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

Chapter 93 You are wrong, Roger's ship doctor!
"Am I dreaming?"

Nami murmured, tears welling up in her eyes as she clutched Shanuo's arm again, "Brother, I'm still alive, right? This isn't something you'd only see after ascending to heaven, right?"

But how could there be another world inside the whale's belly? It doesn't make sense!

"Here, look carefully..."

Xia Nuo pointed to the dome and explained to the crew, "It's a semicircular arch on top. The blue sky and white clouds are all fake, painted on."

Everyone looked over there.

Sure enough, although the blue sky and white clouds look very realistic, the clouds do not move at all. If you look closely, you can see traces of ink wrinkles in some places.

"What about the ocean?"

Kuina opened her arms in confusion. "Such a vast ocean, could it be drawn?"

"It's stomach acid."

A faint voice came from the side.

Everyone turned their heads.

Just then they saw a small sampan slowly floating past from the left, and the old man on it glanced at them expressionlessly.

This old man's hair looked like flower petals, he wore a fancy tropical-style shirt, and on his shoulder was a giant syringe that was taller and thicker than him...

"Be careful not to fall in," the old man said. "Ordinary people can't last long in there. They'll be corroded and turned into skeletons."

"Hey, uncle!"

Nami shouted hurriedly, "Don't leave so quickly, we are still in the stomach of the whale, right? But how did it become like this? Where can we get out?!"

"How rude."

The old man stopped the sampan and frowned at Nami. "Who brought this kid here? Shouldn't he introduce himself before asking someone's name?"

"That's true, sorry." Nami scratched her head a little embarrassedly, "My name is Na..."

"I'm Kulokas, the lighthouse keeper at Gemini Cape. I'm sixty-seven years old, my blood type is AB, and I'm a Gemini," the old man said calmly.

"You're the one being rude!!"

Nami's forehead veins bulged, and she snarled with her fangs, "At least let me finish what I'm saying, you old bastard! Believe it or not, I'll burn your bird-feather hair off!"

Hiss! As she got angry, a ball of orange flames immediately burst out from her orange hair, burning with a whoosh.

"Hmm? A devil fruit?"

Kurokus glanced at it in surprise. "Don't use this kind of power carelessly. It could kill someone if you're not careful."

"Killing someone?"

Nami was stunned and subconsciously retracted the flames. "Are there any side effects?"

"I mean it will kill me." Kurokas pointed at himself.

"It's you!!" Everyone was stunned.

"No, old man."

Nami couldn't stand it any longer and said angrily, "As the lighthouse keeper here, do you talk to everyone like this? There are a lot of bad-tempered pirates in here, right? You are really amazing to be alive and well!"

"It's nothing for ordinary pirates."

Kukaros glanced at Shano and said, "But I'm a little afraid of you. After all, you're a pirate with a bounty of 180 million berries, even though you haven't even entered the Grand Line. I'm the only one like you in decades."

"Pirates? We are not pirates, we are an adventure group!"

Nami corrected him first, then looked at Shanuo, immediately feeling proud and laughing, "Brother, did you hear that? You're really famous now, you can even intimidate the old man on the Grand Line!"

"Listen to his nonsense."

Shanuo leaned on the railing, looking at Kurokas with interest:

"How could a legend like him, who had experienced countless great events in his time, be frightened by me... Come to think of it, don't you think his self-introduction sounds familiar? That was the name of Roger's ship's doctor back then."

Roger?

This old man, wearing a beach suit and flip-flops, looks inconspicuous, but he is actually the doctor on the Pirate King's ship?
Everyone was stunned, and then screamed:

"Eh--?!"

"Does anyone still remember an insignificant old immortal like me?"

Crocus looked at Shano in surprise. "Over the years, none of the pirates who passed by here, clamoring to inherit Roger's legacy, recognized me. Oh, there were two little guys, but they've been acquaintances for a long time, so they can't be considered..."

He looked up at the white flag flying on the mast and said, "Just now you said you were adventurers, not pirates? Now I believe you."

boom!
The dull crashing sound of the mountain suddenly came from outside again.

