One Piece: Fist of the World-Chapter 67: Crocus and Laboon the Whale

A Fortuitous Harvest

"How was the harvest?" A moment later, Rhodes and Robin walked out of the captain's room. Rhodes was holding a small box and looked very satisfied.

"That's impossible!" Nia kicked something on the ground. They were all worthless things, and it would be a waste of space to take them back.

"Then!" Rhodes threw the box in his hand to Nia.

"So much money!" Nia let out a scream as she casually opened the box.

"This Machete Borgman is the kind of pirate captain who would take all the wealth into his own hands," Robin explained.

"We've finished snatching, let's go back!" After taking a look at what Law and his friends had collected, Rhodes took the lead and walked off the ship towards the Polaris. Nia followed Rhodes happily, holding the small box, while Law and Bepo carried the two boxes they had collected.

"We are going to carry the boxes back to our pirate ship, right, two ship doctors?" Robin looked at Law and Bepo and gave a kind smile. "Can I help you?"

"No need." Law was still somewhat wary of the woman who had so quickly joined their crew.

Two ships' doctors? Am I also a ship's doctor? Bepo looked at the woman who had just become their partner and immediately felt a liking for her!

"Although you are a newcomer, you seem too weak. Let us, your seniors, handle this matter."

"You are very cute, Mr. White Bear Doctor." Looking at the big, furry white bear, Robin smiled slightly.

"Heh heh~~" Hearing the other party's praise, Bepo blushed and touched his head embarrassedly.

Even cuter! Robin's eyes narrowed.

Confronting the Lighthouse Keeper

"Boss Rhodes!" As soon as Rhodes stepped off the pirate ship, Penguin and Shachi rushed to him.

"It seems that you have trained your abilities quite well."

"Of course!"

"We're just waiting for a big hit!"

"Next time there must be a grand bounty!"

"If there hadn't been a bounty on our head, that old man Wolf would probably have laughed at us behind our backs."

"There will be such an opportunity." Rhodes glanced at the group of pirates piled there who had completely lost consciousness and nodded with satisfaction.

"Boom boom, it's so noisy!" A voice suddenly came, followed by a strong old man with gray hair and a red flower on his head, walking over from the lighthouse.

"What a bunch of rude little brats!"

"Sorry..." Bepo apologized in a second.

"Don't be such a wimp, Bepo!" Penguin slapped Bepo on the back. "Why are you so fierce? Do you want to fight, old man?"

"Fighting?" The visitor frowned slightly, and his serious face made Penguin's heart skip a beat.

"It'll kill people!"

"Dead?" Penguin had a serious expression, his eyes full of determination. He leaned forward, stepped back, and assumed a fighting stance. That alone wouldn't scare him. He was the one who had decided to do something spectacular with Boss Rhodes and had long since disregarded life and death.

"I won't die here!"

"Yes, I will die!"

"So it's you who will die!" The mood that Penguin had originally prepared was instantly destroyed.

"Really? If that's the case, then stop scaring me!"

"Who are you?" Putting away his preparations for battle, Penguin asked the old man in front of him.

"It's polite to give your own name before asking for someone else's name."

"Now that I think about it... I am——" freёnovelkiss.com

"My name is Crocus. I'm the lighthouse keeper at Twin Capes. I'm 67 years old, Gemini, and have AB blood type." Before Penguin could speak, Crocus introduced himself.

"You old man, you are really annoying!" Penguin felt his temper had become a little worse, perhaps because of eating the Bomb-Bomb Fruit. Now I feel like a bomb that is about to be ignited.

"You are pirates who have just arrived at the Grand Line." Crocus glanced at Rhodes and his group without changing his expression. "He's really full of energy. He made a mess of this place right after he arrived." The abilities of Penguin and Shachi's fruits destined their fighting styles to be spectacular.

"We are sorry to disturb you. Let us treat you to a meal!" Rhodes smiled at Crocus. This is the Pirate King's ship doctor! There is something fishy! Looking at the smile on Rhodes's face, Law's heart skipped a beat. Whenever he smiles like this, he is planning something.

"Penguin, go see if there's any food on the pirate group over there, and bring some down. Also, bring their chef over!"

"What a funny little devil!"

Laboon's Promise

After a while, everyone sat together, looking at the various delicacies on the table in front of them, and couldn't help but swallow. How long has it been since they had eaten such delicious food! Looking at the delicious food in front of him, Rhodes felt an idea in his mind. This chef seems to be pretty good! No, forget it. After taking a look at the bearded man with short legs and a thick neck who was still cooking at the stove, Rhodes gave up the idea. You can't beat this chef at first glance! It's definitely not because of his appearance!

"So!" Rhodes raised his glass. "To celebrate our successful entry into the Grand Line, the addition of new partners, and the meeting of new friends, cheers!!"

"Cheers!!" Looking at Rhodes and his group eating and drinking heartily, the tied-up Machete Borgman felt secretly resentful. Everything they ate and drank was brought down from their own boat! Even the chef!

"By the way, what's going on with this whale?" After three rounds of drinks, Nia couldn't help but ask. While everyone was drinking, she noticed that Crocus often looked at the huge whale.

"His name is Laboon!" Crocus put down his cup and told everyone the story about Laboon. This was an island whale that followed a pirate group from the West Blue into the Grand Line fifty years ago. Because the Grand Line was too dangerous, he was left behind at the Twin Capes by his companions, and both parties agreed that after traveling around the Grand Line, they would come back to pick him up. However, 50 years later, Laboon the whale still hadn't waited for his companions to arrive. So he crashed into the Red Line day after day, hoping to return to the West Blue and reunite with his friends.

"What a touching story!" After listening to Laboon's story, Genos lit a cigarette, and a hint of tenderness flashed in his eyes.

"Woof woof~~" Cici jumped into Genos's arms, cried a few times, and licked his face, as if she understood the story.

"If he keeps crashing into the Red Line like this, he will die." Genos put out the cigarette in his hand with his bare hands, stood up, and walked towards Laboon.

"What does he want to do?" Nia looked at Genos's back, puzzled.

Rhodes seemed to have guessed something. He lay back in the chair and watched Genos walk towards Laboon. "Some people say that the best way to get out of a relationship is to get into another one."

"What kind of scumbag quotes are these!"

"Oh my, I didn't expect you to be this kind of person, Mr. Captain!" Nia and Robin both started to complain at the same time, then they looked at each other, inexplicably in sync.

"Don't accuse me of anything. I didn't say that." Rhodes waved his hand in denial. "I'm just saying what Genos wants to do."

"Hey! Laboon, huh?" Genos walked up to Laboon and shouted at him. "Let's make a promise that our captain will surpass the Pirate King and become the most powerful man on this ocean! We will circle the Grand Line and reunite here with you. Don't hit the Red Line again before we circle the Grand Line and come back here!"

Laboon's eyes moved and looked at Genos, but there was no immediate reaction.

"Hahahaha, you can't do that!" Rhodes laughed, stood up, walked to Genos, and patted his shoulder. "Let me tell you something, Genos." Rhodes held out his fist. "In this ocean, if you want others to listen to your opinions seriously, the first thing you need to do is to convince them!"