Zoro, who was in the sea, appeared perfectly normal, showing no signs of his face turning red from holding his breath.
However, at this moment, his hand was on his buttocks, rubbing them continuously.
Upon closer inspection, everyone noticed a faint white light surrounding Zoro, enveloping his entire body.
Seeing this, Nami seemed to remember something and asked Xia Chen, " Xia Chen, is this the Water Avoidance Technique you cast on us when we went to Sky Island?"
"Yes!" Xia Chen nodded.
"With my Water Avoidance Technique, he won't be affected by water pressure in the water, and he can breathe normally! It's not much different from being on land, except for the feel!"
"Hey! So, will this be useful for us ability users? Will it still be affected by seawater?" Luffy asked curiously.
"Wouldn't it be better if you tried it yourself?" Xia Chen's face broke into an evil smile again, and before Luffy could react, he kicked him away as well.
"Thump!"
As soon as Luffy passed through the membrane, driven by an instinctive fear of the sea, he couldn't help but flailing his arms and legs, shouting, "Help! Help..."
But after a while Luffy still didn't feel that feeling of losing all his strength and being unable to breathe, and blinked in confusion.
(⊙o⊙)...
(☆▽☆)!
Luffy looked at his hands with surprise and exclaimed excitedly, "It really is! I don't feel like I've lost all my strength. It's not much different from being on land!"
"Hehe! Since that's the case, then let me tame this shark and make it our little brother!"
Luffy pressed his fist down, making cracking sounds from his knuckles.
Upon hearing Luffy's words, Zoro on the other side immediately became displeased.
" Luffy, what do you mean? This is my prey! I was here first!"
" Zoro, do you eat at the kids' table? Why do you talk like a child? What do you mean by 'you go first' and 'I go first'? That's so childish!" Luffy retorted without any politeness.
"You bastard..." Several veins bulged on Zoro's forehead. Just as he was about to say something, another voice came from behind him.
" Luffy's right! When it comes to prey, whoever kills it first gets to keep it!"
Their gazes immediately shifted to Sanji, who was walking towards them unhurriedly, a cigarette dangling from his mouth.
Thanks to Xia Chen's Water Avoidance Art, Sanji can enjoy smoking even in the sea, making him truly unique in this world!
"Hey, hey, hey. Sanji, Zoro, I told you guys I'm going to recruit it as my subordinate, so stop with all the fighting!" Luffy said to the two of them with dissatisfaction.
Recruiting a shark this big as a subordinate is definitely better than killing it outright, right?
"Hey! Are you three out of your minds? It's about to swallow us whole! And you're still babbling on and on!"
Nami yelled at the three people arguing in the distance, "Seriously, is this the time to discuss this? Can't you see they're about to be stuffed into this shark's teeth?"
"Leave it to me, Miss Nami!"
Sanji responded instantly upon hearing Nami's voice, then looked at the enormous shark before him and said calmly, " Blue Walk!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sanji shot off like an arrow, his speed so great that everyone on the ship looked on in surprise.
"Wow, that's fast! What kind of speed is that?" Chopper exclaimed in utter astonishment.
"It seems Sanji's strength has improved quite a bit in the past six months!" Franky adjusted his glasses, a hint of surprise in his voice.
"Of course! The five of us haven't been slacking off these past six months!"
"Besides, compared to the rest of them, I've improved the most in the last six months! I haven't shown off yet simply because this little situation isn't worthy of my attention!"
"As you know, the main character usually appears when everyone is in despair! And I am that main character!"
"Whenever you encounter a crisis you cannot resolve, I will transform into a savior and rescue you from your suffering!"
Usopp spoke casually, the air thick with an air of arrogance, but the problem was, there was actually a foolish tanuki who would believe such arrogance.
Chopper: "Really? Usopp!"
"Hearing you say that, you must have gotten a lot stronger in the past six months. I really look forward to seeing the day you make your move!"
(☆▽☆)!
Usopp: "No rush, there will be another opportunity!"
Everyone:...
Xia Chen looked at Usopp with a strange expression. "Not bad, not bad. It's been half a year. Putting aside his strength, his bragging skills have improved!"
However, Usopp was right about one thing: his strength had indeed improved the most in the past six months.
That's normal, after all, he has the most room for improvement!
After a moment of silence, everyone turned their attention back to Sanji in the distance.
Sanji had already reached the shark's head, his right foot turning bright red in an instant, and bubbles forming in the surrounding seawater due to the high temperature.
" Diable Jambe..."
"Boom!"
"Sizzle sizzle..."
Sanji kicked the shark in the head with his right foot, producing a huge roar, and the front half of the shark's head was directly roasted by the high temperature.
The next moment, the giant shark, which had almost swallowed Sunny whole, was suddenly propelled away at incredible speed. The surrounding seawater was even propelled by its massive body, creating a turbulent current and pushing the Thousand Sunny a great distance away.
After all the noise subsided, all that could be seen was the shark's body, belly up, plummeting downwards in the distance; it was clearly dead.
" Sanji! I told you not to kill it! Now look what happened, without a mount, it's not as exciting!" Luffy yelled at Sanji, then sighed after a while.
"Now that you've killed it, we can't waste it, Zoro, why don't you go cut some shark meat for us to eat!"
Sanji, Zoro:...
--
"I must say, this shark meat is pretty delicious. I should have brought more back earlier!" Luffy stuffed large mouthfuls of shark meat into his mouth, his face full of satisfaction.
"Heh, you actually say your little brother's meat is delicious? Luffy, that's a bit much!" Sanji said sarcastically.
(⊙o⊙)...
Luffy suddenly stopped eating halfway through, and then... he ate even more heartily!
"Are we almost at Fish-Man Island now?" Robin asked, looking at the pitch-black sea around them.
"Almost there, we'll be there soon!" Nami said with a smile.
" Fish-Man Island, mermaids! This is so exciting!" Sanji's eyes immediately turned into hearts.
Suddenly, Chopper looked down at the sea with a horrified expression and shouted:
"Come quick, everyone!"