The New World ocean was calm and stretched under a cloudless sky. There were only a few small waves created by a breeze that was pleasantly warm over the sea. All sorts of different seabirds use this air flow to ride it relaxed with their wings spread wide. So does Flinch, the flying iguana. Only he wasn't particularly relaxed because he was in a hurry to return to his master and tell him about his discovery. When he finally spotted the snake pirates' ship on the horizon, he quickened his flight. When he reached the ship, he turned a few laps around the head of his good friend, the Sea King Krater, which hissed a little in greeting before landing on the captain's shoulder, his usual place. There he excitedly hissed his news in his ear and then eagerly waited for an answer and maybe even a small, but delicious, reward.


"So, they are anchored on an island, you say? Well, you bring me some really excellent news, my darling.", Dragan praised his tame iguana and gently scratched his chin. He patted his head for a moment, then looked in the direction Flinch had returned and where his ship was headed while telling Krater to accelerate again. “You really deserve a reward.” Out of the corner of his eye he noticed how Flinch looked at him expectantly with wide eyes and his tongue hanging out. "But we'll take care of that later. First your master has to send the evil straw hat pirates into their wet graves. Then I'll take care of an appropriate reward for you in great detail." Flinch also missed the disappointed look on his face not the captain. "Oh, don't worry too much, little one. You won't have to wait too long! Kegegege!"-------------------------------------------------- ----------

Startled, Luffy hurriedly backed away from the stranger's approaching hand before she got hold of him. He wasted no time waiting to see what his unknown company would do next, but jumped out of bed in one leap from the bed he had been lying in. As sure as a cat, he landed on his feet and turned in the direction of the unknown. He had already taken up fighting stance and was just about to start a gum-gum pistol when he registered who was actually standing in front of him. Startled, he broke off his attack.


"Dear God, you are already on your feet again!" Said the old man, who was standing in front of Luffy with his long, white beard in a brown robe and gave him a friendly smile. "I really didn't expect that, after all you were in a very deep faint and had a high fever. You must be tough, my boy." He didn't seem to notice the confused look on the straw hat's face at all, but chatted cheerfully on. "You didn't even wake up when I carried you from the beach to here. Not even when your head got stuck in a fork of a branch. You tore off the whole branch with the action." The old man giggled, amused Man into himself.


"Hmm.", Luffy said, not really understanding what was going on. In the end, he decided to do the job and simply choose the direct route to get information. He was one of the best at that. "Who the hell are you anyway?" Asked the straw hat.


"Who?" Replied the old man who had been talking the whole time and looked around the room. It took a while for the light to dawn on him. “Oh, you mean me?” At a nod from Luffy he continued: “Of course, I haven't introduced myself yet, please excuse me.My name is ... um my name is ... yes, what was my name again? "His forehead wrinkled deeply, he thought intensely about the question he had asked himself.


Luffy sighed. It was getting stranger and stranger for him minute by minute. He knew he could be a mess himself, but he really had never forgotten his own name. He decided to take a closer look at his surroundings. The room he was in was small but still seemed empty. Except for the bed, a desk with a chair, a fireplace with a crackling fire and a cupboard, there was no furniture in the room. The cupboard was filled to bursting with documents and various parchments were lying around on the desk and on the floor. Finally he spotted a small book on the desk that looked like some kind of diary or logbook. It was bound in black leather and the name * Syrus * was written in gold letters on the front. "Is your name by any chance Syrus?" Asked the straw hat captain.


"Ah, yes, that's exactly it! Syrus! That's my name!", The old man shouted happily and gratefully patted Luffy on the shoulder. "Thank you, my boy, I'm sorry that I didn't think of it straight away. I'm a bit embarrassed, too, but when you live alone for as long as I do, you can forget your own name or the sound His own voice. Help, how does my voice sound? So old! That's terrible! "Sadly, Syrus sank down on the chair in front of his desk, felt his wrinkled face briefly and then absently leafed through the book that Luffy was on Had discovered the desk.


