After defeating some baroque works agents, everyone went to Dorry's home for a drinking party, where Brogy explained to everyone what Mr. 3 told him.
Dorry: GYEGYAGYAGYAGYA, we've been fighting for so long, we completely forgot about the bounties on our heads since it has been a long time
Vivi: But I'm the reason why baroque works came here in the first place it's my fault
Nami began pinching Vivi's cheek.
Vivi: oww!
Nami: None of that anymore
Rimuru: That's right. There's no need to be the princess of doom and gloom. Nobody's blaming you
Luffy: Yeah, come on, Vivi. Don't be so sad. Cheers!
While everyone is drinking, Nami feels an itch on her stomach.
Zoro: What's wrong with you?
Nami: It's nothing. Just a bug bite
Zoro: All right. I still can't believe we have to wait for a whole year for the log to reset
Nami: I know. It's definitely something we should be worried about
Brogy: All of you saved us from those other guys, so if we can, we would really like to return the favor
Luffy: Well, maybe you guys can do something about our log pose so we won't be stuck here
Dorry: I'm afraid that the log pose is something we can't help
Rimuru: Oh well. we could always sail in a random direction
Rimuru then noticed Sanji frolicking torwards them and waved at him.
Rimuru: Hey Sanji!
Sanji: Captain Rimuru~♡, Nami dear~♡, Vivi, my love~♡ and you guys
Luffy: Hey Sanji!
Luffy waved at Sanji, but both Usopp and Karoo glared at him.
Sanji: You're all still okay! I'm so happy (happy that you lovely women are alright)
Usopp: *grumble* Of course, he's happy. That useless jerk! He showed up after we had taken care of everything!
Karoo: Hmm! Hmm!
Sanji skipped torwards the three women, completely ignoring Usopp, and Karoo suddenly stopped when he noticed Dorry and Brogy.
Sanji: AAAAAAAHHH!? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!? IS ONE OF YOU GUYS MR 3!?
Rimuru: Wait, how did you know that guy?
Nami: Yeah, tell us
Sanji glanced at Nami and then started ogling at Nami.
Sanji: ooh! Nami, you look absolutely lovely in that outfit~♡
Nami: *irritated* Say that again!
Sanji: Now, now, Nami. If you stand there dressed like that, you'll catch a cold. Here, take my coat
Nami: Oh, thank you
Sanji took off his coat and covered Nami, then sat on a log.
Rimuru: So, how do you know Mr. 3?
Sanji: Well, I just finished speaking with that, Mr. 0 guy over a transponder snail which belonged to someone he called Mr 3
Rimuru: That makes sense
Vivi: Did you really!?
Sanji: Yeah, he thought I was Mr. 3, so I let him believe it, and since I have him on the line, I figured I told him we are all dead
Vivi: So he thinks he doesn't have to send people after us anymore
Rimuru started playfully slapping Sanji's back.
Rimuru: Great thinking, Sanji! That was a really smart move!
Sanji: Thank you for the compliment, captain~♡
Usopp: So you're saying that we are finally free of people chasing us now, but we can't go anywhere anyway? *crying*
Sanji: Why? Is there something we need to take care of here? That's a real shame after I managed to get my hands on this thing
Sanji brought out an eternal pose to alabasta, shocking everyone as their jaws dropped to the ground.
Sanji: What?
Luffy: An eternal pose to alabasta! Alright!
Everyone began celebrating, and Rimuru gave Sanji a playful punch.
Rimuru: Good job! You really outdone yourself this time, Sanji!
Sanji: it was my pleasure, Rimuru~♡
Vivi then hugged Sanji.
Vivi: Thank you, Sanji, thank you. I was getting really worried. Thank you
Sanji: Don't mention it. I'm happy to do it for you, Vivi~♡
Sanji is in a state of total bliss.
Luffy raised his mug.
Luffy: ALRIGHT EVERYONE! LET'S HAVE A DRINKING PARTY!
Usopp: Aren't we already doing a drinking party?
Nami: we don't have time for another party
Nami then glanced at Rimuru and Luffy.
Nami: Come on, we don't have time to be sitting here
Rimuru: Lighten up Nami. We should alteast finish this one barrel
Nami: Fine
Zoro stood up and began walking to the jungle.
Sanji: Hey Zoro. Did you forget about our hunting contest?
