Lying on a wooden fence, Luffy removed his hat from his eyes, when he saw Nami coming out of Nick's house.

"Hey, Nami! Did you question the prisoner?"

"The prisoner? Yes, it was done! Zoro was with me."

" So what ? "

"Right now, I can't really tell you a true opinion." The young woman confessed. "Draoul appears to be a fearful man who only attacked Taniuchi out of fear! Nonetheless, he could very well act out! Tsunoda assures us that he tried to kill her, even when she had dropped her weapon. It is best to leave him locked up for a while, to make sure you get to know him well. "

"Ah?" Luffy said.

Seeing him displayed a cheeky look, Nami told him.

"Luffy! I usually lecture you without you taking my words seriously! However, I really would like you to listen to me this time! Luffy, that guy isn't Ace!" I know what you might have felt when your brother died in your arms and you're afraid this will repeat itself! Nevertheless, protecting this guy will never bring you back Ace! This guy ... you don't know him and he doesn't. has nothing in common with Ace, except a profile that looks alike and will never consider you as his brother! But all that, you know very well! So why are you holding on to this chimera? "

Saying nothing, during his friend's monologue, Luffy finally raised his head to the sky, before simply declaring.

"I have no idea."

" Huh ? "

"I know he's not Ace." Luffy confessed. "But… we were taken to this world in a special way! Even though it's not our world, we have kept our bodies and our characters! We are really us! And so, when I saw this guy, I … "

"You thought maybe it was Ace who was brought here and just lost his memory." Nami completed. "Luffy, I assure you I understand how you feel! Honestly, if someone presented themselves to me, and would be the perfect doppelganger of Bellmer, I think I would react like you! Nonetheless, looking at him under all eyes. angles, you'll see that this guy isn't Ace's double! He's a guy who was born into this world and looks like him, that's all! And… "

She fell silent, seeing a tear fall down her captain's cheek, as he tried to hide his gaze under his hat.

" Luffy ? "

"I just… I just wanted to see him again." The boy sobbed. " I just wanted to see Ace again and talk to him! That's all I wanted. "

Seeing him do it, Nami didn't know how to react. Getting ready to take a step forward, she suddenly heard.

"Kawamoto! Stop!"

Turning her gaze to the side, Nami saw the redhead run towards the barrier and jump over the obstacle to rush towards the forest.

"What…?" She wondered, while Luffy straightened up immediately.

"Stop it!" Yamada shouted, arriving in turn.

"Where is she going?" Nami wanted to know.

"Taniuchi decided to go to the forest! Kawamoto rushed outside to find her."

" What ? "

Running straight ahead, unafraid of crossing a zombie, Kawamoto screamed.

"Taniuchi! Taniuchi!"

Suddenly lowering her gaze, she saw an empty syringe on the floor.

"What…?" She wondered, stopping, before picking up the object.

" Looks like one of the syringes Law showed us ."

Being sure then to follow the right track, she continued to run.

"Taniuchi! Answer me."

A cry of terror suddenly reached her ears. Startling, she immediately rushed in the direction of the scream and finally saw a zombie in front of her, with a cut to the chest. Trying to move forward, it swung its arms in front of it, trying to grab hold of a person, who was in front of it. The latter, sitting against a tree, while spinning her sword, was sobbing with fear as she gave orders.

"Back off! Back off!"

"Taniuchi!" Kawamoto shouted, seeing her friend in danger.

Listening only to her courage, she rushed straight towards the undead before raising her leg. Turning her hips, she made a perfect rotation of the pelvis, before sending her heel in the face of the zombie. Being struck, the walking corpse took a step back, without falling.

Nonetheless, turning to her, the monster growled before opening its jaws to her. Not having time to step back, she felt it grab her leg to bite her.

"No, let go of me."

Having no attention whatsoever to obey her, the zombie eventually let go, when a crow dropped in front of its face. Then, imitating it, a whole swarm of birds attacked the zombie.

"What…?" Taniuchi wondered, seeing the undead disappear behind a cloud of black feathers.

Eventually being released from the zombie's embrace, Kawamoto's eyes widened at the sudden attack of the birds. But it was nothing, compared to the fact that several of them ended up transforming into a human arm, which shot straight at the zombie before stabbing the monster's chest.

Screaming in fear, the two girls recoiled in fear, as a pale man emerged from the cloud of crows. Suddenly gripping the zombie's skull with his second hand, he exerted enough pressure to crush it and spill its brains all around.

