One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 71 XX Fruit, X Doesn’t Eat It

After one hour.

Everyone stood at the bow of the boat, staring blankly at the strangely shaped island in front of them.

They were swept here by the ocean current, and it seemed that this island was the center of the vortex ocean current.

There is nothing special about the outskirts of the island. There are lush vegetation and some coconut trees scattered here and there.

But in the center of the island, there is a huge stone mountain rising from the ground, like the trunk of a towering ancient tree, and also shaped like an ant nest. The bottom circle is densely packed with many diamond-shaped entrances.

The whole structure is hundreds of meters high, reaching into the sky, which is spectacular.

"What are you doing here?" Xia Nuo was bewildered. "Is this still the East China Sea?"

"Even I have never heard of such a place in the East China Sea."

Zhepu also shook his head and sighed, "But that's normal. The ocean is so vast. Apart from the sea areas with dense shipping routes, there are many such rarely seen deserted islands everywhere."

"Anyway, let's go ashore and explore first!"

Nojigo was in high spirits, opening his arms to embrace the sea breeze. "Let's go, brother! A place like this might hold some treasure buried hundreds of years ago!"

Xia Nuo nodded. He was also curious about the island, and the bright spot on the radar had changed from green to yellow as it approached the island.

This meant that he was lucky. The devil fruit wasn't floating on the sea somewhere, but was most likely on this island...

"I still need to figure out how to escape this swirling current and find the pattern so I can get out..."

Kuina had a bitter face. There was a pile of large books in front of her, and she kept flipping through them. "Why don't you guys go, I'll stay here and guard the boat."

"Ah, there's plenty of food, and I don't need your time."

Nojigo pulled her up and took her arm with a smile. "Come on, let's go. It's more fun to explore together. As for guarding the boat, you're still needed, right, Yin?"

Ah Yin was lying on the statue's head, secretly gnawing at the statue's wings with her teeth. Upon hearing this, she was overjoyed and quickly turned her head around, shielding her back with her body, and nodding her head desperately with her tongue out.

"But..." Kuina looked at Shanuo for help, but the latter smiled and pursed his lips, indicating that Nokigo should increase his strength.

He knew what Kuina was thinking, and was obviously curious and wanted to follow her to the island to wander around.

It's just that the swordsman girl is too honest. She always feels that it is her responsibility that the boat went astray. She feels guilty and wants to find a way to make up for it.

The more this happens, the more we cannot let her stay here alone and continue to waste time.

Kuina was "reluctantly" dragged ashore. After Shanuo said to Yin, "If I come back and see that your wings have fallen off, I will stab you," he also got off the boat and led a group of people to the entrance of the ant nest in the center of the island.

He consciously walked in front to lead the way.

The thorny jungle was ignored, and the sharp thorns scratched the skin like an itch, but he just trampled out a path.

……

About half an hour later, several people successfully entered the interior of the ant nest-shaped stone mountain.

The space inside was even wider than expected, as if the entire stone mountain had been hollowed out. Not long after walking, the skylight came down, and a huge ship that was hundreds of meters long suddenly appeared in front of everyone, surprising them greatly.

There's actually a ship inside this rocky mountain? And it's so huge?

Who knows how many years this ship has been stranded here. The mast is broken, leaving only the base, and the hull wood has long been rotten, as if it would be blown away by the wind if blown hard.

"I'll go up and have a look."

Xia Nuo stepped on the sea dragon-like head with his Moon Steps. Looking around, he found that there were several giant ships of similar size in the distance. They were also seriously damaged and seemed to have experienced a fierce battle.

Being in it, I felt as small as an ant.

"Ok?"

He suddenly noticed that underneath the head of the thief was a rusty, broken giant sword that was at least twenty or thirty meters long. Even with his physique, it took him a little effort to pull it out with one hand.

"This kind of ship doesn't look like it's driven by humans, it looks more like it's driven by giants."

The others followed them onto the ship. Kuina looked up at the giant sword in Shano's hand and recalled the past. "I saw a record in one of my father's books. Many years ago, there was a group of giant pirates from Elbaf. They were rampant in the Grand Line and were famous far and wide."

"The rumor has it that their ship was like this, extremely large. But later, for some unknown reason, it suddenly disappeared..."

"That's mainly because the two captains of the Giant Pirates started fighting for no apparent reason, and the fight lasted for hundreds of years."

Shanuo shook his head speechlessly and casually put the giant sword back in place. "The battle is still going on, on an island called Little Garden in the Grand Line."

