【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Hmm?" The uncle looked at him and said nothing, then asked, "How long do you want to stay?"

"Long-term stay, how much?" Lucci asked. The Bailey in his hand should be able to support him for a month. While exploring, he found that there seemed to be a lot of gangsters and pirates gathered here, which provided him with training opponents and treasures.

"Long-term stay, 7 Baileys a month, including a lunch. I'm busy at night and don't have time to cook, so you'll need to take care of it yourself." The uncle behind the bar said without raising his head, still reading the newspaper in his hand.

"Okay," Lucci replied, putting the Bailey in his hand on the table and picking up the key he had just thrown to him.

"The first room on the left upstairs."

Lucci entered the room and looked around. It was a simple room with some simple furniture and a separate bathroom.

He sat in the chair and thought about what to do next. He couldn't stay here for too long. He had to find another place as his secret base.

……

"Damn it!" Lucci covered his bleeding abdomen and ran quickly in the alley.

"Stop right there, you little bastard!" A pirate wearing a captain's hat shouted angrily behind Lucci, "How dare you steal our money!"

There was no way forward. Lucci gritted his teeth and looked at the pirates chasing him from behind. He tightly gripped the pipe in his hand and assumed a fighting stance.

"You little brat, you're at the end of your rope!" The pirate captain laughed evilly. "Just give me the treasure you stole and I'll let you go!"

Lucci stared at him and grinned, "Dream on!" Lucci rushed towards him, easily dodged the knife he was about to chop at, jumped up and raised the pipe in his hand, smashing it towards the pirate's head, but the pirate reacted quickly, dodged to the side, and swung the knife at Lucci with his backhand. Lucci hurriedly adjusted the direction of his fall and barely avoided the attack.

"Catch him!" the pirate ordered his men.

Lucci stared at the other four people who were slowly surrounding him. A thin man rushed towards him and attacked him first. Lucci dodged nimbly and then hit him in the nose with a pipe.

Lucci wasted no time, quickly kicking at another pirate, barely avoiding an attack from behind, then entered the pirate's shadow, and while he was looking around, he appeared from behind him and hit him in the head with the pipe.

Lucci landed on a wooden barrel full of water, and while the last pirate was stunned, he kicked the barrel with his heel to attack another pirate. Now only the pirate wearing the captain's hat was still standing. Lucci was panting and staring at him indifferently. He had to get rid of him as soon as possible. His ability transferred his damage, but he couldn't hold on for long.

The pirate looked at Lucci's beast-like eyes and subconsciously took a half step back. When he realized what he had done, he became angry and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a good fighter!"

The pirate looked at his state and said proudly, "But you have no strength left now, right? I am not one of those losers!"

As he said that, he rushed directly towards Lucci and slashed at him with a knife. Lucci subconsciously used a pipe to block his chest, but the pirate's strength was too great and directly cut off his pipe. He continued to slash at Lucci. At the moment of slashing at him, Lucci barely managed to quickly enter the pirate's shadow and avoided the fatal blow. Lucci found in his shadow that the pirate stood there without making any movements. Suddenly, he quickly stabbed his shadow with a knife. Lucci quickly shrank to a place and avoided it. Lucci found that he seemed to know where he was, but he didn't know where he was exactly.

Lucci held his breath, and when he lowered his head and tried to find him, Lucci felt that this was a good opportunity, and quickly appeared behind the pirate. When he clenched his fist and was about to attack his head, the pirate suddenly turned around and grabbed him with his hand, and then before he could react, he clenched his fist with his other hand and smashed it on his head, and Lucci's head was smashed hard to the ground.

"puff!"

Lucci spat out a large mouthful of blood, then lay on the ground and struggled to support himself with his arms. He looked at his bleeding abdomen. It seemed that the damage that had been transferred before had returned to him. He prepared to struggle to stand up.

"boom!"

The bastard pirate stood in front of the struggling Lucci and then stepped hard on his shoulder.

"You are really looking for death!" The pirate arrogantly stepped on Lucci and pointed his knife at him. "You dare to provoke me? Go to hell!" The pirate raised his knife and chopped at Lucci. Lucci looked at the knife getting closer and closer and felt regretful. He hadn't found his memory yet, and hadn't realized his dream yet. Was he going to end here? He was unwilling! !

"stop!!"

Suddenly a voice was heard and the pirate stopped what he was doing. Lucci opened his eyes with difficulty and saw a white-haired man in a black cloak.

"Who are you? Get out of here if you don't want to die!" The pirate turned around and looked at the person who made the sound with a warning, "Don't disturb me! Otherwise I will kill you too!" the pirate said viciously.

The man didn't answer the pirate and continued walking towards him.

"Stop! Didn't you hear me?" the pirate shouted angrily.

"Sorry!" The man quickly approached the pirate and knocked him out in an instant. Lucci looked at the man's movements in surprise. He didn't even see how the man made the move, and the pirate was knocked away.

The man approached Lucci quickly. When Lucci saw him coming, he struggled to stand up, hissed from his throat, assumed a fighting stance, and stared at him vigilantly.

"Don't worry, I'm here to help you. I'm not a bad person!" The man extended his hand to Lucci and smiled at him soothingly.

Lucci looked at the hand stretched out in front of him in confusion, staring at him, and then as if he felt something, Lucci put his hand on his, his tense nerves relaxed, and he let himself slide into the darkness.

……

"Lucci...Lucci!"

"Uh!" Lucci squinted his eyes, raised his hand to block the glaring light, and subconsciously touched the mask on his face, but felt nothing. He immediately woke up, tried to prop up his body, and looked around vigilantly.

"You're awake. What's your name?" Lucci looked at the person who spoke. "Thank you for saving me, uncle, but where is my mask?" He asked, trying to remain calm.

"Is this what you're talking about?" The man took out a red and white mask and gestured.

"Yes!" Lucci nodded. "Please return him to me."

"You haven't answered my question yet?" the man said with a smile.

"Before asking someone else's name, you should tell them your own name first!" Lucci pursed his lips to suppress his anger.

"Oh! That's right, let me introduce myself then," the man said nonchalantly, "My name is Rayleigh, you can also call me Ray."

Lucci hesitated for a moment, but still answered, "My name is Lucci, can you give me the mask back now?"

Rayleigh stopped teasing him and threw the mask to him with a smile. "Why do you wear a mask? To avoid being hunted down by the World Government?" Rayleigh asked curiously.