Staring at the fearless warship Saber in front of them.
Kong Tai drew his sword and slashed it casually. A huge crescent-shaped silver-gray slash quickly cut across the fearless warship Saber.
Boom boom boom—!
The fearless warship Saber suddenly split in half from the middle. Seawater poured fiercely into the cabin from the break, causing the giant ship to slowly sink into the sea.
A wave hit, and the fearless warship Saber, broken in two, drifted slowly to both sides.
Clearing a path in front of the pseudo Merry.
Kong Tai sheathed his sword, lay back on the lounge chair behind him, picked up the juice from the coffee table, shook it gently, and took a sip.
Then he raised his right hand and shouted to the front, "Alright, partners, set sail."
Ah Hua and the other two, standing under the mast, immediately got busy.
Aro, who had climbed the mast, pulled hard on the sail. A strong wind blew, and the sail quickly filled up. The pseudo Merry accelerated and rushed through the middle of the fearless warship Saber, which was split in two.
Kong Tai's eyes indifferently glanced at the pirates in the broken ships on both sides, not paying them much attention.
If these pirates could be lucky enough to wake up in time.
And be lucky enough to survive on the sea without a ship or food.
Then they would truly be sons of the plane.
Not everyone was a protagonist like Monkey D. Luffy.
As an Devil Fruit user, he dared to hide in a wine barrel and set sail, and didn't die at sea.
True protagonist halo.
...
Pseudo Merry.
On the forward deck, Kong Tai was lying on a lounge chair with a small blanket, reading the day's newspaper.
Apart from some trivial matters, the newspaper was full of news about pirate robberies.
Since the Great Age of Sail began, this kind of news had been there every day, and he was tired of reading it.
Don't look at the Great Age of Sail having passed for more than ten years, but recently more and more pirates have been setting sail.
These pirates should be the younger generation who grew up listening to the stories of the Pirate King.
They all wanted to find the One Piece, but didn't they think if it was something they could find?
In another two years, the protagonists of this world would set sail, and the One Piece would be waiting for them.
As he flipped through, he suddenly froze. The headline on this page of the newspaper read, "Another island fell from the sky, ruthlessly destroying the town on the island."
Below the headline were the report and a picture.
The report stated.
The day before yesterday, an island suddenly fell from the sky and crashed onto Corgi Island, destroying the entire town on the island.
And on other nearby islands, a great tremor was felt.
... Read here.
Fortunately, it did not cause a tsunami.
Below the report was a photo that took up half the newspaper.
The photo showed an island shaped like a corgi dog, full of ruins. In the center of the island, an island one size smaller than Corgi Island was embedded.
From the surrounding ruined buildings, it could be seen that in the past, there should have been a town here.
However, most of the current town was deeply buried under the smaller island.
"So unlucky to be buried by a small island."
This world is so incredible, with all sorts of strange tales.
Kong Tai shook his head.
"Island..."
Hearing Kong Tai's mumbling, Kuina, who was lying on the lounge chair next to him, quickly sat up.
She reached out her hand to Kong Tai and said with great interest, "Let me see, Kong Tai."
"Here, take it!"
Kong Tai handed the page of the newspaper to Kuina and muttered with emotion.
"The sea is so magical. One moment they might be eating hot pot and singing songs, and the next they are buried by an island falling from the sky. I don't know who to complain to."
Kuina took the newspaper and started reading.
As she read, she seemed to think of something and lowered her head in thought.
"What's wrong?"
Kong Tai noticed Kuina's state and asked softly.
"I seem to have seen a similar scene somewhere."
"Seen?"
"Mhm! Seen."
Kuina suddenly looked up, a look of realization on her face.
"Oh! I remember."
Kong Tai sat up straight, his eyes showing a hint of curiosity, and asked Kuina, "Remember what?"
"I think I saw similar news ten years ago."
She paused and then continued.
"Once, my father brought back newspapers from a voyage, and one of them recorded news similar to this one."
"The same falling island, the same destruction of everything."
She looked up at Kong Tai, her brows furrowed, and her mood was a little low.
"It seemed like you had just arrived then."
"Oh! So it was ten years ago!"
Kong Tai nodded. He hadn't developed the habit of reading newspapers back then.
"No wonder I didn't know."
He put down the newspaper and sighed silently, raising his hand to smooth Kuina's brows.
"Alas! There's nothing that can be done about these natural disasters. I hope people are safe."
He also knew it was impossible for them to be safe, but he still prayed in his heart.
The sea is so incomprehensible, even in the East Blue, natural disasters are not uncommon.
Perhaps this small island was washed into the sky by some ocean current and just happened to fall on Corgi Island.
This is how the East Blue is, let alone the Grand Line, where the weather and environment are even more unreasonable.
Many pirates and merchant ships that entered the Grand Line were not necessarily killed by enemies.
Most of them were forever left at the bottom of the sea by the bizarre weather and fierce Sea King beasts.
Kong Tai shook his head, pushing these thoughts away.
He looked up at Kuina, "Alright, alright, if you frown often, you'll get wrinkles early."
"How is that possible? I'm only sixteen and in my prime. It's too early for wrinkles!"
Slapping Kong Tai's hand away, Kuina's dejected expression turned into a smile again.
"It's you, Kong Tai... You're a year older than me, so you should get wrinkles first. By then, you'll be an old uncle."
"If I'm an old uncle, then you're an old aunt. Also, haven't you heard a saying?"
"What saying?"
"Men become more charming as they get older, and both lolis and young girls love older men."
Kong Tai looked at Kuina's improving mood and said seriously.
"Hahaha..."
Kuina burst into laughter.
Kong Tai's eyes flashed with tenderness as he looked at the laughing Kuina, his lips gradually curling up, and a gentle smile appearing on his face.
These things had nothing to do with them. No matter how great the natural disaster, no matter how fierce the beasts, they could not stop their progress.
"Kong Tai, a giant ship has appeared ahead. It should be the Baratie, the sea restaurant."
At this moment, Aro's shout suddenly came from the air.
Kong Tai heard the voice, gently put down the cup in his left hand, lifted the small blanket on his body, put on his slippers, and stood up.
He walked to the bow of the ship and looked towards the horizon where the sky and sea met.
The midday sun made the distant water surface hazy, like steam in a steamer.
Through the distorted gas, a giant ship shaped like a fish could be seen in the distance.
The ship had three stories of buildings on its deck, painted in cyan.
From afar, it looked like a large cyan fish.
The giant mast on the ship did not have its sails unfurled. At the top, a flag with a red border, white background, and black text was fluttering. The flag was printed with the capital letters BT.
He didn't know what these two letters meant. He always felt like they were scolding someone.
It seemed they would be operating in this sea area recently.
As they got closer, they could see a white military ship parked behind the giant ship, as well as more than ten smaller sailing ships of various sizes.
These smaller sailing ships should be merchant ships passing by.
The pseudo Merry was parked next to the military ship, and they furled their sails and dropped anchor.
Looking up at the military ship next to them, they could see sailors resting on it.
The sailors only glanced at them indifferently and didn't pay much attention, as long as they weren't pirates.
Since they couldn't land directly at Baratie, they had to take a small boat to get closer.
They also had to lower their spare small boat and row towards the sea restaurant.