Pirates: The wages are in place and the Yonko will be kicked out.

The reason why Nami thought of the legend that a mermaid princess who can communicate with the sea king appears only every 800 years was not just because this legend was similar to the legend of the Aska witch. In fact, when Porusalino told her about Shirahoshi's situation, he once said this -

"It is known that the legendary mermaid princess has a unique and unique power and appears once every 800 years. So, what would happen if cloning technology was used to clone hundreds or thousands of identical mermaid princesses?"

If he had asked Porusalino before he traveled through the world, he would have received a unanimous answer - "Discharge!"

After all, the nature of his question is a bit like "wishing on a magic lamp can grant countless wishes". A normal person would never think of it, and it is so messy and confusing.

But to be honest, Porusalino didn't say this just to amuse him, but he had seriously thought about it - the nature of Devil Fruit's ability is an idea of ​​the possibility of human evolution by the scientists of the huge kingdom; different devils The difference and uniqueness of fruit abilities are also based on the unique and unique bloodline factor sequence.

Therefore, will the power of the special mermaid princess that only appears once every 800 years be answered from a scientific perspective, referring to the unique blood factor sequence that will be manifested after every 800 years of stable inheritance?

It's like some special genetic diseases that are "inherited from x generations", except that the power of the special mermaid princess is of a good type.

Following this logic, Nami felt that the situation of Aska Miko was probably the same, and it could be explained by science!

Therefore, as a descendant of a miko, Maya must sacrifice something, that is not the case at all!

Even if time is tight, tonight is the night of the full moon when everything will be revealed. Nami can still bring Porusalino over - wasn't the previous Seven Star Sword destroyed by Porusalino?

So what if you are resurrected again? The invincible General Kizaru must have a solution!

Of course, no matter what, Nami is also thinking of ideas - within an hour, if she can't think of a way within an hour, she will give up!

But at this moment——

Boom boom boom boom boom… The surrounding ground suddenly shook.

"What's that sound about?"

Nami and everyone else looked around uneasily.

"Could it be a sign that Saka's plan has begun?!"

"It's still early for the moon to come out."

When Franky was answering Chopper's question - click!

I saw the ground in front of the altar suddenly cracked, and then the stone flew into the sky as if it exploded.

What followed was a large water column gushing out...

"what happened?!"

"Wow--!"

While everyone was screaming, two figures appeared in the water column.

"Ha ha!"

"Hahaha!"

The two people who were thrown to the ground spat at the same time and relaxed immediately.

"You kid! There's really nothing I can do to you! What on earth did you do? Luffy! How many traps do you have to hit before you're done!?"

"I'm sorry...wahahaha!"

"Luffy! Sanji!"

Chopper shouted loudly.

"Oh! It's everyone! Long time no see!"

Luffy sat up from the ground and made a greeting gesture to everyone.

"Long time no see! What the hell are you two doing? Why did you appear from here?!"

Franky asked dumbfounded.

"You're making us very worried! You two bastards!"

Chopper quickly ran to the two people.

"Sorry, sorry."

"Finally... I can see Miss Nami... Phew..."

Sanji pretended to be tired very exaggeratedly, and wanted to pounce at Nami, but the latter nimbly dodged it and almost fell to the ground.

"you are not……"

Maya thought of the pirate wearing sunglasses who suddenly shouted from the lake yesterday when she was performing the water purification ceremony.

"Ah! Are you here?"

Luffy also saw Maya.

"This is the village where Miss Maya lives."

"Maya? Is your name Maya?"

"Um……"

Facing Luffy's completely unfamiliar attitude, Maya felt a little uncomfortable, but what made her even more uncomfortable was a strange creature with loving eyes and twisting like noodles:

"So your name is Maya! Beautiful lady~~~I am..."

boom!

Nami's iron fist hit Sanji hard on the head: "Be more serious! Don't scare people!"

"My name is Sanji."

"I'm Luffy."

Seeing that both of them had introduced themselves to Maya, Nami asked these two uneasy and unknown guys: "What the hell are you two doing!"

"It's a long story... We arrived in a cave, and then, it was a very, very long cave! Since yesterday, Sanji and I have been walking around in there, and finally..."

"Aren't you just lost?"

"That's right!"

"Don't look so proud! Besides, you guys can still have so much fun during this extraordinary period!"

"Who, who had fun?!"

"Miss Nami, the situation here is indeed very dangerous!"

Luffy and Sanji stood up side by side.

"We almost lost our lives! Right, Sanji?!"

"Well... Luffy fought against a naval master named Saka. That guy was very strong and had weird fighting abilities. Although Luffy took it seriously, he was still knocked off the cliff by the opponent!"

Sanji said truthfully.

"That's right! But I will never lose again next time!"

Nami and others suddenly became interested in what the two said.

"So, did you go to the Navy Dojo and get together with that guy named Saka..."

After listening to Luffy and Sanji talking about their previous experiences in front of them, Nami and others also told them what happened on their side, and everyone on both sides looked surprised.

"The sword that guy is holding is what you call the Seven-Star Sword, right? It really feels like it is no ordinary sword. It always emits a very strange light when it flicks. It makes people feel very uncomfortable. It feels like if it touches That’s incredible.”

