Since they were told that Goldbob is in Sand Town, they made their way there with the help of the pipe. Some people took notice and watched the heroes make their way around the town. For some reason, Scrub felt a bit uncomfortable.
"Why are so many people looking at us? It's kinda creepy…" Scrub trailed.
They saw the two bullies from before watching them and giving them glares, especially toward Berry. However, she didn't let it bother them. Chopper tried his best to ignore them too, but he stopped when he saw a gold Bob-omb with a mustache and a top hat, a silver Bob-omb with a pink hat, and a small, orange Bob-omb that appeared to be the son.
"Bombette, are you sure this guy is actually Goldbob?" Chopper asked.
"Yar! Why else would he be gold?" Bombette answered.
"Wait, you decided it was him because he's gold?" Shadower gawked. "Bombette, that's not the best way to guess who someone is."
"Actually, that is Goldbob," Vivian informed, making everyone pause and look over at her.
"Vivian, how do you know this?" Chopper wondered.
Vivian began to explain all the details to them about her meeting him with Mario when she went to see him with the plumber. She even mentioned that she saw him in the Excess Express. Of all the people, Chopper seemed to be the one who believed her the most.
"Hmmmmm... Well, I guess he is Goldbob..." Chopper trailed. "That's a bit more detail than Bombette's reason."
"Poyo, (But she was still right,)" Kirby added.
"Yeah, I can agree," Chopper walked over to Goldbob and decided to give him a nice greeting. "Hello, there. You must be Goldbob, am I correct?"
Goldbob heard his voice and turned around to see him. "Why, good day to you, Contadre! You are looking good as usual! What can I do you for today, hmmm?"
Contadre... Apparently that name would still be around this place.
"We wanna activate the damn cannon!" Scrub demanded.
"Whoa! Scrub! Watch what you say!" Chopper snapped before turning back to Goldbob. "…Well he's right. We would like to use the cannon in Fahr Outpost to go to the moon so we can save the world."
"Huh? You must use the cannon in Fahr Outpost to save the world?" Goldbob looked down at the ground and pondered. "Hmmm... Well, that IS rather a pickle, isn't it? Very well, then! I remember the Great Gonzales wanted to use the cannon for something important, and considering that you're doing something similar. If it's very important, I guess I might as well give you a hand, yes?"
Chopper gave him a nod in approval as Goldbob looked back up at him.
"The truth is, I had hoped to resume my business with that cannon someday... And just between us...I only stopped because my wife said she didn't like the noise. Sadly, it takes a hefty bit of coins to get that cannon working... So... I'll need you to demonstrate just how much you want to use that cannon. If it were a matter of money, just how much would you pay, if I may ask?"
"Hmmm… Let me think for a moment…" Chopper checked how many coins he had, and he had about 624 coins. Considering that this was a cannon, it would be pretty expensive. "…I'd pay everything I have!"
"What? Are you telling the truth?" Goldbob gawked, completely flabbergasted by his choice. "You'd pay every coin you own? Every single one of them? You, er… Really? So… Really?"
Chopper replied with a simple nod.
"Well, I suppose I'm just surprised to hear you say that. Staggered, actually. You know that means you'll be left with zero coins? With absolutely nothing? You know that, do you?"
"Of course! I came here for the deed, and if I'd have to pay all my coins, I will!"
"I mean, think of it, man! If you spent all your coins…and I mean ALL of them… You would certainly face a great deal of difficulty down the road. ...Like the whole marriage thing with that girlfriend of yours! You need money for that!"
"Whoa! Don't side with her!" Chopper gaped. "I'm too young to get married!"
"Hmmmmmm... Yes. That is true..." Goldbob trailed. "But hold on. I want to make sure you're doing this fully aware of the consequences. Are you sure you won't regret this later? Absolutely sure? I mean, what if you want to buy something?"
"Yo, Contadre! He's right! This may be risky!" Scrub noted. "What IF you wanted to buy something? You wouldn't have any coins!"
"Scrub, I'm doing it," Chopper decided. "We need to get that Crystal Star up there!"
