The group wandered all over Fish-Man Island and bought everything worth buying.
Elena and the others bought plenty of jewelry, necklaces, and the like. White Ghost was not interested in those things.
Unless Stella and the others wore them for him at night.
Mm. That was a different matter.
Shirahoshi had originally wanted to come along, but Otohime pulled her away. It seemed she had something to tell her.
White Ghost and the others found the clothing store owned by that starfish, and the group entered in a grand procession.
The moment they stepped inside, they saw a starfish wearing sunglasses and holding a guitar.
White Ghost could not help walking up and patting the starfish's body.
"Patrick Star, is that you?"
Papag's starfish face darkened. He turned to look at Shyarly.
"Is your man always this rude?"
Shyarly smoked calmly, her expression indifferent.
"My man is just that casual. But today, I divined that you're in trouble."
"What?!"
Papag was startled and turned to look at White Ghost, who was smiling at him.
White Ghost reached out and grabbed Papag as he tried to run.
Papag struggled and shouted,
"Shyarly, save me! We're old acquaintances, at least. Don't just watch me die!"
The corner of Shyarly's mouth lifted, revealing a small dimple.
"He's my man. Tell me, should I help you or help my man?"
Camie, who had followed them, looked as if she wanted to say something, but Shyarly shook her head and stopped her.
White Ghost held Papag in his left hand and wrapped his right arm around Shyarly's slender waist.
"You're still so considerate."
Shyarly leaned her head against his shoulder.
"That depends on who it is. Other people don't get this treatment."
Seeing the two of them being so affectionate, Papag wanted to cry.
Why was he so unlucky?
If he had known, he would rather have died than come to the shop today.
White Ghost shook him.
"Don't act like you're about to die. I came today to ask whether you want to go to the surface and become a designer there."
Papag froze, looked at him suspiciously, then turned to Shyarly.
The corner of Shyarly's mouth rose.
"This is the trouble I divined for you today."
Without waiting for him to speak, White Ghost pointed at Shiroheko and the others.
"Look. They all like the clothes you designed.
"If you were on land, you'd probably do very well too. What do you think? Want to give it a try?"
Papag fell into thought.
He was not worried about his safety.
This man did not discriminate against them. Even Shyarly was his woman.
What he was thinking about was whether he should go and try.
What if humans on land really liked his designs as much as these women did?
Shyarly was pulled away by Ain to choose clothes.
White Ghost sat down in a nearby chair and placed the starfish on the table.
Camie stepped forward, glanced carefully at that man, and whispered to Papag,
"Master Papag, I think you can come with us."
Papag looked at her in surprise.
"You're not opening the café anymore?"
Camie nodded.
"Madam Shyarly said we're all going to the surface. When the time comes, we'll open a new one there."
White Ghost was too lazy to care about their conversation.
His Observation Haki had sensed something interesting, and the corner of his mouth lifted.
…
Elsewhere, Lucci and Kaku were taking a walk together.
The two of them had followed the group down this time.
Although they had not followed that man for long, they had already been thoroughly conquered by his courage.
On the ship, they were very self-aware. They rarely moved around to explore the ship's secrets. Even when they went out, they always went out with others and never alone.
Their self-awareness made everyone on the ship quite satisfied.
After all, their backgrounds were not exactly clean.
In truth, White Ghost wanted to tell them that under his Observation Haki, he knew everything they did.
And there was also that little girl Nami's Observation Haki.
Kaku crossed his hands behind his head, looking left and right. He noticed that the people of Fish-Man Island did not seem to reject humans much.
As the two were walking, their steps suddenly stopped at the same time.
They both turned toward an alley.
There stood a person wearing a white mask, beckoning to them with a finger.
Kaku and Lucci exchanged a glance, then followed that person into the alley.
After they entered, two more people were already waiting inside.
If White Ghost's crew were here, they would definitely be surprised.
Because the two waiting there wore dog and bird masks.
The three stood in a triangle, surrounding Lucci and Kaku in the middle.
The CP agent wearing the bird mask looked at them.
"Rob Lucci. As expected of the CP agent called the strongest in eight hundred years.
"That bitter-meat scheme back then was carried out very well. The higher-ups are very satisfied."
Seeing that the two did not speak, the bird-masked man continued,
"In order to place spies aboard that group's ship, the World Government has lost who knows how many CP agents.
"We didn't expect you to use this method to infiltrate them. Well done. It seems Spandam's brain isn't completely useless."
Hearing this, Lucci and Kaku's eyes moved slightly, but they still said nothing.
The bird-masked man frowned beneath his mask.
What was wrong with these two?
The man wearing the dog mask spoke from the side.
"Your successful infiltration has satisfied the higher-ups. Now tell us what information you've gathered."
Seeing the two remain unmoving, their faces cold, the dog-masked CP agent's tone became unfriendly.
"Don't forget your identities."
Flutter, flutter.
The pigeon on Lucci's shoulder flew to the roof nearby.
The next second, Lucci transformed into his beast form instantly and punched the bird-masked man.
Kaku also drew his twin swords and slashed at the two people beside him.
Bang!
Lucci's hand was caught by the bird-masked man.
"Rob Lucci, are you betraying the World Government?"
Kaku's twin swords were also caught by the other two.
Lucci spoke calmly.
"From the moment we were wanted, we were no longer people of the World Government."
After saying that, he suddenly exerted force and broke free from the man's grip.
Bang, bang, bang!
The five began fighting chaotically in the alley.
Before long, Lucci and Kaku began falling into a disadvantage.
They had yet to comprehend Haki, and their opponents were three CP0 agents.
Bang!
Lucci was sent flying by one punch.
Kaku's twin swords were crushed by his opponent's Haki, and he took a punch to the chest.
The three CP0 agents looked coldly at the two of them.
"Since you chose to betray the World Government, die here. CP does not allow disgrace to exist."
Kaku looked at the broken swords in his hands.
"Haki, huh? It really is troublesome."
Lucci said nothing.
His beast-like eyes only stared fixedly at the bird-masked man.
The dog-masked man's voice was cold.
"End this quickly. If the commotion gets too big, we'll attract them."
The other two nodded.
Two people who had not even mastered Haki were nothing to them.
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