Chapter 148

Naruto: "How does it taste?"

Luffy: "It's awful, worse than poop!"

Naruto: "Don't say something that disgusting! Have you ever eaten poop?"

Luffy: "No, it's just an expression, isn't it?"

Tony Stark: "I'm eating here!"

Loki: "Such crude humans. But that Aokiji is indeed impressive—able to freeze water droplets and air to form a cage. So, that's absolute zero?"

Loki looked at the Frostmourne in his hand with great interest. As a member of the Frost Giant race, he possessed freezing abilities himself.

The combination could enhance his freezing powers even further, and he believed that he could achieve large-scale freezing and form cages as well.

"Absolute zero, huh? If I could also achieve that..."

As Loki thought of this, his eyes flashed, and he glanced at Odin's palace in the distance.

Naruto: "Wait a second, Luffy, weren't you guys on Skull Island too?"

Luffy: "Yeah, we're stuck here, haha!"

Nami: "Idiot! What's so funny about that?!"

On Skull Island, Nami was furious, with tears streaming down her face, as she punched Luffy to the ground.

With her "iron fist of love," Luffy's rubber head now sported several bumps.

"I kept telling you all to leave quickly, but you wouldn't listen! Now look, we're stuck here with no way out! What are we going to do?!"

Nami was so angry that her whole body seemed to be on fire, momentarily forgetting the cold.

"Nami-swan, Robin-chan! I have sweaters and hot drinks ready for you! As long as I'm here, you'll never be cold!"

Sanji presented an assortment of items, twisting himself like seaweed while emitting hearts from his body.

"I want to get out of here! I don't need these!"

However, this only made Nami angrier.

"Sigh, so it looks like we're unintentionally trapped in a cage with no way out—what should we do?"

Zoro sighed, recognizing the severity of their situation.

"We're going to die here, we're going to die here..."

Usopp and Chopper huddled together, trembling and wailing, tears soaking them.

"For now, we can only take it one step at a time. Maybe we'll just have to settle here."

Brook, having experience being stuck in one place for a long time, was taking it well. The only difference was that he now had companions, so his mood wasn't as bad.

"Actually, there might be a way to leave."

At that moment, Robin spoke up while sipping her hot coffee, drawing everyone's attention.

"Robin-chan, you really are the best! Please, tell us how!"

Nami clung to Robin like she had seen her savior, her eyes shimmering.

"We could go to the Red Sea world."

Robin calmly suggested her plan.

"First, use the Red Sea disc to enter that world. Then, take the disc off and place it on a piece of glass. After that, we can come back—maybe it will let us leave Skull Island."

Hearing Robin's suggestion, everyone widened their eyes. The idea sounded dangerous, yet also somewhat reliable.

"Have you considered that we might not return to this world? If we end up in another one, that'll be a big problem."

Zoro pointed out an issue with the plan.

"Well, no matter which world we end up in, it's better than being stuck here, right?"

Robin shrugged with a smile.

"No way! If we end up in another world, I won't be able to find the One Piece and become Pirate King!"

Luffy immediately jumped up, objecting.

"Roar, roar, roar!!!"

Suddenly, beastly roars echoed from all directions.

The sound was so powerful that it seemed to shake the very earth.

Accompanying the roars were heavy footsteps, each one causing a small-scale earthquake.

This immediately silenced everyone as they looked around for the source of the sound.

But they didn't have to look far. As soon as they turned, they saw several monsters taking different paths not far away.

MUTOs, Behemoths, Godzilla, Kong, Skullcrawlers—all of these giant monsters were heading towards the center of the island.

Judging by their injuries, it was clear they had been fighting—perhaps even with each other.

Either way, their current aura was terrifying. The expressions on the monsters' faces conveyed a clear message: don't come near.

Maybe being trapped on Skull Island had left them extremely frustrated.

"They're here! The monsters are here!"

Seeing this, the cowardly trio—Usopp, Chopper, and Nami—began trembling and hugged each other, tears flowing like a broken dam.

"Run!"

Luffy ordered immediately, and Franky activated the Sunny's functions, deploying the auxiliary paddles to glide across the river and get away.

They had previously fought against the Spiny Jackals and Death Vultures. Although they had won, they weren't arrogant enough to think they could handle monsters that even gave the Admirals a hard time. For now, escaping was the best option!

"Sky Dragon Slayer Magic!"

Nami had also calmed down, using her Sky Dragon Slayer Magic.

The air on Skull Island was much cleaner than outside, which enhanced the power of her magic even further.

Gusts of wind began swirling around under her control. At the same time, her Clima-Tact released hot and cold bubbles.

"Mass Mirage!"

Nami was using sky magic in combination with her weather control abilities to create a mirage big enough to cover the Sunny, turning it invisible to the outside world.

She also used the gusts of wind to increase the ship's speed.

Her efforts were effective—the monsters, though close, didn't seem to notice the Sunny.

This reassured everyone on board.

"Hey, everyone, if we could somehow survive here for a long time and defeat these monsters, how strong do you think we'd become?"

Luffy suddenly voiced his thoughts.

No one else spoke. They all knew that if they could pull it off, they probably wouldn't need to fear Admirals anymore.

"Dee-dee-dee-dee!"

Just then, the screen suddenly emitted an alarm, flashing with red lights.

The sudden alarm startled many people.

The last time this happened, it was related to the Red Sea disc—what was going on this time?!

"Alert! Alert! A hostile human race has begun invading your world. Please prepare yourselves."

The electronic voice became stern, sending a chill down everyone's spine.

Especially the phrase "hostile human race"—what did that mean?

(End of Chapter)

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