East Blue, above the rippling blue sea.
The weather was clear, the breeze was gentle and pleasant, and seagulls chirped as they flew over the shimmering sea.
Above this sea, a luxurious ship, not small in size, was cutting through the waves.
This was a luxury merchant ship traveling from Goa Kingdom to the Kingdom of Corida.
Inside the ship, a few minutes ago.
There was a constant clinking of glasses, and merchants and dignitaries from various social strata, dressed in vibrant clothes, held wine glasses and chatted leisurely, their laughter and joy making it very lively.
But now, it was almost empty.
The originally bustling hall was already deserted.
The reason, of course, was the ship docked next to this merchant ship, with a swan-like bow and a pirate flag adorned with a heart symbol.
That was the ship of the Great Pirate, Iron Mace Alvida, who had a bounty of five million berries.
In the East Blue, where the average bounty was no more than three million berries, Iron Mace Alvida could already be considered a terrifying villain.
At this moment, this ruthless Great Pirate, along with her main subordinates, had taken control of the wealthy dignitaries on the ship, intending to thoroughly search the ship for cargo and treasures.
Other smaller pirates were scattered throughout the ship, looking for any stragglers who might be hiding.
Just in a secluded small room on the ship?
"Yo, such a big wine barrel, it's my first time seeing one. Coward Koby actually found something good."
Three pirates, one dark-skinned, one tall, and one fat, who clearly looked like classic small-time goons, taunted him relentlessly while blocking the wine barrel.
"We're all thirsty too!"
The dark-skinned pirate directly swung his fist, preparing to open the barrel lid and drink to his heart's content.
"That..."
The soft-footed boy with pink hair, a pudgy build, and thick glasses, who was called a coward, instinctively shrank his head and cautiously said, "This is our haul, isn't it? If we dispose of it privately, Miss Alvida will be angry if she finds out."
"Won't she know if we don't tell her?"
The other tall and fat pirates impatiently waved their hands as if swatting flies, "Go away, go away, stop nagging here!"
And just as their voices faded?
Bang!
The sound of a wooden barrel lid shattering suddenly rang out!
However, this was not the sound made by the dark-skinned pirate, but rather the wine barrel bursting open from the inside!
And a very elastic fist stretched out from inside, striking the dark-skinned pirate directly in the face, sending him flying!
"That was a good sleep!"
An exceptionally comfortable, carefree, and very clear and optimistic voice echoed in this space.
A boy wearing a red vest, blue capri jeans, and straw sandals emerged from inside.
He had short black hair, his eyes were squinted, his lips were turned up, and he exuded the demeanor of a sunny boy.
And his most obvious feature was the seemingly ordinary and unremarkable straw hat he wore on his head.
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
After he seemed to wake up and stretched, he finally had time to survey his surroundings.
"Who are you guys?"
He looked at the dumbfounded tall and fat pirate goons in front of him with a puzzled expression.
"Who are you?!"
The two pirates, hearing the straw hat boy say this, immediately transformed into fanged caricatures and complained.
"That person will catch a cold sleeping there."
The straw hat boy pointed to the dark-skinned pirate who had been knocked unconscious on the ground by his punch, kindly reminding them.
"You're the one who caused all this, aren't you?!"
The two pirates looked as if they wanted to stab him to death.
Crack.
The tall pirate directly held his sword across the straw hat boy's front.
The two pirates angrily shouted, "You bastard, you knew we were pirates, so you deliberately caused trouble, didn't you...?"
However, before they could finish speaking, the straw hat boy had already arrived in front of the frightened and scared pink-haired Koby.
And he very familiarly asked for food: "I'm hungry, do you have anything to eat?"
"Listen when people are talking!"
"You brat!"
The two pirates bared their teeth in extreme anger, raising their swords high in their hands.
"Die!"
"Hmm?"
Hearing the commotion, the straw hat boy finally turned his head, his eyes instantly becoming normal.
And the coward Koby immediately squatted down and hugged his head, acting like an ostrich.
Just as those two swords were about to fall?
Bang!
Again, the sound of something breaking rang out!
Only this time it wasn't from inside the room, but from above.
"Huh?!"
The straw hat boy first looked up at the ceiling, which had a large hole smashed in it.
Then he looked at the two pirates who had already been knocked to the ground in front of him, and the figure who had suddenly fallen from the sky and knocked them down.
(
He crossed his arms, tilted his head, and three question marks involuntarily appeared on the straw hat boy's forehead.
"Where am I?"
Link opened his eyes in a daze, his vision still blurry.
"I remember I was organizing the Item Compendium... How did I suddenly lose consciousness?"
He tried hard to recall everything that had happened before.