【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

On the way to the Sabaody Archipelago, a dazzling flame suddenly appeared in the middle of the sea shrouded in darkness.

"fire punch!"

Lucci sat a little further away from the crowd, quietly watching the Spade Pirates' fight. Deuce and several other Spade members were holding several wooden boards with logos engraved on them, standing in front of Ace's attack. The next moment, the fire fist fired by Ace was instantly absorbed by the flame shells hidden in the wooden boards.

"Damn it, you actually released the Flame Shell without telling me." Ace protested unconvinced, "I will use all my strength next time, and then even the Flame Shell won't be able to absorb my flames." Then Ace jumped onto the top of the mainmast.

The Spade Pirates were still laughing and playing until Ace's voice was heard.

"Listen up, brothers! We are about to reach the Sabaody Archipelago, pass Fishman Island and enter the New World! On the way to the top, I don't intend to take a detour. I swear to the raised flag that our goal is to reach the top of the ocean!" Ace held the pole tied to the flag in one hand and put his other hand on his waist and loudly announced their goal to the crew on the deck. Ace turned his head and looked at the sea. Sabo, Lucci, I will stand at the top with you, and I will live without regrets.

Lucci sat on the edge of the boat and looked at Ace, who was in high spirits. He felt excited and happy, but also inexplicably sad.

He looked at the wine in his hand, and for some reason he suddenly felt sad. His lost memory had always made him feel uneasy and blank. Slowly, he felt lost and he began to lose the meaning of his life in this world. Now the only thing that supported him was the desire to regain his memory.

……

"Ace! We're here!"

"Hey! Great, I'll go down and find some food first. The ship's coating is up to you, Lucci!" Ace said, and used fire to propel himself to the island. He hadn't eaten well in the past few weeks, and Lucci actually threatened him with food, requiring him to be able to use his Armament Haki during training, otherwise there would be no food. Lucci was really too much, but luckily he ran fast, so let him have a good meal this time! Ace thought happily, not worried at all about what would greet him when he returned to the ship.

Lucci watched Ace run away speechlessly and disappeared in an instant. Forget it, he had indeed been trapped for too long recently.

"Let's go." He led the remaining members of the Spade Pirates towards Shachi's tavern. He looked at the direction of the life card and it seemed that Rayleigh did not go out today.

Lucci looked at the tavern in front of him. Nothing had changed in the tavern, it was the same as he remembered.

"Sister Xia Qi! Rayleigh! I'm back!" Lucci knocked on the door.

"Oh?" Xia Qi opened the door, smoking a cigarette and looking at the boy in front of him with a smile, "It's Lu Qi! You've grown up a lot!"

"Hey! Sister Shaqi." Lucci gave Shaqi a hug and introduced with a smile, "This is a member of the Spade Pirates. They want to find Rayleigh for coating."

"A guest is coming!" Raleigh came out with a smile.

"Master Rayleigh, long time no see!" Lucci greeted Rayleigh happily.

"It seems you have thought it through!" Rayleigh said with a smile while drinking the wine in his hand.

"Well, I want to go to the New World to find him first." Lucci said seriously, and then as if he thought of something, he took out a bottle of wine from the space and threw it to Rayleigh. "I originally brought you a lot, but we encountered a storm, and only a little is left. The rest is still on the island, so you have to get it yourself, Rayleigh." Lucci scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Well, it's good to have some left." Rayleigh took a sip of the wine that Lucci threw to him, then looked at Deuce behind Lucci and said with a smile, "Are you the captain?"

"No, I'm the agent... He was attracted by the fragrance as soon as he landed..." Deus said helplessly.

"It turns out that captains in all eras are always casual people..." Rayleigh said with a smile.

"So, uncle is also a crew member?" Deuce asked with a smile.

Rayleigh didn't know what he was thinking of, his eyes gradually deepened, "I got on the ship for some insignificant reasons, but it turned out to be a long journey... It's really fate..." He looked at the new generation in front of him and said with a smile, "I think I will get along well with you."

……

"Are you okay, Qi?" Luffy's voice came from the side.

"It's almost done." Qi looked at the burning bonfire and sighed, not knowing why it turned out like this. "It's done!" He took the roasted crocodile down, cut off a leg and threw it to Luffy.

"Wow! What you baked is delicious!" Luffy gave a thumbs up to Qi while eating.

"Of course. This is definitely much more delicious than the way you just bake it without processing anything." Qi complained while eating. Although he didn't need to eat anything, he could still eat it.

"Come and compete with me later, I will definitely defeat you this time!" Luffy said excitedly, waving his arms.

"Your accuracy is not good enough at a distance, so you need to strengthen your training. When your arms are stretched to their longest and you can hit me at will, you can duel with me." Qi recalled Luffy's shortcomings in training over the past few days.

"Okay, I can hit farther and more accurately tomorrow." Luffy replied with a bright smile.

"I believe you, Luffy!" Qi responded seriously.

"Hey, Qi, what are you going to do next?" Luffy asked while eating the meat in his hand.

"We're not going out to sea for the time being. We'll probably stay in the forest and train or something like that." Qi thought for a moment and replied.

"Then let's go together!" Luffy said with a smile.

"Together?" He was thinking about Luffy's thoughts and why Luffy asked that.

"Yes, it's still two years before I go out to sea. I promised to go out to sea when I am 2 years old, so before that I have to continue training on the island. We can become stronger by training together." Luffy said excitedly.

"Ha, it seems pretty good." He looked at Luffy's excited expression and found it a little funny.

"Qi, come to sea with me and be my crew member!" Luffy said seriously.

"Huh?" He was stunned for a moment, looking at his serious expression, he couldn't have failed to realize that he actually looked the same as Lucci just because he changed his hair and eye color, but there was a difference between Lucci when he grew up and when he was a child, after all, he hadn't seen him for 10 years, so it seemed normal that he couldn't recognize him. However, he carefully looked at Luffy's expression, maybe he had doubts, but didn't believe it, he bit the flesh on his hand, maybe he refused to think about it.

He responded somewhat helplessly, “Have you started looking for crew members so early?

"If you want to go to sea too, just be my crew member and go to sea with me!" Luffy responded with a bright smile.

"I'm already your crew member, Captain," he said with a smile.

"Huh?" Luffy tilted his head in confusion, not understanding why he said that, but he knew he agreed, so Luffy happily responded, "Then it's settled!"

"But before that, you have to train well!" Lucci added with a smile, and then took out the book left by Ace and placed it in front of Luffy, "And study this well!"

"I clearly hid this..." Luffy pouted and muttered softly.

……

"Rayleigh? You didn't tell me that you are also the vice-captain of One Piece!" Lucci didn't know that Rayleigh had this identity until he heard the conversation between Rayleigh and Deus and others.

"You're not interested and you never asked me." Rayleigh responded with a mischievous smile.

"Um, okay." Lucci couldn't refute. Ever since he saw all kinds of disgusting pirates on this island, he was not so interested in the deeds of pirates, and he never asked Rayleigh about anything related to pirates.

"Have you decided?" Rayleigh asked while coating.

"Well, from the information I found out from Xia Qi, he is currently only operating in the New World. Now I am very confused. I want to regain my memory first and then determine my goal before taking action." Lucci responded in a relaxed tone as much as possible.

"You still haven't come to terms with it," Rayleigh sighed. He knew the kid's heart knot. If he had really figured it out, he should have taken off the mask when they met this time.

Lucci said nothing and silently helped Rayleigh coat the ship.