Another month passed, and there was still no sign from Ryuen. The four of them decided it was time to go on an adventure to another island!
For over six months, they had been training every day, and now their restless hearts could hardly be contained.
"N-Nami, do you really think this will work?" Nojiko said, showing a hint of worry after hearing Nami's plan.
"I think Nami's plan should work. The distance of Nami's Door Door Fruit opens from her center and radiates outward.
As long as we can quickly complete the transformation in an area without Sea Kings, we can cross the sea through another space!" Kuina fully supported Nami's plan.
Daisy nodded excitedly.
"Okay!"
"Then let's get ready to set off! Let's go on an adventure to another island!" Nojiko announced loudly.
"Yay!"
"Adventure, adventure!"
The four girls immediately sprang into action, packing up their camp, preparing a bunch of rafts, and leaving one of the beast kings in charge of guarding the area. Then, they entered Nami's alternate space.
According to the sea chart given by Lindgas, there was a larger island in the opposite direction from the volcano island.
Nami and her friends set their sights on this island!
Since this was the Calm Belt, they couldn't sail, so Nami came up with a plan.
They placed a raft on the sea at the farthest distance where she could open the door, then quickly completed the transition, moving from one point to the next toward the island.
The only danger was that they had to return to Nami's space before the sea kings noticed them.
For this, they even prepared some bait.
At that moment, in the space, the four girls were cautiously observing the calm sea outside. A sea king had just passed by, and now the surface was still.
"It should be safe for now!"
"Kuina, Daisy, once Nami opens the space door, you quickly throw the raft out, and then Nami, get on it. When we all get out, Nami will open the door again, and we'll go back inside.
This process has to be quick; otherwise, we'll be in trouble if a sea king charges at us, got it?" Nojiko said with a serious expression.
"Got it!" ×3
Then, Nami opened the space door, and Kuina and Daisy quickly placed the raft on the water. Seeing this, Nami rushed out, and the other three girls jumped out right after.
Soon after, Nami opened the space door again, and the four girls returned to the space.
At that moment, the raft outside was instantly smashed to pieces by a sea king!
"Whoa—"
"That was... so thrilling!" Daisy exclaimed, her cheeks flushed with excitement.
"Good thing we acted fast; otherwise, it would have hit us!" Nami said, still a bit shaken.
Everyone felt nervous, but they also enjoyed the thrill of the adventure!
After a moment, they repeated their earlier actions, and after a dozen attempts, the four girls finally reached their destination!
A space door opened out of thin air on the beach of the island, and the excited girls stepped through.
"This is amazing! I can't believe we actually made it across the sea this way! Nami, you're so smart!" Kuina said excitedly.
"Hehe, it was no big deal! But it was still quite dangerous; luckily, we didn't mess up," Nami said humbly, waving her hand.
"Well then... sisters, let's go!" Nojiko said, looking at the dense forest with great enthusiasm!
"Let's go!"
"Charge!"
The four girls, each carrying a small backpack, plunged into the lush, untouched forest!
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"Wow... what kind of fruit is this? It's huge!" Daisy exclaimed, staring at a scaly fruit nearly two meters tall in the forest.
"Daisy, be careful! Rankyaku!" Suddenly, Kuina launched a slicing attack toward Daisy!
Before they could react, Kuina's Rankyaku struck a giant snake that had darted out of the forest, measuring several dozen meters in length!
The snake's head was hit directly by Kuina's Rankyaku, causing its scales to fall off, drenched in blood!
Seeing this, the other three girls were horrified!
What a massive snake!!!
After the giant snake was injured, its eyes instantly turned red, filled with endless rage and murderous intent. It let out a hissing sound and launched a fierce attack on Kuina with incredible speed!
"Not good!"
"Everyone, focus all your attacks on its weak spot, or it will definitely come after us!" Nojiko shouted in horror.
"Soru!"
The four girls vanished from their spot and reappeared at the snake's weak point!
With blades flashing and fists flying, the four girls acted like a fierce pack of wolves, sinking their teeth into the giant snake's weak spot and launching wave after wave of brutal attacks!
The weak spot was soon a mess of blood and flesh, and the snake writhed in pain, its tail thrashing wildly and knocking down trees like they were nothing.
They knocked off all the scales from its weak point, and Daisy quickly sprang into action, using her Dissection Fruit powers!
"Room!"
"Surgical dissection!"
With her commanding shouts, the giant snake was instantly cut off at its weak point!
However, even though it had lost its ability to move, the giant snake was not dead yet; its head still desperately attacked the four girls.
But since it was severed at its weak point, it could no longer support itself.
"Ah!"
"Ha!"
At that moment, Kuina and Nojiko jumped up and stabbed their blades into the snake's head!
With its body severed and its head suffering severe damage, no matter how strong the snake's life force was, it was now completely lifeless!
The four girls sighed in relief when they saw the giant snake no longer moving; it had been way too dangerous.
"This snake is huge…" Nami said, looking at the giant snake, feeling dry in her throat.
"It's really big, almost as big as a small sea king!" Daisy said, still shaken.
If it hadn't been for Kuina, she might have been swallowed whole by the giant snake!
"I have a feeling this giant snake's target is that scaly unknown fruit over there. Look!" Nojiko pointed to the scaly fruit.
The fruit grew on a massive vine, which also had scales like the fruit.
"Maybe… this is the food that snake likes?" Kuina speculated.
"This thing is amazing! Let's take it back and show it to Ryuen!" Nojiko said, then went over to cut the fruit from the vine.
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