One Piece: From Ninja To Pirates

The late-night snack activity soon came to an end. Except for the few people staying behind for the night watch, everyone else returned to their rooms to rest.

"Damn it, I can’t sleep..."

Chopper looked around warily, his eyes bloodshot.

Usopp, beside him, wasn’t faring much better, his face just as haggard as Chopper’s.

"Actually, I can handle the night watch by myself," Franky said, holding a pair of binoculars.

With his strength, even if Doflamingo himself showed up, it would be impossible to take him out in an instant. So, having him alone on watch outside was more than enough.

"But I just can’t fall asleep," Usopp said helplessly.

They wanted to go get some good rest, but the problem was... after everything that had happened, he simply couldn’t sleep at all.

"Me neither."

Chopper nodded in agreement. It was almost morning, yet he didn’t feel sleepy in the slightest.

Franky felt a bit helpless upon hearing this. Since they both said so, they might as well all stay up for the watch together.

Shaking his head, Franky turned and raised his binoculars to observe the surroundings. After a moment, he said, "Hmm, no abnormalities on the horizon."

Setting down the binoculars, Franky gradually began to relax.

Doflamingo had likely given up on searching for them; otherwise, there wouldn’t have been zero activity throughout the latter half of the night.

Just then, dark clouds appeared in the sky, obscuring the moonlight that was already about to fade.

This caused the Thousand Sunny to fall into complete darkness.

Seeing this, Usopp instinctively grew alert.

Although he wasn’t sure if someone would strike at this moment, this feeling of total darkness made him feel very un—

Before Usopp could finish his thought, he noticed something falling from the sky.

"?"

"What is that?" Usopp asked, confused.

Why did those things look like one glowing dot after another?

In the next moment...

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

A large number of dark shadows crashed onto the Thousand Sunny, launching a surprise attack on the Straw Hat Pirates at extreme speed!

This sudden turn of events made Usopp realize one thing.

And that was...

What he had seen weren’t glowing dots at all—they were the enemies’ eyes!

Boom!

Sensing the commotion, Meiser and the others opened their eyes immediately. They scrambled out of their beds and rushed toward the outside of the cabin.

But because everyone tried to come out at once, they got jammed in the doorway.

Meiser: ...

Does it have to be like this? With a look of speechlessness, Meiser forced his way through and gave Luffy a kick in the butt, sending him flying out.

Only because of this were the others able to successfully reach the deck.

"Hey, what’s happening?" Luffy shouted.

"I don’t know."

Dodging attack after attack, Usopp looked nervously at the dark shadows nearby. "These shadows just suddenly appeared—"

Before he could finish his sentence, several shadows attacked him again, forcing Usopp to retreat to dodge.

Meanwhile, other shadows charged toward Luffy and the rest.

Whoosh—

The shadows were extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, one reached Luffy and threw a punch straight at his head!

Luffy’s expression changed as he felt the attack, and he quickly raised his fist to strike back.

Bang!

The two fists collided forcefully, and the opponent was sent flying back by Luffy.

However... Luffy was also punched by a shadow that followed right behind.

This served as a signal, and both sides immediately launched into battle.

"What on earth are these things?" Zoro said while parrying an attack. "Are they Doflamingo’s people?"

"Unclear..."

Sanji kicked one away and said, "I can’t see what they are."

He didn’t have night vision, so he couldn’t see clearly. He could only use Observation Haki to capture their general outlines.

"This feeling... they don’t seem like humans."

"These guys aren’t humans."

Activating his Sharingan, Meiser punched a Sea Rabbit that charged at him, sending it flying. At the same time, he said, "It’s a group of animals!"

If he wasn’t mistaken, the things attacking them were a kind of... rabbit?

Although he didn’t know what breed these rabbits were, they certainly looked like them.

"Animals?"

Several question marks popped up over Franky’s head. Why would animals attack them?

Could it be... Doflamingo had the ability to command animals?

What an impressive member of the Royal Seven Warlords of the Sea!

"Hey, what are you bastards doing?!" Nami pushed open the door on the second floor and roared, "You’re too loud!"

