The Explorer of the Universe
52

Before the sky turned into more night, Luffy and the others sped up their movements to arrive at Yuba city.

"Wait, Luffy. What did your brother give you?" Usopp asked while walking with the help of a cane because he felt his legs were no longer strong for perfect walking.

"I don't know either. Just a piece of paper." Luffy said while looking at the white paper.

"Let me see." Say Sanji while taking the Ace-given paper from Luffy's hand. "This is just a piece of paper. There is no writing here either."

"What's that?" Disappointed Usopp said.

"I don't know either, but..." Luffy's words were stopped because the paper in Sanji's hand was blown in the wind towards Matsuge which he immediately ate.

"Hey, don't eat it!" Say Luffy while hitting Matsuge so Matsuge spits out the paper. Luffy then took the paper. "Geez!"

"Luffy, where's your hat?" Ask Nami.

"It!" Luffy said while giving his hat away to Nami.

"If it's really important to you, I'll sew it under your hat." Nami's advice while sewing the paper in the place he said it was.

"Good idea. Tidy sewing." Luffy.

"Yes, yeah. Finally done, too." Nami said after finishing sewing the paper behind Luffy's ribbon cap and he gave the hat back to Luffy. "It!"

"Thank you! Now I don't have to worry." Luffy.

"Nothing is written there. Is that really important?" Ask Zoro.

"Ace said it was important, so I had to keep it." Luffy.

"Your belief is completely unfounded." Said the confused Sanji.

"Why indeed? I don't give a shit." Luffy said, not caring.

"Luffy take good care of the white paper because it's very important later." Said Tanaka. "your brother couldn't just give me a blank white paper for granted, there must be some use for it."

Luffy nodded his head and Vivi then told him that Yuba city was getting closer.

"Everything! Behind the reef in front of it was Yuba. So hang on a little bit more." Vivi.

"Yes!" Luffy and Chopper said happily.

"Yuba?!" Said Luffy who moved happily past Vivi.

"Yes, Yuba, right?!" Nami said the same as Luffy.

"Yuba!" The same Chopper.

"Zoro, carry me." Said Usopp who was no longer strong to walk.

"No way!" Zoro said firmly.

"Rubber? I want to, too, Zoro!" Luffy.

"No way!" Zoro.

"Let's get a suit" take Luffy without Zoro's approval. "The loser will be carried by Zoro."

"Hey, don't you!" Said the angry Zoro.

Luffy ignored Zoro's complaints directly played by Luffy and other men, including Zoro because if he loses, Zoro does not need to hold anyone.

"There! I see the light!" Shouted Vivi as the city of Yuba was already in sight.

"Is that Yuba? I can't see anything because of this sand." Ask Luffy.

"What's this weird noise?" Ask Nami.

"There's something wrong." Vivi.

They decided to speed up their movement until finally they saw what happened to the city.

"Sand storm? Yuba City is in a sandstorm!" Shouted Vivi surprised.

"Zoro, put me down." Said the defeated Tanaka suit so he was carried by the swordsman because of Luffy.

Zoro took Tanaka down and then they waited until the sandstorm stopped a short distance away so as not to be hit by the sandstorm.

After the sandstorm stopped, they came closer again and saw a terrible scene happening in Yuba city.

"No way." Said Vivi who did not believe what she saw.

"Direful. This is no different from the city of Erumalu!" Zoro.

"Water!" Said Luffy sticking out his tongue.

"Isn't this town an oasis town, Vivi?" Ask Sanji.

"The sand is getting higher. The oasis is also buried." Answer Vivi.

Moments later, they heard the voice of someone digging. Without a second thought they immediately approached the origin of the sound.

"Are you travelers? You must be exhausted from having passed through the desert. Sorry, the city is starting to dry up. But you're free to rest here. Lots of lodging here. Because the inn is the pride of this city." Said an old man in tattered clothes while continuing to dig.

"Anu.we're here because there's news that the rebel forces are here." Said Vivi while covering part of her face.

