【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 291 Sea Train

"Wow!! What happened?"

"It looks like it crashed into something." Usopp asked puzzledly.

"Is that a railroad track?!" Lucci looked at the railroad track hidden in the water in surprise. He didn't expect that the sea train in the Water City had developed to this level.

"Railroad tracks!?" Nami shouted in shock. "How can there be such a thing on the sea?"

"Wait a minute, listen, is there any sound?" Sanji turned his head and looked in the direction of the lighthouse and asked in confusion.

"What's that sound?" Nami asked puzzledly.

"Turn around, turn around quickly, Luffy!" Lucci reacted and shouted immediately.

"Oh!!"

Thanks to the efforts of Luffy and his friends, Merry successfully moved away from the railway tracks and barely avoided a head-on collision with the iron train coming from behind the lighthouse.

"How could there be something like that on the sea!!" Nami looked at the train passing in front of them in shock.

"We almost collided..." Usopp said with lingering fear.

"What is this? Why is there a smoking ship?" Luffy asked in shock.

"That frog was knocked away!!"

Everyone looked in shock at the giant frog that was blocking the train and then was instantly knocked away.

"Granny! Granny! Pirates are coming!!"

"What? Go get the Den Den Mushi."

"Not good, someone came out of that house." Zoro turned his head and looked vigilantly at the little girl and the old woman who came out of the lighthouse. "They seem to be going to call for help."

After hearing Zoro's warning, everyone turned to look at the cottage next to the lighthouse. Soon a drunk old woman came out of the cottage, staggering with a bottle of wine.

"Hey, um... I wanted to say something... I forgot..."

Everyone looked on in silence as the old woman called the Den Den Mushi. She burped as she called, and completely forgot what she was saying in the end.

"So she was drunk!" Usopp complained. He thought the old woman would call someone over, but it turned out to be a false alarm.

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Through some paille shared by Usopp, they successfully became familiar with the old woman and the little girl.

"My name is Zimoni, and this is the little cat, Kunbei." The little girl with two pigtails pointed at the old woman and introduced her, "And this is Granny Kokoro."

"You guys are not train robbers, are you? Hehehehe!" The old lady who was introduced said while laughing drunkenly.

"My name is Luffy, and I'm the man who will become the Pirate King!" Luffy introduced himself with his arms crossed.

"Really?" Zimoni asked curiously.

"Of course!" Luffy said without hesitation.

"Hmm...hehehe...hiccup...you are so funny!" The old woman laughed happily.

"Zimone, is that a steamship?" Nami asked in confusion, "But ships of that shape usually can't sail on the sea..."

"You've never seen anything like that, have you? It's unique. You can only find it here even if you search the whole world!" Zimoni looked proud, picked up a piece of fried potato, chewed and explained, "It's called the sea train 'Tom Smokey'. It's driven by a steam engine and moves along the track in the sea."

"Is that the one we ran into?" Sanji asked.

"Yes, trains run on the same track every day, transporting passengers, ships and cargo." Zimoni added, "We always set up isolation belts beside the track. It is very dangerous to ignore the isolation belts and drive straight over like you just did!"

"No matter how dangerous it is, a frog won't understand. You guys just knocked it away like that, that's too much!" Luffy said seriously, "I want to catch it and roast it for food."

"What's the difference?" Usopp complained.

"Are you referring to the Yokozuna? It can't be killed by a collision like the one just now. It is a troublemaker for our Sea Mobile Station." Zimoni said helplessly, "It likes to compete with people in strength the most. It always wants to beat the Sea Train. It will come again.

"A competition of strength? That's why that guy didn't run away?" Luffy suddenly realized and said in surprise, "That guy is really determined!"

"Stop joking! He's giving us a headache! He's damaged the roadblocks several times!" Zimoni said angrily, "Every time he shows up, he causes a lot of trouble for the guests!"

"I've decided!" Luffy clenched his fists, his expression excited, "I won't eat it! I won't eat stubborn animals!!"

"We shouldn't eat frogs in the first place!" Nami complained.

"So, where do you want to go?" Granny Kokoro took a sip of wine and said, "From here, you can take the sea train to the Spring Queen Town Saint Baiyang, the Food Town Puqi, and the Carnival Town Saint Pluit. Every city is a happy city!"

"If it's someone who has connections with government officials, there's another special train!"

"Is that so? Then let's go to Gourmet Town!" Luffy said without hesitation.

"Idiot! We have a boat, so we don't need to take the train." Nami knocked Luffy on the head. "Just follow the record pointer."

"So where is it pointing now?" Zimoni asked curiously.

"Hmm...the record pointer is pointing to the north." Nami said, looking at the record pointer on her wrist.

"So, you are going to the Seven Water City!" Granny Kokoro burped and said with a dazed look, "That's a great place called the Water City. That city was developed based on the shipbuilding industry, and their technology is world-class!"

"Oh! That's the place Lucci mentioned!" Luffy said excitedly, "We will find a ship repairman as a partner there!"

"I see. Wait a minute!" Granny Kokoro staggered out a piece of paper from the hut. "Here, take this! A rough map of the island and a letter of introduction!"

"The Water City is huge, don't get lost, let them help you repair the boat."

"Really? Thank you, grandma!" Nami took the letter of introduction and map from Grandma Kokoro with surprise.

"It will take a week to store all the records in the Seven Water City. You can enjoy it slowly!" Granny Kokoro said with a smile, "We will be back to the Seven Water City soon. I'll treat you to a couple of drinks when we meet! Mm-hmm!"

"Yeah! I hope we can meet again!" Nami waved goodbye to them, "Then we're leaving. Thank you, Granny Kokoro, Zimoni!"

"Brothers! Get ready to go!!" Luffy announced excitedly, waving his hands.

"Oh!!"

"Be careful on your journey!"

"Meow!!"

"Be careful of people in the government!"

"Yoho!! We are going to the Meat City!!" Luffy shouted excitedly while sitting on the bow of the ship.

"How do you hear with your ears!?" Usopp complained.

"Luffy, leave the search for the ship repairman to me!" Sanji sat on the railing and pointed at himself and fantasized, "I will definitely find a stunning beauty!"

"Idiot! He's a ship repairman! Of course we need a man as strong as a mountain!" Luffy protested, gesturing with his hands, "He has to be five meters tall!!"

"Luffy, Merry can't fit someone that tall!" Usopp sighed and complained.