22 Chapter 22

[2 weeks later]

We arrived at Little Garden.

*ROAR*

We could hear a lot of roars from the forest.

"Let's go, everyone."

Everyone jumped off the ship.

"Hey, what about me!?"

"Hm…"

I started thinking.

"Deuce, take care of him."

"Why me!? I also want to explore this island!"

"Then, take him with you."

I threw him the key to Robert's chains.

"Use it if it's necessary. The rest of you can do whatever you want."

I walked away into the forest.

*BOOM*

I looked up and saw a volcano exploding.

*BAM*

I suddenly felt a shockwave.

'So they started fighting.'

<Soru>

*WOOSH*

[Sabo P.O.V.]

I suddenly heard a volcano go off, and then I felt a huge shockwave.

'What was that!? Should I check it out? Well, I guess I have nothing better to do.'

*WOOSH*

*BAM*

I got hit on my back and sent flying. I landed on the ground and looked at what attacked me.

'Is that a Sabertooth? I thought those things were extinct.'

I glared at him.

"You bastard."

I took my pipe from my back.

*ROAR*

It jumped towards me.

*BAM*

I hit it on his head, making its head slam on the ground.

*BAM*

And with one more hit, I finished it.

'Damn, I need to be more careful from now on.'

*WOOSH*

*BAM*

I got hit again on my back and sent flying. I managed to land again, and when I looked back, I was about to lose it.

'Another damn Sabertooth!'

"I swear that I'll make all of you go extinct for good!"

*ROAR*

I was about to attack him when I felt something from my back. I immediately jumped to the side.

*WOOSH*

Another Sabertooth tried to hit me.

"Hehe…"

I looked at them with a crazy look.

"I SWEAR THAT I'LL WIPE OUT YOUR ENTIRE SPECIES, TODAY!!!"

[Deuce P.O.V.]

I'm walking through the forest with Robert.

'Damn, why am I always so unlucky. Why should I take care of this idiot?'

*ROAR*

A giant creature came running towards us.

"Ey Robert, isn't that a T-Rex!?"

"No way! Those things are extinct."

"Well, I don't care if it's real or not, but I'm not fighting whatever that is. Have fun with it."

I ran away.

"Ey, don't leave me behind!"

[Ken P.O.V.]

I arrived at Dorry's place. They are already finished fighting, and he is sitting down eating some food. I walked out of the forest and stood in front of him.

"Yo."

"Hm?"

He looked around, but he didn't seem to notice me.

"Look down."

He looked down and finally seemed to notice me.

"Oh, hello. Who are you?"

"My name is Ken, and you're Dorry, right?"

"Yes. How did you know that?"

"I researched you and Brogy after I saw you two mentioned in a book."

"So, why are you here?"

"I read that you two were the Giant Warrior Pirates captains and had a bounty of 100 million berries. So I came here to recruit both of you."

"Hahaha, there is no way that I can become a pirate again before I beat Brogy."

"Are you two still fighting over that little argument?"

"Wait, you know why this all started?"

"I read it in a book. It said that you two were fighting over who killed the biggest monster."

"Oh, yeah, now I remember! But there is no way you could have read it in a book. Only the giants from our crew knew about it."

"Oimo and Kashii told the marines about it."

"Those two!? Why would they say that to the marines?"

"They got tricked by the marines to come and work for them. They told them that you two were captured and in prison."

"WHAT!"

He suddenly stood up and started hitting his shield with his sword.

*BAM*

Something big was running towards here, and the ground started shaking.

Brogy arrived here.

"What happened!?" asked Brogy

Dorry pointed towards me.

"His name is Ken, and he has told me what our argument was about. He said that we were fighting about who's monster was bigger."

"Oh yeah, know I remember. But did you really have to use that signal to say this? You know that it's only for emergencies."

"That wasn't all. He also said that Oimo and Kashii got tricked by the marines to work for them. They told them that we were in prison."

"WHAT! How dare they! Let's go and free them right now!" screamed Brogy

"Let's go!" screamed Dorry

"Yo, hold on!"

"Huh, why?" asked Dorry

"Sit down first. It's annoying to talk to you two like this."

They sat down.

"Let me tell you three reasons why it will be impossible for you two to rescue them. Reason number one. They are the guards at Enies Lobby, which is a really secure place. Second reason. You don't have a ship, so it will be impossible for you two to leave this island. And the third reason. You two aren't strong enough to get them back."

Brogy was about to argue when Dorry cut him off.

"You are right. So I guess you have a plan."

"Yep. If you two join my crew and convince Oimo and Kashii to also join, I will get them back from the marines. I will build a ship for you guys, and I will also train you two to become much stronger than you're now."

They looked at each other for a little bit and then nodded.

"We can't allow ourselves to just join someone who hasn't proven himself stronger than us." said Dorry

"So if you beat us, we'll join you and try to convince Oimo and Kashii to join you too." said Brogy

I smirked.

"Fine by me."

We all stood up, and I stood opposite them.

"When the volcano goes off, we start." said Dorry

I nodded.

I put my hands in my pockets, and they readied their weapons and shields.

Five minutes later, it was still quiet when I saw Ace, Sabo, Deuce, and Laffite come from the forest.

'Why is Sabo's clothing shredded like that?'

"What is happening?" asked Ace

"Stay back. I'm recruiting our new crewmates."

"What do you mean recrui-"

*BOOM*

The volcano exploded, and they came running towards me.

Dorry swung his sword at me, and I jumped to the side, making his sword hit the ground. A giant crack appeared in the ground. Brogy swung his ax to my side, but I jumped on his ax. I started running on his ax towards his arm. He tried to hit me with his shield, but I managed to jump on his shoulder.

"Goodnight."

My hand turned black.

*BAM*

I hit him straight on his cheek.

*BOOM*

He fell on the ground, completely knocked out.

"Hahaha, you're amazing. But let's see if you can take my strongest strike!"

He held his sword above his head.

*WOOSH*

I appeared on his shoulder.

"I'm not stupid enough to let you prepare your attack."

My hand turned black again, and I also hit him straight on his cheek.

*BOOM*

He also fell on the ground, completely knocked out.

"Aren't giants supposed to be strong?" asked Sabo

"Yes, but our captain is just a monster." said Laffitte

I walked towards them.

"Ey Deuce, where is the thief?"

He started sweating.

"Well, you see. There was this big monster, and he ate him up before I could do anything."

I closed my eyes and tried to sense something.

"Sigh. Where is the key?"

"They key? It's right here."

He put his hand in his pocket.

"No, wait, it's here."

He put his hand in his other pocket.

"Deuce?"

"I'll find it in just a second."

After a minute of searching, he found nothing.

"You idiot."

"I'm really sorry, Ken!"

"All of you go get him now. He is trying to get away with our ship. And if our ship is gone, we will be stuck here forever."

They immediately disappeared.

"Sigh."

'Even though Deuce is extremely smart and is good with strategies, he still manages to be an idiot the whole day.'

I looked at the sleeping giants.

'I'll just guard them till they wake up.'

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