The Straw Hats were sailing peacefully, finally heading towards Alabasta.
And in the storage room were Usopp and Nami talking, while Chopper rested off to the side and Elegg was focused on doing something strange.
"So you want a weapon?" Usopp said.
"Yes! A new weapon for me! I know I'm not a real fighter, although I do have a good sense of style... and besides, I'm cute..." Nami said.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Usopp said, not understanding her.
"I just want a weapon strong enough so I won't be a burden to the others. Especially for the battle that's coming... For Vivi's sake... I want to be able to fight with my own hands too! You, of all people, can understand how I feel, right, Usopp?" Nami said.
"...But you know, it won't be long before we reach Alabasta." Usopp reminded her.
"Oh... Yeah, I guess you can't expect to get stronger that easily..." Nami stood up and got ready to leave. "Sorry for asking..."
"Wait a second!" Usopp said, stopping her. "Are you implying that there is a task in this world that is beyond me? Impossible even for the great Usopp...?"
"Then you'll make one for me! Thank you so much, Usopp! I love you!"
"Well, that will cost for the materials." Usopp said, trying to agree on a price for the weapon.
"Thank you so, so much!" Nami said, ignoring that.
"Hey... weapons aren't free, you know..."
"Then I'll leave it to you!"
Nami quickly left the storage room, leaving Usopp behind.
"Always the same with her" Usopp said.
"And is she going to want a weapon like this?" Elegg asked, showing a giant cannon.
"I-I don't think she'll be able to use something like that" Usopp said. "Wait, what are you going to do with that?"
"It's just a part for the Boomstick prototype, it's still a long way from being complete" Elegg said, showing him other parts of the weapon, which looked like it was going to be bigger than she was.
"And what will that weapon do?" Usopp asked.
"It will fire a total of 300 bullets with the power to split the Going Merry in half! It will also have two modules that will make it switch between a rapid model causing it to fire all 300 bullets in 10 seconds, and another that electrifies the bullets to give it a little extra stun!" Elegg explained while passing each part of the weapon to Usopp.
'How scary' Usopp thought while holding the weapon in his hand.
"Although there might still be problems since the material is very fragile, because when it starts firing, Boomstick could overheat and explode! Or suddenly exploding could also happen!" Elegg told him.
"T-They can explode?" Usopp asked, scared.
"Not right now, they need to be connected to the battery" Elegg said, showing a cylinder that lit up every so often.
"That's good" Usopp said.
"Yeah, plus it's relatively safe"
Elegg gave it a small tap, causing the battery to turn off for a moment and then start glowing intensely, so they looked at each other and quickly ran out of the storage room, grabbing Chopper, who was still sleeping.
They hid behind the mast while Chopper woke up.
"What happened?" Chopper asked, still half asleep.
"Shhhh, so we don't get caught if something explodes" Elegg said, trying to silence Chopper.
"You said the parts could explode, not that battery!!" Usopp yelled at her in a whisper.
"Yeah, but I never thought it would do that! It's still a prototype I stole from my master!" Elegg told Usopp.
"You stole it?! You don't even know if it works?!" Usopp yelled at her.
"What's wrong? Why are we hiding?" Chopper asked, not knowing what was happening.
"I'm asking myself the same thing, what are you guys doing there?" Oliver asked, looking at them in confusion.
"Nothing at all" Elegg told him.
Oliver stared intently at the three of them.
"I guess that's true. Well, I'm going to the bathroom" Oliver said.
"Wait!"
Elegg grabbed him by the arm so he wouldn't move forward.
"And why...?"
"I-It's just that.... How about today instead of going to the bathroom, you go to the sea?"
"The sea?"
"Yes, the sea"
"How about you tell me what the hell is going on here?"
"Well..."
Elegg began to explain everything about Boomstick, the parts she already had made, how she had to assemble it, and what it could do.
"Okay, okay, I understand what you're doing, but what does that have to do with you guys hiding here?" Oliver asked her.
"Ah... that's because I have a battery to be able to recharge Boomstick that could explode at any moment" Elegg told him with a smile.
"What?" Oliver said.
