【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Sabo and Lucci are first, Ace is second! I may be third, but I won't lose!" Luffy held down his straw hat with his hand, a determined smile on his face, "Just wait and see, Ace! I will catch up with you soon!!"

"Luffy, what's going on? You're yelling and muttering to yourself. Are you chanting some spell?" The villager asked Luffy with a smile.

"It's not a spell! It's a challenge!!" Luffy shouted angrily.

"Who is Ace?" one of the villagers murmured in confusion.

"Then!! I'm leaving!" Luffy shouted.

"Goodbye!" Qi waved to the people on the shore.

"Gu!" Suddenly a huge sea monster emerged from the water.

"Wow, it's the Lord of the Near Sea!" The villagers exclaimed "Danger! Come back Luffy!"

Qi looked at Luffy with a smile, not caring about the sea beast in front of him.

"You've shown up! Lord of the Near Sea." Luffy held down the hat on his head with an excited smile on his face. "You've picked the wrong opponent. I'll show you the kung fu I've practiced for 10 years!"

"Rubber, rubber..." Luffy stretched his right fist back and swung it towards the Lord of the Near Sea, "Gun!"

"Wow!" The villagers looked at the Lord of the Sea who was knocked down by Luffy and exclaimed, "It's amazing. He knocked the Lord of the Sea down with just one punch..."

"Okay, let's go! I want to be the Pirate King!!" Luffy raised his arms and shouted with a huge smile on his face.

Qi looked at the sea with a huge smile on his face "Captain, which way are we going?"

"Ah, the ocean will determine where we go." Luffy smiled.

Qi's smile froze, he slowly turned his head to look at Luffy, and shouted in disbelief, "Is this the sailing you mentioned?"

"Hahahaha!" Luffy laughed loudly, as if he found Qi's expression very funny.

"I can't believe I actually believed you when you said you could sail." Qi said in annoyance.

"This is interesting, an unknown adventure!" Luffy said excitedly.

Qi shook his head with a helpless smile on his face, "You really know how to create surprises, Luffy."

……

"The weather is very nice today!" Luffy said with a smile while holding the paddle.

"Yes, but I didn't expect there would be no wind." Qi said helplessly as he looked at the quiet sea.

"I didn't expect that our ship would run aground in such good weather." Luffy laughed.

Qi stared at the sea in confusion. Why did he feel that the water flow was getting faster? He stood up and looked at the sea not far away. The water seemed to be gathering in one place. "Oh no!!"

"What's wrong?" Luffy asked confusedly.

"Row quickly, Luffy!" Qi picked up the paddle and slid backwards quickly. "There is a big whirlpool ahead. We need to leave this sea area as soon as possible!"

"Wow! I can't swim!" Luffy said with a smile.

"Idiot, row faster!" Qi shouted at Luffy.

"Wow!!" A wave suddenly hit him, and Qi hurriedly grabbed Luffy's arm to prevent him from falling.

"Phew! I'm saved!" Luffy said thankfully while lying on the edge of the boat.

"There's nothing we can do. We've already entered the edge of the vortex." Qi said helplessly as he looked at the huge vortex in front of him. Then he found the bucket they used to store food in the corner and said with a smile, "Got it."

"What are you doing?" Luffy looked at Qi in confusion.

"Fortunately there is a bucket." Kira picked up Luffy's limp body from the sea water and tried to stuff him into the bucket where food was stored. "Luffy, go in. The food inside is for you to eat."

"Really? That's great!" Luffy immediately became excited and jumped into the barrel on his own initiative.

He immediately sealed the barrel, and then it was my turn. The moment the wave hit him, he turned his body into a shadow and automatically entered Luffy in the barrel. "I hope Luffy won't cause too much trouble." Qi fell asleep with the last thought.

……

On an island on the edge of the East China Sea, a ship is docked on the shore. The bow of the ship is a flat duck-shaped sculpture, and a skull flag with a peach heart is hung on the top of the main mast. The same peach heart symbol is painted on the rest of the sails. The owner of the ship is the female pirate "Alrita" who owns 500 million Baileys. This is the base of this pirate group.

A stout woman stood on the deck. She had obvious freckles on her face and held a mace in her right hand. She liked cleanliness. She was inspecting the work of her crew. The other pirates stood aside in panic.

Alrita touched the railing of the boat, looked at the dust on her hands and asked, "Why is there so much dust?"

"I'm so... so sorry, Miss Alrita! I've already cleaned this ship from beginning to end..." a pirate explained hastily and horribly, "I... will clean it again right away... Please forgive me... Please don't..."

"What else?" Alrita had a ferocious expression on her face.

"Please don't use the mace... I don't want to die yet!!!"

"boom!"

Before the pirate could finish, Alrita used the mace in her hand to knock him away. Then she turned to look at the pink-haired boy wearing thick glasses hiding in the corner. "Coby, what is the most beautiful thing in the sea?"

"Of course it is..." Coby's face was covered with cold sweat, and he stammered, "Of course it's you, Miss Alrita! Hehehe..."

"Right! That's why I hate those dirty things the most. I'm so beautiful, of course I have to have an equally beautiful ship! Right?" Alrita looked at Coby with sharp eyes, "Because you know more about sailing than others, I've kept you until now. Other than that, you're useless! Clean my shoes quickly!!"

"Yes... yes, thank you, Miss!" Coby knelt on the ground, shaking and saying in fear, "I... I'll wipe it right away!"

"You have to clean it spotlessly!" Alrita ordered, and then she kicked Coby away from her feet. "Forget it, forget it, you are such a waste!!"

Coby covered his cheeks and curled up in pain. Coby endured the pain and responded, "Yes... I'm very sorry!"

"Instead of spending time apologizing there, you might as well go clean the toilet!" Alrita said sternly.

"Yes, sir. I'll go right away, Miss Alrita!" Coby bowed humbly and flatteringly, then walked off the boat in frustration.

"Huh?" Coby looked at the barrel floating from the sea. It seemed that there was still wine in it. He brought the barrel ashore and rolled it towards the warehouse on the island. "It's so heavy."

"What? You said a wine barrel floated down from the sea?" the pirate who was cleaning the warehouse said in surprise.

"Yes... yes, it looks like there is still wine in it. What should we do with this..." Coby stuttered.

"Well done! Let's drink it all up!" said a blond pirate who was cleaning the warehouse greedily.

"But...if the boss finds out, we will..." the pirate standing at the door said hesitantly.

"He won't know." A pirate in a striped shirt smiled evilly. "The only ones who know about this are a few of us who clean the wine warehouse and a cowardly Coby. There are only four of us in total."

"That makes sense." The other two pirates said with a smile "You know what to do, Koby!"

"Yes...yes, I...didn't see anything! So please don't hit me..." Coby waved his hands hurriedly, his voice trembling.

"Ah~"

The wine barrel that the pirates were surrounding suddenly broke open, and a black-haired boy wearing a straw hat suddenly jumped out of it. The pirates were frightened and retreated back.

"what??"

"You slept so well!!!" Luffy raised his arms and laughed, "Looks like I'm saved! I almost thought I was going to die in the sea! Hahahahaha!!"

"..."

"Huh?" Luffy looked at his men in confusion, holding onto the edge of the barrel. "Who are you?"

"Who are you? Why would someone come out of a wine barrel!!" the pirates roared angrily.