bookbashuk Chapter 182: An Oasis Submerged in Dust
Chapter 182: An Oasis Submerged in Dust
"Hey! Sanji! Please let me have a bite of the pirate bento!"
"No! No one can eat unless Miss Weiwei asks!"
In order to prevent Luffy from stealing food, Sanji even snatched Usopp's space backpack and put a strong lock on it.
"Nami wants to eat, I saw it!"
Seeing that his own face was not enough, Luffy immediately used Nami's name.
As expected, when Sanji heard Nami's name, a hint of love immediately flashed in his eyes.
"Of course there is no problem with Miss Nami~" Sanji's body was like a swaying snake, twisting up and down, but the next second, his expression changed again.
"But!! Don't think I can't see that Miss Nami didn't say a word from beginning to end!"
Luffy was very angry about Sanji's repeated rejections.
"Hey! Sanji! As the saying goes, when you're hungry you have to eat!!"
“Eat it for me now!!”
"Asshole! Are you trying to take food away from an excellent chef??"
The two of them were at loggerheads, rolling up their sleeves and glaring at each other, neither willing to give in.
Looking at the space backpack being held in the hands of the two men, Usopp felt that it was not a backpack he was holding, but his own heart.
"Be careful! Be careful!!"
"This backpack is dangerous, it will explode!!"
On the other side, Chopper Soro, who was accustomed to this kind of scene, looked at the two of them quietly.
"Zoro, do you think Luffy can have a lunch box?"
"No!" Zoro shook his head and continued, "But with my ability, I can definitely snatch it from the perverted chef."
"Hey! Who are you going to snatch it from? The green algae-headed guy!" After hearing Zoro say that he was stronger than him, Sanji even gave up on "advising" Luffy and turned around to face Zoro again.
"I'm talking about you! Perverted cook!" Drawing out the two knives from his waist, Zoro immediately took a stance.
"You bastard!!"
On the other side, Luffy, who had just been arguing with Sanji, saw this scene and immediately reached out stealthily for the backpack hanging behind Sanji.
"Luffy!!!"
With a flying kick, he directly kicked the sneaky Luffy out. Seeing this, Zoro also picked up his sword and started fighting.
Luffy, who was beaten and flew away, also joined in, but being one against two, he was at a disadvantage.
Fortunately, at this time, Usopp, who was afraid of damaging the backpack, also joined in, and his target was Luffy, who was the most rude to the backpack.
"Be careful and let go of my backpack!"
For a moment, smoke and dust were everywhere, and it was very chaotic.
This stunned Viviana who was standing in front of them, as well as Chopper who was watching the show on the side.
"Stop fighting!"
Anxious Chopper immediately joined in and tried to stop everyone, but was quickly hit on the back by Zoro, punched by Luffy, and kicked out of the battlefield by Sanji.
It had no effect at all.
"You guys!! Stop arguing!"
In the end, it was the eldest sister Nami's Overlord Fist that successfully prevented a war of the century.
"By the way, we are pretty close to Yuba. Why don't we eat here?"
Seeing everyone fighting so fiercely, Vivi took a look at the map and said to Sanji with a smile.
"No problem, I'll listen to Miss Vivi!" Sanji's face was full of joy. He then took off the big lock, took out the lunch box from his backpack and handed it to Vivi first, and then distributed it to others.
Only after everyone had received their lunch boxes did Sanji throw the space backpack to Usopp.
Usopp burst into tears after losing and regaining his belongings. He didn't even eat his lunch box and just rubbed the backpack with heartache.
However, when he came to his senses, his lunch box had already entered Luffy's stomach.
"Luffy!!!"
After eating and drinking, we get back on the road.
Of course, with Luffy, this journey is bound to be extraordinary.
The laughter and cheers behind him and the crisp sound of horse hooves under Yun Yi's crotch rang out one after another.
However, Yun Yi, who was walking in the front and acting as an air conditioner, turned a deaf ear to the hustle and bustle behind him.