"Rebel forces?! What is your purpose?! Goddamn bum! Don't you guys come here to join the rebel forces, huh?" Said the old man who was angry while throwing everything towards Luffy and the others who finally hit Matsuge's head.

"If you're looking for that stupid kid, he's out of here!" Strictly the old man.

"What did you say?!" Luffy was surprised.

"Impossible." Said Vivi who also did not believe what she heard.

"The storm you saw wasn't the first time it happened here. It's been three years that the city hasn't rained, and sandstorms keep coming here." Tell the old man.

"Little by little the oasis here began to disappear, as you see today. Food supplies here are running low, which is why the rebel forces are leaving here. If it's not wrong, the rebel forces are moving to Katorea." Obviously Toto.

"Katorea?!" Vivi was surprised.

"Where is it, Vivi?! Is Katorea far away?" Ask the panicked Luffy.

"A town not far from Nanohana." Answer Vivi.

Chopper also tells her that it was there that she got lost and met Matsuge.

"When you saved me. Matsuge says he's delivering rebel-held stuff." Chopper translated Matsuge's words.

Matsuge is beaten by Luffy, Usopp and Sanji. "Why didn't you say that!" Luffy, Usopp and Sanji.

"Why do we have to come all the way here?!" Ask Zoro.

Tanaka was silent because he already knew that the rebel headquarters had indeed moved, but he did not know the name of the city that became the new rebel headquarters.

"Vivi? You just said Vivi?" Ask the old man.

"Oe, Ossan! Vivi is not a princess!" Said Luffy in a panic.

"You said it, you idiot!" Zoro said while hitting Luffy on the head.

"You're Vivi's daughter? Really it? Are you still alive? Thank goodness! It´s me! Do you remember? Otherwise it's natural, because I'm thin." Said the old man while holding both of his shoulders Vivi.

"ah! No way! Uncle Toto?" Reply to the surprised Vivi.

"Yes!" Toto.

"Uncle Toto?" Ask Luffy.

"I believe in His Majesty. He is not the type of person who will destroy the kingdom. Right?!" Toto cried and fell on the sand.

Tanaka was silent even though he was a little angry at what Crocodile and his organization, the Baroque Works, had made many people suffer just because of his selfishness and greed.

"The rebel army is stupid! That fool, why would it not rain for three years? I still believe in His Majesty the King. A lot of people don't believe him anymore." Toto.

"I've stopped him a lot, but he never listens to me. He won't stop the rebellion! Their power is also limited. They want to end it with one war. He's very stubborn. He's ready to die. Please, princess Vivi! Please stop that fool!" Pinta Toto was still crying and sitting on the sand.

"Uncle Toto, don't worry." Vivi. "I'll stop the rebellion!"

"Mr Vivi's daughter..." Toto. "Thank you."

I raised my head with a gaze full of anger that made the air around him become like a small storm.

"Master!" Call Honjo.

"Hoooo~ your anger is getting stronger, good, I like, hahahaha~" said Sengo who laughed happily at what happened to Tanaka.

"Tanaka?" Call the frightened Nami.

"What happened to you?" Zoro asked who felt threatened by the aura Tanaka gave off.

Usopp and Chopper shiver in fear, Sanji standing in front of Nami to protect her, while Luffy just silently looks at Tanaka.

Tanaka tried to calm himself down and then stared one by one at the companion.

"Haaaa~ looks like I'm exhausted, sorry ... " Tanaka decided to walk away while calming his mind.

He glanced back where Vivi was talking to Toto again and resumed his steps.

After some distance from them, Tanaka sat in a tower-like building that had been partially buried in sand.

He enjoyed the cold of the night breeze while gazing at the moon that illuminated the night sky.

"Why are you holding back your anger? You should just let go, rampage until your anger disappears." Sengo.

"Shut up!" Pinta Tanaka is upset.

He again sighed because he remembered his actions earlier that were carried away by emotions.

"It seems like I'm becoming very emotionally attached to this world." Muttered Tanaka who sighed again.

