Poisonous Island Punk Hazard

The Luo Ji Pirates swaggered out of Dressrosa and set sail.

No one knew the outcome of that battle on the Plateau of King.

Yet it was clear that the Donquixote Family had suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of the Luo Ji Pirates.

Fortunately, there was no news of Doflamingo's defeat, otherwise the World Government would have stripped him of his Shichibukai title.

During this trip to Dressrosa, the number of members in the Luo Ji Pirates finally surpassed ten.

Although that included five Tontatta and two pets.

Lord Luo Ji, come eat some cake~

With Baby 5 as a professional maid, the ship finally had a proper cook.

Princess Mansherry, who possessed the powers of the Heal-Heal Fruit, could serve as the ship's doctor.

Violet, the Glint-Glint Fruit user, could serve as the lookout.

Haha, delicious! Our crew is getting more and more partners!

Yamato ate her roasted meat happily, looking thoroughly at ease as she watched the three Tontatta flitting about; her eyes curved into crescent moons, brimming with contentment.

Bee Fairy Bian, Blue Butterfly Fairy Vica, and Dragonfly Fairy Coton—these three busy little scout fairies—also shouldered the duties of sailors, helping to hoist the sails and clean up.

Captain Leo, the Tontatta warrior, served concurrently as the helmsman.

Rebecca, the gladiator, felt that her own strength was too lacking and was constantly training her swordsmanship.

She had already discarded her ordinary double-edged sword, taking up the famous blade Zansetsu gifted by Luo Ji, and began practicing Luo Ji's Divine Snow Style swordsmanship along with the two types of Haki.

Seeing that everyone else on the ship was a Devil Fruit user, Rebecca also looked forward to her own Devil Fruit ability.

She knew that relying solely on her talent made it extremely difficult to become a peerless powerhouse.

Therefore, a powerful Devil Fruit power could make her even stronger.

Luo Ji required every crew member to train in the two types of Haki, with the exception of the delicate princess Mansherry.

Under Yamato's guidance, Luo Ji also explored ways to strengthen his Conqueror's Haki, familiarizing himself in advance with the theory and techniques of Conqueror's Coating.

The news of the Luo Ji Pirates appearing in Dressrosa allowed the World Government and Marines to deduce that they might be heading back toward Paradise.

This prompted the World Government and Marine Headquarters to prepare a plan targeting this fiercely rising rookie pirate crew.

Meanwhile, upon learning that both Luo Ji and Yamato were about to escape the New World, Beast Kaido was driven into a fit of violent rage.

He wished he could go out in person, drag Yamato back, and wipe out that little bastard Luo Ji.

Yet he could not simply leave his Wano Country base right now, because that troublemaker, the Red Hair Pirates, was once again prowling along the border of his territory, seemingly trying to intentionally keep him in check.

This made Kaido even more displeased.

He could only accelerate the recovery and development of his forces.

In less than a day, the pirate ship of the Luo Ji Pirates appeared in the waters of Punk Hazard.

Mind you, Doflamingo had used his String-String Fruit powers to fly from Dressrosa to Punk Hazard in just a few hours.

Luo Ji, are we really going to land on this poisonous island?!

Even Yamato frowned slightly, unsure how long her own abilities could hold out against such poison gas.

I'll go by myself this time! You guys wait here or enter my Scroll World, I'll go find something and come right back out!

Caesar Clown had not yet returned to Punk Hazard, and the poison gas here had not been cleared away, making it extremely dangerous for most people.

We're all going into your Scroll World, it'll be just the thing to go inside and take a look!

Yamato's eyes lit up; they knew Luo Ji's scroll could store many things, but most of them had never gone inside to see it.

Luo Ji thought for a moment, then packed everyone into the Scroll World he was continuously developing.

It was already no less impressive than Mondor's Book-Book World and Brulee's Mirror-Mirror World.

As the pirate ship was also stowed away by a large scroll, Luo Ji quickly donned a set of anti-poison gear purchased on the Dressrosa black market, then rode Flying Crane to fly into Punk Hazard.

Inside the Mountains and Rivers Scroll World.

Sister Yamato, don't use so much strength, you'll turn these houses back into ink!

Tama, a regular in the Scroll World, warned that fellow Yamato that many things in this world were illusions drawn by Luo Ji using the Fude Fude no Mi.

Originally, this Scroll World was just a void storage space capable of holding as much seawater as an island.

The original developmental direction of the Scroll-Scroll Fruit's ability was [storage].

However, because Luo Ji simultaneously possessed the powers of the Fude Fude no Mi, he had created the Scroll World.

This is amazing, Captain Luo Ji's power can hold an entire world.

If only we could move Green Bit in here!

If we'd known Lojiland had a world, we could have brought out hundreds more Tontatta warriors.

The five little ones began chattering excitedly.

Are Captain Luo Ji's monsters hidden in here too?

Rebecca and Violet were looking around for something.

No! Brother Luo Ji's monsters are stored in the Puppet Super-Drawing Scroll, they aren't real monsters.

Brother Luo Ji also has the Prison Scroll, and that Shichibukai is locked inside it!

And, and, Brother Luo Ji also has storage scrolls for food, fresh water, and treasure.

Tama explained smugly with a knowing look.

Captain Luo Ji's Devil Fruit powers are so versatile, he can even change our clothes for us.

Yamato felt a twinge of envy as well; her Okuchi no Makami ability could only turn her into a giant wolf and use some freezing powers.

Through the discussion of these fellows, their respect for Luo Ji deepened by a few more notches.

Meanwhile, Luo Ji was shuttling through the purple poisonous fog, searching for the huge research base left over from the massive explosion.

His Observation Haki was spreading out on a large scale.

After searching for the better part of a day, he finally sensed some traces of life.

He knew these were the experimental prisoners who had survived the massive explosion.

After these pitiful fellows were casually and conveniently saved by Caesar, they even accepted Caesar—the main culprit—as their boss.

Good thing these prisoners didn't have the luck of that little bastard Momonosuke, otherwise one of them would have turned into quite a big shot.

Who would have thought that fellow Momonosuke could find the storage location of the Artificial Azure Dragon Fruit just from being hungry.

Luo Ji rushed swiftly toward the huge laboratory, not forgetting to complain about Momonosuke, the 'child of destiny'.

Possessing the Observation Haki of the Voice of All Things, Momonosuke could be recognized by Zunesha and could even command Zunesha.

No matter how you looked at it, he had somewhat the air of a reincarnated big shot.

He wondered if, after plundering Momonosuke's ability card, he would be able to command Zunesha in the future.

If he could, he would be rolling in wealth.

The two sovereigns that Roger and Kozuki Oden had heard about from the mouth of the giant Sea King.

He wondered if they were Luffy and Shirahoshi, or Shirahoshi and Momonosuke, or perhaps Luffy and Momonosuke.

To be even more bizarre, Nami and Vivi—one potentially tied to Pluto because of her weather talent, and the other potentially tied to Pluton.

The moment Luo Ji found a life-signature point, he blasted straight down, forcefully breaking into the massive research institute.