Beside Gawain, Rayleigh rested his right hand on his glasses and gazed into the distance toward Foosha Village.
With just one glance, Rayleigh turned back, slightly puzzled, and muttered something to Gawain.
"Captain, it seems we've encountered some trouble."
Hearing Rayleigh's words, Gawain pondered for a moment.
Then he composed himself and gave a cold laugh.
"Heh, it seems we're not the ones who encountered the unexpected."
Or perhaps, we seem to have become someone's accident...
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain raised his right hand, Kaya and Kalifa immediately moved closer.
Gazing at the steam-shrouded dock in the distance, Gawain murmured.
"I don't like this passive feeling, but I really like the original Foosha Village."
So tell Lucci to have the Black Ice Terrace members prepare.
As for me, well, everyone, come with me to find the real Foosha Village!
If I came here for the hot springs and baths, was it really necessary for me to come to the Goa Kingdom?
What a bunch of idiots!!!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain lightly snapped his fingers with his right hand.
In the next instant, countless bolts of lightning connected everyone on the deck where the officers were located.
When the lightning dissipated, only Lucci remained among the officers on the deck.
Meanwhile, Gawain's last words could be faintly heard on the deck.
"Lucci, they seem to have completely renovated Foosha Village, which I don't like very much."
However, we cannot restore the Foosha Village to its original state in an instant.
In that case, let every nobleman shrouded in steam be sent to where they belong.
As for the village...
If it can't be restored to its original state, then let's temporarily restore it to flat ground, to a level where people can rebuild houses!
At this point, Gawain's voice completely disappeared, leaving only Lucci's respectful bow.
After expressing his respect to the air, Lucci looked at Kaku, who was waiting not far behind him, and gave him a fierce look.
Without Lucci saying a word, Kaku already knew what he had to do.
Blueno, Jabra, and others, all with somber expressions, led their subordinates onto several Little Dark Bird in turn.
Soon after, the Little Dark Bird that had opened the Arms... Coup de Vent transformed into white waves and rushed towards what is now Foosha Village.
On the distant dock, the service work had already officially begun in full swing as soon as everyone saw the Dark Bird Ship.
While the nobles' servants were busy, the nobles themselves were also converging on the dock.
Standing at the very front of the nobles, Stelly looked meekly at the princess beside him, then asked in a soft, elegant voice.
"Your Highness, the Celestial Dragon is approaching. We must send a message to your father, the King of our great Goa Kingdom, to come and welcome Celestial Dragon!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Stelly smiled humbly, but as he smiled, a hidden glint of malice flashed in his narrowed eyes!
In his heart, he was thinking.
If I weren't already married to the princess, I could simply find a way to make the king arrive later, or even better, make both the king and the prince arrive later!
Using the excuse of not welcoming the Celestial Dragon is tantamount to committing the crime of disrespecting Celestial Dragon!
That's all it takes; I can handle both the king and the prince in one go!
Having witnessed the Celestial Dragon' behavior firsthand, he understood Celestial Dragon character all too well!
That truly embodies the world's most elite aristocracy—a top-tier aristocracy who can completely disregard any rules... and who doesn't need to take anyone seriously!
Stelly could never forget the shock he felt when he was only eight or nine years old and first saw Celestial Dragon.
That Celestial Dragon took away the Queen of the Goa Kingdom, who was also the mother of the young princess beside him!
Leaving aside the Celestial Dragon's habit of killing people for pleasure.
It only says that he has the right to take away the king's wife at will.
This has driven Stelly to the point of losing himself in the moment!!!
Of course, this is also why, four and a half years later, Stelly was desperately trying to become Celestial Dragon!
In order to become Celestial Dragon, Stelly almost gave up the Goa Kingdom at that time!
He planted the sword, representing the kingdom's power, beneath the Empty Throne.
He handed over all the kingdom's administrative affairs to the World Government and the Five Elders for direct administration.
He abandoned his kingly arrogance before the officials of the World Government, replacing it with pure humility.
It was all because the Celestial Dragon of that time left Stelly with too many memories.
