Chapter 1: Vivre-Card / Departure from the thriller Bark


After their finally successfully completed adventure on the thriller Bark, the straw hat gang got ready to leave. Shortly before she left, Lola handed Nami a blank sheet of paper.

"What is that, Lola?", Nami asked curiously and turned the white piece of paper in her hands.

"That, Nami, is a Vivre Card.", Lola answered her.

"A Vivre Card ..." Nami said thoughtfully. "What is a Vivre Card?" She looked questioningly at the pink-haired woman.

“A Vivre Card is made from fingernails. It shows the direction in which the respective person is, from whom you got it. ", Lola explained.

Luffy, who had previously been listening, now also interfered in the conversation. "Then ... I think I have one too!" He took off his straw hat and pulled a small white piece of paper, which was already a bit charred at several ends, out of the inside.

When Lola saw the scrap of paper, she turned pale.

Nami looked at her worriedly. "What's the matter, Lola? You turned very pale. "

The captain of the Rolling Pirate Gang ignored her question and turned to Luffy.

"Did you get a card from someone who means a lot to you?" She asked with a serious expression.

"Yes, it's from my big brother," said Luffy, astonished. "Why, what about the card?"

“The card shows the life energy of the person from whom it was obtained. When the card starts to burn, like here, the person's life energy sinks.

"Do you mean his life is in danger?" Luffy asked worriedly.

“Yes, he must be in serious trouble from which he can no longer escape on his own. He willDIEwhen the card expires! "

Now every trace of amusement was wiped from the faces of the straw hats, everyone just stared at Lola in shock.

Luffy was the first to recover. "Let's leave, friends.", He said seriously, nothing of his usual naive manner was to be noticed anymore. "On to Ace!"

His crewmembers nodded silently, determination in their gaze.

Ace ..., Luffy thought worriedly.Hold on ...