At that moment, Luffy said from the side, "Sanji! Brook! Is Tao Tao all right too?"
Nami suddenly rushed into Lu Yu's arms and hugged him. Lu Yu smiled and hugged her back, but Nami remained silent in his embrace, her whole demeanor terribly gloomy.
Wanda beside them also stayed silent helplessly. Then Nami cried, "I'm sorry, Boss Lu Yu. Can you go save Sanji...? Sanji, he..."
Everyone's expressions immediately turned grave.
Meanwhile, on the elephant's left leg, Kanjuro clung desperately to the cat and said, "This is really awful. Are you all right?"
The guards were also climbing with all their strength. Kin'emon said, "I can't see ahead!" The little monkey was sprawled across the guards' faces, and Kin'emon said, "Go away, little monkey!"
Kanjuro said, "By the way, where are we?" They turned and looked, only to see the Thousand Sunny below them. "What? The Thousand Sunny? Did we suddenly return to the starting point? All our efforts so far..."
Kanjuro stroked his chin and said, "In any case, we need Nekozaemon to try a little harder."
The guards said, "But it was submerged by water just now." Suddenly, a drop of water landed on one guard's face. After Kin'emon wiped it away, his whole hand was black. He said, "Huh? Ink?"
Suddenly, they saw a face ahead of them! It was the cat staring at them. The water had completely washed away its color, leaving it with a terrifying expression. One ear was missing, one eye was gone, and its face was a complete mess.
It smiled at them, like something out of a horror movie. Everyone was terrified and shouted, "Monster cat!!"
The cat panted heavily. It had not completely melted away; there was still a blurry outline left. Everyone immediately dropped to their knees and