"What are you saying?" Sanji panicked.

"A…An island with extinct animals?" Pudding repeated.

"Do you think you're in hell, Luffy?" Koza questioned him.

"Honestly, I think it already is." The boy asserted.

" Everything we tell you is the bare truth. " Nami stated. "Just like me, you must have seen the monsters that attacked the plane the other day, right?"

Just thinking about that scene made Koza and Pudding tremble.

"How can we forget this nightmare?" Koza wanted to know, trying to push those memories out of his mind. "A shootout would never have caused more panic than the appearance of these three monsters! I sincerely hope that I will never see one again."

"Was it a creature like this?" Law questioned them.

At that moment, he turned his laptop screen towards them and showed them the image of an andrewsarchus. They didn't need to answer him for us to know that they had quickly recognized him. Even Sanji's eyes betrayed his fear.

"Yes, it's it!" He affirmed.

Picking up the computer, Apoo brought his face closer to the screen, while shouting.

"It's that monster that attacked us! Because of it, we all lost sight of each other! How come you're an image of it in your computer?"

"That thing devoured AO and Mero." Pudding asserted. "And they were several who attacked us."

" This animal is called andrewsarchus. " Law explained to them. " More than five meters long and two meters high, it was the same size as a two-ton truck! Its biggest feature is its huge head! Quite ridiculous, it is a third of the size of its body! On the other hand, its jaw operated by powerful muscles could crush any animal! Its enormous paws could deliver more powerful blows than those of a polar bear! It holds the title of the largest terrestrial carnivorous mammal of all time ! In short, it's a real killing machine, designed to give its prey no chance. "

"Impressive!" Luffy declared. "Fighting against such a monster is like wanting to kill yourself."

"Are you saying that when you forced me to fight a diatryma?" Law roared.

"If it finds us, we won't have a chance against it, to get out of it." Pudding anguished.

"What are you afraid of, Pudding-chan?" Sanji questioned her, pointing his thumb at himself. "Don't you know that your brave knight will be with you to help you?"

Immediately Pudding clung to Sanji, declaring.

"Thank you, Sanji_kun! But I don't want to put you in danger."

"You don't have to worry! I would gladly fight to protect you."

"What about us?" Apoo asked. "Are we invisible?"

"You're men! Manage yourselves." Sanji ordered.

"Man or not, no one could face one of these monsters, if he decides to attack us." Koza affirmed.

"It's true that in a place as open as this beach, an animal like him could easily see us and chase us." Shirahoshi agreed.

" According to Apoo, we have nothing to fear staying here. " Sanji retorted.

"How's that 'nothing to worry about'?" Nami asked.

"It's just a guess." Apoo affirmed.

Then, making various gestures with his hands, he shouted.

" CHECK IN OUT! It's very simple! It's because of its diet! Since there is only sand and salt water here, its prey doesn't come here! So, logically, neither did it."

"Why wouldn't his prey come here to drink?" Luffy asked.

"Are you stupid or what, Mugiwara?" Apoo questioned, tapping Luffy's forehead with his finger. "Don't you know that animals don't drink salt water? There's no river near here! herbivores to live here! And if the herbivores don't live here, their predators don't too."

"It's logical! But are you really formal about what you're saying?" Nami questioned him. "Those are just guesses, aren't they? What would happen if several of these monsters decided to come here?"

"In all honesty, I really don't see why such large carnivores would come to a place where there is nothing to eat for them! We would have a better chance of seeing them, if we were in a meadow, and surrounded big herbivores."

Pointing his fingers at Law, he began to scream.

"APAPAPAPAPA! Don't you agree with me, Trafalgar?"

Simply thinking, the boy ended up scratching his head, as he seemed to have a terrible headache.

"How do you expect me to give my opinion on a hypothesis? Even if it seems logical, there is no proof for what you are saying."

"Then explain to me why one of these animals would come here."

"There are several reasons! If it is, these animals are piscivorous and come here to catch fish! Or else, famine can strike this island and, because of this, these animals roam larger areas to find food and come here to see if the ocean hasn't thrown up corpses that are still edible! And finally, all it takes is for another survivor to come here, being pursued by a predator, for our situation to become dangerous."