"I can really take them all?" Goldbob asked. "Really? You won't say 'Just kidding!' later on or any sort of tomfoolery like that?"
"Dude, just take my dang coins!"
"Well, all right then… If that's what you want, then I will,"
Chopper emptied all of his coins, which were given to Goldbob. Everyone was still left a little surprised about him giving up his coins.
"Well, maybe we can plunder fer some booty later!" Bombette suggested. "That way, we'll get our money back!"
Everyone ignored her as they looked back at Goldbob. "Hmm... Well you've certainly shown me something, sir. So... I give my permission for you to activate the Fahr Outpost cannon."
Goldbob handed Chopper the manual called the Goldbob Guide. "Oh... And I wasn't serious earlier, my dear fellow. How could I take money from you? You may be an ex-champion, but it's wrong to take a bunch of coins from a child. I was just kidding about all that! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! It's a shame, I suppose...but I'll return your money."
Chopper was left surprised when Goldbob returned his money back to him. "Oh, wow…"
"Now soldier on, my boy! If you're looking for General White, I can tell you he's a white Bob-omb in a captain's hat. He's been traveling around this place for quite a while, I must admit…"
"General White... I don't know if I saw a white Bob-omb arou-" Chopper paused when he remembered seeing a white Bob-omb back in Music Kingdom. "Guys... I might have an idea where General White could be."
"Poyo? (Really? Where?)" Kirby wondered.
Chopper summoned his Warp Star and jumped on it. Kirby, unsure of what he was doing, summoned his, and then everyone else joined them and left Sand Town. Chopper's Warp Star took the lead as it began to head over to Music Kingdom.
Music Kingdom-
When both Warp Stars landed at Music Kingdom, Kirby did a flip to jump off, while Chopper ended up landing on his head, resulting the pink puffball face palming. Everyone else jumped off normally and looked confused at the pink sky and the musical notes around.
"Oh, Chopper… This reminds me of when we first met." Vivian sighed happily as she looked around. "It was really nice, wasn't it?"
"Yeah, it was pretty cool," Chopper agreed. "Although, you were never around this area..."
"Arr! I don't know this place! …Wait, did ye an' Vivian go here first?" Bombette asked.
Chopper turned to the pink Bob-omb and decided to explain the whole story, with him meeting her on Rainbow Train and him and her defeating her two sisters to get the Diamond Star.
"Poyo… (Interesting story you got there, Chopper...)" Kirby trailed. Poyo. (Too bad I wasn't there to help you before. This place looks cool!)"
"Actually, if you were with me, I don't know if Vivian would've joined me," Chopper realized.
"I guess that's agreeable..." Vivian trailed before she noticed some musical notes walk over to them and talk to them. Like before, they were talking in their own kind of language, which left a lot of them confused.
"What're they saying?" Scrub gawked.
"Yar! I bet they be wantin' some of our treasure!" Bombette declared, her fuse lit up, which everyone tried to blow away. Chopper brought his guitar out and strummed a few notes.
"...and the Bob-omb should realize that we're not thieves," the musical note finished.
"What did you just do?" Berry asked.
"It's kind of a long story..." Chopper trailed. "Say, did you happen to meet someone named General White?"
"General White? You mean that Bob-omb guy with the mustache?" the musical note wondered. "He was here a while ago, but I think he went someplace else. Wait, let me think for a sec'… Oh! I know! He said something about going to the beach to the south! …I wish I could go to the beach…"
"Really? I guess we need to go to Pudgy Island, then…"
"Treasure! Now we're gettin' somewhere!"
Everyone ignored Bombette as they got on the Warp Stars and took off once again.
Pudgy Island-
"This is a nice place for a vacation," Berry smiled as they landed on the island. "I've never been to the beach before, and I heard it's pretty nice. Too bad we can't be here that long."
"Hey! Chopper! Glad to see you! I have NO idea why you're here!" Bambo said as he ran over to Chopper.
"Who's he?"
"A Bob-omb Buddy," Chopper answered. "Say, have you seen someone called General White?"
