"HEY, USOPP! What is that thing?" Nami (Sanji) questioned, pointing to the piece of wood representing his face on his head. "Do you take us for kids?"
"Besides, the drawing is pretty average." Carla (Grey) remarked, looking at hers.
" Hey, you just have to do it, you ingrates. " The pirate retorted.
" I think it's better this way. " Natsu affirmed. "Already we don't know most of the pirates, so if their bodies are mixed up, we're not ready to remember their names."
Suddenly rubbing his hands together, he then turned to the prisoner of the group, while burning his fists.
"Okay! Do you want me to smoke him or barbecue him?"
"Maybe it'll be better in stew." Luffy remarked.
"Hey, what are you going to do with me?" Brownbeard barked, as chains chained him to a pillar. "I'm not a meal! I'm the famous Brownbeard."
" Brownbeard ? " Repeated Luffy.
"Do you know him?" Asked the wizard.
" No ! Not at all. "
"What?" Roared the pirate. "Are you kidding me? I was feared in the area I was sailing and had a bounty in excess of eighty million berries."
"When it comes to your little self, you finally know how to open your mouth." Lily remarked.
" But what interests us is your knowledge about this place. " Affirmed Gajeel. "So tell us everything we want to know."
"And then what else?" Sneered the pirate. "Because you're going to die soon anyway! At the time that is Law had to warn the master and either he or someone else will come to save me! And you know what pleases me more in this story is that among you, two pirates of the worst regeneration will finally be killed! You two, Monkey D. Luffy and Roronoa Zoro, you are two members of the Worst Generation And I consider you different from Law. "
"Worst Generation?" Natsu repeated.
"It's a way that the world government had to designate people who had impressive bounties, two years ago. " Zoro explained to him. " We are eleven to be part of this generation. "
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Luffy questioned him. "I wasn't aware of that."
"You moron, don't you know anything about that?" Brownbeard questioned him. "The eleven pirates who were in Sabaondy two years ago ... and Blackbeard! Here is who represents the worst generation! Since the episode of the Marineford war when you made yourself even more famous, the two years that have followed this event were marked by terrible events, in the New World caused by many of you!The best known were Blackbeard, Kid, Law, Drake and Hawkins. "
Suddenly starting to grind his teeth, he then affirmed.
"It was Hawkins who decimated my crew and almost killed me! Although I managed to flee, I lost both my legs in the fight! Ever since then, I have had an unparalleled hatred for the pirates of your generation."
"Did you lose both of your legs?" Juvia (Carla) wondered, approaching him with the others. "Am I to understand that you weren't born as a centaur?"
"Of course not! The fact that I became like this was just a series of coincidences! Wanting to escape Hawkins, I ended up arriving on this island, known as Punk Hazard! is here that I got my new legs."
"Speaking of this island, can you tell us how come this island has two such distinct climates?" Lucy asked.
"Its climates? It's simple! Two years ago, two people arrived here and transformed the island into what it is today! They are the two admirals Aokiji and Sakazuki."
"What?" Wondered most of the pirates.
"Admirals?" Erza repeated.
"They are considered the greatest force in the Navy." Robin explained to her. "Three in number, they have powers beyond belief! Aokiji can control ice and Sakazuki, magma."
"Huh? And they managed to transform this island like this with their powers?" Natsu and Carla (Grey) wondered. "It's impossible! Even we can't."
"So, if I understand correctly, these two people destroyed this island." Franky (Nami) repeated.
"The term for it is rather ''they destroyed what was left of it''! If you had been here a few years ago, you would have found an island covered in lush greenery! It was a treasure of nature. "
"Really? All of this seems to have completely disappeared." Lucy affirmed, looking outside. "I doubt that apart from these strange creatures, that any animal can live here! To tell the truth, I have not come across any plants on this island."
" There are only flames and ice. " Zoro agreed. "But, according to you, something would have transformed this island, before the arrival of the two admirals?"
"Yes! To explain everything to you, this place was a private island, given to Vegapunk by the world government! And it had become a place where he continually experimented with weapons and chemicals! And to find out if these could work , he brought in some Navy prisoners."
"Prisoners?" Gray (Juvia) wondered.
"The guys locked in the ice walls." Franky (Nami) figured out.
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Gajeel questioned them.
"In one of the corridors of the lab, all the walls were made from ice." Nami (Sanji) explained to him. "And prisoners had frozen to death inside."
"Yeah! They were among the inmates." Brownbeard agreed. "That place used to be the morgue where dead prisoners were sent! Then, after the fight between Akainu and Aokiji, the ice ended up turning this macabre room into a tomb."
"What next?" Lily questioned. "Stop beating around the bush and tell us why this island ended up like this! If this Vegapunk's experiments were so important, I doubt that two admirals would have chosen this place to fight, knowing that they could destroy the labs."
"They were already destroyed." The prisoner retorted. "As did much of the island! Four years ago, a Vegapunk chemical experiment escalated, creating a massive explosion."
