169. Aokiji Kuzan

169. Aokiji Kuzan

"Oh, there are many people here, but why is there no harbor on this island?" Ussop said. They didn't need to see with their own eyes to know the number of people on the approaching island. Sensing the people on the island, they were a little confused about why there was neither a harbor nor any houses.

But it didn't really matter. After anchoring Merry, everybody got to the shore and started to gather necessities' from the forest for their next journey. The crew noticed that a few people were peeking at them from afar while they collected some spices and some medicine from the forest with the help of Chopper.

Though they found it odd, they didn't go and stop their behavior. After collecting the things, Luffy declared that he was hungry, and thus a banquet was needed to satisfy himself. Since the captain had said it, there was no refusing the order.

Soon they set up the huge barbeque stall and started roasting the meat. While they were eating, out of nowhere, a small child from the forest ran after them, followed by the scream of a woman.

"Jenny, no. Don't."

The small child didn't seem to mind the scream and ran up to the straw hats. Her eyes seemed like she was hungry, and Nami didn't hesitate to forward her two skewers. The child's eyes brightened, and she immediately put the meat in her mouth.

"Don't. It's too hot." Nami wanted to stop the child, but she was too hungry to even bother with the heat of the food. The woman who had screamed before came running for her child. She caught her and put her behind herself.

Following that, many others came out of bushes and forests; some held forks and sticks in their hands, while others just showed their fists. Ussop and others could sense that this was almost the whole population of the island.

"Oye oye.. Isn't this too many people? Are the pirates so bad that the whole island has come for us?"

"But they look too malnourished." Chopper said. As a doctor, he could easily tell that the people here hadn't eaten for many days or that whatever they had eaten wasn't enough to satisfy their bodily needs.

"People. We didn't come here to raid or kill anyone." Nami shouted while trying to be the peacemaker. Meanwhile, the child who was put aside gave a burp, signifying that she had loved what she had eaten.

"You are pirates. There are never good pirates." The mother of the child declared.Finnd new chapters at novelhall.com

"That is weird. Let us go and meet him. I want to know how one could ride a bicycle in the sea." Ussop said. Following his words, everyone went to meet this mysterious man. All this time, Ken has been exceptionally silent. He knew who this man was, and he was clearly able to hear his snore from afar.

Soon the straw hat crew came to the place where the man was, and what they saw was a little inexplicable. They saw a tall 9-feet man (yes, he is that tall) standing in the open sun while wearing an eye pad over his eyes, like Luffy, and snoring quite loudly.

Out of all the people in the straw hats, Robin, seeing the face, shuddered in her place and fell down.

"Robin. What happened?"

"Robin?"

The tall man suddenly stopped snoring, removed his eye pad, and opened his eyes with great difficulty to see what the ruckus was about.

"Ararara... Look who is here... So many people... " The man said fumbling in his words.

"Who are you? What did you do to Robin?" Luffy was instantly furious and squeezed his fist to battle this tall guy.

"Robin, what happened? Tell us?" Vivi asked as she held Robin.

"He is one of the best men in the Navy. One of the three admirals. Aokiji Kuzan." Robin said this while still shuddering in fear.

"Admiral? such a high post?" Nami and others were surprised that this sleepy man was one of the finest in the navy.

"No.. No.. I didn't come with any official business. I was just passing by." Aokiji said this while slowly sitting down. He seemed to be tired after standing for a long time.

"Admiral? So he is an enemy. We need to beat him up." Luffy declared.

AnnouncementRead 50 chapters ahead on my patreon