Getting Used to It

The group entered Little Garden on the current.

The surroundings were filled with jungle trees and plants not recorded in any field guide. Strange cries echoed from time to time, making Nami cover her ears in sudden fear.

"What was that... sound?"

Sanji smiled and said he would protect Nami, but before he could finish, he saw her run to Zero's side. He could not help but reveal an almost tearful expression.

"Sanji, behind you!"

Hearing Usopp's terrified shout, Sanji turned around in confusion. Charging straight at him was a massive bird covered in green feathers. Apart from its head, it looked remarkably like the Millennium Dragon they had seen on Warship Island!

Before he could react, a ball of fire suddenly shot toward the giant bird, instantly setting its outer feathers ablaze. The bird let out a mournful cry and fell into the sea.

The flames returned to the ship, revealing Little Red Sparrow within them under everyone's astonished gazes. Only Luffy wore a pained expression, as if he had recalled the terror of having his mouth dominated by the little creature before him!

Feeling everyone's eyes on him, Zero could only look up at the sky and pretend he knew nothing. In truth, he only had a vague understanding of Little Red Sparrow's existence himself.

The next moment, a sound like a volcanic eruption rang out from within the island, deafeningly loud. It immediately diverted their attention, allowing everyone to turn their eyes back toward the mysterious jungle around them.

Nami and Usopp also saw a huge tiger following the Going Merry along the shore. In the blink of an eye, it suddenly vomited blood and collapsed, strengthening their resolve not to disembark.

However.

Just after the anchor was dropped, Luffy started shouting for Sanji to prepare boxed lunches because he wanted to go adventuring. Zero and Vivi also said they wanted to take a look around the island, so Sanji prepared five portions. After all, Karoo and Little Red Sparrow needed food too.

Karoo trembled all over. Its inner thoughts were probably: No, I don't want to!

Little Red Sparrow's inner thoughts: No, you do!

Not long after the three people and two birds set out, Roronoa Zoro emerged from the cabin and said he wanted to get some fresh air. Sanji then suggested that he bring back some prey.

Roronoa Zoro retorted out of habit, but Sanji's competitive spirit flared up. The two started a contest to see who could catch the bigger prey, boarding Little Garden under Usopp and Nami's disappointed gazes.

The two left behind were on the verge of tears. They could only pray that everyone would return quickly while being unable to stop themselves from worrying.

If Zero saw Usopp acting like this, he would undoubtedly shake his head and sigh that Usopp still had a long way to go before becoming a brave warrior of the sea...

Luffy and the others walked through the jungle.

At that moment, Luffy suddenly pointed at something by the river and shouted. He jumped into the water and fished it out, while Vivi looked at the creature curiously.

"That's an ammonite. It seems to be some kind of prehistoric creature."

Hearing Zero mutter to himself, something suddenly flashed through Vivi's mind. When she later saw a dinosaur dozens of meters tall, she cried out, "That's a dinosaur, an extinct creature! So this is Primordial Island, still stuck in prehistoric times!"

Karoo was so frightened that it could not move. Little Red Sparrow suddenly flew onto its head and patted its chest with a wing, as if saying it did not need to be afraid because it would protect it. Karoo was immediately moved to tears.

While Vivi was still in shock, Luffy had already stretched out his arm and grabbed a dinosaur that was grazing.

"That's amazing!"

Meanwhile, Usopp and Nami encountered a huge humanoid monster. After he introduced himself as Brogy, the strongest warrior of Elbaf Village, the two were so frightened that they collapsed onto the deck. Instead, Brogy grabbed them and took them away.

Elsewhere on the island, Roronoa Zoro and Sanji also encountered prehistoric creatures like dinosaurs. Unfortunately, the dinosaurs misjudged their strength and ended up being dragged back as prey by the two of them.

The focus returned to Zero's side.

"Wow, there's such a huge hole in that rock over there!"

Luffy shouted from atop the dinosaur's head. Wanting to check out the so-called rock, he forcibly turned the dinosaur around, scaring it into tears.

Before anyone could comfort it, an even larger dinosaur suddenly appeared above Luffy's head. So he began his own little game, constantly jumping and wandering across the dinosaurs' bodies.

"What is Luffy even doing?"

Vivi watched from below with a headache.

Zero simply shrugged and said to Vivi, "Don't worry. Our captain may be a little playful, but he's still very strong. You'll get used to it."

Vivi said, "You call this being playful?"

"He just flips over sometimes, like—"

Zero had Vivi look up. Before her eyes, Luffy landed on the head of what appeared to be the strongest dinosaur. Then the dinosaur flung him high into the air, and after that, swallowed him whole...

"Luffy!"

Vivi shouted.

The next moment, a giant suddenly appeared and chopped off the dinosaur's neck in one stroke. Luffy slid out through the severed neck and landed in the giant's hand.

"A Giant Tribe member..."

Vivi beside him had already gone completely blank. Zero looked up at the giant. He truly was even larger than Zero had imagined!

And according to his memories, aside from his enormous size, this giant was also incredibly strong. He had possessed a bounty of one hundred million berries a hundred years ago, more than the entire Straw Hat Pirates' combined bounty at present. This made Zero very interested.

Beside them, Karoo had already fainted and was foaming at the mouth. Little Red Sparrow flew before its beak and looked at it in confusion, unable to understand why it had collapsed so easily.

"Eek!"

"Ha ha ha! I admire you. You were actually brave enough to fight a dinosaur."

After praising Luffy, the giant introduced himself as Dorry, a Giant Tribe warrior. Once Luffy heard that, he very amicably introduced Zero, Vivi, Karoo, and Little Red Sparrow one by one.

Afterward, Dorry invited them to his home as guests. Luffy agreed right away. Vivi and Karoo looked rather reluctant, but they ultimately followed along.

"This dinosaur meat is delicious!"

Luffy tossed a huge chunk of meat into his mouth, then tore off another piece and stuffed it in. Beside him, Little Red Sparrow was also eating an enormous piece of dinosaur meat, forming a sharp contrast with the still-trembling Karoo.

In exchange, Luffy gave Dorry the boxed lunches meant for himself and the others. Dorry seemed to like them very much, though he was somewhat dissatisfied with the portions.

Luffy immediately said that if Dorry dared complain that they did not taste good, he would send him flying. Dorry burst into laughter, while Vivi never expected the two to become so friendly in such a short time!

Zero said, "You'll get used to it, you'll get used to it."

"Eek!"

Little Red Sparrow nodded while eating dinosaur meat. Its adorable appearance was simply too amusing.