One Piece: Chaos Kong

Chapter 189: Black Tortoise

Arriving in the sea king's stomach, Trenza and I floated just above the beast's stomach acid, which was releasing rather toxic fumes that we were inhaling, though I've had experience being inside creatures' stomachs, so we would be fine. Watching Trenza gasp for breath after nearly drowning, I waited for her to regain her composure before we continued searching for these supposed voices that, for some reason, I couldn't hear.

"Ugh, b-being able to breathe feels so nice." Muttered Trenza as she lay on Nimbus while looking at the ceiling of the sea king's stomach, only to flip onto her stomach and slowly stand up.

"Can you still hear the voices, Trenza?" Asked Diddy curiously as he sat upon Nimbus while looking at Trenza, who glared at him in annoyance before she huffed and nodded.

"Yes, I can still hear the voices, though they're getting fainter by the second; I think the sea king we're inside of is swimming further away." Replied Trenza with a nod as she closed her three eyes and concentrated on listening while sitting in front of Diddy, who furrowed his brows.

"Fainter? Hmm, I should be able to fix that." Muttered Diddy with a thoughtful expression as he gazed at the creature's stomach, only to grin while unholstering Naga-sa.

"Hold onto, Nimbus, if you don't wish to be flung away, and make sure to say when the voices are getting louder." Added Diddy with a feral grin as he leaped off Nimbus before landing on the skeleton of a large fish, which was partially sticking above the stomach acid.

Tightly gripping Naga-sa, I leaped off the skeleton, launching myself towards one of the walls of the creature's stomach before violently hitting it, causing the stomach to tremble while the sea king roared out in pain. Continuously hitting the stomach wall, I forced the sea king to go in the direction I was attacking as if I was leading a horse with reins, only I was using a bo-staff, and the animal of choice was a sea king.

"Are we going in the right direction or not, Trenza?" Asked Diddy with a slight frown as he turned and yelled at Trenza, who was covering her ears.

"Ugh, I-I don't know! T-The roaring is drawing out everything else; stop attacking for a second!" Yelled Trenza with a slightly painful expression as she leaned over Nimbus and looked at Diddy, who scoffed in annoyance.

Grumbling under my breath, I listened to Trenza and momentarily paused my attacks while I floated in the air using geppo; resting Naga-sa on my shoulder, I looked up at her and waited for her to respond.

"I-I can hear it, Captain; t-they sound very close, but they sound even more distressed than normal like they're in pain; I think something is attacking them." Stated Trenza with a slight frown as she closed her eyes while intently focusing on the two voices, which were whimpering and howling in pain.

"Tsk, probably a stupid Sea king; they're the only creatures that live this far deep in the ocean. C'mon, let's get moving; I didn't help you and come all the way down here just for these supposed voices to die; if they're going to die, I'm going to do it." Remarked DIddy with a click of his tongue as he leaped onto Nimbus before quickly flying through the stomach, heading back the way they came from.

Flying up the sea king's esophagus, I arrived at its shut mouth and raised Naga-sa above my head while lightning coiled around it before violently slamming it upon the beast's tongue, causing it to open its mouth and roar in pain. Holding onto Trenza lest she gets whisked away by the rushing water, we exited the sea king's mouth and floated in the dark depths of the ocean, yet that wasn't a hindrance to either of us; our eyes were able to easily see through this abysmal darkness.

Looking around, I tried searching for activity, but I didn't need to as I heard a pair of howls and whimpers coming from deeper below; now, I was no sea king expert, but I've lived most of my life in the forest surrounded by beasts, so I've gotten pretty confident at noticing various things from just a creatures voice alone.