Chapter 96: Traveling Doctors

Chapter 96: Traveling Doctors



"Shiki was pretty adamant about me joining his crew. I think he'll be looking for me as soon as he realizes I have escaped." Nami said. "I think he's arrogant enough to come alone once he does."

"So we should ambush him, huh? I can construct some traps, send some projectiles flying at him. It'll be hard to hit a flying target, but we can restrict his movements that way for a time." Franky suggested.

"I can help with that. With my marksmanship, we can fire at the best timing!" Usopp said.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"I'll be able to restrict his limbs for a moment." Robin added.

"Sounds like we're shaping up for a decent ambush. Overconfident old fogies make the easiest targets, sometimes they'll walk right into a trap even if they know there's a trap." Cherry nodded with approval.

"Quack!" The large duck nodded as well.

"He said he agrees too." Chopper translated.

"""Where did he come from?!"""They shouted belatedly.

"He followed me here." Cherry spoke, then turned to the duck. "You're with us until the end now. If you try to run away, you'll be treated as a spy and traitor, and thus be summarily executed."

"Quack?!" The duck looked shocked.

Cabernet leaned down to Chopper and whispered a question. "What did he say?"

"He said 'Quack?!"" Chopper answered.

"Oh." Cabernet felt a bit silly.

"Okay, Luffy! I had an idea for a combo move, so let's go practice while the others iron out the plan." Cherry said, dragging him along.

"A combo move?!" Luffy exclaimed with shining eyes.

As for the reason she was bothering with combo moves when she could just face Shiki directly? Because it would be fun, that's why. You can't just live your life doing things in the most efficient manner all the time.

After a while, they finished practicing and returned to the others. Luffy had a giant smile on his face and couldn't stop chuckling to himself because he was so excited.

"So did you get the details worked out?" Cherry asked.

"Yeah, we just need a place to set up the ambush. It has to be close by to where we'll send out the bait, but not so close that they can discover us during construction." Franky said.

"Hm, so we'll have to do some scouting. Cabernet and I will go, we'll be the most mobile." Cherry said.

"What is it?" The older woman asked.

"Mother! The spots on your face are gone?!" The younger woman said.

"That's right! I took it all out when you weren't paying attention, HOHOHOHO!" Cherry was having a lot of fun with this persona.

The two woman could only gawk with wonder at her. The little girl hadn't noticed what was going on as Cabernet was juggling her.

"Can you do this for the others in the village too?" The younger woman asked.

"Naturally, but first I'll need to bring my companions here. Would you mind accommodating us?" Cherry asked.

"Well, I don't mind, but... Shiki has surveillance den den mushi in the village. I don't know what he or his men will do to you..." The women were worried quite a bit over this. "Not to worry, we can handle ourselves. If anyone comes asking about us, just rat us out. In fact I INSIST that you do so if that comes to pass! Understand?" Cherry spoke adamantly. The two women didn't understand why she would want that and still felt guilty about doing such a thing to someone who had helped them. However the frightening look in her eyes left no room for them to refuse, so they simply nodded their heads. "Great! If you'd be so kind as to quietly spread the word that doctors have arrived that can treat Daft Green poisoning and get the information of where to go back to me, that would be fantastic! I'll return shortly with my companions and we'll made quick work of it, before this Shiki fellow can do anything about us!" Cherry ranted whilst walking outside, dragging Cabernet along with her.

They flew back to the others and filled them in on what they found.

"We can set up the ambush a ways away from the village. Cabernet, Chopper, Nami, and I will go into the village and make a big show of our charitable work as a cover for the fact that

we're bait. Sound good?" Cherry said, receiving nods of agreement.

The hard part would be moving the Thousand Sunny without getting seen, so that would need to be done the following night. The traps would take a while to set up anyways.

The group of four returned to the village, keeping to cover to avoid being seen by the den den

mushi.

"I want to check up on the woman you treated first, to make sure she's doing well." Chopper said. Cherry didn't take offense from this, she knew he was just being cautious for the

patient's sake.

Whilst Chopper checked on the older woman, the younger woman told Cherry about the people who were suffering from Daft Green poisoning, as well as a few others with different

ailments.

Cherry plotted their route carefully, as they needed to avoid being caught until the

preparations were complete.

They visited the people who were suffering the worst on the first day before returning to the others for the day. Tomorrow they would finish up, then Nami would 'accidentally' get seen by the den den mushi patrols. Hopefully Shiki would take the bait and be stupid enough to

come alone.