【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Help!"

"Gulu! Guru!"

After the initial struggle, Luffy sank rapidly to the bottom of the water with his whole body weak. Suddenly, a figure swam towards the rapidly sinking Luffy, grabbed Luffy by the collar, and swam rapidly to the surface.

"Cough cough cough!" Luffy lay weakly on the shore, coughing continuously.

"Hey! Are you okay?" The man who rescued him kept patting his back, trying to help him cough out the water.

"Ah, great, I'm saved!!" Luffy shouted with relief after spitting out the water.

"Thank you!! You saved me!" Luffy looked at the person who had just saved him. "But I don't think I've seen you before?" Luffy tilted his head and looked at the man with some confusion. Few people came to the forest, and he had been training alone in the forest.

"My name is Qi." Qi was a little embarrassed. He couldn't let him discover his identity. He had not planned to show up, but he didn't expect that he would suddenly fall into the water. Fortunately, he was not a subject and could swim, otherwise it would be troublesome.

"Oh, I'm Luffy! I want to be a pirate in the future!" Luffy instantly forgot the previous question and introduced himself happily.

"Well, how do you feel? Are you okay?" Qi asked Luffy calmly.

"Hmm? I'm fine. Where do you live?" Luffy looked at the strange man in front of him curiously.

"Um, I'll be staying on this island for now. You can find me by calling my name," Odd responded, then prepared to quickly leave Luffy's sight.

Luffy looked at the man who was in a hurry to leave and was a little confused. Then he saw the crocodile on the ground and immediately became excited. He forgot his previous doubts and excitedly planned to prepare dinner.

"Hey, crocodile rice! Let's have crocodile rice tonight!" Luffy said excitedly, then he stroked his chin and thought, and then shouted in the direction where Qi disappeared, "Hey, Qi! Do you want to eat crocodile rice? It's delicious!!"

"Hey!?" Qi subconsciously stopped when he heard Luffy's voice. Although he changed his hair color to black, he might be recognized after spending more time with him. But since Ace left, Luffy has been alone in the forest. He must feel lonely. He obviously hates being alone the most. Well, he has been exposed anyway.

……

"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"

"What's going on here?"

"Hail?" Ace looked at the sky in confusion.

"There's still candy?" Lucci was speechless as he looked at the candies that kept falling with the hail. Is the weather in the Grand Line so weird?

"Captain! Oh…God! It's going to crash!!!"

Lucci looked up at the sky and saw a huge hailstone falling down. The ship was right under the huge hailstone. He had to find a way to get rid of it. He quickly pulled out the knife from his back, jumped onto the mast, and used the mast to jump up and chop at the hailstone.

"Ace!!" Lucci chopped the hail into four pieces, but they were still too big. The remaining hail was still falling down, which would still threaten the ship.

Ace knew what Lucci wanted without even thinking, and upon hearing his name, Ace attacked towards the top of the ship "FIRE FIST!!"

Ace's attack successfully evaporated the hail that was about to hit the ship.

"Wow!! It's the Snake Current!"

"Run, rush out!!"

"Hoo!" "Hoo!"

"Great, we're finally here!" After a series of crises, the crew of the Spade Pirates were all lying on the deck exhausted.

"The weather on the Grand Line is really changeable!" Lucci leaned on the mainmast to take a rest.

"Hahaha, this is really exciting!" Ace laughed happily.

"Captain, we have arrived at the Red Earth Continent!" A towering red mountain wall appeared in front of the Spade Pirate Ship.

"We meet again!" Ace looked at the Red Earth Continent and said with a smile, "We have gone halfway! Our next stop will be the New World!!"

"Why is the record pointer pointing to the bottom of the sea? Our next stop seems to be Fishman Island." Ace looked at the map and said, "But how do we get to Fishman Island?"

"It needs to be coated." Lucci said beside him, and then added, "You seem to know nothing about this sea!"

"Hey? Lucci, do you know anything?" Ace asked.

"There are two routes to the New World. One is to cross the holy city of Marijoa at the top of the Red Earth Continent with the permission of the World Government. This pirate cannot get a pass. The other is the "undersea route" through Fishman Island. Lucci pointed to the map and drew a mark on it with his finger, explaining to them, "There is a hole in the Red Earth Continent. Fishman Island is there, directly below the holy city of Marijoa, 10,000 meters deep under the sea."

"Then how can we use this ship to reach the bottom of the sea? If it is so deep, the ship will be crushed." Zeus asked doubtfully.

"This is the coating I just mentioned." Lucci replied, pointing to an island on the map. "This is the Sabaody Archipelago. Next we have to go to the Sabaody Archipelago to coat this ship! As for coating, I know someone who can do it. He can help us coat the ship when the time comes."

"Is that so? Okay! Everyone, next stop is the Sabaody Archipelago. Let's go!!" Ace shouted to the crew.

"Oh! All right, Captain!"

"But I haven't had time to ask, do you know Haki, Ace?" Lucci walked over to Ace who was sitting on the flame-shaped bow.

"Haki? What is that?" Ace asked confusedly.

"Eh? Don't you know?" Lucci was a little surprised. "If you want to gain a foothold in the new world, you must master Haki."

Lucci showed something like black armor on his hand, and then punched Ace.

"boom!"

The next moment, Ace was knocked to the deck by Lucci.

"What happened?" The other Spade crew members didn't know what was going on and quickly surrounded them.

"Why, you can hit me?" Ace was a little shocked. He had just turned into an element, but Lucci's fist still hit him.

"This is one type of Haki, Armament Haki. There is another type that can predict the enemy's movements and positions, which is called Observation Haki." Lucci closed his eyes and motioned for Ace to attack him "to the left." Lucci casually said the direction and position of Ace's attack.

"This is Observation Haki, you should have felt this before." Lucci pulled Ace up and said, "There is also Conqueror Haki, which I don't have either so it's hard to show."

"What does Conqueror's Haki look like?" Ace asked curiously.

"Well, this kind of power is the spirit of the user, and it is a power that intimidates opponents. It can only be strengthened as one grows. When released, it will overwhelm people with weaker willpower than you. However, this kind of power will hurt innocent people around if it is not controlled." Lucci thought for a moment, then explained to Ace.

"Hey! I should have it. This seems to have happened to me when I was a child." Ace recalled the Bluejam incident.

"Is that so? That's easy. I'll teach you how to use Haki on the way to the New World." Lucci said, "You should be able to learn it quickly. Observation Haki should be the easiest for you to learn. You have a strong sense of perception, but you haven't formally learned it."

"Really? Thank you, Lucci." Ace patted Lucci's shoulder happily.

"It's okay, we are companions!" Lucci grinned, "But I won't show mercy during training!"

"Hahaha, please give me your guidance from now on!" Ace said with a smile on his face.