Where's My Chopper?

"What are you talking about! How could I possibly get contaminated!" Lina said irritably.

He really couldn't understand it. The Bomb-Bomb Fruit, which could detonate even the air it exhaled, was instead developed for picking boogers.

If that didn't work, he could have practiced throwing hair needles, why go for something so disgusting.

Lina scanned his surroundings but didn't see Luffy. He casually scooped up a cup of wine and gulped it down, wine dripping from the corners of his mouth and soaking his shirt.

"Hasn't Luffy returned yet?" he asked casually, putting down the wine cup.

Nami took back the cup, refilled it, and handed it to him, saying, "Luffy hasn't returned yet. Just in case, Lina, why don't you go take a look."

"Always ordering me around."

After finishing the drink, he turned and walked towards the Tyrannosaurus Rex. "Let's go, I'll take you for a ride."

"Roar!" The Tyrannosaurus Rex quickly came before him and crouched down.

The man and the dinosaur left directly and walked into the forest. Lina summoned the Blue Ogre and searched with Observation Haki, but found no trace of Luffy.

"Seriously, did he go that far away?"

He sighed. Luffy's strength shouldn't have made it this difficult to deal with Mr. Three. He probably just got playful seeing the guy's candle-shaped ability.

Hmm, what's this?

Lina saw a white house through the dense foliage.

"Let's go there and see."

"Roar!"

Arriving outside the white house, he faintly heard a familiar voice from inside.

"In short, after you deal with the Straw Hat Crew, come directly to Alabasta. To prevent the Marines from eavesdropping on our plans, this is the last time we'll use the Den Den Mushi."

"I understand, Boss. That's all then, I'm hanging up."

Sanji?

Lina recognized one of the voices. The white house seemed to be made of wax by Mr. Three, and it had no door.

He walked straight in and indeed found Sanji, dressed in a black suit, sitting and leaning back on a white sofa, holding a Den Den Mushi.

"Lina?"

"Sanji, what's going on here?"

Seeing two figures lying on the ground, Lina couldn't help but ask, "What the heck are these, sea creatures in clothes?"

"Well~, I think they're called Unfortunate Messengers or something."

Sanji explained briefly. It turned out that while hunting, he had inadvertently come here and, out of curiosity, entered. He discovered the Den Den Mushi ringing.

When he answered, he found it was the boss of Baroque Works. Sanji pretended to be Mr. Three and chatted with the other party for a while.

"So these Unfortunate Messengers are these things?"

Lina squatted down and examined the sea creatures and vultures on the ground. He had a vague impression, or maybe not. He picked up a small hourglass-shaped item from the ground.

"This must be the Eternal Pose they sent."

"Ah, with an Eternal Pose for Alabasta, if we want to go fast, we can reach it directly."

"Well, let's see what Luffy says about the route." Lina put away the Eternal Pose, handed Sanji a cigarette, and they left the room.

After a brief explanation of the attack on the island, Sanji immediately said he was going to protect Nami and Vivi.

"Heh heh, are you really going to protect them?"

Lina rolled his eyes and rode away on the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

After a long detour, he finally spotted a disheveled Luffy.

"Hey Luffy!"

"Ah, it's Li... wait a minute!"

Luffy responded upon seeing Lina, then seemed to see something unbelievable and froze in place.

"It's a Tyrannosaurus Rex!!!"

"Wahaha!!"

Luffy's eyes lit up, and he charged forward, leaping high and landing squarely on the Tyrannosaurus Rex. "Hee hee, let's go, Tyrannosaurus Rex, we're going back."

Lina was speechless, thinking, If you want to ride it, why didn't you catch it yourself?

Never mind, he's just having fun. I can summon it whenever I want later.

"Why are you so disheveled? Did you finish dealing with the enemy?"

"Ah, I'm done."

"Everyone! And Giant Uncle, we're back!"

"Gahahaha, looks like you've handled everything."

Lina jumped off the dinosaur, collected its template, and rushed back into the forest. He turned to the laughing Giant and said.

"Ah, it went smoothly. Thanks to you guys being so strong."

"Gahahaha, naturally!"

"Hey Lina, you bastard, you took so much of my sake!"

A figure emerged from the crowd. Lina looked and saw it was Zoro?!

"What are you doing here?"

"Well, I caught a good piece of prey."

Zoro drank his sake, gesturing with his hand towards the Triceratops lying not far away. "I was just about to drag it back to the ship, but I ended up here while walking."

"Heh, you even found the way here by accident?" Lina chuckled.

"What did you say! I'll cut you, you bastard!"

"Are you alright, Luffy?"

Seeing Luffy covered in wounds, Vivi, with her hands clasped over her heart, stepped forward with concern, her face full of guilt. "I'm sorry, it's all my fault for attracting these people. Otherwise... Ouch, ouch, ouch..."

Nami pinched Vivi's cheek and tugged it. "This ship never blames anyone. We never say whose fault it is."

"Little Sister is quite the crybaby. Don't worry, no one will blame you." Lina casually squeezed Vivi's other cheek.

Hmm, it's very soft.

It was already noon, and Sanji was here, so they could have a meal together.

Lina had the undead fetch the kitchenware from the ship. Zoro stingily declared that his Triceratops was for the competition and couldn't be eaten yet, so he had the undead bring back some wild beasts as well.

"I'm going to eat!" x9

"Gaa!"

The entire ship's crew, two Giants, and a duck sat down on the grass to eat.

"This is delicious, GAHahahaha! Curly brows kid, your cooking is amazing."

"Bastard! Gnaw all the meat off the bones before you throw them away!"

"Gahahaha, sorry, kid."

Under Sanji's glare, the two big men could only sheepishly scratch their heads and pick up the bones on the ground to gnaw on. Despite being Giants, they looked like children who had made a mistake.

The sight made everyone laugh. After eating their fill, the group rested for a while. Nami took the opportunity to ask:

"Uncle, how long does it take for the Eternal Pose in Little Garden to be fully charged?"

"Here? It takes a year."

"Nani!!!"

Everyone was shocked. Lina was also stunned. What was this about?

Luffy immediately became unhappy. "I waited ten years to finally set sail. Uncles, please think of a way for me."

"Idiot kid, how could we possibly help with something like that?"

"No, wait a moment. Sanji found this in the forest." Lina took out a small hourglass-like object from his embrace.

Brogy recognized it at once. "Oh~, you have an Eternal Pose."

"Eternal Pose?"

Nami had never heard of it before. Vivi explained to them that it was a special pointer that could always point to a certain island.

"So, we can only rely on this to head directly to Alabasta?"

"Does that mean we'll miss out on adventures on some islands?" Hearing Nami's words, Luffy looked a little dejected.

Lina was even more confused. Where's Chopper? Wait, my beloved... ship doctor?

"Hold on, Nami, did you bring your sea chart?"

Lina hurriedly asked Nami for the Grand Line sea chart, which she had stolen from Buggy in the East Blue.

Looking at the direct route from Little Garden to Alabasta, Drum Island was not far from the route. Lina finally felt relieved. He could just make up an excuse to go there later.

A while later, after resting enough, the group left. Donny and Brogy, who remained seated, exchanged smiles.

"Let's go, Donny. It's time to see our friends off."

"Ah, these two old buddies will also be honored, won't they?"

The two picked up their rusty swords and axes and walked towards the coast.

This hundred-year duel, they were the only witnesses. Now, they were also tattered, as if they would shatter at any moment.