One Piece Law Light Novel

- Brilliant! Looks like a secret base! calls Bepo.

- I have electricity, but be careful, the stairs are steep.

Led by Wolf, we carefully descend the steps.

Bepo is right, one has the impression of entering a secret base. Even I feel like having fun, even though it's not my style.

After a spiral staircase, we arrive in a large open room. Before our eyes, an imposing quantity of inventions of all kinds. But they have nothing to do with the ridiculous ones you usually find at home.

We see miniature planes and wheeled vehicles.

A swimming pool filled with what looks like a culture basin.

Flasks, spouts and other graduated cylinders.

Thus wue axes, pistoles and sabers shaped with meticulousness.

So here we are in the laboratory of the inventor Wolf.

Despite myself, I literally remain stuck in front of the spectacle that awaits me. If the situation weren't so desperate, I would take the time to ask the old man about each of the experiments he is currently conducting with these props.

- So like that, Mister Junk, you're really an inventor ... says Bepo, unable to hide his surprise.

- Obviously! Who did you take me for, you bastards ?! Alright, drop it. I thought it would take more to surprise you. What I really want to show you is a little further on. Law, take the sword, just here. Believe me, you will need it to face Bacca.

Wolf points to a saber tucked away in its scabbard. When I draw, a perfectly sharp blade is revealed. The weapon is also equipped with a mysterious button, but I decide not to investigate further and carry it as is.

Wolf continues to walk towards the back of the room to a staircase which he descends. I would have liked to stay a little longer here to observe everything, but our goal is not to hang around. So I grab Wolf with a quick step.

Arrived at the end of this creaking staircase, we find ourselves in the dark.

A particular smell permeates the premises.

It looks like that of the tide. Would we be near the sea?

- Careful, I'll turn on the light.

With these words, Wolf lights the lamp he was holding in his hand.

- We ... Are we in a cave?

Surrounded by rock and sand, the place where we are now has absolutely nothing to do with the play earlier.

- No one in town knows about the existence of this secret cave. As for what I wanted to show, voila!

We all turn our heads in the direction indicated by Wolf.

- Wow, it's gigantic ...

A huge yellow ship, probably made of metal, floats right there.

Is this machine also part of Wolf's inventions?

Especially when you take a good look, this is not a boat like the others.

- Mister Junk, this boat, you ...

- Yes, you guessed right. I present to you the greatest of Wolf the genius inventions! The submarine "Hanamaru the invincible" !!

- It's all rotten like nooom !! we cried in chorus.

On the other hand, apart from the name ... the rest is completely incredible ... Right in front of our eyes, the yellow metal shell gives off a phenomenal power.

- We embark.

- Seriously?! cries Penguin, looking delighted.

- A little, nephew. This ship is the secret weapon which will allow us to come to the end of Bacca, proudly announces Wolf while sniffing.

Without understanding the true meaning of his words, we enter the interior of the submarine.

- Wow! we exclaim, completely in admiration.

This machine was not built for a show. The pilot's seat is equipped with a remarkable control lever. Many instruments and other measuring devices adorn the dashboard and reinforce the impression of being inside a real submarine. Bepo and the others are each already seated on a seat, from where they observe the outside and applaud in turn.

- So? Are you finally realizing the greatness of my genius ?!

- Yes, but I would like to know, me, how this magnificent submarine will be useful to us in our fight against Bacca. I wouldn't ask you if the battle took place in the sea, but the enemy is still on the ground.

At my question, Wolf literally bursts out laughing: "Kah kah kah kah!"

- Don't underestimate the power of this beast, Law. But for now, sit down.

Wolf settles down in the pilot's seat, checks all the onboard instruments and drives off.

- Injection of sea water into the main tank ... Operation of the propellers, normal!

At the same moment, a shrill and deafening noise echoes throughout the cave.

- Waaah!

- What is that?!

- My ears!

As much as we are, we plug our ears to prevent this particularly irritating sound similar to that of two pieces of glass rubbing against each other.

I remember hearing it before somewhere. It goes back three years.

One day when I was practicing sword handling in the garden, I heard it in the distance. This memory which resurfaces leaves me believing. It is about this story of "swallow which flies at the bottom of the sea".

- Mister Junk! This powerful song that the people of the island talk about, it wouldn't be ...

- Hmm, I suspected that you were already aware of this rumor that we are talking about in town. The extremely powerful sound emitted by the propellers of "Hanamaru the invincible" echoes in the cave and then reaches the ears of the townspeople and those who sail the sea! Here it is, the real identity of your swallow!

Everything is explained.

On several occasions, Wolf had made little break-in laps in the submarine. It was enough for someone to see the craft moving at sea just after hearing the shrill noise for the rumor to emerge.

"System, OK! All parts are green! Transmission started!"

"Klang". A noise is heard and the submarine submerges.

- Woooh, we really took the plunge! enthuses Penguin. From the window of the machine which has reached the depths, we can contemplate the seabed.

A crowd of fish swim in this transparent water.

I have the chance to observe an underwater landscape for the first time ... And I find it splendid.

I became unable to swim after swallowing a devil fruit. I normally would never have been able to contemplate such a spectacle.

But thanks to an invention of Wolf, here I am today admiring fish swimming quietly in the middle of the ocean.

Finally, Mister Junk may well deserve his self-attributed designation of "inventor of genius".

The submarine, which had first plunged vertically, now sets off on the coast. He is moving at high speed.

- Woooh! It goes super fast!

- A real racing car, I can't believe it!

While watching the landscapes change, Shachi and Bepo play crazy.

We have the impression that our body is one with the machine, as if we were speeding up, too.

At this speed, we should get to Pleasure Town in less time than it takes to tell. However...

- Hey, old man. In the end, you didn't tell me how you were going to go about it.