The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

"Hoo hoo ~~"

After racing all the way, the three of them stopped on the main street of the town.

"Escape, escape..."

Facing Nami who was out of breath, Roman began to seriously prepare a fitness plan for her while speaking calmly.

"Even as a navigator of our pirate group, you don't need to fight, but your physical strength is too weak."

"Who is your navigator—"

Um? !

Faced with Roman's suddenly cold eyes, Nami, who was crying in her heart, had to close her eyes and nod.

"Yes, yes, it's all my fault for holding you back..."

but:

This guy named Roman is so strong!

Facing the notorious Bucky Pirates, not only come and go, they are quite invincible. And holding himself with one hand, and carrying the big iron cage with the other hand and the idiot 'captain' running all the way, he didn't even blush or breathe.

Maybe, trick this guy to deal with...

"Wow, look at this dog is not moving."

Luffy, who broke free from the rope while escaping, started playing tricks again as soon as he was out of danger. ——This time, the object of his teasing was a dog on the side of the road: it was just an ordinary pastoral dog, squatting motionless in front of a small shop.

"Is this dog dead? It can't be a statue~~"

"Rubber...two-finger Zen!"

Extending his arm from the cage, he inserted his index finger and ring finger into the dog's eyeball. Then:

click,

"Ah, ah, it hurts so much!"

Ah this...

Looking at the one person and one dog fighting fiercely across the cage, Roman once again began to reflect on whether he had let Luffy eat too much.

"What an idiot!"

Nami next to her was also speechless at the staged 'human-dog battle'.

"However, the more I think about it, the more I feel like I'm just an idiot."

As she spoke, she patted her clothes, took out a key and threw it beside the cage.

"Taking advantage of your fighting time, I stole the key." The orange-haired girl curled her lips in displeasure, "Really, I didn't steal any treasure or nautical chart..."

"Haha, great."

Luffy, who had been 'hanging up' in the cage, was elated, "This cage has killed me~~"

"Hmph, I don't blame you for being stupid."

Roman snorted speechlessly, but for the sake of the other party'recruiting' navigators...

pick up -

Gulu~!

"Ahhh, dead dog, spit out the key for me!!"

?

"Luffy, tell me honestly, what you ate must be the rubber fruit, isn't it the 'Jiangzhi fruit'!?"

Not only will it lower your own IQ, but it will also lower the IQ of the creatures around you...

Roman, rubbing his temples, sighed.

"Very well, let's eat dog meat—"

"Hey!"

"You guys, don't bully Xiuxiu~~"

An old man wearing leather armor, protective gear, a spear on his back, and glasses ran over angrily.

———————

"So, you are the mayor of this small town?"

"This dog is called Xiuxiu?"

"Then why is it squatting here~~" Faced with the questions from the three of Roman, the old man sighed.

"This shop," the old mayor pointed to the small shop behind him, "an old friend of mine opened it together with Xiuxiu."

"For them, this store is their most precious memory..."

"But, the pirates are here." Nami pursued suspiciously, "Everyone in the town ran out to take refuge, right? Why let this dog look after the house here, your friend is not afraid that it will be killed by pirates— —”

"He is dead."

The old mayor sighed again,

"A few months ago, my old friend got sick and went to the hospital, and..."

"So this dog stays here alone, waiting for his master to come back?" Faced with Nami's emotion, the old mayor smiled.

"No, Xiuxiu is a smart dog, she must know that her master can't come back."

"It's just that this store is its most precious memory, so it will stay here forever." As he spoke, the mayor covered his forehead, trembling in his voice.

"What a stupid dog!"

"Heh, uncle, you are about the same?"

Leaning against the door of the small shop, Roman, who folded his hands, raised his eyelids, "You came here to check at this time, aren't you unable to let go of this small town?"

"In the final analysis, you are smarter than this dog and don't go there~~"

"Ha ha,"

Facing Roman's 'sarcasm', the old mayor smiled and shook his head.

"That's right, this town was built by us—a group of refugees whose homes were destroyed by pirates! This place carries our efforts, sweat, joys and sorrows! So, so..."

As he said that, he took off his glasses, and when he put them on again, there was only firmness in his eyes.

"So, I'm old! I can't run anymore."

