Pirates: Trainer on the Straw Hat Ship.

Chapter 531 Arrival——Raftel!
After experiencing a series of farces, the Straw Hat Pirates finally boarded the Merry smoothly.

A moment later, Luffy, with a big bump on his head, blinked his swollen and purple eyelids.

He didn't understand why he had to suffer such inhumane treatment even though he was about to become the Pirate King?
Isn’t it just a swing that hangs you ten thousand meters in the air for five minutes?

You won't really die, so is there any need to be so angry?
The injured Luffy was puzzled.

But after beating him up and venting their anger, the crowd no longer paid attention to him.

Nami just raised her hand and a virtual projection suddenly appeared on the deck of the Merry.

Above the image is a blue planet that is constantly rotating.

It was the legendary blue planet where they were at the moment.

At this time, three flashing red dots have been marked on the blue planet. These are naturally the three coordinates revealed by the three previous signpost historical texts.

In an instant, Nami quickly clicked a few times on the virtual projection, and a new red dot suddenly appeared.

Then the projection of the blue star suddenly enlarged, and the four red dots stopped flashing. Instead, two straight line segments extended out and intersected at a certain point on the blue star, forming a new coordinate point.

"It's true!"

Looking at the new coordinates that suddenly appeared between the four points, the eyes of the straw hat group gathered in a circle suddenly lit up.

"I never thought that the legendary Raftel is not actually on the sea."

"No wonder no one has found Raftel for so many years!"

"But this location... is it the bottom of the sea? It's strange, it doesn't seem like it. If it is the bottom of the sea, it's too deep, right?!"

"perhaps……"

Looking at the mark on the virtual projection, Chi Hong suddenly said:
"This is not an ordinary seabed, but a place deeper than that!"

"Further down!" Nami's expression changed slightly, "Red, are you saying that Raftel is actually under the sea... in the earth's crust?"

"Anyway, why don't we go to the scene and take a look?"

Chihong smiled slightly, then suddenly snapped his fingers. A faint healing light descended from the sky and landed on Luffy, instantly repairing all his injuries.

"Captain, has the location of the final island been confirmed?"

"So should we...set off!?"

"Hahaha, of course!!!"

The heartless Luffy quickly forgot about the beating from his friends. He laughed loudly and opened his arms wide, then shouted to the sky:
"One Piece!!!!"

"I'm the winner!!!"

The long sound is like an exciting adventure prelude, or like an article coming to an end.

At this moment, it no longer matters what the Pirate King and Raftel represent.

For Luffy, this was destined to be the last time he shouted out the dream that had run through the first half of his life.

And the rest of his life will surely be filled with more exciting adventures and stories.

That's where he really wants to go!
……

……

The huge Merry was like a sharp sword, cutting through the sea of ​​clouds in the sky, and then sailing all the way to the end of the new world!

Shuixianxing Island is the last island in the Grand Route that can be recorded in the record pointer.

Generally speaking, this is the end point for most of the powerful pirates.

The pirate groups that can make it here are one in a million even in the New World.

But fate just likes to play tricks on life.

For hundreds of years, countless pirates came one after another, but in the end they could only come to this deserted Shuixianxing Island. Then, because they could not find the next island, they wasted their lives for a meaningless title.

But today, the Merry, carrying the world's strongest pirate group, suddenly fell from the sky and pierced a big hole in the thick clouds above the sky.

The bright sunshine spread across the area, bringing light again to this island that had been shrouded in dark clouds for several days.

However, the Merry, which suddenly appeared, had no intention of staying on the Shuixian Star Island. It did not slow down at all, and it moved forward at a terrifying speed that exceeded the speed of sound, creating gusts of wind.

For the strong ones in the world of pirates, breaking the speed of sound is no longer a difficult task.

Even the speed of their punches in daily training is several times faster than the speed of sound.

But for a giant battleship, especially a giant battleship that can gallop in the air, the visual impact it brings after breaking the speed of sound is extraordinary.