Luffy's initial confusion vanished from his face. Instead, he grinned up to his ears and then began to laugh uproariously until he had to hold his stomach. It was only with difficulty that he managed to regain his strength.“Grandpa, you are really funny!” A few last hearty laughs sprang from his throat before he continued: “By the way, my name is Monkey D. Luffy, I'm the future king of the pirates!” He pushed the straw hat on his head Right and continued to look at Syrus, grinning, determined but also curious. There were still a few points about the whole story that he was not entirely clear about.


"So, you're a pirate? Interesting," said Syrus, who had looked up from his self-written reading. He didn't look intimidated in any way, however. He studied the straw hat pirate carefully from top to bottom. "I can see that you are burning for information about the whole thing. Don't worry, I'll explain everything to you. But not like that. Good stories should always be enjoyed with a good tea. I'll go to the kitchen and quickly brew us one. Besides, you look hungry, so I'll bring you something to eat right away. As soon as I get back, I'll explain everything to you in peace. "


"Oh yes, food!", Luffy exclaimed enthusiastically and looked after Syrus, who had got up from his seat and now disappeared into another room. While Luffy waited ravenously, he suddenly heard a strange cockroach coming from the direction of the front door. He directed his gaze to it and just saw the blue glow that shone through the gap under the door and the keyhole when the door slid out of the wall and crashed to the floor. Through the dust that was thrown up by it, he could see two people slowly entering the room. When the view improved, Luffy's puzzled face brightened again, as he immediately recognized Zorro and Robin among the two figures. Laughing happily, he raised his hand in greeting and called to his crew members: "Hey, hello you two! What are you doing here?"


The two straw hats stared at Luffy in surprise.They didn't expect to find him so suddenly. They were just opening their mouths to say something to their captain when a voice echoed over to them: "Oops, what kind of noise was that? Is something wrong, Pirate Luffy?" The next moment Syrus came out of the Step into the next room. He carried a silver tray with a platter of meat and a pot of tea and two mugs on it. When he saw Zorro and Robin, he stopped abruptly. "Oh, two more guests. I didn't hear you knock at all." He smiled at them both and put the tray down on the desk. Then his gaze fell on the cut-out door that lay on the floor behind them. "For heaven's sake, there is a door! I haven't noticed it all these years! A door! A door that has to lead into the ground! Since you two came from down there? Are you two mole people?"


"Um," replies Robin, who had grown extra hands out of Zorro's body that she needed to be able to hold him back. At a loss, she looked at Luffy, who was laughing and holding his stomach and rolling around on the bed. "No, we are not monsters from the depths. We are friends of his.", She finally said with a sigh and pointed to her captain. "My name is Robin and the boisterous guy here who cut your door is called Zorro. And you are?"


"Who is what? Oh, you mean my name? Yes, of course. That is, um, how was that again, pirate Luffy?", Syrus turned to the straw hat for help.


"Syrus.", Luffy replied courteously.


"Yes, that's exactly how he was. My name is Luffy. Oh nonsense, I mean of course my name is pleasant. Syrus to get to know you." The old man was silent for a while before he cursed his forehead. "Shit, something was wrong again, wasn't it?"


In the meantime, it took almost all of Robin’s strength to prevent Zorro from attacking Syrus.Anyway, I would be interested to know where you found our captain. "she said finally.


"Oh yes, I was just about to tell him myself. But it looks like I have to get two more cups for the tea first. Wait a moment, then I'll be back and tell you the whole story. Just a little." Patience. "With these words he disappeared back into the room he had come from, without realizing that he would have had to catch up with meat, because the previous one had already disappeared into Luffy's stomach.

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"Ahoy, Captain Dragan! The Straw Hat Pirates' ship lies ahead!", The member of the Snake Pirates, who stood in the crow's nest and kept an eye on the sea through a telescope, shouted to his captain.


"Excellent!" Said Dragan happily. “Finally the time has come!” He turned to the bow and turned to Krater: “Stop, my big one! Well, now listen to me! As soon as I have removed the dishes from you, you dive to the ridiculous ship there of the island and give its crew a little foretaste of what awaits them very soon. "With an inner feeling of satisfaction, he noted the Sea King's nod. "Well, then I wish you a lot of fun, but don't treat them too hard. After all, I still want something to play with. Oh and as far as the straw hat is