The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

blue sky, white clouds

A merchant ship is drifting in the wind with no aim or direction.

The whole ship was empty, without even a sailor, as if it was the legendary 'ghost ship'. until:

Boom,

A wooden barrel that was also drifting with the tide bumped into the side of the merchant ship, and Yingying heard a sentence from the wooden barrel:

"Huh? Hit the boat—"

"Great!"

boom!

The wooden barrel was smashed open by a fist, and a figure wearing a straw hat stretched out his upper body excitedly from inside.

"I slept so comfortably~~"

"So,"

call out--

The boy's arms stretched out suddenly, and he grabbed onto the ship's side like a rubber band, and then pulled hard!

Snapped!

The whole person jumped onto the merchant ship at once, and the boy in the straw hat burst out laughing.

"It's so dangerous, so dangerous, I thought it would be sucked into the bottom of the sea by the vortex~~"

"My trip to One Piece was almost..."

squeak,

The door on the deck of the merchant ship opened, and Roman walked out, looking at the 'intruder' in front of him with cold eyes.

It was a boy with short black hair, which looked a little messy, and there was a scar under his left eye.

Wearing a small red waistcoat and blue half-leg jeans. Wear straw sandals. ——Of course, the most eye-catching thing is wearing a straw hat and a confident smile on his face.

This dress? !

Roman's eyes flickered for a moment, but he quickly calmed down.

Monkey D. Luffy.

The son of destiny in this world, the one with the rubber fruit ability, said "I am the man who will become the One Piece":

fool!

What is a pirate?

It's robbing houses, getting something for nothing, acting recklessly, being the scum of scum, and the villainous party among evil parties...

"Hello--"

Seeing Roman walk out, the straw hat boy smiled and waved.

"100,000 Baileys."

? ? ?

For a moment, the other party's smile froze on his face, as if a row of black question marks appeared above the straw hat.

"Boat fare,"

Roman continued to speak calmly.

"100,000 Baileys, three meals a day, accommodation, and extra money for more than half a month."

"Ah... ah... this..."

The whole face of the straw hat boy collapsed in an instant, and it took him a long time to hold back a word.

"I have no money·····"

"No money?"

Roman glanced at the young man exuding a 'poor' atmosphere, wearing a straw hat, a waistcoat, a pair of five-point jeans, and a pair of slippers...

He doesn't even have a pocket on his body, so he just has 'poor and white' written all over his face.

"That's embarrassing, - please go back where you came from."

The protagonist or something, I hate it the most...

"No, big brother~~"

The boy in the straw hat was so shocked that his chin reached his chest (in a physical sense), "I can't swim, and I just broke the barrel..."

·······You tell me this is the future One Piece? !

"Sorry, this is my ship."

"There must be a boat fee for taking a boat. You don't understand this truth, do you?"

"I... I can work part-time to pay back the money, I can eat very well... no, I am very hardworking..."

The boy in the straw hat suddenly clashed his fists and palms, with an expression of 'thought of a good idea'.

"By the way, you can be my partner!"

"As long as you become a partner, you don't have to pay for the boat~~~ Hahaha, I'm so smart~~"

? ? ? ?

This time it's Roman's turn to be full of black question marks. Damn it, this is an empty-handed white wolf, right? right!

"I reject!"

Facing Roman's unhesitating answer, the straw hat boy on the opposite side looked shocked to the point of "how is that possible", "Wait a minute, why don't you think about it again?"

"By the way, my name is Luffy."

"He's the man who's going to be the Pirate King!"

Facing the smiling straw hat boy... No, Luffy. Roman lowered his head and sneered.

"Pirates?"

"That would be wonderful."

clatter——

He opened his arms, and pieces of 'paper' flew out of the palm of his hand, and then quickly changed into:

A sailor knife, a shield!

"Since you are a pirate, let's 'pay the bill' in the way of a pirate."

Roman squinted and looked at the boy named Luffy on the opposite side, with the shield in front and the long knife behind it!

"Kill me, this ship is—"

"Wow! So cool~~~"

However, facing Roman who was in a stance, Luffy just ran over carelessly, surrounded the paper knife and paper shield in his hand for a while, and even touched up and down——

Boom!

"Are you underestimating me?"

An icy murderous aura spread from Roman's body. It was he who smashed the opponent to the deck with a shield just now, and even the opponent's precious straw hat fell aside.

"Wow, it hurts~~~"

"Why do I feel pain—"

"Hey, hey, hey? It's actually bleeding... how did you do it?"

Facing Luffy who was sitting on the ground with blood on his face, but only wondered why he was injured, Roman stepped forward.

