Special Slaves

Before dawn the next day, the Twitch arrived at Whiskey Peak.

After disembarking Ma Qiao and the two ladies, the Twitch continued its journey towards Water 7, completing its final mission.

Upon reaching the top of Whiskey Peak, Nami was quite surprised by Ma Qiao's residence.

She had originally thought that the place where a heartless factory owner like Ma Qiao lived would be at least as grand as the Kaya family's manor, but she never expected it to be just a small tavern.

Nami's words pierced Ma Qiao's fragile heart like a sharp arrow.

"What do you know? In my hometown, the real rich are those who wear flip-flops and tank tops and spend their days in morning tea shops. Those who wear shiny leather shoes and suits and can only elegantly enjoy a cup of coffee on Sundays are the real beasts of burden!"

Nami neither confirmed nor denied Ma Qiao's explanation.

Although she's never been rich, she's still seen people run, even if she's never eaten pork.

My fantasy of working in a high-end office building, dressed in a business suit, has been shattered.

But no matter what, a woman should follow her husband wherever he goes, whether he's a chicken or a dog.

It would be nice to have a small pub.

The life of counting Beli every day while running a small shop is exactly what Nami longs for.

Of course, that would only happen after a complete world nautical chart had been drawn.

As the officially announced partner, Nami is Cat Burglar "Nami" (meaning a womanizer). Nami drinks (and can drink a lot without getting drunk) and has tattoos (orange windmills), but she knows she's a good girl.

The most perfect life is one where you've seen all the sights and then spend your life with an honest person.

Of course, it would be perfect if the person who can show you the sights is the same person as the honest man.

Of course, Ma Qiao didn't know that Nami had already labeled herself with two completely unrelated tags: flirtatious and honest. Otherwise, he would have definitely given Cat Burglar a good beating on the butt with his spiked club.

Just as he finished arranging accommodation for Cat Burglar, a sudden "thump-thump-thump" sound rang in Ma Qiao's mind.

I checked the minimap and it turned out to be a message from Cho’Gath.

"Didn't we send this guy to sink the ship? He can't even handle something this simple?"

Ma Qiao switched his gaze, ready to teach the incompetent giant bug a lesson.

However, when he saw the situation clearly, he was stunned.

In the hold of the slave ship.

Ma Qiao came with Vivi was most deeply involved in the incident.

Actually, Garen had already discovered this hold when he killed all the slave traders on the ship, but since there were no humans inside and the battle was quite intense, Garen didn't report it immediately.

Looking back now, it was a mistake.

According to Vivi's recollection, the man with the Smooth-Smooth Fruit had previously mentioned that this slave-hunting ship, belonging to Saint Charlos, was returning from capturing slaves in the North Blue. However, Ma Qiao never imagined that the ship was carrying a group of...

Penguin!

Moreover, they are large penguins, similar to emperor penguins, with a height of over one meter, or even approaching that of an adult.

But...

Penguins are supposed to be in Antarctica, aren't they?

Why would it appear in North Blue?

"Because we are North Blue penguins!"

Ma Qiao was talking to himself unconsciously when he suddenly heard this sentence out of nowhere.

It is certain that these penguins do not use a common human language.

However, Ma Qiao discovered that he could indeed communicate with them and even sense their affection.

After thinking it over carefully, Ma Qiao quickly came to terms with it.

Big News Morgans, who ate the Albatross-Albatross Fruit, can control the News Coo; Jinbe Whale Shark Fish-Man, can control a group of whale sharks; since he ate the Penguin-Penguin Fruit, there's no reason why he couldn't control a group of penguins.

Perhaps this is the more normal way to use the Penguin-Penguin Fruit...

After interacting with the penguins, Ma Qiao learned the gist of the matter.

That scumbag Saint Charlos actually kidnapped the penguin princess...

Humans cannot, or at least should not...

Ma Qiao looked at a penguin surrounded by a group of penguins, a penguin that did indeed have some handsome features, and fell into deep thought.

The Saint Charlos family are typical scumbag Celestial Dragons; they live in extreme luxury and act recklessly, relying on their power and status.

Because beautiful women of any kind are readily available, Saint Charlos has lost interest in ordinary human beauties, even princesses of nations.

So in the original story, when he saw the Mermaid Camie appear at the auction house in Sabaody, he didn't hesitate to offer a sky-high price of 500 million and immediately put the price on the table.

He was just looking for something new.

In fact, before the Mermaids, Saint Charlos had captured many female slaves for his own and his father's pleasure.

While Ma Qiao didn't support these views, he could understand them to some extent, since they were all men.

But XP had reached such a point that it still exceeded Ma Qiao's limits.

However, Princess Penguin doesn't seem to think so.

She wobbled over to Ma Qiao and nuzzled Ma Qiao arm affectionately with her fluffy head.

In her heart, Ma Qiao is the great hero who saved her and her people, a handsome, strong, and charming male penguin.

Vivi covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

She had no idea how serious the situation was; she simply thought the penguins were friendly and cute.

Vivi reached out and, just like she usually petted her pet duck, wanted to pet these adorable penguins.

However, what they got in return was being chased and pecked by the penguin princess until they were jumping up and down.

After shooing the annoying hairless female monkey away, the penguin princess continued to nuzzle affectionately against Ma Qiao's arm.

Ma Qiao was dumbfounded.

He had never used his Zoan half-beast ability, and apart from a red scarf, he had no biological characteristics whatsoever that were related to penguins.

Even so, he was still taken advantage of by a female penguin!

Coming to his senses, Ma Qiao quickly distanced himself from the penguin princess.

This thing is too weird.

I can't exactly kill Chopper and then find a way to get the Human-Human Fruit normal variety) for her to eat, can I?

This is absolutely outrageous!

Ma Qiao knew he had to act decisively and quickly.

After a series of chattering bird calls...

The penguin princess was heartbroken, but she still said that she and her people would serve their benefactor at any time.

Although Ma Qiao was somewhat skeptical of her claims, having an army of penguins seemed really impressive.

Of course, we're not expecting these penguins to fight, but rather, like the News Coo of Big News Morgans, they could serve as... deliverymen?

Exploiting penguins?

That sounds so exciting!

To be honest, penguins that only need dried fish to work are indeed very cost-effective as employees.

Furthermore, the ocean covers 90% of the world of One Piece, so penguins are not much less convenient than News Coo, and they can even carry a greater load...