Chapter 44 Island Whale Rab
"Ah ho~"
Luffy shouted excitedly. The others also had expectant smiles on their faces.
As long as they cross this mountain, they will be able to enter the Grand Line!
Driven by the ocean current, the Merry continued to rush upwards, and soon reached the top of the mountain. Then after a short flight, it fell into the canal downstream.
The speed when going down is faster than the previous uphill, and the splashes of water are bigger. So it is more exciting!
"Woo~~~"
Suddenly, a strange sound came. Xia Chen couldn't help but look up and look forward. He murmured, "Labo?"
Besides Xia Chen, only Sauron noticed the sound on the boat. He curiously asked the people around him, "Did you hear any sound?"
"It's the sound of the wind!" Nami answered confidently.
Now she is a worldly-wise sailor, and she cannot be surprised by any situation at sea. Otherwise, wouldn't it be embarrassing?
Although the sound is indeed a bit strange, this is the Grand Line after all, the most incredible sea area in the world, so it is normal to have some strange wind sounds!
"Could it be the sound of a whale?" Xia Chen said with a smile.
"Xia Chen, what are you talking about? How can a whale's voice be so loud? If it is really a whale's voice, then how... loud must this whale be?"
Before Sanji could finish his words, he saw a black mountain in front of him. When he got closer, he realized that it was not a mountain, but a huge whale.
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"what!!"
Everyone on the boat was terrified.
"How...how can there be such a big whale?"
"This is a species of island whale in the West Sea. It can grow to the size of an entire island, so this size is normal!"
"They found him dead!" Everyone stood there and clapped their hands.
But in the blink of an eye...
"No, Xia Chen, the problem now is not to calmly say what kind of whale this is. We are about to hit it!!!"
"Don't worry, don't worry! I have a way!" Xia Chen said lightly.
?*. ?(ˊwˋ*)??*!
"What method?" everyone asked in unison.
"The solution is ..."
Xia Chen jumped onto the goat's head and kicked his right foot forward.
"Lanjiao!"
A slash flew out and hit Lab.
"Moo~"
The painful Lab couldn't help but let out a scream, then opened his mouth and sucked in all the surrounding seawater. Of course, Xia Chen's ship was not immune.
Then the whole ship went into Lab's stomach.
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(σ;*Д*)σDeath penalty!
"So your so-called way to avoid crashing into us is to let us be swallowed!"
"Just tell me whether you bumped into anything or not," Xia Chen said, spreading his hands.
"I really didn't yell~"
"But we're going to be eaten!"
"Isn't this more serious than a collision?"
Luffy and his men grabbed Xia Chen's neck tightly, shook him and yelled.
"You guys...are you looking for a fight?"
"Bang bang bang bang!"
"Tsk, nowadays people are not allowed to speak out when they do something wrong!" Luffy said sarcastically with his face covered in bruises.
"That's right. The person who is in the wrong dares to hit others first. What do you think is the logic of this?"
"The world is deteriorating, and people's hearts are not as old as they used to be!"
Zoro and Sanji also spoke one after another.
Hearing this, Xia Chen's fists felt itchy again for some reason. But after thinking about it, he decided to give up. It was pointless to always bully these weaklings.
Xia Chen said calmly: "Since I dare to be swallowed by a whale like this, it proves that I am absolutely fine!"
"Stop whining, all of you. Just watch!"
A few minutes later, after a dizzying spin, the Merry landed steadily on a green ocean.
The blue sky, the white clouds, the flying birds made everyone stunned.
"Weren't we swallowed by a whale? What...is going on?" Nami asked stutteringly.
"We are indeed in the belly of a whale now!" A cup of coffee appeared in Xia Chen's hand at some point. He took a sip and said lightly.
"Eh?"
"Indeed, you see, these white clouds and birds are not moving, they are all painted on!" Usopp also said, pointing to the sky.
"So that means... the ocean below is stomach acid?" Sanji's face changed drastically.
"That's right!"
"Who...are you?"
Just as everyone was still wondering why the situation in the whale's stomach was like this, an old voice sounded in their ears.
Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes unconsciously looked in the direction where the sound came from.
"Wow! A chrysanthemum is coming towards us!!!" Luffy shouted in horror.
"Humph! What a chrysanthemum, so rude!"
"Chrysanthemum can talk!" Luffy was even more terrified.
"Idiot, that's obviously a person!" Zoro said speechlessly, but he was also a little confused.
“Why is there an island in the whale’s stomach?”
Thinking of this, Zoro couldn't help but ask him: "Old man, who are you? Why are you in the belly of a whale?"
"Shouldn't you tell me who you are before asking someone?"
"Uh...that's right!"
"I'm Roronoa..."
"I'm Kulokas, the lighthouse keeper at Gemini Cape. I'm 71 years old, my zodiac sign is Gemini, and my blood type is AB!"
"clang!" The Wado Ichimonji was unsheathed.
"Don't stop me, I'm going to chop him up!"
"Calm down, calm down!" Sanji pulled hard from the side.
"Want to take action? I advise you not to. It could kill people!" Kurokas said in a deep voice with a flash of cold light in his eyes.
"Hmm?" Everyone who heard this looked grim, staring at the old man in front of them.
Sanji took a puff of the cigarette in his mouth. He blew out smoke rings and said, "Then let's see who will die!"
He just didn't believe that a man in his 70s could have any fighting ability.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Isn't it obvious who will die? Of course it's me!" Kurokas said righteously.
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"It's you!!!"
……
"By the way, what are you doing here? You don't want to harm this whale?" When he said this, Kurokas stared at the people opposite him.
"Of course not, we were just accidentally eaten by Lab!" Xia Chen said, standing at the bow.
"Oh, I see!" Kurokas nodded.
But suddenly he seemed to realize something, looked at Xia Chen with horror, and asked word by word: "Why do you know the name of this whale?"
A mysterious smile appeared on Xia Chen's face.
"This..."