At this point, although Stelly is not yet in a position to think about more conspiracies, his current goal is still to inherit the Outlook Family.
But no matter what, his passion for the Celestial Dragon was already ingrained in his bones and could never be erased!
Of course, in the future, Stelly, like a dog, fantasizes about becoming Celestial Dragon.
But that doesn't mean he didn't have his shining moments!
When he, in the future, stood before that unoccupied Empty Throne.
While he aspired to become Celestial Dragon, he also desperately wanted to sit on that supreme throne!
Indeed, just like Xiang Yu and Liu Bang of ancient times, when they saw Qin Shi Huang's chariot, they thought that a true man should be like him.
Looking at the Empty Throne, Stelly thought that he could take Sterry's place!
Honestly, if we look at it purely from this point of view, Oda may have given Stelly a special value.
Before Gawain transmigrated, he was simply enjoying the Pirate King manga and its Gawain, and even thought that Stelly might be molded by Oda into the future... Lord of the World!
Don't think this idea is too ridiculous; wasn't Liu Bang a complete scoundrel in the past?
Li Yuan in the past was a lecherous old man who would share women with his men, and even compare whose woman had the biggest breasts...
In short, Gawain sometimes thought that if the future world of Pirate King was destined to face a happy and unified world brought about by the Chosen One...
The master of this world is either Momonosuke or Stelly, because neither Luffy nor Sabo, the two protagonists of their destiny, seem to be people who would be bound by the throne.
Between Stelly and Momonosuke, Stelly seems to be a better candidate, because in some people's eyes, Momonosuke obtaining Wano Country is enough, right?
And Stelly...
He was ultimately favored by the devil!
However, at this moment, this man favored by the devil had no idea what he was about to encounter.
Just like the people of Foosha Village, they never imagined what they would encounter.
Just after Gawain's lightning struck near the foot of the mountain behind Foosha Village, everyone stepped out of the lightning and landed in a forest full of flowers, trees and shrubs.
The birds and beasts were slightly startled by the appearance of thunder, and countless flapping wings immediately filled the forest.
Watching the birds and beasts take flight in panic, Shirahoshi, who had just landed, blinked her eyes and pitifully looked around.
Beside him, Vivi gently rubbed her ankle.
"Hmm, I still can't get used to the feeling of landing suddenly..."
"I sprained my ankle."
"Let me do it!!!"
The instant Vivi finished speaking, Chopper jumped down from Gawain's head and ran towards Vivi.
As he jogged, he also took out medicine and bandages from his small first-aid kit.
In just a few blinks of an eye, the adorable fur ball had already finished treating Vivi's ankle.
Of course, Chopper was so excited because he had recently gained more and more recognition from Crocus and Kureha, and was finally able to take charge of the ship's medical work independently.
Therefore, Chopper's excitement is understandable.
As for Sanji...
In recent days, after experiencing the world aboard the Dark Bird Ship, his condition of being unable to walk when he was around women has basically been cured.
Or rather, after meeting Hancock and Shirahoshi when he was only a teenager...
Sanji can now face women with absolute composure...
Besides, Vivi is still just a minor girl. Even if Sanji were still the way he is in the future, he wouldn't go so far as to fawn over a minor girl.
As for Chopper, after healing Vivi's injured ankle, he climbed back onto Gawain's shoulder.
At the same time, Gawain also spoke to everyone.
"My Observation Haki indicates that there are thousands of auras lingering in the nearby mountain valleys. This should be the settlement of the villagers of Foosha Village."
We've already taken their homes, so let's just walk over there and not let the thunder and our sudden appearance scare them again."
"Receive."
"Yes, sir."
"No problem, Captain."
"I understand, Gawain ~."
"As you wish, sir."
"Gawain is so great! I even feel like I want to be a villager who receives care and attention!"
Uncle
"Uncle Gawain... really knows a lot of details..."
"Haha, uncle, you're so considerate! Everyone in Foosha Village will definitely love you!"
Amidst various responses, Gawain and his group strolled leisurely along the dimly lit mountain path toward the area where the Foosha Village was located.