Huh~! ! !

A gust of howling wind suddenly swept across the sky above Shuixianxing Island, but went straight towards the area below Shuixianxing Island.

……

……

"This direction..."

Above the sky, Nami, the Witch of Calamity, was not affected by the air currents at all. Instead, she stood at the bow of the ship and carefully felt the direction in which the Merry was moving.

"It's true! Not far ahead, we should be heading towards Upside Down Mountain!"

"That is to say, we are getting closer and closer to the starting point of the Grand Route!"

Nami suddenly turned around as she thought of something, and came to the center of the deck again to summon the virtual image of Blue Star, and started operating quickly above it.

Although it cannot be observed with the naked eye, the positioning function on the Merry accurately marked that if they move forward for about half an hour, they will be able to return to the beginning of the Grand Line!

"Strange, could it be that the legendary Raftel is really underneath the Upside-Down Mountain!?"

Looking at the mark on the virtual image, Usopp immediately made a bold guess.

In fact, ever since the Straw Hat crew's vision threshold was raised by Scarlet, there have been many different opinions about the whereabouts of Raftel.

The idea that Raftel is at the bottom of Upside-Down Mountain was proposed early on by someone in the Straw Hat Pirates.

After all, since there is a Fishman Island 10,000 meters deep under the sea below Marijoa, isn't it normal for there to be something under Upside Down Mountain? !

In order to make this guess, Chihong even sent the fishmen in the large fleet to conduct a special investigation.

The result is regrettable.

Below the Upside-Down Mountain, it seemed that there was really only a mountain wall, with nothing else.

The nearby seabed was pitch black, with no signs of any special islands.

But now, looking at the place pointed by the historical signpost, the Straw Hat people became uncertain for a moment.

"It shouldn't be below Upside Down Mountain."

At this moment, Jinbei shook his head slightly, denying this speculation.

After all, the fishmen sent out at that time were several high-ranking members of the Sun Pirates where he originally belonged.

Although their abilities may not be that strong, their ability to get things done is still trustworthy.

"It's definitely not below Upside Down Mountain!"

Suddenly, Chihong spoke suddenly.

At the moment he finished speaking, the Merry, which was traveling at high speed in the air, suddenly stopped.

The huge inertia caused the Straw Hat people's figures to sway slightly.

The next second, the figure of the ship elf Xiao Meili appeared next to Chihong and others.

"Everyone, please get ready~"

"We are about to dive into the underwater world!"

Little Merry smiled at the Straw Hats like a train announcer. Then a large amount of soap bubbles suddenly ooze out from under the feet of Chihong and others, and soon enveloped the entire huge Merry.

Poof~!

There was a slight sound of air fluctuation.

The soap bubble liquid that was shining with colorful light under the sunlight suddenly expanded and formed a huge circular coating that wrapped the entire Merry.

Although it does not have the functions of a submarine, the Merry is now equipped with a professional automatic coating device.

Not to mention that he could enter the deep sea as if he were in an empty space, but for Mary now, nothing could stop his actions.

puff...

The coated Merry fell from the sky and smashed a huge deep pit directly on the sea surface.

The surging sea water was raging and raging, and under the impact of the giant ship, it surged in all directions.

And when the sea water returned from top to bottom again along the waves of the sea, the figure of the Merry had disappeared in this sea area.

In the quiet deep sea world, a huge monster suddenly appeared here, scared away all the fish and shrimps around it, and quickly sank to the depths of the seabed.

Didi... Didi...

The device representing the detection signal kept emitting slight rhythmic noises, covering up the heartbeats of the Straw Hat crew, making them feel inexplicably at ease in this dark deep sea area.

Didi... Didi...

The detection device continues to operate.

As the Merry continued to dive, the atmosphere on the deck finally became tense.

Everyone stared with eyes wide open, staring intently at the direction where the Merry was moving, afraid of missing any frame of the picture.

