The bandage spirit becomes a spirit! Luffy and the others are surprised!

"We're about to reach the Grand Line, but..." Nami grabbed the nautical chart, observed the direction, and said with a serious expression.

There is a must-pass road on the Grand Line, which is the Red Earth Continent. There is an upward current in the middle, and the current is turbulent. Ships can only reach the other side of the continent by crossing this current. This is the first test to reach the Grand Line, which tests the level of the navigator on the ship.

Dazai Osamu sat cross-legged on the ground and called Nami, "Before we reach the Grand Line, I have something to say."

Nami stopped talking. Although she didn't know what Dazai Osamu was going to say, she didn't say anything more out of trust in her companion.

Zoro looked up at Dazai and realized what Dazai wanted to say.

The other people looked confused and sat obediently around Dazai Osamu.

"Do you know Haki?" Dazai Osamu asked directly. Ever since he learned about Haki from Smoker, this question has been lingering in his mind.

"What is that? Can it be eaten?" Luffy scratched his head, not knowing anything.

"Listen carefully to what Dazai says and don't interrupt!!!" Nami hit Luffy on the head with a knife. Luffy held his head and looked at Dazai Osamu aggrievedly.

Dazai Osamu coughed a few times and his face became serious. "Haki is the hidden power of human beings. It is divided into Armament Haki, Observation Haki, and Conqueror Haki. Armament Haki can indicate one's own defense and attack power, and can even attack natural color devil fruit users. Observation Haki can sense the life and death of other people, and sense the position and number of enemies outside the field of vision, as well as the enemy's actions in the next moment, and some can even see a small part of the future. Conqueror Haki depends on whether one has the qualifications to become a king. Only a few people have it. Others can awaken the other two colors through training. When we enter the Grand Line, we will encounter enemies that are more powerful than the East China Sea. Those with strong combat power all have the power of Haki. Even in the New World, everyone has it - so..."

Usopp frowned and swallowed, "So, we have to learn Haki too?!" Nami hugged Usopp next to her in fear, her face pale, "Are all the people in the Grand Line so powerful!!!"

Sanji looked at the figure of the Red Earth Continent gradually approaching in the distance, his eyes moving as he recalled the past.

Zoro had heard Dazai Osamu mention it before, and he was mentally prepared, but he didn't expect that there were so many users of this power and they were so widespread. In the East China Sea, he was just a frog in a well. The corners of his mouth were grinning ferociously.

Luffy lowered his head, his face hidden under his straw hat, and his thoughts could not be seen.

Dazai Osamu watched quietly, tilted his head, and smiled, "You can still give up now and go back the way you came!"

"It's getting more and more exciting!" Luffy raised his head and smiled, showing his white teeth and shining eyes. "I am the man who will become the Pirate King. I must enter the Grand Line!"

"I want to become the world's number one swordsman. Domineering? Humph, it'll only be a stepping stone for me." Zoro will not give up. The Grand Line is right in front of him. Can Hawkeye also be domineering?

Sanji thought of his previous family and his own dreams, and there were sparks in his eyes. "I made a promise with that stinky old man that if I find all blue and go back in disgrace, that old man will definitely laugh out loud!!!"

Usopp's mouth trembled, and he wanted to go home, but thinking of his agreement with Kaya, he gritted his teeth and said, "I have to go back and tell Kaya about my adventures as Captain Usopp!!!"

Nami thought for a long time, shook her head, smiled brightly, and said proudly: "It's not easy to get here. After all, I am your navigator. Without me, how can you sail here?"

Seeing that they were not frightened by his words, Dazai had expected this, "How passionate! Since everyone has their own dreams, I am not that unsociable~" Dazai frowned and thought for a while. Then, an idea suddenly occurred to him and he said happily, "I got it! There are so many strong people in the Grand Line. I can find someone to help me achieve painless suicide!"

"This dream doesn't work, let's change it!" The faces of the other people changed and they shouted in unison.

"Really? Everyone is excluding me~ wuwuwu——" Dazai Osamu shrank into a corner sadly, hugging his knees and crying, but there were no tears.

"Dazai, do you know how to practice Haki?" Zoro frowned and interrupted Dazai's mischief.

"No~ I just know that some people's domineering aura only erupts at the critical moment of life and death!" Dazai Osamu turned his head, blinked, thought for a while, and gave the answer.

