【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Huh?" The moment Lucci laughed, all the navy officers looked over. Lucci smiled awkwardly. He didn't expect them to be so sharp. It was really funny. He couldn't help it. When he thought that the navy officers held such a serious meeting just because they couldn't eat curry beef, he found it so funny that the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

Now all the marines turned to Lucci's direction. "So it's you who caused us to have no beef curry tomorrow!?"

Looking at their angry eyes, Lu Qi had a bad feeling and stepped back hastily, "No, it's not!"

"It's this guy who caused us to lose all our beef curry!"

"Everyone, let this guy have a taste of our G4's terror!!"

"Ohhh!!"

Feeling bad, Lucci turned around and tried to run away, but the faster-reacting marines had surrounded him. He tried to explain, "Hey, this has nothing to do with me!"

"You laughed!" All the navy men surrounding him rushed up and pinned him to the ground.

"Hey, what are you doing!?" Lucci watched as one of the marines slowly moved towards him with a marker pen. He instantly realized what they were going to do. "Hey! Stop it! Please! That pen is a permanent marker!"

The sailors ignored Lucci's request and continued to draw on his face with pens. After they were done, they let Lucci go, and then all the sailors looked at him and laughed, "Hahahaha, you deserve it!"

"What did you draw!" Lucci shouted angrily, and then a navy officer who was shaking with laughter handed him a mirror. Lucci looked at himself in the mirror. There were three lines drawn on both cheeks, a big dot on the tip of his nose, and the word "idiot" written on his forehead...

Damn it! These guys!! Lu Qi instantly thought of what Ace would do when he saw this thing. He would definitely laugh at him like crazy! It's over... His mask couldn't block everything, and the marks left by the ink on his face would definitely not disappear in a short time...

"That's enough of the fuss, get back to your post!"

What stopped the navy's laughter was the voice of the woman who brought him here. Lucci rubbed his cheeks and forehead. Damn, the ink showed no sign of fading at all. Lucci drooped his shoulders in frustration. He was done. Ace would never let go of the opportunity to laugh at him. He might even report it to the ship directly.

"Nick, don't do it again!"

"As ordered!"

Although the navy who scolded Lucci had a serious expression, he did not seem to be really angry. He left after hearing Lucci's response. After all, it was just a stupid mistake made by a rookie soldier.

Lucci stared at himself in the mirror in annoyance. Otherwise...for the time being...shouldn't he meet up with Ace?

When Lucci came to his senses, most of the navy in the room had already left. It seemed that it was time to turn off the lights and rest. Great! This was definitely the best time for him to look for intelligence! No one would...

"Nick!"

The sudden female voice interrupted his thoughts, and Lucci sighed silently in his heart. He knew who it was. It was the woman who led him before, so why didn't she leave with the navy?

"What's wrong with you just now?" The female navy's expression was more serious than before, and it was obvious that she was angry.

"Uh...how about we talk somewhere else?" Lucci said tentatively. He had to find a way to get some information from her about the approximate location of the information storage room in this base.

The female marine sighed and said, "It's really hopeless. Go to your room."

Lucci nodded casually and followed the female navy. On the way to the room, the female navy didn't say anything to him, but led him to Nick's room with a cold expression. To Lucci, the female navy's silence was exactly what he wanted. After all, the more he talked, the easier it would be to expose his identity.

Finally, they stopped in front of a somewhat unusual door. Lu Qi noticed that the door of this room seemed to be better decorated than the door of the room next to it.

The woman opened the door with the key. The room was very ordinary, with only some ordinary furniture. Lu Qi breathed a sigh of relief. He could finally start to do his business. He asked, "I..."

"You look so strange today, honey, what's wrong with you?"

Lu Qi blinked in disbelief. "What the hell?" What is this woman talking about? Honey? So these two people are... lovers!?

"Your behavior today is totally unlike your usual self!"

The female marine took a step closer.

Lucci suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart and subconsciously took a step back.

"Why are you backing off? Is the atmosphere not to your liking?"

Before Lu Qi could figure out what the woman meant, she moved closer to him with a shy smile on her face. "Or do you want me to..."

"What?" Before Lucci could ask what the female marine wanted to do, she had already hugged his neck with both hands and kissed him...

Lucci was stunned for a moment. He had never encountered such a thing when he was on a mission before! After he realized what was happening, his cheeks instantly turned red. He hurriedly avoided the overly enthusiastic woman. "Wait!" Lucci tried to explain, "I..."

The door that was suddenly pushed open interrupted Lucci and the overly enthusiastic woman who were trying to explain. Lucci hurriedly pushed away the woman who was leaning on his arms and looked towards the door. In the dim environment, it took Lucci several seconds to react and realize who pushed open the door. Yes, the person who came was the marine who was knocked unconscious by him at the beginning. In fact, it was at this time that Lucci remembered that he seemed... forgot... to tie up the fainted marine!

"You guy! Do you think you can tease my face-blind girlfriend by disguising yourself as me?!" Nick shouted angrily.

"Huh? What the hell!?" The confused female navy looked at Lucci in confusion, then looked at the real Nick himself, and then looked at Lucci again, with an expression on her face that seemed to say "Are you kidding me?".

"Sorry, I'm not Nick." Lucci smiled awkwardly, and then while the two were stunned, he quietly moved towards the door.

The next moment, a huge scream came out from the female marine's mouth. Lucci and the marine named Nick, who were trying to leave quietly, had to cover their ears with their hands to block out the overly harsh sound.

Loud screams spread throughout the base, and suddenly a group of marines appeared from nowhere and surrounded them in an instant.

"Sir!? What happened!?"

"This, this man! Arrest him! He tried to molest me!!" The female navy pointed at Lucci and shouted in shame.

“How dare you!?”

Countless pairs of angry eyes stared at Lucci. If looks could kill... he would have died miserably...

Lucci was still thinking leisurely, but the next second he started running away.