"If I must die, I also hope to die in my own home..."

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"Roman,"

Luffy in the cage pressed the straw hat, laughing and joking unlike usual.

"Let's go back."

He raised his head, and there was only seriousness in his eyes! It's like a different person.

"I'm going to beat that red nose away!"

What a willful guy...

"as you wish,"

Roman stood up and stretched his muscles.

"captain."

"Hey, hey, you three young people should go to evacuate quickly~~" Looking at the three people who looked like they were going to 'find someone to start a film'... No, two people, the old mayor hurriedly persuaded.

"And one of you is caged—"

Snapped,

Half squatting, Roman held the iron pillars of the cage with thick thumbs in both hands, and then:

Puff,

In an instant, Roman's arms were knotted with veins, his muscles were bumpy, and his originally loose sleeves were bursting open! The two arm muscles, which were full of muscular beauty, suddenly snapped to the sides as they rolled.

Ka Ka Ka——

Amidst the piercing metallic sound, the thick steel cage was bent and deformed in Roman's hands abruptly! Eventually a hole big enough for a man to drill was revealed.

"Done."

"Thanks, Roman!"

Luffy, who was out of trouble, moved his shoulders, looking excited.

"Let's go and beat that red-nosed and his men away!"

"Can."

Bang,

And the old mayor in leather armor was so frightened that he sat down on the ground! He is obviously just a handsome and sunny boy, but he actually possesses the inhuman power to bend steel...

Amazing!

On the other side, Nami once again had a deeper understanding of this boy named "Roman". This kind of power is not lost to those guys, right?

If, if this straw hat had such power. Deceive them to their hometown, maybe you can...

However, Nami's eyes flickered when she saw the two 'pirates' who were about to go back to bring bad luck to the Bucky Pirates.

Two pirates who are ready to "fight for justice" are really stupid!

Can't stand...

"it is good!"

The old mayor next to him also felt his long-lost 'blood boil', "As the mayor, if I don't protect the town, who will protect it? I'll go too—"

Bang,

It's a pity that before his rhetoric was out of his mouth, Luffy held the back of his head and slammed it against the door of the small shop next door.

His eyes turned white and he fainted on the spot.

"Luffy, what are you doing?!"

Before the fight started, his teammates sacrificed to the sky first, and the girl named Nami was furious in an instant! If it wasn't for Roman's presence, she'd want the idiot in the straw hat to taste her fist the size of a disposable cup...

"Haha, this is a battle between us pirates."

Speaking of which, Luffy turned his head and looked at the local dog next to the store, "Xiuxiu, protect your master's friend! Let's go to something serious—"

"Wow woof!"

"Do you think a dog can understand what you say?"

"Haha, didn't the old man say that, Xiuxiu is very smart..."

The sound of Luffy and Nami bickering came from the side, and there was no pause along the way, which made Roman shake his head amusedly. This weird atmosphere, compared with the murderous aura and greed before the previous battle:

Not bad.

———————

"Hehehe, I thought you guys had already run away."

In front of the wreckage of the house in the middle of the town, a group of dark pirates faced the trio who came back here again, their eyes were about to burst into flames!

"Red Nose,"

Luffy took a step forward, rubbing his fists with great interest.

"I've decided, I'm going to beat you up!"

—————

Dead silence!

Then:

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh what did you say, straw hat kid!"

"Don't you know Captain Bucky hates what people say about his red nose?"

"Yes, red nose is taboo for the captain, once he hears this word, he will explode..."

"And what about the red nose? Isn't that a nose? You're looking like-"

············

"Red nose, red nose, red nose..."

Captain Bucky, who looked like a clown with veins on his forehead bursting out of anger, waved his hands: Amidst the sound of puff puff puff, the pirates who were jumping up and down just now immediately 'pounced' on the spot.

"If you want to piss me off, you're going to—"

! ! !

A flame-like momentum swept across the battlefield, and the boy named Luffy looked at the pirates on the ground with knives stuck in their backs. His face was full of anger.

"Injure your partner at will, people like you—"

call out--

With a flash of a figure, he suddenly rushed in front of the clown Bucky, and attacked first with his clenched fists!

"Not fit to be a captain!"