334 334. Planning

After exploring the island for hours, the Clown Pirates return to their ship. A day isn't enough to explore this island completely though as it's big. A medium-sized island like this is enough to build a Kingdom as big as Dressrosa, after all.

Everyone returns to the ship and shares the information they get. Most of them found the gigantic creatures and ruins of the ancient civilization. They also found some treasures like Enel, but only he found the giant worm.

"Hmm, it seems there are many of those giant creatures deeper in the forest. They all also seem strong and they don't just live on the ground. They also live in the sky and even underground," says Buggy.

"What should we do about them?" asks Deon.

"What do you mean what should we do? They are our food supplies, so we will hunt them," says Enel while grinning.

"You just want to find treasures in their bodies just like that worm," says Magnus.

Enel clicks his tongue because he gets exposed immediately.

"If we plan to make them our food supplies, then we need to hunt them responsibly. No one wants to run out of food while being trapped on this kind of island, right?" asks Mantis.

Everyone nods and Buggy says, "Then only kill them when we need their meat. When we still have meat, we will just use them as our sparring partners. You all know that they are stronger than any animal we've ever seen. Even pirates with bounties higher than 100 million might not be able to win against those creatures. So they are perfect partners for our training in these 6 months. Don't get killed and don't kill them unless it's necessary."

"Sounds good, that means we'll hunt tomorrow, right?" asks Enel excitedly.

"Unfortunately no, we will explore the island again. Our focus right now is exploring the whole island first before we do other things," says Buggy.

"What? But we need food, right?" asks Enel.

"We still have a lot of supplies, and the worm meat that you killed is edible. In fact, it is one of the best meat that I've ever tasted," says Mantis happily.

Ruff has a dark face and asks, "Really? Worm meat? We'll eat a worm?"

"Can't be picky with our food, mate. We need to eat anything that can be eaten to survive in a place like this. Also, you know that we can't waste food. Someone really hates it, after all," says Cricket while smirking.

Ruff gulps when he hears that and he looks at Mantis who stares dagger at him. As a cook, she really hates wasting food, and she will discipline those who waste food. That's why she always serves small portions so everyone can finish them, then those who still want more can ask.

Now that she knows the worm meat is edible, she won't waste it. Ruff can only accept being served worm meat for the meal from now on. But Mantis isn't that heartless, so she will serve the normal meat in their remaining supplies for those who can't eat the worm.

"Well, food aside, we also found something else. Palu, you've checked the wood, right?" asks Buggy.

"Of course, that's the first thing I did," says Palu excitedly.

"The wood? What's with the wood?" asks Brook confusedly, followed by the others' confused gaze.

"The wood here is very hard, harder than almost every wood. Maybe only Adam wood is harder than it. I've tried to hit the tree with my strongest attack, but I couldn't break it completely. I could only break around 3 meters of the wood," says Palu.

Now everyone widens their eyes in surprise. They know Palu's strength, he is the 3rd strongest in the crew, after all. So the fact that he could only do that much damage is surprising. Someone who could level a mountain with some hits couldn't even break a tree.

Then Buggy makes them even more surprised when he tells them that he also couldn't break the tree. He just used his physical power, but it is still shocking because he is still the strongest in the crew even with just his physical power.

"Do you have a plan with that wood?" asks Manba.

"Yeah, we'll replace every wood on our ship except for Adam. We'll make Black Pearl stronger than any ship in the world," says Buggy while smirking.

"Even that ship?" asks Jude.

"What ship? Pluton? Well, why not?" asks Buggy while smirking.

"What an ambitious plan, I like it," says Cricket while grinning, followed by everyone else.

The crew has seen Pluton which actually is hidden in Wano. They didn't enter it though and just looked from outside. But that ship is really impressive. Palu even called it a moving fortress just by looking at its exterior.

Palu wanted to enter it actually, and Oden allowed it. But Buggy forbid anyone to enter that ship, so none of the crew members enter it. Buggy was also curious about Pluton, but he never desired it, he was already satisfied that he could see it.

Pluton is said to be the best ship as it still can threaten the WG just by existing for 800 years. But for Buggy, the best ship is the one that he & his crew build themselves. Besides, with Buggy's ideas from Earth and Ruff's genius brain, the Black Pearl can have the strongest weapons in the world.

After talking for an hour, they agree to start all their plans after they finish exploring the island. They are explorers, so they prefer doing exploration before work. It will also make their daily lives easier when they stay here for the next 6 months.

In their exploration, they move carefully to not provoke the giant creatures. Even so, the creatures will still find them from time to time. So they fight against the creatures every once in a while, but they avoid killing, they just focus on expelling those creatures.

The giant creatures here are like small animals that grow into giants. So far, they've found a giant worm, weasel, snake that should be a small species, rabbit, squirrel, and chicken. Those creatures were normally small and they haven't met any creatures that are normally big like an elephant or giraffe, not even a cow.

Anyway, they finish their exploration after 2 weeks & 4 days. It takes longer than they thought because of the giant creatures' disturbances. But now they can finally start their main plan. Upgrading their ship, and training on the island.

Most of the stronger members and executives have adapted to the harsh weather changes. So they have discarded their astronaut suits and wear their usual clothes. Only the weaker ones are still using the suits, but they will adapt soon.

The Clowns go to the forest now to harvest some trees. They need many people to carry the trees and process them before Palu can use them. These trees are very big and hard, after all, so they all need to work.

The first thing they do is check which trees they can use. They check the trees by attacking the trees' lower parts. Although all the trees here look the same, there might be some that aren't as strong as they want.

Luckily they do it because they found some weak trees. And after some inspections, they find out that these weak trees are different from the hard ones. So not every tree in this forest is a super hard tree.

After selecting the trees as best as they can, The Clown Pirates take the tree closer to their ship. They have cleared the area so that it can be used to work. A massive building with only pillars and a roof also stands there to protect the woods from the weather changes.

Buggy cuts the softer woods that won't be used and Palu's team built this massive building using those woods. Now, the gigantic super hard trees are placed under the roof. After 3 days of work, they get 30 of these gigantic super hard trees which are enough to make a few ships.

"Why'd we need this many?" asks Enel.

"You'll know soon. For now, work together with Jude to dry these things," says Buggy.

Enel sighs before going to work with Jude. They use their lightning and ash to raise the temperature and evaporate the water in the woods. Jude's ash doesn't just make the water evaporate by heating the ash, but it also absorbs the excess water, making the drying process faster.

The others don't just stay idle, they make fire around the giant woods to raise the temperature. It takes a week of continuous work for them to dry the wood completely. They need the wood to be very dry for the plan, after all.

Buggy smirks when he sees the dry woods, "Then, shall we start it?"

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