Chapter 346: Poison Woman

Chapter 346: Poison Woman



*Explain your presence here, Straw Hat crew.* the Germa ship commanded.

Cherry noted the fellow on the higher deck overlooking their ship. He had curly eyebrows like Sanji did and his facial structure was also similar, but his vital energy signature indicated that he was very much NOT Sanji even though they were quite similar as well.

"Who's that edge lord brooding up there, Pekoms?" Cherry asked, pointing at the cloaked

man.

"What do you mean, Cherry? That's Sanji, isn't he? Sanjiiii!" Chopper called out.

"That dude is definitely not Sanji." Cherry instantly denied.

"Who else could it be with eyebrows like that?" Luffy gestured at the man like it was obvious.

"Duval? It was a whole thing, remember?" Cherry pointed out.

"I have no idea who that is." Luffy declared confidently.

...

Duval sneezed. "Oh, I bet those Straw Hats are talking about how much they appreciate us protecting their ship for two years!"

...

"Nevermind. I bet that guy is related to Sanji or something. He was supposed to be getting married, after all. It only makes sense that relatives would be invited." Cherry said.

"You've hit it right on the money, flat-chest! My name is Yonji, but my connection to Sanji is a secret!" Yonji confirmed.

'He just told her that she's right though...' the straw hats thought. They looked at Cherry and her darkened expression made them flinch away from her.

"Who are you calling 'flat-chest', jerk!" Nami immediately jumped to defend Cherry before Sanji's brother(?) became a modern art piece on the wall of his ship, using only red 'paint'.

"Definitely not you, baby!" Yonji's eyes bulged in heart shapes from his eye sockets, tongue lolling like a dog on a hot day.

"What?" Nami had met perverts before, but this guy took the cake. Even Sanji knew there was a line that shouldn't be crossed, even for perverts, but Yonji was keen on dancing all over that line.

*SPLAT*

Purple goop dripped from Yonji's face. He was too distracted by lust to notice the ball of gunk flying directly at him.

Everyone looked at Cherry who wore a toothy smile that didn't reach her eyes.

"I hope you like that Armored Stonefish slime, freshly harvested right from the source~" Cherry chuckled darkly.

"It took a while for Father to find him. His first bounty poster turned out to be someone else entirely. I believe your cute friend there mentioned his name; Duval." Reiju said. "After his real photograph was revealed, Father personally raised his bounty with the condition that he was to be taken alive only."

"Yohoho~ Sanji won't be happy when he finds out his bounty was artificially inflated-" Brook chuckled, already imagining Zoro teasing the chef over it.

"Do you know where Sanji is?" Nami took the opportunity to ask.

"We actually came out here to meet him, but I assume from your question that he's likely already passed us by." Reiju said.

"Give us Sanji back!" Luffy insisted, having worked out that these Germa folks were on the side of those who took him.

"..." Reiju had a difficult to read expression hidden behind her smile.

"I knew it! They're enemies, Reiju! You, you're Pekoms, right?! Why are you with THEM?!" Yonji demanded.

"That's my business; keep your nose out of it! I don't have anything to do with you, just yet!" Pekoms confronted him.

*SPROING*

Reiju whizzed through the air, back up to the Germa ship's deck. "That's true. Let's just say we

never met out here, okay~?"

Yonji seemed to agree. "Yeah, let's just let it go. I don't want to get in trouble."

The giant den den mushi ship turned around with remarkable dexterity and started sailing

away as they watched them.

Yonji and Reiju stood silently on the deck of their ship as it left the Straw Hat ship behind.

"So THAT is your type?" Yonji asked incredulously.

"S-shut up!" Reiju stumbled over her words.

"Maybe we can arrange another wedding. I should bring it up with Father." Yonji snickered childishly. "He did express some interest in her. You know how rare that is."

"Don't be ridiculous. She already said she was spoken for, in any case." Reiju said, turning

away to hide a faint blush on her cheeks.

"So? Why should we care if she's 'spoken for'? We're Germa, we can take whatever we want."

Yonji spoke as if that were only natural.

Yonji didn't see the grimace form then disappear just as quickly on Reiju's face.