【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Luffy sped up and ran in the direction of the breath he could feel. Just when he was about to rush towards the several life points that appeared within the range of his observation Haki, a figure suddenly flew out from there, knocked down countless trees, and fell to the ground not far away.

Luffy walked towards the figure on the ground, and as he got closer, he felt his heartbeat faster and faster. He stared at the man who was struggling to stand up from the ground. He seemed to be in pain, gasping violently with his head lowered. His exposed skin was almost covered in blood, but the golden hair on his head still shone brightly in the moonlight, which also allowed him to see his profile clearly. Although it was also completely covered in blood, it was very familiar.

"No, that's not..." Luffy thought. He recognized it. It wasn't Qi. He shouldn't be here. He knew who it was. But the more he understood who it was, the angrier he felt. Who did it? Why, why was he so badly injured?

Suddenly Luffy's pupils shrank sharply. He saw a tall guy behind the figure rushing towards him. The figure seemed to have no reaction to everything around him. He was completely unaware that someone was rushing towards him. He still just stood there staggeringly without making any defensive moves. Luffy shouted in horror.

"Lucci!!!"

Luffy quickly grabbed the nearest tree and launched himself forward, knocking away the tall figure behind Lucci that was about to touch him. After successfully knocking the man away, Luffy quickly turned around, stood in front of Lucci, who still had no reaction, and carefully supported him.

When he looked closer, Luffy realized how serious his injuries were, and his eyes seemed to be blind. Luffy kept calling him, trying to get his attention, but his eyes were not even focused on him. He wanted to find Chopper, but Chopper was not here. Luffy's worries grew stronger and stronger. When he was about to take him away to find Chopper, Lucci suddenly pushed him away.

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Lu Qi felt his eyes blurred, his chest and head ached badly, and at the same time, a familiar voice was calling his name, the voice was full of panic, with a hint of despair? I don't know why I can feel the emotions in the voice, and a sense of guilt inexplicably surged in his heart. He really wanted to comfort him and tell him that he was fine, but he couldn't make a sound at all.

He clenched the sword in his hand tightly, barely controlling his trembling body. He closed his eyes, placed his left hand on his chest, and shifted the serious wound. His dizzy head suddenly became clear. At this moment, his observation Haki sounded an alarm and he immediately pushed away the person standing in front of him.

The next second, a sharp pain shot through his shoulder, and the wound that had just been transferred returned to his body again. A feeling of powerlessness suddenly filled his whole body. Lucci half-crouched on the ground, his face instantly pale due to the sudden pain. He took a deep breath, feeling the pain from his chest and head, stumbled to his feet, pulled the knife out of the ground, tried to stay conscious as much as possible, and tried to analyze the situation around him.

The shooter and the guy behind him who was full of murderous aura were getting closer and closer to them, and Teach, who was not far away, was also walking towards them.

The current situation is very unfavorable to them. Teach's devil fruit ability is much stronger than he imagined. For some reason, even if he did not use the fruit ability, his body's actions would still be controlled by him. Moreover, it is too early for Teach to be Ace's younger brother.

He would never let Teach catch him. Thinking of this, Lucci's eyes condensed, and he quickly pulled out the dagger from his waist and stabbed it at the place where he had just been shot. With a flick of his wrist, he dug out the seastone bullet inside. "Uh ah!"

He closed his eyes and gasped violently, throwing away the dagger. He heard an extremely worried voice sounding in his ears, revealing panic in the voice.

Lucci ignored the owner of the voice. His only thought now was that he would not let the boy's journey end here. He knew who he was. Really, you were Teach's target, but you came here by yourself. He used all the energy in his body to summon the shadow, panting and saying with difficulty, "Take him... away from here."

Luffy looked at the blurry figure that suddenly appeared in shock. His body shape was the same as Lucci's. When he heard Lucci's words, Luffy was stunned at first, and only reacted when he was caught by the figure, "Let me go, I can fight too!!" But the shadow ignored him, just grabbed Luffy as ordered, and prepared to run towards the nearest shadow.

Lucci looked at the struggling Luffy, his lips moved slightly, and he whispered, "Leave here, Ace's brother." Then he pushed Luffy's body towards the shadow, raised his knife, and turned around to meet the incoming attack.

Luffy heard Lucci's last words the moment he was taken away by the shadow. His eyes widened in shock, and inexplicable panic began to spread in his heart.

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"Lucci, why do you want to stop me from catching the Straw Hat Boy so much?" Teach covered his injured shoulder and asked the man in front of him who was covered in blood but still stood in front of them.

"This... is none of your business!" Lucci panted, lowered his head slightly to look at the abdomen that was shot. Although he successfully solved the sniper at this cost, it was really troublesome. Where did that guy get so many seastone bullets? Lucci looked at Teach opposite him and sneered, "Don't even think about leaving here tonight!"

"Zheha..." Blackbeard, who was about to laugh, wailed again because his wound was pulled, "Ah! It hurts!"

"Captain, it won't hurt so much if you take that medicine." Poison Q supported Blackbeard and said weakly.

"Shut up! It smells pungent!" Blackbeard cursed.

"Captain, let me take care of this prey!" Badgers showed a bloodthirsty smile on his face. "Although I let the other guy get away, I will definitely give you this guy's head, Captain!"

"You two, come together." Blackbeard looked at Lucci, who was already starting to lose his balance, and grinned, "Although the seastone bullets in his body make him even weaker, don't underestimate this guy. After all, he is the vice-captain of Whitebeard's second team!"

Lucci felt the powerlessness caused by the seastone and felt a little worried. The shadow must have disappeared. He wondered if the little guy had managed to leave.

He stared at the apple thrown at him and swung his knife to cut it, causing huge explosions on both sides. Lucci steadied his body, gasping for breath and clenched the knife in his hand, staring solemnly at the big man and the guy with the sickle who were rushing towards him together.

Under normal circumstances, these two guys are no match for him at all, but his physical strength has now reached its limit. Just when he failed to successfully avoid one of the attacks and was about to use domineering to catch that blow, he suddenly felt himself being pulled away. Lucci looked at the trees on both sides that were constantly retreating in confusion, and the next second he bumped into a warm embrace.