Zoro: Nope. Hate to tell you this, but we both lost. The volcano we used as a mark went off a while ago, so it's a draw
Dorry and Brogy, who overheard Sanji and Zoro's talk about their competition and felt a sense of familiarity, and began thinking.
Brogy/Dorry: (hunting contest?)
Brogy: something about that sounds familiar somehow?
Luffy: Hey, Giant old guys
Luffy snapped the two giants out of the train of thought.
Luffy: it's been a lot of fun, but we gotta go
Rimuru: Yeah, we got a promise to keep
Brogy: Of course. We can tell you need to get going
Dorry: it's too bad you have to leave so soon. I hope you get to your homeland in time
Vivi: Me too. Thank you
The crew began heading to the going merry.
Luffy: See ya!
Rimuru: Try not to drink all of the booze
Luffy: And try not to die anymore, okay?
Karoo: Quack!
Usopp: master Brogy, I'm going to go visit elbaf someday!
Later, once the crew reached the merry, Zoro raised the anchor, and they traveled west.
Luffy: Set sail
Rimuru: Those two said that following this path leads to the western end of the island
Luffy: Hey, Rimuru. Do you have some meat on you?
Rimuru: I have tons of Dino meat stashed in my stomach. Sanji, once we reached the sea fire up the stove, I wanna try Dino hamburgers
Sanji: Of course, captain Rimuru~♡
Luffy: sounds tasty. Sanji, make some for me, too!
Sanji: Fine. Just wait until we reach the sea
Once they saw the sea, they noticed that Dorry and Brogy stood on each side of the river with their weapons on hand.
Brogy: A great danger still lies ahead of you
Dorry: it is an obstacle that has always been here. Trying to prevent people from reaching the next island
Rimuru: (What kind of danger are they talking about?)
Dorry: Every one of you fought like true warriors in order to protect the pride of our duel
Brogy: And because you're willing to do that no matter what enemy you face
Dorry: We will never let them destroy your pride, friends
Brogy: You must have faith in what we say. Go straight! No matter what happens, never change course, understand?!
Luffy: Yeah, got it!
Rimuru: we trust you
After they reached the sea, something massive began rising from the sea.
Karoo: QUACK!!
Usopp: ITS A MONSTER!!
Rimuru: It's a giant goldfish!?
Dorry: Hello, island eater
Brogy: In the name of elbaf, you will open the path
The two giants raised their weapons and began coating them in haki, grabbing the attention of Rimuru.
Rimuru ran to the back of the ship and saw the giants in a battle pose as the ship was entering the giant fish's mouth.
Rimuru: What are those two doing?
Dorry: The only thing we can't pierce with these weapons is the great bloodstained snake!
Brogy: But together, our weapons form the most powerful weapon elbafh can offer the giant spear
As the goldfish closed its mouth, Rimuru used her observation haki to watch the giants' moves.
Dorry/Brogy: HAKOKU!!
The two giants swung their weapons so hard they unleashed a powerful shockwave, which also destroyed their weapons.
Back to the rest of the crew.
Everyone but Rimuru is split between those who want to turn around and those who want to keep going forward.
Suddenly, they were pushed forward by a powerful shockwave, which not only saved them by punching a hole in the fish but also propelled them far away.
Everyone was amazed at what happened as they were sent flying through the air.
Luffy: woo-hoo! We're flying!
Rimuru: (woah! That move looks awesome!)
Dorry/Broggy: FRIENDS!! GO!! GOOD LUCK ON YOUR JOURNEY!!
After they landed back in the water, the crew began sailing off.
After a while at sea Nami suddenly collapsed and they immediately broughther to the girl's bedroom.
Vivi and Rimuru are currently doing their best to treat Nami while the men could only watch.
Rimuru: Vivi, do you know why Nami got sick?
Vivi: it's most likely climate, It's quite normal. You see, some sailors in the grand line aren't used to the weather and can become quite ill
Rimuru: I see
Sanji: *sobbing* Nami
Vivi: Is there anyone on the ship with the slightest amount of medical experience?
Luffyand Usopp pointed at Nami, remembering how she treated someone from scurvy while Rimuru raised her hand.
Rimuru: I have little knowledge about medicine, but I doubt that it will be useful in this scenario
Luffy: When you're sick, eating lots of meat always helps. Right Sanji?
