I was very young. I grew up eating at hundreds of restaurants in Fishman Street.

Leo didn't expect Will to answer his question seriously, and he didn't expect that Little Fatty Fish was also an orphan like him. Maybe he felt empathy for Will, or maybe he remembered something, anyway, he suddenly fell silent.

Xia Qi seemed to see that Leo was in a bad mood, so she joked, "Will, how did you get together with this guy? You didn't really steal her away from him, did you?"

"No, I was caught by human traffickers, and then Big Brother saved me. He destroyed the traffickers' boat, and as soon as I escaped, I saw Big Brother Leo waving his hands twice on the bottom of the sea and the boat sank. Big Brother is really powerful."

Will's words were intermittent, but Xia Qi could still imagine the scene at that time. Will became more and more excited as he spoke, and added with gesticulations: "Brother did this and that, and the whole ship broke in two. After the ship sank, brother said that it was trapped in endless darkness, a mediocre cultivator! That was so handsome." Will finally finished speaking, and when he finished speaking, he still maintained the pose of Leo in the sea.

"What do you think, big sister? Isn't big brother Leo very handsome?" Will posed like Leo and looked at Xia Qi with a squint, trying to get affirmation from the other party.

Xia Qi was stunned for a moment and then burst into laughter: "Haha, hahahaha! Falling into... endless darkness... hahaha, Leo, you're the best!" Xia Qi had already fallen down with laughter, his palms still slapping the table hard.

"Shut up, Will. What nonsense are you talking about?" Leo jumped onto the stool with a red face, pointing at Will and yelling, but the more he did that, the louder Xia Qi laughed. It was really interesting to watch people die.

As the socially dead protagonist, Leo's feeling at this moment is not so wonderful. He now feels like he is about to explode with shame.

Just when Leo felt that the blood was concentrated in his brain, a laugh suddenly came from his mind, "Hehe, hehe, take me home." Leo felt dizzy, his eyes went dark, and he fell off the chair.

Huh? Huh!!! Will and Shaqi were also stunned. What was going on?

"Brother, brother, what's wrong with you? Don't die." Will quickly helped Leo up, and seeing that Leo had no reaction, he began to shake the rest of his body frantically.

"No way, isn't this kid quite thick-skinned? How come he fainted after a few jokes? Stop shaking, little fatty, and put this kid on the sofa quickly." Xia Qi also felt that his imagination was a bit nonsensical, and quickly instructed Will to settle Leo.

After a lot of examinations, they still couldn't find out what happened to Leo. Fortunately, his breathing was still stable, so Xia Qi and Will didn't worry too much.

Leo felt as if his consciousness was sinking into endless darkness. Suddenly, a blue light appeared in the darkness, and then it became brighter and brighter. The laughter in his ears became clearer: "Haha, set out when the sun rises. The sun will guide you from birth to sunset. Please take me home, please take me home.

"Who are you?" Leo asked, but got no response. The blue light in front of him kept expanding until it completely swallowed him up.

Ah! Leo suddenly sat up, breathing heavily.

"Brother, you finally woke up, woo, how do you feel?" Will knelt beside the sofa, looking at Leo nervously with tears on his face.

"What happened to you, kid? You fainted all of a sudden. If it had taken any longer, I would have buried you."

"How long have I been unconscious?" Leo finally regained consciousness.

"It's been almost 12 hours. Can't you see it's getting dark outside?" Xia Qi said unhappily.

"Hey, Aunt Xia, I'm really sorry to bother you. I feel much better now. I'll take Will back first and come back another day."

"Okay, let's go now. Really, you cause me trouble every time you come."

Leo smiled awkwardly, apologized, and left with Will. After returning to the ship, Leo didn't sleep all night, thinking about the call over and over again in his mind. Is this still the world of One Piece that he knows? How come he even encountered the whispers of the ancient gods?

In the end, Leo made up his mind and decided to go and see what he had said. As a time traveler, Leo always felt an inexplicable throbbing at the word "return home".

The next morning, Leo came to the shipyard and replaced his submarine with a small boat capable of sailing in the ocean. He also purchased a lot of food and put it on the boat. Although the passage indicated that there was only one day from sunrise to sunset, Leo had to be prepared for a long voyage.

"Will, I'll take you on an adventure first, and I'll send you back to Fishman Island when this is over. If you don't want to follow me, I'll leave you in Xia Qi's care."

"Brother, I will go wherever you go. I don't want to be separated from you. Please don't chase me away." Will hugged Leo's thighs anxiously, not noticing that he was taller than Leo even when he was lying down.

Early the next morning, before daybreak, Leo woke Will up. After they were busy for a while and made preparations for sailing, they stood at the bow waiting for the sun to rise.

When the sea was dyed golden by the first ray of sunlight, Leo activated the ability of his fruit, using the waves to push the boat straight towards the direction of the rising sun: "The call of the unknown? The call of going home? Humph, no matter what is ahead, I, Leo, am here."

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