Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

“We’re here to bring Sanji back,” Luffy said.

“Well, just as I expected,” Pudding said with some disappointment. “I’m already used to Mom’s complete indifference towards us.”

"However, I will still help you."

"Help us?"

“Because you are kind and friendly, you are not bad people.” Pudding smiled gently.

“What a gentle and kind girl, hohoho,” Brooke said. “I’m almost in tears, even though I don’t have tear ducts.”

“Prin is so kind.”

While the others were having a good time, only Beria and Pedro remained expressionless.

“In that case, let’s leave first,” Belial said, standing up. “We still need to rescue people; we can’t waste time here.”

"Are we leaving already? I haven't finished eating yet," Luffy said.

"Are you here to eat or to rescue Sanji?" Belial asked.

"Save Sanji."

"Then hurry up and go."

The group tidied themselves up and prepared to leave.

“Wait a minute,” Brin suddenly called out to them. “I have something here that might help you.” With that, Brin took out a map.

"Here is a map of Totto Land, which should help you find Sanji."

"Thank you so much." Nami took the map and left with the others.

Then, the group gradually left Chocolate Town.

They bought a large amount of food at a store during the journey and returned to the Thousand Sunny.

"Where's Beckmus?" Carrot looked around. "Where did he go?"

"I don't know, let's wait a bit," Brooke said.

"Ah, Pudding is so wonderful," Luffy said, resting his head on his pillow. "I wish she could join us too."

"I think you want to eat chocolate."

"Alright, let's not delay any longer. Let's get ready now, and go find Sanji when Pekoms comes back." As she spoke, Nami took out the map that Pudding had given her.

However, as soon as it was taken out, Belial snatched it away and burned it.

"Belial, what are you doing?" everyone exclaimed. "That could help us find Sanji."

Belial scattered the ashes into the sea, looked at Cocoa Island and sneered, "You don't really think that Pudding is an innocent and kind-hearted girl, do you?"

"What do you mean?"

“Her acting was good, but there were still flaws,” Beria said. “Although she concealed it well, I could still see the falsehood and ferocity in her eyes.”

“But I feel that her eyes are very clear and kind,” Nami said.

“But her third eye isn’t,” Belial said.

"The third eye?"

Belial said, "That guy has a third eye under his bangs, and there's a clear ferocity in it."

As someone who has experienced countless battles, Belial, while not able to see through people's hearts like Tregear, was still able to easily detect Pudding's abnormality.

"So you're saying she was acting?"

"Ah."

Pedro said, "She's BIG MOM's daughter, she's definitely not an ordinary person."

“And…” Belial said, pulling a Den Den Mushi from the water. “These things are everywhere here.”

"Based on this map, we're likely to fall into an ambush."

“And, Beckmus just sent me a message,” Pedro said, “telling us to leave as soon as possible.”

"Then let's hurry up and go. Let's use Beckmus's map."

After saying that, the group left the waters near Cocoa Island.

While driving, Beria activated the counter-reconnaissance devices and jamming systems left behind by Torregia.

Belial said to everyone, "Based on current speculation, Sanji is most likely in one of two places: one is Whole Cake Island, which is Big Mom's stronghold, and the other is Germa's stronghold."

So, should we split up?

"Yes."

Belial walked toward the dock and said to Nami, "Nami, come with me."

"coming."

The two arrived at Tregear's laboratory, and Nami asked, "What's wrong?"

Belial said, "Tregear left us some equipment, but of course I can't tell Luffy and the others. You're the only one on this ship who is truly reliable."

"So I'm leaving these preparations in your care."

Belial then took Shadow Strike, saying, "Germa's technological capabilities are quite strong, making infiltration difficult, so I'll go. You guys will go to Whole Cake Island."

"Ok."

"Those equipment will come with instruction manuals, you can take a look. Don't worry, Tregear has installed smart locks, Luffy and the others can't use them except in special circumstances."

Belial and Nami then went to the deck, and Belial said, "I'm going to check on Germa. The Sunny and Whole Cake Island are in your hands."

"received."

After saying that, Belial transformed into Ultraman, raised his head, leaped into the sky, and flew off in one direction.

Watching Belial gradually disappear, Nami said to everyone with a determined look in her eyes, "Everyone, let's get ready and set off."

"Heading towards Whole Cake Island!"

"Oh!"

Nami looked in the direction Belial had disappeared, thinking worriedly, "Belial, you have to be careful, don't let anything happen to you."

……

Belial flew through the sky, using a communicator to locate Reiju and Yonji's ship, which he had secretly installed with tracking devices.

