After a period of time~
Xia Chen snapped his fingers, and at the same time, the five roadblocks on the ground finally regained their mobility.
An hour had passed since Xia Chen entered the house, and the five of them had been like puppets for a little over an hour.
After regaining their mobility, the five slowly got up from the ground, looking at Xia Chen with gloomy eyes, but this time they showed no inclination to make a move.
There's nothing we can do; we can't beat them right now. We'll deal with them when they're stronger enough to win!
" Xia Chen, our next island is Fish-Man Island. Do you know anything about this island?" Nami asked, looking at Xia Chen.
"I know that. There are many beautiful mermaid ladies on Fish-Man Island. I've longed to go there for a long time!"
Xia Chen didn't say anything, but Sanji answered first, his eyes turning into hearts as he clasped his hands together, looking like a lecherous man.
Everyone:...
Everyone selectively ignored Sanji's words. Who doesn't know that there are Fish-Man and mermaids on Fish-Man Island? Do you need to tell me?
"Generally speaking, Fish-Man Island is a necessary stop for pirates heading to the New World. Of course, if you want to go via Mary Geoise, I can take you there."
"So, who among you is interested?"
Xia Chen looked at everyone and asked with a faint smile.
"Um, Xia Chen, the Mary Geoise you're talking about isn't the Mary Geoise where the World Government is located, is it?" Robin asked with a slightly strange expression.
"Otherwise what? Have you ever heard of any other place called Mary Geoise?"
"..."
"Well... let's forget about it! It doesn't feel right for us to go under the World Government's nose!" Usopp said after swallowing hard.
He is not Xia Chen; he doesn't possess Xia Chen's formidable strength, and naturally, he doesn't have Xia Chen's courage.
Why the hell would I take the Mary Geoise route? That's like an old man eating poison!
Even if Xia Chen had the ability to protect them, he wouldn't dare!
"Impossible! We must go from Fish-Man Island! What will happen to my beautiful mermaid ladies if we don't go to Fish-Man Island?"
Upon hearing Xia Chen's words, Sanji retorted loudly.
Are you kidding me? Not going to Fish-Man Island? What about his childhood dream? He's been dreaming of going to Fish-Man Island for who knows how long!
"That's right! I also think Sanji finally said something sensible. We have to go from Fish-Man Island! I've never been to the ocean before, how can we miss such an interesting place!"
Luffy also spoke up loudly, for him, an underwater adventure was undoubtedly novel and interesting, so how could he possibly miss it?
"Then let me give you a brief overview! Fish-Man Island is located 10,000 meters below the surface of the Holy Land Mary Geoise. As I mentioned earlier, it's the only way to reach the New World!"
"At the same time, it is the birthplace of most Fish-Man Race and Merfolk, and is also known as the ' Undersea Paradise,' a dreamlike haven!"
"A dreamlike paradise!!!"
Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper's eyes lit up with excitement, while Sanji's eyes remained fixed on hearts as he kept repeating the words "a dreamlike paradise."
"Besides that, there's also a Ryugu Kingdom on the island, where a mermaid princess is said to be extremely beautiful!" Xia Chen said with a faint smile.
"The Little Mermaid!!"
At that moment, only this thought remained in Sanji's mind, and at the same time, the image of the mermaid princess began to unconsciously appear in his mind.
As if he had imagined something inappropriate for children, Sanji's face grew redder and redder until, at the peak of his redness, two streams of blood suddenly shot out from his nose!
Then she just fainted.
" Sanji!"
Chopper immediately shouted and ran to Sanji's side to take care of him.
"Tch~ Perverted Cook! You're a disgrace to us!" Zoro couldn't help but mock after seeing this.
Zoro's words were met with unanimous approval from everyone, who nodded in agreement.
"Alright, that's about all the basic information about Fish-Man Island. We'll have to see for ourselves when we get there, but I'm sure it won't disappoint!" Xia Chen said with a smile.
Xia Chen's words sparked everyone's imagination, filling them with anticipation for Fish-Man Island.
Xia Chen was also very interested in Fish-Man Island. Not only had he never been to the seabed, but more importantly, there were many interesting things to see on Fish-Man Island!
Poseidon!
The Ark of the Covenant — Noah!
Joy Boy left behind Poneglyph of his apology to Fish-Man Island in the coral forest of the Sea Forest!
These were all things that interested Xia Chen.
Xia Chen continued, "However, before going to Fish-Man Island, we need to go to the Sabaody Archipelago first to find a craftsman there who can coat our ship with a coating before we go to sea!"
"As for this, I've already made arrangements with someone who's very skilled. We can just go find him when we get to the island!"
"Okay!" Nami nodded. Then she suddenly said to Xia Chen, "By the way, let's go find Franky!"
"When he came to see us a few days ago, he said the ship was finished, but you hadn't arrived yet, so he didn't take us to see it. He said we could have the unveiling ceremony together after you arrived!"
"Hmm? Is that so? I'm starting to look forward to it!"
"New ship!"
The trio became excited again. The moment Chopper heard about the new ship, he even abandoned Sanji, who was receiving treatment, and shook it excitedly.
Sanji won't die immediately if we don't save him, but if we don't get excited now, we won't be in the same mood later!
Without any objection, and with everyone agreeing, the entire group marched towards Franky's location in a grand procession...
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At this moment, inside the Franky House.
Franky sat in the main seat above his underlings. Looking at them, Franky hesitated, unsure how to tell them that he had decided to join someone else's pirate crew.
Xia Chen was right. After the Paramount War, the World Government thought highly of him, setting a bounty of 200 million for him on their first bounty.
To be honest, he was completely stunned when he first saw the bounty.
When did his head become so valuable? What makes him so special?
If it were Xia Chen who hadn't given him a large sum of money to build the ship, he might have even handed himself over to the Navy for the money if he had seen this amount of Beli!
ε=(´ο`*))) Sigh!
It's no use thinking about it now; the bounty has already been issued, so he definitely can't stay here any longer.
Otherwise, not only will he himself be in great danger, but his subordinates will also be at risk, because it won't just be the World Government and the Navy that are eyeing him.
And those bounty hunters!
This is not good news for Franky, who knows his abilities don't justify the bounty.
So there was no other way; even though he was very reluctant to leave them, he had to say goodbye!
The only way to protect them is to leave them!
With this in mind, Franky's gaze hardened, and he addressed the crowd below:
"My men, I have something to announce..."