Chapter 101: Mermaid Rescue

Chapter 101: Mermaid Rescue



As Robin, Nami, and Cherry were chatting while heading back to the ship, they suddenly heard someone calling their names. They looked over and saw Franky riding with a few of the Rosy Life Riders with their flying fish.

"Robin, Scary Girl, Greedy Girl! Hurry and get on one of the flying fish, the mermaid has been kidnapped!" Franky shouted, whilst posing for some reason.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Instantly, Cherry scanned over the entire Sabaody Archipelago by pushing her Life Sense to the limit. Finding a human amongst other humans was hard, but a mermaid would stand out like a sore thumb. Her range was able to cover the entire archipelago as well, due to the fact that even the ground she stood on contained vital energy.

"What is on the grove at the edge of the archipelago in that direction?" Cherry asked one of the fish riders whilst pointing in the direction where she found Camie.

"Huh? Oh, well, that would probably be the largest slave auction house here, on Grove 1." As he spoke he realized for himself that that was the most likely place to find a mermaid being sold.

Cherry gave a quick hu to Robin before rushing towards Camie at her top speed. There wasn't a great risk in Camie being seriously harmed or killed as she was considered a valuable commodity in the slave trade.

However, if one of the World Nobles caught sight of her and decided they wanted her (and why wouldn't they), then that would complicate the rescue attempt by a great deal.

It didn't take long at all for Cherry to reach the location Camie was kept at. Rather than go through the trouble of forcing her way inside, she decided stealth was the more appropriate avenue of infiltration. She burrowed herself into the roots of the mangrove tree and snuck under the room where Camie was held prisoner.

A older man was relaxing in the holding cells for the slaves when he sensed a presence digging underneath the building with his Haki. He had shoulder length white hair and a short bear on his chin. He wore glasses and had a scar over he right eye.

He was pretty amused by the originality of it. He'd heard of a number of attempts to free a slave, but they'd never tried digging through the mangrove roots before. Of course the mangrove roots were not only quite hard, but also slick from the resin they produce, so it was natural no one would try it.

The floor inside the cell opened up, much to the surprise of the would-be slaves, except the old man of course.

A young woman in a fancy dress and hat climbed out of the hole. She wave her hands and all the dirt and resin stuck to her simply flung off of her, making a circle on the floor around her.

Many of those present recognized her quickly. She was the highest bounty on the most infamous rookie pirate crew in recent history after all.

When Camie saw her, she almost shouted her name in joy and relief, but the old man clasped a hand over her mouth to stop her.

Cherry went to the wall adjacent to the outside and simple pushed on it, causing a small section to fall outwards.

"You coming, old man?" Cherry asked.

"No, I think I'll take the chance to steal a bit of gambling money." Rayleigh replied.

Cherry swiftly disappeared through the hole in the wall.

"I've become quite shy in my old age, haven't I?" Rayleigh spoke under his breath and

chuckled.

The giant collapsed backwards, it seemed that the auctioneers had some firepower stowed away just in case they lost control of a giant. Once the giant fell, the others went down swiftly and everyone was promptly recollared.

"Damn it! Where's the mermaid, when did this hole get here?!" The auctioneer was furious at having lost his big prize. Celestial Dragons often overpaid for rare slaves like giants and

mermaids.

Cherry stopped rushing once there was a fair distance between herself and the auction house. Going so fast was tough on Camie who was only as strong as a normal person.

"Phew, that was annoying. I can't believe Luffy and the others took their eyes off of you. They know that slavery is a big thing here, of course there would be people looking to kidnap you." Cherry said, annoyed.

"It's not their fault! I was the one who wandered off..." Camie defended, feeling bad for the

whole thing.

"Don't worry, I'm not angry. Things turned out okay in the end." Cherry said.

"OH! It's a mermaid, a mermaid! I'm going to get a mermaid! I won't even have to pay for her!" An ugly man with a fish bowl on his head almost sang as he did a stupid dance.