【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"I'm sorry, Usopp!" Kaya looked at Usopp with an apologetic voice, but her eyes were always on Krahatel, hoping that he would leave after accepting her property.

The three boys who had been following Miss Kaya were looking at this scene in shock. The captain had indeed not lied, and the pirates were really going to attack the village.

"I'm sorry, miss, you may have misunderstood. I want more than just money. I also need stability, so it is necessary for you to write a suicide note and then let the pirates kill you." Krahatel didn't want to get her property directly, so he explained to her, and then he kindly told her that he hated the three years he had been with her. He hated taking care of a little girl every day. For him, those days were nothing but endless humiliation.

Ke Ya listened to Krahatel's words heartbrokenly. She raised the pistol she had been hiding and pointed it at Krahatel. She didn't want to do this, but Krahatel was no longer the housekeeper who always accompanied her. But the pistol in her hand was quickly shot away by him. It turned out that he never liked her company. He always thought she was just a burden to him.

"Shut up, Kuro!!" Usopp couldn't bear to listen anymore, he rushed forward and tried to punch him, but Krahattal quickly dodged his attack.

"I still have a grudge against you for punching you...you punched me hard once!" Krahatl showed a mean smile on his face and attacked in the direction of Usopp.

"Captain, be careful!" The three boys who had been hiding saw this scene and shouted subconsciously. When they realized they were exposed, they immediately hid again.

"boom!"

Krahatl's body was knocked flying by a rubber fist.

"If you don't like being beaten so much, I'll hit you 100 more times!" Luffy retracted his outstretched fist and grinned.

"You're awake, Luffy, just in time!" Qi said with a smile, and then noticed that Zoro's battle was over and Nami returned with the treasure.

"Qi, I'm going to beat this guy away!" Luffy looked seriously at the butler who stood up from the ground with his head down.

"Then I'll leave it to you, Luffy." Qi stepped back to give Luffy some space to fight, and reminded him of the guy's strange skills, "Pay attention to that guy's silent steps, but it won't be of any use to you."

"It hurts a little. Your moves are weird." Krahatel said, "It seems you have the power of a devil fruit."

"That's right, I ate the rubber fruit, I am a rubber man!" Luffy clenched his fists and a wild smile appeared on his face.

"Before we start, I want to ask you one more thing." Krahattel lowered his arms and looked at Luffy and said, "As an outsider, why do you want to meddle in the affairs of this village?"

"Because there's a guy living in the village...who I don't want to die." Luffy replied with a grin.

"Are you here to die just for this?" Kuro raised the long blade in his hand and moved quickly to attack Luffy.

"I won't die!" Luffy grinned at the figure attacking him, then grabbed the arm of the person attacking him, jumped up, and kicked at Clo from the air.

Kuro used Silent Step to dodge the attack, reached out and grabbed Luffy's hand, and threw him backwards. Luffy punched him as he fell, sending him towards the cliff.

“I will never let you ruin my three-year plan.” Cloe lowered his head, his hands holding ten long blades hanging naturally at his sides. He really didn’t expect that in just one day, two people could keep up with his silent steps. In this case, he shook his body quickly from side to side and laughed mockingly, “Go to hell!!”

"No!" Luffy refused. He looked towards Clow's position and noticed that Clow disappeared out of his sight. Then scratches appeared randomly everywhere. His shoulders and chest were also scratched, but he didn't care. He glanced around, trying to find the butler's trace. He needed to find the butler's location.

"Wow! It's a scoop!"

"Captain Crowe! Please stop!!"

"We'll all die if this continues!!"

The Black Cat Pirates who were defeated by Zoro and his men screamed in fear at the sudden attack and tried to stop their former captain, hoping that he would let them go.

"It's useless. This is an indiscriminate attack launched by the Silent Step." Qiang Gao looked at the scratches around him and said in despair. "Because it's too fast, even he himself doesn't know what he cut! This attack will only stop when he runs out of energy."

Qi used his clothes to cover the wound that appeared, and suddenly he noticed that Usopp was unusually brave at a time like this.

Usopp has been standing by Kaya's side since he noticed that Kuro has disappeared, trying to protect her from Kuro. When he noticed the random scratches, he immediately hugged Kaya and used his body to block the attacks of the blades that suddenly appeared from various positions.

Zoro gritted his teeth and stood in front of Nami, trying to focus on the sudden disappearance of Kuro.

"Get out here! Butler!" Luffy shouted angrily. He didn't expect that this butler would ignore the lives of his companions and kill them at will. Seeing people falling one by one, Luffy shouted angrily, "What do you think of your companions!!"

"Luffy..." Nami was a little surprised to hear what Luffy said.

"Don't be impatient, Luffy!" Qi reminded loudly, "Calm down and feel the location of his breath!"

Luffy calmed down. He knew what Qi meant. He felt the feeling that Qi had said. He focused on the surrounding environment, feeling the sounds around him, the footsteps, the wind, the sound of air flow, the direction, the butler's movements. Suddenly, a huge smile appeared on Luffy's face. "Found you!"

He swung his fist directly towards the position where the butler would attack next. Clow, who had been invisible just now, was suddenly knocked to the ground by Luffy's fist. An obvious fist mark appeared on his face, and blood spurted out of Clow's mouth. Then his eyes rolled back and he completely lost consciousness.

Qiang Gao looked at this scene in shock. The other Black Cat Pirates who were scratched suddenly became quiet. They couldn't believe that their powerful Captain Cloe actually lost.

"Take him away! Don't come here again!" Luffy threw the unconscious Kuro to the Black Cat Pirates at the bottom of the slope. After watching them leave completely, he relaxed and slowly fell down. When he thought he would lie on the ground, an arm caught him. Looking at the profile of the person who came, Luffy smiled, "Odd, I won, I want to eat meat!"

"You are such a reckless guy..." Qi reached out and rubbed the head that was resting on his shoulder. "Don't always hurt yourself!"

"I didn't expect that someone as strong as you would fall." Nami teased, walked over and handed the straw hat she picked up to Luffy who was leaning against Qi, then sat next to him and asked, "Why were you angry just now?"

"I hate those guys, they did the wrong thing... Pirates are not like them." Luffy said.

Nami was silent for a while and then said, "What are you talking about? For pirates like them, doing such a thing is natural."

"That's not what Luffy thinks of as a pirate." Qi said with a smile, and then ruffled someone's hair. "Luffy will never be that kind of pirate."

"Yes, my goal is to become the Pirate King!" Luffy said with a smile, "And a real pirate group shouldn't be like that. The captain and the crew should trust and support each other. That's what partnership is."

Nami looked at Luffy seriously and then smiled.