Chapter 264: The Straw Hat Pirates' Deep-Sea Reunion Banquet!
Protected perfectly by the bubble coating, the thousand sunny dove smoothly and lightly into the deep, azure ocean.
Sunlight from the surface pierced through layers of waves, refracting into dappled, dreamlike light and shadows.
In this tranquil underwater space, schools of colorful, giant fish swam about, while jellyfish emitting a ghostly blue glow rose and fell slowly like parachutes.
Even more strange and varied, swaying submarine plants decorated the area, making it look like a dreamlike fairy tale world.
Luffy, Usopp, and Chopper were lined up neatly, leaning against the ship's railing.
They pressed their faces tightly against the soft coating film, their eyes shining as they watched the bizarre and colorful scenery outside, occasionally letting out bursts of carefree laughter and gasps of wonder.
"Wow! So beautiful!"
Watching a colorful giant deep-sea fish swim by, Luffy was practically drooling, looking eager to give it a try.
"It looks like it should be delicious! I'm going to catch it!"
Seeing Luffy actually reaching out his hand, wanting to pass through the bubble to catch the fish, Usopp beside him was scared out of his wits.
He didn't hesitate to swing his fist, smashing it heavily onto the straw hat on Luffy's head:
"Stop it! Do you want to get everyone killed? If the coating breaks, you'll die!"
After two long and arduous years of separation and hard training, everyone was finally reunited, once again feeling the joy of adventure filled with laughter.
The kitchen door was pushed open, and Sanji walked out carrying huge, steaming platters.
This was the "Attack Cuisine" menu he had learned at the cost of his life during that hellish special training in the Kamabakka Kingdom.
As soon as the lids were lifted, an irresistible, overpowering, and rich aroma instantly filled the entire deck.
Everyone who had just been messing around couldn't help but swallow their saliva frantically.
"To our reunion in this new era, cheers!"
Everyone raised their glasses high, and accompanied by the crisp sound of clinking glasses, they all let out the most enthusiastic and joyful cheers in unison.
Everyone immediately turned into hungry wolves and started to feast.
As soon as they ate these seemingly ordinary foods, everyone clearly felt a continuous surge of abundant and thick physical energy welling up inside their bodies.
"It's a really good taste, Mr. Chef."
Robin sat in a chair, holding her glass, and gave an elegant compliment with a smile.
Hearing the praise from the goddess in his heart, Sanji's one exposed eye instantly turned into two huge red hearts.
He was so happy that he twisted into a pretzel shape, and then two exaggerated streams of nosebleed suddenly erupted from his nostrils, the powerful recoil sending him shooting into the air like a rocket.
"Bang!"
Zoro had black lines all over his face; he really couldn't stand watching this embarrassing guy anymore.
He stood up and leaped, kicking Sanji, who was in mid-air, heavily back onto the deck, and cursed coldly:
"Behave yourself! If you break the coating, I'll throw you, this perverted cook, out to feed the fish."
After the simple daily farce, Brook took out his beloved violin from his chest.
The melodious and cheerful violin music drifted across the thousand sunny; it was the pirates' most familiar banquet song, "Binks' Sake."
Amidst the lighthearted music, Franky, in order to liven up the atmosphere, reached out and pressed his metallic nose.
Accompanied by a series of mechanical clicking sounds of transformation.
His blue flat-top hairstyle instantly turned into an imposing cannon, and his broad chest flashed with colorful, dazzling lights.
This hardcore transformation display immediately drew a round of wild and adoring cheers from Luffy and Chopper.
Not to be outdone, Usopp also stood out triumphantly and took a few strange seeds out of his satchel.
He vividly demonstrated to everyone the "POP GREEN" plant projectiles he had obtained from his training on the Boin Archipelago.
Meanwhile, in the quiet and comfortable lounge area on the second floor of the thousand sunny.
Tatsuya was leaning lazily on a large beach lounge chair, enjoying the attentive service of his two beautiful girlfriends.
Robin was wearing a form-fitting dark dress, sitting elegantly beside him.
She held some freshly organized intelligence reports in her hand, smiling as she talked softly with him, sharing the shifts in power between old and new forces and the undercurrents that had occurred on the sea over the past two years.
As she spoke, Robin put down the papers in her hand.
She naturally and affectionately lay directly into Tatsuya's broad and warm embrace, finding the most comfortable position to lean against, feeling that long-lost sense of peace.