Hearing this, Apoo stopped moving, while several drops of sweat appeared on his head.

"Damn it! I hadn't thought of that."

"Imbecile!" Sanji roared, kicking him in the head. "You weren't the one who said with certainty that we were safe here?"

"Hey! Like it's my fault." Apoo shot back. "Besides, you were the first one who said my hypothesis made sense."

"Wait, so that means we're nowhere safe." Pudding frightened.

"I feel like it." Koza observed. "So we have to find somewhere other than this beach."

" No, I think Sanji is right. " Nami retorted. "In the end, our best way to get to safety is to get off the island by raft."

"Me too, I think so." Koza agreed. "Nevertheless, the problem is that we don't have a clue what's out there! Other monsters might be inhabiting this island."

"Maybe, but it can't be worse than here." Sanji assured. " And then, ... "

He suddenly fell silent, seeing Luffy get up, before going to the raft.

" Luffy ? "

"We mustn't have any regrets." The boy asserted.

Tapping the raft, he declared.

"We have two choices! Even though we don't know if we're safe here, we can finish this raft and go to this other unknown island! Or, we can continue to flee to escape the monsters on this island! Me , honestly, I prefer to behave like an adventurer, rather than a coward."

"Being cowardly can sometimes save your life." Apoo retorted. "And then, don't you think there will be a time when help will come to save us."

"Honestly, I'm starting to doubt they'll ever come." Law stated.

" Sorry ? "

Shutting down his PC, Law looked thoughtful. But, finally, he declared.

"Forget what I just said! Strawhat-ya is right! We have nothing to lose by trying to reach that second island! Anyway, even if we encounter danger there, we can come back here. "

"GREAT!" Luffy shouted, patting the raft again.

However, tapping a little too hard, he felt the raft fall to the side, before falling to the ground, deteriorating somewhat. Immediately, there was a silence among the high school students. Then, Luffy scratched the back of his head, while laughing.

" Oups ! "

"ASSHOLE!" Sanji, Nami and Apoo roared as they punched him.

Wrapping a vine around two logs, Apoo then pulled it to tighten the knots he had just made. Nevertheless, he eventually sees the vine snap in two. Throwing her to the ground, he roared.

"What is this rotten material? This is the third time this has happened."

"Anyway, your knots were badly tied." Nami asserted, trying to pull the two logs apart.

Seeing that a gap could be seen and widened as she tried to separate the logs, she declared.

"You have to tie your knots tighter."

"How do you expect me to do this? As soon as I try to tighten, those damn vines keep breaking! I need real ropes."

" Instead of growling, go find some thicker vines. " Sanji retorted.

Taking off his shoes, Koza walked into the water, before putting down a pile of fagots he had just gathered with vines.

"What are you doing?" Asked Shirahoshi.

"I'm trying to create floats." The boy stated, watching his pile of wood begin to float on the water. "If there are eight of us on this raft, I think we will sink for sure! I hope it can provide our flotation."

Nevertheless, he saw his float begin to take on water and sink.

"Damn it!" he growled, dipping his arm in the water to retrieve it. "Why doesn't this work?"

"You've tied yourself too tightly." Law asserted, seeing his creation. "By squeezing your fagots too tightly, you concentrate their weight on a much smaller space! Suddenly, they become "too heavy" to be able to float.

"Sanji-kun, there's almost no ivy left for the waterproofing." Pudding told him.

"Thanks for letting me know, Pudding-chan! I'll get some right away."

Seeing the seven people working together, Luffy just sat on a rock. Sulking, he showed that he was angry while the others had somewhat isolated him. But was it really his fault that they had damaged the raft several times, trying to help the others?

Because of this injustice, Nami had ordered him to sit on this rock and watch the surroundings, in case a predator arrived.

"Hey, I'm bored! Can I help you?"

"Stay away from that raft." Five voices roared. "We're tired of fixing your nonsense."

Pulling on a vine again to complete his knot, Apoo shouted an insult.

"F***! I give up! Get by! I don't care about knots anymore."

"Would you like some liquid glue?" Koza asked, pulling a tube out of his jacket pocket.