"General White?" Bambo pondered. "Oh, him! Sorry, but he's not here. He was here a second ago, but he left in a hurry. Now that I think about it, I think he said he was heading to some arena or something..."
"Arena? Oh, yeah!" Scrub fist pumped. "We're going back to the Glitz Pit!"
"Glitz Pit?" Berry gawked. "What's that?"
"It's a place where Contadre and I kicked butt! He even became the champ!"
"Really? Hey, then I guess the boy of my dreams is also a champion! This is getting better every minute!"
"...You do realize that Goldbob said I was an ex-champion, right?" Chopper blinked.
"Yeah, but it's cool that you were a champion!"
With that out of the way, they used their Warp Stars and left the island to head over to the Glitz Pit. Berry seemed a bit disappointed to leave the area, but she understood and waited for Chopper to go to their next destination.
Glitz Pit-
Once they landed, everyone took this chance to gaze at the place. They saw some posters with Rawk Hawk around, and there was even the hot dog stand and the juice bar. Rawk Hawk happened to be outside and saw Chopper and his friends.
"Well well! Looks like the Great Contadre's here!" Rawk Hawk grinned as he made his way over to Chopper.
"Uh oh..." Vivian gulped.
"What do you want?" Chopper asked.
"Look, I'm not here for any trouble," Rawk Hawk assured. "I just wanna thank you for what you've done."
"...Really?"
"Yeah! Remember when I told you I'd go win the title fair and square? Well, I actually managed to do that. See?" Everyone looked down at the belt he was wearing. "Yup! Now the fans love me again and go wild too! But, whenever you're not on an adventure, I wanna have a rematch against you! This time, a fair one."
"All right, I suppose I will!" Chopper smirked. "But only when I have nothing else to do."
"Right. I might as well go." Rawk Hawk was about to go, but he remembered something. "Oh, I think I forgot to tell you something important. You see, I have a brother, but the difference is, he's a bit of a thug. He goes around on his weird Hovercycle thing and taunts some people. If you ever catch sight of him, try to stay away from him."
"Hmmmmm... All right. Thanks for the warning."
"No problem. Good luck, Contadre! And don't let anything stand in your way." Rawk Hawk left afterward, leaving some of the people confused.
"Hovercycle? Brother? Looks like his bro is someone you don't want to meet!" Scrub said.
Chopper agreed, while Vivian suggested that they go to the juice bar. They followed her in to find the bartender and an attractive female Toad with hot pink polka dots on her cap and a black outfit. Scrub couldn't help but suspect her for someone that they knew before. However, Chopper walked over to the bartender.
"Hello there, Contadre! What can I get you?" the bartender asked.
"Actually, we were wondering if someone by the name of General White came here," Chopper replied.
"General White? Oh, you must mean that white Bob-omb, huh? Yeah, he used to come here all the time. But I haven't seen him lately. Now that I think about it…I think he headed off to some huge tree...or not."
"Poyo! (The Great Tree! Chopper! We gotta go over there!)" Kirby cried.
They took no time to relax and headed off toward the Great Tree.
The Great Tree-
Everyone (with the exception of Chopper, Vivian, Scrub and Kirby) were all gaping at the size of the tree. They were even interested in the whole area as well. Even if black and white wasn't the nicest thing, it seemed to fit here.
"WOW… That is a big tree!" Shadower gaped. "I can't believe I've never seen that!"
Chopper was forced to drag everyone else into the tree, where they were even more surprised to see the Punies.
"These things live here?" Berry gawked. "So strange... But they're pretty cute!"
"Chopper! You're here!" Punio cheered as he ran over to him. Petuni also came over to him when she noticed Kirby.
"Hey, Kirby! Glad to see you're all OK!" Petuni smiled. "How's it all going for you?"
Kirby decided to explain everything to her while Chopper translated everything. She seemed to be interested in his story, while Chopper turned over to Punio.
"Say... Do you have any idea where we could find General White?" Chopper asked.
