【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Then let's go." Qi stepped forward and held the duck's rope. He didn't want to wait in the forest and look for Luffy riding on the duck. "Do you know the way back to Merry?"

"I don't know." Luffy responded confidently.

"As expected, it's you, Luffy." Qi smiled helplessly. Under Qi's leadership, they quickly found Merry. Although Luffy always followed some inexplicable animals and went the wrong way in the process, they finally found Merry safely.

Luffy and Qi picked up several barrels of wine from the boat and started walking back. When they returned to the giant, Qi greeted Luffy and then walked into the jungle.

On his way back, he happened to glimpse a strange white shadow in the jungle, and he could sense that they were not the only ones on the island. It should be the guys from Baroque Studio who were chasing them, and he needed to confirm it.

"There is a house in the forest." Qi looked at the white cottage in confusion. When he got closer, he found that the house seemed to be made of wax.

"Bulu Bulu~"

Qi turned his head to look at the Den Den Mushi that suddenly rang, and without much hesitation he picked up the phone, "Who is this?"

……

On the other side, Luffy was happily chatting with the drinking giant uncle. Suddenly, he noticed that Qi, who had just left, had come back at some point and was standing behind Zoro and the others who were training with his head down. Luffy didn't think too much about it and walked towards him happily, "Qi, what happened? Why did you come back so soon?"

When he was about to touch Qi's body, Luffy watched in shock as Qi's body suddenly began to melt, and something white suddenly attacked him, wrapping up his right hand. Luffy quickly stepped back, dodging the rest of the attack, and Luffy shouted in confusion "What's wrong with you, Qi?!"

Dong Li looked at this sudden change in confusion, and before he could react, the wine he had just drunk suddenly exploded in his stomach.

"Uncle Giant!" Luffy shouted in shock. He didn't understand why their wine exploded. It was clearly the wine on their ship.

The blindfolded people who were training were startled by the sudden explosion and hurriedly pulled off their blindfolds. Before they could react, a white object suddenly surrounded their feet, causing them to fall to the ground.

"What's going on!?" Usopp shouted in panic, not knowing what was going on.

"Qi?" Nami looked at Qi with confusion. Qi had been lowering his head blankly. She didn't know what had happened, but it was obvious that they were caught, and Luffy and Qi who was standing there were in a very bad condition.

"Luffy, what happened?" Zoro asked in confusion. He had just used a knife to try the thing that was trapping his legs. It was very hard, like iron, and could not be cut at all.

"Hey, Luffy, are you okay?" Sanji asked worriedly. Although he didn't know what happened, why the giant suddenly exploded, and why they were caught by such a strange thing, Luffy's expression was obviously wrong. He seemed very angry and panicked?

"Did Qi betray us?!" Weiwei shouted in shock. Although she didn't believe this speculation, they were all trapped now. Only Qi was the only one who didn't suffer any harm. He was not surprised by their experience, not to mention that the wine was brought by Qi from the boat.

"Hey! What are you talking about!?" Luffy shouted angrily to Vivi, "Qi will never betray us!!" Then he turned around and shouted worriedly, "Hey, Qi, what's wrong with you?"

"Hey, Luffy, calm down." Zoro sensed something was wrong. He noticed that Qi, who had been standing there, had a strange aura. "His aura is wrong."

Luffy heard what Zoro said, calmed down, and then smashed the thing disguised as Qi with force, "That guy is not Qi."

The others breathed a sigh of relief, then felt extremely angry because they realized that there were other people on the island and they had successfully set them up.

"You actually set me up." Dong Li, who had regained consciousness, shouted angrily.

He didn't care whether there were any problems within their organization. He just wanted to eliminate these short humans. Just as he was about to take action, an active volcano erupted.

"Hey, Uncle Donli, you can't go!" Usopp shouted loudly to stop the giant, because he saw Uncle Donli walking towards the duel, but his body was seriously injured and this duel was unfair.

"I am the warrior Dongli! I will not insult the name of Elbaf." Dongli kept breathing heavily and walked towards the agreed battle site with the weapon in his hand.

"Wait a minute, uncle, someone has tampered with this duel. What kind of duel is it if it has been tampered with?!" Luffy shouted angrily.

"I'm sorry, I just doubted you... But this is the approval of the God of Elbaf... He just didn't protect me..." Dongli said as he walked towards the agreed location "Don't stop me, kid."

"Damn it, who on earth ruined the uncle's battle!!" Luffy shouted angrily.

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"It's me, Mr. 0."

Qi reacted instantly and realized that the person opposite the Den Den Mushi was Crocodile, the boss behind Baroque Studio. It seemed that this room was the base of Baroque Studio's agents.

"Mr. 3, you and Ms. Golden Week have completed the mission, killing Princess Vivi and the Straw Hat Pirates. Many days have passed since I issued the order."

"Ah, the mission has been completed. All the guys who knew your secret have been dealt with." Qi said casually. It seems that the two agents that Crocodile mentioned have already started to act. I don't know how Luffy and the others are doing, but this battle should be a good challenge for them. "There is no need to arrange people to hunt them down anymore."

"Very good. I have sent the Unlucky Team to your place. They need to confirm the completion of your mission and send you an Eternal Pointer to Alabasta. Next, you and Ms. Golden Week will go to Alabasta together. Now we will begin our most important operation."

Qi turned his head and looked at the two animals standing on the windowsill with cold eyes, put his finger to his mouth, and signaled them to be quiet.

The Unlucky Group was so frightened when they saw Qi's eyes that they dared not move. They thought of the scene when this man taught the other two agents a lesson, and they couldn't help feeling frightened and carefully put the pointer in his hand.

"Ah, I see. I've got the record pointer." Qi looked at the pointer in his hand and said with a smile, "We will arrive in Alabasta soon."