【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Do you know about dragons?"

"Dragon?" Marco repeated, surprised for a moment, but he didn't show it, he knew who it was. "Is he the leader of the Revolutionary Army?"

Lu Qi nodded and said, "I have something I want to ask him. This is why I went out to sea."

Marco smiled and said, "We can help you inquire Yoi in our territory. Our intelligence network will be easier to implement than investigating on your own, so don't worry. I will inform you as soon as there is news, Yoi." Then he was silent for a while and said calmly, "But this is not a reason for you not to join us."

Lucci was shocked by Marco's sharpness. He was silent for a while and said, "I lost some of my memory when I was a child. I can feel that memory is very important to me." Lucci paused, then added, "You know, I didn't join Ace's ship. He invited me, but I refused."

Marco looked at Lucci in confusion. Ace seemed to have said that Lucci was not one of his crew members, but he didn't know why. They could see that they got along just like partners or family.

"I can feel that in the memory I lost, I seemed to have promised a very important person that I would join him when I grow up." Lucci said with a smile, "If I join you, I'm not sure if I will feel regretful after I recover my memory, or break my oath to someone."

Marco was silent, he didn't know Lucci had such an experience, he needed to talk to his father about Lucci.

……

"It seems that this kid also wants to stay." White Beard grinned.

Marco nodded. He had already told his father about Lucci's situation.

"How did Dad know?" Sachi asked puzzledly.

"He is struggling. He likes it here, but he thinks too much about his blank memories." Whitebeard replied.

"Dad, is there anything we can do to make Lucci want to stay without breaking his oath?" asked Thatch.

Whitebeard smiled and said "Don't worry, my son, I have already figured out how to deal with this problem! If all goes according to plan, Lucci won't be leaving anytime soon."

……

"Hey, Lucky!"

Lucci turned to the direction of the voice and saw Ace walking towards him "What's wrong, Ace?"

"How do you feel?" Ace asked worriedly, "You seem to be in a bad mood these days."

"Ah, it's okay, don't worry Ace." Lucci smiled, and then said, "I'm just thinking about the next plan."

"Have you decided?" Ace looked at Lucci anxiously and expectantly and asked.

Lucci looked at Ace's expectant expression and looked away, "Well, I won't leave for now."

Ace looked at Lucci. He already knew what he meant, but he still didn't quite understand. "But I can sense that you like it here, so why don't you consider staying."

"Well... I really like it here, but..." Lucci was about to explain to Ace, but Thatch's shout interrupted him.

"Hey, Lucci, Ace, Dad is looking for you." Thatch said with his arm around Ace's shoulders and a broad smile.

Ace was interrupted by Thatch's voice before he could hear what Lucci said. He looked at Thatch and asked subconsciously, "Dad, what do you want to talk to us about?"

Lucci was also very curious and didn't know what Whitebeard wanted them to do.

"It's about Lucci." Sachi smiled mysteriously.

Lucci and Ace looked at each other in confusion, then followed Thatch into Whitebeard's conference room. The conference room was very large with a large table. No one knew what had happened, but all the commanders were sitting around the table with Whitebeard sitting at the front.

"Lucci, do you want to join us?" When Whitebeard saw Lucci coming in, he said straight to the point, "No matter what, I want you to be my son."

Lucci looked at Whitebeard in shock. He didn't expect him to ask so bluntly. He was a little overwhelmed, then calmed down and responded, "Although I like it here, I went out to sea to find my memories. In the memories I lost, I seemed to have promised a very important person that I would join him later. I don't want to break my oath to him, so I hope I won't regret it after I find my memories."

Whitebeard saw this as an opportunity for him to join "You don't have to break your promise, kid." Whitebeard smiled and said "I have a suggestion."

Lu Qi looked at him curiously "What?"

Whitebeard smiled happily, the boy was determined to do anything to keep his promise, he liked it. "I know you think your memory is incomplete now, and you are not sure if you can join us forever." Whitebeard paused, then took the initiative. "So I know that maybe you won't be a part of our crew forever, but I still want you to be my son, so I want you to join me and become my son before you regain your memory, even if it's only for a few years. After you regain your memory, you can join other pirate groups if you want. This way, it won't be considered a break of promise after you regain your memory. After all, you are just staying with your family."

Lucci was a little surprised, he didn't expect Whitebeard would consider so much just to make him his son.

Whitebeard looked at Lucci who was thinking with his head down. He smiled and added, "After you join, you can accept my symbol or not. No matter what, you will always be my son!"

Marco and Thatch looked at each other, then smiled at Lucci, and Ace looked at Lucci expectantly, so that they would be a real family.

Lu Qi was silent for a while, a warm feeling surged in his heart, and then he smiled brightly and nodded, "Okay, I do!"

Lucci looked at Izo and grinned, "Thank you for your help, Izo!"

"Oh! That's great, we have a new brother!" the pirates shouted happily.

……

The man trembled, swallowed, and slowly approached the man, knowing that his life could be measured in hours at this moment.

Looking at the tall figure, he stammered, "Lieutenant General."

The heavy figure turned toward him.

"Ah, you're here, so how far do we have to go?"

"About a day and a half, Lieutenant General." He held his breath nervously. Why did he feel his legs were so weak?

"Okay!" The man seemed to smile.

Although the mask hid the man's face, he could feel his eyes on him.

"You seem to be a little unwell. You can report to your superiors and tell them that I asked you to rest tonight. I need you to have enough energy tomorrow to prepare for what is coming."

"Okay, thank you, Lieutenant General!" He ended the conversation almost eagerly, he closed the door carefully, and after closing the door he almost ran away along the corridor.

Why was he assigned to such a crazy person? ! ! He screamed in fear inwardly.

A tall man sat on the deck of the ship, calmly chewing the senbei he had placed on his lap, while everyone around him was running around, preparing for what was to come.

The young men on the boat moved restlessly, alarmed by the occasional behavior of the man on deck, while the older men on the boat were unfazed, moving quickly and not bothered by the man on deck because they had known him for a long time and were well aware of his occasional eccentricities.

The man paid no attention to the commotion around him. He looked down at the newspaper in his hand and couldn't help feeling a little worried, but not particularly uneasy. He knew that the old bastard might be a pirate, but he knew he wasn't a bad guy. He looked at the newspaper in his hand and grinned, "This kid better explain himself."