【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Lucci felt a splitting headache. He slowly opened his eyes and felt darkness in front of him. He tried to use his trapped hands to carefully touch the things around him. He seemed to be in a small box.

He felt like he was shaking all the time. Where was he? He tried to recall his last memory, but he felt his mind was fuzzy and couldn't remember what happened. Lucci wanted to stay awake, but his thinking was getting slower and slower, and finally he slowly closed his eyes and fell into deeper darkness.

"Christian, slow down and don't run around on the beach!" Christopher looked at his naughty son helplessly.

"Dover! I found the treasure, there's a big box here!" Tian looked at the big box floating in the sea and shouted to his father.

"Really?" Dover heard his son's voice and walked quickly over. He followed his son's line of sight and looked into the sea. Sure enough, there was a box floating on the shore.

"Tian, ​​wait here for me, I'll go pull up the box." Dover said to his son, then jumped into the sea and swam towards the floating box.

Tian looked at the box that his father placed on the beach, couldn't wait to open it, and then looked at the box in shock, "Dad! There is a person in the box!" Tian shouted to his father in shock.

Dover hurried over to see that it was a child who looked about the same age as Tian, ​​but something seemed wrong with him. Dover touched the boy's body in the box and said in shock, "It's so hot!"

"Son, we have to go back first. The boy needs a doctor. Can you help dad find the village chief?" Dover said to his son.

"Okay, Dad!" Tian said, then turned and ran towards the village chief's house.

After watching his son walk away, Dover picked up the boy and walked quickly towards Doris's clinic.

Doris was sorting out documents in the clinic when she heard someone calling her name.

"Doris! There's someone here who needs your help."

Dover rushed into Doris' clinic anxiously, "This boy has a fever, come and have a look!"

"Put him on the bed inside, and then you go out first," Doris said seriously.

The boy had a serious fever, and it looked like he had been burning for a long time. He was also severely beaten. Doris examined the boy's body and wondered why such a young boy had handcuffs on his wrists.

"Dover, where did you find the boy?" Doris asked. "He was lying in a box, floating in the sea. Tian found him." Dover responded. "How is he, is he okay?"

"He has a fever, a very serious one. He has had a fever for a long time, which has caused the wounds on his body to become inflamed. It depends on whether the fever can go down tonight." Doris continued, "But the boy was handcuffed. I could only separate the handcuffs in the middle, but I couldn't open them."

Dover and Doris were silent for a moment. "This boy may be a runaway slave. Taking him in may bring danger to our village." Doris said calmly.

"I understand. I'll ask Tian to inform the village chief. After he wakes up, he can decide whether to take him in," Dover responded.

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Lucci felt a splitting headache and his whole body was in pain and weakness. He wanted to open his eyes, but his eyelids were heavy. Lucci forced himself to open his eyes and vaguely saw several figures under the dazzling white light.

He tried to recall in his mind what had happened, but his mind felt blank and he felt a sense of emptiness surrounding him.

"You're awake, how do you feel?" Lucci looked at the person who was speaking, a woman in a long white shirt. He tried to understand what she was saying. "I don't know, I just have a headache."

"This is normal. After all, it's been burning for so long." Doris looked at him and said, "Do you still remember your name?"

"Name?" The more Lucci thought about it, the more his head hurt.

"Ah!" Lucci cried out in pain, holding his head, with cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"Don't be anxious, don't think about it for now," Doris supported him worriedly. "You should have a good rest and heal your injuries first," Doris said as she pressed Lucci on the bed.

Lu Qi looked at the people who had already left, looked around, checked his body, looked at the shackles on his hands in confusion, and tried to recall what had happened. He always felt that he had forgotten something very important to him...

"Lucci, come and see, there is a starfish here!" Lucci looked at the boy running in front of him with a smile. In a trance, he seemed to see a little boy with black hair and a bright smile, calling his name in front of him.

"Lucci, what's wrong with you?" Lucci came back to his senses and looked at Dian who was staring at him. His thoughts just now were interrupted, and when he tried to recall it again, there was nothing.

"It's okay," Lucci smiled and shook his head, "Let's go see the starfish you mentioned."