"Eh? General White?" a Puni stepped in. "Yeah! He's an old Bob-omb with this great mustache. But... I have no idea where he went. He may have said he was going somewhere dark..."
"Twilight Town…" Chopper realized. "Come on, guys, let's go."
He gathered everyone up, who were busy looking at the room. Berry was busy holding one of the Punies and hugging it. The Puni seemed to blush and enjoy the hug, but it had to stop when Chopper grabbed her hand and pulled her away, forcing her to let go of the Puni. She ended up liking that more.
When they went outside, they took off once again and headed to Twilight Town.
Twilight Town-
When they landed, some of them weren't too pleased with the atmosphere of the place, especially Bombette and Berry.
"Err… I don't like it 'ere…" Bombette trailed.
"Yeah, it's too gloomy. It's not something I'm interested..." Berry trailed. "It needs to be a bit brighter here!"
"Admittedly, I'd kinda like that," Scrub agreed. "So, Contadre... Who should we ask?"
"I'm not so sure..." Chopper pondered.
"Let me take care of this," Vivian floated over to the closest villager near them. "Ummmmm... Hello there. Do you know where we could find someone by the name of General White?"
"Huh? General White?" the villager wondered. "Yeah, I know that old guy. He's a white Bob-omb, right? He was here until recently. What? Where did he go? What am I, his secretary? He looked tired, I know that."
Vivian slowly floated back to Chopper with a disappointed look. "Sorry, Chopper… I got nothing…"
"Great... Just great." Chopper sighed. "Now how are we going to go find General White?"
"We should go back to Fahr Outpost..." Berry suggested. "We don't know where else to search."
"Hmmmmmm... Maybe I have an idea."
"Really? Tell us." Shadower suggested.
Ruins of the Thousand-Year Door-
"...This was your idea? Coming over to an old door?"
"I was actually thinking of looking around here," Chopper replied. "But I guess he's nowhere to be seen here."
"Come on, Chopper! You don't just take us to a random place!" Berry face palmed.
"Poyo... (Yeah... This was rather pointless...)" Kirby added.
"Well, then I apologize for bringing you all here," Chopper frowned as he looked back at the door he remembered seeing before. "That door… Man, I feel like there could be something creepy through there. I remember when I found this place… Ugh… I don't like it one bit."
"That door does look a bit ominous," Shadower agreed.
"Yar! We could blow it up!" Bombette suggested, seeing the cracks around the door. "It looks like it could be blown up!"
"I don't think that's a good idea," Berry noted. "Choppy, we might as well go. ...Ummmmmm, are you even listening?"
"Hey, this thing has seven stars on here!" Chopper noticed. "…Wait a second… Could this be the seven Crystal Stars? The ones I saw from that book? Hmmm…"
"This door… It still haunts me to this day..." Vivian trailed as she looked up at the door. "After she was gone, I never went back in this door again. I'm…a little scared to go in there. I feel like she's still around…but as something else…"
"Who's 'she'?" Chopper asked.
"…It's best not to hear the story. I wouldn't want you or anyone else getting worried."
"Hey, this is Contadre we're talking about! What makes you think he'll get worried!" Scrub asked.
"Scrub, this story isn't anything you've heard before..." she floated away from the door, leaving Chopper to look at it.
"I wonder what she said who's in here…" Chopper looked at the door and felt a dark vibe coming from it. "Hmmmmmmmm?"
"Muh huh huh huh huh…"
"WAH!" Chopper jumped back in fear as he heard a dark voice echoing from the door. When Vivian noticed this, she floated back over to him and comforted him.
"What happened?" Vivian asked.
"I heard a strange, dark voice coming from the door... I don't feel safe here."
"Don't worry, Choppy, I think it's OK," Berry assured, patting his shoulder while smiling. "If there's someone you need, I can help you."
"Poyo, (I think we should get going,)" Kirby suggested.
"Yeah, that is for the better," Chopper agreed, leaving the ruins. Everyone else followed him, but Vivian stopped and looked back at the door.
"Could it be possible that... No. It couldn't be!"
She followed the group out while these thoughts plagued her mind.