"A small garden?"

Zhepu was stunned. "I've heard of this name before when I was traveling the Grand Line. But I heard that there were giant goldfish the size of islands there that would devour passing ships, so I deliberately chose other routes to avoid it. So, are there still giants on that island from a hundred years ago?"

"So, how about we change our route this time and go take a look?"

Nokigo's eyes lit up. "I haven't seen a living giant yet. Uncle Zhepu, don't you want to see it with your own eyes?"

"Of course I want to go. Otherwise, what's the point of taking the same route again?"

Zhepu grinned widely. His current strength was even greater than his peak back then, and with a complete monster like Shanuo as his captain, what was there to fear from the giant goldfish?
"Then go!"

Shanuo made the decision immediately. He was simply curious about how much the oversized wool from the two legendary giants was worth.

"But let's focus on the present first. Everyone, spread out and look around. This kind of magical place might actually contain treasures from a hundred years ago."

"Yes, Captain!"

……

Several people started to act separately.

Several hours passed by unknowingly. These giant ships were indeed too big for humans, and searching them was really time-consuming and laborious.

However, gradually, everyone has gained something.

Zhepu went straight to the kitchen and was surprised and delighted to find some well-sealed liquor;

Kuina, on the other hand, dug out many strange and bizarre books and bound them up carefully;

Shanuo was the busiest. He walked through the crew's rooms one by one, searching for devil fruits while testing the items he encountered along the way.

This one can't be sacrificed, and this one can't be sacrificed either. So annoying! This ship is really disappointing. It can't be the vehicle Loki used to ride on...

the other side.

"call!"

Nojigao carried a treasure chest on one shoulder, held on to the edge of the hole with his left hand, returned to the deck from the bottom cabin, and threw the treasure chest to the ground.

"There's plenty of light now."

She wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "It's hidden so deep, I almost missed it. It seems that the things inside are very valuable!"

Boo!
An ugly strange bird with a wingspan of four or five meters flew in from somewhere, opened its huge mouth, and tried to swallow the treasure chest in one gulp.

"Get out of here, weird bird!" Noki raised his fist fiercely, threateningly, "I found this first!"

The strange bird remained unmoved and continued to fly forward, but suddenly noticed something in the middle of the flight. It suddenly became frightened and turned around, flapping its wings and fleeing.

"This is so true."

Nojigo thought he had scared the bird away, and watched the strange bird fly away with a smile.

Then he put on metal boxing gloves and punched with his backhand, easily knocking off the copper lock on the treasure chest.

She opened the lid of the box, but to her disappointment, there were no glittering treasures inside, only a fruit with a unique shape.

It's shaped a bit like a pineapple, but it's orange-red and covered with all sorts of spiral patterns that look like flames...

"This is?"

Noqi held it high in front of her eyes, and the more she looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.

She immediately turned around and yelled, "Brother! Where are you?! Come over and check, is this a devil fruit?!!!"

"Devil Fruit?"

Xia Nuo's surprised voice came from a distance, "Is it at your place? Stay still, I'll come over and take a look!"

"Ok!"

Nokiko knew how precious the devil fruit was, so he just sat there quietly holding the fruit and waiting.

The next second, her ears suddenly twitched, and she vaguely heard the sound of breaking wind coming from the far right behind her, but the voice of Xia Nuo's reply just now was not from this direction...

Is there anyone else here?

Nojigo was immediately alert and stood up to look back, only to see a giant silver wolf rushing towards them with great enthusiasm.

"No, Yin!" She quickly turned the fruit behind her, "Don't eat this thing carelessly!"

"Ouch!"

Ah Yin glanced at the fruit and turned his head away with disdain. It wasn't a strawberry, so he didn't want it!
Nojigao then realized that he had misunderstood Yin's intention. Why was this guy so excited?
"It seems that you scared away that strange bird just now! But Yin, why did you come here instead of staying on the shore to guard the boat? Do you have some good news to tell me?"

She looked at Yin in front of her curiously.

"Ow!"

Yin nodded vigorously, grinning happily and pointing behind Nojigo.

Behind me?
Nojigo turned his head in confusion, but didn't see the second figure at all.

Before she knew it, a slender figure with orange hair had crept up to her feet, circled into her blind spot, and then proudly stretched out its claws towards the devil fruit in her hand...

Thanks to 08a, Wucaiwucai, and Burudao for the tips. I worked overtime last night and wrote a few more chapters. I will update two chapters together today. I'm begging for a monthly ticket~
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