"That's the worst idea." Nami retorted. "Liquid glue comes off if it gets wet."

"Are you sure?" the boy asked.

"I repeat, go get some thicker vines." Sanji ordered.

"And how am I supposed to pull them out of trees?" Retorted Apoo. "I can pull hard enough to tear the thinner vines, but it's impossible with the others! I would need a knife."

"Why not Law-san's sword?" Shirahoshi asked.

"Hey! It's not a toy." The boy retorted.

"How long do you think it's going to take us to finish it again?" Nami asked.

" According to Koza-san, it will be finished tomorrow at the latest. " Pudding affirmed. "That's good news, isn't it?"

"For that, I would first have to solve my problem with the flotation." The boy retorted, trying to modify his float. "On the other hand, if someone goes to look for vines, I would also like them to bring me other formwork! I have almost none."

"Tsss! It's up to me to do the dirty chores again." Grumbled Apoo.

" We're going to the forest. " Luffy shouted. "Cool, I'm coming."

"What? No way." Retorted Apoo. "I'm already your lackey! No way to babysit this idiot! I have a limit."

"We need to finish this raft quickly." The blonde retorted. "At least Luffy can help you get more wood."

"I refuse." Apoo retorted. "I know very well how it's going to be! He's going to get lost in the forest and it's me who's going to have to spend hours finding him! He's your buddy, that's your problem."

Growling, Sanji heaved a weary sigh, before affirming.

"It's okay, I'm going to look for the vines with Luffy."

"In that case, I'm coming with you." Nami stated.

"Really?" Sanji gloated. "Nami-swan, are you so worried about me that you want to come with me?"

"Dumbass." The redhead said. "If I come with you, it's only to make sure that there are two of us to watch Luffy."

"Great." Luffy gloated, rushing into the forest. "LET'S GO."

"COME BACK HERE." Sanji and Nami roared.

"You really haven't changed, Luffy." Sanji growled. "Even in a situation like ours, you still let your immaturity get the better of you, and because of your bullshit, I still have to watch you."

"Don't complain." Nami retorted. "Me, I've had to put up with it for years."

"HAHAHAHA! Sometimes I'm glad I'm not living your life." Luffy affirmed, with a big smile. "I feel like you're going through hell."

"It's your fault, asshole." The duo roared.

" Huh ? "

Suddenly stopping, Nami looked at a tree where vines dangled from a branch.

"Look! Those vines seem to be thicker than the one Apoo had! We'll have to climb that tree to get them! Luffy, let's go!"

"AYE!" Luffy assured, pretending to climb the trunk.

Nevertheless, Sanji's hand grabbed the back of his shirt, and stopped him.

"Huh?" Luffy wondered. "Hey, what are you doing?"

Remaining silent, Sanji only stared in a direction, while sniffing the air.

"Do you feel anything?"

Startled, Luffy also sniffed the air and ended up smelling a scent that made his nose hairs stand on end. It was a strange smell that reminded him of mold.

"Smells really bad." Alexia asserted, holding her nose. "But it's strange! This musty smell, I feel like I've smelled it somewhere before."

Continuing to sniff the air, Sanji ended up putting on a shocked and scared face, as he seemed to have smelled that horrible smell somewhere before.

"DAMN IT!" He roared, dropping his cigarette, before crushing it under his foot.

"What is it?" Luffy questioned him.

"Hurry and hide." The blond ordered, rushing towards a tree, whose roots looked a lot like those of a mangrove tree. " Quick ! "

" But why? " Nami wondered, joining him.

"Later for questions," he retorted, nudging her so that she squeezed through the roots as quickly as possible. "Luffy, hurry up."

In about thirty seconds, they found themselves lying on the ground, face down, surrounded by a barrier of roots. Having been forced into this narrow space, Luffy now looked like a disjointed puppet, as he painfully searched for a more comfortable position. Moreover, Sanji had ordered him to be quiet, as if he was afraid that the slightest noise would cause their death.

