One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

After hovering for a moment, the Going Merry stopped hesitating and headed directly towards the Pokémon Sea.

They have now acquired three of the four Poneglyphs.

The last Poneglyph is 50% likely in Elbaf, the land of giants, and 30% likely in the hands of the Red-Haired Pirates.

The remaining 20% ​​are in other parts of the One Piece world.

But no matter where it is, it's not that important anymore.

At this moment, the joyful sounds unique to the Straw Hat Pirates rang out once again on the deck of the Going Merry.

To celebrate their journey to becoming the Pirate King, a grand banquet was held at Luffy's suggestion.

During the banquet, Luffy, along with Chopper and the others, sang and danced, so excited that they were almost ready to take off their clothes and return to nature.

But some people gathered in a corner of the banquet, gesturing with a world nautical chart.

Wearing blue-rimmed glasses, which added to her elegant demeanor, Nami held a pencil and drew three small circles on the sea chart.

"These are the locations recorded in the historical alignments of the three road signs we have now obtained..."

"As before, the coordinates recorded in the historical text of the road signs on Zou Island are also a vast ocean."

"However, based on these three coordinates, it can be determined that the final island, Laugh Tale, should be located on these three routes."

Nami, holding a pencil, connected three coordinate points on the nautical chart, drawing an irregular triangle.

And the three long sides of this triangle are precisely the area where the legendary final island is said to appear.

"In other words, we don't need the last coordinate at all. If we carefully explore these three routes, we might be able to find the legendary final island?!"

Behind Nami, Redfield, who also had considerable sailing experience, lit up and said thoughtfully.

Since joining the Straw Hat Pirates, this legendary pirate has seemed to be living a life of leisure.

In addition, his fighting ability is not among the top in the Straw Hat crew, so his presence is becoming increasingly less noticeable.

But undeniably, no one on the Straw Hat Ship had more experience with this sea than him.

He frowned and stared intently at the three shipping routes on the nautical chart.

The three left-hand sides they have obtained so far are located in the New World, the West Sea, and the South Sea, respectively.

The West Sea and the South Sea are separated by the red earth continent.

In other words, one of the routes even crosses the red earth continent.

But that's almost impossible.

Neither the West Sea nor the South Sea are covered with human footprints, but it is unlikely that there are any islands that have never been set foot on.

Furthermore, it crosses a red earth continent in between, making this route practically useless for reference.

For the remaining two routes, Redfield will focus on observing the areas located in the New World and the Calm Belt.

Robin, standing to the side, also looked thoughtful, intently watching the three flight paths above.

Just as the three were deep in thought, Crimson, who was biting a straw and drinking a beverage, stepped over.

Seeing Nami and the others gesturing at the sea chart, he couldn't help but say:

"I think you should stop speculating about the location of the final island."

"Have you ever wondered why the location of the final island requires four coordinate points to be determined?"

The crimson words immediately caught the attention of Nami and the other two.

The three looked up, puzzled, at Crimson, awaiting his explanation.

Crimson said calmly:

"Is there any possibility..."

"The historical orientation of road signs is not used on nautical charts at all, but in planetary models?"

"The so-called final island is not in the usual scenes, but like Fishman Island or Sky Island, it is located underwater or in the sky through some specific technique!"

"That's why no one has been able to find the existence of that island for so long."

"Because it...is simply outside the scope of normal human activity!!!"

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"Is that so..."

After hearing Crimson's conjecture, Nami and the others did not show too much surprise.

Having witnessed enough grand occasions, few things in this world can surprise them anymore.

The next moment, Nami put down her pencil and sighed silently:

"So, it seems we won't find the final island until we find the fourth Poneglyph."

"After all, it's the dream destination that pirates all over the world are pursuing. If it were so easy to find, wouldn't it be boring?"

Crimson didn't think there was anything wrong with this situation.

The more complex the situation in the pirate world, the more abundant the resources they will be able to accumulate when they attempt to conquer space in the future.

"Alright, stop worrying about this. Once you've improved your strength, everything will fall into place naturally."

"If we really can't find a fourth Poneglyph, we'll just defeat all the powers in the world."

"When the time comes, we'll declare Luffy the Pirate King, and let's see who dares to object!?"

"Hehe~ Your method is really simple and crude." Nami snorted.

Having finally managed to put her nautical charts away after failing to demonstrate her navigator skills, she decided to put them away.

"During this rare break, don't think about work anymore."

"Sanji's newly developed juice, give it a try!"

With a thought, Crimson teleported a brand new bottle of beverage from a nearby banquet table and handed it to Nami.

Originally, this kind of serving work should have been done by Sanji, but Luffy and the others ate too fast, so even when Sanji activated his Devil Fruit ability and was frantically running around in the kitchen, he could only barely maintain a balance.

Two days later.

The Going Merry, traveling at full speed, returned to the Pokémon Sea.

Shortly after Crimson and his crew landed, an unexpected phone call suddenly came through to the captain's cabin of the Merry.

……

……

"What?! The World Government has taken action against the Whitebeard Pirates!?"

Red, who had been summoned by Luffy, stood behind the Straw Hat crew, looking at the flustered Den Den Mushi with some surprise.

Red stepped forward and asked into the microphone in Luffy's hand:

"Don't worry, Ace~"

"Tell us what happened first!?"

"Yeah, Ace!"

Luffy said somewhat impatiently:

"Tell us quickly what's going on!? How are things on your end? Are you in danger!?"

Having finally rescued Ace from fate, Luffy is now terrified that Ace will fall into the same trap as Akame, ending up in the same desperate situation Akame described.

"rest assured."

Seemingly sensing Luffy's worry, Ace quickly said:

"I won't be in any major danger."

"The main target of the World Government is the territories and countries under our control."

"So far, three islands have been taken by the World Government."

"But strangely, they only took all the resources from the islands, but did not actually occupy them."

"Heh~ Now it's really hard to tell who the real pirate is!"

Upon hearing what Ace said, Zoro immediately scoffed.

But Crimson and the others frowned.

"That's strange. Why have I never heard the Navy mention this before?"

"Could it be that the World Government has already discovered the Navy's unusual behavior and has begun to take precautions against it!?"

A thought flashed through his mind, and Crimson immediately spoke into the microphone:

"Tell me the details, Ace."

"Ah."

Ace paused for a moment on the other end of the Den Den Mushi, and then slowly recounted Whitebeard's recent experiences.

"This story begins about two weeks ago."

"At that time, we suddenly received news that a group of mysterious people had appeared in the Sphinx, the hometown of my father, and were causing great damage to the Sphinx and slaughtering many residents."

"Upon receiving the news, my father was furious and immediately led us to his hometown to find out what was going on."

"And it was at this time that the Five Elders suddenly led their men to one of our islands and plundered all of its resources."

"What's even stranger is that, according to eyewitnesses at the scene, the Five Elders seem to be deliberately searching for people with special abilities."

"All the ability users were beaten half to death by the Five Elders and then captured by them."

"And so, taking advantage of the fact that the Whitebeard Pirates were completely caught off guard, they attacked three islands in succession."

"But when Daddy returned to the edge of the sea aboard the Moby Dick, the World Government personnel vanished without a trace."

"And just a quarter of an hour ago, Dad suddenly received news that the World Government people had gone to the Sphinx again and were wreaking havoc there."

"So... the Whitebeard Pirates are completely under the control of the World Government!?"

"……Um."