Belial, Tregear, new members of the Straw Hat Pirates

(This is a special episode about Heart of Gold, and it's somewhat related to the main series.)

After the Straw Hat crew defeated Doflamingo...

The group was sailing on a sea covered in dark clouds and with light snow falling.

Aside from Torregia quietly working on his research in the lab, Beria was dozing off in a chair. Ever since entering this somewhat chilly, cold-water area, Beria had been frequently sleepy.

Everyone else was playing around on the deck.

With nothing to do, the group decided to go fishing. Luffy simply hooked a large bone club onto the hook.

Belial woke up groggily and couldn't help but laugh when he saw this: "Luffy, what are you doing? Using such a big bait? How could an ordinary fish possibly bite it?"

"I'm not fishing for fish, I'm fishing for lizards."

"lizard?"

Belial walked to the side of the ship and discovered a green lizard that looked like a velociraptor on the surface of the sea. Behind the lizard was a little girl with blond hair.

At that moment, the lizard bit the large bone club, and Luffy exerted his strength, pulling the little lizard girl up with him.

Luffy walked over, just about to check on the little girl, when suddenly she jumped up, hugged Luffy from behind, and pulled out a knife, holding it to Luffy's neck.

The little girl gave a wicked look and said with a smile, "You lot, if you want him to live, bring me food and water, otherwise..."

However, the little girl noticed that the group of people were not panicked at all; in fact, they were looking at her with a speechless expression.

“What are you all standing there for? Hurry up! You lot, I, Mischina Olga, and Elizabeth (the lizard) can handle you.”

Before she could finish speaking, Olga was lifted up by a hand. Belial (Ultra Form) stared coldly at Olga.

"What are you doing? Put me down right now. Or else I'll..."

Seeing this, Belial silently raised his hand, a burst of light emanating from it, and threw a Belial Flash onto the sea.

"Oh!"

The sea was instantly blasted up with huge waves. Belial looked at Olga and said, "Little girl, I'm giving you a chance to rephrase your words."

Olga swallowed hard and said pitifully, "Um, could you... could I have something to eat..."

Belial tossed Olga to the ground and said lazily, "Sanji, get this little girl something to eat."

"understood."

Sanji brought over some simple food, and Olga immediately started wolfing it down, eating just as ravenously as Luffy.

"Who exactly are you? Why are you here?" Nami asked.

Olga replied, "Oh, I was eating on a ship when we were attacked. Elizabeth and I escaped."

"Attack?"

Robin suddenly noticed the pattern on Olga's clothes and said, "That looks like the script of Alchemy."

"what is that?"

"Alkemi is an island that disappeared two hundred years ago, and it seems to be associated with a legendary metal."

"Is it very valuable?" Nami asked, her eyes gleaming.

"Probably, it's said to have immeasurable value."

"Then you should just give up," Olga said while eating and drinking heartily. "That kind of place is not for weak pirates like you."

"So you know now."

"So what?" Olga turned around and found that Franky had changed into an adventure outfit.

Franky laughed loudly, "Since we're going on a treasure hunt, we need to make some preparations."

Nami wore a revealing outfit, Robin wore a green vest, and the others changed into different styles of adventure clothing to varying degrees.

Just as everyone was getting ready to go, Torregia came out.

Beria asked, "Huh? Weren't you doing research? Why are you out here? What happened?"

Torregia released the Torreira lightsaber and said, "Something is approaching us. Everyone, get ready. It's to our right rear."

Upon hearing this, Belial, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji all turned to their right rear simultaneously.

But nothing.

"Tregear, are you seeing things?" Usopp asked. "I didn't see anything."

Before he finished speaking, Belial threw a missile to his right rear. Unexpectedly, the missile flew a distance and then seemed to hit something, exploding directly.

"Huh? There really is something."

As the smoke cleared, a huge shark-shaped ship appeared out of nowhere on the sea.

Everyone took fighting stances.

Upon seeing this, Torregia asked, "Is it a color-changing device like a chameleon?"

Upon seeing the ship, Olga said impatiently, "Those annoying bastards again."

"Were they the ones who attacked you?"

"Yes."

At that moment, Nami noticed the red-haired, black-skinned man on the ship, her eyes filled with terror. "That guy is... the treasure maniac!"

"You know him?"

"He's a treasure hunter who'll do anything to find treasure."