" Bug, but what took him to rush us to hide us in such a place " He wanted to know. " Here we are now stuck under this tree!" »

The sound of a branch breaking immediately stopped bothering him. Advancing in their direction, an animal was about to pass in front of them. First trying to spot it by its footsteps, Luffy finally spotted it, when it entered his field of vision. What was his surprise when he saw that the newcomer was none other… than a turtle.

" A turtle? He almost shouted. " Is that what scares Sanji?" "

The turtle measured one meter thirty long at sight of nose. Its head was adorned with two horns while its legs and tail bore horny protection plates. Okay, he could admit that it seemed to be more threatening than the little turtles he might come across in the waterways. However, he didn't think it was dangerous enough to kill them.

"Hey, Sanji." Luffy called him. " Why you ... ? "

The smell of mold suddenly became stronger than before. At the same time, rushing like a missile, another animal appeared in front of them.

Much larger than the turtle, this animal could have easily beaten a grizzly bear in the shortest possible time. Luffy's first instinct was to hold his nose, so much that its smell was awful. It was right after that that his eyes widened.

He was seeing it for the very first time. Yet he had no trouble recognizing the largest terrestrial carnivore of all time. In front of him, the enormous silhouette of the andrewsarchus towered above him without difficulty. Seeing it in person was much more impressive than on video or on Law's computer.

Beside him, Nami had started shaking with fear. Just seeing the creature, which was behind Kaya's death, sent cold sweats up her spine. Sanji, meanwhile, growled at the sight of the animal, while he hadn't forgotten that he was the cause of the death of several people.

Sensing, too, the danger that had just arrived, the tortoise immediately withdrew into itself. Unfortunately, far from being impressed by its defense, the predator seized it in its enormous jaws and made it leave the ground while shaking it in all directions.

"That was right." Nami muttered, wiping away a bead of sweat that ran down her forehead.

It was true that without Sanji, the andrewsarchus would surely have taken an interest in the three high school students and he would have devoured them without any mercy.

" It is not possible ! Why is this monster here? "Wanted to know Luffy." Normally, he shouldn't be this close to the beach! »

"How do you want me to know?" Sanji retorted.

Probably thinking the same thing, its prey, who was having a bad time, must have bitterly regretted having wandered around here. On closer inspection, the high school students noticed that it looked more like a land turtle than a sea turtle. However, it seemed to be built for taking small walks, not for living in the jungle. So what was she doing here, so far from the beach? Everything was definitely going wrong on this island.

The unfortunate prey tried to struggle by waving its little paws and clicking its beak. But none of its pitiful attacks reached the predator. However, its attacker could not reach the flesh of the creature, which was protected under its shell.

"At least its armor will be of some use to it. " Noticed Luffy. "Impossible that it succeeds in breaking it. »

Suddenly, they could hear a crack that made their heart rate increase. The reptile's shell had just cracked under the pressure exerted by the andrewsarchus. Other cracks appeared almost immediately and completely split the shell. It didn't take long before it was destroyed.

The monster then had no trouble severing the rest of the reptile's body, which died under its teeth.

" That creature killed her in just three seconds?" He broke his shell as easily as I would have with a cookie! »

The monster completely devoured its prey. Flesh, scales, bones, carapace… everything ended up in its stomach. So much so that, at the end ofits meal, all that remained was a pool of blood and a few fragments of shell. Meal finished and stomach full, the monster made a kind of yawn of satisfaction before moving away from the hiding place of the high school students.

"Why is this Andrewsarchus here?" Nami wondered, on the verge of panic. "Wasn't he supposed to live further away?"

"Apoo was wrong." Sanji understood, trying to calm his tremors.

"The others don't know." Nami remarked. "The animal has gone in the opposite direction of the beach, but there could be others in the area! We absolutely must warn them."

" We don't have time to waste. " Luffy affirmed. "Now is not the time to ask questions! We have to get out of here."

"DAMN IT!" Sanji roared. "To think that we were so close to leaving this island! Why do these monsters have to come back to slaughter us? How are we going to finish the raft with them around?"

" The raft, we don't care. " Luffy retorted. "Our priority is to save our friends."

Then, without waiting, Luffy left his hiding place and ran towards the beach.

" LAW ! WEAK-HOSHI ! "

"PUDDING-CHAN!" Sanji shouted, following him.

