The Paper Fruit Among the Pirates

"Hahaha--"

Boom!

"How big are you? You almost scared us to death, you know?!"

Facing the enraged Roman, Luffy, who was punched, could only say "yes, yes" without any majesty, but he immediately changed the subject with great energy:

"Where are Nami and Usopp?"

"They went back to the ship with their shopping first."

When it came to business, Roman put away the feeling of being flustered by Luffy just now.

"Nami said that there will be a storm soon, and she and Usopp will go to watch the boat first. ——It will be a disaster if it is blown away."

After Roman's own merchant ship left all its weapons in Cocosia Village, the entire ship itself was dismantled and used as materials to build a seaside fortress. With Roman's cautious personality, he doesn't want such a shitty thing like the owner of the merchant ship finding Cocosia Village one day.

So, now they are left, and they can only go to sea on the Golden Merry.

"And those navies behind-"

Roman didn't need to look back, but focused on the paper crane left in the square just now, and could easily understand the situation.

"Fortunately, Bucky's group gave us backs, otherwise we would be the ones facing the navy now."

However, those guys have been trapped by clouds of smoke, and they are about to be wiped out...

"Hurry up, there's a tricky guy behind you!"

Faced with Roman's urging, it aroused the curiosity of the meat, wine, and tobacco trio next to them.

"What tricky guy?"

After all, Roman's strength is obvious to all, and even he has a 'slip' expression, and the people behind...

"It's the guarding navy of this town! Colonel Smoker the White Hunter."

"Colonel..."

"You guys, wake up!" Seeing the disdainful faces of the three 'Colonel Districts', Roman's forehead was throbbing with veins.

"How many times have I said it, that's the headquarters! The headquarters! It's not comparable to the trash of those branches in the East China Sea—"

"And that Smoker is a natural devil fruit user..."

"stop!"

A figure and voice standing in the middle of the road interrupted Roman's "science popularization", causing Sanji next to him to speed up suddenly!

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"Ah~~"

"beautiful·····"

"Roronoa Zoro!"

However, the spectacled girl standing in the middle of the road ignored Sanji who was full of love, and just put on a posture of drawing a sword in front of Zoro.

"I didn't expect you to be a pirate,"

"You teased me, I will never forgive you!"

"Oh, let's try it..."

"Ahhh! What did you do to other girls—"

Clang!

The two samurai swords slashed together suddenly, even the raindrops all over the sky could not cover up the flying sparks.

"You guys go first,"

Facing Zoro's words, Luffy pulled up Sanji, who said, "You bastard, you actually did something to a lady..." and flew past the two of them. Let Roman behind nodded.

Once in the 'battle mode', Luffy is actually very reliable.

But even though it is a battle, in fact:

After a few strokes, the naval sergeant named Da Siqi was easily disarmed by Sauron, and he used the knife 'bidong' on the side of the street.

"Until I become number one in the world, I will not lose to a swordsman."

After the cold three swordsmen finished speaking, they turned around and put away their swords.

"Goodbye."

··········

Very well, Sauron is very reliable if he doesn't get lost.

"There is someone in front!"

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Roman, who was in the middle of the line, looked up, and a man with silver-gray hair and two cigars was standing in front of him. Although it looks like a "wicked person", it can still be seen from the opponent's coat:

"Navy? Get out of the way—"

Facing Luffy rushing at high speed, the opponent just waved his hand, and a white smoke suddenly filled over! Before Luffy could react, the smoke instantly restrained Luffy in place like a living thing!

It's obviously just the smoke of intangible substances, but Luffy, who has a lot of strength, can't break free.

"asshole,"

Seeing that Luffy was in danger, Sanji galloped over. The legs that can break rocks suddenly kicked towards the opponent!

"Shoulder meat!"

Then:

puff,

The ferocious kick 'passed' through the opponent's cheek, without any effort! The big silver-haired man with half his face spread out just glanced coldly.

"I'm in the way, get out!"

"White - smoke bomb."

boom--

With just a simple punch, Sanji, who was defenseless against the "natural devil fruit", was thrown flying.

"Sanji!"

"Rubber-gun!"

Luffy, barely freeing one hand, swung his fist to fight back, but the place where the fist landed was also empty, only a cloud of smoke!

call--

In the smoke beside him, a silver-haired man suddenly appeared! Grabbing Luffy's head from behind and smashing it to the ground, he taunted while drawing the weapon behind him.