"Tanaka!" Call someone under the tower.

The man immediately looked down if the one who called out was Vivi. Without further ado, Tanaka immediately jumped down just like that.

"Why are you here, Vivi?" Ask Tanaka.

"I'm worried about letting you walk alone." Vivi.

"Hey, shouldn't it be reversed?" Ask Tanaka.

Vivi laughed and Tanaka laughed.

"You want to take a walk?" Vivi asked after she stopped laughing.

Tanaka paused for a moment and then nodded his head, although there was nothing to see in Yuba city other than the sand that was stockpiling every building in the city.

"Tanaka ... Why did you look angry?" Ask Vivi.

"I'm just too carried away by emotions." Replied Tanaka who was silent for a while before returning to continue. "Kohza, that friend of yours just left his parents in a place like this, that's pretty outrageous."

"He was also a fool for not being able to use his brain well. He thinks what he's doing is right when he's wrong!" Tanaka Assert.

"I am also saddened by the situation in this country, especially seeing uncle Toto who continues to dig to get water like that." Tanaka.

She had not known from birth who her mother and father were because since the baby had been in the orphanage. The caretaker of the orphanage did not know who his parents were because he had been dumped just like that in front of the gate of the orphanage.

So when you see a child leaving his parents in a place that is not feasible just because he wants to run his idealism, it makes him very angry at the child.

In addition, it sees firsthand the suffering experienced by the inhabitants of the kingdom of Alabasta for the actions of Crocodile with his organization, Baroque Works became like kerosene poured into a small fire so that the small fire became big and smoldering.

The air around the two of them turned into a small storm again like before as Tanaka's anger reappeared.

Suddenly, Tanaka's hand was held by Vivi which made the man shocked.

Tanaka looked at Vivi who was staring at him with an anxious look on her face.

"I'm sorry, I got carried away with emotions again." Said Tanaka who calmed himself back down.

"Are you okay?" Ask Vivi.

"Yes, I'm fine, let's go back, the others must be worried." Said Tanaka with a smile.

The two of them then return to join the others in a house that has been provided by Toto to be their resting place.

"Yes! You guys are working well today. Let's get some rest then tomorrow we'll beat up a pirate! Good night." Usopp said, lying on his bed and sleeping, but Zoro threw him a pillow.

"You've been sleeping all day!" Zoro.

"Stupid! Don't compare me to a monster like you!" Usopp said and pelted Zoro with a pillow.

"I'm not cool." Said the angry Zoro.

Usopp then pelted Chopper with a pillow as well.

"In addition, today you are just lazing around right, Blue Nose!" Usopp.

"That's not my will, I can't stand the heat." Said Chopper pulling Usopp's collar furiously.

"Sanji-san, that's my place." Vivi was confused.

"Yes, I think you'd have trouble sleeping alone." Said Sanji lying on Vivi's bed.

Sanji was pelted with a pillow by Usopp and Chopper laughed on the long-nosed man's back.

"All right, then. Which one of you wants to challenge me?" Ask the upset Sanji.

Then there was a pillow fight between them. Tanaka just lay on his bed while watching them.

"It's time for bed, don't you guys understand?!" Said the upset Nami who was also hit by a pillow.

"You guys!" Shouted Nami who was angry and threw the original pillow turned towards Tanaka's place.

The man immediately stopped the pillow in the air and Nami apologized.

"Not the time"

Not yet Tanaka finished his words he was hit by a stray pillow.

"Damn it! Who threw the pillow at me!" Said Tanaka who ended up participating in the pillow fight.

They all fought a pillow fight until they finally felt quite tired and decided to sleep.

Moments later, Tanaka listens to the sound of the door opening and sees Toto carrying the sleeping Luffy.

He laid Luffy on an empty bed and then left the place.

"Thank you and sorry for bothering Uncle Toto." Tanaka said before Toto came out.

"No problem, get some rest, good night." Toto.

"Yes, you also have to rest, don't push yourself too much, good night." Tanaka closed his eyes to sleep.