Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

The large bird cried out and took flight.

The enormous wings stirred up a gale, causing Tianyue Shi's long hair to fly wildly.

She had to hug Luffy even tighter, her whole body almost pressed against his back.

Luffy didn't seem to care. He sat down and looked ahead excitedly.

"What happened to Lord Luffy?" Amaterasu asked.

Luffy: "Why do you ask that?"

Tenzuki Toki: "Because you seem to be expecting something, Luffy-sama."

Luffy laughed heartily: "Because I sensed a familiar presence over there!"

"That is?"

"They must be someone we know."

Luffy grinned. "And there's more than one."

The large bird carried the two people across the coast and into the air above the forest.

The trees here are even larger, their canopies stretching into a green ocean.

Occasionally, huge wild beasts would peek out from the forest and roar at the sky, but after Luffy released a wisp of Conqueror's Haki, all the beasts would shrink back, not daring to even raise their heads.

After flying for a few minutes, the large bird came to a clearing ahead.

Is there a castle there?

No, that's no ordinary castle.

The scale of the building was outrageously large, with walls exceeding 100 meters in height and gates large enough for giants to enter and exit freely.

......

The New World, Elbaf.

Inside Orust Castle.

"Hey, Rocks, I've heard all the bad things about you, what are you doing here?"

Harald comforted his youngest son, Loki, with a look of heartache, then shouted at the group of people in front of the huge dining table.

"Harald, I've come to see you."

Rocks opened his arms. "Become my partner! Harald, didn't the World Government ignore your demands? You know that, don't you? Back in Mary Geoise!"

"Damn it, stop talking. If we team up with notorious guys like you, we'll immediately lose the trust of other countries."

Harald rejected Lox as always.

Rocks: "Why? Do you want to be ruled by the World Government?"

Harald: "I'm trying to find a way to avoid that! Everyone should be equal!"

At that moment, one of the people eating nearby shouted loudly.

Shiki yelled, "What a feast! Hehehehe!"

Miss Bajin looked at Harald and exclaimed, "Wow, it's huge!"

Whitebeard: "Is that the king of Elbaf?"

Since Mary Geoise, Rocks has attacked the Celestial Dragon captain, the World Government, and the Navy.

They then set their sights on the pirate ship.

Through the long-standing DAVY BACK FIGHT game in the One Piece world.

A group of powerful partners have already gathered around me.

"Stop talking nonsense."

Upon hearing Harald's words, Rocks was somewhat dissatisfied: "Elbaf is the strongest warrior nation! If you don't like them, just beat them up! Why bother negotiating with those guys from the World Government?"

Harald said, "That's all in the past. Elbaf has changed."

Locus: "Human nature will not change! The warlike blood of the giants should be boiling."

Whitebeard, seeing the two arguing again, couldn't help but say, "Can't you two eat in peace?"

Harald looked at the group of criminals in front of him with a headache.

"Hey, you people, following a man like this will only lead to your destruction."

Yakuza Shiki couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Follow? Follow this idiot? Don't make me laugh. We all rely on ourselves! Even if Rocks dies, it won't make any difference."

The next second, his expression turned ugly. "Hey, who stole my food?!"

Shiki suddenly yelled because a piece of roast meat in front of him had disappeared.

And the hand that stole the barbecue....

A large bird flew in, and the one reaching out was a man on top of it.

"Ok?"

"you are?"

Both Lockes and Harald felt that the person in front of them was strangely familiar.

Luffy stuffed the grilled meat into his mouth, chewing as he mumbled, "Yo, it's been a few years since we last met in Mary Geoise? Long time no see."

Chapter 413 The Prelude to the Valley of the Gods Begins (A Long Chapter of 10,000 Words)

Luffy was saying this to Rocks and Harald.

For a moment, both Lox and Harald were stunned.

They stared at Luffy, trying hard to remember.

Luffy's memories were erased by the power of the Time-Time Fruit, but the sense of familiarity remained.

Especially Lox.

He vaguely remembered that in Mary Geoise, there was indeed such a person who had caused a great disturbance with them and even killed a naval admiral together!

"It feels so familiar,"

Rocks stood up and looked Luffy up and down.

Compared to Rocks and Harald, Shiki the Golden Lion's reaction was even stranger.

"Hey, who are you?!"

He had no memory, but his body tensed up instinctively, and his eyes looked at Luffy with wariness and a hint of fear.

It wasn't just him.

The white-bearded man, Ma Long, Wang Zhi, Ba Jin, and Gan Zhui, who were standing nearby, almost simultaneously showed wary expressions.

These future powerful figures, destined to be renowned throughout the seas, instinctively sensed that the seemingly ordinary man in the black suit before them was dangerous.

"Hey, hey, I just happened to be passing by and wanted to grab a bite to eat."

Luffy continued to eat heartily without a care in the world, and even tore off a piece of meat and handed it to Tengetsu behind him, saying, "You guys continue chatting."

Tengetsu took the meat and sat down next to Luffy.

She had seen these people before, not at this time, but during several previous wormhole jumps.

Although these people's memories were erased due to the Time Fruit's correction, Amaterasu Toki still remembers them.

She had met both Lox D. Giebeck and Harald in Mary Geoise.

And there's that man with the golden afro and the flashy jacket, Shiki the Yakuza.

Edward Newgate, a tall man with a white beard.

The guy next to him, dressed in a black suit and looking like a gangster, is called Malone.

Wang Zhi, with a sword at his waist.

Gan Zhui, whose body was covered in weapons.

And then there was that petite woman, dressed elegantly, wearing lipstick and eyeshadow—Miss Ba Jin.

Amatsuki recognized them all.

As we get closer to the time anchor point we're about to reach, the probability of a time wormhole appearing increases significantly.

And coincidentally, I ran into them.

Given Luffy's personality, when there wasn't a rush, he naturally had a good sparring session with them.

The most exciting fight was with the Golden Lion.

No wonder Shiki's hands tremble when he sees Luffy; it's a purely natural bodily reaction.

Luffy grinned and continued eating meat.

He really didn't expect to run into so many acquaintances here, but it didn't matter. Anyway, his memories would be erased, so he could just consider it a chance encounter.

The reactions of those present to Luffy, a guest who suddenly barged in and started eating as if he were a familiar face, varied.

Golden Lion and his men remained wary, while Rocks and Harald looked excited.

"It's Joey Boy!"

Rocks suddenly slammed his hand on the table. "I haven't heard from you at all over this ocean. I thought you'd been captured by those guys from the World Government!"

He had forgotten Luffy's name, but he remembered that Im had mentioned the word Joy Boy back in Mary Geoise.

If I remember correctly, I was referring to the man in front of me.

“I forgot, I think I had an important question to ask you.” Harald scratched his head, trying to remember.

What was he trying to ask?

What about the giants?