I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

After the bandits, who had been thrown around by the ocean current, came to their senses, they were even more confused.

"Has the storm stopped?"

"I have a feeling that I was just sucked in by a monster whale?"

At this moment, the pirate ship is quietly resting on a pale green ocean.

Blue sky, white clouds, a calm, pale green ocean, and a small, isolated island in the middle of the ocean.

On the island, there is a simple wooden cabin, and under a palm tree outside the door, there is a beach chair.

However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that it's not just the pale green ocean that remains still.

The white clouds overhead and the seagulls faintly visible in the sky were all still.

"Alright, welcome to my vacation spot."

Crocus had somehow appeared on a beach chair on the island and stretched.

"This is the stomach of Raab. I advise you not to go into the sea. Stay here and wait quietly for the storm to subside. Then you can go back outside through the big iron gate behind you."

These words shocked everyone, who looked around in disbelief and, sure enough, saw a large, tightly closed iron gate behind the sailboat.

"Mr. Crocus, did you modify all of this?"

"My God, the blue sky and white clouds are a painting pasted on the whale's stomach, and that island is a small boat, and there's such a huge iron gate... Did you turn Laboon's body into a fortress?!"

This scene left everyone speechless.

Upon hearing this, Crocus, who was sitting on a beach chair, suddenly sharpened his eyes.

He murmured:

“I’ve been with Laboon at Twin Capes for almost forty years.”

"Do you know how I've survived these past forty years?"

Crocus points to the blue sky and white clouds all around:

"This is my pastime as a doctor for the past forty years."

While the bandits were shocked, Sig felt a sense of relief.

The fierce storm outside, with its towering waves tens of meters high, was more than enough to tear the ship to pieces.

But now, inside Lab's body, everything is calm and peaceful, with only slight ripples in the ocean of gastric juices.

In fact, Sieg was also thinking the same thing when he tried to get Rab to go with them.

The storms of the Grand Line are fierce and beyond human resistance; even a powerful creature like Shiki has fallen.

But this is not really a big threat to the sea kings that live in this ocean, or to giant sea monsters like Laboon that are as big as islands.

Even the strongest storms can shake Labuan, an island whale that is several kilometers long and four hundred meters tall.

If so, then dive down several hundred meters.

If a few hundred meters isn't enough, then dive a few hundred more meters.

"With Laboon around, not to mention the New World, the vast majority of sea storms in the first half of the Grand Line can be ignored."

"If we can buy the permanent pointers for each island on the Isle of Everything, we can treat the first half of the Grand Line as ordinary ocean and sail freely."

"Once I find an island where I can settle these men, I can begin my plan."

Sieg does indeed have a plan in mind right now.

In other words... settle down his subordinates, then change his identity, get rid of Sig's identity, and start a completely new life.

"Crocas, do you have a way to communicate with Laboon here?"

Sieg glanced at the record pointer in Stussy's hand.

"Let Laboon swim directly towards the Island of All Things. Laboon's swimming speed should be much faster than my ship."

Crocus nodded, then took a Den Den Mushi from the hut.

"These are special species of Den Den Mushi (transparent telephone snails); they don't need to dial, they can only communicate with each other via telephone..."

"I placed the other Den Den Mushi in the pair near Laboon's ear... I can talk to Laboon as long as I dial the number."

Crocus modified far more than just Laboon's stomach.

The interior of this island whale is filled with a complex network of tunnels, so much so that one can even climb directly from its stomach onto Laboon's head.

After explaining for a couple of minutes, Crocus used his Den Den Mushi to continuously send directions to Laboon's Island of Everything.

An hour or two later, a slightly excited chirping sound came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.

"Has Laboon not only crossed the storm, but is he already on his way to the Island of Everything?"

"Sig, we can go out now."

"Krokas said calmly."

The bandits looked at each other in bewilderment, some still not quite understanding what was happening.

Inside Raab's belly, this journey on the Grand Line was much safer than when sailing in the East China Sea.

Chapter 156 Water Splash

The port area of ​​Wanwu Island.

Hundreds of ships of all sizes are moored here, densely packed together, creating a spectacular sight.

