Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

On the Grand Route, above the blue sea—

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"Ah la la, why do you always call at this time?"

Aokiji, who was riding a bicycle, had to stop and take out the Den Den Mushi in his arms to answer the call.

"Kuzan."

Den Den Mushi transformed into the image of a serious elder and called Aokiji by his name.

"Marshal Zhan Guo, what's the matter?"

Aokiji spoke.

"According to the intelligence department's report, a frozen island suddenly appeared not far from Changlian Island, and there were signs of fighting."

"Did you do it?"

"Yes, I fought with the Straw Hat Gang there." Aokiji replied.

"Oh?" Zhan Guo seemed a little surprised.

"It seems you let them go, didn't you?"

At this time, Sengoku still thought that Aokiji did not arrest the Straw Hat Gang because of Garp's face.

"I wasn't sure I could catch them."

Aokiji uttered a word slowly, but it caused Sengoku on the opposite side to fall into silence.

"Besides, it's different from what Kake encountered."

"The Straw Hat gang has already reached that level of combat power."

Aokiji did not wait for Sengoku to digest the news, but continued to reveal shocking information.

“Stop hanging around in the park.”

After a moment, Zhan Guo's voice sounded again:

"I will send a warship to pick you up immediately. I need you to return to headquarters as soon as possible to report the situation."

"Ah, it seems that it is not enough, Marshal Sengoku."

Aokiji's voice that drove Sengoku crazy sounded again:

"I have somewhere else I need to go."

Faced with Sengoku's order, Aokiji decisively chose to refuse.

Den Den Mushi's expression also became quite ugly.

"and--"

"You will soon know the information about the Straw Hat Boy."

"Those guys will cause big trouble soon."

pat!

Without waiting for Sengoku to reply, Aokiji hung up the Den Den Mushi.

Then, he took out a map from his pocket, looked at it carefully, and muttered to himself:

"If they follow the magnetic guidance of that island, the next stop should be——"

"The Seven Water City?"

"Ah, la la, this way we'll be very close to the headquarters."

Aokiji rode his bicycle forward again, and a sentence also floated away:

"Next, let's go there and take a look."

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On the Merry, Sanji opened the door of his room

He looked up at the dazzling sunlight in the sky and couldn't help but sigh:

“I feel like I slept for a long time.”

At this moment, an excited voice sounded from a distance:

"Sanji, you finally went out!"

Sanji looked in the direction of the voice and saw Luffy rushing towards him with shining eyes.

He was still shouting:

"Sanji I'm hungry! I want to eat meat!!!"

It looks as if he has been hungry for a long time.

This made Sanji's face turn pale again.

If I get hit by Luffy, I'm afraid I'll have to lie in bed for a few days.

Fortunately, someone took action.

"Luffy stop!!!"

Chopper transformed into an orc form and stood in front of Sanji, stopping Luffy.

"Sanji is only just getting better, I still need to check him out, you idiot!"

After a moment, Chopper breathed a sigh of relief and said to Sanji and Luffy beside him:

"It's all right now. You can move freely from now on."

Hearing this, Sanji also smiled.

The sudden teleportation by Bai Ye before made his body, which had never been sick before, become extremely weak.

Although after diagnosis, he had only exhausted his physical strength and also took Bai Ye's medicine.

But I still had to lie in the room for two whole days before I recovered.

"Sanji! I want..."

Luffy shouted again, but this time he was interrupted by Sanji's kick before he could finish.

"Got it. I'll cook."

"But only after I finish making dessert for Nami-san and Robin-san."

"what?"

"Don't follow me, you idiot, the kitchen will leave you empty-handed!!!"

...

Seeing Sanji and Luffy leaving while bickering, Chopper breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, Sanji was the last one to get a good rest.

After that teleportation, Byakuya just felt a little weak in the legs, and Luffy was fine after a good sleep.

Even Zoro recovered after a day's sleep.

Sanji lay in bed for two days, which made Chopper very nervous at one point.

Now it seems that it is really like what Bai Ye said:

[It's not a big problem, it's just kidney deficiency. ]

"It seems that I still have a lot to learn."

As he spoke, Chopper looked up in the direction of the observation room.

There were two people standing side by side.

It was Bai Ye and Zoro.

Because Zoro needed to rest, the "culprit" Bai Ye took over his job.

This was also the first time that the two of them officially took over.

However, Zoro seemed to have something to say to Bai Ye.

"That Aokiji, he didn't use his full strength, did he?"

Zoro said.

Bai Ye was not at all surprised when he heard this.

Whether it was the feelings from that battle or the meaning behind what Aokiji said after the battle.

All of this illustrates the point.

So Bai Ye nodded and replied:

"That's right. He's the one who has the ability of the Natural Ice Fruit. It took him countless years to develop the fruit."

"That's not even counting the top-level two-color Haki, and the excellent navy taijutsu. How could he only have that much ability?"

After hearing Bai Ye's answer, Zoro nodded and stopped talking, as if he had expected it. However, after getting the accurate answer, he seemed a little disappointed.

"No need to belittle yourself."

Seeing Zoro's expression, Bai Ye couldn't help but say:

"You are only 19 years old. There are very few people of your age with your strength."

"It's good to have a goal, but you have to know that Aokiji is already the guy standing at the top of this ocean."

"He is 47 years old and has 28 more years of training time than you."

"Moreover, the Navy spent a huge amount of resources and time to train him."

Bai Ye felt a little regretful at this time. He was afraid that because he revealed the world's top combat power to Zoro too early, Zoro would begin to doubt himself.

This made his mouth dry.

"so......"

"I once made a vow - to a very important girl."

However, before Bai Ye could finish speaking, Zoro interrupted him and started telling his own story.

"That is a vow that I must fulfill even if it costs me my life!"

Zoro looked straight ahead, but his eyes were a little dazed.

At this moment, a forest seemed to appear in front of him.

In a clearing in the woods.

There was a little boy with green hair standing opposite a girl with short hair.

The little boy held a wooden sword and tears burst out of his eyes.

He shouted loudly--