The next day.
On the Hawaiian beach.
"So lively."
As Zhang Wei stepped out of the car, he looked up at the beach ahead. The sand was packed with people. Everywhere he looked, there were pale, soft, and large figures that swayed as they walked. Zhang Wei was sure that unless one was gay, it would be impossible to look away.
Zhang Wei had been to the beach for the past two days, but today was different. The crowd had more than doubled.
Unable to help himself.
Zhang Wei lowered his head and checked his phone.
"It's only 1:30 PM, and the festival doesn't officially start for several more hours. There are already so many people here. It seems Miss Lis didn't lie to me."
Not long ago, he had come down for a meal and coincidentally met Miss Lis. She had told him that he could go to the beach now, as it was already very lively. If she didn't have to meet a client later, she would have loved to join the fun.
Zhang Wei had originally planned to go later, closer to the start of the festival, but he changed his mind and headed to the beach.
Arriving at the beach.
Zhang Wei shifted his gaze from the pale figures on the sand to the sea, his eyes landing on a large yacht.
"That must be Matt's yacht."
Despite the distance, with the enhancement of his Heavenly Eye, Zhang Wei could see people on the yacht carrying boxes of foreign liquor and beer onto it. Matt himself was standing on the yacht, directing them.
Regarding this.
Zhang Wei had no intention of striking up a conversation. Firstly, Matt was too enthusiastic. Secondly, the pale figures on the beach were more interesting than the yacht at the moment. Besides, the yacht party didn't start until evening, so it wouldn't be too late to go then.
"I'll go grab something to eat first."
He muttered to himself.
Zhang Wei scanned his surroundings and was soon attracted to a vendor stall set up by the organizers on the beach.
"Huh, isn't that One Piece?"
It was a stall themed around the anime One Piece. One Piece was a popular anime distributed globally, and even in the United States, it was well-received. On a beach, a tourist destination with the sea as its main attraction, how could there not be a One Piece-themed stall?
At this moment.
There was a long queue in front of the stall, with people almost engulfing it. It was a stall selling One Piece-themed food and merchandise.
"That Chopper hat is so cute. I have to buy one later. Hmm? There are also figurines? Buy it, I must buy it!"
Zhang Wei saw three bikini-clad beauties emerge from the stall. They were chatting and laughing. Besides their curvaceous figures, one thing that caught his eye was that they were wearing Chopper hats, making them look cute in addition to being sexy.
Following that.
Looking down from their heads.
Besides holding fruits that resembled Devil Fruits and large bone skewers that Luffy often ate, one of them was also holding a figurine, a Chopper figurine.
Without hesitation.
Zhang Wei hurried to join the queue.
Seeing that he still had to queue for a while, Zhang Wei took out his phone, took pictures of the beach scene around him, and then sent them to Qiu Xiaolin, Lu Lianxue, Zhang Chao, and others.
It was rare to come to Hawaii, so why not show off to friends and family? He also took a selfie on the beach, capturing the beautiful women around him, and posted it on his Moments.
Soon.
Ding dong. His phone received a WeChat notification.
[Zhang Chao]: Damn it, you beast! So many beautiful women, so many breasts, I want breasts, give me those big breasts quickly!!! A look of envy.jpg
[Zhang Wei]: Hehehe, Momonosuke hugging Nami with a smirk.jpg
[Zhang Chao]: Why is it that we both have the surname Zhang, but you get to enjoy warm big breasts while I'm on tough duty? I hate this so much, leaving tears of blood while roaring alone.jpg
[Zhang Wei]: Perhaps it's because the Zhang we have is not the same Zhang.
[Zhang Chao]: Huh? Not the same? What's the difference? Aren't they both the Zhang from 'bow and long'?
[Zhang Wei]: No, no, no, it's different. Your Zhang is the Zhang that speaks without thinking, while my Zhang is the Zhang that bares its fangs and brandishes its claws. The meaning is different.
[Zhang Chao]: Middle finger.jpg
[Zhang Chao]: I suspect you're subtly insulting me, and I've gathered evidence. However, your explanation sounds pretty good. Great, I'll introduce myself like this from now on.
[Zhang Wei]: How will you introduce yourself? Let's hear it.
[Zhang Chao]: Hello, my name is Zhang Chao, the Zhang that speaks without thinking, the Chao that is beyond imagination.
[Zhang Wei]: Show-off.jpg
[Zhang Chao]: I don't care. Zhang Wei, you're tempting me with breasts. Then I want breasts too, immediately, no, find me a girlfriend with big, soft breasts right now, or I'll start speaking, and I'll speak with golden words.
[Zhang Wei]: Damn, it's not that easy to find. Do you think I'm a celestial being?
[Zhang Wei]: You are a celestial being. Didn't you say before that a foreign priest thought you were the Jade Emperor? See, you can't even hide your identity. So… Jade Emperor, your humble servant Zhang Chao begs for breasts. I want a girlfriend with big breasts!!!!
Looking at the messages from Zhang Chao.
Zhang Wei couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"When it comes to creating a stir, Zhang Chao is too damn hilarious…"
As he spoke.
Just as Zhang Wei was about to reply, he heard a voice:
"Hello sir, what would you like to buy?"
As soon as the words came out.
Zhang Wei looked up and realized that he had been chatting with Zhang Chao without realizing it and had reached the front of the queue, it was his turn to buy something.
Looking at the menu handed over by the stall employee, although it was a small stall, it sold quite a lot of One Piece merchandise, with various foods recreated from One Piece.
Immediately.
Zhang Wei pointed at the menu and said:
"Give me these four Devil Fruits, then a Sanji's Seafood Fried Rice, and an extra-large bone skewer."
"Okay, sir, please wait a moment."
Shortly after the employee finished speaking, he brought four fruits that looked very much like Devil Fruits, along with a box of fried rice and a large bone skewer.
Zhang Wei was very satisfied, his gaze falling on the Devil Fruits.
"As expected of Hawaii, so many varieties of fruit. They've really replicated them well. Hmm?"
As a fan of One Piece, he knew that some of the Devil Fruits drawn by Oda actually existed in reality, with only slight modifications. Some of these real-life fruits looked very similar to Devil Fruits and were often used in One Piece-themed restaurants.
As Zhang Wei spoke and prepared to pay.
He seemed to sense something.
Zhang Wei frowned slightly and looked in a certain direction.
At the same time.
Rumble.
With the sound of thunder.
Everyone on this beach looked up at the sky in unison. They saw that the sky, which had been clear just a moment ago, was now covered with rolling dark clouds, casting a shadow, and blocking out the sunlight.
"F*ck? Is it going to rain?"
"What's going on? I don't remember the weather forecast mentioning a storm today."
Many people around complained.
In their opinion, today was a rare grand festival. If it rained heavily, the festival would be ruined.
On the other side.
On a beach not far from this one.
Unlike that beach, although the two beaches were adjacent and did not span across regions, the weather here was completely different.
Here, the sun was still shining brightly, and the sky was still clear.
Even.
The people here looked towards that beach, and it was still clear skies, with people coming and going, completely different from what the people inside saw. It was as if they were in the same place but in different spaces.
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