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The Morning After the Banquet
After another night of partying, the Straw Hats prepared to set sail the following morning.
When Sabo saw the Going rry docked at the port, proudly flying the Straw Hat Jolly Roger, he tilted his head, a bit confused.
"Is this ship big enough for all of us?" he asked, eyeing the small vessel.
The rry was, after all, a modest-sized caravel—several tis smaller than the smallest Marine warship. Originally, it had comfortably carried the core crew: Luffy, Ikki, Nami, Zoro, Sanji, Usopp, Chopper, Vivi, Karoo, and Psyduck.
But now, with Ace, Sabo, Bon Clay, and Robin joining, the ship seed to be bursting at the seams. Adding four more people was pushing the limits of the rry.
Ikki, however, just grinned. "Don't worry about it! The rry can handle us, even if we had hundreds more people!"
Without further explanation, Ikki and Luffy were the first to board.
Luffy imdiately claid his usual spot: the sheep's head at the front of the ship, his self-declared "captain's seat."
anwhile, Ikki approached the cabin wall and took out a mysterious door from his space ring. The crew watched curiously as he carefully set the door into place.
Sabo couldn't help but ask, "What are you doing, Ikki?"
Ikki opened the door with a casual flourish, revealing a spacious room inside. The interior looked far more luxurious and comfortable than the ship's standard cabin. The only odd thing? The decor was overwhelmingly pink.
Sabo stared in shock. "What... how is this even possible?"
Ikki, however, frowned as he noticed the overly pink room. He muttered to himself, "Again with the pink... I swear I recharged to change this."
He stepped into the cozy space, opened the TX system panel, and stared at the notification: [Decoration Expired].
His confusion deepened. The decorations he had purchased weren't permanent? He quickly opened the system's shop nu, where the details beca clear. Everything in the shop had an expiration date. To obtain permanent decor, Ikki would need to recharge repeatedly and gather fragnts through a lottery system. Collecting 100 fragnts would unlock permanent items.
Ikki sighed, frustrated. "So they want to keep recharging just for furniture? What a scam."
While Ikki grumbled over his situation, Sabo stepped inside the cozy room, his expression a mix of amazent and disbelief.
"This... this is incredible! How did you do this?" he asked, stepping in and out of the door several tis, even tapping the fra to confirm it was an ordinary door. "It leads to another space entirely. It's like magic!"
As Sabo marveled, Ace strolled in behind him. He took one look at the pink room and smirked.
"Is this your room, Ikki? Pretty girly, don't you think?" Ace teased, grinning widely. "It reminds of Dadan's place."
Ikki froze.
For a mont, he rembered when Luffy had first seen the pink room and made a similar comnt. Now Ace was doing the sa. Truly, the two brothers shared an uncanny sense of humor.
If Sabo hadn't lost his mory, Ikki figured he would have chid in too, saying sothing like, "Ikki, I didn't expect you to have such a girly heart, just like Dadan!"
Hearing the familiar yet distant na "Dadan," Sabo frowned. The na sparked sothing deep within him, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't recall its significance. All he could envision was the vague outline of a large figure standing protectively in front of him.
Noticing Sabo's expression, Ace patted his shoulder with a reassuring smile. "Dadan is the bandit who took care of the three of us. She's also our adoptive mother."
"Dadan..." Sabo murmured. After a mont, he nodded with determination. "When I recover my mory, I'll make sure to visit her."
Ace grinned. "Alright! The three of us will go back together then!"
Once the conversation about Dadan ended, Ikki pointed to the cozy cabin and explained, "This place can comfortably house seven or eight people. Adding that to the rry's current space, a few more crew mbers won't be a problem at all!"
Sabo nodded in agreent but raised an eyebrow. "That makes sense, but... earlier, you said the rry could fit another hundred people. How's that possible?"
He was genuinely curious. If Ikki could create such a compact yet functional space, could he create sothing even larger? Sabo's curiosity about Ikki's mysterious abilities grew by the minute.
Ikki smirked and pulled out a small, peculiar-looking flashlight from his space ring.
"If you're wondering about the hundred people, it's thanks to this!"
Without further explanation, Ikki aid the flashlight at Ace and Sabo, pressing a button. Instantly, the two shrank to the size of ants.
Sabo blinked in astonishnt, looking around at his drastically changed surroundings. In his tiny state, it beca clear how the rry could accommodate not just a hundred, but potentially tens of thousands of people with this shrinking device.
Satisfied with his demonstration, Ikki returned Sabo and Ace to their normal size and asked them to step out of the cozy cabin. He still had so adjustnts to make.
Once alone, Ikki muttered to himself, "No way I'm letting this room stay pink again." Determined to avoid more teasing about having a "girly heart," he recharged the system with so treasure and unlocked a new skin for the cabin's decor. With the pink replaced, he finally left the room feeling satisfied.
anwhile, on an Unknown Island
Far away, on an isolated island, Blackbeard sat with a newspaper in hand. His wild laughter echoed through the air.
"Zehahahaha! Crocodile's fallen, huh? What perfect timing!"
Lafitte, the man with a top hat and cane, approached with his ever-present smile. "Captain, are you planning to take the vacant Shichibukai position?"
Blackbeard grinned wickedly. "That's right! Shichibukai is the perfect position for us while we're still building our crew."
His voice lowered as he outlined his sche. "Once I'm a Shichibukai, I'll use that title to get into Impel Down. From there, I'll break out the prisoners I've already decided will join my crew. That prison is tough to get into... unless you've got the World Governnt's permission."
He smirked. "And once I get to Level Six and release the worst of the worst, escaping will be a breeze."
After laying out his plan, Teach turned to Lafitte. "Lafitte, head to Marine Headquarters and deliver the ssage: I want to beco a Shichibukai. And to sweeten the deal for the World Governnt, I'll prepare a grand gift for them!"
With a bow, Lafitte replied smoothly, "Consider it done, Captain."
As Lafitte departed, Blackbeard turned to Doc Q.
"How's Burgess doing?" he asked.
The sickly doctor answered in his usual raspy tone, "His injuries are no longer a problem, Captain. Are we leaving soon?"
Teach grinned, his laughter rumbling again. "Yes. It's ti to prepare our chips. Along the way, we'll figure out exactly what kind of offer will make this foolproof..."
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