Chapter 77 - Pass By

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In Mock Town, Lepus and Brisa met again with Doflamingo.

Meanwhile, Muret is reunited with her old friends from Notice, namely Bellamy and others.

Bellamy and the others were quite surprised to see Lepus, Brisa, and Muret suddenly come. Especially when they saw Lepus easily stop Doflamingo. They were also quite surprised to learn that Lepus and Brisa were members of the Donquixote Family once.

After Lepus expelled Doflamingo, Muret helped treat Bellamy's injuries.

In the evening, Muret has dinner and reminisces with her old friends. They were quite surprised and astonished when Muret came carrying Muse and told that Muse was her daughter. And when they asked who Muse's father was, Muret didn't hesitate to admit that Muse's father was Lepus. They also told each other some things that happened and experienced for about ten years they had not seen each other.

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The next day, the Ouroboros Pirates sailed away from Mock Town.

And when Lepus told them where they were going, the crew was stunned.

""""".... Hah?"""""

Then Ryzer hesitantly asked.

"Captain.... Are you kidding? Skypeia? Sky Island?"

Lepus seriously answered curtly.

"Yeah."

Ryzer then asked again hesitatingly.

"Uhh.... Supposed that this Sky Island does exist, why are we going there?"

Lepus then smiled a little and answered.

"To meet Angels.... Alright. Don't ask too many questions. You'll understand yourself soon enough. We're going."

Lepus then opened a gap tear wide enough for the Jormungandr Ship to pass.

And when they came out of the gap, all they saw was.... Clouds. A sea of ​​white clouds as far as the eye can see.

"Th-This...."

"Impossible...."

"No way...."

"White...."

"Clouds! Sea of ​​Clouds!"

"Waahhh!!!"

The crew was astonished to see the sea of ​​white clouds here. Right now, they were still in the White Sea.

Lepus only smiled slightly at the reaction of his crew.

"Hm? Lepus, there's a ship ahead!"

Suddenly, Boris who was holding on to the steering wheel exclaimed and pointed at the ship far ahead of them.

Lepus also looked ahead.

"Hm? Oh, them, huh.... Let it be."

Lepus was not too surprised after seeing the ship in front.

Lepus recognized the ship. Namely, the Going Merry. The Strawhat Pirates' first ship!

"You know them?"

"Yeah."

Lepus then shouted.

"Nojiko! Kuina! Come here!"

Lepus called out to Nojiko and Kuina who were in the cabin.

The two of them immediately came out after being called and approached Lepus.

"What is it?"

"What's wrong, Lepus-san?"

Lepus smiled a little and said to them.

"There's a ship coming up ahead. Say hello to them."

Hearing Lepus' statement, the two of them looked forward.

"Hm? Isn't that!?"

Nojiko looked quite surprised to see the Going Merry there.

"Who are they?"

Meanwhile, Kuina was confused and didn't understand.

"You'll find out, Kuina. Watch them closely when they pass us.

Shortly after, the Going Merry and Jormungandr passed about 50 meters from each other.

Nojiko saw Nami and the rest of the Strawhat Pirates, then smiled and waved at them.

While Kuina was also quite surprised to see one of the Strawhat Pirates crew, a man with short green hair, and finally understood the meaning of Lepus' words earlier. Kuina then smirked and drew her sword and pointed at him as if to challenge him.

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On the other hand, the Strawhat Pirates crew was also a little surprised and nervous to see a large black ship passing by them in this White Sea.

"Woohhh! So huge!"

Luffy looked amazed by the size of the black ship in the distance.

"W-Who are they!? E-Enemies!?"

Usopp looked nervous and tense.

"Enemies!? Aaahhh!!!!!"

Chopper panicked a little after hearing Usopp's words.

"Huh...."

Sanji keep cool and smoking.

"We'd better watch out. They're also pirates."

Robin was quite tensed and warned the others after seeing the pirate emblem on the black ship.

"Huh!?"

Meanwhile, Nami, looked surprised to see a blue-haired woman from the black ship waving her hand.

"Hm?"

Zoro was also a little surprised and confused to see a black haired woman pointing a sword at him.

Before long, the two ships finished passing each other.

But Nami and Zoro are still wondering what they just saw.

The two of them finally tried to follow the ship and looked back.

But, the big black ship that just passed was not there!

""Gone!?""

They were both so shocked!

"Did I see it right.... Why did I see someone who looks like Nojiko waving at the ship just now?"

Nami frowned in surprise.

"I don't know. I also vaguely recognized the woman with the sword, but I don't remember who."

Zoro is also quite confused and wondering.

Seeing the strangeness of the two of them, Sanji then asked.

"What's wrong, Nami-san?"

"I don't know.... Maybe it's just our hallucination."

Nami answered and shook her head.

"The black ship just disappeared."

Zoro also expressed his doubts.

"Hm? Ah, right...."

Luffy then looked back and saw only a sea of white clouds there.

"Aaaahhhh!!!! That black ship must be a ghost ship!!!!"

Usopp also looked back and panicked in fear.

"What!? Ghost ship!? Iyyyyaaahhhh!!!!"

Chopper got scared too.

"Strange...."

Robin frowned and wondered about the phenomenon.

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