Seeing the zombie fall at his feet, the man shook his hand to remove the pieces of flesh on it. Then he glanced at the two high school girls. Frightened, the girls were horrified by his stern gaze as well as his strange beak-shaped mask that he had at his mouth. Then starting to speak, he made inaudible whispers, more frightening than anything else.

"What… what do you want from us?" Kawamoto wanted to know.

" Taniuchi ! Kawamoto ! "

Arriving then, Nami and Luffy arrived behind the two high school girls, to see the stranger right in front of them.

"Hey, who are you?" Luffy asked, already rolling up his sleeve to stretch out his arm unhindered.

"No, wait Luffy." Nami shouted, looking at the man. "I seem to know him."

Thinking for a few moments, she finally widened her eyes, before screaming. "

"Impossible! It's… Are you that man?"

Getting up, the two high school girls rushed behind the pirates, while Luffy wanted to know.

"Do you know him, Nami?"

"Yes! He works for your father, Luffy! He is a member of the Revolutionary Army! Karasu, the Raven King."

"What? My father?"

" Ka … Karasu ? "

Having been warned, just like the rest of the group of Taniuchi's disappearance, Robin could only be astonished when he saw the man who came to the farm with her friends.

"My god! Who is he?" Morita frightened.

"Looks like a birdman." Muria remarked.

"He's scary." Mizusu confessed.

"He's a friend." Robin assured. "Karasu is a person I have worked with a few times! He doesn't like to talk a lot, but he is someone who hates taking on the weak! He is a trusted ally."

Smiling at him, Robin said.

"Nice to see you again, Karasu."

Immediately, staring at her, the man's pale face turned red, before he looked away. Seeing this, Sanji understood the gesture and roared.

"Hey, you never get near Robin-chwan again."

"What's a guy like him doing here?" Saya wanted to know. "Is he all alone?"

Attempting to answer her question, Karasu only uttered inaudible whispers, once again.

"He can't speak?" Takashi wondered.

"Karasu, your speaker," Robin warned, pointing at his mask. "You forgot to turn it on again."

Showing a surprised look, as well as ashamed by the oversight, Karasu hurriedly turned on his speaker, which allowed him to say. "

"So… sorry about that! I'm… glad to see you again too… Robin-san." He assured, while looking away from her, blushing again, as he said her first name.

"Oh? So you really work for my dad?" Luffy wondered. "Tell me, how is Sabo?"

"Huh?" Karasu wondered, staring at him. "So what they say is true? You are indeed the son of Monkey D. Dragon? Without wanting to be insulting, your physique does not have many similarities with that of your father."

"Ah? No big deal! So, what about Sabo? Do you know him, at least?"

"Sabo? Of course I know him! I was with him, before I was taken to this world."

"What? You were with Sabo? Where is he?"

"No idea! I arrived here alone and since then have been trying to find the other commanders I was with."

"Damn it, but how many of you have been taken to our world?" Misuzu asked. "Counting Luffy and the others, as well as Law and Bellamy, you are the third group not from this world."

"I don't know! All I can say is that Marijoy was hit by a strange plague as we attempted to assault the Tenryubitos."

"What? Marijoy?" Nami and Usopp wondered. "Wait, there was a gathering of nobles from all over the world over there! What happened?"

"No idea! On the day of our assault, people began to disappear in just a few minutes! We had been sent to reconnoitre and that's where I ran into this man! The person who sent me here ! I arrived yesterday and I very quickly met the monsters who are now everywhere. "

"Are the nobles of our world here too?" Sanji wondered. "My god! Just with this news, our world must now go into a panic! We can cross anybody now."

Then suddenly he looked horrified.

"NO! But then my Vivi-san may also be here and be in danger! Just like Viola-san! NO! It's awful."

"Tell me, are you the leader of a harem, or what?" Yuuki asked, with a hint of jealousy in her voice.

"It's not just them." Karasu assured. "On the day of my disappearance, the newspapers had already confirmed the non-presence of certain Shichibukais, as well as the disappearance of senior naval generals! We are no longer talking about kidnapping for ransom, resignation or other! We are almost talking about a end of the world! The world balance has been upset. "

"But what does he want in the end?" Usopp wanted to know. "I'm talking about the guy who sent us here."

