【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Oh no, oh no, the water is up to my knees!"

"I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"

"No!!"

"The water is up to my thighs!"

"Ah! I feel weak all over." Luffy said as he slid into the water.

Qi grabbed Luffy who was about to slip into the water and lifted him onto his shoulders, "Sanji is here."

This was not a question, and everyone reacted instantly.

"Really?" Usopp shouted excitedly, "We are saved!!"

"Please don't make any noise while eating. This is against etiquette. Serial kicks!" As Sanji's voice fell, one huge banana crocodile after another was kicked away.

"Hey, have you been waiting for a long time?" Sanji took the cigarette out of his mouth and asked calmly.

"Don't just stand there like an idiot, go find the key!" Zoro yelled, feeling extremely annoyed at Sanji's show-off behavior at this time.

"Sanji, kill the third one that comes in." Qi said.

"Oh, I know." Sanji kicked hard at the crocodile with something in its stomach, but a white ball came out with the key.

Everyone looked at the ball strangely, and then saw Mr. 3 suddenly jump out of the ball.

"Mr.3, why are you here? Give me the key!" Sanji shouted.

"Key?" Mr. 3 picked up the key on the ground and threw it away in front of everyone. "Hahaha, you guys made me like this, and you still want the key!?"

"Asshole!!" Sanji rushed directly towards Mr. 3 and quickly beat him up. If Usopp hadn't said that he could copy the key to unlock the door, he would not have let him go.

Soon the water broke through the walls of the room and completely submerged it in an instant. Qi swam up with Luffy, Sanji swam up with the unconscious Usopp, and Zoro was asked by Luffy to rescue the marine because he was also a devil fruit user. Even though Zoro did not agree with saving their enemy, it was Luffy's order, so he would do it anyway.

"Zoro, why did you bring the enemy here with you!" Sanji asked in confusion.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Zoro said angrily.

"No matter what, let's hurry up and go to Aruba to stop Crocodile!" Qi said.

"Roronoa!!" Smoker, who had regained consciousness, raised his weapon and asked Zoro, "Why did you save me?"

"I was just following the captain's orders... It doesn't matter if you don't thank me." Zoro pulled out the sword from his waist and said, "That guy just acted on a whim, don't mind it."

"Where is Crocodile!!" Luffy, who had regained consciousness, looked around and shouted. Then he saw Smoker confronting Zoro, and immediately took a fighting stance and asked, "Smoker, do you want to fight?"

"Hey, Luffy, we're in a hurry!" Qi looked at Luffy who was eager to try and reminded him.

"The navy is coming, we have to leave quickly!" Sanji shouted.

Smoker and Luffy looked at each other for a while, then sighed and said, "Go... I'll let you go this time, but it won't happen again..."

"Luffy, hurry up, we are leaving!" Qi reminded Luffy who was still standing there.

"Okay." Luffy replied, then turned to look at Smoker with a bright smile on his face "I don't hate you at all, Nihehehe"

"Get out!" Smoker blushed instantly when he saw the smile on the straw hat's face, and angrily attacked Luffy, "Get out of here now!

The people who escaped from the navy looked at the endless desert in front of them and suddenly felt helpless. They always felt like they had been walking in the desert. Just when everyone thought they had to cross the desert again, Chopper rushed towards them with a huge crab.

"What a big crab." Luffy's eyes sparkled as he looked at the huge crab in front of him. "This must be delicious!!"

"Come up quickly!" Chopper shouted at them from the crab.

"Can I sit? Great!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

"It is the friend of eyelashes, although it is the same color as eyelashes." Chopper said "Let's go!"

"Set off!!"

Not long after they set off, a golden hook suddenly appeared. Luffy realized something was wrong and grabbed the hook in time, preventing him from hooking Vivi.

"This is Crocodile's arm." Qi said as he looked at the golden hook caught by Luffy. Sand kept flowing out from behind the golden hook. It could be seen that it was struggling and trying to return to its owner, but it was firmly fixed by Luffy's hand.

"You go first, I'm enough!" Luffy said to everyone, and then let the hook take him to fly towards Crocodile. "You must send Vivi to the palace safely!!"

"That idiot!!" Zoro and Sanji gritted their teeth, angry and worried about Luffy's sudden decision to fight Crocodile alone.

'If only he was stronger...' Zoro tightened his grip on the sword at his waist and couldn't help but think that if he was stronger he could help Luffy instead of letting their captain bear everything alone.

"The moment the rebels set out, the life of this country was doomed. If the royal army and the rebels meet on a narrow road, this country, Alabasta, will disappear. Vivi, you are the only hope to stop this, so you must survive no matter what..." Zoro looked at the panicked Vivi and said seriously, "Even if...someone among us encounters an accident..."

"So, Vivi-chan, don't think that this is your battle alone." Sanji said with a grin.

"Yeah, I'm here...right, Qi?" Usopp said, trembling with fear, but when he turned to look at Qi beside him, he found that Qi was not there at all. Usopp immediately shouted in horror, "Why is Qi gone!!!"

"What?!" the others shouted in shock.

"He probably left with Luffy," Sanji said as he exhaled a puff of smoke.

"Then Crocodile will definitely be in trouble." Nami breathed a sigh of relief. As long as Qi was there, Luffy would be fine.

"Let's hurry to the palace to stop the rebels." Zoro said, looking in the direction Luffy left.

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"Haha...Princess Vivi escaped..." Robin reminded, although she didn't care at all.

"Our people will also gather in Aruba, contact them and stop the princess." Crocodile ordered in a cold tone, then he looked at Straw Hat Luffy sitting on the ground, his eyes narrowed dangerously, "Straw Hat Luffy, you've gone a little too far."

"That girl... She can't even protect herself, but she still wants to help everyone around her." Luffy's voice was a little low, and he unconsciously lowered his hat as he spoke. "It's because she can't let go of anything that she's in so much pain. She just doesn't want anyone to die in this rebellion."