On the other side of the port, several pirate ships of various shapes and sizes, flying black skull and crossbones flags, were openly moored there, clearly distinguishing the two types of ships.

Somewhat strangely, the pirates who disembarked from the pirate ship did not have the arrogance that pirates are usually known for. Instead, they walked with the other ordinary pedestrians around them without any obvious barriers.

Meanwhile, in the nearshore area surrounding the port, a muscular man with a gloomy face stood on a small ship. His face was dark, and he kept glancing at the many pirate ships docked in the port.

"Look, that's Black Hand Brimton, the new pirate from the West Blue with a bounty of fifty million."

"What's so interesting about that? So what if he's a pirate with 50 million? Haven't you heard? Brinton racked up a whopping 100 million in debt in the entertainment district last night, and now he's apparently working to pay it off... I heard he was forced to join a patrol team..."

"A pirate with 50 million... working to pay off his debts?"

"He looks like he's looking at his pirate ship... Is he planning to ignore the 100 million debt and run away?"

"Escape? If I remember correctly, he already took that pirate ship to pay off his debts, so it no longer belongs to him."

Amidst the whispers of passersby, some cast complicated glances.

Pirates aren't the type of people who will pay off their debts in a step-by-step manner.

A pirate with 50 million men is already a rare rising star at the entrance to the Grand Line, and he could even dominate the four seas.

But even a powerful outsider like Wanwu Island has to keep to himself in this commercial island.

Brinton seemed to have heard the whispers of the passersby, and his expression darkened further.

"What are you looking at? Are you planning to cause trouble?"

Brindton's towering figure stood atop the ship, coldly questioning the passersby who were gossiping about him.

As he spoke, Brinton also intentionally or unintentionally raised the black hand cannon on his shoulder.

After a few words dispersed the chattering pedestrians, Brinton's expression didn't improve much; he remained gloomy.

Anyone who goes from a well-known rookie pirate to a lowly laborer overnight would probably look equally grim.

At that moment, a chorus of exclamations suddenly rang out from the side.

"Look! What kind of monster is that!"

"Is it a Sea King? Are Sea Kings trying to attack the ships in the port?"

Brinton immediately looked over alert and saw a huge black shadow emerging from the sea in the distance.

The sea surface arched up, revealing a tiny part of the enormous creature hidden within.

"Is it really a sea king?"

Unlike the others, Brinton showed surprise.

He came from the Western Sea and immediately recognized that this was not a sea king, but an island whale that lived in the Western Sea.

Although island whales are large, they are much easier to deal with than sea kings of the same size.

"Such a large island whale, if sold to the island's merchants, should be able to pay off some of the debts."

"Men, fire!"

Without hesitation, Brinton raised his hand cannon and fired a shot directly at the island whale that was gradually rising to the surface.

Behind him, his other subordinates on the ship also raised their guns and cannons.

Amidst the series of explosions, the rising island whale's ascent was not affected in the slightest; however, its eyes, many times larger than those of a warship, swept over Brinton on the shore.

"This whale... is bigger than I imagined."

Brinton was also taken aback.

Even in the western sea, the homeland of island whales, it is very rare to find an island whale this large.

Before he could react, the enormous, mountain-like island whale opened its massive jaws.

Then, a pirate ship emerged from that abyss-like gaping maw.

Sig stood at the bow of the ship, gazing into the distance at the first island they had finally reached, and at the burly man on the small ship next to them, holding a cannon and coldly watching them.

It wasn't just the patrol boat next to it; almost everyone on the shore of the entire port was looking over.

The way a pirate ship emerged from the mouth of a giant whale is certainly eye-catching.

"A miscalculation... We should have let Rabti surface earlier."

Sieg's heart sank slightly; showing off was not what he wanted.

Labu's speed was a little faster than he expected, and by the time he surfaced, he had already reached the port.

Kurokas, standing nearby, stared intently at Lab's body, which had just been hit by a shell, and frowned slightly.

Those shelling shots just now hit Rab's head right on the huge, grotesque, crisscrossing wound, tearing open part of the old wound that hadn't fully healed, and blood was everywhere.

"I really shouldn't have let Laboon come along on the Grand Line..." Crocus murmured.