One Piece: Starting from Obtaining the Float-Float Fruit

"Really? I understand."

Long hung up the phone.

Anya told him everything about the North Sea, and to his surprise, the deal was settled for only 250 million Berries. It seems Anya's reputation is quite useful now.

By the way, Anya also reminded Dragon that Doflamingo might have ill intentions and would most likely cause trouble, so he should bring as many people as possible with him when making a deal.

Meanwhile, on the Grand Line, Anya was sailing a wrecked ship with De Solo and the other two, preparing to search for Mihawk.

Robin, on the other hand, returned to the Revolutionary Army base with Kuma.

Anya and Robin agreed that once their new ship was built in Water Seven, Anya would go to see her as soon as possible.

"Captain, look at today's newspaper! Something big has happened!"

The fishman Kerr handed today's newspaper to Anya.

Oh? The sea train is almost finished?

It seems that soon I will be able to officially set sail for the New World...

"Captain, we're running low on supplies. We need to resupply at a nearby island!" Sikelor said as he emerged from the storage compartment.

There was really no other way; the space on the ship was too small. Anya had gotten this ship from Rayleigh, who in turn had stolen it from another pirate crew.

This third-hand ship has been able to sail for so long only thanks to Anya's Float-Float Fruit ability. Rayleigh is really a bit stingy.

"Huh? What's this wooden barrel doing here?" De Solo suddenly spotted a wooden barrel on the sea that looked like it contained treasure.

Anya looked in the direction of the sound.

Hmm? Why does this look so familiar?

"Pull it up!" Anya ordered.

Upon hearing the captain's order, De Solo scratched his head; he couldn't swim!

Sikorol, who was standing nearby, also said that he couldn't swim. He had always lived in his own village, but was later captured and enslaved by the Heavenly Dragons. How could he possibly know how to swim?

Then, their gazes turned to Kerr, who was a fish-man.

Feeling their gazes, Kelton immediately straightened his chest. To rebuild the glory of the fish-men was Kelton's duty!

So he immediately went into the water and, with lightning speed, easily scooped the wooden bucket out.

Anya nodded: "It seems the merfolk have a significant advantage in the water. Good job!"

Kerr scratched his head sheepishly: "It's nothing, it's what I should do, Captain."

Sikelol and Desolo were squatting next to the wooden barrel, which seemed to be in front of a treasure?

The treasure chest is a gift offered by pirates to the guardian deity of the sea in order to pray for a smooth voyage. It usually contains some treasure, or easily preserved wine and food.

"Why would there be a Royal Treasure here? Logically speaking, this is something that people used to use when setting sail. Nowadays, very few people would throw away Royal Treasures." Xikelor frowned, unable to understand why.

"Maybe there's treasure inside?" De Solo rubbed his hands together; his love for money had now reached a point of madness.

Anya stood by without saying anything, trying to recall when he had seen this wooden barrel before.

As De Solo opened the barrel, a signal flare shot into the sky, and dark clouds immediately gathered, accompanied by wind and rain.

It was only then that Anya realized that this was a trap set by Moria to lure the pirates to the Devil's Triangle.

"Ah?! It's a trap! Damn it!" De Solo angrily kicked over the barrel.

"Oh no, we're in trouble now! We can't tell the course! Even the log pointer is affected!" Kerr said hurriedly, looking at the log pointer in his hand.

"I'm sorry, Captain, I opened this barrel without permission, I...I..." De Solo seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem and prepared to apologize to Anya.

"It's alright, you did a good job. I also wanted to see that man." Anya didn't blame De Soro.

"That man?" De Solo asked.

"Many years ago, a hero from the West Blue, to repay the kindness of Wano Country in raising him, challenged the current pirate, Kaido of the Beasts, to a duel. In the end, he was defeated, and that man was Gecko Moria!"

Anya introduced them to the people they were about to meet.

Since leaving the Holy Land, the three of them had read quite a few newspapers. Although they didn't know who Gecko Moria was, they did know who Kaido was!

Currently, Kaido, Whitebeard, and Big Mom are known as the three Emperors of the New World, with bounties exceeding 40 billion Berries each!

Anya only has a bounty of 2.035 billion Berries, which means they are about to encounter someone who can rival the Emperor of the Sea?!

Anya didn't know what they were thinking, but she guessed they would be quite disappointed when they saw Moria, since Moria had completely lost his spirit.

Perhaps Moria used to have the strength of a Yonko's first mate, but after his crew was killed by Kaido, he became despondent and stopped recruiting crew members, instead trying to fight back with a bunch of zombies.

In the world of One Piece, without fighting spirit, one's strength will decline rapidly, and one may even be unable to use Conqueror's Haki.

However, Moria didn't completely lose his fighting spirit; he just relied on his Devil Fruit instead of his own strength.

It can only be said that Moria has gone down a different path. It seems that Kaido did not teach him what it means to have Haki that allows one to overcome everything.

It was quite surprising to Anya that Kaido, who had taught him a hundred times, didn't give Moria any lessons.

The reason for this is that Moria is not the main character after all, so he can't quickly achieve Ryuo with one blow, Hassan-en with two blows, or awaken his Devil Fruit with three blows.

It has to be said that Anya really admires him. If it were anyone else, they would be lucky not to be depressed after all their close companions were killed. But he still wants to fight back.

If this happened to Luffy or Whitebeard, they would have committed suicide that very night.

As their ship sailed, they were surrounded by a thick fog, unable to see anything at all.

The silence was broken by the sudden appearance of a ghost.

"Aaaaaah! There's a ghost!" Xikelor covered his face with both hands, then raised one hand and slowly pointed to the sky.

"What?! A ghost?!" De Solo and Kerr were also stunned. Could such a thing really exist?

the other side.

"Hooray hooray~ Lord Moria, we've found them." Perona saw the four people on the ship through the ghost.

"Hehehehe~ Good job, luring them to the island! Are there any pirates with high bounties this time?" Moria crossed his arms and lay back comfortably.

"Let me see~" Perona said, flipping through the latest bounty list.

Hmm... there aren't any with green hair, nor the fishman, and I don't think there are any with black hair either.

The last one with white hair... Ah, found it!

Perona took out Anya's bounty poster, compared it, and said, "Hmm, they look very similar."

A bounty of 235 million Berries? No, the length is off.

One, ten, hundred, thousand... billion... billion?! Bounty: 2,035 million Berries!

"Lord Moria... we found it! Let's run!" Perona, her eyes brimming with tears, trembled as she handed the bounty poster to Moria.

"Hehehehe, what's wrong, Perona? Don't you trust my strength? Let me see which brat pirate is causing trouble in my territory again?"

Stuart Anya!

Moria's eyes widened. He had just read the report in the newspaper two days ago. How could this man be here!