The Going Merry sailed smoothly across the water when suddenly, a plume of mist erupted from the ocean. Before anyone could react, a flamboyantly dressed figure flailed in the water, screaming in a dramatic operatic tone.
"OH, THE INJUSTICE! SUCH CRUELTY! SUCH—BLUB BLUB—HELP!!"
Mr. 2 Bon Kurei arrives at Little Garden, punishing his navigator after a failed mission to assassinate Mr. 3.
Raja, wearing a monocle and fake mustache for no reason, leaned over the railing. "I don't know who this man is, but I can already tell… He is on our Chaos Side."
Luffy wasted no time, stretching his arms and yanking the drowning person aboard. The rescued man coughed water, striking an exaggerated pose. "I AM MR. 2 BON CLAY, PERFORMER EXTRAORDINAIRE! WHO RESCUED THIS HANDSOME DEVIL? COME! LET ME SHOWER YOU WITH APPRECIATION!"
Luffy grinned. "I'm Luffy!"
"LUFFY! A BEAUTIFUL NAME! LIKE THE SONG OF THE SEA!" Mr. 2 twirled. "And these are?"
Each crew member introduced themselves, and Mr. 2 demonstrates his Mane Mane no Mi power, allowing him to clone anyone by touching their face.
Mr. 2 gleefully copied their faces. Then, when it was time for Sanji—
"Oi, where's curly-brows?"
"In the kitchen," Raja smirked.
Sanji finally emerged, wiping his hands. "What's all the noise about?"
Mr. 2 gasped. "A NEW FACE! BUT I DIDN'T TOUCH—"
"WELL WELL, LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE OUT OF TRICKS, FRIEND!" Raja shouted dramatically, pointing at Mr. 2 like an exaggerated stage actor.
Mr. 2 blinked. "What?"
"We CAUGHT you! You can't copy Sanji's face, which means—" Raja leaned in closer, whispering, "—you're a fraud."
"That's not how my power works at all," Mr. 2 said blankly.
"Silence! Theatrics demand tension!" Raja declared. "You are an enigma, sir! And I shall uncover you!"
Mr. 2's ship arrives to rescue him and left, and it's revealed that he is an officer agent of Baroque Works.
Vivi realizes Mr. 2 can clone her father, Cobra and cause chaos at the kingdom.
Zoro sighed. "Can we just tie a bandage around our arms so we don't get confused later?"
"That's a logical plan," Raja admitted. "Boring. But logical."
Meanwhile, in Nanohana, the pirate Puppu and his crew were busy looting and causing mayhem.
"HAHAHA! THIS TOWN BELONGS TO PUPPU'S PIRATES!" he roared, waving his cutlass.
Then, a shadow loomed over him.
Crocodile, the infamous Warlord of the Sea, stood atop a nearby building, smirking. The second he appeared, the town fell into silence. Puppu gulped.
"You… you're that government dog, Crocodile!"
Crocodile chuckled darkly. "Lie down if you want to live."
Puppu, being an idiot, took this as a challenge. "I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU!" His men lunged forward with swords—only to realize they couldn't pull them back. The blades were stuck inside Crocodile's body.
Crocodile sighed. "Pathetic."
With a flick of his hook, a tornado of sand erupted, sucking Puppu and his men into the sky. When it dissipated, all that remained was a pile of sand and their empty clothes.
Pell and Chaka arrived just in time to see the horrifying aftermath. Before they could act, Crocodile was already walking away. "Send a message to the king," he said. "Arabasta belongs to me."
The Going Merry finally reached Arabasta.
"Alright, everyone," Nami said. "We need to stay focused and behave—"
Luffy was already gone.
Raja threw his arms up. "We lasted an entire three seconds! A NEW RECORD!"
"Where did he go?" Vivi panicked.
Raja adjusted his imaginary glasses. "Well, my dear princess, knowing our captain's highly sophisticated brain patterns, he is—"
Cut to Luffy, lost in the desert.
"I smell food," he muttered, walking toward smoke in the distance.
Meanwhile, Vivi and Karoo had to disguise themselves, leading to Usopp's grand idea: hide under a blanket.
"This is dumb," Nami grumbled as the oddly shaped moving lump shuffled through the streets.
"Genius is often misunderstood," Usopp replied.
Chopper and Sanji were left to buy supplies, but Chopper, overwhelmed by perfume, accidentally fell asleep in a cart that started moving.
Raja, watching all of this unfold, smirked. "My work here is done."
"You didn't do anything," Zoro pointed out.
"Exactly." Raja nodded sagely.
Luffy found himself inside a shady-looking building, assuming it was a restaurant. "What's this green stuff?" He grabbed a handful and tasted it. His face twisted. "Ugh! Poison!"
So, naturally, he did the responsible thing.
He dumped the entire stockpile into an incinerator.
Smoke turned green. Dark clouds formed.
Rain began falling.
A man rushed out, wailing. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE?!"
"Stopped poison?" Luffy grinned.
"You FOOL! THAT WAS DANCE POWDER! YOU'VE JUST CREATED ILLEGAL RAIN!"
Back in town, people cheered at the rainfall, unaware it was artificially created and would cause disaster elsewhere.
Raja, watching from a rooftop, cackled. "YES! YES! THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT! I AM A GOD OF CHAOS!"
"Please shut up," Nami groaned.
Chopper, still half-asleep, woke up inside a truck.
"Oh no."
The truck stopped, and he peeked out, spotting Koza discussing plans with the rebel army.
"Oh no."
With the help of a smug camel, he escaped and followed a familiar perfume scent back to Nanohana.
Vivi briefed the crew on the dangers of crossing the desert.
"First, it will be hot."
"Like my future," Raja whispered, winking at Nami. She punched him.
"Second, it will be exhausting."
"Like Sanji chasing women," Raja added.
Sanji lit a cigarette. "You want to die today?"
"Third, we need to stay together."
"…Where's Luffy?" Raja Laughed and looked at zoro " I thought you will be the First to lost in the desert but it seems Captain took your limelight."
Zoro unsheathed his Katana "That's it I will cut You today Magic Freak."
A collective sigh and Zoro & Raja's Fight echoed across the Desert.
TO BE CONTINUED…