Chapter 35 The Light Curtain Opens for the Second Time

“Is the location on the light curtain really Magnetic Drum Island?”

The doubtful voices of the Straw Hat Pirates made Ikarem very unhappy. These people were questioning his professionalism. As the Chief Minister of the Kingdom of Alabasta, he did have some knowledge.

"But most of the people on this island are ordinary people, and the only remaining witch doctor and the god of animals are totally unrelated."

In the subsequent description, Ikarem told everyone about the cruel King Walpo, who was a parahuman-type Swallow-Swallow Fruit user and had an ordinary animal-type Bull-Bull Fruit user under him. These two people had nothing to do with the Animal God.

Ikareem had also seen these two people at the last World Conference. He also helped Princess Vivi recall the memory of Walpo beating her. After hearing this, the Straw Hat Pirates had an idea that they were a group of scum who not only bullied the people but also harmed the people.

"The Swallow Swallow Fruit user, there are so many Devil Fruit users on this Grand Line."

Zoro was swinging his sword while sighing. When he was a pirate hunter in the East China Sea, he had never seen so many Devil Fruit users, especially the executives of Baroque Studio, almost everyone of them had eaten a Devil Fruit.

His current swordsmanship has not yet reached the level of cutting steel, which is more than enough to deal with some small pirates. However, it is more difficult to deal with opponents at Mr. 3's level alone. The various strange devil fruit abilities make him realize his own shortcomings as a swordsman.

So after setting out from Whiskey Peak, whenever he had some free time, he had been training his body and practicing his three-sword swordsmanship. He didn't want to lose to anyone again, and he didn't want to hold Captain Luffy back.

In the first half, few people will use Haki. It is not until the second half of the Grand Line that the Haki version is used, and swordsmen and those who are good at physical skills can be greatly strengthened.

"I have decided to recruit a doctor partner on Drum Island so that no one will get sick."

Luffy sat on the sheep's head with his arms open. He shouted towards the sea in front of him that illness could not stop him from adventuring.

The weather on this great route is really unpredictable. It was a sunny day just now, but when we sailed to this sea area, snowflakes fell from the sky and a biting cold wind blew on the sea. Fortunately, the sea was not frozen and the Golden Merry could sail normally.

The closer we got to the Magnetic Drum Island, the lower the temperature at sea became. Fortunately, the navigator Nami had the foresight to purchase a batch of winter clothes in Rogue Town. Everyone changed into winter clothes to keep as warm as possible.

"I don't know what Shanks is doing. I beat up his friend Buggy the Clown. He won't blame me, will he?"

Everyone couldn't help but roll their eyes when they heard this. That was Buggy the Clown hiding his incompetence, and mainly using the Straw Hat Pirates to enter Impel Down. Such a big pirate with 3 billion berries is not something you, a small pirate with a bounty of 30 million berries, can mess with. Luffy's bounty is just a fraction of that.

The second half of the Grand Line

The Red Hair Pirates left the Whitebeard Pirates' base. The meeting ended in a bad mood. Shanks underestimated Edward Newgate's arrogance. The inexplicable confidence that an elder had in the younger generation really left Red Hair speechless.

Even if he didn't call Ace back and send a strong man to bring him back, he couldn't even fulfill this request. He said that he had to train his son and let him experience his own storms, so that he would have the opportunity to grow into a towering tree.

But if the wind and waves are too strong, Ace's little tree, which has not yet grown tall, is likely to be cut in half by Blackbeard Teach. Shanks has done his best for the son of the former captain. After that, it depends on Ace's own luck.

Fortunately, we are betting on Luffy. According to the light curtain's narration of the future, this once inconspicuous little guy will become stronger little by little and defeat one opponent after another. He will inherit the will of the former Pirate King Roger and may really become the next Pirate King.

Just as Shanks was imagining the future, he heard the crew report that a small boat was approaching. The one coming was none other than Hawkeye Mihawk, the world's greatest swordsman. His small boat, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, was really not worthy of his status as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

The other party did not come to fight with him. Shanks was a swordsman and had a broken hand, so Hawkeye Mihawk lost interest in him.

“What a rare visitor”

Hawkeye Mihawk boarded the ship of the Four Emperors. His purpose this time was not to deliver a bounty order for Luffy or Buggy the Clown.

Shanks was not worried about the situation of these two people. Luffy had just entered the Grand Line for adventure, and his good friend Buggy was reported in the newspaper to be missing, but the life card would not lie, and this lucky clown was still alive and well.

Buggy's life card was damaged. Shanks guessed that he was seriously injured in the incident in Rogue Town and was hiding somewhere in the East China Sea to recuperate.

"You want to ask Altria?"

Shanks has some connections in the World Government, so he can meet the Five Elders at any time. Hawkeye Mihawk can only ask him where Altria is now.

The sudden rise of this female swordsman joining the navy made some pirate forces feel uneasy. Her attack method of destroying an island with one sword, the birdman Morgans was absolutely right, she was a humanoid ancient weapon.

"I want to experience the strength of this female great swordsman." Hawkeye Mihawk has raised Altria to the same position of great swordsman as him. He is a male great swordsman and the other is a female great swordsman. The great swordsmen have to compete with each other to see who is the world's number one swordsman.

Shanks took out a Den Den Mushi and walked into the cabin to talk to a mysterious person. After chatting for more than ten minutes, he returned to the crew.

I gave this good friend an answer: "Admiral candidate Altria has not been sent abroad. She is currently at the Navy Headquarters, Marinford. I cannot guarantee anything in a few months."

Seeing that Mihawk was about to leave after hearing the news, Shanks hurriedly stopped him and asked him to stay and watch the light curtain before leaving, and to attend the banquet on their ship. The duel between the strongest swordsman between him and Altria did not cost him this little time.

This great swordsman is full of interest in the future. The light curtain may reveal a stronger swordsman. A warmonger like him must grasp the opponent's information as soon as possible and fight with him at the door of the opponent's house.

Drum Peak Castle, Drum Island

There lives a witch doctor here. She is 139 years old and keeps a strange creature that looks like a reindeer and wears a pink hat on its head.

"Kureha, the God of Animals, is there such a person on our Drum Island?"

The "speaker" is less than one meter tall and stands on two feet. He has two deer antlers on his head that break through a pink hat. He has a blue nose, a brown body, and is covered with fine hair.

If there were outsiders here at this moment, they would definitely jump up in surprise. They could actually see a reindeer talking. What kind of monster is this?

Kuleha looked at the light curtain outside the window and did not answer her pet's question. She felt a little uneasy, just like the day when Shiruluk died. She always felt that something bad was going to happen...