After lighting up the map of Mock Town, Xie Wen and the others took the Toot Toot Forward on a wide detour to the other end of Jaya Island.
It was not that he wanted to hear that middle-aged descendant of Noland reminisce about the old days. Rather, the little house where the man lived actually counted as a "checkpoint." Without stopping by, they would have to cover every area outside Mock Town to light up all of Jaya Island.
So Xie Wen had no intention of visiting Noland's descendant. He only planned to cruise past the half-house and then leave.
Just as the Toot Toot Forward approached Mont Blanc Cricket's home, the first and second commanders of the Saruyama Alliance happened to be visiting their Pops, Cricket.
The first commander of the Saruyama Alliance was a strange human who looked like a gorilla and was named Masira. Among all the bizarre-looking people in the One Piece world, he and his brother, the second commander, who was named Shoujou and looked like an ape himself, actually counted as relatively normal.
Their personalities, however, matched their appearances: reckless, simple-minded, careless, and not very bright. As a result, they did not recognize Xie Wen and his companions at all.
"They must be more guys after Pops' gold! Watch me take care of them!"
Masira took out the microphone he carried with him and was about to go attack the Toot Toot Forward, which was still sailing toward them, while Shoujou cracked his knuckles beside him.
Fortunately, although Cricket spent all day diving for gold, he did occasionally read the newspaper.
"Don't go over there! You're no match for him!" Cricket held his two dim-witted followers firmly in place. "That's Sapphire Star Xie Wen's ship! He's the one who took down Crocodile of