The East Sea and the South Sea are connected to the first half of Paradise, and to get through from the New World, one must pass through the Red Earth Continent.
The Golden Lion might take action at any time, and spending too much time on the road could lead to unexpected changes.
Compared to that.
Riding a Kuma-brand plane is much faster.
Seeing that Shano had made up his mind, Kuma didn't say much more.
"I have been to several islands in the East Sea and can accurately send you to one of them," Kuma scratched his head and said, "Captain, which one do you want to choose?"
"Any one will do."
Shano said nonchalantly, the Golden Lion's Floating Island is constantly moving, which results in a delay of information when searching for its location with the Living Map.
So, once we get there, we will have to use the Living Map again to track their real-time location.
Anyway, let's head to the East Sea first, and we'll deal with the rest later.
"Can I go too?" Bonney, listening on the side, couldn't help but raise her hand excitedly, "I haven't been to the East Sea! I also want to see what Brother Shano's hometown is like!"
"There will be a chance in the future."
Shano squatted down, rubbed her head, and said with a smile, "It's really inconvenient this time, you see, Nami and Ah Yin also want to go back to their hometowns, but they understand the situation and haven't mentioned it to me."
Ah Yin, sunbathing nearby, wanted to say something, but after glancing at the sea, wisely kept her mouth shut.
"Bonney, don't be stubborn," Kuma said in a deep voice when he saw Bonney wasn't willing to give up.
Only then did Bonney pout and give up the idea.
"Well then, let's get started."
Shano stood at the bow of the ship, cheerfully saying, "Kuma, can you say it for me? If you wanted to travel, where would you go?"
Otherwise, it feels like something's missing.
Why is that?
Kuma was puzzled, but since it was the captain's request, he didn't hesitate much and agreed.
"If you wanted to travel, where would you go?"
With a gentle voice, Kuma raised his palm, which revealed a paw-shaped shockwave. With a slight force, he launched it at the captain in front of him.
Pa!
Shano's figure instantly turned into a stream of light and disappeared across the sky.
...
A few days later.
It's noon at the outskirts of the shopping street in Goa Kingdom.
Suddenly, a commotion arose at the end of the street.
"Stop! You brat, don't run!"
"Eating without paying is one thing, but leaving a note saying you'll pay with treasure later, what does that mean? Do you think I'm an idiot, you bastard!"
"Exactly! I thought after that scarface left, no one would dine and dash again, but now there's you, you glutton!"
"Stop right there!"
"Hehehe! No way!"
Luffy, with a piece of large bone-in meat in his mouth, was sprinting away while turning back to make faces with a cheeky smile.
Behind him, the angry restaurant owner, though panting heavily, was still in hot pursuit with a few of his staff.
Before long.
Everyone had chased Luffy into the end of an alley, where a high wall blocked the way. The restaurant owner halted, placing his hands on his hips and laughing:
"Took the wrong path, huh? Hmph, brat, now where do you think you're going?"
"This is such a headache…"
Luffy scratched his head, turned around, looked at the triumphant owner, and grinned, "But I say, uncle, if you think this will catch me, isn't that a bit naive?"
"Gomu Gomu—Rocket!"
His arms stretched out suddenly, grabbing onto a tree branch far away, and with a whoosh, he catapulted himself upwards, landing at the treetop more than a dozen meters high in the blink of an eye.
What the hell!
What kind of ability is this!
The restaurant owner's eyes widened; after trying for a long time and failing to climb the tree, he angrily stomped his foot.
"Don't worry, uncle."
Sitting on the tree branch, the straw hat boy swung his legs while merrily munching on the bone-in meat:
"I won't owe any debt! Once I go to sea as a pirate, find the treasure, I will definitely come back to pay! As for today, let's call it a day?"
Call it a day?
The restaurant owner gnashed his teeth, but had no choice with this kid, so after giving Luffy a fierce glare, he signaled his staff to leave.
However, at that moment, a sharp sound suddenly came from the sky.
Hmm?
The restaurant owner and his staff turned around instinctively.
Luffy also looked up in confusion to see a dark shadow falling from the sky at an alarming speed, rapidly enlarging within his view—
Boom!!!
A massive impact snapped the entire tree in half, creating a huge crater in the ground, and Luffy, before he could even scream, was squashed flat like a piece of clay on the ground.