【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Lucci's consciousness gradually returned, and he felt the waves constantly washing over his body. He barely raised his fingers and subconsciously touched the soft thing under him. The moist, granular feeling on his hand told him that he was lying on the beach.

He felt his whole body stiff, his limbs were unusually weak, his whole body became heavy, and his clothes were soaked by sea water, making him feel completely exhausted.

Lucci relaxed for a while, and after he regained some strength, he tried to lift his upper body with his hands, but it was difficult. The sea water made him lose all strength.

After trying twice, he successfully supported his body and stood up slowly. The moment he stood up, he felt dizzy, covered his forehead with his hands, and staggered towards the shore.

Soon he collapsed on the shore due to exhaustion. Without the disturbance of sea water, he woke up quickly, but the numbness caused by the sea water had not disappeared.

Lu Qi closed his eyes and planned to rest on the coast for a while. After more than 10 minutes, he was fully awake and his limbs regained strength. He stood up and climbed to the high rock in front of him. Looking around, he found in despair that this was a deserted island. The island was so small that he could almost see the end at a glance. There seemed to be only stones on the island.

He looked towards the coast. The shore where he had just been was full of wooden planks washed ashore, and there were also a few pieces of wood floating in the sea. These should be the wreckage of the small boat he was driving.

Lu Qi took a break and returned to the beach to look for his backpack and some useful things. Lu Qi soon saw his backpack, which fell into the crack of the rocks not far away.

He opened his backpack and took out the food inside and the remaining food in his space. Looking at the food, he found that it could only be eaten for 2 days at most. He looked at the wood washed ashore by the waves and decided to collect it.

He gathered all the wood on the shore, and he also found a barrel of wine that he brought on board from the island. That was good, and Lucci breathed a sigh of relief. At least he didn't have to worry about fresh water.

The island was all rocky with little vegetation, and Lucci looked around and decided to explore the island first to find a way to leave.

……

"Captain! There is an island ahead!" Michal shouted to Ace from the lookout tower.

"Great! Everybody get ready to land on the island!" Ace shouted to his crew.

It has been three weeks since they last saw an island. They have not encountered any island in these three weeks. Now they finally see one. They need to rest on the island and see if they can replenish their food.

……

Lucci has come to the other side of the island. The environment on this side is the same as the other side, covered with rocks everywhere, and there seems to be no ship or another island on this side.

He looked around, trying to find something useful. He stood on a towering rock and tried to see farther.

He found that there seemed to be a very strange rock in front of him. He walked closer and observed it carefully. This rock was much flatter than the other rocks, and not as big and tall as the other rocks here.

Lucci squatted down and knocked on the flat stone with his hand. He felt that there seemed to be nothing under the rock. Lucci clenched his fist and punched towards the center of the stone. Then he quickly stepped back to avoid the flying dust.

Lucci looked at the entrance of the cave where the rock had fallen. After the dust settled, he looked into the cave. With the help of the sunlight, he could clearly see the situation inside the cave.

There seemed to be nothing inside, but he seemed to see gold in the corner of the cave, but gold seemed to be of no use to him now.

He thought for a moment and estimated the wall near the cave entrance. After making sure that he could come up at any time, he prepared to jump down.

Suddenly he felt as if someone had landed on the island, from the direction he came from, and he ran quickly towards the coast where he woke up.

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"This seems to be a deserted island." Ace looked at the island. It looked like an island made of rocks, and there was almost no green vegetation on the entire island.

"Captain! Here's a barrel of wine and a pile of broken wood!"

"It seems to have been washed up by the waves," Scarr observed the broken wooden boards on the ground. "These wooden boards are parts of the ship. They must have been hit by the storm last night."

"These seem to have been collected and placed here by someone. There should be other people on this island, possibly victims," ​​Ace guessed as he looked at the pile of wooden boards and wine barrels.

"I'll go look for it!" Ace said and turned his body into flames. He used the flames under his feet to propel himself and flew to the other side of the island.

Lucci was rushing towards the coast when he felt someone rushing towards him very fast. Lucci stood behind a rock, ready to observe the person approaching.

Soon a man wearing an orange cowboy hat appeared nearby. He wore a yellow shirt that revealed his muscular waist and abdomen, black shorts, and a belt of the same color as his hat. He had a green dagger on his left waist with a red gem on the handle.

The most eye-catching thing was the flames burning on his body. Lucci looked at the flames on the man's shoulders and the flames on his feet that made him fly and fell into deep thought. He should have a devil fruit. Thinking of what Rayleigh had told him about the characteristics of the natural devil fruit, he should be a user of the natural devil fruit ability.

Lucci estimated that if he fought him, his devil fruit would be troublesome, and he didn't know his strength yet. Lucci looked in the direction of the coast, he had other companions, one of whom also had a strong aura, it would be best if they could let him take the boat, otherwise he would have to find another way, he thought indifferently.

Lucci looked at the disappearing figure and decided to go to the coast to see the situation first.

There is a big pirate ship docked at the shore. The bow is in the shape of a bull's head with an orange flame-shaped building on it. There is a black sail on the ship with a huge red heart painted in the middle, and a skull wearing a flame hat inside. The whole hull is mostly red.

There was a group of pirates standing on the beach where he had woken up earlier, surrounding his wine barrel, seemingly discussing something, while other pirates were constantly moving some things from the pirate ship to the beach.

The man just now should be the captain of this ship. Lucci is considering whether to rob the ship while their captain is not around. The pirates he met before were all scum, so he doesn't want to gamble whether these pirates are unforgivable people.

His observation Haki told him that the pirate captain was not nearby, so now was a good opportunity to rob the ship. However, the man still on the ship was a bit troublesome and could not be easily dealt with in a short time.

"fire punch!!"

Lucci quickly retreated to the side. How come this guy came back so quickly and even knew where I was.

Ace raised his eyebrows and looked at the man who dodged his attack. This man was very strong. He wore a black vest hoodie on his upper body, and the cardigan was opened to reveal his strong waist and abdomen. He wore gray calf-length shorts on his lower body and a black belt. There was a short knife on his right waist and he seemed to be carrying a long knife on his back. A few strands of golden hair appeared in the man's black hood, and he wore a blue mask on his face, covering most of his face, revealing only his mouth and chin.

Ace looked at the mask on his face and for some reason suddenly remembered his childhood. He spoke with a little anger in his tone, "Who are you? Why are you hiding here?"

Lucci sensed his sudden anger and felt a little strange. "My ship encountered a storm last night and was washed ashore on this island. Can I take your ship to leave?" Lucci looked at his face and added, "You'll be paid."

"Of course." Ace noticed his gaze, his expression changed, and he realized his gaffe. Then his expression relaxed and he responded with a smile.