As the ship approached the Thousand Sunny, the treasure hunter (whose name could not be found) looked at the group disdainfully and said, "What, you lot also want clues to pure gold?"

"Fuck you."

"Hmph, I originally wanted this little girl to lead the way for us, but I can't let you beat me to it! Men, get on them!"

At the command of the treasure-hunting madman, more than twenty of his men flew directly toward the Thousand Sunny.

Before they even landed, Belial unleashed several light-emitting bullets, blasting them away. The remaining few were dealt with by Luffy's Gum-Gum Machine Gun, Zoro's 72 Trouble Phoenix, and Sanji's Diable Jambe.

"Not bad, the famous Straw Hat crew lives up to their reputation," said the Treasure Maniac.

Belial scoffed, "You think you can take people from us? You're 20,000 years too early."

Upon hearing this, Torregia's lips twitched slightly. Why does this sentence sound so familiar?

"Don't be arrogant!" The treasure maniac swung out a long iron chain. The chain flew towards the crowd like a snake.

The group scattered, Belial gathered energy in his right hand, and with a single punch sent the chains flying, before heading towards the treasure maniac.

The treasure-hunting maniac swung his chains again, but Belial easily dodged them. Belial laughed and said, "Kid, where are you going to hit me?"

The treasure-hunting maniac chuckled wickedly, "I never said I was going to hit you."

The iron chain rushed towards Olga like a snake, directly entangling her.

The treasure-hunting maniac used force and dragged Olga away.

"not good!"

Just as Beria was about to fly over, he was stopped by a cannonball fired by one of his men.

In the nick of time, Torregia appeared and wielded his lightsaber to cut the chains.

Olga was thrown into the air by inertia, and a ring fell from her hand.

Robin noticed the glittering gold dot on the ring. "Could that be... pure gold?!"

Just as everyone was surprised, the ring fell into the sea.

Seeing this, Nami cried out in disappointment, "The treasure is gone..."

The Treasure Maniac and his group were also extremely unwilling to accept this.

At that moment, Tregear, who had placed Olga on the deck, and Belial, who was in mid-air, suddenly looked up at the sea.

"what happened?"

“There’s something underwater,” Torregia said.

Upon hearing this, Olga looked at the sea in horror, "Could it be... Oh no, it's Lord Lantern!"

No sooner had the words been spoken than a sudden tremor occurred, the water surface rose and fell, and a huge object rose from the seabed.

To everyone's astonishment, a giant lanternfish leaped out of the water and plunged back into the ocean, creating huge waves.

Everyone was utterly shocked, and the Straw Hat crew barely managed to stay calm under Belial's protection.

“That thing is way too big,” Franky said.

Olga exclaimed in horror, "That's a giant lanternfish, Lord Lanternfish!"

At that moment, the lanternfish opened its massive mouth and sucked everyone in. The two boats were swept into the lanternfish's gaping maw by the current.

"It's over, it's all over."

Seeing this, Belial said, "Nami, you guys go first. I'll use my giant form to deal with this big guy."

“Wait a minute,” Olga said. “Are you really looking for pure gold?”

"Yes."

Olga laughed and said, "Then I'll tell you, the island of Alkemi is inside Lord Lantern's stomach!"

"Eh!"

Nami asked, "But didn't pure gold sink into the sea?"

Olga replied, "That's only a little; the vast majority of the remaining pure gold is in Lord Lantern's stomach."

Upon hearing this, Nami's eyes instantly lit up with stars, her face beaming with surprise, "The vast majority... a massive amount..."

Nami then said to Franky, "Franky, don't run, crash into the fish's mouth!"

"receive."

Franky made a big spin, and the Thousand Sunny headed towards the fish's mouth.

Meanwhile, Olga's words, spoken by the treasure-obsessed maniac, also prompted his men to steer the ship toward Fish Mouth.

"No, that's going to kill you!" Usopp said in fear.

"What are you afraid of? We're here."

Zoro, perched on the mast, looked at the fish's mouth and said, "It's quite interesting."

Robin smiled slightly.

Torregia leaned against the side of the boat, smiling.

Sanji lit a cigarette and said, "Alright, let's go."

Luffy stood at the bow of the ship and laughed, "Yo-ho, let the adventure begin!"

Brooke: "Oh my god!"

Chopper cried out in sorrow and helplessness.

Nami's eyes gleamed with excited golden light, "Towards pure gold!"

Beria shouted, "Come on, let's go!"