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"Are there really humans living inside a whale's stomach, meow?!"
At the sight of a human in beach shorts emerging from a house on the island, Meowth, who was perched at the railing of the Endless Dream, was so shocked that his fur stood on end.
This bizarre and eerie scene was no less surprising than when Musashi threw a Poké Ball into the air, only for Kojiro to pop out!
"Hmph, Meowth, you just don't understand."
Aqua, as the knowledgeable Water Goddess standing behind, pondered briefly before her water-blue eyes sparkled with a wise aura.
"Although humans and whales are both mammals, under normal circumstances, it's impossible for humans to appear unharmed inside a whale's stomach."
"The only possibility is that this human in front of us..."
Pausing for effect, Aqua noted the eager look in the eyes of Meowth and King, the silly goddess proudly puffed out her chest and declared, "Is actually a whale baby, just resembling a human in appearance!"
Zyhark: "…"
When Aqua mentioned the term "mammal," Zyhark had a brief moment of doubt about her intelligence, hoping for a miracle that she might say something profound.
Clearly, Aqua's next statement shattered that brief hope…
Serious thought, it seemed, was utterly absent in Aqua!
"Whale... baby?"
Meowth and King furrowed their brows, sizing up the white-haired old man on the island.
Despite their best efforts to stretch their limited imaginations, they could not associate him with a cute and adorable whale baby.
How did Aqua even make that connection?
Was it just because they are both mammals?
This wild guess also confused Crocus on the opposite side.
Whale baby?
Baby?
Do I look that young?
Has this girl's brain taken on water?
Although I am skilled in medicine, mental illnesses are rather troublesome to treat…
With a mix of frustration and pity, Crocus looked at Aqua on the Endless Dream.
As he contemplated whether to say something or just ignore them while he lay on a beach chair reading the newspaper, a sudden loud splash interrupted him.
The acidic sea churned as a giant, undigested squid emerged, blocking between the Endless Dream and the small island.
Best deal with the trouble at hand first.
Thinking so, Crocus returned to his room to retrieve three heavy harpoons shimmering with a faint black light.
As the ship's doctor of Pirate King Roger, aside from his medical skills, his combat prowess was formidable.
These three iron harpoons, tempered with Armament Haki, were Crocus's weapons against formidable enemies!
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
The giant squid barely extended its tentacles towards its prey, the Endless Dream, when the three harpoons tore through the air and accurately pierced its conical head.
Bang!
The giant squid fell, its massive body creating a wave.
As the wave hit, the small island shook violently, revealing the steel hull hidden beneath the ocean surface—this seemingly vacation-worthy island was actually a ship.
The steel plating at the bottom was naturally there to prevent the ship's body from corroding in the acidic stomach fluids.
Yes, this island was fake!
Upon closer observation, it wasn't hard to see that even the blue sky and white clouds above were fake.
The "soaring" seagulls were all fixed in place, like some kind of realistic graffiti.
Essentially, this was still inside the whale Laboon's stomach.
"Such a powerful whale baby!"
Aqua persisted in her judgment, arbitrarily deeming it a fact.
Zyhark watched her very serious demeanor and, after several moments of contemplation, still couldn't find the right words to retort.
Hearing her earnest exclamation, Crocus, who was dragging the giant squid back, finally lost his composure.
"Where do these idiots come from! Not only do they barge into my private domain without a greeting, but could you please refrain from using disgusting terms like 'baby' to describe my magnificent life?!"
He exploded in anger.
If the underworld's Roger heard someone calling him such a nickname, wouldn't he die laughing?
Ah, wrong, wouldn't he laugh himself back to life?!
"What? The whale baby spoke!" Aqua exclaimed with wide eyes.
It was the kind of expression one might have upon witnessing an anomaly in nature.
She was serious…
"Um, Miss Aqua, is it possible that he's just a human like us?" the honest King said gravely.
Aqua's certainty made him feel somewhat unsure even as he spoke.
"I am a goddess, a goddess! Not some human!"
Aqua corrected matter-of-factly, then stared at Crocus wistfully, "It's just as legendary as the Grand Line, even the small whale babies can talk."
Her train of thought clearly wasn't following!
Zyhark was genuinely shocked by Aqua's "wisdom": "Right, right, a talking whale baby, how cute, Aqua, why don't you go and hug him like you did when you first met Meowth?"
Recalling how Aqua had clung to Meowth when he first appeared, he whimsically suggested.
Upon hearing this, Aqua scrutinized the white-haired Crocus, then turned her head away, pretending not to hear Zyhark, her water-blue eyes full of disdain.
Alright, a goddess concerned with appearances, then?!
"That's enough, you ignorant kids!"
Crocus, completely fed up, his mouth twitching madly, felt even the tumultuous New World wasn't as fanciful as this girl's imagination, and immediately pointed to a steel door behind him, "If you have nothing else, get out!"
"Turn right to leave this place!"
Buzz!!
Just then, a deafening whale cry echoed through this acidic sea.
What followed was a whirlwind of chaos, as if the world was turning upside down.
"Laboon's starting again so soon?"
Crocus dropped his anger and glanced at Aqua on the Endless Dream before rushing to the edge of the island and diving into the acidic sea.
To prevent the frenzied Laboon from crashing into the Red Line and harming himself, he now had to administer a sedative.
(End of Chapter)