"But this is really great! We were just worrying about our course, and I have some questions I want to ask," Nami said, looking at Papagu with delight.
Luffy turned around, annoyed, "Hey! Nami! Takoyaki is the most important thing right now!"
"Yes, yes, yes… takoyaki as a thank you," Camie nodded in agreement.
"First, I need to find a place to meet up with Hachi."
With that, Camie pulled out a den den mushi from the shell on her back.
With a "Brrr-brrr-brrr" sound, the den den mushi connected.
Suddenly, an extremely arrogant voice came from the den den mushi, claiming that he had already killed Hachi and was going to sell him.
Nami frowned slightly. She felt that Hachi's voice sounded unusually familiar, but then she shook her head, thinking, "It must be a delusion."
Camie lowered her head in frustration, "I'm sorry, Luffy, can we save the takoyaki for next time? I need to go rescue my friend immediately."
Nami stepped forward, "Although it's meddling, to save a captured friend, we also need to help… Ah… I got it wrong, of course, they will help."
Nami pointed at Franky, Usopp, and the others behind her, which was met with protesting boos.
"But in exchange, how about you tell me how to get to Fish-Man Island?"
"Eh! Really?!" Camie looked at Nami excitedly.
"Right, Luffy?" Nami quickly passed the buck.
Luffy was stunned for a moment… "Ah… Mm…"
"Luffy, will you help me save Hachi?"
"Who is Hachi?"
Camie drew the shape of takoyaki in the air with both hands, "He's the boss of the takoyaki shop where I work, the best takoyaki in the world!"
Luffy's eyes lit up as he turned around.
"This is a big deal!! Everyone! We must save the takoyaki, even if it costs us our lives!!
Zoro! Put Orochimaru down! Everyone! Let's go!"
…Orochimaru stretched his body… Should he thank the takoyaki???
Camie summoned fish from the sea to help guide them, and the sunny soon reached a sea area. As the sunny gradually approached its destination, Camie suddenly jumped to the upper deck anxiously.
"They're here, Luffy, not in the sea, Luffy, in the sky!"
The Flying Fish Knights' Order circled above the sunny once and then inexplicably retreated.
The group was somewhat confused and could only continue forward until a strange cluster of buildings appeared on the sea ahead.
Then they saw a dark figure in a cage, and the Straw Hat Pirates were a bit speechless.
Zoro grinned and tilted his head, "Indeed, from the voice, and that rare silhouette… Hey, Nami, what do you think?"
Nami propped her chin, speechless, "A little suspicious, but it's basically confirmed."
Orochimaru looked at the dark blob.
"Hmm… Does takoyaki made by a Fishman count as cannibalism… Or is it takoyaki made from octopus tentacles?"
…Silence… Everyone ignored Orochimaru in unison. Sanji, with a cigarette in his mouth, walked forward, "Why don't we just ask?"
Sanji put one hand to his mouth and shouted.
"Hey! Hachi-san… How's Arlong?"
The black blob turned its head, "Ah… Brother Arlong, Chew, and Kuroobi were all captured by the Marine. I escaped alone, and now I've opened the takoyaki shop I always dreamed of… Hehehe."
The group's mouths twitched, and they were all speechless. Then they sighed. Luffy heard Arlong's name… and suddenly realized.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah… It's you!! Hachi the octopus!!"
Robin and the others looked confused, "Who?"
Usopp, with an unhappy expression, recounted Nami's past and obtained a newspaper from Orochimaru. He remembered that Orochimaru, to prove that he was forced to be a Pirate, had even created a tragic column.
Luffy was still struggling, "If I had known it was you, we wouldn't have come to save you… But… is… is… is your takoyaki really that delicious?!"
Sanji suddenly appeared, "Don't waver between appetite and reason!"
Orochimaru was slurping the juice Sanji had made earlier.
"Was Zoro really that bad back then? That octopus Fishman actually didn't die… So disappointing… As expected, Three Sword Style can't defeat Six Sword Style."
Only Camie, oblivious to the situation, looked at Zoro with excitement, "Hey! You know Hachi! Are you friends?"
Zoro's veins bulged on his forehead as he listened to Orochimaru, and he glared fiercely at Camie.
"He's not a friend… He's just an ingredient I accidentally didn't kill… An octopus Fishman can also make takoyaki, right?"
Camie was so scared by Zoro that she fell onto the deck. Knowing that Nami and the others wouldn't help save Hachi, she held back her sadness, said goodbye, and jumped into the water to save Hachi… And then there was no 'then'. Camie, who had just gone down, was caught by the human traffickers cooperating with the Flying Fish Knights' Order… Nami sighed helplessly… After much deliberation, she still decided to help save him. After all, although she hated Arlong… Hachi was just… As Nami let it go, Luffy, whose eyes had already turned into takoyaki, quickly rushed towards the Flying Fish Pirate Crew… These small-fry were, of course, no match for the group, and the battle ended very quickly.
Hachi, holding Camie and Papagu, looked at Zoro, who had saved him, with shame.
"Roronoa… Thank you so much for saving us… I was so sorry back then… My Six Sword Style must have hurt you a lot."
Zoro roared at Hachi, "Shut up! You didn't even hit me once! Don't say such misleading things!!"
Suddenly, a rumbling sound came out, and Luffy was chased out somewhat awkwardly by a masked man riding a cow.
That man harbored a deep hatred for the Straw Hat. Seeing Sanji on the ship, he began to continuously shoot at the appearing sunny, venting his anger.
Luffy hid beside Zoro, looking at him with a serious expression.
"I… saw that masked man's face… Don't be too shocked… You know that face too."
Luffy rested for a moment, seriously put on his straw hat, turned, and ran back towards the man who was shooting everywhere.
Luffy did a spin in the air, kicking the helmet with a mid-air kick, and the helmet covering the man's head instantly rolled on the ground.
The group swallowed, dumbfounded… Franky even burst into tears.
"No way…"
The masked man, Debu, raised his head and stood up… "Alright… Since you want to see, then take a good look, at my scarred face."
Looking at that face, Orochimaru still couldn't hold back, his shoulders constantly shrugging… He picked up a camera… and kept taking pictures… This was truly amazing… So a face with this kind of art style really existed.
The masked man Debu's voice was filled with resentment.
"I finally waited for this day… I set sail with the determination to kill you… But you're so damn hard to find.
Because the bounty poster looks different from the person… The Marine… and bounty hunters probably wouldn't recognize you even if they saw you.
No… Absolutely not… They will find you… And after that, they'll point at that face on the wanted poster… and shout… 'Found you! Black Leg Sanji!!' "
Debu slapped the abstract bounty poster onto a nearby building, revealing a face identical to the one in the drawing, and looked at Sanji with tearful eyes.
"And then I would say, 'I don't even know that guy!'
'I'm not even a damn Pirate!'"
Looking at the tearful Debu and that face, Sanji's entire body twisted… Flames instantly rose in the air… distorting the air.
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