Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

The next morning, Torregia woke everyone up.

Everyone noticed that Toregia looked serious, and Law asked in confusion, "Master Toregia, what's wrong?"

"I checked on Nami and the others before and found that their signal was still working, but for some reason, no matter how I tried to contact them, they didn't respond."

"Eh!"

Everyone was shocked after hearing this.

“I’ve located the source of their communicator signal; it should be Zou Island. We need to get there quickly.”

"Understood!" Bartolomeo shouted. "Men, advance faster!"

After three days, the group arrived at a misty sea and discovered the Thousand Sunny in front of a tall mountain.

The group jumped on, and Bartolomeo burst into tears, "I'm so sorry, seniors, I can't sail with you anymore, boohoo!"

Several of his men also started crying.

"Alright, stop crying. I'm glad to have you guys as my crewmates," Luffy said. "Goodbye, until we meet again."

"Until we meet again, my seniors!"

Bartolomeo then left by boat with his men.

"Why is this thing so tall?" Belial asked, puzzled.

“This isn’t an island, it’s an elephant,” Luo said.

"Huh? An elephant?"

“That’s right,” Luo said. “It really is an elephant. Zou Island was built on the back of this giant elephant.”

"Then, Nami and the others should be up there."

"How are we going to get up there?" Usopp asked. "This thing is so high."

“Wait for me a moment,” Torregia said. “I’ll be right back.”

Just after Tregear left, Kanjuro said, "Gentlemen, I have a plan."

He then took out a calligraphy brush, saying, "I am a user of the 'Pen-Pen Fruit,' which allows me to draw things."

"Then why didn't you say so sooner?" Beria asked.

"However, my drawing skills are not very good, so I'm embarrassed to show them."

"Alright, hurry up."

Kanjuro waved his hand and drew a pink dragon on the floor. With a flick of his pen, a somewhat ugly yet adorable little dragon appeared before everyone.

At the same time, a roar sounded, and a yellow aircraft took off.

Torregia, aboard the aircraft, saw the dragon and asked in confusion, "What is this?"

"Wow!" Luffy and Usopp exclaimed in surprise, "Tregear, what are you...?"

"This is Victory Flying Swallow II."

"And what is this?" Toregia asked, pointing at the dragon.

After the others explained it to Toregia, he said somewhat speechlessly, "Can this thing really fly?"

"maybe."

"How about we take my Victory Flying Swallow II? It should be quick."

Luo approached the Victory Flying Swallow II, suppressing his excitement, and asked, "Master Torre, did you build this?"

"Yes."

At that moment, Luffy flew onto the dragon's head and said, "I'll ride the dragon." Usopp also went over and said, "Me too." Robin blushed and said, "I'll ride too."

"I want to try it too," Franky said.

“You all sit down, I’m not sitting,” Beria said.

“I’m aboard the Victory Swallow,” Zoro said.

Tregear, Belial, Law, and Zoro were sitting on the Victory Swallow II. Tregear asked, "Aren't you going to sit?"

"We'll just ride the dragon."

"Alright." After saying that, Torregia started the Victory Flying Swallow II. The Victory Flying Swallow II gradually accelerated and soon flew out of sight.

"Alright! Let's go!"

However, the pink dragon slowly climbed up, and only then did everyone realize: "Can't this guy fly?"

……

Just a few dozen seconds later, Victory Flying Swallow II brought the four people to the top.

Torregia said, "Flying at high speeds would cause immense stress, so I slowed down to prevent you from getting hurt."

“This speed is already incredibly fast,” Luo said excitedly. “I’ve never seen anything so cool… uh, amazing.”

"So what do we do next?"

"Let's just wait. What if something happens after they come up?" Belial said, resting his hands behind his head.

“Okay.” The others also sat down on the ground to rest.

after an hour.

"Damn it, I can't wait any longer!" Belial suddenly stood up and shouted, "It's been a whole hour!"

Belial transformed instantly and flew off the cliff.

After flying for a few seconds, Beria spotted the group a few dozen meters below the surface of the Caspian Sea.

Belial suppressed his urge to swear and flew in front of the crowd.

"Huh? Belial, you're here..."

Before Luffy could finish speaking, Belial enveloped them in a ball of light and flew at full speed, taking them directly to the top.

After reaching the top, the pink dragon disappeared.

"Beria, thank you."

Beria said speechlessly, "By the time you come up here, it will be too late."

Tregear asked, "Where are Kin'emon and Kanjuro?"

"Oh, those two? A monkey just fell down and knocked them both down."

"Then let's..."

"Never mind those two," Belial said irritably. "Let's go inside and check the situation first."

"Ok."

As the group entered the forest, Torregia used his terminal to scan and discovered that the place was a vast forest, with a group of ancient buildings in front of it.

"This place is really ancient."

There seems to be something ahead.

Following Torregia, the group arrived at a rusty gate.

Zoro looked at the marks on the door and said, "It was forced open, and not for long."

"Alright, let's go check out the situation." With that, Luffy leaped off and ran over, with Usopp close behind.

“These guys.”

Suddenly, Belial dashed into the woods behind him. Several orcs were sent flying with a series of loud bangs.

Belial shook his hand and said, "After following us for so long, it's time to come out and have a chat."

Pedro, who was in charge, never expected that they would be discovered, nor did he expect that he couldn't even withstand a single move.

"Are you the Mink tribe who live here?" Torregia asked.

At this moment, a dog-man and a rabbit-man arrived, and were also somewhat shocked by what they saw.

"Pedro!" "Brother Pedro!"

"Wait! Don't come any closer!" Pedro shouted. "You're no match for them!"

“No, wait, Pedro, they’re not the enemy,” said Wanda the dog.

Wanda walked over and said, "You're the Straw Hat crew, right? Come with us, your friends are over here."

The group exchanged glances. Belial asked, "What do you mean?" Tregear replied, "Let's follow them and see what's going on."

The group followed them, riding on the giant crocodile as they traveled through the forest.

The group found themselves surrounded by ruins, and Torregia asked, "What happened here?"

"Also, those orcs from earlier seem to be injured as well. What happened?" Belial asked.

Wanda gritted her teeth and said with tears in her eyes, "It was the Beasts Pirates who did it!"

"Kaido of the Beasts?"

“I’ll talk to you in detail later,” Wanda said.

Belial suddenly noticed a sound behind him and turned around to find the rabbit-beastman Carrot sniffing him from behind.

What are you doing...?

Before she could finish speaking, Carrot suddenly licked Belial's face.

"Holy shit!" Belial yelled, stumbling backward. He asked in a panic, "W-what are you doing?"

“Greetings,” Carrot said.

"Is that how you greet someone?"

Wanda said, "This is our Mink tribe's greeting."

"This etiquette is truly special."

Carrot ran over and rubbed against Belial. Belial looked at Carrot, pinched her cheek, and thought to himself, "This rabbit is quite cute."

"At least it's much better looking than that stinky rabbit."

"Alright, we've arrived." The group stopped in front of a gate.

Wanda shouted to the two guards at the gate, "Open the gate and tell everyone that the Straw Hat Pirates are here!"