Meanwhile, Nami was wearing a cool bikini top, sitting grinning on the other side of the lounge chair.
She extended her fair, slender fingers, gently picked up a moist and juicy purple grape from the fruit platter, and slowly fed it into Tatsuya's mouth.
There were no extra words between the three; the atmosphere was harmonious, quiet, and filled with an enviable sweetness.
On the other side of the deck below, Zoro and Sanji, the two arch-rivals who usually bickered the moment they met, had rarely reached a united front at this moment.
They were flanking a strange, dark purple cloud floating in mid-air.
Sanji rested his chin on his hands, staring at the cloud with cat ears, exclaiming repeatedly:
"Oh my~ The way this cloud looks when it's angry or scared is just as cute as the beautiful Miss Nami!"
While Zoro held his arms across his chest, his brows tightly furrowed into a "river" shape.
He seemed to be pondering what this floating cotton candy was.
Being stared at intently from both sides by these two men with astonishing auras.
The naturally timid little thundercloud "Futo" was so scared that its entire cloud body shrank into a ball.
The pair of cute cat ears on top of its head drooped powerlessly, it shivered in mid-air, and let out a pitiful "meow," appearing exceptionally helpless and at a loss.
Just then, Luffy, who had been leaning against the railing watching the underwater scenery non-stop, finally turned around reluctantly.
He scanned the deck casually and immediately saw Futo, who was surrounded by Zoro and Sanji.
"Wow! What kind of magical thing is this!"
Luffy's eyes instantly turned into two big, shining stars.
He ran over like a gust of wind, opened his arms, and hugged the soft, cotton-candy-like Futo tightly in his arms, unable to help rubbing against it forcefully.
Watching their Captain's shockingly slow and exaggerated reaction.
Zoro and Sanji had black lines on their faces, and they tacitly shouted in unison, complaining:
"You guy, this thing has been floating on the ship for so long, and you only just noticed it now!"
Suddenly being hugged roughly by a complete stranger, Futo, who was already in a state of deep shock, completely freaked out.
The scarlet pinwheel at its core suddenly began to spin crazily.
On its originally soft and cute dark purple cloud body, a strong, blinding purple electric light instantly erupted.
It instinctively released violent thunder, directly electrocuting this rude guy and sending him flying.
Accompanied by a series of harsh "crackle" sounds of electric current and dazzling electric sparks.
Zoro and Sanji keenly sensed the danger and immediately, without hesitation, leaned back tactically, taking a few steps back to dodge the range of the lightning.
However, when the dazzling electric light gradually dissipated, a jaw-dropping scene appeared.
As a rubber man, Luffy was completely immune to this level of lightning damage.
Not only was he unscathed, he even felt that being electrocuted made his body feel a bit tingly and very comfortable.
Luffy was still holding Futo, laughing heartlessly on the deck:
"Hahaha, it's so ticklish, so ticklish!"
"This piece of purple cotton candy can actually discharge electricity! So much fun!"
The huge commotion caused here and Luffy's heartless laughter, which echoed throughout the entire ship, immediately attracted Usopp, Chopper, and Franky, who were still playing at the stern.
The three of them quickly stepped forward and ran over.
Looking at the little cloud with cat ears in Luffy's arms.
Their eyes shining, they all crowded forward, curiously pointing at Futo.
Franky's mechanical eyes flashed with a look of inquiry; he even wanted to study what kind of incredible structure this thing actually was.
Because of the addition of Futo as a new member, the atmosphere on the deck became even more lively.
In the second-floor lounge area, Tatsuya listened to the bursts of laughter coming from below, lowered his head, and exchanged a smile with Robin in his arms and Nami beside him.
This group of companions, who could maintain optimism no matter what desperate situation they encountered, could always bring the purest joy.
Tatsuya closed his eyes, deeply enjoying this long-lost peace and warmth.
However, crisis always lurks in the most comfortable moments.
Just as Luffy was still on the deck, kneading the hopeless Futo like dough, and everyone was gathered together laughing loudly.
The originally dreamy and bright underwater refracted light around the thousand sunny suddenly dimmed without warning.
An oppressive chill rose from the bottom of the deep sea.
Immediately after, a huge, terrifying black shadow, dozens of times larger than the thousand sunny, slowly and quietly emerged from the murky mist of the deep sea.
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