【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Knowing that I used the power of the devil fruit to have someone follow him to protect him, he will definitely be angry with me as his brother. I just need to not let him find out, Lucci thought happily. "Don't let him find out that you are my clone and are protecting him," Lucci added.

"You are my clone, so do you have my memories and emotions?" Lucci asked curiously.

"Yes, normally clones don't have emotions and memories, but since I was created by you using your own shadow, it's like you split off another self, so I have the memories before the main body, but after the shadow is separated, it is independent, so it no longer has your memories after that, but it will act according to your original instructions."

"Is that so? That means you are now a person who can think independently?" Lu Qi thought for a while and asked.

"Yes"

Lucci stroked his chin and thought, not knowing if this was the right thing to do, but he could feel that he could take him back. After all, this was his shadow anyway. "Since you are me, I think you should know how to protect him best."

"Yes," Qi replied, "We have the same memories and emotions, so my feelings for him are the same as yours, and I also have the desire to protect him like you." Qi added.

"This way I can protect Luffy even if I'm not by his side." Lucci thought.

Lucci and Qi returned to the tree house. Lucci went back quietly and continued to lie down, while Qi walked to Luffy and went into Luffy's shadow to rest. Although Qi looked like a normal person, he was still a shadow after all. He could not come out for a long time and could only rest in the shadow.

Lucci lay down again, his thoughts suddenly going back to a few months ago when he accidentally saw a person he had never seen before on the coast. He didn't know why he appeared on this small island, and he always had a bad feeling about the person's appearance here.

……

"Here it comes, the storm is coming!" Ace shouted excitedly while standing in front of the rudder of the tree house.

"If you want to come, come harder!" Sabo shouted from Ace's left.

"Hahaha! Come harder, we will defeat it," Lucci shouted excitedly while standing on Ace's right.

"Wow! The wind is getting stronger!" Luffy climbed up and held the flagpole, looking forward.

"Luffy, please protect our flag well!" Lucci said to Luffy excitedly.

"Don't let the pirate flag be blown away by the wind!" Ace shouted to Luffy above.

"Losing the flag is a shame for pirates!" Sabo shouted.

"Okay!" The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and suddenly a strong wind blew Luffy up "Ah! Help!"

"Luffy!" Ace and Lucci shouted loudly, and Ace quickly ran to the place closest to Luffy.

"Hahaha! Luffy, what are you doing!" Ace laughed as he watched Luffy holding the flag being blown away by the wind.

Stop laughing! Come and save me!" Luffy shouted.

……

"Awesome! We defeated the storm!" Luffy said excitedly as he walked, holding his pipe.

"But the tree house has become dilapidated." Sabo said helplessly.

"Hahaha, we can fix it again" Lucci grinned.

"Okay, let's go collect the materials!" Ace raised the pipe in his hand easily and decided.

"I want a pair of binoculars!" Luffy turned around and walked backwards looking at his brothers.

"Stupid, there's no way that thing could fall down," Ace said with a smile.

"If possible, it would be better if a cannon dropped," Sabo responded.

"It would be amazing if a cannon fell down."

Lucci laughed at his brothers, and slowly he stopped laughing. He cautiously looked back at the woods he had just walked through, and felt a little strange, but he didn't find anything.

"Lucci?" Sabo looked at Lucci in confusion as he suddenly stopped.

"Coming, coming." Lucci responded and quickly returned to his brothers.

"What's wrong?" Sabo asked confusedly.

"Nothing, just a strange feeling." Lucci added, "It shouldn't be anything, let's go."

"No, Ace, I can't find my binoculars!" Luffy complained to Ace.

"Luffy, why are you looking for the telescope? We need to find materials." Ace looked at Luffy helplessly.

Lucci listened to the voices of Ace and Luffy and shook his head helplessly. "I've picked up so much, it should be enough," Lucci thought as he looked at the wooden board in his hand.

Lucci was about to go back when he was suddenly attracted by a shining object near the city wall. Lucci walked closer and picked it up. It was the telescope that Luffy had been thinking about. "I found the telescope. Luffy will be very happy," Lucci thought happily.

"boom!!"

Lucci was startled by the sudden sound of gunfire. He looked in the direction where the gunfire came from and realized that it was from the direction of Ace and the others. He stuffed the binoculars into his pocket and quickly ran towards them.

Lucci saw many guards and Bluezeum's people surrounding Ace and the others. Ace and Luffy had been captured. Lucci saw Sabo standing in front of a noble he met last time and talking about something. Lucci found himself behind a rock and watching, planning to find a chance to rescue his brothers.

"Dad, that's enough. I promise. I will be obedient and do what you say!! I just beg you, just please don't hurt these two people! Please... they are my important... brothers!" Sabo lowered his shoulders and promised his father.

"Damn it, Sabo!" Lucci looked at this scene and couldn't help but want to rush out.

"Don't do this, Sabo! Hey... don't go! Don't agree! We'll be fine!! Didn't we agree to pursue freedom together? Do you want to just let it go like this?" Ace shouted at Sabo's back, hoping to stop Sabo from sacrificing himself for them.

"Sabo!!" Luffy cried out loudly.

'Sabo, damn it, I have to find a way to follow them and rescue Sabo! 'Lucci thought as he watched their backs walk away. Lucci looked at the shadows on the ground in deep thought, and suddenly thought of something, his lips curled up, 'Sabo, wait for me, I will bring you back.' Lucci looked at Ace and Luffy and muttered, 'Ace, I believe you will be fine, Luffy is in your hands.'

……

Bluejam had Ace and Luffy brought back to his ship, and then told his men, "There's another kid, go find him and bring him here."

"Being born into a noble family is something you can only encounter by chance. It is simply a blessing from your previous life... If I could, I would really like to exchange with him. I dream of being born into a noble family." Bluejam smiled arrogantly at Ace and Luffy, and added, "I didn't expect that one of the infamous four-member brat group is actually a noble. He must be looking down on you in his heart."

"Stop talking nonsense! Sabo is not that kind of guy!" Ace retorted to Bluejam angrily.

"Yes, we are brothers!" Luffy shouted angrily at Bluezem.

"Haha, so that's it." Bluejam laughed, pouring a glass of wine from the bottle in his hand, and continued, "But you won't approach that guy again... If you are willing to listen, I won't have to get rid of you here. If you really treat him as a brother, then don't bother him anymore..."

"But Sabo said he hates Gao Zhen!!" Luffy retorted loudly. Ace stood on the side of Luffy, slightly blocking Luffy, and silently observed Bluejam's attitude.

"Forget about him quickly. This is the real way to treat him well. You will understand when you grow up." Bluezeum frowned and looked at Luffy and continued, "Although you and I had a grudge because of Borjami, I will let bygones be bygones now. I admire the strong, and I happen to be short of manpower right now. Do you want to help me?" Bluezeum continued, as if he didn't even notice that they were angry.

Ace and Luffy were a little surprised by Bluezem's sudden change of topic and didn't even react.

Bluejam looked at their reactions and chuckled, "Oh, it's an easy job, nothing dangerous."

The smile on Bluejem's face made Ace's hair stand on end. Bluejem pointed to a point on the map and said, "I have a map of the waste terminal here. You just move the things to the marked points and that's it." Bluejem looked at Ace and said, "Well, what for?"