Wasted Ship Island.
Amidst the small mountains piled up from discarded ship parts, a blue-haired teenager, wearing a floral shirt on his upper body and only blue briefs below, was fiddling with a strangely shaped long-barreled cannon.
"Franky Cannon, fire!"
As the blue-haired teenager finished howling, he immediately pulled the fuse in his hand.
Boom!
Propelled by gunpowder, the cannonball instantly shot out of the barrel, flying towards the distance...
Just then, a fast sailboat, driven by the wind, rushed out from the coast of Water Seven.
The cannonball directly hit the sailboat's main mast, causing the mast to be smashed in the middle, breaking into two halves and slowly falling down.
Sandersonia, who was sitting on the mast, was suddenly subjected to this change, and she immediately cried out in surprise:
"This... hey hey hey!"
Seeing this, Sephiroth quickly ran towards the green-haired girl, wanting to catch her with his hands.
However...
In his eyes, the girl's perky butt, wearing green panties under her green short skirt, grew larger and larger, falling towards his face.
At this moment, it was too late for Sephiroth to dodge...
Bang—!
Sandersonia directly straddled Sephiroth's face, assuming a duck-sitting posture.
He had no time to consider how ambiguous this posture was. Under the impact of this weight of over seventy pounds, his neck even made a "crack!" sound of bone fracture, causing him to temporarily lose consciousness.
However, under the powerful regenerative ability of the Vampire Fruit, in just a few seconds, Sephiroth's fractured neck bone was perfectly repaired.
Marigold quickly let go of the ship's rudder and ran to the railing, looking down. She said with concern:
"Sandersonia, are you alright?"
Hearing this, the green-haired girl had a playful expression and scratched her head:
"Ah! I'm fine, not injured."
Sephiroth, who was pinned beneath the girl, raised his hand and patted her buttock. He said in a muffled voice, slightly helpless:
"Mmm~! It's good that you're alright, but... can you please stand up first... I'm suffocating..."
"Oh! Sorry, sorry!"
Sandersonia realized belatedly. She stood up with an embarrassed expression and took two steps back.
"Sephiroth, are you alright?"
The silver-haired teenager stood up from the deck and twisted his neck, making "crack!" "crack!" sounds.
On the other side, on Wasted Ship Island.
Iceberg, who had purple hair and was wearing a brown T-shirt and white jeans, grabbed the blue-haired teenager by the collar.
He pointed at the sailboat with the broken mast on the sea and roared loudly:
"Damn Franky!
You actually made such a dangerous thing again!
Now look what happened?
You finally caused trouble!"
"It wasn't on purpose. Who told that ship to suddenly appear!"
Franky knew he had caused trouble and was a bit flustered, but when facing his senior, Iceberg, he still instinctively talked back.
"Hahaha! Franky, taking responsibility for your actions, that's what a true man does!"
The person speaking was a bull-horned Fishman over three meters tall with a large build.
At this moment, he was effortlessly carrying a steam locomotive on his shoulder.
His name was Tom, and he was the master of Franky and Iceberg.
He was also the shipwright who built the Oro Jackson for Pirate King Roger.
"I understand, Mr. Tom."
Franky replied with an impatient expression.
He was abandoned by his parents when he was ten years old and was adopted by the shipwright Tom. Therefore, this bull-horned Fishman was like both a teacher and a father to him.
Generally speaking, as long as Tom spoke, Franky would follow through.
After a moment, the fast sailboat, propelled by the current, slowly docked at Wasted Ship Island.
"Hey! Which guy did something so dangerous?"
Sephiroth jumped off the ship's deck onto the ground. With an unhappy expression, he scanned the three people standing on the shore one by one.
Finally, his gaze fell on the blue-haired teenager.
Franky, that guy, was quite straightforward. He immediately bowed deeply to Sephiroth.
"I'm sorry, the cannonball was shot by me. Punish or fine me however you want, I will also fix the ship for you!"
"Oh? You said that, huh!"
Sephiroth grinned hideously, clenching his right fist until it made a "crack!" sound.
If he hadn't eaten the Vampire Fruit and had astonishing recovery power, the impact from Sandersonia just now would have likely kept him in bed for a long time.
Although he wasn't a petty person, he wasn't particularly forgiving either.
Therefore, he decided to teach Franky a lesson.
Seeing Sephiroth's actions, Franky gritted his teeth and did not back down. He still shouted loudly:
"That's right, bring it on!"
"Alright, tough enough! I admire you!"
The moment Sephiroth's voice fell, he fiercely swung his fist and heavily smashed Franky in the face, causing the latter's nose to bleed profusely and his entire body to be sent flying backward for over a meter.
"Now, we're even!"
After speaking, Sephiroth shook his slightly aching right hand. He couldn't help but mutter inwardly:
Damn! Franky's face is really hard. It seems he hasn't undergone human modification yet, right?
Seeing that the conflict between the two sides was finally over, the shipwright Tom immediately burst into laughter:
"Hahaha...! Young man, don't worry! We will definitely fix your ship as soon as possible."
"This ship... I want to trouble you to help me dismantle it."
Before Tom could speak, Franky, who had stood up while covering his bleeding and fractured nose, was a bit unhappy. He widened his eyes and said in a muffled voice:
"Ah!? Then that punch I took was for nothing?"
Looking at the wolf-headed figurehead, Mr. Tom scratched his head, a little puzzled:
"This ship looks familiar!"
"The Captain of this ship seems to be a guy named Peter, right? They came here to repair their ship a while ago," Iceberg reminded.
"Oh! Right, that guy..."
"You know those guys?"
Sephiroth took half a step back, a vigilant expression appearing on his face.
Hearing this, the three girls who had just jumped off the ship instinctively put their hands on the Sabers hanging at their waists, ready to draw them at any moment.
"Hahaha...! It seems you have a grudge with those guys?
Don't worry! Although I repaired their ship, I am not associated with them."
"Those guys wanted to capture us and sell us as slaves," Sephiroth said coldly.
Hearing this, Mr. Tom's laughter suddenly stopped, and his tone gradually became serious, even carrying a hint of disgust.
"Slaves? That is truly unforgivable!"
In the One Piece World, if there is one race that hates the slave trade the most, it is the Fishman and Merfolk races.
Since most Fishmen and Merfolk live in Fish-Man Island, ten thousand meters below the sea, they rarely appear on land.
Therefore, due to their rarity, Merfolk and Fishmen are highly sought after races in the slave trade, practically in short supply.
Sephiroth carefully examined Mr. Tom with his eyes. He felt that the other party was not lying, and moreover...
He analyzed based on the plot of the original One Piece story that Tom was not someone who was very good at hiding his emotions.
But...
Sephiroth still cautiously probed:
"Yes! Those guys were indeed unforgivable, so I threw them all into the sea to feed the fish."
Hearing this, Mr. Tom immediately burst into laughter:
"Hahaha! Young brother, well done!"
Finally, after some discussion, both sides reached an agreement.
This fast sailboat would be dismantled by the Tom Shipwright Company, and the resulting parts, as well as the two animals on board, would serve as payment for the three people's labor.
As for the valuable belongings on the ship...
The four of them turned the entire fast sailboat upside down and only managed to find a meager four hundred sixty-three thousand eight hundred Berries!
Nine people with only four hundred sixty thousand Berries, averaged out, that's just over fifty thousand Berries per person, barely enough for a normal person's monthly expenses...
A bunch of poor guys!
The four of them divided the money, each getting over one hundred eleven thousand Berries, which was considered compensation from those slave traders...