clatter...
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"Is the officer inside?"
Hmm... Is nobody here? I'll come in then...
In the center of the fortress, outside a room with its back to the sea, Colonel Drake knocked on the door a few times. Finding no one responding, he opened it and went inside.
"Hmm... what's going on? The commander isn't here again?"
Seriously, something big has happened at the base, and you still go fishing alone.
He's really a troublesome boss who leaves all this difficult work to us subordinates!
Forget it, let's wait here for him to come back first!
Colonel Drake walked in only to find his superior absent again, guessing he'd probably gone fishing once more.
He complained a few times, then stood there waiting for his superior to return.
A short while later, Jonathan returned carrying a fish basket in one hand and a fishing rod in the other.
Seeing his subordinates standing there waiting for his return, seemingly wanting to report something, he spoke first and asked him.
"What is it, Drake? Is there something you need to report to me?"
Jonathan tossed the fish basket to him, who hurriedly caught it, and the soldier asked at the same time.
"Yes, I came to you, Commander, to report some strange intelligence."
And please, do you want to stay here and handle your official business? Don't always go fishing while leaving us with all the official duties.
You seem to have it very easy, but we have so many things to handle, we're simply overwhelmed!
Colonel Drake poured out his troubles to him before even reporting the news.
This made Jonathan feel very awkward, and he didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only give a perfunctory reply and then forcibly changed the subject.
"Okay, I understand. I'll be careful. Thank you all for your hard work."
"By the way, what news did you come here to report to me?"
"Hmm... I knew you'd say that. Oh well, what can we do? We've got a boss like you, so we just have to accept it."
"Oh, right, I've come to tell you something. It's like this..."
They were used to the commander giving evasive answers, and responded in response to his words.
Drake Lake then informed him of the information recorded by his subordinates.
A young, thin boatman said this.
I saw a long arm fly past me...
Another tall, obese boatman said this.
"A huge, fluffy ball is flying towards us!!"
A boatman, gesturing wildly, tried to express what he had seen.
"Hands, so many hands have grown on our bodies..."
An old boatman sitting in a rocking chair described it.
"Yes, that's right, I remember it very clearly, it was a woman's soft arm..."
Everyone unanimously agreed, "Therefore, we are absolutely certain that it is a ghost ship..."
"That's how it is. What's your take on this...?"
After finishing his statement, Drake consulted his superior for his opinion.
"A ghost ship? Anyway, it's true that the ship fell from the sky, right? So they accidentally fell into this place."
Jonathan stood up and pondered, then seemed to hear a noise, walked to the window, pushed open the window, and saw...
"Hehe, looks like we've caught a big fish..."
Let's go see the Straw Hat Pirates' second-in-command and see how he ended up here...
Outside the window, directly opposite him at the sea fortress, Zoro was trying his best to retrieve the sword that Nami had thrown into the grass below, but he still couldn't reach it and take it back.
"Damn it, Nami actually threw my sword here, making it so hard for me to get it back!"
Zoro had half his body hanging out of the railing, one hand gripping the railing, the other reaching down to try and retrieve his sword.
Let's rewind to half an hour earlier. Nami had just parted ways with Luo Chen and was walking alone in the corridor inside the naval fortress when she suddenly encountered two people asking her for directions.
"Hello, miss, do you know how to get to the naval kitchen?"
The thin man spoke first.
"Hey, are you asking me?"
Nami was walking aimlessly forward when she suddenly heard a voice coming towards her. She had no choice but to look up, point at herself, and ask.
"Naturally, you're the only one here besides us. May I ask how to get to the naval kitchen?"
The tall, thin man nodded in response and then asked Nami again.
"Oh, oh, I know how to get there, follow me!!"
Nami quickly responded, then told them to follow her and led them there.
"By the way, is this your first time here?"
Nami walked along, tentatively asking as she spoke.
"Yes, that's right. This is our first time here. We came at someone's invitation to show those unsophisticated chefs our superb culinary skills, but we ended up getting lost here."
"It's good that I met you. By the way, what about you, miss?"
The man replied to her, then asked about Nami's situation.
"Oh, you guys got lost too, just like me. I got lost here when I first joined five years ago, but luckily a veteran helped me out."
Nami continued leading them along, and answered at the same time.
After walking for a while, Nami led them to a dark, deserted corridor, then pointed ahead and spoke.
"Alright, just walk straight to the end, then turn left and go straight, then turn right, then go straight again, then turn once more and go straight, and you'll get there. I'm off now, bye-bye..."
Nami made up a few things to fool them, and then quickly left before they could get her to stay.
Afterwards, she disguised herself as a lowly soldier cleaning up trash and walked forward, intending to ask the marines about the situation.
"Hmm, they should be here. Just a few more steps and we should meet them."
Before Nami could take more than a few steps, she saw Zoro swagger out of the corridor at the corner and say something in a loud voice without any attempt to hide his presence.
"Huh... how come it's this directionally challenged guy? Never mind, let's call him over first."
Nami was quite surprised to bump into her companion in the corridor, but when she saw that it was Zoro, who was just as bad at directions as Luffy, she said with a headache.
Bang!!
Nami walked up to Zoro with the broom handle in her hand, and before Zoro could even react, she hit him on the head with the broom handle.
"Ouch!! That hurts! Who is it...?"
Zoro covered his head and cried out.
"Oh, it's you. Why did you hit me on the head with a broom?"
Zoro looked up and saw that it was his companion Nami who had done it, so he asked in confusion.
"Of course it's me. And what are you doing here? Why are you swaggering around like this? Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"
Nami questioned him loudly, but seeing his nonchalant expression, she felt a headache coming on.
"Smack..."
"Forget it, I can't explain it to you. Just come with me..."
Nami slapped her face and said helplessly, then pulled the dazed Zoro to a secluded corner, took his sword and threw it outside, telling him to retrieve it slowly while she found the other companions and then come back to meet him.
That's how it happened. Now let's turn our attention back to the main point.
As Zoro was reaching for the three swords, he accidentally let them all fall. To retrieve them, he jumped down after them.
Jonathan, seeing him go down to retrieve his knife, immediately ordered his men to apprehend him.