Graveyard of Drum Island

The group walked into the town arm in arm, laughing.

"A banquet for our great warriors of the sea, everyone!"

Igaram shouted with a laugh, patting Luffy's shoulder. "We absolutely have to host a welcoming feast for you all today."

"Wahaha, you guys are the best, uncle!" Luffy was incredibly excited.

Lina's memory of the original plot was vague, especially the early parts; he was too young when he watched it.

He vaguely recalled that this was an assassination organization under Crocodile, a group of bounty hunters disguised as villagers, specifically targeting naive and inexperienced pirates entering the Grand Line for assassination.

"Just a bunch of small fry," Lina thought, his expression unchanged.

"This mayor should be Vivi's... umm... what was it, uncle? Guard? Whatever, it doesn't matter. Besides him and Vivi, there's no one else worth paying attention to here."

In fact, Lina wasn't particularly fixated on Crocodile. His undead couldn't inherit Devil Fruit abilities, and physically, Crocodile was far inferior to the two giants from Little Garden.

Blue Ogre Dorry, Red Ogre Brogy.

Leaders of the giant pirate crew from Elbaf in the New World. The giant sea kings they once hunted were larger than several volcanoes and occupied half of the entire Little Garden island.

The scene of Elbaf's Spear: Gun World instantly piercing the 'Island Eater Goldfish' flashed in Lina's mind, as vivid as if it happened yesterday.

He couldn't think of anyone in the first half of the Grand Line who could withstand a single blow from that attack.

You say a Logia user could withstand it?

...Well, that's a different story.

"Sisters, look! Two handsome blond guys here!" A shout interrupted Lina's thoughts.

A group of stunning beauties rushed out from the crowd, dressed provocatively, all with slender figures and beaming smiles as they approached Sanji and Lina.

Sanji couldn't handle such a scene and immediately rushed forward, mesmerized.

"What's your name, little brother?"

Several girls approached Lina, their delicate hands touching him, wrapping around his waist or caressing his chest.

Lina could feel the warmth and softness pressing against him through his clothes.

They're testing their cadres with this kind of thing?!

Who could possibly resist such a test?!

"This is too easy~" Lina's lips, holding a cigarette, curved upwards, and he couldn't help but laugh. "The Grand Line is great, the Grand Line is wonderful!"

Lina laughed heartily, opening his arms. He casually placed one hand on a girl's shoulder and the other around another's waist, embracing them both.

"Oh, you're so naughty~"

"Your arms are so strong, sir, I can barely breathe."

He wasn't a prude, after all. The more honey traps, the better.

"I'm gonna take on ten tonight!"

"Oh my~, sir, can you handle it~"

The girls giggled, completely unbothered by the playful advances from Lina and Sanji.

Nami and Zoro, who were trailing behind, couldn't help but shake their heads, watching the three being easily lured away with helpless expressions.

"Seriously, these guys are so unreliable!" Nami gritted her teeth. "Anyone with a brain would know there's no town that welcomes pirates."

"Well, whatever, let's just see," Zoro said nonchalantly.

"You're the reliable one, Zoro."

"As long as there's alcohol, I don't care about anything else."

"You jerk! I just praised you, and you say that!" Nami yelled angrily.

The group thus entered the town under the enthusiastic welcome of the villagers.

Soon, night fell.

Whiskey Peak town was quiet and deserted, with houses shut and lights out. Only one house on Drum Island still had a dim light on.

Because of their arrival, the place had become lively, with bursts of laughter coming from inside.

"Another chef has fallen!"

"This is the third one! How much can he possibly eat!"

A group of people stared dumbfounded at Luffy, who was devouring food voraciously. At that moment, another exclamation rang out from the other side.

"Heavens! This swordsman young man has drunk down 13 people!"

"And the beautiful lady next to him is still showing incredible spirit, currently battling her fifteenth opponent!"

Inside the room, Zoro and Nami were participating in a drinking competition. To win the substantial prize money, Nami was intensely focused on drinking down one opponent after another.

Lina leaned back on the sofa, surrounded by beautiful women feeding him, living a life of pure bliss.

In the lively room, everyone was celebrating. However, the villagers, while smiling on the outside, were cursing inwardly.

In a dark room on the second floor, a woman with long, sky-blue hair and a clear face, tied in a high ponytail, watched the scene on the first floor through a crack in the door, gritting her teeth.

"Where did these starving ghosts come from? If they keep eating and drinking like this, this deal of ours will be a total loss."

A man with curly yellow hair and a crown responded, "Exactly! Is this really necessary, Mr. 8? They're just some pirates from the East Blue."

"Your intelligence work is too poor. Look at this."

A deep voice sounded, and Igaram, known as Mr. 8, took out several wanted posters from his pocket.

He slapped the wanted posters onto the table and spread them out. Pictured were Luffy, Zoro, and Mr. 1.

"Thirty million! For that kid who looks so silly?"

"And that green-haired swordsman is worth sixteen million too!"

"Who are these two freaks?" the yellow-haired man with the crown exclaimed, "A combination worth twenty-five million, I don't think I've seen these two?"

"They're probably guarding the ship. The subordinates I sent out reported seeing a few figures on their ship," Igaram said dismissively.

"A total bounty of over seventy million!"

"If we go head-to-head with such a pirate crew, we probably don't stand a chance of winning."

Creeeak~

Just then, the room door opened.

"Don't worry, they've all been taken care of."

A tall, dark-skinned woman with strong limbs walked in and said to the people in the room:

"The appetites of these people are truly outrageous. We didn't have much food to begin with, and they almost ate it all. Fortunately, their bounties are high enough."

"Is everything settled? Then notify everyone to start working. Let's go," Igaram tugged at his collar and, with the others, jumped out the window.

Drum Island is famous for its several green mountains, with cross-shaped tombstones covering the slopes, resembling the thorns on a cactus ball from a distance.

At this moment, in the hall after the banquet, Liner, who had been lying on the sofa, opened his eyes and pulled himself out from among the sprawled-out women.

"It's already past midnight. They sure know how to party." Looking at the disheveled hall, Liner couldn't help but scratch his golden hair.

Click!

A lighter sparked, and Sanji's voice came from nearby, "Tell me about it. Their sleep schedule is terrible."

"Here."

"Thanks." Liner casually took the cigarette thrown to him and then turned to look at Zoro by the bar, asking, "Where did Nami go?"

"She said she was going to ransack their treasure and left already," Zoro said calmly. He had woken up long ago and was sitting at the bar, pouring himself a drink.

Liner lit his cigarette and chuckled, "Then she ran for nothing. My undead already confirmed it, this place is truly as poor as can be."

"Zzzz~~"

Loud snoring suddenly erupted.

"To be able to sleep so soundly in the enemy's lair, truly worthy of Luffy," Usopp said, getting up from the floor and shaking his head.

People were lying all over the room in a mess. In the dim yellow light, some were smoking, some were drinking, completely unconcerned about their situation.

Everyone had a calm expression, unfazed by the impending crisis.