At this moment, as if sensing the presence of living beings, the originally peaceful deep sea suddenly changed.

Boom~!

A loud, slightly dull sound due to the sea water was heard, which immediately startled the Straw Hat crew who were concentrating on their work.

"what sound!?"

Usopp and Chopper instantly hugged each other, trembling timidly.

The next moment, there was a sudden and violent shaking sensation coming from the hull of the Merry!
"What's wrong, Merry!?"

"What happened!?"

The sudden change immediately made everyone alert.

At this moment, little Meili's soft voice appeared out of nowhere in everyone's mind.

"I'm not very clear about the specific situation~"

"But at the location marked by Nami, a vortex with extremely strong suction suddenly appeared just after we approached it, and it is constantly pulling at the hull."

"But don't worry, I have used my super powers to control the ship. This vortex will not affect us."

"Wait a moment!!!"

The moment Merry finished speaking, Nami, the navigator, suddenly became airborne, flew directly onto the coating, reached out and grabbed a piece of soap coating and put it on herself.

"Red, protect me!" Nami suddenly spoke, but she drilled out from the coating of the Merry without looking back.

At the same time, a pink energy shield suddenly appeared around her body.

It was actually a super energy barrier created by Chihong in an instant to protect Nami.

With the scarlet super energy barrier, Nami walked directly towards the dark deep sea ahead.

After a moment, the terrifying vortex seemed to be exhausted, and its momentum gradually weakened until it disappeared.

The dark deep sea became quiet again.

Time passes minute by minute.

The Straw Hat crew, who were just one step away from entering Raftel, suppressed their impatience and waited quietly.

Although no one knows what Nami's plan is for suddenly going out, but since she made such a decision as a navigator, there must be something special about her that they cannot discover.

as predicted.

Just over ten minutes after the deep-sea whirlpool disappeared, the thought message from Nami suddenly rang in Chihong's mind.

In an instant, Chihong raised his hand and summoned a dimensional hole beside him.

The protective barrier originally attached to Nami opened up, blocking the sea water with terrifying water pressure outside the extra-dimensional hole and bringing Nami back from the distance.

“Friends!!!”

As soon as Nami returned, she showed an expression of great surprise on her face, and then smiled gently at everyone:
"I think I have found a way to enter Raftelu!!!"

"What!?"

"Really, Nami!?"

"What are you waiting for? Let's go!"

"Ms. Nami, you are the best~"

"........."

"........."

As Nami spoke, the Straw Hat team, who had been pretending to be quiet, started chattering like a hornet's nest that had been poked.

Obviously, the peaceful atmosphere just now was just a disguise.

The final island is just ahead. At this moment, even the Straw Hat Pirates, who are gazing at the sea of ​​stars, cannot suppress their inner excitement.

And the smile on Nami's lips became even more intense.

Then she explained to everyone:
"Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a whirlpool to appear in the deep sea of ​​the natural world."

"And since there is a whirlpool here, it means that there must be a force nearby that can stir up the sea water."

"So just now, I followed the route of the vortex and finally found out..."

"That whirlpool is not a naturally occurring underwater phenomenon, but is designed specifically to guide us..."

"Secret passage in the deep sea!!!"

"Deep sea!? Secret passage!?"

Listening to Nami's explanation, everyone, including Red, couldn't help but blink in confusion.

At this moment, even Chihong began to look forward to what Nami would say next.

Seeing everyone's expressions, Nami nodded with satisfaction, and then continued with a smile:
"That's right!"

"It's the secret passage in the deep sea!"

"Remember the speculation that Raftel was under the Upside-Down Mountain?!"

"In fact, that idea might be correct! It's just that the way we are exploring is wrong!"

"If my calculations are correct, the real Raftel is indeed right below the Upside Down Mountain!"

"But that's not the deep seabed beneath the mountain as we understand it..."

"It's even lower than that... deep in the sea beneath the Upside-Down Mountain..."

"Under the ocean crust!!!"

(End of this chapter)