Pointing then to the dilapidated building they were in, he asked.
"Why do you think these buildings fell into disrepair and were abandoned?"
"Huh?" Happy wondered. "Is this where it all exploded?"
"Exactly! In all, two of the three laboratories were instantly reduced to ruins and here is what is left! Just a collection of metals, which the cold prevented from collapsing. "
"However, if the third lab held up, I doubt that explosion could have destroyed the island entirely." Erza remarked. "Why didn't anyone want to stay to fix everything?"
"The explosion did not only cause material damage! Released during the destruction of the laboratories, several tons of toxic products were released which formed a deadly cloud, then falling on the whole island! In the space of a few minutes , this place was covered by this poisonous gas, which killed anyone breathing it."
"Every… Everyone dead?" Wendy wanted to know.
"No! In this critical situation, the Government people left the prisoners behind and escaped from the island leaving them alone."
Hearing this, Natsu's gaze suddenly hardened, despite the fact that he remained still.
" They abandoned men...knowing they were going to die? "
"What happened to these people?" Usopp asked. "Did the gas end up killing them?"
"For the most part, that was their fate! But a few survivors managed to find refuge in the third laboratory, still intact, to protect themselves from the gas! Nevertheless, this did not succeed in stopping them. to inhale the gas, which gradually caused them to lose control of their legs and all hope of surviving."
Suddenly smiling, he proudly affirmed.
"However, it was a year later that he appeared! Our master."
"Your master?" Repeated several people, desperate to know his name.
" Caesar Clown. " Said Carla ( Grey ).
"Thanks to his powers, he was able to purify the gas that was spreading all over the island making the air inside the laboratory breathable again and he then gave the prisoners, who could no longer walk, a mechanical means to move around! Finally, he made them his subordinates."
Hearing this, Chopper (Franky) asserted, crying.
"He has such a big heart."
"Yes, he deserves to be considered a true hero." Sanji (Chopper) and Erza affirmed, while sobbing too.
Not being as sentimental as them, Gajeel wanted to know.
"And you then? How did you end up on this island?"
"I arrived here a year after that, just before Akainu and Aokiji came to the island to fight! Like I said, I had narrowly escaped death from Hawkins and I had been deprived of my legs! Luckily, I had been able to reach this island, fleeing! Nevertheless, my ordeal continued, while there were still toxic substances in the air, which made me feel nauseous in inhaling them! Just when I thought I had no more energy to live and it was the end, he suddenly appeared in front of me."
Sobbing just thinking back to his encounter with his savior, he declared.
"Like an angel he came to me and stretched out his hand so he could pull me away from death and he saved me as he did all the others."
Gritting his teeth then, he affirmed.
"Vegapunk was the demon of this story! And yet, he had the nerve to put the blame on our savior while he was working alongside him! He had no qualms about accusing him in his place, so that only our master cared about our health! I hate that man! If I ever saw him in front of me, I would have no qualms about slaughtering him."
Walking towards him, Carla (Grey) wanted to know.
"What about the guy with the cap and the sword? The shishibukai! What's he doing here?"
"Trafalgar? Oh, he arrived here a few months ago! Because of the gas, we couldn't walk properly, but thanks to his devil fruit, he managed to give us new legs! Legs of live animals."
"Centaurs." Robin understood.
"As well as satyrs." Gray (Juvia) chimed in.
"Law is one of the senior staff working alongside our master, along with Monet and Doctor Fronk." Brownbeard continued.
"Doctor Fronk?" wondered Juvia (Carla), feeling like she had heard that name somewhere.
"Yes, he is a man sent by Kaido to aid our master in his research."
Immediately, sounds of surprise were heard, while Natsu repeated.
"Kaido? Did you say Kaido?"
Jumping suddenly, he clutched in front of Brownbeard's face before ordering him.
"Tell me right away where he is."
"Do you want to know where Kaido is?" Brownbeard wondered. "But are you sick or what? In any case, it's certainly not me who could know! I have almost no information from beyond this island."
"Why would Kaido send one of his men here?" Franky (Nami) wanted to know.
"I really don't know! The master prefers not to tell us much about it! It's a top-secret matter that could change the world."
"Transform the world?"
"Would that have something to do with the dragon on this island?" Usopp wanted to know. "As for him? Is he the result of an experiment?"
"Oh? Have you seen the dragon? It's an artificial being created by Vegapunk to guard the island."
"In that case, I understand why he was so weak. " Gajeel affirmed. "A real dragon wouldn't have lost so quickly."
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Asked Usopp. " This dragon was far from easy to beat! We almost died a dozen times. "
" The fact remains that he is much weaker than Igneel and the others. " Natsu affirmed.
"Igneel?" Robin repeated. "Am I to understand that's the name of a dragon?"
"Yes! He was the one who raised me and taught me dragon slayer magic."
"You were really raised by a dragon?" Franky (Nami) wondered.