Along with the wailing, the entire dome was suddenly filled with howling winds and surging waves.

"I almost delayed the important matter."

Kurokas shook his head and pointed at the huge syringe on his shoulder. "Follow me. I'll explain your doubts while I'm busy."

…………

click -

As the huge syringe pierced the pink flesh wall and the sedative inside was consumed, Lab, who was crashing into the red earth continent, gradually calmed down.

The stomach, which was originally turbulent, became calm.

"...Anyway, ever since then, it's been screaming at Upside-Down Mountain and relentlessly crashing into the Red Earth Continent. Even though I've tried to persuade it numerous times, it still refuses to accept reality."

Kurokas put down the empty syringe in his hand and calmly finished the last part.

"...Wow, no wonder there are so many scars on your head. You keep banging your head like that. I guess you just want to see your friends..."

The three girls with low tear points were about to burst into tears. Even Zhepu hid aside, lit a cigarette, and looked up at the fake sky on the dome.

"Gin." Nami hugged Silver Wolf's legs and said sadly, "If we are forced to separate in the future, will you also stay here at Upside Down Mountain and keep banging your head against the Red Earth Continent? If that day really comes, promise me that you won't be so stupid, okay?"

"Ouch!" Yin rolled his eyes.

You are the stupid one, right?
I'm so small, can't I just take a boat and get across?
"..." Xia Nuo was thinking quietly on the side. He had cried many years ago, so this time he was only slightly sad for a while and quickly came to his senses.

He stroked his chin, pondering the details of Kurokas's words.

I didn't notice it when I read the comics, but now I suddenly realize it.

"Uncle."

Shanuo couldn't help but ask, "You mean, Lab was just quietly staying at the foot of Upside-Down Mountain until you told it that the Rumbar Pirates had abandoned it and withdrawn from the Grand Line, and then it started to crash into the Red Earth Continent?"

"That's it."

Crocus sighed, "Although the Grand Line is indeed a terrifying place that scares away many pirates every year, humans are just that kind of creatures. They are cowardly, treacherous, and forgetful of their promises. In many cases, they are no better than a whale..."

"But what if I tell you that the Rumba Pirates didn't abandon it?" Shano shrugged. "Then Lab was in such a state because you misled him, didn't you?"

"...?"

Crocus was stunned, then said decisively, "Impossible! I personally went to gather information back then, and confirmed it from multiple sources. Several people saw the Rumbar Pirates' ship escape from the Calm Belt with their own eyes."

"But you didn't see it with your own eyes, did you?"

Shanuo frowned, "And have you ever considered that if the Rumbar Pirates were truly cowardly and didn't dare to continue exploring the Grand Line, and chose to break their promise and flee, why would they dare to take Wufeng away?"

"That pirate group, made up of musicians, dreams of touring the world and making all crying children smile. They don't have any exceptionally powerful individuals, do they? Taking a whole shipload of people to the Calm Belt, isn't that just courting death?"

"..."

Kurokus froze in place, his pupils suddenly constricting.

He suddenly realized that he had never really thought about this problem.

Before being invited on board by Roger, he was already a powerful man with outstanding strength and medical skills.

Later, he accompanied Roger on his journey around the world, met many top warriors whose names were recorded in history, and witnessed countless major events that shook the ocean.

As my horizons broaden, I become numb to many things.

Naturally, I never took crossing the doldrums seriously again.

Can……

Just as Shano said.

If the Rumbar Pirates, who had never even set foot in the New World, fled Paradise out of cowardice, where did they get the strength and confidence to dare to go to the more dangerous Calm Belt?

"What the hell is going on? Among those who saw the Rumbar Pirates' whereabouts, the others are fine, but there's one old friend who I trust..."

"The Rumbar Pirates' ship has indeed entered the doldrums."

Shanuo shook his head and said softly, "But that was because Captain Yorkie and a small group of people were infected with the plague. Yorkie didn't want to implicate his companions, so he handed command to Second Captain Brooke and let them drive the new ship and continue to carry their dreams forward. He took the old ship and let it drift into the doldrums to fend for itself."

"So, what about the people on the new ship?"

