Wrecked Ship Island.
Between the hills formed by piles of discarded ship parts, a blue-haired teenager, wearing a flowery shirt on top and only a pair of blue briefs below, was tinkering with an oddly-shaped long-barreled cannon.
[b]Franky Cannon, Fire![/b]
After the blue-haired teenager let out a yell, he immediately pulled the fuse in his hand.
Boom!
Propelled by gunpowder, the cannonball instantly shot out of the muzzle and flew into the distance...
Just then, a fast-moving schooner rushed out from the coast of Water 7, driven by the wind.
The cannonball directly hit the main mast of the schooner, smashing the mast right in the middle and splitting it in half. The mast slowly fell downward.
Suddenly caught off-guard by this sudden situation, Sandersonia, who was sitting on the mast, let out a startled cry:
"What... Oh crap!"
Seeing this, Sephiroth quickly ran towards the green-haired girl, trying to catch her with his hands.
However...
In his eyes, under the girl's green skirt, her perky derriere in green panties grew larger and larger as they came down towards his face.
At this moment, it was too late for the silver-haired teenager to dodge...
Thud!
Sandersonia straddled right on Sephiroth's face, sitting in a duck-like kneeling position.
The teenager didn't have time to care how ambiguous this position was. Under the impact of this nearly seventy-pound weight, the bones in his neck even made a "crack!" sound, causing him to lose consciousness briefly.
However, thanks to the powerful healing ability of the Vampire Fruit, in just a few seconds, Sephiroth's broken neck bones were perfectly healed.
Marigold quickly released the helm and ran to the ship's railing. Looking down, she asked with a worried look on her face:
"Sandersonia, are you okay?"
Hearing this, the green-haired girl smiled sheepishly and scratched her head:
"Ah! I'm fine. I'm not hurt."
Sephiroth, who was being pressed under the girl, raised his hand and patted the girl's buttocks. Muttering in a somewhat exasperated voice, he said:
"Um~! I'm glad you're okay, but... could you stand up first... I'm almost suffocating..."
"Ah! Sorry, sorry!"
Only then did Sandersonia realize what had happened. Looking embarrassed, she stood up and took two steps back.
"Sephiroth, are you okay?"
The silver-haired teenager stood up from the deck and twisted his neck, which made a "crack!" "crack!" sound.
On the other side, on Wrecked Ship Island.
Iceburg, with purple hair, wearing a brown T-shirt and white jeans, grabbed the collar of the blue-haired teenager.
Pointing at the schooner with the broken mast on the sea, he roared loudly:
"Damn Franky!
You've come up with yet another dangerous thing!
Now look what you've done!
You've finally caused trouble!"
"I didn't mean to do it. Who would've thought that ship would suddenly show up!"
Franky knew he had caused trouble and was a bit flustered inside, but when facing his senior brother Iceburg, he still stubbornly retorted out of habit.
"Hahaha!"
Franky, taking responsibility for the consequences you've caused is what makes a real man!"
The guy speaking was a horned merman over three meters tall and obese.
At this moment, he was carrying a steam locomotive on his shoulder with ease.
His name was Tom, the master of Franky and Iceburg.
Meanwhile, he was also the shipbuilder who built the Oro Jackson for Pirate King Roger.
"I got it, Tom."
Franky replied with a look of impatience on his face.
He was abandoned by his parents when he was ten. It was the shipbuilder Tom who adopted him. So this horned merman was like a father and a master to him.
Generally speaking, as long as Tom gave an order, Franky would follow it.
A moment later, propelled by the ocean current, the fast - moving ship slowly docked on the Scrap Island.
"Hey! Which one of you did such a dangerous thing?"
Sephiroth jumped down from the deck and landed on the ground. With a scowling face, he scanned the three people standing on the shore one by one.
Finally, his gaze fell on the blue - haired teenager.
Franky was quite straightforward. He directly bowed deeply towards the silver - haired teenager and said,
"Sorry, I fired the cannonball. You can do whatever you want to me, beat or punish. I'll also repair your ship for you!"
"Oh? You said that yourself!"
The silver - haired teenager grinned menacingly and cracked his right fist with a "crack!" sound.
He ate the Vampire Fruit and has amazing recovery ability. Otherwise, after being crushed by Sandersonia just now, he would have probably been lying in the hospital bed for a long time.
Although he wasn't a petty person, he wasn't exactly magnanimous either.
So, he intended to teach Franky a lesson.
Seeing the silver - haired teenager's actions, Franky gritted his teeth and didn't back down. He still shouted loudly:
"Yes, come at me if you dare!"
"Good, so much nerve! I admire you!"
The moment Sephiroth's voice faded, he suddenly swung his fist and slammed it hard on Franky's face, making the latter's nose bleed. Franky was sent flying into the air and landed more than a meter away.
"Now, we're even!"
After saying that, the silver - haired teenager waved his slightly aching right hand and couldn't help muttering to himself:
Damn it all! Franky's face is so hard. It seems he hasn't undergone any body modifications yet, right?
Seeing that the conflict between the two sides had finally passed, the shipbuilder Tom immediately laughed heartily:
"Hahaha...! Young man, don't worry! We'll definitely repair your ship as soon as possible."
"I'd like to trouble you to dismantle this ship for me."
Before Tom could say anything, Franky, who stood up covering his bleeding and fractured nose, was a bit annoyed. He widened his eyes and grumbled in a muffled voice:
"What? Did I just take that punch for nothing?"
Looking at the wolf - head ship's prow, Tom scratched his head and said in a puzzled tone:
"This ship looks quite familiar!"
"
"The captain of this ship seems to be a guy named Peter, right?
Some time ago, they came here to repair their ship." Aspargus reminded.
"Oh! Right, it's that guy..."
"Do you know those guys?"
Sephiroth took a half step back, his face showing a vigilant expression.
Hearing this, the three women who had just jumped off the ship subconsciously put their hands on the long swords hanging from their waists, ready to draw their swords at any time.
"Hahaha...! It seems you have a feud with those guys.
Don't worry! Although I repaired their ship, I'm not on their side."
"Those guys wanted to capture us and sell us as slaves." Sephiroth said coldly.
Hearing this, Mr. Tom's laughter suddenly stopped. His tone gradually became serious, even with a hint of disgust.
"Slaves? That's really unforgivable!"
In the Pirate King world, if there's one race that hates the slave trade the most, it's the murlocs and mermaids.
Since most murlocs and mermaids live on Fish-Man Island, ten thousand meters below the sea, they rarely appear on land.
Therefore, due to the principle of rarity, mermaids and murlocs are highly sought - after in the slave trade. It can be said that the demand far exceeds the supply.
Sephiroth carefully sized up Mr. Tom. He felt that the other party wasn't lying, and...
Based on the plot of the original Pirate King story, Tom wasn't very good at hiding his emotions.
But...
The silver - haired boy still probed and said:
"Yeah! Those guys are really unforgivable, so I threw them all into the sea to feed the fish."
Hearing this, Mr. Tom burst into laughter:
"Hahaha! Well done, young man!"
Finally, after some discussion, the two sides reached an agreement.
This fast - sailing ship would be disassembled by Tom's Shipbuilding Company, and the obtained parts, as well as the two animals on the ship, would be used as labor fees for the three of them.
As for the valuable belongings on the ship...
The four of them ransacked the whole fast - sailing ship but only found 463,800 berries!
Only 463,800 berries for nine people. On average, each person only got a little over 50,000 berries, which was only enough for an ordinary person's normal monthly expenses...
What a bunch of poor guys!
The four of them divided the money, and each got a little over 110,000 berries. They regarded it as compensation from those slave traders...