Luffy waved his arms back and forth, describing the demonic energy he felt from the Seven Star Sword.

"Did that guy with the green algae head leave just to fulfill the agreement with Saka?"

Sanji suddenly raised his head, "But...Miss Maya, are you really...going to be that victim?"

"This is the fate of those of us who have inherited the bloodline of the Aska Miko."

The old woman said to Sanji using the same lines she said to Nami and others.

"Just wait a minute!"

Luffy said to Maya as he stood up.

"What's wrong?"

"You guys wait for me for a moment, I'll be back as soon as I can."

"Where are you going, Luffy!"

Nami wanted to call him back.

"You should have told me earlier! Can't we just kill that perverted swordsman with one punch? I will never lose again this time!"

"Stop!"

"Um?"

Luffy turned back to look at the old woman.

"Even if you can defeat Saka, the evil power will still be attached to other people, just like the Seven Star Sword can be resurrected! This young man wearing glasses! Sometimes power is not enough."

"You won't know the result if you don't try this kind of thing, old lady!"

"What I know now is, Luffy, you, a super road nut, will never find the Marine Dojo safely again."

"Ah! What you said makes sense, Sanji. If we fall into any cave again, we will be in trouble again."

Chopper also nodded.

"what are you saying?!"

Luffy seemed completely unacceptable.

"Everyone - forget it."

Maya finally took a stand.

"How can you just forget it?!"

Luffy still couldn't agree with this attitude at all.

"I'm also afraid of dying! But...everything is caused by me!"

"What did you say?"

"Half a year ago, the reason why Saka accepted the power of evil was to protect me! If, if I weren't around, Saka would never have gone to that castle... Saka became the one for me. Isn’t it my fault that I’m like this now?”

Maya kept blaming herself, and big tears filled her eyes.

"You still like that guy named Saka very much, right? Miss Maya?"

Sanji was also moved to tears.

"But if I hadn't met you, Saka wouldn't be much more cheerful."

"Miss Nami...?"

"Isn't it because of your presence that Saka can bounce back from the depression of losing an arm? Is that right? You still changed him, right? He didn't save you just to save you. ! That’s right! It’s precisely because he cares about you so much that he would risk his life to protect you, right?”

"..."

"If it weren't for you, Saka wouldn't have fallen in love with you."

"That's right! So this time, I will risk my life to save that person! Not just for Saka, but also for everyone in this village! To protect my favorite island!"

Maya finally revealed all her inner thoughts.

past--

There was a person who tried her best to protect the village and the people she loved. Even though she was having a hard time, she never complained or gave up. In Nami's mind, the person who raised her up like her own child flashed through her mind. Motherly Bellemere.

And what Maya said also made people around her. Especially Luffy and the others understand the determination very well.

but--

That person who is loved and alive must be sad, right?

Nami also knew how sad and sad she was.

"Miss Maya...wu——!"

Lux unabashedly sheds a man's tears.

"So I said it before! How will you know if you don't try it?!"

Luffy suddenly took a step forward, and something fell from his shirt to the ground.

Everyone present was suddenly speechless.

"how come?!"

"This, this is..."

"Wow--!"

Everyone gathered around Luffy.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Luffy was the only one, looking puzzledly at his friends who seemed to have seen something incredible all of a sudden.

"Isn't this the stolen orb?!"

The old woman said with a trembling voice.

"Mother-in-law!"

"And there are three of them!"

Lux and Maya also cheered.

"Where on earth did you find these things?!"

The old woman asked Luffy.

"This is the trophy I brought back from the cave! Do you think you have any use for it, mother-in-law?"

Luffy picked up the three orbs.

"Of course it works. But why are these things deep in the cave?"

The old woman didn't seem to know that the dry well in the Marine Dojo was connected to the cave where Luffy and the others were lost in. She just kept shaking her head there.

"Mother-in-law, this way the ceremony can be carried out."

Maya suddenly became happy and said to her grandmother.

"Um!"

"In other words, Maya doesn't have to sacrifice herself?!"

"Will Maya survive?!"

Sanji and Chopper also cheered.

"However, Saka and the others will not let down their guard. If they want to use these orbs to forcefully perform the ceremony, I am afraid they will have to pay a lot of sacrifices this time."

"Sure enough, I still need to risk my life to do it."

Maya, who was fully aware, had a smile on her lips.

"You still believe in Saka, right?"

Luffy handed the three orbs to Maya.

"..."

"Then, just believe him from beginning to end! If you have the consciousness to risk your life, then there is nothing you can't do!"

"Um!"

Maya took the orb.

"And you have us on your side!"

"Yes, our group is here too."

"Just, leave it to us!"

"Maya, we're going to do our best!"

Luffy, Franky, Nami, Chopper, and Sanji all smiled at Maya, who was determined.

"You guys..."

The old woman and Lux ​​expressed their gratitude to these foreign pirates from the bottom of their hearts.

"Everyone... then it's up to you! Thank you, Luffy!"

Maya, holding three orbs in her arms, bowed to Luffy and others.

“But then again, what are we guys supposed to do well?”

Luffy blinked his eyes, which shone with a stupid color called clear.