One Piece: Kaido the Beast Playing House.

Chapter 895: The Group Arrived at Upside-Down Mountain
"Damn it! Why is Ace biting so hard?!"

At this time, Luffy first began to complain about the Golden Merry, because as an old two-masted triangular sailing ship, the Golden Merry could not play its original speed advantage when facing the navy's light fast ship, and was chased and beaten madly. If it hadn't encountered several strange storms, he would have been caught by Ace long ago. Compared with the old man who beat him every day, Luffy was actually more afraid of Ace. After all, the old man would at most beat him up and then do what he should do. But Ace really brought him to the navy. Although it was because of this that he had the current strength, he wanted to become the Pirate King! How could he stay in the navy every day!
It was because I was smart that I took the opportunity to go out to sea secretly while visiting my relatives in Windmill Town. Otherwise, I would probably still be training under Uncle Kuzan.

"There's nothing we can do. The other party's ship is better than ours. That damn guy with curly eyebrows, if I see him next time, I will definitely chop that guy down!"

Zoro said indignantly that he was ambushed by the sniper last time, and when he dodged, the other party kicked him in the face, and the shoe print took several days to disappear.

"It seems that he didn't get what he wanted. I remember that you cut off part of his hair. So I am the unlucky one, okay? I shouldn't have agreed to you! Why is my sister on that Ace's ship? It's over, it's over. I can't go home now!"

Nami looked sad. She accidentally lost her temper and was persuaded by Luffy. When she met Ace and his friends for the first time, she was surprised to find that her sister Nochiko was on the opposite ship. Is this a new generation of social death technology? She was about to collapse. Who would have thought that her sister is now a captain in the navy!

"Don't worry, Nami. My grandfather is a navy hero. That's nothing. I want to be the Pirate King! Hahahahahaha!"

After hearing Nami's words, Luffy suddenly lost his previous sadness and immediately spoke with full energy.

"Compared to this, I'm actually more curious about one thing, why does that person look so much like me!"

What bothered Kuina was the sergeant named Tashigi whom she met in Rogue Town. Apart from their eyes, the two of them only had some minor differences in their body shapes. Although Kuina felt that she had won, she still felt very unhappy. Why would there be someone who looked exactly like her?

"Don't discuss that! Look ahead!"

Usopp's terrified voice drew everyone's attention. They looked ahead and saw dark clouds in front of them. What was even more frightening was the red earth continent that looked like a gate to the sky, and the sea water rushing upward.

"That's Upside Down Mountain! I heard from my mother that it's the only way to get to the Grand Line from the Four Seas!"

Nami shouted as she looked at the Upside Down Mountain in front of her.

"Ohoho! Are we here already? That's perfect! Let's hold the ceremony!"

Luffy said excitedly while looking at the Upside-Down Mountain in front of him, then immediately took out an empty wooden barrel and placed it in the middle of the crowd.

"Ritual? What ritual?"

Kuina asked curiously.

"I know this! It is said that every pirate group heading for the Grand Line will hold a ceremony before crossing the Upside-Down Mountain. Everyone steps on a wooden barrel, speaks out their dreams loudly, and then crushes the barrel together, which means that we can fulfill our dreams!"

Unlike the original work, Usopp, who has both parents, knows a lot about pirates. However, he was wrong about one thing, that is, this ceremony is not applicable to every pirate group. For example, the Creek Pirates that they dealt with before, their large fleet did not hold a ceremony when crossing the Upside-Down Mountain. Pirate groups that often hold this ceremony are essentially similar to adventure groups called pirates. After all, the purest pirates go out to sea only to plunder, and will never hold this kind of ceremony for their dreams. In their opinion, becoming the Pirate King is also for priceless treasures, not really fighting for a title. After all, a title is worth a lot of money.

"That's right, then I'll go first, I want to be the Pirate King!"

Bang! Luffy stepped on the barrel and shouted. He had shouted his dream countless times, so it was no surprise to others. "Then I will become the world's greatest swordsman!"

Bang, then it was Zoro's turn. His goal changed from defeating Kuina at the beginning to becoming the world's greatest swordsman. Then the two of them fought again to see who was stronger.

"My dream is to become someone who can make my father proud! I also want to become the world's greatest swordsman!"

Bang, Kuina stepped on it. Her dream was almost the same as Zoro's, but she also hoped to prove herself to Koshiro and prove that she was her pride. Even now Koshiro has understood that women can also become strong, but the seeds planted since childhood still make Kuina want to prove herself even more.

"Now it's my turn. I want to freely draw all the sea charts in the world! Discover every sea in the world!"

Bang! At this moment, Nami lost her nervousness. She stepped on the barrel and shouted loudly. Drawing all the sea charts in the world has always been her dream. But for some reason, according to Bell-mère, the world government does not allow all the sea charts to be published. So the only way to fulfill this dream is to become a pirate. She had a big fight with Bell-mère because of this and left. Then she got on this ship by mistake. But at least for now, it's not bad, right? The only problem is that they lack a qualified chef.

"It's me at last. My goal is simple! I want to become a sea warrior like my father! To become a truly strong man!"

Bang, Usopp was the last one to step up. Although his experience had changed, his dream had not changed. Although he was no longer the timid Bu, his dream of becoming a person like his father had not disappeared, and it had even become stronger. After all, the Jesus Bu in this world was more three-dimensional and worthy of worship for Usopp.

"Very good, then! Three! Two! One!"

Following Luffy's shout, everyone raised their feet together and exerted force at the same time, and the empty barrel was immediately crushed to pieces. During this period of swearing, they were also carried into the ocean current and officially headed towards Upside-Down Mountain.

"Charge, everyone!" Luffy straightened the straw hat on his head, sat on the bow of the Golden Merry, pointed forward and shouted loudly.

"Oh!!!"

At the same time, less than fifty nautical miles behind the crowd, Ace and others followed closely. Ace's face looked very bad at this time. This journey was too strange. Whenever they were about to succeed, a gust of evil wind would appear and save Luffy. Ace suspected that someone was secretly helping Luffy, but after thinking about it, he couldn't think of who had such ability. His observation Haki also told him that everything around him was normal. It was really strange.

"Don't be unhappy, Ace. We are almost at Upside Down Mountain. Judging from the current speed, Luffy and the others should have reached the Grand Line."

Peacock walked over with a twist of his waist and said that the two of them were childhood friends, and their grandparents were good friends, so they had always had a good relationship. Seeing Ace like this, Peacock couldn't help but step forward to persuade him.

"I know. The most important thing is that Admiral Akainu sent me a message asking me to return to my post as soon as possible. If we can't stop him before the Upside-Down Mountain, we must hurry back to the West Sea. Damn it, who has been working against us? It's fine on the sea, but there's also that kind of evil wind in Rogue Town. It's really weird."

Ace said with gritted teeth that their team was the Disciplinary Committee of the Four Seas. If they were in the East China Sea, they could still handle it, but once they were heading to the Grand Line, it would really be considered as deserting their post, and he would definitely be put in solitary confinement. As a person whose idol was Sakaski, Ace always wanted to learn from his idol. He had been in the Navy for so many years and had never made any mistakes, big or small!
"No way, who could have thought of such a thing? I can only say that I was unlucky."

Peacock knew that something was wrong, but there was nothing she could do but shrug.

(End of this chapter)