【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Ro... Roronoa? It seems he was captured by the navy, at the naval base we are about to go to." Coby replied.

"What? So weak?" Luffy said with a smile, "If he's a good guy, I want him to be our partner."

"We?" Coby suddenly noticed Luffy's choice of words and asked in confusion, "Are there others?"

"Of course, there is also Qi, he is my vice-captain." Luffy said with a smile, and then suddenly seemed to think of something, and shouted in shock, "By the way, Qi is gone!"

"What?" Coby shouted in surprise.

"But it doesn't matter. He often disappears and then suddenly appears in front of me." Luffy said with a smile.

"Really don't worry?" Coby asked doubtfully.

"Well, Qi is very strong, stronger than me. He wins more often during every training." Luffy said with a smile, and then said firmly, "I will be stronger than Qi in the future!"

"Someone stronger than Luffy?" Coby murmured, "I'm curious about what he looks like."

……

"The devil?" Luffy said puzzledly while sitting on the bow of the ship.

"That's right, Luffy. Roronoa, also known as the 'Pirate Hunter', is a very scary man. Rumor has it that he is like a bloodthirsty wild dog, wandering the sea all day long. Everyone says that he is a devil in human skin." Coby said seriously, trying to stop Luffy from wanting such a person to be his partner. "So, don't even think about wanting him to be your partner..."

"I haven't decided yet whether I want him to be my partner." Luffy said with a smile, "As long as he is a good person..."

"That's why he was caught by the navy because he is a bad guy!" Coby retorted.

"Oh! We're finally at the naval base!" Luffy said excitedly.

"Yeah, we're finally here." Kirby said with a smile.

"You are so awesome, Coby! You actually got here!" Luffy said with a smile.

"What? This is a necessary skill for people who go to sea!" Coby explained helplessly, and then said worriedly, "Luffy, if you drift every time you go to sea, you can't be a pirate! At least you have to find a navigator first."

"Okay, let's do it! Let's eat first!" Luffy said with a smile, and then ran excitedly towards the fragrance he smelled.

After eating and drinking, Luffy looked at Coby and said with a smile, "Then Coby, let's separate here! You have to join the navy and become an excellent marine!"

"Yes! Thank you Mr. Luffy!" Coby cried and thanked.

“By the way, I wonder if that guy named Zoro is in this base.” Luffy said with a smile, touching his full stomach.

"Bang! Bang!!"

"...Huh?" Luffy and Coby looked at the crowd who were suddenly frightened in confusion.

"It seems that mentioning Zoro is taboo here..." Coby whispered to Luffy.

"Oh——" Luffy responded without any expression.

"I took a look when I passed by the announcement just now, and there is a colonel named Morgan here." Kirby said with a smile.

“Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!!”

"Wow!"

"what?!"

Luffy and Coby looked at the crowd in surprise as they were frightened once again.

"Hahaha, that store is really interesting. I want to go there again later." Luffy laughed while holding his stomach as he walked.

"It's so weird... I'm feeling more and more uneasy!" Coby said uneasily, "I can understand that you're scared when you hear the name of Luo Luo Nuo Yan, but why would you be scared when you hear the name of a navy captain?"

"Maybe he did something bad?" Luffy said with a smile as he walked.

"Impossible, this is impossible!" Coby retorted emotionally. The navy would never do anything to harm the civilians. Can such a navy still be considered a navy?

Luffy looked at the huge naval base in front of him, smiled and said to Coby, "Go, Coby!"

"But I'm not ready yet... and just now..."

Before Coby could finish his words, Luffy had already jumped onto the wall and stretched his head to look inside the naval base, looking curiously, "Where is the devil...?"

"It's not that easy for you to find him. He might be locked up in a cell..."

"Not necessarily. I think I saw something. Come here." Luffy smiled and walked towards the other side of the wall.

"It's that guy!" Luffy said with a smile, lying on the wall.

"Yes, it's Roronoa Zoro! The black headscarf and the green waistcoat..." When Coby saw the look in Roronoa's eyes, he was so scared that he fell off the wall.

"What's wrong?" Luffy looked down at Coby in confusion.

"Wow...what a intimidating aura! That's Zoro!" Coby explained breathlessly with a look of horror on his face.

"Is he Zoro?" Luffy looked at the man tied to the cross with ropes and asked in confusion, "That rope looks like it can be broken easily!"

"Stop joking! If we let that guy escape, not only will the people in the town be in trouble, but you might even be killed!" Coby screamed in horror when he heard Luffy's words. He didn't want his first friend to die because of his recklessness.

Zoro was tired of waiting for a month, he didn't like staying here, but he promised, he would keep his promise. His groggy thoughts were broken by a sharp voice, he opened his tired eyes and looked up in the direction of the voice, he found two heads popping out of the wall and looking at him.

"Hey! Kid over there!" Zoro grinned.

"Huh?" Luffy looked at the tied-up people in the square in confusion.

"Come and help me...untie this rope, please? I've been tied up for nine days and I'm exhausted!" He grinned. He really wanted to stretch his muscles. Those guys tied me too tightly.

"Look, that guy is smiling!" Luffy looked at the smile on the blood-stained face.

"I will thank you! The reward will be yours after you catch the wanted criminal." A cruel smile appeared on his face. He could see that the boy in the straw hat had wavered, but the pink-haired boy next to him tried to warn him, "I never lie and I always keep my promises!"

"No... We can't be fooled by him, Luffy. He will definitely kill us after he escapes!" Coby said in panic.

"You won't be killed." Luffy said with a smile, "Because I... am very powerful!"

"Ok?"

A little girl suddenly climbed up from beside Coby with a ladder. She looked around the yard and saw that there was no one around. So she hung a rope, slid down along the rope, and walked towards Zoro.

"Hey, this is dangerous!" Coby shouted at the little girl's back.

"Luffy, go stop her, she will be killed!" Coby said anxiously to Luffy.

"If you want to stop it, just go by yourself!" Luffy said strangely.

"You're looking for death, kid. Get out of here!" Zoro shouted angrily at the child in front of him. He didn't want her to stay here. If she was discovered by the navy, he would not be able to break free from the ropes to help her.

"I made rice balls for you, big brother. You've been tied up the whole time, so you must be very hungry! Although it's my first time making rice balls, I tried really hard!" The little girl said with a smile, holding the rice ball.

"I'm not hungry at all!" Zoro said sternly, "Go back quickly, or I will kill you!"

"Hey! Hey! Don't be so fierce!"

A blond man in a suit walked in with two marines.

Coby looked at the marine behind him and breathed a sigh of relief "He must be someone important, he will save the girl, she is safe now."

Then he saw the worst thing, the blond man threw the girl's rice ball to the ground and stomped on it hard, even when the girl cried and begged him, he did not stop, Coby was so shocked by the development of this incident that he could not speak.

Luffy watched the blond man's actions quietly until the man ordered the marines to throw the girl over the wall, and he reached out and grabbed the girl.