“Hachi,” Arlong said as he stood up calmly, “Call Momoo over.” “Got it.” Hachi immediately abandoned his attack on Zoro and walked over to the water, blowing a horn-like sound.
Zoro frowned in confusion.
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Suddenly, they felt the ground tremble beneath them, and fear flashed through Nami’s eyes.
“It’s coming?!” “That sea beast from the Grand Line!” “Come out, Momoo!” Hachi spread his arms wide and shouted expectantly.
But when he got a clear look at Momoo, Hachi was stunned.
‘Why did this kid look like he’d just been in a fight?’ “Oh, it’s him.” Luffy glanced at Momoo calmly.
‘Wasn’t this the sea beast they had beaten up earlier?’ The moment Momoo recognized Luffy and the others, he immediately turned around and tried to flee.
It absolutely did not want another beating!
“Wait, Momoo!
Where are you going?!” Hachi was dumbfounded.
Why was it trying to leave the moment it arrived?
“Momoo, what are you doing?” Arlong asked flatly.
Hearing Arlong’s voice, Momoo froze instantly.
The fear buried deep within its heart resurfaced once again.
“That’s all you amount to.” Kain looked at Arlong disdainfully.
“Can’t you see the little guy’s already crying from fear?” “Little guy?” Arlong turned to look at Kain.
‘Had this bastard misunderstood the meaning of the word ‘little’?’ “You don’t seriously think this little guy is big, do you?” Kain looked at Arlong in surprise.
“Weren’t you from the Grand Line?” “The sea beasts there are way bigger than this, especially the ones in the Calm Belt.
Which one of them isn’t thousands of meters long?” Compared to those monsters, this little guy would barely register as more than a snack.
“Who are you, and why do you know all this?” Arlong’s expression finally turned serious.
People from the Four Seas shouldn’t know anything about that place.
‘Wait a minute… This guy was the one Nami brought back before, wasn’t he?’ Thinking of that, Arlong’s expression darkened.
“You’re from the Grand Line too?” “I guess you could say that.” Kain waved casually before glancing at Momoo.
“Little guy, you should leave.
If you don’t run now, you’ll probably end up as lunch.” This sea beast actually looked pretty cute, so Kain couldn’t really bring himself to kill it.
If it had been a Sea King like Lion Head, he would’ve already blown it up.
“Huh?!” Luffy suddenly reacted and turned toward Sanji.
“Sanji, can you eat this thing?” “Yeah.” Sanji kicked Kuroobi’s arm aside and replied, “The meat of sea beasts like this is actually pretty good.” “Then…” Luffy stared at Momoo as he began imagining what it tasted like.
That single look scared Momoo so badly its fur practically stood on end, and it immediately turned to flee.
Even Arlong shouting behind it was useless.
“Wait!” Luffy slammed both feet deep into the ground and stretched his arms out to grab Momoo’s body.
“My food, don’t run away!” Hearing Luffy’s words only made Momoo swim even faster.
In the end, because its scales were too slippery, it managed to slip free from Luffy’s grasp.
“What a shame…” Luffy watched Momoo disappear into the distance with regret.
He had almost gotten himself some delicious food.
“You actually scared Momoo this badly?” Arlong looked curious.
“What exactly did you people do to him?” “Oh, we just beat him up a little on our way here.” As Luffy spoke, he tried pulling his legs free from the ground.
Then he froze.
“Huh?
Why can’t I pull my feet out?!” “You idiot!!” x3 Even Kain was about to lose his mind.
If you wanted to stop Momoo, there was no need to stab your feet into the ground like that!
Luffy looked awkward.
‘What was he supposed to do now?’ “Oh?
Can’t pull yourself out?” A cruel red gleam appeared in Arlong’s eyes.
“Let me help you~” “Really?
Thanks a lot!” Luffy replied sincerely, leaving Arlong speechless.
‘Did this idiot seriously think he was trying to help him?’ Sneering coldly, Arlong walked over, ripped up the chunk of ground trapping Luffy’s legs, and lifted it over his head along with Luffy.
“Devil Fruit users are helpless in the sea!
You can suffocate to death!” “Shahahahaha!” ‘Killing him outright would be far too merciful.’ He wanted Luffy to experience the cruelest torture possible!
“Luffy!!” x2 Zoro and Sanji immediately panicked.
Luffy was a Devil Fruit user.
If he fell into the sea, it was over!
Kain frowned.
“He really is a guy who never lets anyone relax.” Then he slowly raised a finger.
“Explode.” “BOOM!” This time, Kain precisely controlled the explosion’s power, only shattering the stone beneath Luffy’s feet without harming Luffy himself.
“I’m screwed…” Luffy looked down in panic, but then noticed something strange.
“Huh?” The stone under his feet had exploded apart?
Was that Kain’s doing?!
“Thanks, Kain!” Luffy shouted gratefully.
Then he stretched his arm out and grabbed Kain.
The tremendous force nearly sent Kain flying.
“What the hell are you doing, idiot?!” Kain was almost scared to death.
Right now, his physical strength was basically no different from that of an ordinary person!
He immediately pulled out an iron rod from his pocket and jammed it into the ground to anchor himself in place.
Luffy kicked off the stone behind him while pulling hard on Kain’s arm, launching himself straight back.
Watching Kain crouching there while clutching his aching arm, Luffy apologized awkwardly.
“Sorry, sorry.” “One day I’m seriously going to blow you up,” Kain gritted out through clenched teeth.
At that moment, he finally understood how Zoro usually felt.
At the same time, he realized his body was sturdier than before.
Was it because he had come to this world?
(End Of This Chapter)