"Give me—"

Before she could finish her sentence, she saw several animals rush in front of her, aiming punches at her.

Seeing this, Nami’s pupils shrunk. Her body instinctively began its Elemental Transformation to avoid the attacks.

But before those guys could touch her body, a whistle sounded.

The moment the animals heard the whistle, they all ceased their attacks and jumped into the sea without a word.

At the same time... the dark clouds in the sky vanished!

Nami: ??

Wait, what’s the situation?

Just then, a man’s voice drifted from the surface of the sea, sounding extremely arrogant!

"Peto-peto-peto~"

"First time meeting you all~"

Standing atop the head of a giant Sea Lapin, Breed curled his lips and said, "I am Breed, a Pet human who ate the Pet-Pet Fruit~"

"I’ll be taking Caesar now~"

"Peto-peto-peto~"

While laughing, Breed ordered his pet to take him and dive into the water, giving Luffy and the others no chance to pursue.

"Caesar?"

Hearing Breed’s words, everyone instinctively looked toward the swing, only to find that Caesar, who was supposed to be sleeping there, had disappeared!

"Is this guy one of Doflamingo’s men?" Usopp said with a grim expression.

After being on guard for so long, they had still slipped up...

Damn Doflamingo!

"Quick, after them!" Law said excitedly. "Otherwise, our plan will be for nothing!"

Once Caesar was taken back by Doflamingo, they would lose their only bargaining chip, and it would be a total defeat!

"Don’t worry, they won’t get away!" Merry shouted.

With that, Merry activated her ability and began to steer the pirate ship to turn around, preparing to give chase.

Meiser, meanwhile, went to the side of the ship, intending to dive into the water to pursue that bastard.

However, before he could move, the pirate ship began to shake violently, as if something below was pulling it.

Feeling this change, Meiser instinctively stopped and looked down at the surface. "What kind of ghost thing is this now?"

A group of animals was... churning the sea?

"Is this the Rabbit Wave?" Law said, his face looking troubled.

"What Rabbit Wave?"

"I don’t have time to explain that now." Law turned to Merry and shouted, "Merry-ya, lift the ship quickly! We need to pursue the enemy!"

Returning to his companions’ side, Meiser looked up at the giant pirate ship in the distance and said, "There’s no need for that."

"What do you mean?"

"Because the enemy has no intention of letting us go." Meiser pointed toward the giant pirate ship that was becoming clearer. "The direction these sea currents are moving is right toward that place."

Although he wasn’t sure if the person who came to snatch Caesar was Doflamingo’s subordinate, the opponent certainly intended to catch them all in one fell swoop.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have had these animals send them over there.

"That’s quite bold," Franky said with a dark expression.

Intending to take them all out...

Did he really think they were pushovers?

"In that case, let’s go meet that guy," Luffy said, raising his head. "Merry!"

"Aye!"

Hearing Luffy’s words, Merry immediately activated her Devil Fruit Ability to lift the pirate ship, quickly chasing toward the giant pirate ship in the distance. They soon arrived above it.

"Strange."

"What is it?"

Everyone looked at Meiser in confusion. What was strange?

"There are only two human presences down there," Meiser said. "In other words, that guy named Breed came here alone with animals to snatch Caesar."

As soon as he said this, several question marks appeared over everyone’s heads.

One person?

What did that mean? Did he look down on the Straw Hat Pirates?

"Something’s not right," Law said, frowning. "This person might not be one of Doflamingo’s."

Otherwise, Doflamingo himself couldn’t possibly not be here.

"Not one of Doflamingo’s?"

Usopp asked, puzzled, "Then why attack us?"

It couldn’t be just because he had nothing better to do.

That doesn’t make sense!

"I wouldn’t know about that," Law said, shaking his head.

Perhaps the opponent had discovered something, which was why he chose to intercept them here.

"Who cares," Luffy said. "Anyway... let’s hurry and get Caesar back!"

With that, Luffy jumped down without hesitation, not caring if there were enemies below.

Seeing this made Law’s scalp tingle. Does this guy not know how to spell the word "fear"?

However, to rescue Caesar, he chose to jump down as well.