"WOW! So cool!" Luffy affirmed. "I would like to meet him too much if we can become friends."
Hearing this, Natsu then lowered his gaze, knowing full well that this was now impossible. Seeing this, Lucy tried to change the conversation.
"But I don't understand something! This island was indeed abandoned because of the poisonous gas, right? But if the two admirals fought here, they must have realized that the gas was completely gone."
"The master had been notified by someone of the arrival of the two admirals." Brownbeard told him. "And that's how he was able to create a new cloud of poisonous gas on the island, while he and his soldiers had taken refuge in the laboratory, during the whole battle."
"But, that's impossible." Retorted Carla (Grey). "I thought I understood that these two fought for five whole days."
"It is! In addition to having to fight the devastating power of his adversary, the two enemies also had to fight against poison gas, proving that they were ready for anything to become the new Admiral-in-Chief of the Navy. . "
"These guys are freaks." Happy stated immediately. "To say that they were able to leave this island afterwards."
"Maybe, but you won't be so lucky." Brownbeard asserted. "With all the trouble you have caused us, the master will do his best to capture you and avenge our comrades! So I advise you to be prepared because I guarantee you will suffer."
"Hey, what are you doing…?" Chopper (Franky) roared, before being suddenly cut off.
Suddenly recoiling Lucy let out a scream of fear, while Chopper's (Franky) body suddenly grew in size to look like a huge ball of hair.
"AHHHHHHH! Why did I get all bloated?"
"It's the GUARD POINT ! If you can control my body, you can summon six different forms."
"What? This raccoon can transform?" Natsu shouted. "Happy, can't you do that?"
"Hey, me, I can fly." Happy retorted, visibly upset.
"I ate the Hito-hito no mi." Sanii (Chopper) then learned, while showing a small bag containing her Rumble balls. "And with this, I can boost my body, to increase my power to take the form of my most powerful transformation."
"A candy that can help you transform?" Natsu and Gajeel wondered, examining the medicine. "Does it work on humans?"
"I've never tried it on anyone other than myself! But I think for another animal it might work."
Immediately, before he could do anything, he had a Rumble-ball stolen, before Natsu and Gajeel turned to Lily and Happy. Stepping back then, the latter two had a bad feeling, seeing their eyes shining, as well as their broad smiles.
"Happy, I have a candy."
"Lily, come here."
"No way." The two cats retorted, running away.
"Come back here! Come on, this is going to be fun."
"We'll see if you can transform too."
And while they started running in all directions, Nami (Sanji) was surprised.
"The samurai is gone?"
"Yes! He said he was going to get her body." Brook replied.
"Damn it! That fool…! What does he think he can do with a half-complete body?"
"Why do you worry so much about him? You usually reserve this kind of delicacy for women."
"If that stupid samurai was with us, it's because I wanted to get him out of the lab! I couldn't leave him alone and I took the responsibility of taking him with me! If he anything happens to him, it will be my fault."
"What are you going to do, then?"
"It's obvious! Bring him back here, pulling him by his bun hair or not."
"In that case, I'm coming with you, to show you the way."
"I'm coming too." Carla (Grey) announced suddenly, walking towards them.
"Huh?" Nami (Sanji) wondered. "No, it's not worth it! Don't feel you have to help me with that."
" From now on, I'm as responsible as you for his condition. " The mage retorted. "I could very well have ordered you to abandon it, but I didn't because I too couldn't bring myself to leave it behind! And then, now that I know how to fly , I could be of good help to you."
"I'm coming too then." Erza affirmed. "If you cross paths with those Marines, or that Trafalgar, I don't know what, I'd rather be there to help you fight them! Unless my presence disturbs you."
"Although not, Erza-sama." Nami (Sanji) affirmed immediately, squeezing her hands, in her own. "It will be a great joy for me to be accompanied by such great beauty. "
Making hearts appear in her eyes, Nami (Sanji) spun in place, while declaring.
"It's the best day of my life! Not only am I in the most beautiful body, but I'm also getting to know several other beautiful women! I really need to find a camera to immortalize that. "
"Huh? And what are you going to do, Sanji?" Franky (Nami) suddenly roared, brandishing his fist at her.
"Nami? Nothing at all, I…I…"
"Zoro, go with them." The cyborg suddenly ordered him.
"Huh?" The swordsman wondered, as he tried to take a nap. " There is no question. "
With a bump on his head, Zoro was running, alongside Nami (Sanji), while barking.
"Damn it, to say that I have to come with you because of you! Just because you ain't gotta keep up, you pervert."
"Shut up! Do you think I'm happy to be with the biggest asshole of the century?"
"Yohoho! Glad to see that despite what's happening to you, Sanji, your relationship is still going strong."
"Damn it, guys, are you really friends?" Carl (Grey) questioned them, flying not far from them. "Frankly, I have my doubts, seeing you."
"It's weird, since I seem to see you and Natsu arguing." Erza assured.