Chapter 140

Unfortunately, I didn't manage to get to the right place calmly. Several minks appeared on my way and they were not very friendly.

- Stop the intruder, moo! - a large mink-bull appeared on my way, and next to it were several other minks. They were all armed and pointed sharp blades in my direction.

I smiled and said:

- Sorry, but it's time for you to sleep.

* Bzz *

The bull frowned and immediately fell unconscious. All the other guards also passed out and dropped their weapons. I smiled and, stepping over the body of the mink, walked further into the forest ...

The closer I got to this huge tree, the more restless I became. Something from the other side seemed to be watching me and whispering gloomily. I didn't feel threatened, but it was a little unpleasant to hear ...

After about ten minutes, I finally made it to the tree. On the way, I had to knock out a few more minks, but I got there without serious resistance.

Going inside, I immediately understood whose voice I had heard all this time ... A large red stone, perfectly even on all sides. He was in the middle of the room, slightly covered in dust. Above him was a strange bird-like symbol. This is the first time I see him, but he must mean something ...

The poneglyph himself seemed to be staring at me, I went up and touched him. The sensation was strange, I heard a muffled whisper. But it was impossible to understand what was written on this poneglyph-pointer. You can say I just heard, but did not understand the sounds. Hmm, so the voice of all things does not allow you to understand, but only allows you to hear. If you think so, then it makes sense. Although, I understood the sea kings ... Probably I can "hear" the rest of the poneglyphs and find them, but decipher ... I think someone helped Roger and that inscription on the Island of Heaven was not left by him. There was definitely someone who could read them. Fortunately, I have Robin, I think she will be interested in this thing.

Turning around, I was about to leave, when I felt the approach of a strong aura. In just a couple of moments, this aura approached the tree. The one who appeared was a tall, large man. Only it was not a man, but a big red dog with glasses.

When he arrived, I also sensed a few more auras following him, only they were weaker and slower. Probably his subordinates. Although they were weaker than a dog, they were stronger than all the guards that I met.

Glancing briefly at the poneglyph, the dog frowned and looked at me:

- Who are you? How did you know about this place?

I smiled and replied:

- He called me, so I came.

Mink was greatly surprised by my answer:

- What? Calling? Can you hear him?

At that moment, the rest of the minks arrived, standing next to Inuarashi. I looked at them and then asked:

- Have you seen my friends?

Inuarashi frowned, and then suddenly brightened.

- Wait ... You, you are Sargon's friend?

I nodded.

- Yes, he is my nakama, by the way about them ... Have you by any chance seen people here?

- So are you with them ?! Exclaimed the Zebra Musketeer.

- With them? So have you seen them?

Inuarashi breathed out a sigh of relief.

- So it's you ... Sargon was talking about you. Your friends are in the fortress, let's go. - gesturing to follow him, the mink quickly headed deeper into the forest. Glancing at the musketeers, I followed him. Without Robin, I have nothing else to do here.

We arrived at the fortress pretty quickly. There was something like a mink settlement here. Lots of pineapple-shaped tree houses. There was even an old wreck of a ship on which you could see a few minks. We were greeted by many local inhabitants: cats, dogs, bears ... They looked at me with curiosity, as I did at them. But Inuarashi politely asked everyone to disperse.

As we walked, I suddenly heard:

- Mor! - guys came out of the crowd of minks and waved to me.

Inuarashi turned to me and said:

- And here are your friends. By the way, they are not the only people here ... - at first I did not understand, but when I looked closely, I saw someone in the crowd of minks. He noticed me too and shouted:

- Eh-eh ?! It's you?!

I was surprised:

- NS! Luffy, what have you forgotten here?

- Oh, so you know ... - Inuarashi said.

- Mor-san, hello! - the strange girl with glasses from Luffy's team started waving at me. His entire team was next to her. It seems that their composition has not changed since our last meeting.

I waved back, and at that moment Zoro and the others approached me.

- Well, how is it with Sargon? The swordsman asked impatiently.

- He's fine, resting on the ship. Jack patted him well.

Hearing about the Drought, Inuarashi asked:

- Exactly, what's with Jack? When he took Sargon, I could not stop him ...

- Feeds the fish - I chuckled.

- S-Seriously ?! The mink asked incredulously. Everyone else also became quiet and looked at me strangely. Only Luffy and my team took this news calmly.

The Straw Hats shook his head and then asked:

- Um, who is this Jack?

The girl next to Luffy knocked him and said:

- Fool! Have you forgotten who destroyed the Crow City?

The Straw Hats seemed to get it and he nodded.

- Ahh, well, I see. I'll go and eat better. - stretching out his long arm, the guy caught on a tree and jumped onto the ship. I just smiled at his reaction.

Inuarashi chuckled.

- This guy is very funny. - then he looked at me seriously and bowed: - Thank you.

I waved it off and patted the mink on the shoulder:

- Yes, calm down, thank Sargon, and if you really want to, then you better feed us. - Looking sideways at Aliya, I muttered: - I haven't eaten good food for a long time ...

The girl looked away in embarrassment, remembering the recent events.

Since Sanji was temporarily away, someone had to cook. Zoro immediately refused, and we didn't even try North's cooking. Which is very in vain, because as it turned out, he is the only one able to cook well among us. But Alia's cooking ... God, I don't even want to remember it. Compared to her, we are a team of great chefs. Yeah, then she had to pump out Zoro for a long time. Although the swordsman's stomach was ready for anything, he was definitely not ready for that ... Yes, it was a terrible day.

Noticing my pale face, Inuarashi laughed.

- Ha-ha-ha, let's go friends, let's have a feast today!

The booze lasted more than three days. I vaguely remember what happened there. A drunken mahach with a Straw Hats ... Then he flew out from Zunesha. Hmm, then it took a long time to catch him from the bottom of the sea. He almost died, it was a funny sight.

Acquaintance with another mink - Nekomamushi. He was even more fun than the dog, but he didn't like talking about him. North decided to give these two a good drink, and then reconcile. A pretty funny story came out of this. A lot of people eventually got hurt and a drunken fight broke out with a whole crowd of minks. They fought for a long time, but then they made up. It turned out that these two, old friends, sailing together on Roger's ship. Even though I knew that, I really wanted to hear their story. It is not every day that you meet a former pirate king.