Lu Qi has lived here for a month, and he still can't remember his previous memories. He only knows that his name is Lu Qi. The people in this village are very kind. After knowing that he has no previous memories, they took him in, but for some reason he always feels uneasy. He looks at his hands and recalls the broken handcuffs on his hands when he just woke up. Is it because of that? When he thought that he might bring bad things to the village, his heart skipped a beat, and a sentence inexplicably appeared in his mind.

"This is all your fault, and anyone who has anything to do with you deserves to die!"

How is this possible? Lucci gasped and stared at his hands in horror.

"Lucci! We have to go back!" Suddenly a voice interrupted his thoughts. Lucci came back to his senses and looked at Tian with a blank look.

Tian took Lucci's hand and ran towards the village. He felt that Lucci seemed to be abnormal today, but he was still the same as usual, so Tian didn't take it to heart.

Tian ran to the village first. It seemed that some strange people came to the village and everyone gathered together. Tian quickly squeezed in and looked for Dover.

"Dad!" Tian rushed to Dover, but Dover looked unhappy. He pulled Tian away from the crowd and asked him quietly, "Where's Luqi?"

Although Tian felt that something was wrong with his father, he did not think much about it and replied happily, "Lucci is behind, I ran over first."

Dover breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Tian's words, then he picked up Tian and quietly walked away from the crowd. One of the sailors saw someone sneaking away, so he reported to the vice admiral in a low voice.

"Lucci, come with me!" When Dover saw Lucci, he quickly pulled him towards the hidden coast where they often fished.

"Lucci, listen to me, someone has your wanted warrant." Dover pressed Lucci's shoulder and said seriously, "They are probably here to arrest you. They don't know you are here yet. You need to leave this island as soon as possible."

"Why are they coming to arrest me?" Luffy asked puzzledly.

"I don't know why you are wanted, but I believe you are a good kid. However, they are the navy, and we cannot fight them." Dover added seriously, "There is a fishing boat here. You must leave the island as soon as possible and hide."

"Okay!" Luffy looked at Dover's serious expression and answered seriously. He knew this was the best way to avoid implicating them.

Lucci and Dover pushed the fishing boat into the sea together. Lucci quickly jumped on the fishing boat and waved goodbye to Dover and Tian. At this time, his boat had reached the middle of the sea. Lucci was about to enter the boat to check the things inside, but when he turned around, his pupils dilated and he froze in place.

"How could it be!" Lu Qi opened his eyes wide, his face pale, and looked at it in horror, unable to say a word. Ten warships surrounded the island. They didn't seem to notice the fishing boat he was on, but he noticed that the warships were pointing their cannons at the island. With a loud bang, the entire island instantly caught fire.

Lucci clutched the railing tightly, tears filling his eyes, and he cried and trembled until he could no longer hear the loud noise of the cannon. That night, Lucci cried himself to sleep, feeling sad and guilty for Dover who saved him and for everyone in that village.

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As time passed, the World Government's inspection of the Goa Kingdom ended, people began to live their previous lives again, and the Waste Terminal continued to return to its original state.

"Rubber, rubber..." Luffy swung his right arm, stretched out his arm, shouted "Gun!" and attacked Ace, delivering a powerful blow from the side.

"Wow!!" Luffy was knocked to the ground by the impact of his own arm being pulled back.

Ace put his hands on his hips and mocked Luffy mercilessly, "Hahahaha, what? You think you can win like this? Rubber and the like are really not suitable for fighting!"

"Shut up, stop making so much noise!" Luffy yelled unconvinced.

"Are you not convinced? What did I say wrong? Just be a landlubber who is not afraid of being hit!" Ace said, resting his forehead against Luffy.

"Don't underestimate the Rubber Fruit! One day I'll make you cry for mercy! Because I've thought of a move that's more powerful than a gun!!" Luffy shouted angrily, with his forehead against Ace.

"Well done, Luffy! You're better than yesterday. Your aim is much better than yesterday. You almost hit Ace!"

"Yeah, Luffy, your arms are much longer than yesterday! And Ace, it's time to compete with me next."

"I have indeed become stronger than yesterday!" Luffy raised his hands happily forward.

"Lucci! Sabo! You guys are pampering Luffy too much!" Ace said angrily, pointing his finger ahead.