chsdbacks Chapter 441 This ice...Aokiji?!
Chapter 441 This ice...Aokiji?!
Chapter 441 This ice...Aokiji?!
"The samurai is around here, isn't he?" Sanji said, looking around.
"Yes, the aura I sensed is right here," west Yan nodded and said.
The other person's aura was a bit strange.
"This is the place where I encountered that guy before," Brooke said, looking around. "Why haven't I seen any trace of him?"
Could it be that he's already run away?
Wait a minute, west Yan sensed the other party's aura right here.
"Maybe it's behind some rock."
After Sanji finished speaking, he walked forward and called out, "Hey, samurai, where are you? We've come looking for you!"
There's no need to shout.
west Yan glanced at the boulder in front of him and said, "I've already sensed its location."
After saying that, west Yan quickly ran towards the target area and soon arrived at Kin'emon's side.
By this time, the creature was completely covered in ice and snow.
You mean...?
Sanji, staring at the unidentified object on the ground, twitched his lips and said, "This is that samurai?"
"Hmm, the aura is correct." west Yan's lips twitched.
This guy is really in a terrible situation.
From their perspective, Kin'emon was covered in ice and snow, looking quite bizarre.
"Now that it's confirmed, things will be easier."
Sanji nodded, then kicked Kin'emon in the head.
"Wake up!"
"Click~"
With a single blow, the ice and snow shattered!
"?!"
Brook was dumbfounded when he saw Sanji attack without hesitation.
Is this definitely not retaliation?
"It's so cold!"
Kin'emon, now free, trembled uncontrollably, his expression contorted.
"Hmm, looks like he won't die." Sanji nodded, calmly lighting a cigarette for himself.
"It's...it's you guys..."
"Why are you lying here?" Brooke asked curiously. "Were you defeated by someone?"
"No, it's not..."
'
Kin'emon said, shivering, "I was frozen solid for no reason and almost died."
'
He was frozen in place as soon as he arrived, with no idea what was happening.
"Frozen for no reason?"
Upon hearing Kin'emon's words, Sanji's eyes immediately became wary.
"What's wrong?" Zoro asked.
"Could it be that Aokiji guy?" Sanji said, scanning his surroundings. "Someone who can freeze people instantly..."
...It can only be him, right?
He clearly remembered how that guy froze Robin, so he suspected that person might be here.
"What is he doing here?"
"Why can't he be here?" Sanji retorted. "Don't forget he's already left the Navy!"
Aokiji, no longer a Marine Admiral, could appear anywhere, right?
After all... no one can stop him!
Zoro fell silent upon hearing this, unsure of what to do.
west Yan frowned. Could it be that the guy who left the Navy is really in Punk Hazard?
But if Aokiji makes a move, will Kin'emon still have a chance to wait for them to arrive?
He felt that the probability of that happening was low.
However, just to be on the safe side, west Yan still used his Observation Haki to sense the surrounding situation.
A moment later, west Yan opened his eyes and said, "I didn't sense Qingzhi's presence."
"Maybe they've already left," Sanji guessed.
"It might not be him."
west Yan glanced around and said, "Maybe this guy was so frozen that he lost his senses and didn't notice that his body was covered in ice and snow."
Sanji paused for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded thoughtfully.
Upon closer examination, it's not impossible that this possibility exists.
Then, he looked at Kin'emon with disdain and said, "You actually tried to run away... Do you know you almost froze to death?!"
"N-no...no way!" Kin'emon said, trembling. "I'm not cold at all!"
"Samurai don't feel the cold!"
After he finished speaking, Kin'emon sneezed and his body trembled even more violently.
Sanji:
Even though you're frozen like this, you're still being stubborn.
All you're good for is being stubborn, isn't it?
"What a troublesome guy," Zoro said, scratching his head. "I'm starting to regret coming along."
I was originally thinking of testing this guy's skills, but this is what happened.
This immediately killed his interest.
"Yohohohoho~"
"But it's also very interesting, isn't it?"
Zoro was speechless upon hearing this; what was so funny about it?
"Why don't you just conjure up clothes?" Sanji retorted, exasperated. "Aren't you a Devil Fruit user who can conjure up clothes?!"
"That's true, but... but the current situation is a bit special."
"special?"
Sanji paused for a moment, then asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
What does it mean that the situation is somewhat special?
Could it be that it's too cold here, so I can't use that ability?
That doesn't make sense. It worked when we were at the back door of the lab, so there's no reason it shouldn't work here.
"After acquiring that sorcery, I also developed a weakness," Kin'emon said, trembling. "I'm a terrible swimmer." Sanji retorted, "That's common sense."
"common sense?"
A look of confusion appeared in Kin'emon's eyes. Is this common sense?
"That's common sense," Brooke nodded, then asked疑惑地问道, "But what does that have to do with you not being able to use your abilities?"
west Yan glanced at Brooke speechlessly upon hearing this. What on earth was this guy listening to before?
"Is that even a question?" west Yan said. "It's obvious that the upper half of this guy fell into the sea."
That's probably why this thing suddenly froze solid here.
Upon hearing this, Kin'emon immediately nodded and said, "My upper body does indeed feel like it's falling into water."
"I see."
Sanji gave a look of sudden realization and said, "No wonder you were frozen here, it was because of the seawater."
That makes sense.
It is true that a person with superpowers will lose strength when their body comes into contact with seawater.
"Seawater..." Zoro stroked his chin and said, "If that's the case, then this guy's body must have fallen into the lake we passed by earlier."
That huge lake located between Iceland and Fire Island.
"Yes."
Brooke nodded and said, "This guy did fall off a cliff nearby, so he must have fallen into one of those places."
"But that's not a lake, it's the sea!"
