【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Rice!!" Luffy quickly rushed towards the aroma he smelled. This time he was not wrong. He smelled the aroma of rice. After a while, he saw a familiar sign and immediately shouted happily, "It's a restaurant." Then he stretched out his arms to grab the door railing of the restaurant and pulled his body back "Rubber-Rubber Rocket!!"

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"Portcas, just surrender!" Smoker said impatiently. He had other things to do.

"Oh, relax!" Ace grinned "I'm just waiting for my brother."

He put his feet on the chair at the bar, which made it creak. Smoker looked at Fire Fist Ace who was so relaxed, and his eyes narrowed dangerously.

The customers in the restaurant looked at the increasingly dangerous atmosphere, swallowed nervously, and quietly stepped back.

"What are you going to do now?" Ace snorted. "I'm not going to surrender."

Smoker sighed, took a deep drag on his cigar and said, "Actually, I'm looking for another pirate right now, and I'm not interested in your head..."

"Then let me go." Ace said with a grin.

"Rocket!!"

"That won't work either. I'm a marine... and you're a pirate. As long as your identity remains unchanged..." Smoker said as he turned his right hand into smoke and prepared to attack. Suddenly, something behind him hit his back hard.

Ace was just preparing to face the navy in battle, but the navy suddenly rushed towards him at an extremely fast speed. Ace looked at the navy flying towards him in horror, and had no time to react. In an instant, he and the navy were knocked away by a force.

A huge hole suddenly appeared in the wall of the restaurant, and several houses behind it were also affected and had huge holes knocked out of them.

The restaurant owner watched all this in shock, gaping at the new hole that suddenly appeared in the wall. Then he saw a hyperactive kid appear in front of him and demanded food. He looked at the boy who had no idea what he had done and couldn't help but remind him, "You'd better run away..."

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Qi noticed a series of loud noises suddenly coming from the restaurant in front. It seemed that Luffy had attracted the attention of the navy again. He sighed and started walking towards the restaurant. He had to take Luffy away before the navy started fighting.

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"What? What's wrong?" Luffy looked at the shop owner in confusion while eating, and then noticed the hole the shop owner mentioned, and said casually, "Why is there a hole here? Uncle, your taste is really weird!"

"It's all your fault!!" the boss and the restaurant's guests shouted angrily.

"Straw Hat Boy! You really came to this country!"

While eating, Luffy looked at the person who suddenly walked out of the cave in confusion. He seemed to be the navy who appeared in Rogue Town. He would definitely be able to defeat him this time.

"Stop eating!" Smoker shouted angrily.

"Wait a minute!" Luffy said, raising his hand, then quickly swept all the food on the table into his mouth and swallowed it. Then a bright smile appeared on Luffy's face, "I will definitely defeat you this time, Smoker!"

"What is your purpose in coming to this country?!" Smoker asked as he turned his right hand into smoke, preparing to attack Luffy.

"To defeat Crocodile!" Luffy also prepared for fighting, ready to meet Smoker's attack. At this tense moment, Qi suddenly appeared behind Luffy, grabbed his collar and dragged him away.

Smoker was stunned for a moment, then reacted instantly and chased after him angrily, "Stop! Straw Hat Boy!"

"Qi, what are you doing?" Luffy, who was being pulled by Qi, shouted in confusion, "I will definitely be able to defeat that smoking man this time!"

"Idiot! Don't forget our purpose." Kira pulled Luffy and ran towards the place where Zoro and the others appeared. "The most important thing now is Crocodile. We can't attract his attention so quickly."

"Okay!" Luffy pouted in disappointment, then he saw Zoro and the others hiding behind the wall in front of him, and immediately shouted excitedly "Zoro!"

When the others saw Luffy and Qi coming to them with the marines behind them, they immediately shouted in dissatisfaction, "Idiots! Get rid of the marines behind you first before coming over!"

"Hahaha, let's run!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

"Let's get on the boat and leave this island first!" Nami shouted as she ran.

"Get on the boat? Are we leaving this island?" Usopp asked loudly while running forward quickly.

"That's right, we can reach the desert by going inland along the river." Weiwei explained, "We came to Rapeseed Flower just to prepare the necessary supplies!"

"Everyone get on board and prepare to raise the anchor!" Nami shouted.

Before boarding the boat, Weiwei gave a letter to Paodekuai and asked him to deliver it to the king. Then they continued to their next stop, Juba.

The Merry quickly left the port. They noticed that the navy that had been chasing them didn't catch up with them for some reason. However, everyone was relieved to see that the navy didn't catch up with them. Only Luffy didn't have any worries at all and still had a bright smile on his face.

"Luffy, put this on!" Vivi handed Luffy a set of clothes.

"Ah? It's so hot, why are you wearing this?" Luffy looked at the clothes in Vivi's hand in confusion.

"We need to wear it because it's hot. The daytime temperature in the desert can exceed 50 degrees, and your skin will be burned by the sun," Weiwei explained.

"Then why are you wearing such cool clothes?" Luffy asked, looking at the clothes on Nami and Vivi.

"We'll have to add more clothes later," Nami explained.

"Do I have to wear it? It will be very hot~" Luffy said reluctantly. He was most afraid of heat.

“You can wait until you are about to enter the desert before wearing it,” Qi said with a smile.

"Yes, but you must wear it." Nami looked at Luffy and said helplessly.

"However, it seems that we have guests coming." Qi walked to the railing and looked at the man who was riding a small boat towards them from the shore. He noticed that there were small flames jumping on the man's shoulders. He should also be a devil fruit user.

Sanji recognized the man rushing towards them as the Whitebeard they saw at the market, and hurriedly reminded him, "That guy is the one who was looking for Luffy at the market today!"

When the others heard Sanji's words, they quickly took out their weapons and looked warily at the Whitebeard who was riding a small boat towards them.

"Who?" Luffy ran to the railing curiously to watch. As he watched the man getting closer and closer, the smile on his face grew bigger and bigger. He didn't expect to see Ace here. He excitedly shouted "Ace!!"

Everyone looked at Luffy in surprise. They didn't expect that this person was someone Luffy knew, and looked very familiar.

"Luffy, who is that guy?" Zoro asked puzzledly.

"He is my brother!" Luffy said happily.