"It's easy to understand though." Hisashi asserted. "If he sends the stronger people here and he's able to control the zombies of this world, imagine what he could do with them, in your world, if he is able to send them there! to dominate would not be a utopia, for him. "

Thinking about this, Robin turned to Karasu, and asked him.

"Do you have any information on him?"

"None! He was not on any register at our base! And when trying to find him, you might as well look for a needle in a haystack."

"And yet it has to be." Kohta asserted. "Without counting your problems, we ourselves are obliged to defeat him, so that he will make these monsters disappear! Well, if he is really able to do so."

"A strategy must be found." Nami agreed. "As well as a regrouping."

"From whom?" Luffy asked her.

"Of all the people to send here! If you want my opinion, it will first be essential to defeat his damn zombies! Because if this guy wants to use them, to control our world, he is not going to be happy in us seeing them all massacred! And to stop us ... "

"He will have to come."

Swallowing, hearing this, Yamada couldn't help but take a step back, and eventually backed away from the group. For him, everything was going too fast. Two weeks ago, he was very quietly at home, living his little life, like a normal high school student. And today he finds himself being part of a future group of people destined to kill whole hordes of zombies.

" What bad situation did I find myself in? Besides, that birdman still scares me! Can he really be trusted? "

Instantly remembering the reason for Karasu's presence, Yamada tried to look for Kawamoto. But neither she nor Taniuchi were among the group that had gathered not far from him.

" Where are they? " He wondered, as he walked over to the farm, trying to find them.

"Hey, Kawamoto, are you there?" Yamada asked, looking around for her.

Arriving towards the backyard of the farm, he stopped when a slap was heard not far from him. Hidden behind a wall, he could see Kawamoto, in front of Taniuchi who, looking down, now had a red mark on her cheek.

"What took you to go in the middle of the forest like that? Did you want to die or what?"

"I… I just wanted to make myself useful… by killing these monsters." Taniuchi asserted, in a small voice.

"You idiot! What did you want to do in front of them? Behead them? You never knew how to use a sword! Use the powers contained in a syringe? You don't even know if that worked! What's on your mind, damn it? "

"I'm sick of being seen as one of the weakest links in the team," Taniuchi roared. "Look where we are! We're just on a farm, surrounded by towns populated by zombies! What do you think I should do? Stay here, very kindly, waiting and doing nothing? Out of the question! From now on, we must that I become stronger and that I too start killing zombies to decrease their numbers. "

"There is a time to everything, idiot! Before each test, there is always a deadline to train! You, you did not even take the time to do this training! You left without knowing how to handle a weapon or not knowing if you had any power in you now! You were truly unconscious. "

"Leave me alone! You're not my mother."

"I know that! But that doesn't stop me from loving you as much as she does! Taniuchi, I…"

Then grabbing her friend's head, she tilted it towards her, before starting to cry.

"Damn it, don't ever do something like that to me again, stupid girl! I thought I could never tell you how much I loved you this time around."

Hearing this, Taniuchi blushed, before finally whispering, in a small voice.

"I'm sorry! I too just wanted to help us find a way to allow ourselves to survive, so that we could stay together forever."

Then, Yamada saw them kiss passionately, as if there would be no tomorrow and, immediately, an intense cold invaded him, at the level of his heart, when he realized that he no longer had the slightest chance with the one he loved.

Kawamoto loved Taniuchi.

"Hey, Mugiwara!" Hisashi called out.

As the crowd around Karasu was dissipating. Nami had wanted Luffy and Robin to come with her, to talk to them. However, seeing them leave, Hisashi had a question for them.

"What's up ? "

"What do we do with the other guy? Draoul! If I'm not mistaken, he's the one who raised the alert earlier! He alerted Yamada and Kawamoto that Taniuchi was gone."

Remembering him, Luffy cocked his head to the side, not sure what to decide. To tell the truth, he wanted to free him. Still, he was afraid it would create discord among the guys in his group.

"Do as you want!" A voice suddenly growled.

With his hands in his pockets, Tsunoda had walked past Luffy, while still keeping a brooding face. Still, he asserted.

"It was dark, so maybe this guy attacked Taniuchi mistaking her for a zombie! For this time, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt! Nonetheless, if you rescue him, I want him to stay here. I prefer to avoid the fact that he goes looking for his friends if he is part of a group of thugs. "

Nonetheless, then turning to Luffy, he asserted.