"They are all dead. They were attacked in the Devil's Triangle and their entire army was annihilated. However, Brook ate the Yomiuri Fruit, as you know, so he is still alive in the form of a skeleton. However, due to some special reasons, he is trapped in that sea area."

Everyone was listening intently.

Finally, Kuina couldn't help herself and poked Shanuo's waist quietly: "Captain, how do you know so much?"

"Remember, I mentioned to you that the red-haired Shanks who just became the Four Emperors has some old acquaintance with me."

Xia Nuo said casually, thinking that he could use this as an excuse for any unclear explanation in the future. "He mentioned it to me when we were drinking and chatting in the Kingdom of Goa."

So that’s why the captain acted like he knew it a long time ago when he heard Lab’s story before. Kuina suddenly understood.

the other side.

Snapped.

After hearing what Shanuo said, the empty syringe in Kurokas's hand fell to the ground.

He also staggered back a few steps, his face turning pale in an instant.

"It makes sense now. Now it all makes sense..."

"That's it, that's it!"

I recalled the scene at sunset that day when the group of musicians solemnly entrusted the labe to me.

Kurokus's eyes turned red, tears rolled down his cheeks, and he slapped his face fiercely.

"I wronged Yorkie and Brook! I'm such a fool! Idiot! Idiot! I didn't think twice and didn't even check the ship's condition myself. That's why they suffered so much... Wait, no, Lab, Lab..."

"Hey--Labb!!!!"

The old man's face suddenly changed drastically. He raised his head in fear and shouted with all his strength:

"Did you hear what we said? Stop it! Please, stop!"

woo-

A long mournful wail sounded outside, and the entire stomach space trembled violently, and the fake blue sky on the dome began to crack layer by layer from the middle.

"What on earth is this--" Nami just shouted out when she was blown away by the bumpy waves and hit the mast. She hurriedly hugged herself to avoid falling into the sea of ​​stomach acid.

"It's committing suicide!" Kulokas roared at the top of his lungs, tears streaming down his face. "Labu has finally accepted reality and knows his companions are dead! He's given up on crossing the Red Earth Continent and is determined to crash himself to death on Upside-Down Mountain!"

"But didn't my brother also say that Brooke is still alive?"

Nami was furious and hurriedly put her hands together to her mouth, making a trumpet shape and yelling,

"Lab! Can you hear me? Didn't you hear what I said last? Brook, the one you're most reluctant to leave and the one you're closest to, is still in the Grand Line! We can take you to find him. Don't be like this, you big fool, do you hear me!!!"

She tried her best to scream, but her words fell on deaf ears and there was no response.

Lab was still crashing into Upside Down Mountain in a suicidal frenzy.

The shaking and turbulence in the stomach space became more and more intense.

The dome above had completely collapsed and deformed, revealing the true appearance of the pink flesh wall. Large chunks of rock fell down with a loud bang, and the scene was like the end of the world.

"go!"

Kurokas suddenly stumbled to his feet and rushed madly to the valve controlling the outlet. He used all his strength to twist it open as quickly as possible.

"Hurry! Just now, Lab was only able to hear because the tranquilizer was still taking effect. Now the noise inside is too loud, and the sound can't reach his ears at all. We have to rush outside and stop him immediately!"

"Is it too late?"

Nami immediately started to drive the End towards the opening iron gate, but at this speed... She bit her lip tightly, she was really scared. She was afraid that when she finally returned to the sea, all she would see was blood floating everywhere and a huge island whale corpse.

But, at this moment...

“Yo ho ho… Yo ho ho~”

“Yo ho ho… Yo ho ho~”

A melodious and cheerful familiar music suddenly sounded, making everyone startled.

“What is this...?!” Kurokas also turned his head suddenly, turbid tears still hanging on his face.

The music came from somewhere and continued to play.

At first, the volume was normal, but soon it grew louder and louder, rising high into the sky and reverberating beneath the entire dome, even causing fine ripples on the surging sea of ​​stomach acid.

“Yo ho ho… Yo ho ho~”

“Yo ho ho… Yo ho ho~”

(End of this chapter)