" Why? " He wondered, running. " Why is the andrewsarchus here?" Normally it shouldn't be so close to the beach! Damn it, I was way too naive. " "

Running behind them, Nami was looking for a way to protect them from a possible attack from the Andrewsarchus.

" Given his size, he must not be a very good swimmer! Moreover, Antoine told us that he was exclusively terrestrial! So, if we manage to reach the other island and there are none of these creatures there, there will be no risk of him joining us! In the end, Sanji might not be wrong about worrying about our only chance to get away from here. "

Finally, they arrived on the beach. They could see with relief that the rest of the group was in perfect health and that they were continuing to work.

"They're all here." Luffy gloated.

" Maybe, but to successfully leave this island, everyone has to have an excellent relationship with each other and stick together. " Nami thought . " We must finish this raft as soon as possible! »

"Luffy-san?" Shirahoshi wondered, seeing us come back like fireballs.

"What's going on with you?" Law questioned them, seeing their worried faces.

As Nami and Luffy stopped in front of their two friends, Sanji passed them without giving them the slightest glance before doing the same with Koza. Finally, he stopped his race in front of Apoo, before kicking him right in the face. The boy, unaware of this gesture, had no time to protect himself. He collapsed heavily on the ground, screaming in pain. His glasses were thrown away, while one of his glasses had cracked under the impact. Blood began to flow from his nose, which he immediately took in his hands.

"Asshole." Sanji roars.

"HEY, ARE YOU CRAZY?" The injured man roared. "Why did you hit me?"

"You have put us in danger because of your stupid assumptions! Because of you, we are in enemy territory."

" What ? "

"Sanji-san, what's going on?" Asked Pudding.

"We came across an andrewsarchus not too far from here." Nami explained.

"What are you saying?" Shirahoshi panicked.

"Tssss! It was certain that we couldn't predict his movements." Law growled.

"But that's impossible." Koza contradicted, speaking in a voice that betrayed his fear. "Apoo said..."

"Exactly!" Sanji roared, staring at Apoo. "What he told us was nonsense."

"Hey! What don't you understand about 'hypothesis'?" Retorted Apoo. "And until proven otherwise, you're the one who always said my guesses made sense."

"Don't blame me for it, motherfucker." The blond roared. "You can't even make a raft without someone's help."

"You wanna fight, motherfucker?" Apoo growled, banging his forehead against his.

Suddenly, a double punch hit them hard. Stepping back, the pair managed to keep their balance, while staring at the person who had just hit them.

" LUFFY / MUGIWARA ? "

"Why are you fighting?" Luffy wanted to know. "Okay, Apoo was wrong! But that's not a crime, Sanji! We can never work together and finish the raft if everyone is banging on each other."

Staring at Luffy, Sanji let out a sort of hiss of annoyance and he ended up turning around. Then he ran away, growling angrily.

"You piss me off."

"Sanji-kun..." Pudding said, seeing him go.

Too late. The boy was now about thirty yards away from us and was definitely going to run along the beach until he calmed down.

"What do we do?" Koza asked. "

"I'll bring him back." Luffy asserted, running after the blond. "Meanwhile, hurry up and finish the raft! With that monster lurking around, it better be finished by evening."

"Okay." Nami agreed.

"Best to leave Sanji alone." Apoo retorted, running his hand over his swollen cheek. "He doesn't know that everyone can be wrong."

"Say what you want, but when Strawhat-ya has an idea in her head, nothing can stop her." Antoine informed them, with a sigh. "He's very stubborn."

With Luffy : Law / Shirahoshi / Nami

With Sanji : Pudding / Apoo / Koza

With Katakuri: Perospero / Daifuku / Oven / Tashigi (teacher)

With Ace : Thatch / Moda / Marguerite / Whitey Bay / Namur / Atmos / Goldenweek / Gaimon / Squardo / Tate

Other passengers: Usopp / Coby / Vivi / Zoro / Chopper / Johnny / Yosaku / Kid / Wapol / Musshru / Smoker (teacher)

Died: Dalton (pilot) / Kaya / AO / Mero / Curiel / T-Bone (teacher)

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