"You are worth 30 million Pele?"

Just this level.

"Your luck ends—"

Whoosh!

A series of sharp weapons pierced through the air, and a few white arrows pierced through the rain and struck at the silver-haired man in the navy, causing him to spit out a puff of smoke in disdain.

It's useless.

Puff puff,

The arrow passed through the body, but the wound was full of drifting smoke! You only need to 'elementize' yourself, this kind of attack is simply...

"Paper Dance-"

But Roman, who launched the attack, wanted the other party to take the initiative to enter elementalization, because in this case:

"Windmill!"

Huhuhu——! !

The huge 'paper windmill' created by Roman's ability spun at high speed, and a man-made gust of wind blew Smoker, who had entered the 'elemental', leaped backwards, and the white smoke drifted backwards! While canceling the 'elementalization' in mid-air, he suddenly inserted the weapon in his hand into the ground to fix his figure.

"You are?"

"I can't let you hurt my captain at will."

Roman glanced at Luffy and Sanji who were out of bondage, and Zoro who was coming from behind. He tilted his head in the direction of the harbor.

"Run!"

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"My big windmill won't last long in the rain!"

Having said that, the trio turned around without hesitation and ran wildly!

"Run~~~"

"Hmph, your companion left you and ran away."

In the blink of an eye, only a few dots remained of the trio.

"Hehe, you don't need to worry about—"

Just as Roman was thinking about how to get out, a familiar voice gradually faded away from behind.

"rubber rubber-"

An unknown premonition came to mind! Sure enough, the next second.

Snapped,

One hand grabbed Roman's back collar, and then:

"-Rocket!"

I the fuck—

call out! ! !

Roman, who experienced a "human cannon" in an instant, was caught by the suddenly tightened collar before he could utter the swear words! The surrounding scenery suddenly began to retreat at a high speed, and the whole person was dragged and flew backwards at a high speed, with only his prolonged shout in the wind.

"Road~~~Fly~~~~~~~"

"Hahahaha, great escape!"

—————

"Well, although this experience is not very comfortable, it has to be said that it is very effective."

In the wind and waves, the Golden Merry split the waves and moved forward.

On the deck, Roman touched his chin, seriously considering whether Luffy's 'moving' method can be popularized.

"No no no, we definitely don't want to have this experience!"

Nami and Usopp are very grateful for Roman's "human cannon" style of movement.

"Look, the lighthouse ahead!"

"Passing there is the great route."

Following Nami's explanation, Sanji moved a wooden barrel from the side.

"Since we're here, let's perform a ceremony."

Putting one's foot on the barrel and telling one's dream is an ancient oath when setting off among pirates.

"This······"

"Roman, come here~~~"

Facing the smiling faces of Luffy and everyone, Roman, who has always been serious, also smiled, let the paper puppet of the 'White Knight' hold the rudder, walked to the vacancy specially left by the people in this circle, and put one foot in the barrel superior.

Boom,

"I'm going to be the Pirate King!"

"I want to become the number one swordsman in the world!"

"I want to find the 'Blue Ocean'!"

"I want to draw a sea chart of the whole world!"

"I... I want to be a brave warrior at sea..."

"Usopp, why does your dream suddenly have a different 'painting style'?"

Facing Roman's complaints, Usopp yelled, "I want you to take care of me". So:

Everyone looked at Roman, who was obviously the first crew member Luffy invited, and also the most serious and reliable person on this ship full of accidents, but ah:

"Roman, it's your turn—"

Facing Luffy's words, Roman thought about it seriously before showing a smile.

"My dream,"

"That's the day to see your dreams come true!"

"Tch, what, your dreams are more perfunctory, okay~~~"

Facing Usopp's complaints, Roman looked up at the cloudy sky with raindrops falling, but laughed heartily as if seeing a clear sky.

"Hahahahahaha~~~~"

"It's really a perfunctory dream, why don't I change it—"

"How about we all go to the end of the world together?"

"Hey, hey, do you think you can buy something in the store and change it..."

"Can't you? Hahahaha~~~"

—————

"Nice companion,"

At the top of the lighthouse, a figure in a cloak stood in the wind and rain, with a pair of gratified eyes piercing through the stormy sea, looking at the joyful Golden Merry in the distance.

"Nothing can stop a man from going to sea!"

"Go, Luffy."

"Go and make a mess!"