Chương 67: Straight Ahead!!!

"I'm guessing it's our meat?" Luffy asked while looking at Sanji, causing him to nod his head along with Zoro and the bounty hunter duo.

"Yes, and as you can see, mine is definitely bigger than the others," said Sanji, satisfied.

"No, ours are the biggest!" shouted the Bounty Hunter duo.

"Seriously, mine is definitely the biggest!" Zoro shouted, causing Luffy to sigh.

"I don't care; we don't need all of them anyway," Luffy said as he took out his sword and held it upside down in front of his face, making everyone look at him to see what he was going to do.

"Star Counter!" Luffy said before he disappeared and reappeared standing at the side of the ship, with his back to everyone, while slowly sheathing his sword.

Then a sudden click sound resounded throughout the area as the blade fully sank into the scabbard. causing square chunks of flesh to fall off the three dinosaurs' bones, leaving only their skeletons.

Zoro stared at what had just happened with wide eyes. Never before had he seen someone unleash so many slashes so quickly in one area.

"Take the meat from the three dinosaurs and get ready to set sail," said Luffy before he jumped on board and stood on the upper decks, watching everyone rush to set sail and stuff the meat in the fridge.

After a few minutes, all the meat was stored away; Johnny and Yosaku were at the wheel, ready to go; Zoro was just pulling up the anchor; Nami was standing beside Luffy along with three new crew members; Usopp and Sanji were standing beside the mainmast, waiting for Luffy's signal to let go of the sails; and Nojiko and Vivi were at the front of the ship, staring at the sea.

"Everything is ready, Captain!" Zoro shouted while securing the anchor.

"Johnny, Yosaku, are you guys ready?" he asked.

"Yes, Captain!" they shouted back.

"Alright then, sail!" Luffy shouted, causing Sanji and Usopp to drop the sails, causing the ship to catch the wind and start moving forward.

"The Giants say if we sail straight, we will come to the west end of the island," said Nami, causing Luffy to nod. As the ship sailed farther on, they began to see the end of the river flowing out into the open sea.

Standing on either side of the river are Dorry and Brogy, staring at the horizon.

"Look, it's the giants. They've come to say goodbye!" Usopp said happily. As they sailed between the two giants, Brogy started to speak.

"Great danger is still ahead of you," he said while still looking ahead.

"These are obstacles that have always been here, trying to prevent people from getting to the next island," Dorry added, causing some of the crew members to panic a little. "Every one of you is fighting like a true warrior, trying to protect our sacred duel," he said in a serious voice.

"And because of that, it doesn't matter what enemy you face," said Brogy, continuing Dorry's words.

"We will never let it destroy your pride, friend," said Dorry.

"You must have faith in what we say and keep sailing straight. No matter what happens, you must keep sailing straight!" Brogy shouted, causing Luffy to nod his head before speaking.

"Did you hear that, Johnny, Yosaku?" Luffy asked as he snuggled up to the top deck railing.

"Aye!" they shouted. As soon as the ship sailed out of the river and into the open ocean, an enormous shadow started to appear from the water, causing everyone to grab onto something and scream.

From the water emerged a giant goldfish big enough to swallow an entire island, and now it is preparing to swallow the ship.

"Johnny! Yosaku! Take the wheel before we are eaten!" Nami shouted from beside Luffy.

"But Luffy said to stay straight," Johnny answered.

"Keep going straight, guys!" Luffy screamed, causing everyone except Usopp to look at him as if he wanted to kill himself.

"Luffy, don't be ridiculous; this isn't like Laboon," said Nojiko, trying to make Luffy understand. Luffy ignored all the screams and pleas and let the ship sail right into the beast's mouth.

When the beast closed its mouth and started to swallow them, a bright white light suddenly appeared behind the ship, and everyone saw waves of blue and red energy fly past the ship and penetrate the giant fish's throat while pushing the ship out through the giant hole.

After flying for a few seconds, the ship finally landed back on the water and was moving at high speed.

Everyone looked behind them and saw the giant goldfish now had a giant hole in its throat, and through the back, everyone could see Dorry and Brogy standing there holding the now broken weapon.

"Haha, that was quite fun," said Luffy before he turned towards Nami and spoke. "Get us on track for Alabasta," he said, causing Nami to nod her head and descend to the main deck.

Luffy then looked at his three new crew members and spoke. "You three, come with me," he said as he led the three of them into the captain's quarters. There is nothing too special in Luffy's room except for the bed, writing desk, and cupboard.

Luffy walked over to the bed and sat on it. Luffy then looked at the three former agents and spoke.

"Enough with all these code names; I want your real names," said Luffy in a serious voice, which caused all three of them to nod their heads.

"Mmm, I'm Mikita," said Ms. Valentines.

"My real name is Gem," said Mr. 5 with his hands in his pockets.

"And I am Marianne," Ms. Goldenweek said while eating rice cakes. Luffy nodded before speaking.

"Well, I'm sure the three of you already know who I am," Luffy said, looking at the three of them, which caused them to nod their heads, indicating they knew who he was.

"Good, now about my plan for you three," said Luffy, confusing them.

"Plan? What plan?" Mikita asked with a confused look on her face.

"You know, after I take care of Crocodile, Alabasta will become my territory, and there will be a lot of Baroque Works agents who will suddenly be unemployed," said Luffy with a grin.

"You three, along with any other high-ranking agents who decide to join us, will be in charge of the lower-ranking members of Million and Billion," Luffy said before taking out a glass and pouring some whisky into it for himself.

"I see," Gem said, causing Luffy to look at him. "You're going to create an organisation like Baroque Works, and you're going to put us in charge while you're gone," Gem said, making the two women look at Luffy in surprise. Luffy chuckled and took a sip of the whisky before answering.

"You're almost right," said Luffy, causing Gem to look at him curiously to see what he was planning.

"It's not really an organisation." I'm sure the three of you are familiar with or have at least heard of the black market or the underworld." Luffy asked while looking at them. The three of them looked at each other before nodding.

"I don't know much about it; it's just that you can buy illegal stuff there," Mikita said, causing Marianne to nod and show Luffy that was all she knew.

"It's fine; what you three are actually going to do is sell weapons, drugs, and really expensive stuff," said Luffy while watching their reactions.

Luffy was surprised when neither of them showed any reaction to what he had said.

"That's impossible; I'm sure there are plenty of people out there doing the exact same thing," Gem said, causing Luffy to smile.

"That's right," said Luffy as he took a sip of his drink. "We'll also be dealing with rare artefacts and..." Luffy said before he reached under his bed, pulled out a chest, and placed it on the bed.

"Some very rare items," said Luffy as he opened the chest and showed the contents to the three of them, causing their eyes to widen.

"That's..." Mikita said in disbelief.

"I've never seen so many," said Marianne in awe.

"Wow," said Gem.

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For those of you who ask, "Why are baroque works agents being recruited?" The reason is because Luffy wants to build an underground organisation like Doflamingo, so Luffy needs more and stronger members.