Rip-off Bar

After the two Celestial Dragons left, the people who had been kneeling on the ground all stood up and hurried away from the scene.

After all, they were afraid that if they stayed, they might be misunderstood.

Hatchan let out a sigh of relief. "All right, the Celestial Dragons are gone now. We can relax."

"Celestial Dragons really are terrifying creatures!" Having lived for so many years, Brook had seen people who did not treat humans as people for the first time.

Tashigi's eyes were vacant. When she tried to stand, she nearly fell, but Kalifa quickly stepped forward to support her.

Kalifa asked worriedly, "Tashigi, are you all right?"

"I'm fine. I just can't accept what I saw right now." As Tashigi replied, she kept thinking, Did the justice Captain Smoker had always upheld still have any meaning?

Even the Navy's strongest admirals had to serve the evil committed by the Celestial Dragons.

Could their Navy still achieve true justice?

As someone who had been through it before, Robin understood better. "That little girl over there must not have experienced much. What happened just now hit her hard."

The group's fun afterward clearly seemed to be missing something.

On the other hand, Straw Hat Luffy was as carefree as ever. He had already forgotten what had happened and was happily playing around.

At an amusement park, Hatchan and Camie walked at the very back.

As they watched Luffy and the others play, the starfish had also gone off to play with them.

Suddenly, one of Camie's shoes accidentally fell off as she walked.

"Oh no." Panicking, Camie quickly crouched down to put it back on. If she did not put it on quickly, her identity as a mermaid would be exposed.

What Camie did not know was that the instant her shoe fell off, a pair of eyes had fixed on her.

It belonged to a human trafficker who had roamed the entire Sabaody Archipelago for years, constantly searching for targets.

There had originally been five women in this group, but one of them was actually a mermaid?

The trafficker's greed instantly surged. If he caught her and sold her, he would definitely make a fortune.

Hatchan asked with concern, "Camie, what happened just now?"

"It's nothing. I've probably walked too long and need to rest for a while." Camie made an excuse because she did not want Hatchan to worry too much about her.

Camie continued, "Hatchan, I want to sit in the bubble car for a while!"

"Okay." Hatchan had no objection. He was more than happy to agree, since Camie's identity was dangerous on the Sabaody Archipelago, and he happened to be riding the bubble car.

Meanwhile, Kalifa and Tashigi had unexpectedly hit it off chatting with Nico Robin and Nami.

They had been enemies before, true, but they were no longer enemies for the time being, so there was no need to be so tense.

Nami asked in disbelief, "Tashigi, you know Zoro? That's really unexpected."

"Indeed," Robin replied with a mischievous smile.

Camie sat in the bubble car and rubbed her fish tail. After walking for so long, it was still quite a burden on her.

Hatchan said, "Everyone, next we're going to Grove 13. There's an incredible coating master there. He can definitely coat your ship."

"That's great, a coating master!" Straw Hat Luffy's eyes shone as he eagerly looked forward to meeting the amazing coating master.

Not long afterward, led by Hatchan, the group arrived at the Rip-off Bar on Grove 13.

Hatchan said, "We're here."

Brook replied, "I never expected there to be a bar in such a remote place. That's quite rare!"

Standing beside Kalifa, Tashigi quietly asked, "Are we really just going to follow the Straw Hat Pirates here? Will it be all right?"

"It's fine. We can take the opportunity to have a look around." Kalifa smiled playfully. In truth, she had done it somewhat deliberately.

Besides, Kalifa came from CP9, and gathering intelligence was always her priority.

That was why she had considered following the Straw Hat Pirates the whole time.

On a ship by the shore of Grove 32, Luo Chen half-opened his eyes and said with mild surprise, "Kalifa and Tashigi actually ended up with the Straw Hat crew?"

He had not kept his Observation Haki active before, but once he released it, Luo Chen was genuinely surprised. The Sabaody Archipelago was so vast.

Yet they had run into each other so quickly. Their luck was truly something else.

Luo Chen closed his eyes again and stopped worrying about Kalifa and Tashigi. As long as they were safe, that was enough.

From the Rip-off Bar on Grove 13 came a voice. "If you don't have enough money to drink, then get out!"

Then, before the Straw Hats' eyes, three pirates were thrown out and slammed hard onto the ground.

Nami said in shock, "Why do I feel like the owner of this bar is really brutal?"

At that moment, a woman smoking a cigarette walked out of the bar.

Hatchan immediately ran over to greet her enthusiastically. "Shakky, it's me, Hatchan!"

"Oh! So it's Hatchan. What brings you to my place?" Shakky replied with a smile as she smoked.

Hatchan then briefly explained the situation to Shakky.

Shakky also invited the Straw Hats and the others into the bar to sit down.

After pouring everyone a drink, Shakky said, "You came to find Rayleigh to coat your ship, but he isn't here at the moment. More precisely, he hasn't returned in half a year."

"Half a year? That long? Then what are we supposed to do about coating our ship?" Hearing this, Nami became troubled.

After all, if they could not get their ship coated, that meant they could not go to Fish-Man Island.

And if they could not go to Fish-Man Island, they could not reach the second half of the Grand Line.