Chapter 118 Animal Language
Early the next morning, Smoker and his group set out.
Smoker, disliking the crowd and feeling annoyed, had Pell send his subordinates ahead, while he accompanied Smoker alone.
The three of them, cloaked in robes, rode camels through the desert.
As they passed an oasis, the cry of an eagle suddenly rang out.
Pell: "What's that?!"
Smoker looked up at the sky: "Aha, I knew this guy would be impatient!"
Sanai also laughed: "He must be itching to go..."
It was Griffin flying towards them. It knocked Smoker and Sanai over and began chirping loudly.
Smoker patted its head.
"Alright, alright, don't be upset. We didn't leave you behind on purpose."
"You're too big to stay in town. We came to find you as soon as we were finished..."
"Smoker-sama..." Pell interrupted Smoker: "That... what it's saying is..."
"Uh... okay, my mistake."
Smoker looked embarrassed, but then suddenly realized.
"Pell, you can understand what he's saying?!"
Pell nodded.
"Since eating the fruit, I can understand the cries of falcons."
Smoker was surprised: "That's amazing?!"
"Yes... it's not just me. My companion, who ate the Inu Inu Fruit, Jackal Form, can communicate with the jackals in the desert."
"So, you're saying that Zoan-type users can communicate with their corresponding animal types?!"
"That's right!!"
Smoker suddenly understood. He didn't have many Zoan-type users in his crew and hadn't paid attention. But thinking about it, it made sense.
Chopper, who ate the Hito Hito Fruit, can communicate with humans.
Similarly, Morgans, who ate the Tori Tori Fruit, Albatross Form, can communicate with albatrosses.
Bian, the captain of the Tontatta Corps Flying Unit "Bee," can control wasps because she ate the Mushi Mushi Fruit, Hornet Form.
[It seems there's another development direction for Zoan-type users...]
The three of them and the eagle hurried on, soon reaching the banks of the Sandora River.
Looking at the vast river that stretched to the horizon, Smoker couldn't help but admire: "It's truly magnificent!"
Pell stepped forward and said: "That's right. The Sandora River is the mother river of Alabasta, and its lifeline for shipping, nourishing several cities and hundreds of oases along its course. The flow used to be much greater, but due to drought in the past two years, the flow has decreased significantly. The place we're standing now used to be the riverbed..."
(In the original work, this river is 50 kilometers wide, clearly a bug. Changed to a few kilometers wide.)
"Up to here?!" Smoker looked down. There was still nearly a hundred meters from where he was standing to the riverbank.
In other words, the river has shrunk by hundreds of meters.
"Is the drought here this severe? Has this happened before?"
[Is Crocodile making his move this early?]
"There have been droughts before, but they didn't last this long."
Smoker nodded.
"After all, Alabasta is an ancient civilization, and its living environment shouldn't be this harsh!"
"I wonder if Crocodile is behind this..."
"Logically, it shouldn't be,"
"Baroque Works is still in its early stages. Even if he overthrows the royal family, it's not his turn to rule."
"Oh well, let's see what happens..."
Smoker and the others walked to the riverbank.
Suddenly, several round green heads popped out of the water.
Pell was startled: "Oh no!!"
Sanai: "What's wrong?!"
"I forgot, this is the territory of the Kung Fu Dugongs!!"
"Kung Fu Dugongs?!"
Smoker naturally knew about the Kung Fu Dugongs.
"They are a group of dugongs with turtle shells and helmets, cute and loyal,"
"but they are also kung fu enthusiasts who love to challenge opponents, and they are very fierce and cute."
After hearing Pell's introduction, Sanai was eager to try and threw down his spear for a one-on-one fight.
Smoker wanted to dissuade him, but seeing this, he also wanted to watch the excitement.
Sanai and the Kung Fu Dugongs charged at each other, and they fought fiercely,
In the end, Sanai won by a narrow margin.
"Hahahaha, I won!"
Sanai, panting, gave a "yeah."
Just as he was about to rest, the Kung Fu Dugongs suddenly pounced on him, hugging his legs and rubbing against them...
Pell: "If the Kung Fu Dugongs lose, they will pester their opponents to become their masters..."
"What?! Why didn't you say so earlier?!"
Sanai tried desperately to break free, but the Kung Fu Dugongs all pounced on him, piling on top of him and begging to become his disciples.
In the end, Smoker stepped in and gave the Kung Fu Dugongs detailed diagrams of the Black Dragon Eighteen Techniques from his previous life.
Only then did they leave under the dugongs' reluctant gazes.
It took Luffy and his crew a lot of effort to cross this river.
But the three people and one bird present, three of whom could fly, easily crossed the river.
By nightfall, they reached Erumalu for a rest.
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