Chapter 133 Legend of the Gods (Seeking 5-star review)

"Bang bang bang!"

Gel lay back on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest. Just as he was about to fall asleep, he was awakened by a hurried knock on the door.

"Who?"

"Captain! It's us."

As soon as Moria opened the door, he saw Kurokas, Bia and Fate running in hurriedly.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

Gur turned over from the sofa and asked, casting a questioning look at Kuro. He didn't understand what kind of enemy in Alabasta even Kurokas couldn't deal with.

"I don't know either. I met the father and daughter at the door."

"Ah Captain, Funi and Mosan were caught by a crab and taken into the desert."

Fate explained hastily.

"What? The crab took the person away?"

Moria was a little confused. Isn't this an oasis in the desert? Where did the crabs come from? No, the key is how can the crabs catch people?

Seeing everyone's confusion, Bi Ya added anxiously:

"We were just outside in the desert taking pictures when a giant crab suddenly emerged from the sand and took them away. The crab quickly ran off into the desert and we couldn't catch up with it after chasing it for quite some time. We had no choice but to run back to find you, Captain. The crab was really huge, as tall as a three or four-story building, and it had a grinning, wretched expression on its face."

The moving crab of Alabasta?

Hearing this, the image of the pink wretched crab appeared in Gel's mind, but how did this moving crab become a kidnapping crab? No matter what, he must go rescue people first. Gel has decided to eat crab meat tonight.

"I know. I will find them back. Don't worry too much. They are creatures called moving crabs. They usually won't hurt humans. You just stay here."

Gel stood up, picked up the coat beside him, put it on and walked outside. He also did not forget to comfort the panicked father and daughter and gave them some reassurance.

Weevil didn't have to wait for his brother's instructions, and he would follow Geer closely unless his brother specifically told him not to go.

"Lao Mo, your ability is more suitable for searching, come with me."

"Okay Captain."

Walking up to Kurokas, Gel rolled his eyes and said:

"Labo, come with us too. I suddenly thought of something. Maybe you can be of great help this time."

"Meow!"

Hearing what the captain said, Lab jumped excitedly onto Ger's shoulder. He was very happy as long as he could help everyone.

So the three of them and the cat rushed out of the city.

First, they arrived at the crime scene where the two of them were kidnapped by the moving crab. Instead of sniffing and rubbing a handful of sand and then saying a few pretentious words, Gel took out a small ball and put it to Lab's mouth and said:

"Come on, Lab, eat this meatball, and after that you will be able to swim as freely on land as in the sea."

Lab was not at all wary of Captain Gel. Before Gel could finish speaking, he swallowed the meatball in one gulp.

Lab scratched his whiskers with his front paws, as if savoring the deliciousness of the meatballs. Then he jumped lightly from Gel's shoulder. A strange thing happened. When the little cat fell to the ground, it disappeared with a plop, and the sand was rippling like water.

"Hehehe, this is really interesting. What kind of ability is this, boss?"

"You'll find out later."

Gel pretended to be mysterious. He gave Lab the ability he had gained by decomposing the Land Swimming Fruit. [(Turn water into matter): can turn inorganic matter into water. Usage: oral.]

"Yoyo~"

A deep and ethereal cry was heard, and when Lab appeared again, he had turned back into a whale. He slowly emerged from the "water" under the feet of Gel and the others, and gently carried Gel and the other two on his back.

"Haha, it really works. Good job, Lab. Let's go! Help me find Funi and the others. Just go over when you sense someone. Leave the rest to us."

It was the first time for Lab to swim on land and he seemed very excited. After hearing Captain Gel's order, he immediately swung his tail and carried the three of them across the sand!

The reason why Gel asked Lab to help find people was not because Lab had awakened his Observation Haki, but because whales are born with a skill comparable to the top-level Observation Haki, which is sonar. Whales rely on sonar to communicate and position underwater, and their hearing is extremely sharp, so they can even communicate with companions hundreds of kilometers away. This is much more exaggerated than the range of ordinary Observation Haki.

In addition, according to common physics, the speed of sound propagation in different media is solid>liquid>gas, so it shouldn't be a problem to locate a person by listening to the sound, right? Geer is not a top student, and he doesn't care whether it is scientific or not, anyway, he thinks it will work!

In fact, Lab did not disappoint Captain Gel. Soon he led Gel and his men to find a few humans in the desert. However, they were a few merchants who were planning to make a fire and set up camp before it got completely dark and prepare to spend the night in the desert.

"Not them, Rab, next one."

"Yoyo~"

Lab immediately changed direction and swam towards the next place where he sensed someone.

Gel sat on Lab's back, looking at the scenery and sand dunes rapidly receding on both sides, and felt as thrilled as racing in the desert.

Although island whales are huge in size, they are not bulky at all. They have strong and powerful muscles all over their bodies, especially the tail muscles are quite developed. Coupled with the streamlined body that human bionics has always wanted to imitate, their swimming speed is incredibly fast. If Lab was not carrying Gel and his group with only their heads exposed, their diving speed would be even faster!

After a few hours, more than a dozen groups of people were found in the desert. Among them was a little boy who was separated from his family because of a sandstorm. When he was found, the little boy was dying because he had not drunk water or eaten for a long time. Fortunately, he was found by Lab and met Captain Gir, otherwise the little guy would definitely not survive the night.

Gel first gave him some water to drink, and then some liquid food, and the little boy regained some strength. After saving him, he helped the child find his family on the way to find him. The family of three hugged each other and cried bitterly. Just when they wanted to thank their savior, they found that the giant whale and the person sitting on the whale had disappeared.

After crying, the little boy fell into a deep sleep exhausted.

"Dad! This must be a divine intervention! God heard our request and helped us save our little treasure!"

The woman clasped her hands together and spoke devoutly.

"I also think it must be a god! Otherwise, how could there be such a big whale swimming in the desert!"

"Dad, this is a life-saving grace. We must set up an altar to worship him at home when we return."

"Yes, yes, yes! I want it!"

So from that day on, a myth was circulated among the people of Alabasta. According to the couple's description, the one who saved their child was a huge whale transformed from a god. It swam in the desert under the moonlight, responded to their prayers, and sent back the child who was lost in the desert. The rescued child also vividly described to everyone the magical experience that happened that night. In addition, many businessmen and travelers also came forward to confirm that they had seen a whale-like figure from afar in the desert that night, but they did not care at the time and thought they were seeing things.

In this way, the myth about the whale began to spread widely among the people of Alabasta. Many merchants and people who often needed to go in and out of the desert would enshrine a tablet for the kind-hearted big whale in their homes. The devout people of Alabasta respectfully called it the "Sacred Whale"!

Of course, these are all things for later.

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