Before the journey of One Piece

There is a sudden sound from the trees on the side of the road leading to the pine trees, and occasionally a black shadow flashes past.Qinglin couldn't help but lean closer to Hawkins. Hawkins glanced sideways at her, lowered his eyelids slightly, and continued to move forward.

"Wow." Qinglin exclaimed when she came near the pine tree.

Many cute and fluffy giant squirrels jumped on the branches. Oval pine nuts fell from their paws and rolled on the ground. They were picked up by residents under the trees and put into trailers.

"There are more than expected..." Hawkins looked up, and there were squirrels popping up on the higher branches and looking down.

"The pine needles are so big." Qinglin picked up a fresh pine needle that had just fallen from the ground. It was almost as long as the upper half of her body and a little wider than her wrist.

"Are these pine cones going to be hauled back and made into snacks?" Solly asked Andrew.

"That's right, drag the fruit back for processing and use the rest as firewood." Andrew answered based on experience.

"What are those green things that look like buds?" Hawkins suddenly discovered something vaguely hidden among the branches and leaves. It was similar in shape to a pine cone, but the leaves were the same green.

"Huh? What bud?" Andrew looked up, looking for the green bud that Hawkins said.

"Is there still this on the tree?" Andrew found the buds and scratched his head in confusion. It was obviously the first time he noticed those things.

"The divination shows that the probability that the green buds are related to the red pine cones is 90%." Hawkins took out the Tarot cards again.

"Is it true? I'll ask." Andrew went directly to the nearest resident.

"Ah, that purple-haired woman must be Rosetta!" Looking around, Solly found the person she was looking for.

"Where?!" Qinglin immediately turned her head and looked at the person Suoli was pointing at.The other person's back was turned to them, her purple hair was tied into a bun, and under her green cloak was a pair of jungle exploration shoes. She was holding a hat to fan herself.

'Is this Rosetta? Qinglin's intuition could tell her that that was the person she was looking for. Perhaps sensing her eager gaze, Rosetta turned around.

'What a Rosetta! Qing Lin's eyes lit up. The soft outline of her face and her gentle, watery eyes were exactly as she imagined.

Rosetta saw them and smiled politely.

"Hello, are you Rosetta?" Suo Li decisively stepped forward to talk.

Qinglin took a few steps and suddenly found Hawkins standing still.Turning around, he saw that his captain was staring at the card array in front of him, his brows visibly knitted together.

"Captain?" Qinglin made a confused voice, but Hawkins was still immersed in thinking, put away the tarot cards and started a new round of divination.Qinglin walked back to him and watched the cards spinning in his hand.

"Gina, it seems that we will encounter some trouble on this island, and the source is Yuantang." Hawkins stacked the tarot cards together, and Qinglin couldn't help but widen her eyes when she heard the name.

"Captain, have you divined what the trouble is?" Qinglin asked him nervously.

"There may be a bloody disaster." Hawkins pinched his chin and thought. "But he didn't use his ability on my crew, nor on the residents of this island..."

"Huo~ This type is my cup of tea." Andrew came back and noticed that Suoli was talking to a gentle woman, so he whistled.

Hawkins shut his mouth silently and turned to look at Andrew: "Did you find out anything?"

"Hey, I asked. Those buds are red pine cones. They ripened and produced bright red fruits on the day of the banquet. They were delivered by squirrels." Andrew told the information he had learned. "By the way, did you notice a sunhat with a red flower on it? There was a little girl looking for it just now."

"No." Qing Lin shook her head, turned around and ran away. "Captain, I'm going to find Rosetta first."

"Let's go together." Hawkins followed her decisively.

"You can strike up a conversation with me——huh?" Andrew was about to follow him when he suddenly noticed a shadow flashing through the woods in the distance.

"...Illusion?" Andrew stared in that direction for a long time, then turned around and ignored it.

"Squeak..." A furry head poked out of the bushes, its big round eyes staring at these outsiders.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..." The squirrel half-closed its eyes, shook its tail, and made a sound similar to laughter.

"Squeak?" The squirrel noticed that the purple-haired woman seemed to be looking at him, and immediately lowered his head and picked up the sun hat at his feet and ran away.

"What's wrong?" Qinglin looked in the direction of Rosetta's gaze.

"It's nothing, just an illusion." Rosetta stroked her hair behind her ears with a meaningful smile.