A few minutes later, the communicator showed the location of the ship that Reiju and Yuji had been on.

Belial slowed down and flew toward the designated direction.

A few minutes later, Belial landed at a port. Looking at the massive snail in the distance, as large as a mountain, he realized this was Germa's stronghold.

Beria stealthily approached while activating a signal jammer to avoid being seen by soldiers and surveillance cameras.

They were almost at the city wall when Belial activated Shadow Strike.

This is a stealth device researched by Torregia, designed to utilize the stealth abilities of the transparent monster Neronga.

In addition to invisibility, it also possesses paralyzing electric current.

However, there are a few things to note:

It can only be used every twenty seconds, and each invisibility lasts only twenty seconds. Invisibility requires you to hide your presence and not breathe to reveal your presence, otherwise it will fail.

"Honestly, they have so many requirements."

Belial made a comment, then held his breath and activated Shadow Strike. Belial's body became transparent, and he leaped into the air, flying onto the wall.

Belial didn't linger for a second, and traversed into Germa.

Belial sprinted at top speed, leaping over obstacles. When the time was almost up, he hid in a corner to rest. Then, when the time was up, he resumed his stealthy operation.

Once inside Germa, apart from being composed of warships, it's no different from a regular castle.

Belial, however, showed little interest, or rather, had no time to look at the castle. He quickly walked through area after area, finding no trace of Sanji.

Just then, the time for Shadow Strike was about to arrive, but there was no corner nearby to hide in, and it seemed that a squad of soldiers was approaching.

Beria immediately slipped into a room, thus evading the soldiers' patrol.

Upon entering the room, Belial was surprised to find that it was very different from other rooms.

This room is quite large, and the overall layout, decoration, furniture, and daily necessities are all pink, giving it a very girly feel.

"Does this evil nation of Germa have places like this?" Belial murmured.

Just then, Beria heard a sound, like the pattering of water. Turning his head, he found a small room that looked like a bathroom.

Through the frosted glass door, one could vaguely see a large patch of fog, and a woman with a curvaceous figure...

A few minutes later, Reiju came out of the bathroom, wrapped in a towel to cover her voluptuous body, and touched her wet hair.

Reiju took two steps and stopped, calmly saying, "If you want to chat, could you wait a moment, Mr. Belial?"

As she spoke, Reiju looked at Belial, who had a blade pressed against her neck.

"Hurry up and tell me, I don't have time to waste with you," Belial said coldly.

"But, it's not easy for me to talk like this," Reiju pouted and said.

"what?"

As she spoke, Reiju smiled alluringly, her shoulders twitching slightly, causing the towel wrapped around her to slip a little, revealing her fair collarbone and upper chest.

Upon seeing this, Belial's expression changed, and he hurriedly took two steps back, "No, I... this..."

Beria was already somewhat incoherent; as a comrade who had been single for 160,000 years, how could he possibly resist such a thing?

Seeing Belial's flustered look, Reiju chuckled, "Could I change my clothes first?"

"Then, then you go..."

Reiju smiled as she walked past Belial, went to her wardrobe, took out some clothes, and suddenly noticed that Belial had his back to her.

Aren't you going to keep an eye on me?

"What are you looking at? Hurry up."

Reiju asked, "Don't you want to see something interesting?"

"No need, hurry up," Belial said somewhat flustered.

Looking at Belial, Reiju smiled. This was nothing like the demon with an 800 million bounty she had imagined. He seemed like an innocent high school student.

While changing her clothes, Reiju asked, "Aren't you afraid I'll call for help, or betray you?"

“If you were capable of doing that, you would have done it already,” Belial said. “Besides, you didn’t bring any Den Den Mushi or any equipment.”

"Too."

A minute later, Reiju said, "It's all changed."

Belial turned his head and saw Reiju sitting elegantly on the sofa, wearing a white short-sleeved dress. He said, "Please sit down, Mr. Belial. It's just the two of us here. We can talk about what you want to know."

Belial sat on the sofa opposite and said, "There are many things I want to know, such as why you are located in the North Blue, but Sanji appeared in the far-off East Blue."

"Why does Yonji seem to have a bad relationship with Sanji?"

"Why does Sanji treat his past as a dark place he doesn't want to face?"

"What exactly happened between you two?"

Upon hearing this, Reiju's expression changed slightly, but she quickly recovered, took a sip of tea, and said, "Then you may have to wait a while, this story is quite long."

"Our past, our father, the root of it all..."