"I said there's a battery that could explode"
"B-But... I'll take care of that"
Oliver went straight to the storage room, where an intense scream of pain could be heard, making Usopp and Chopper hide.
"I remember now. When it starts to glow, it's because it's reaching the maximum amount of electricity it can store, and if you touch it without gloves, you get electrocuted" Elegg said while Oliver's screams could still be heard.
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The next day everything was back on track with everyone doing their daily routine.
"There is no doubt. The ship is heading to Alabasta." Nami said, looking at the Eternal Pose, which made Vivi happy.
"I will arrive very soon..." Vivi told herself internally, thinking about her kingdom.
"Luffy, do you know what happened to the food?" Sanji asked him.
"No, you're wrong. I don't know anything about that. Not at all. Not me" Luffy said, sweating and looking away, denying everything.
"Hey, why are you looking away? Let me ask you something. How is it possible that the food for 10 people disappeared so quickly?" Sanji asked him, grabbing Luffy's face. "Resistance is futile. You'd be a bad Poker player. Hey, there's something around your mouth"
"Shit, leftovers?!" Luffy said, wiping his mouth.
"IT WAS YOU!!" Sanji yelled angrily, kicking him in the face.
On a railing of the ship were Usopp, Chopper, and Karoo, also eating food while they were fishing.
"Oh, Nami-san. Can you believe what that idiot has done? We must buy a fridge with a padlock!"
"I'll think about it. Our lives depend on it... probably"
Nami saw them and hit them too for eating the food.
"Maybe a refrigerator with a padlock is necessary. I don't think it's good that the food always has to be hidden from some of them" Oliver said, finishing his exercises.
"How much food do you have left?" Sanji asked him.
"For normal people, maybe like 10 days at most, with Luffy 5 days" Oliver said, stretching.
Usopp, Chopper, and Karoo were still passed out due to the beating Nami gave them, while Zoro was sleeping, so Vivi decided to explain a few things she hadn't told them until that moment.
"A hero? Crocodile is a hero in Alabasta?" Nami said.
"Basically, the Shichibukai are pirates who work for the World Government. Whether the Shichibukai kill pirates for their treasure or the Marines do it in the name of justice, the people's gratitude doesn't change. After all, those who attack their towns are driven away" Vivi said.
"I see, so the people would never dream that the hero of Alabasta is the one trying to destroy their country" Sanji said.
"A Shichibukai. How complicated" Elegg said.
Just then Usopp, Chopper, and Karoo started waking up.
"Whatever, I just have to kick that guy's ass, right?" Luffy said confidently, throwing a punch in the air.
"Yes. If we can stop the rebellion and drive out Baroque Works, my country will be saved" Vivi said.
"Stop, stop, stop! I have a question. How does Baroque Works work on the inside? Mr. 5 and Miss Valentine, it's very confusing" Usopp asked.
Zoro, upon hearing that, woke up to listen.
"The system is simple. At the very top is Crocodile, Mr. 0"
And she began to explain.
"The system is simple, at the very top is Crocodile who goes by the code name Mr. 0. There are 13 agents who report directly to him. They all have code names. The men are numbers, the women are days. Each man is paired with an equally lethal woman. Mr. 13 and Miss Friday are special, as they serve as the executioners who punish those who fail their missions. The agents from Mr. 5 and up are chief officers, many of them have Devil Fruit powers. They do not act unless they are very important missions. After them come the frontier agents, they act as the leaders of the unranked agents called 'millions' and their job is to get loot for the company at the entrance of the Grand Line. That is the criminal organization known as Baroque Works." She finished her summary of how the whole organization works.
"Oh, I get it now! So all I have to do is kick Crocodile's ass, right?!" Luffy said with a smile.
"You didn't understand a single word, did you?" Sanji said to him.
"Then that means... that if Baroque Works' plan is to take over the kingdom of Alabasta... Then! All the officers must all be..." Nami said, being interrupted by Vivi.
"Yes... together in Alabasta." Vivi finished what Nami was going to say.
'Then we are close now'
[Mission: Help take down Baroque Works]
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[Remaining: 10/21]
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