The Mysterious Whirlpool
Totto Land: Sea
The Sanji Retrieval Team had arrived back at the Thousand Sunny few minutes ago and discovered that Pekoms had disappeared with a mysterious message that read: "Turn back."
"I'm still worried about Pekoms, we should go look for him." Luffy asked.
"Don't worry, Luffy. Pekoms is tough as nails… I wouldn't worry about him." Pedro said.
"First things first, we need to make sure we actually make it to Whole Cake Island… without being spotted by the enemy." Nami said as she took out a map of Totto Land.
"That's a weird map." Luffy said as he took a look.
"Oi! I see an island!" Pedro called out.
"Yay! Are we there?!" Carrot asked. "What kind of sweets will the next town be made of?!"
"Maybe it's candy!" Chopper shouted in delight.
"We are not going ashore!" Nami said.
"WHAT?! But why?!" Chopper and Carrot asked in unison.
"When we spot the island, we set our course in the direction of the #2 Log Pose, without approaching the island at all." Nami said.
And so, the Sanji Retrieval Team sailed past the island labeled "Jam" on the map.
Later, Carrot hopped onto the crow's nest, where Pedro was.
"Let's switch! I wanna do some work too." Carrot said.
"I see…" Pedro said and the two Minks switched jobs.
As Carrot took out binoculars and looked through them, she spotted something in the distance.
"Hey! The sea is all purple like grapes out there!" Carrot said.
"Yes. Some islands in these parts have rivers of juice that flow out directly to sea. We'll be fine." Pedro said.
"How is it that you know so much about this place, Pedro?" Nami asked.
"To tell you the truth, I've actually been here before." Pedro replied.
"What? No way!" Nami said.
And then a giant centipede came out of the ocean.
Nami and Chopper freaked out, while Luffy, Pedro, Brook, and Carrot began battling it.
After defeating the giant centipede, the Thousand Sunny continued to sail, and that's when Nami felt something odd in the ocean.
"Hey guys, hard to port!" Nami ordered.
"But, aren't we supposed to go in the direction that is written on the map?" Brook asked.
"Is there something wrong, Nami?" Chopper asked.
"I felt a strong change in the weather." Nami replied. "We have to hurry and change course, because if we don't we'll get caught in a…"
Before Nami could finish that sentence, the sea currents began colliding, creating a colossal whirlpool, with a glowing spiral in the center. "WHIRLPOOL!"
"HURRY! WE CAN'T WASTE ANY TIME OR IT'LL SWALLOW THE SHIP WITH US IN IT!" Nami shouted.
"The whirlpool's too strong, we can't break free! We're gonna get sucked in!" Brook said.
"WAAAAHHH! I never imagined my adventure would end like this!" Carrot cried out in terror.
The Thousand Sunny is sucked into the mysterious glowing vortex and disappears beneath the water's surface, almost as if it was never there.
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A/N: This chapter was made by deconstructing Chapter 829, and then recreating it to set it up for the main plot.