But to make up for his mistake, he spoke up anyway:
"Um, Big Brother, I heard there's a guy living on a small island not too far from here."
"He calls himself a descendant of Mont Blanc Norland."
"He seems to be in this area, looking for gold to prove that Shandora existed 400 years ago."
Hearing this, Bellamy's mood indeed improved greatly, and he burst into laughter. His subordinates also joined in.
"A descendant of Norland? Are you talking about that big liar?"
"How absurd! A bunch of people still clinging to pointless dreams, aren't they just like those jerks?"
"What's this about Shandora, or Sky Island? A bunch of unrealistic fools. Let's go teach them a lesson then."
Upon hearing this, the subordinates immediately cheered and then set off from the tavern.
…
In the forest, Luffy and the others were searching for the South Bird.
However, their objective seemed to have deviated from the start.
Luffy didn't even glance at the trees, his eyes glued to the dung beetles on the ground.
His eyes full of excitement, he quickly grabbed one and showed it off in front of Nami and the others.
Nami and Sanji were so scared they both hid behind a tree.
"Hey, Luffy, hurry up and throw that thing away."
Nami chimed in.
"Yeah, that thing isn't fun at all. Hurry up and go find the South Bird!"
They searched all along, but no sign of the South Bird could be found.
Sanji lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and then looked around, trying to see if there were any prey that could serve as ingredients.
But just then, a black spider crawled onto Sanji's pants leg.
At first, Sanji didn't notice until Usopp pointed to Sanji's pants and said:
"Hey, Sanji, I didn't know you had this hobby of keeping spiders on your pants."
Hearing this, Sanji frowned slightly, then looked down at his leg. He almost jumped out of his skin and quickly flicked the black spider off.
Seeing this, a mischievous glint appeared in Usopp's eyes.
"What a surprise, so you're scared of this kind of thing, Sanji."
As he spoke, Usopp took the black spider in his hand and slowly approached Sanji.
Sanji was so scared he quickly backed away and then screamed loudly.
"Hey, hurry up and throw that thing away, if you come any closer, I'll kill you!"
The more Sanji showed his terrified expression, the more arrogant Usopp became.
With a sinister grin on his face, he walked forward step by step, but just then, a strange bird call was suddenly heard.
And then, the next second, a beehive fell directly onto Usopp's head.
At first, Usopp didn't know what it was. He casually took it down and looked at it. He almost fainted and instantly dropped the beehive and turned to run.
"Hey, everyone run, there's no time!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a swarm of bees flew towards the Straw Hat crew.
The Straw Hat crew were chased and fled in a panic.
While running, Sanji even kicked Usopp in the face.
"Hey, it's your fault, it's all your fault!"
Hearing this, Usopp immediately took out the spider to protect himself. Seeing the spider, Sanji instantly distanced himself from Usopp.
After a frantic escape, they finally managed to shake off the swarm of bees.
And then, that strange bird sound appeared again. Everyone looked around, and at this moment, Nami pointed to a large tree and shouted:
"Look, everyone, what the old man was talking about, is it that bird?"
Hearing this, everyone followed Nami's finger and looked forward. Indeed, they saw a toucan standing on a branch, hopping left and right as if mocking them.
At this moment, Chopper, imitating the South Bird, said:
"You guys think you can catch me? I'll show you how strong I am!"
Hearing Chopper's words, everyone looked at Chopper with grim expressions. Scared, Chopper quickly returned to normal.
"Um, it wasn't me, it was that bird. It said that just now."
Hearing Chopper's explanation, Luffy shook his arm and glared fiercely at the South Bird.
"Damn it, this guy actually dared to trick us!"
With that said, Luffy directly stretched out his arm to grab the big bird, but the bird merely flicked slightly and evaded Luffy's attack.
Seeing this, Luffy gritted his teeth, then extended his other hand, using both hands together, but still couldn't catch the South Bird.
Seeing this, Zoro's brow furrowed, veins popping. He then drew his Wado Ichimonji, assumed a three-sword style stance, and instantly slashed forward.
A row of large trees were cut down simultaneously, but the South Bird was unaffected.
It flew to another tree and began to hop left and right, as if mocking Zoro and Luffy's incompetence.
Seeing this, Zoro and Luffy entered a state of impotent rage and began attacking the surrounding forest.
Tree after tree fell, but the South Bird always managed to evade their attacks.
Zoro and Luffy were panting, nearly exhausted.
And at this moment, the South Bird suddenly flew to a branch above their heads and began to hop left and right.
Listening to the sounds of the bird hopping, Chopper began to translate again:
"Stop struggling, you foolish humans. There's no way you can catch me. Just turn tail and run!"
Before Chopper could finish speaking, everyone once again glared at Chopper.
However, at this moment, Chopper once again returned to his docile demeanor and quietly pointed to the South Bird, saying:
"He… he said all of that…"
Hearing this, Luffy and the others glared furiously at the South Bird. Luffy once again extended his arm, Zoro swung his sword again, and even Sanji joined the fray.
But the attacks of the three were completely ineffective. The South Bird seemed to predict their attacks, and they couldn't pinpoint its location.
The South Bird hopped around, mocking them, but then, suddenly, two arms emerged from its body and trapped it. The South Bird fell directly from the branch.
Seeing this, everyone's eyes revealed a dark gleam, making the South Bird break out in a cold sweat.
If they didn't still need the South Bird to guide them, he would have truly beaten it up.
At this moment, Luffy suggested going to catch dung beetles, but Nami stopped him.
"Hey, Luffy, stop playing around. We have to go back, otherwise, if we don't rest well tonight, we'll be delayed tomorrow morning!"
Hearing this, Luffy twisted his face and reluctantly followed Nami and the others back.
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