"But that's the only chance I give him! If there is ever another problem, I kill him immediately."

There was a long exchange of glances between Luffy and Tsunoda. However, in the end, Luffy only smiled at him, before asserting.

"Thank you for your trust… Tsundere!"

"It's Tsunoda, moron!" The boy roared.

Getting ready to leave, he was nonetheless stopped again when Luffy asserted.

"Hey, Tsundere! So stop frowning all the time and stay in your corner! You're part of the team too."

Freezing then, Tsunoda barely gave him a glance, before finally leaving.

"Stupid mugiwara!" He mumbled.

Still, he couldn't help but feel a little moved by Luffy's words. Everyone knew he liked to play the crap, and yet Luffy had accepted it.

Trying to fall asleep, despite having already taken a nap barely an hour ago, Draoul heard the door to the room open. Entering then, Kawamoto and Yamada entered. As soon as she learned of Luffy's decision, the young redhead immediately volunteered to tell him the news. She wanted to thank him, herself, for allowing Taniuchi to come back here. As for Yamada, he had simply come with her, to try, in vain, to tell her what was on his mind.

"Is it supper time already?" Draoul asked. "Or are you there to ask me more questions?"

"The group has made up its mind." Yamada announced to him. "Decision on what to do with you."

"Um? So what? Am I allowed to leave here?"

"No." Kawamoto announced to him. "Because we decided to let you stay here, in our group."

"What?" Raoul wondered. "But I thought you hated me."

"The fact that you warned us of Taniuchi's danger shows that you have a good bottom." Kawamoto assured him, crouching behind him to remove the ties. "Of course, I still blame you for strangling her! Nonetheless, I count it as an accident."

"The members of our group are ready to trust you. " Cried Yamada, seeing him stand up, free from his bonds. " Try not to disappoint our expectations of your behavior."

"Come on, come on." Kawamoto shouted, heading for the hallway. "You will find that working on a farm is not what is missing! But, at least, it will improve your ability with the rest of the group."

Staying behind Yamada, the man continued to stare at them silently, before finally smiling.

"Geez, you surprise me."

"Um?" Yamada said. " In which way ? "

Suddenly putting his hand on his head, Draoul continued to smile at him. Then, in an instant, he slammed the boy's forehead against a wall, knocking him out instantly.

"You surprise me because of your stupidity."

"What?" Kawamoto wondered, turning around.

Suddenly removing his shoe, Raoul ejected it into the air, allowing him to grab an object that he had taped under his foot. Pulling sharply, he released a dagger, which he aimed at the schoolgirl's throat. Stopping a few millimeters from her carotid artery, he asserted. "

"Don't move! Don't scream! Don't worry, we're just gonna… take a little walk."

"The eleven supernovas! The officers and generals of the Yonkos! The shishibukais and high-ranking navies! All these beautiful little people have been missing in recent weeks." Karasu explained.

Listening to him, Luffy's crew took note of what they had missed since their absence, while the high school students present with them tried to understand the importance of things despite only understanding every other word.

"So our theory of sending us here to control our world maybe good," Nami remarked. "This mysterious guy is unknown to everyone and yet he is right now the one who has the best chance of controlling the world."

"Huh?" Luffy said. "But then… is he going to discover One Piece before I do?"

"Dumbass! There is more important!" Usopp retorted. "If this guy leaves us here, we'll never be able to go home."

"I have nothing to locate or contact my companions." Karasu admitted. "I don't even know if they're here."

"Too bad!" Robin said. "People like Dragon or Sabo could have helped us a lot."

"Me, I have a question." Saya confessed. "I just want to know: is the responsible for all this chaos really from your world?"

"Um?" Nami said. " What do you mean ? "

"There's something I don't understand! Why is this guy taking so much trouble trying to kill you with his zombies? I mean, if he wants to control your world, he just had to you. leave here and abandon you! He didn't need to spawn an army of zombies to kill you! Why did he do it? "

"Impossible to know!" Chopper confessed. "Maybe one of the people he sent here is able to return to our home world and can use his powers to enable us to do the same."

"I don't know! I feel like it's something else."

Listening to them, without saying anything, Takashi finally got up from his chair, before pretending to leave the room.

"Aren't you staying?" Rei wondered.

"My presence doesn't matter much," the boy assured. "I'm going to practice outside for a bit."

However, no sooner had he opened the door when he saw a body rush over him and crash into him.