Sanji: *sobbing* meat is protein which gives the body energy to operate properly. I can cook her something that will give her some energy, but I doubt it will help because I'm not a doctor. Besides, if my cooking made a difference, then she'd never get sick, I put a hundred time sore care into preparing meals for the girls than for you losers. I serve Nami and Rimuru fresh meats and vegetables to ensure a balanced diet, anything that's remotely rotten or moldy. I feed it to you
Usopp: JERK!
Luffy: Oh well, it still tastes good to me. Hahahahaha
Sanji: *sigh* My point is that as long as I'm this ship's cook, I can feed Nami better when in terms of nutrition. I can do anything in the kitchen, still I do know that there are different kinds of food for different kinds of illnesses. But I can't make that call she needs to be diagnosed by a doctor so they can tell us how to help her
Luffy: Just feed her everything we got
Sanji: Oh, shut up. She doesn't have the energy to eat. She's sick
Vivi used a thermometer to check Nami's temperature and was shocked at the result.
Vivi: 104° This is bad!
Usopp: There's bound to be doctors in alabasta that could help, right? How much longer till we get there?
Vivi: I don't know. It should be atleast a week but that's too long
Rimuru: Nami, can you give me the log pose?
Nami: Sure
Luffy: Aren't we just overreacting? Isn't she just a little sick?
Sanji and Usopp tilted their heads in confusion.
Sanji/Usopp: I don't know. I've never been this sick
Vivi: MORONS! HAVE YOU ALL LOST YOUR MINDS?!
Rimuru: Nami is really sick. She might have gotten a seriously dangerous disease that could kill her
Sanji/Usopp/Luffy: GYAAAAAA!!
The three men and Karoo began panicking.
Rimuru/Vivi: Shut up!
As Rimuru and Vivi are trying to calm the guys down, Nami tells Vivi to read a newspaper in her workstation.
Usopp went to get the newspaper and gave it to Vivi.
Upon reading the news, Vivi is in a state of shock that the civil war in alabasta has gotten worse.
Nami: The uprising in alabasta will escalate, and things will get ugly. That paper you're looking at is three days old. I'm sorry I didn't say something earlier, we can't change our speed so I didn't want to worry you. There's nothing anyone can do right now. Do you understand Luffy?
Luffy: Hmm....... things are bad and are beyond our control
Rimuru: eh, close enough.
Usopp: Nami look. You need to see a doctor
Nami: im fine. The thermometer must be broken. Nobody who's sick has reached 104°. It's probably just a case of heatstroke. There's nothing a doctor would do for me that time won't. Besides, we don't have time to hunt for one. We need to head straight for alabasta. I really appreciate the concern
Nami stood up and left the room.
Luffy: Huh, she sure recovered fast
Usopp: No, she's faking it
Zoro: HEY! GET YOUR BUTTS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW!
After hearing Zoro calling everyone, Usopp, Luffy, and Sanji left the room to check up on what was happening.
Vivi, who is still staring at the newspaper in dispar, was startled when Rimuru touched her shoulder.
Rimuru: Vivi, I know you're worried about alabasta, but I'm more concerned about Nami. We're moving as fast as we can, but if her condition gets any worse, then I would have to prioritize her health. I'm sorry. I know that Luffy would too if he understands how diseases work
Rimuru left the room to check what's happening outside, leaving Vivi alone to think.
After being left to think about her priorities, Vivi made up her mind and headed to deck.
Vivi: I have to ask you all a favor. As a passenger on your ship, it's not my place to ask this, but I have no choice. My homeland is in jeopardy of being destroyed, so I would really appreciate it if we could move a little faster. Every minute I'm out here puts more of my people in danger of losing their lives, we need to head to alabasta at full speed
Nami: Of course we will. My captain made a promise
Rimuru: Nami
Vivi: Then it's settled. we need to stop on an island to find Nami a doctor. We need to get Nami healthy again. After all, we need her at the helm to move at top speed
Luffy: Right. No one makes the ship move like Nami
Rimuru: I agree
Usopp: Hold on. Won't finding a doctor for Nami take time the citizens of alabasta don't have?
Vivi: That's right. So the sooner we get Nami to a doctor, the sooner we get to alabasta
Rimuru: smart choice. But we need to take care of that first
Rimuru nonchalantly points at a hurricane with her thumb, causing everyone to panic.
Elsewhere, a marine ship is sailing in the grand line.
Soldier: Captain smoker, we just intercepted a very intriguing signal
Smoker: What is it?