Seawater is what can render a power user powerless, so it couldn't be a freshwater lake.
Zoro realized this too, and his expression immediately became serious.
"If that's the case, then there should be sharks in there," Zoro said.
"Then we'd better hurry."
west Yan glanced at the direction of the sea and said, "There might be other strange things in that water."
"Something strange?"
The others were stunned for a moment. What did that mean?
"Have you all forgotten what we encountered before?" west Yan glanced at his companions and said, "With that evil scientist around, anything is possible!"
Upon hearing west Yan's words, the expressions of the others immediately turned ugly.
Yes, the situation on this island is very special.
Centaurs, birdmen, dragons...
If all these things have appeared, is it possible that something even more terrifying might appear in the water?
That's a problem.
Thinking of this, Sanji said without hesitation, "Let's go, let's hurry."
"P-Please..." Kin'emon stammered, "I really have no choice but to ask you to...please help me..."
'
"Alright, alright, I got it, you useless, landlubber samurai," Sanji said.
After saying that, Sanji let out a long breath and wondered if he should hang this guy up and beat him up again later.
Kin'emon fell silent for a moment, sensing that these pirates were indeed somewhat different.
"Gentlemen... esteemed guests..." Kin'emon raised his head and said, "Why would you go to such lengths for someone you've never even met?"
He knew very well what going to sea in this weather meant.
"I told you this is my principle," Sanji said, glancing at Kin'emon. "So I will definitely do what I said I would do."
"But in return... once your body is assembled, let's duel!"
"I'll beat you to death, you bastard!"
Kin'emon was stunned by Sanji's words.
At that moment, he fully felt Sanji's kindness.
The other party... genuinely wanted to help him!
After a moment of silence, Kin'emon lowered his head and said, "I... am extremely grateful."
"Heh, interesting." After casually lifting Kin'emon up, Sanji said, "He's even learned to say thank you now."
"Seeing this, it really wasn't for nothing that you endured the cold."
Kin'emon looked somewhat embarrassed upon hearing this; who would have thought this group of pirates was so special?
If he had known earlier that this group of pirates were like this, he wouldn't have been so forceful.
Sanji, who had noticed Kin'emon's reaction, smiled. This guy knows how to be embarrassed, huh?
Thinking of this, Sanji decided to tease Kin'emon.
Before he could even speak, Brooke in front of him said, "Hey, something seems off up ahead."
"what?"
Sanji paused for a moment upon hearing this, then asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
"Suddenly a lot of people are running towards us," Brooke said, pointing to the area ahead. "They're the centaurs we defeated before."
"They were all Teabeard's men."
Centaur...
""
Sanji frowned as he stared at the group of people. Were these guys here to pay Teabeard?
This is really troublesome...
"Hey, run!" a centaur cried out in terror.
"Damn it, where on earth was that terrifying creature hiding?!" the lion-centaur exclaimed, his face grim. "Why didn't we spot it before?"
"How would I know!"
"Never mind, let's escape first, and get away from the monster!"
"profound!"
"monster?"
Zoro frowned as he listened to their conversation and said, "What are you talking about, monsters? Aren't you monsters yourselves?"
To others, these special centaurs are simply monsters.
"?!"
"Wait a moment!"
Upon noticing Zoro and his crew, the centaurs immediately stopped, then exclaimed in terror, "They're those pirates who attacked us earlier!"
"Damn it, you bunch of bastards!"
If it weren't for the pirates' money, how could they have been lying here for so long!
Thinking of Zari, they decided to take action against Zoro and his men.
"Stop!" a centaur shouted. "Now is not the time to fight them. The most important thing is to get to the research institute!"
There's an incredibly terrifying being chasing them, they need to run!
Once the other centaurs understood what the other party meant, they calmed down, then bypassed Zoro and the others, and fled into the distance without looking back.
Sanji, observing their reaction, frowned and asked, "What exactly do they mean?"
"have no idea."
Brooke shook his head; he couldn't see the problem either.
"I don't remember the money wrong..." Zoro said, stroking his chin. "They came from the lake we visited before, right?"
west Yan, staring at the strange shadow in the distance, said, "Yes, you're not mistaken."
"Was that mountain there when we came here?"
No.
"What the hell is this thing?" Zoro asked in surprise.
"Yeah, what's that?!"
Brooke stared at the opposite bank in shock, her jaw practically dropping to the floor.
"Is this the monster those people were talking about?" Sanji asked, frowning.
Although he didn't know what it was, he instinctively felt that something was wrong with it.
Thinking of Zari, Sanji turned to look at Xiyan and said, "Did you see what that was clearly?"
west Yan, who had activated his Sharingan to observe, frowned and said, "Although I don't know what 'Zha' is, I can confirm that he's drawing it."
His Sharingan clearly showed the monster's condition; it was just a thing that was twitching!
After all... it's wriggling!
That's right, it's wriggling!
It looks like a giant slime wriggling.
"Wait a minute... a slime?"
As if he had just realized something, several question marks popped up above west Yan's head.
Should such a creature exist in this world?
Or... is he some kind of strange ability user?
"You're saying that mountain is a gigantic creature?" Zoro exclaimed in surprise. "It's even bigger than the dragon we encountered before!"
Could it be some kind of organism that scientists discovered?
What on earth is this thing?
"It's definitely bigger than that dragon," west Yan said, frowning. "Most importantly... the color of this thing looks a bit off."
"What do you mean?"
"Its color is far too vibrant," west Yan said. "I suspect this thing is poisonous."
Although he didn't know what the thing was, his intuition told him it was poisonous. "Poisonous?"
Brooke stared in disbelief. "You mean... that thing that's as big as a mountain is poisonous?!"
No way, are you kidding me!