At this moment, he was still immersed in the news that the big sister had returned as Heming had mentioned before.
The unknown "big sister" always makes him feel heavy.
"Who is the big sister? The creator of the system? What is her purpose?"
Countless mysteries, like dark clouds in the sky, tightly bind the ups and downs in Yun Yi's heart.
He had a hunch that as Luffy got closer to the Pirate King's location, the time for him to meet "her" would also be getting closer.
But he had no idea what would happen then.
“Yun Yi! Yun Yi!!”
"Ah? What's wrong?"
Just then, a sudden shout interrupted Yun Yi's thoughts.
I turned my head to look at Nami and was about to ask what happened?
Then I saw a small town not far away, its outline gradually becoming blurred due to the ravages of the sandstorm.
"There is?"
"Yuba, our destination!" Weiwei looked troubled, "Why is there a sandstorm?"
The strong wind swept up the yellow sand all over the sky, whistling continuously, like an angry beast, roaring.
Sure enough, something unexpected happened.
It was obvious that the last time I passed by here and it rained, there were still many soldiers gathered here, and they were helped by my own rain.
But now, there is no trace of people, and it is desolate wherever you look.
Seeing this scene, Yun Yi's pupils narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but think of Crocodile's ability to manipulate sand and dust.
He reached out and pressed the cowboy hat on his head, and a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes. In an instant, the raging sandstorm was like a car that suddenly broke down, exhausting its last energy.
The raging winds in the sky instantly dissipated into countless small whirlwinds.
All the raging winds suddenly disappeared, and the dust that was blown into the sky slowly fell down, covering the buildings in Yuba.
Putting away the ice horse transformed by Heming, Yun Yi and others pulled the camels slowly towards the city.
There were gusts of breeze, mixed with the rustling sound of sand hitting the buildings.
On the streets, scraps of paper, branches, leaves and other debris were picked up by the strong wind and flew wildly in the air, forming strange whirlpools.
"How terrifying!" Everyone sighed in their hearts and looked around again.
"Why, no one's here?"
"Where has everyone gone?"
"It's so desolate!"
"Isn't this an oasis? Why..."
Just when the Straw Hat Pirates were about to scatter to look for the figure, suddenly, a voice came from a sand pit not far away.
"A traveler in the desert?"
Sand and dust were dug out from the sand pit one shovel at a time. The old man in the sand pit continued, "I'm sorry, because the sand and gravel are rising, the oasis has been submerged."
“This place is deserted!”
"That being said, there are still many houses here. You can live wherever you want!"
Luffy, who always liked to speak his mind, looked around and immediately asked, "Hey, uncle, I heard there are rebels in this city?"
"Rebels?" Hearing this term, the uncle who dug the pit immediately became alert, "Do you also want to join the rebels?"
"No! Vivi..." Luffy was about to explain, but after hearing Vivi's name, the old man's expression changed again, and he asked with a sad face: "Vivi, are you Princess Vivi?"
"You are……"
"Uncle Doto!!"
"Who is that?" Luffy looked blankly at the tearful old man.
“He was an uncle I met when I was a child.”
Afterwards, Vivi told the Straw Hat Pirates about her first meeting with Uncle Toto and her acquaintance with the rebel leader Kosa.
"So that's how it is. You actually know the leader of the resistance army!" Luffy suddenly realized, although he didn't know why he was so excited.
"Well! But..." Weiwei felt it was a pity. They had agreed to build this country together when they were young, but now something like this happened.
At this moment, the uncle named Doto spoke again: "They have now moved to a new oasis."
"A new oasis?"
"Yes!" Uncle Doto nodded. "Because it hasn't rained, the water sources here have basically dried up, so everyone has moved to the new oasis."
"Also, the long-term drought has pushed the resistance to a dead end. So when everyone left Yuba, they basically wanted to make a last stand."
"Perhaps it won't be long before the final battle breaks out in the capital."
"So Princess Weiwei, you must stop this war."
"That brat Kosa is so reckless!"