"Hey!" Takashi shouted, stepping back.

"Help me!" Yamada pleaded, with a bruised forehead. "He kidnapped him."

"Huh?" Sanji wondered, getting up. " What are you talking about ? "

"Draoul! He kidnapped Kawamoto."

"How dare you do that?" Kawamoto roared, stepping forward, hands up.

"Shut up and walk." Raoul ordered her, still pointing his knife at her.

"Tsss! What's the use of keeping me anyway? Now that we're out of the farm, you don't need me hostage anymore, right?"

"I didn't take you with me, as a hostage! No, I will take you to my camp and, once there, you will tell me everything you know about the members of your group. . "

"Your camp ? But then… you've been lying to us from the start."

"Of course I does, you idiot."

Hearing a growl, he turned to see a few zombies approaching them, as they entered a meadow.

"Hmmm… it's best not to stay here! Come on, go ahead."

"Why?" Kawamoto hissed. "We were ready to welcome you among you."

"But I don't care, poor idiot! And frankly, I hate some of your friends: the Mugiwara crew."

"Huh? But… why?"

Suddenly smiling, Raoul then ends up rubbing his face. Seeing him do it without understanding this gesture, Kawamoto ended up widening her eyes when she noticed that his face was changing. He grew bigger, like the rest of his body, as he lost in size. Eventually darker skin appeared, as did a pair of dark glasses and a hooded vest.

"What?" Kawamoto wondered, stepping back from him.

"Surprise?" The newcomer asked, while speaking like a rapper. "You have in front of you the great Psycho P! The man able to camouflage himself or take the appearance of anyone."

Then, twirling his hand, he made a spray of paint appear, and sprayed the other hand with it. Immediately, a huge saber could be seen there, while Psycho P asserted.

"Now you are at my mercy."

"W … why?" The redhead wanted to know, trying to pull back further.

As if pissed off, Psycho P reached out his hand to her, and grabbed her hair, before putting the tip of his sword in front of one of her eyes.

"You wanna know why? Because I hate Monkey D. Luffy and his gang! He has little time of that, in our world they've beaten me and my crew! And it's because of 'them if my captain is dead! I could never forgive them. "

"If you came to us, was it only to kill them?"

"No." Retorted Psycho P. "It was only to gather information about your group! But in the end, taking you with me is a pretty good thing! Once at the base, you can tell us everything about your group. . "

"Your… your base? But who are you working for, in the end?"

Hearing her question, Psycho P suddenly laughed, while asserting.

"Can't you guess? My friends and I have made an alliance! An alliance with the man who will control our two worlds."

Her eyes widened, realizing who he was talking about, she finally roared.

"Are you working for the rot that has wreaked havoc on my world?"

"Huh? Yes! So what? Didn't you guess? Actually, you see, if we were sent here, it's for two reasons! The first concerns all those, including me, who have lent allegiance to the next ruler of this world! We are here to help him build an invincible army that will sweep our two worlds, alongside these zombies! Some of us have powers that our new master needs for us. ensure complete domination! The second concerns the others, that is to say Mugiwara and company! They are here as future guinea pigs! Once we have captured them, we will kill those who have eaten a devil's fruit in order to seize these last! As for the others, various experiments will be made on them in order to advance theevolution of the power of the future zombies of our army!

Smiling then, he added.

"Shiki, the Golden Lion… Doflamingo… Tesoro… and many other people! This is what our army has to offer! For now, only the four yonkos are still a threat! But, once they are eliminated, more nothing can stop us! Your world will be ours and we can do whatever we see with the survivors. "

In an excess of rage, Kawamoto suddenly lifted one of her legs and sent it straight to the man's face. And as Sanji had advised her, she hit him hard with the top of her foot. Yet despite touching him in the cheek, her kick barely made the man back. Simply hardening his gaze, the man counterattacked, punching her full in the face, causing her to fall to the ground.

"Who do you take me for? Do you sincerely believe that a pathetic young girl could beat a pirate? Don't take your dreams for reality! I'm Psycho…"

He was suddenly silent, before pulling a face. Noticing the fact that he spoke a lot, the redhead took advantage of his lowering his guard to hit him in his genitals. So, wincing in pain, the man immediately put his hands up to his crotch, allowing Kawamoto to flee.

"You bitch," the man roared, spraying himself with paint, to make himself invisible.