Chapter 157: Giving Ground

"Well..." Chaney looked at the lost chess game with sweat on his forehead.

"Looks like we can get the boat back," Robin said as he stood among the sheep.

Everyone suddenly became happy and came over.

"How about it, grandpa..." Nami showed off.

"I lost..." Chaney looked for a long time and said disappointedly.

"Success!" Everyone raised their hands and cheered.

"Sister Robin is still reliable." Nami came close to Robin and flattered her.

"How's business?" a group of men came up to Chaney and asked with funny faces.

"So-so..." Old man Chaney was delighted. He slapped the table and laughed. "I've lived for so long, but I've never seen such fun pirates. I like you guys. Let's have a party to celebrate today."

"Yeah..." everyone shouted happily, "Let's celebrate getting the boat back..."

At night, everyone grilled fish, drank wine, had a party and chatted.

Nami diligently poured wine for the old man and inquired about the whereabouts of his treasure.

The old man said that his treasure was these sheep.

After a while of joking, Chaney told everyone his story. It turned out that his previous title was loan shark Chaney, who specialized in lending money to pirates at high interest rates. He also said that his dream since childhood was to become a pirate, but in the end, he offended too many people, and was chased to this island by vengeful pirates, where he lived for 20 years.

"You spent 20 years making graves." Sanji asked.

Chaney explained that at first he wanted to build a boat by the sea, but wood was difficult to transport, so he could only build it in the mountains. As a result, halfway through his dream, Chaney woke up from his dream because he found that he was too old to embark on the great voyage again. So he put the shipbuilding project on hold and turned to making coffins.

"Dreams are just dreams after all, hahaha..." Chaney's laughter revealed sadness.

"Why do you want to give up, Uncle Lamb?" Luffy asked while eating meat, "What does it matter if you are old? If you want to be a pirate, just go ahead."

Chaney's pupils trembled instantly.

Usopp and Luffy were arguing about the ship, but everyone ignored the topic and continued the party happily.

As the night went on and everyone fell asleep around the campfire, Chaney came to his boat alone.

"What does age have to do with it? You actually said something that would provoke an old man." Qianni sat at the bow and drank by himself. "The guy in the straw hat is really guilty."

"Really." Robin came over.

"Robin-chan." Chaney said.

"It was the captain who casually saved a man who was determined to die and allowed him to continue living." Robin said, leaning against the side of the ship.

"Just keep living, okay?" Chaney asked.

"Well, I'm not so sure yet," said Robin.

"But I have no regrets," Chaney said.

Robin looked at Chaney.

"I can tell by your face," Chaney said with a smile, "Miss Robin's life is just beginning now."

"But my dreams will rest here forever." Chaney looked at his wine glass and said, then raised his head and drank the wine in the glass.

"Our ship's doctor diagnosed that you have a heart problem and you only have three days to live." Wang Hao suddenly appeared on the other side of the ship. "After two days of medication, your life span can be extended a little..."

"Ah? Am I going to die?" Chaney put down his glass and said in shock, "Yeah, I had a premonition a long time ago."

"I have a treasure here, similar to a devil fruit, but it won't be hated by the sea. After eating it, you can gain an ability called Earth Grudge, but you will also become a monster with infinite lifespan." Wang Hao took out the Earth Grudge bead, "Eat it or not, the decision is yours."

Wang Hao placed the Earth Resentment Yu in front of Qian Ni.

Originally, he hadn't figured out what to do with this thing, but at the party, Chaney said that his dream was to be a pirate.

Anyway, Di Yuanyu was a reward given by this scammer king, so just let him deal with it.

"Really?" Qianni looked at the beads in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking.

Wang Hao looked at Qian Ni's expression, said nothing more, and turned away...

"Oh no, everyone, the navy, the navy is coming!" The next morning, Chopper hurried back and shouted.

Everyone rushed to the shore and saw a navy ship anchored on the beach.

"Deputy Straw Hat Pirates, I'm Sergeant Minchi of the Navy, please give me your guidance." On the warship, a red-haired man with squinting eyes walked to the side of the ship and said.

"Please give me some advice?" Nami was puzzled.

"I'm really sorry for what happened a few days ago. If I had known you earlier, I wouldn't have chased you and beat you up." Minqi said with a smile, "I apologize to you all here."

The two parties started chatting and Minqi told them his purpose, which was to investigate the island because it was not recorded on the map.

"There's nothing to investigate, just an old man and a flock of sheep." Nami said.

"Is that so? Then let us protect Qianni." Minqi said, not noticing his own vulnerability at all.

"After the investigation, we will return to the base immediately. It is absolutely right to listen to me. It is better for you to set sail earlier."

"The Navy Headquarters has gone crazy and wants to destroy you."

Minqi chattered on the boat.

"I see. The tide is rising here too. I'll go move the food over and call Robin as well." Usopp turned around and walked back after hearing that.

"Are we going to set sail, Luffy?" Several people surrounded Luffy and Zoro asked.

Minqi was still urging everyone to set sail.

"If I want to leave, I will leave naturally. You don't need to help me decide!" Luffy shouted angrily.

"There is one thing that is strange. How do you know that the old man is Qianni?" Nami said, "We didn't say anything."

“That’s because…” Minqi instantly broke out in a sweat.

"What exactly are you trying to investigate? It's too suspicious." Nami said, "Could it be the old man's treasure?"

"It seems that what I said was right." Seeing Minqi's expression, Nami said firmly, "This guy can't be trusted. Ah, the old man really has a treasure."

Nami said as she jumped up happily.

Everyone opened their mouths wide. Are they still thinking about the treasure at this time?

"It smells like gunpowder." Chopper suddenly shrugged his nose and said.

"Is it that guy's cannon?" Zoro asked, squatting down.

"Not just one cannon, but countless cannons," said Chopper.

"There is a fleet far behind the fog." Wang Hao said with his eyes rolled.

"If we set sail, we will run into the bombardment of that fleet head-on. What a joke!" Zoro instantly took a three-sword stance, "I don't care what kind of fleet you are, just come at me!"

"Wait." Minqi said nervously.

"Ta Tata..."

"Luffy..." Behind him, Usopp was being escorted down the mountain by a group of marines.

"It turns out that the troops have already landed and ambushed." Zoro put away his sword and said hatefully as he looked at the approaching navy.