Seeing this, Merry said somewhat helplessly, "I could have sent you down..."

Why did they have to jump?

Law: ...

Jumped too early.

"You guys stay on the ship," Meiser said, scanning the surroundings. "That guy Doflamingo could show up at any time, so we need people to stay here."

Usopp’s face changed immediately upon hearing this.

He grabbed Zoro’s waist and shouted, "Zoro, you better not go!"

Zoro looked at Usopp speechlessly and said, "I didn’t plan on going anyway."

There was only one enemy on the entire ship; why would so many people need to go?

Meiser was likely going because the opponent had the ability to dive into the sea, so he chose to go check it out.

"That’s good then," Usopp said, sighing in relief.

He was really afraid that a guy like Zoro would leave without a second thought as well.

"I’ll go too."

Chopper came to Meiser’s side and said, "There’s something I’m curious about."

Although he didn’t know what Chopper was referring to, Meiser didn’t refuse his request.

After picking Chopper up, Meiser looked at Merry, signaling for her to let him down.

Merry smiled and said, "Come back soon~"

"Don’t worry," Meiser laughed.

Judging by that man’s aura, he wasn’t anyone particularly powerful, so the few of them could definitely handle him.

Then, Meiser and Chopper were sent down to the pirate ship below by Merry’s ability.

"This is..."

Looking at the dome below that looked like an aquarium, Meiser said in surprise, "There’s actually an aquarium inside this pirate ship?"

Isn’t this guy enjoying life a bit too much?

Luffy was also lying there with a look of interest, staring at the aquarium below.

"I say, is this the time to be so leisurely?" Law said with a frown. "Let’s hurry down and find the guy!"

Did these guys think they were here for a tour?

They were here to get their prisoner back, damn it!

"Law, don’t be so tense," Meiser said. "Their presences are right below, so there’s no need to worry about them running away."

Besides... even if the opponent wanted to sail away, Merry could use her ability to keep them here.

So right now, Meiser wasn’t worried at all about them escaping.

Then, ignoring Law’s reaction, Meiser turned to look for an entrance.

If possible, he didn’t really want to destroy this place.

After all... he had taken a liking to this ship!

This ship is pretty good, Meiser muttered to himself. Might as well take it.

It would be a waste to leave such a nice ship to the opponent, so he decided to accept it for himself.

Thinking of this, the corners of Meiser’s mouth began to curl up involuntarily.

Law looked at Meiser’s back with a sense of helplessness. It was true what he said, but if possible, he still hoped to get Caesar back sooner.

However, since Meiser had put it that way, Law didn’t say anything more.

"Rubber—"

"Wait, Luffy!"

Hearing Luffy’s voice, Meiser immediately turned around to stop him. "Don’t break this dome."

"Why?"

Luffy looked at Meiser in confusion. Why not break it?

Wouldn’t it be most convenient to just smash their way in?

"First, there’s seawater below," Meiser said, pointing at the water beneath. "If we just go down like that, all of us will fall into the sea."

"Secondly... I’ve taken a liking to this ship~"

As he reached the end, an excited smile appeared on Meiser’s face. "A ship with such a large aquarium is hard to come by, so I plan to take this ship for myself."

Whether he took it back to Kuja Island or sold it, it would be a good choice~

Law: ...

After all that, this guy just wanted to steal someone else’s ship. No wonder he didn’t want to break it.

Law felt a bit of pity for the guy named Breed.

It was his bad luck to have crossed the Straw Hat Pirates.

"Then let’s use my ability to go down," Law said. "My ability can easily enter the interior of this pirate ship."

Although there was a large area with seawater below, it wouldn’t affect the use of his Devil Fruit Ability.

Seeing that Law had said so, Meiser gave up his plan to continue observing his "treasure."

"Then let’s go," Meiser said, returning to their side. "Use your ability to take us down."

In a sense, Law’s Devil Fruit Ability was indeed very convenient.

This time, Law didn’t waste any more words and immediately activated his ability.

"Room!!"

"Slaughterhouse!!"

Hum—

In the next moment, an ability sphere appeared around the four of them, and then they were transported into the giant pirate ship below!!

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