The marine soldier told Smoker the call they got, which got the marine captain interested.
Smoker: TASHIGI! TASHIGI!... TASHIGI COME HERE! ARE YOU DEAF?!
After being called, Tashigi hurried out of her quarters and fell on the stairs to the deck.
Smoker: *irritated* STOP CLOWING AROUND AND GET OVER HERE! I NEED YOU TO LISTEN TO THIS!
Tashigi looked at the marine soldier's wrist and saw a small black transponder snail.
Tashigi: Oh, neat. A black transpoder snail listening device
Smoker: Listen closely. We picked up this conversation minutes ago
Tashigi went to Smoker's side, and they began listening to Sanji and Crocodile's interaction.
Soldier: The rest of the message is undecipherable, sir
Smoker: it's a faint signal, but there are key phrases and names listed in the conversation that clearly stood out. Princess Vivi, straw hats, orders via letters, and Mr. 0
Tashigi: Mr 0? Could that be a codename for somebody? If that's possible, then he could be connected to that suspicious swordsman we caught earlier
Tashigi points at a man tied up on deck.
Tashigi: What did he say his name was? Mr 11?
Smoker: possibly part of a criminal organization that uses numbers for codename and sends orders via letters. Does that sound about right?
Mr 11: Huh? Mr 0, organization, I have no idea what you're going on about
Smoker: Then how do you explain the letter of detailed orders we found in your pocket.
Mr 11 flinched, which caught Smoker's attention.
Mr 11: (that letter!? I thought i burned it) W-wait... that's not mine
Smoker: That's funny because we never actually found anything in your pocket.
The man cried, realizing that he just fell for a simple lie.
Smoker then sat on a chair.
Smoker: a while back, Rimuru mentioned that she was offered to join an organization called "baroque works". Right now what concerns me is that them mentioned alabasta's Princess Vivi who is currently missing according to the reports
Tashigi: Excuse me for asking. But isn't alabasta currently in the middle of a coup. I wonder if this baroque works and the straw hat pirates could somehow be involved in the uprising
Smoker: Who knows. All I know for certain is that this is the only clue we have to the straw hats whereabouts
Tashigi: Then this means we know where where going?
Smoker: Yes. I want you to contact headquarters and get an eternal pose
Soldier: Yes, sir
The soldier salute then ran inside to contact the marine headquarters.
Smoker: it's time we pay a visit to alabasta, the kingdom of sand
Tashigi: captain Smoker, isn't there a vice-admiral stationed at alabasta and the surrounding islands?
Smoker: Yeah. I heard she requested to be transferred to that area, after she heard about the possibility of a civil war
Tashigi: Shouldn't we ask her for permission to enter her area?
Smoker: im sure she wouldn't mind. If there is a possibility that a crime syndicate is operating in her turf, she'd definitely won't mind the extra help
Tashigi: But captain smoker!
Smoker: Alright, alright. I should at least contact her to let her know why we're headed there
Smoker glanced at another soldier.
smoker: you there
Soldier: sir?!
Smoker: After we've received confirmation that headquarters will send us an eternal pose, hand me a transponder snail
Soldier: Yes, sir!
The soldier saluted then left.
A few moments later, the soldier returned and handed Smoker the transponder snail.
Smoker diled a number on the snail.
After a few moments, the call was answered and a feminine voice can be heard.
???: Who is this?
Smoker: This is Captain Smoker
???: Smoker, i heard that you left your post at Lougetown and now headquarters is having problems dealing with your mess
Smoker: i was chasing after a criminal with a unusually high bounty, so i was only doing my job
???: *sigh* so, why are you calling me? I'm very busy at the moment
Smoker: I'm calling because I am requesting permission to enter your area
???: why is that?
Smoker: I happened to stumble upon an interesting tip,
???: a tip?
Smoker: its about a secret organization that is possibly running in alabasta
???: might i ask how you got that information?
Smoker: as i mentioned i am currently following a certain band of pirates. I happen to stumble across a suspicious individual and arrested him
???: I see. With the possibility of a civil war happening in alabasta, the last thing I need is a bunch of criminals running around causing more trouble
Smoker: so do I have your permission?
???: yes, you have my permission. But i do need you to tell me more about the information you've got. Meet me at Rainbase once you arrive at alabasta
Smoker: fine by me. I'll see you at alabasta, Vice-admiral Hinata Sakaguchi