"Kuma?"
"Dofla... huh? The Great Pirate this kid is talking about, it's the Seven Warlords of the Sea Doflamingo who got sliced in half, right?"
"Who else! Don't you remember, Nami, it's the story Kuma mentioned, everything matches up!"
Everyone started talking at once.
Shano also pinched his chin, his eyes flickering.
Indeed, it all matched up.
He should have thought of it earlier.
It's just that, because Kuma told the story so briefly due to time constraints.
Plus, the name Agatha Islands was hard to remember, and several months had passed, leading to the current situation where the other party involved had to talk up to this point for him to connect the dots.
"Uh..." Qia cautiously looked at everyone, "Do you know Mr. Kuma? Is he doing well?"
"Of course we know him, don't worry, he's doing great!"
Nami interjected with a giggle, "Back then, Kuma saved you guys and was chased by Doflamingo for a long time, but fortunately ran into my brother and got rescued."
"He and his daughter are our teammates now, but they've been delayed due to some matters, otherwise, he'd be here today for a nice reunion with you!"
"Really?!"
Qia jumped up excitedly, tears glistening in his eyes, "It's such a relief that Mr. Kuma is fine! I, I was so worried that flamingo..."
"Don't worry about that kind of stuff, not only was he saved, but that flamingo got chopped in half a long time ago by my brother!"
Nami triumphantly put her hands on her hips, "It happened ages ago, now even the grass on his grave must be this—— tall!"
She spread her arms wide, drawing a huge arc, but Nojiko rolled her eyes and kicked her, it had only been a few months, it couldn't be that exaggerated!
"Huh?!"
Qia was stunned, looking incredulously at Shano, "Sh-Shano big brother... Did you really defeat that monster?"
That flamingo was a terrifying monster!
He remembered when that guy first came to their island, forcing them to hand over the Holy Artifact, with a casual wave of his hand, the warriors of their tribe suffered heavy casualties.
His grandfather, to protect the tribe, tearfully handed over the Holy Artifact, but as soon as the flamingo touched it, his face changed, and he ran without saying another word.
He never personally came again, only sending subordinates a few times after that.
Finally losing patience, he sent Kuma... fortunately, Uncle Kuma was a good person, he turned against the flamingo and started a fight for them.
"Do you even need to ask? In my brother's eyes, it was as easy as lifting a finger, let me tell you this!"
Nami got all fired up talking about this, smiling as she held up a finger:
"That Doflamingo you're afraid of had a bounty of just three hundred million, but my brother, his is over two billion, that's seven times more!"
"Two billion?!"
Qia gaped in shock, his mouth wide enough to fit an egg.
After being dazed for a moment, he suddenly realized, turning to Shano, bending his legs, and kneeling with a thud, his forehead ringing against the rock.
"Shano big brother!"
Qia trembled all over, "Even though I said earlier that one day I'd get revenge on that flamingo, I know it was just bragging!"
His eyes reddened instantly, tears streaming down uncontrollably, voice choked:
"How could I have the ability, that guy was too strong, not just me, my whole tribe thought we'd never be able to get revenge... we never imagined you'd not only save Mr. Kuma, but also personally slay that bastard..."
"I will definitely remember this! When I return, I'll let my tribe know about your kindness!"
As Qia said this, he was about to kowtow again but was stopped by Shano, who held his shoulder.
"Enough."
Shano shook his head helplessly, "A man should stand tall, don't kneel so easily, at that time I didn't even know you, killing that guy was just on a whim... but earlier you said, after flamingo touched your Holy Fruit, he got so scared he never came to your island again?"
"Yes, yes!"
Qia nodded hurriedly, "I heard from my grandfather when I was very young, the Holy Fruit holds a very scary power, without enough strong willpower, it's best not to even touch it, but no one thought, even grandfather would fall into a coma for so long..."
He looked at Shano with hope, "Shano big brother, you've seen a lot, you've got great skills, do you have any way to help my grandfather?"
"Without seeing it for myself, I can't guarantee anything."
Shano pondered for a while, shaking his head.
"However, I'm quite interested in this thing, so let's go take a look, I'll also drop you off, you've been away for so long, your tribe is probably worried sick."
He really got curious.
This thing left behind by Rocks, known as the 'Holy Fruit', indeed sounded very mysterious.
Capable of protecting an entire tribe for decades, keeping them from threats of fierce beasts and passing Sea King species;
It harbors 'power' that hasn't been extracted, just a try from Qia's grandfather led to his coma;
Even Doflamingo, a fearless madman, who broke into a sweat just hearing Kaido's name six years later, touched it personally and was too terrified to step foot on the island again...
Without figuring out what this thing is, he might not sleep well for months.