"What?!!!" Everyone fell to the ground.

"Since we don't know, let's go first!" Luffy smiled and didn't ask about the matter. He changed the subject directly, stood on the sheep's head, pointed to the front, where a wall of red land had appeared, and announced loudly, "Grand Line, here we come!!!"

Nami covered her face with her palms and shook her head helplessly, "That's right, let's talk about domineering later!"

No one talked about the topic of domineering anymore, but the concept of domineering had been implanted in their minds, waiting for the right opportunity to take root.

******

"Awesome - I never expected that!" Sanji exclaimed as he looked at the rising ocean current that went against the laws of nature.

The Merry had arrived at the intersection of the Red Earth Continent. In front of them was a straight, sky-high current. As they approached, they felt a rising suction force, which did not give Luffy and his companions time to react. They had already entered the center of the current. The current path was relatively narrow, and it seemed that the Merry was about to hit the rock wall on the side.

"Quick, change direction!" Nami's pupils shrank as she shouted to command. Usopp ran to the rudder and turned it hard. With a click, the wooden stake that controlled the direction broke.

“Ahhhhh——” Several people covered their heads and screamed when they saw this.

"I've seen it all! Rubber balloon!" Luffy bit his thumb and blew air into it. His whole body swelled up, and his round belly was squeezed between the rock wall and the Merry. His belly bounced back, and the Merry returned to the center of the ocean current and sailed straight up.

When the ship reached the turning point, the current hit the top rock wall, stirring up waves and forming mist, blocking the view, and the falling seawater went down in another direction. The Merry flew up and suddenly dropped, and was about to hit the cliff in front, and the ship was about to be destroyed and killed. Luffy did the same operation to avoid the shipwreck. The Merry quickly dropped along the current and was about to reach the intersection.

At this time, a huge object blocked their way. Due to the acceleration of gravity, the Merry could not slow down and was about to hit it. Dazai Osamu returned to the cabin, aimed forward, and fired the muzzle. With a "boom!", the speed of the Merry slowed down and slowly approached the object. The sheep's head on the bow was broken off from the neck due to the sudden impact, and it flipped over from a high altitude and fell onto the deck.

"Ahhhh - my special seat!!" Luffy's eyes widened, his mouth opened wide, and he stared blankly at the severed sheep's head, red blood vessels spreading into his eyeballs.

"Hurry! Paddle!!" Nami waved her hand and shouted, and Zoro, Sanji and others paddled manually to turn and get out of the empty space on the left side of the behemoth.

"Is this a whale? It's so big!" Usopp said in surprise as the Merry passed by the side of the whale and looked at the whale's huge eyes.

"How could there be a whale!" Zoro held the oar, panting, a little confused.

Luffy came onto the deck and met the whale's eyes, lowering his head and staring at the wooden planks.

No way, Dazai Osamu was secretly shocked. Although he knew that Luffy's ideas were wild, he still felt a little headache at this moment.

"You bastard! Give me back my special seat!" Luffy roared and punched him directly.

"Ahhh——" The people behind Luffy suddenly changed their expressions and screamed miserably.

The eyes have always been the most vulnerable part of a living thing. Although the skin and flesh of this whale are thick elsewhere, it is still very painful if you get hit directly in the eyeball.

Sure enough, after Luffy punched the whale, the whale screamed in pain, opened its mouth, and the ocean current leaked in. The Merry was right next to the whale, not too far away, and was also sucked in.

"What are you thinking about!!!" Nami screamed, holding her head, and she wanted to stab Luffy.

"It's really interesting. I didn't expect to die in the stomach of a whale. I hope it doesn't hurt too much." Dazai Osamu lay peacefully on the deck, his hands crossed on his chest, his eyes closed, and he seemed to have fallen asleep peacefully.

"You are not allowed to sleep!" Nami hit Dazai Osamu on the head with a knife-like hand and shouted with a green face and fangs.

"Luffy--" Usopp saw Luffy being thrown out uncontrollably due to an unexpected situation. Luffy is a devil fruit user and a landlubber, so he shouted in worry.

Luffy quickly grabbed the tooth next to the whale, swung it hard, and ran to the top of the whale's head.

The other people on the Merry were swallowed by the whale.