Meanwhile, the villagers of Foosha Village were building a temporary camp in the mountain valley.
Seeing everyone around him building houses, Chief Woop Slap shook his head with concern.
He could tell that many villagers were not building temporary housing at all.
They are setting up their future homes!
In other words, after today's events, many villagers are planning to settle here permanently!
Thinking of this, Village Chief Woop Slap sighed softly. There were just too many problems ahead...
Just as Woop Slap was sighing, Makino, who had simply set up a bar to sell some drinks and take care of the village children, walked towards the village chief.
"Are you still worried, Mr. Village Chief?"
Makino stopped beside the village chief and asked.
Upon hearing Makino's concern, Mr. Woop Slap first shook his head, then nodded gently.
"I am indeed worried, Makino. Do you really think we still have a chance to return to the village?"
At this point, the village chief's eyes gradually became cloudy, and then he began to mutter the words one by one.
"Although those nobles do not like to live outside the capital, after all, in their eyes, the capital is the cleanest and noblest place in the world."
Because of this, perhaps after the Celestial Dragon leave, those nobles will become disgusted with the village and give up the idea of continuing to occupy it.
But if we put ourselves in their shoes, what if even one nobleman felt that our village, a place that once hosted the Celestial Dragon, was worth commemorating?
Then we'll have almost no chance of going back...
As for the parade, the nobles didn't care about that at all!
And Garp...
Alas, he was just a marine after all. Although the nobles feared him, they never took him seriously.
In the eyes of the nobles, the navy was nothing more than a group of people who served the World Government for the nobility.
The nobles and kings collected taxes to raise money, which they then used to secure naval protection—nothing more.
Even people seem to have realized this; look, many have started to carefully decorate their temporary homes.
Some people have even started digging caves in search of a better way to live...
At this point, Woop Slap's gaze fell on Luffy in the Luffy.
Luffy is helping the villagers transport timber. His rubber body allows his arms to transform into very long ropes, which he uses to stack and bind countless logs for transport.
Of course, that kind of transport work was not elegant. Luffy lay on the pile of wood, desperately gripping the wood, while the others pulled on his waist and hips with all their might.
This pose makes it seem like Luffy's shorts are about to fall down...
This is the scene that Gawain and his group saw when they approached the crowd.
The villagers stretched Luffy's waist forcefully, dragging the Luffy along, revealing a tiny bit of his buttocks near his waist...
Then...
"Ahhh???" This is Shirahoshi.
"Don't look, Shirahoshi!" It's Uta!
"You're watching it yourself too!" This is Vivi!
Clearly, when the little girls saw this, their first thought was to close their eyes, or at least they felt they should close their eyes.
As for Hancock and Gion.
Facing Luffy's lower back, Gion casually flicked the cigarette butt from her hand, which burned Luffy so badly that he jolted and dropped the six- or seven-meter-high pile of logs!
In that instant, the sound of rolling timber was deafening, and the logs crashed down on the nearby villagers!
Luffy was stunned. He was still rubbing his butt in confusion when he saw the logs fall. He immediately yelled and tried to catch them!
Just as Luffy reached out, a sound of a sword being drawn suddenly came from afar.
The wildly rolling logs obediently straightened themselves in mid-air before countless villagers, and incidentally delivered themselves to the place the villagers intended to transport them.
At the same time, behind Gawain, an uncontrollable flame rushed towards Luffy in the blink of an eye!
Hey, Luffy!
I broke my promise to you because I got on someone else's boat!
But that doesn't matter at all, hahaha, look who this is!!!
As soon as he finished speaking, Ace, in his fiery form, tucked Luffy, who was completely dumbfounded and whose eyes were wide open like a cartoon character, under his Luffy.
Facing the familiar armpit, Luffy seemed to have a lot to say, but as he looked at it, he couldn't utter a single word!
Tears streamed down Luffy's face as he stared in utter disbelief at Sabo, who slowly emerged from behind Gawain.
Sabo first let out a tense sigh, then raised his hand to press down on his hat, and gave Luffy a long-lost bright smile.
He was smiling, but the tears in his eyes were no less than Luffy's...