【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Then let's go." Luffy said with a grin, and then started running towards the desert ahead.

"Wait, Luffy!" Qi shouted, and then followed Luffy. "It's troublesome to get lost in the desert!"

"They shouldn't just run out like that, they'll get lost!" Weiwei said worriedly.

"You'll get used to it soon enough," Zoro yawned, walking past them in the direction of Kai and Luffy.

"Don't get lost, Green Algae Head!" Sanji shouted and chased after Zoro who was walking in front.

"Don't get lost!" Zoro shouted disdainfully.

"Zoro will get lost if he moves a bit," Usopp complained as he moved forward.

In this way, everyone followed Luffy and his friends until Luffy was cheated of all his supplies by the bird. Fortunately, Qi still had some supplies, which prevented them from being cheated of all their supplies by the fraudulent bird.

After lunch, although they tried to shorten the distance between them and Luffy, Qi, Zoro and Sanji as much as possible, they disappeared as soon as they looked up.

"Where did everyone go?" Luffy suddenly turned around and looked behind him, only to see that all the people who had just followed them were gone.

When Qi heard Luffy's voice, he looked back stiffly, hoping that they were not lost, but he was obviously disappointed, there was no one behind them.

"They might be lost," Zoro sneered.

Sanji covered his forehead and shouted angrily to Zoro, "We are lost!"

"It's so hot~" Luffy complained, lying face down in the sand.

"We know, Luffy." Qi sighed and pulled Luffy up from the sand. "Now we can only keep moving forward. Maybe we can run into them."

"Water~" Luffy shouted, then glanced at a cactus next to him.

"You can only drink a little, this is our last water." Qi took off the water bottle on his waist and was about to hand it to Luffy when he noticed the cactus in his hand and hurriedly shouted "Don't eat it!!"

But it was too late, because Luffy had already bitten off half of the cactus in his hand.

"Luffy?" Sanji looked at the confused expression on Luffy's face and couldn't help but shouted worriedly.

"How do you feel?" Qi asked, grabbing Luffy's shoulders.

Zoro noticed that Luffy had a strange expression when he looked at Qi, and he became extremely angry. He had never seen Luffy show such an expression towards his companions. He realized that something was wrong and quickly stepped forward to knock Luffy down.

"What are you doing, green algae-head!?" Sanji shouted.

"Idiot, he's poisoned!" Zoro looked at Luffy who had gotten up from the ground and was shouting angrily at the air.

Qi sighed and grabbed Luffy's fist that was stretched out to him, pulling him towards him, and quickly used his arm covered in Armament Haki to hit him in the back of the neck, knocking him unconscious "I'm so sorry, Luffy."

Qi held Luffy and turned to the shocked Sanji and Zoro, saying innocently, "This is the only way."

"This idiot has really caused us a lot of trouble." Sanji sighed and said helplessly as he looked at Luffy behind him.

"Let's go." Zoro also sighed after following behind Qi, not understanding why Luffy would get into trouble just because he didn't pay attention for a moment, just like when the bird cheated them of their supplies in the morning. If Qi hadn't taken out half of them and didn't give them all to Luffy, they might not have been able to get out of the desert alive. He couldn't help but sigh, "When he wakes up, he will definitely get into trouble again."

Qi continued to move forward with Luffy on his back. Fortunately, they encountered a small town a few hours later. When they were about to enter the town, they noticed Ace and Usopp running out of the town, and the villagers on the wall behind them were cheering. In addition, there were four gangsters chasing them, shouting at them to leave.

"What's going on?" Sanji asked confused.

Qi looked to the other side and noticed that Nami and the others had sneaked out from the side of the wall with some food and water.

"As expected of the rebels, they are so strong!" Usopp shouted at them with a smile on his face, "Run! We are defeated!"

Although Qi, Sanji and Zoro were confused, they turned around and followed them away. When they were far enough away, Ace and Usopp led them to stop under a pile of rocks.

Ace smiled and explained to them that the four people chasing after them were the protectors of the town, and it was obvious that they were timid and unsure of themselves, so they staged a scene to make them really fight for their village.

"By the way, what happened to Luffy?" Ace asked as he looked at Luffy who was sleeping on Qi's back.

"Ah, well..." Sanji rubbed the back of his head and answered helplessly, "That guy drank and ate some cactus, which caused hallucinations."

Nami and the others behind him also caught up and just happened to hear what Sanji said. Nami covered her forehead with her hand and said helplessly, "How could someone cause so much trouble for himself?"

When Ace heard this, he thought of all the trouble Luffy had gotten into as a child, and an indulgent smile appeared on his face.

"At least he is unconscious now." Weiwei breathed a sigh of relief and thankfully said, "Fortunately you didn't let him walk around in the desert while awake. Someone once ate those cacti and had hallucinations, causing him to get lost in the desert."

"Luffy is fine. He probably didn't eat much. The toxins have been flushed out of his body. He should wake up soon." Chopper had already begun checking Luffy as they were talking. "But I don't know why there is a bruise on the back of his neck."

When Qi heard Chopper's next words, he whistled and looked away guiltily.

"Luffy, you're awake!" Usopp shouted happily.

"What happened?" Luffy asked, noticing that they had found Nami and the others without knowing when. Then he saw the food behind Nami and the others, and rushed towards the food, shouting "Meat!!"

"Wait! It's not roasted yet!" Sanji hurriedly grabbed Luffy.

"Let me do it." Ace said with a smile, and then quickly grilled one of the fish.

"Meat!!" Luffy pounced on the freshly grilled food.

"In that case, let's have dinner first." Qi said with a smile, and then looked at Weiwei, "Weiwei, how far are we from Yuba?"

"We are very close to Yuba. We should be able to arrive in the evening." Weiwei replied while looking at the map in her hand.

"That's good, it's faster than we expected." Sanji lit a cigarette and took a puff.

"Luffy, I have to go." Ace looked at Luffy and said.

"What? So fast?" Luffy asked.

"Well, I should leave." Ace said with a smile, "I have received news about Blackbeard from the small town just now. He left from the west of Alabasta. Since he is not here, it is time for me to leave too."