Two days later, everyone on board the Going Meili finally saw the legendary red earth! (PS: There is no way, I can only call it this way, everyone will understand in a moment)
High mountain!
Can't see the top at a glance
"It's amazing. Is this the land of red earth?" Everyone exclaimed.
After a while, everyone encountered the Upside Down Mountain again!
The sea water flows into the Grand Line backwards!
There are strong currents here. You need to use the sea currents to enter the canal and then fly over the red earth!
If you accidentally hit the red earth, there will be no Entering the canal, there is only a dead end!
For Navigator this is the first challenge to enter the great waterway!
Fortunately, Nami's navigation skills are very good!
Everyone also entered the seawater flowing backwards without any danger.
Through the canal, they made the final leap!
Finally, a new horizon appeared in their eyes!
"This is the Grand Line!"
After crossing the red earth, the canal flows from high to low.
In this way, the sea water seems to have returned to normal.
Going down the canal, you enter the calm sea!
Next to it, there is a lighthouse and a casual old man leaning on a recliner and reading a newspaper!
This is the Twin Towers!
Nami approached the boat and wanted to ask for information.
After all, this is the Grand Line, and he is the lighthouse keeper!
"Why?"
Suddenly, Nami realized that the compass in her hand seemed to be malfunctioning!
"The compass is out of order!"
Nami exclaimed.
Why is this happening?
Faced with this situation, Gretel took out a record pointer that had been prepared in advance.
"Here, from now on our voyages will be recorded according to this pointer."
Gretel said
"In the Grand Line, the compass is no longer useful, and we must rely on this record pointer to identify the direction."
"Seasons, weather, magnetic fields, ocean currents, these external common senses all have no effect on the grand line. Only navigators holding recording pointers can find the way forward!"
"What?"
Nami exclaimed, holding her head.
As a navigator on the Going Mellie, she didn't even understand this common sense, which was equivalent to her own dereliction of duty.
But no one would blame her, after all, there is still Gretel, who knows everything, on the boat.
"So, will we be faced with the danger of various waves at any time?"
Nami said
"Yes, as peaceful as the world is, the Grand Line is as bad as it is. The first half is a little better, but the second half is simply a nightmare!"
"I see."
Nami took a shot to her heart. She must never do this again.
As they said, they got off the boat on the shore.
On the shore, an old man was reading the newspaper leisurely.
As the ship's doctor of the former Pirate King he has fully enjoyed the life of an elderly person.
When he saw the Straw Hats and the others stopping the boat, Crocus just glanced at it casually.
They seemed to be just a group of ordinary pirates.
However, the straw hat on this kid's head, looks familiar.
"boom!"
Suddenly, there was a huge earthquake, which shocked several people!
A terrifying figure slowly emerged from the sea.
"Then what kind of monster is that!"
Usopp held his head. At this moment, he seemed to have returned to the coward state.
Not only him, the expression on Zoro Sanji and Nami's face was no better than Usopp's.
But Luffy was full of excitement. "Amazing! Is this the monster of the Grand Line? Even the huge manatee will look small in front of him!"
The terrifying giant whale has countless major and minor injuries on its head! But it looks like it doesn't seem to care at all!
Half of its head is looking up to the sky, as if it's waiting for something.
"Roar~~~"
A whale's cry is comparable to a weapon that attacks indiscriminately, making the group of people feel as if their eardrums are about to be shattered.
Those eyes that look very small on its body are enough to hold several eyes.
Luffy felt a little uncomfortable, and hit Laboon's eyes with a rubber fist!
"Rubber rubber!"
With one extended punch, Laboon's eyes were a little bloodshot!
"Roar~"
Laboon's eyes hurt, and he roared again!
So, Luffy got into a fight with him!
One person and one whale, they started fighting.
But Luffy was no match at all. If Laboo bumped into him casually, he would knock Luffy onto the clay!
It wasn't until he was knocked away several times that Crocus, who was reading the newspaper, put down the newspaper in his hand and said: "Laboon, stop fighting, let me give you medicine!""
For all these years, Laboon didn't kill himself, thanks to Crocus' superb medical skills.
At this moment, Luffy stopped.
After Crocus gave Laboon the medicine, Laboon Looking at Luffy's eyes, there was clearly a sense of arrogance!
How could such a small person defeat it?
Seeing this arrogance, Luffy immediately became furious!
"What's that expression on your face, you stinking whale!"
Crocus waved his hand, signaling Luffy to stop.
"He is a whale with human emotions."
He sat on the stool and began to slowly tell about Laboon and the Rumbar Pirates.
After everyone heard it, they burst into tears.
Only Gretel, holding a cigarette in his mouth, had no expression on his face.
"Hello! Gretel, don't you have any feelings at all? Are you not moved at all?"
Usopp and Nami yelled at his dangling look.
"What doesn't move me? I've already been moved. I've known about the entrance to the Grand Line and the whale Laboon for a long time!"
Gretel rolled his eyes at them.
"I'm right, Mr. Crocus, Pirate King Roger's ship's doctor!"
"If it weren't for your treatment, maybe Laboon would have killed himself!"
"One Piece?"
"Roger?"
"The ship's doctor!"
"Gretel, what are you talking about?"
Luffy was confused when he heard this.
"Ah, that's right, I didn't expect that there are still juniors who recognize my old man!"
Crocus said without hesitation.
"What!!!"
The group of people were shocked again.
This was the first time they had been shocked since they entered the Grand Line!
"Are you, you, are you really one of Roger's crew?"
Luffy instantly moved in front of Crocus, with a look of admiration on his face.
Although the person he agreed with was Shanks, the target he was pursuing was the footsteps of Pirate King Roger!
"Yes, but I retired a long time ago and have been here for many years."
Crocus said.
Luffy pulled him and asked excitedly: "Then can you tell us about Roger?"
"Then just be my old man guest and help me pass the time."
Crocus did not refuse, but casually talked about some adventure.
"Finally, Roger was seriously ill and even I couldn't cure it, so he thought of using his own death to usher in the era of great pirates!"
"He voluntarily surrendered to the navy and was executed in Logue Town by the navy."
Crocus said it casually, and it was breaking news!
"What! Roger actually surrendered!"
Luffy asked unwillingly: "Why did he do this!"
"The Navy has been claiming that it was caught! Did they lie? Deceiving the whole world!" Luffy roared with unusual anger!
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