Chapter 18: The Island Of Rare Animals

It turns out that Luffy thinks too much, except for the strange uncle who is connected with the treasure chest and a group of strange animals on the uninhabited island.

After all, the island is not an isolated island. On the contrary, the island's reputation is quite famous in East Blue. After so many years, I don't know how many treasure hunters have logged onto this island. Even if the island really had treasures, they were discovered and taken away many years ago.

Originally, Nami was quite excited when he heard that there might be treasures on this island. After leaving Zoro, who was sleeping on the boat, she went to the island with Luffy, but after Luffy opened the empty treasure chest, Nami instantly lost interest in going and looking around the island.

However, Luffy is still very curious about the uncle named Gaimon, who grows together with the treasure chest for 20 years, which is too strange. Can't it break the chest even if it falls from a slightly higher place? Or this uncle ate a Paramecia • Box-Box Fruit?

After looking around the island, Luffy returned to the shore, where the boat was. Because it was a little late, according to Nami, it was difficult to tell the direction at night. So they spend the night on the island with Uncle Gaimon and leave tomorrow at dawn.

After a night of silence, the three of them said goodbye to Uncle Gaimon and set off towards Syrup Village.

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"We didn't expect to encounter a pirate ship here. Look at the logo on the pirate flag—is it the Black Cat Pirates?" The three of them could already see the island of Syrup Village, but a pirate ship with a pirate flag appeared not far from them.

"Black Cat Pirates? It is said that their previous captain, Kuro, was caught and executed three years ago." for the Black Cat Pirates, since childhood, Naturally, Zoro and Nami, who grew up in East Blue, have heard of it.

"That's right, and the one who caught Kuro was the Marine Captain named Morgan that I fought before, and I heard that he became Marine Captain because he captured Kuro." Luffy said with a sneer.

"Oh? listening to your tone, there seems to be something wrong." Zoro asked curiously, noticing Luffy's sneer.

Nami, on the side, also looked at Luffy. She always felt that Luffy seemed to know a lot of things that others didn't know, just like the Buggy Pirates they met before, and Shanks mentioned by Luffy made Nami feel a little familiar, but she just can't remember where she heard it.

"Do you really think with the brain and arrogant character that Morgan showed before, he can catch Kuro, who has the title of [Hundred Plans]? and it was said that he was the only one in Marines who survived at that time." Luffy looked at Zoro and asked.

Although Nami hasn't seen Morgan before because she's exchanging the treasures to berries in Shells Town, but Zoro knew Morgan.

"That means, Kuro may still be alive?" Zoro asked.

"On the opposite side is the ship of the Black Cat Pirates. Just go there and ask, and you will know everything. It just so happens that we can give up this small ship. I will take you there, and the pirates there will be handed over to you, Zoro." Luffy said and smiled slightly when he looked at the pirate ship not far away that seemed to have found them.

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"Captain, there's a small ship ahead. How about it? want to plunder it before going to Syrup Village?"

On the Black Cat Pirates, a crew member found the ship where Luffy and others were and suggested to the skinny, sandy blonde-haired man, who was wearing flamboyant clothes, and the most notable were his red, heart-shaped glasses, which disguised his heart-shaped eyes and matching eyebrows.

"Well~ that's ok. There are still a few days before the date set by Captain Kuro, he won't be in a hurry." Said by the current Captain of the Black Cat Pirates, Jango the Hypnotist.

"Cap... Captain... from... from that boat... the guy with a Straw-Hat stretched out... a very long arm."

Just as Jango agreed and the boat changed direction towards Luffy's boat, another crew member seemed to see what happened and said in a panic.

A while ago, Luffy, who was sitting on the boat in a strange posture, grabbed the railing of the Black Cat Pirates ship with his outstretched arms and flew over, while Luffy pulled his right hand to the railing. His left hand was holding Zoro's clothes, and Nami was hugging Luffy's waist tightly with her left arm, while the right hand was holding a cloth full of berries.

"Bastard Luffy, are you killing me?" At this time, Zoro, who was being held up by Luffy, was waving his body and shouting angrily, and the three of them in the air were constantly swaying left and right.

Compared to Zoro's anger, Nami seemed quite comfortable, even though the three of them kept shaking because of Zoro's constant sway. In addition to holding Luffy's waist, her face was close to Luffy's chest.

"Hold tight, I'm going to land!" Seeing that he had appeared above the Black Cat Pirate Ship, Luffy first retracted his hand holding the railing and, at the same time, threw Zoro in his left hand into the Black Cat Pirate Ship and stretched his right hand down, passing through Nami's legs and holding Nami's back with his left hand. Nami also took advantage of the situation to put her hands from Luffy's waist to Luffy's neck.

*BOOM*

*BOOM*

Luffy landed and stabilized his body, while Nami was hugged by Luffy in a princess hug. Meanwhile, Zoro, different from the smooth landing of Luffy and Nami, after being thrown by Luffy, Zoro could only curl up as much as possible because of his inability to balance his body in the air. After landing, he rolled a few times before stabilizing himself.