"I have no reason to explain my means to you, so—"

brush,

The snow-white sailor knife pointed at the opponent's face, and Roman looked down at the opponent with cold eyes.

"stand up!"

"Beat me, this ship is yours."

"If you lose, you are ready to walk on the springboard."

Facing the paper knife that was close at hand and the ruthless Roman, the boy on the floor just sat casually on the deck, looking seriously at the corner of each other's eyes.

"I won't fight you."

"Then you are going to feed the fish in the sea?"

"I won't die here either."

"Wait until you defeat me—"

"I won't fight you."

··········

Boom!

The white shield in his hand hit the bridge of the opponent's nose fiercely, smashing the boy's entire head into the deck! At the same time, Roman directly stepped forward and suppressed the opponent severely.

"Hit and don't hit, roll and don't roll!"

"What the hell are you trying to do?"

"I·····"

Sinking into the floor, Luffy, whose face was covered in blood, raised his head, and looked squarely at Roman, whose face was full of anger.

"I said, I want you to be my partner."

"partner·····"

"Hahahahaha~~~"

Roman, who suppressed the other party under his body, laughed so wildly that he burst into tears.

"And then my boat becomes your boat?"

"My life has become your life?"

"You still think I'm stupid if you're stupid!"

Facing Roman's questioning, the boy named Luffy just answered seriously again.

"I want you to be my partner."

"Hey, listen to someone—"

Boom!

Once again, a shield hit the opponent's face, and while smashing Luffy's entire head to one side, it also brought out a puddle of blood!

"Why should I be your partner? Don't talk to yourself—"

Boom!

Another shield.

"Aren't you going to fight back?"

Boom!

Blood splattered.

"Partner? Let me tell you the truth. ——I am a paper man who ate a paper devil fruit!"

"My devil fruit was obtained by killing my captain, you still want me to be your partner—"

"That's right!"

In the large pool of blood mixed with the shattered deck, Luffy's voice remained firm as before.

"I want you to be my partner."

madman······································

It was obviously a guy who was crushed and beaten by him, but the upper body of Roman, who had been slaughtered for a long time, unconsciously leaned back. Then:

Become angry from embarrassment!

unreasonable--

clatter,

The shield and sailor's knife in his hand transformed rapidly, forming a sharp beheading knife, aiming at the neck of the boy below him!

"I know you're a Devil Fruit user, you're rubber, right—"

"Don't underestimate the paper in my hand, its hardness is not inferior to steel at all, just cut it down..."

However, in the face of Roman's threat, the bloody boy turned his head to look at him, and there was still no wavering in his eyes.

"You won't kill me,"

"I want you to be my partner."

Hemp eggs——

"Are you a repeater, ah!"

"Kill you!!"

The sailor knife in his hand was raised high, and then suddenly fell——

puff!

———————

"Humph,"

Roman turned the rudder, allowing the merchant ship to make a long float in the calm sea.

"This kind of naive guy deserves his death."

On the deck behind him, there were only explosions and blood stains, and the boy named Luffy:

Has disappeared.

"Do you think you can survive in this sea with only your 'bone'? What an idiot—"

Boom!

The door of the cabin was suddenly opened, and a boy with his head wrapped like a rice dumpling came out yelling.

"Roman, I'm so hungry~~~"

"Why is the meat in the warehouse frozen hard? I can't bite~~~"

·········

"You took apart the icehouse I made?!"

"I'm starving to death..."

Faced with a look of grievance...God knows that this guy can also make an expression of 'grievance' with the 'healing tape' wrapped around his head? ?

"Okay, okay."

"Come and take the helm, and I'll cook.—By the way, restore the icehouse..."

"Roman, I don't know how to steer."

? ? ?

Roman sucked in a breath of cold air, and the numbness of his scalp caused gold stars to appear in front of his eyes!

"Then what are you talking about, what do you know?!"

Facing Roman who was gnashing his teeth, Luffy answered without hesitation.

"I will be the Pirate King!"

·········

"Come on, stand here—"

Roman, who was like a punctured balloon, taught Luffy to hold the rudder, and then told the other party.

"Just keep this posture and don't let the boat run around."

"I'm going to cook,—don't desert me!"

Roman, who walked across the other side and walked into the cabin, shook his head helplessly.

"It's really..."

"Looks like I'm just a fool..."

What are you talking about, the insidious and ruthless pirate... Didn't he become someone else's 'crew' in the end...

never mind,

A young man is in vain.

Roman can only comfort himself in this way, but if there is a mirror.

The upturned corner of his mouth had something to say.