【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Lucci felt the breath coming from the forest, looked at Chopper who was still shy and reminded him, "Chopper, there are two groups of people coming towards this side in the forest, but they have no bad intentions. It's possible that your friends have returned."

"Really!? That's great!" Chopper shouted excitedly. He finally didn't have to worry about enemy attacks anymore.

"Chopper!!"

A female voice sounded from outside.

"It's Nami!" Chopper said excitedly. He was about to rush out when he suddenly thought of something. He immediately turned to look at Lucci and said seriously, "You must not leave the bed, Lucci!"

Lucci smiled soothingly but didn't agree, "Go now, your friends are still calling you!"

"Yeah." Chopper nodded and quickly ran to the deck.

"The mast of the Merry is gone!" Zoro looked at the mastless Merry on the altar and said in confusion, "Did that guy modify the ship?"

Hearing Zoro's words, Qi couldn't help but complain, "Are you an idiot!?"

"Fool, do you have straw in your head? You can tell from the look of it that we have encountered an enemy!" Nami's teeth instantly turned into shark teeth and she yelled at Zoro angrily, then turned around and shouted to Chopper again, "Chopper! I'm sorry we came back late, are you there? Answer me now!! Chopper!!"

"Could it be killed?" Robin said calmly, looking at the Merry, which was motionless on the altar. "Could it be cut into pieces by the enemy?"

"Stop saying such horrible things!!" Nami yelled at Robin angrily.

"Don't worry, Chopper and the sky knight are safe on the ship." Qi said with a smile, "And Lucci is awake, but there is indeed a strange aura on the ship, I don't know if it is an enemy."

As soon as Qi finished speaking, the sound of Chopper sobbing could be heard.

"I'm fine! It's no big deal!" Chopper shouted firmly to Zoro and the others, while turning his tearful face to the side.

"Okay, I get it, you are very brave, tell us what happened!" Nami breathed a sigh of relief and shouted to Chopper on the boat.

"Oh! Look! It's the Merry! The altar is over there!"

Nami looked across the sea of ​​clouds. A small black boat was rushing down from the Cloud River in the forest. Luffy's excited voice came from the boat over there. Nami happily shouted "Luffy!!"

"Ah! Miss Nami, Sister Robin, I have passed the test of love to save you!" Sanji waved and shouted excitedly to Nami and Robin who were standing on the other side.

"You must be scared! But Captain Usopp is back, so don't worry!" Usopp shouted confidently to Nami and the others.

"What! After all this time, this is just a small test!" Luffy said unwillingly. He had already reached the living altar, but he had not fought a single fight.

Lucci stood beside Chopper, looking at the people climbing the stairs while making noise, and said with a smile, "Chopper, you have good companions!"

"Hey." Chopper lowered his head and blushed, then he reacted and shouted angrily at Lucci, "Why did you come out!!"

"Don't worry, I'm fine now!" Lucci said helplessly as he looked at the angry Chopper.

"No, you need to rest for two days!" Chopper looked at Lucci with a firm expression.

Lucci also looked at Chopper, feeling somewhat helpless. Are all doctors like this? Just like Marco, who was overly worried. If they were injured, he would keep telling them not to get up and walk around. Even if they told him they were fine, it was useless. Sometimes he would even violently prevent the patient from leaving the infirmary... Horrible doctor...

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As soon as Luffy stepped onto the altar, he saw Lucci standing on the second deck and talking to Chopper, and whispered "Brother!!"

Sanji and Usopp, who were standing next to Luffy, heard Luffy's voice and turned to look at Luffy in surprise. Then they saw Luffy suddenly stretched out his hand and used a rocket to launch himself towards the man who was talking to Chopper on the deck.

It was obvious that the blond man on the deck had not realized what he was about to encounter. The next second they saw that the man was obviously unable to withstand the sudden impact, and he kept backing away after Luffy held his head.

……

Just when Lucci decided to give up arguing with Chopper and was about to follow the doctor's advice and go back to rest, a red figure suddenly pounced towards him.

This was something Lucci had never expected. Before he could even react, someone grabbed his head tightly. The sudden impact caused him to take a few steps back uncontrollably until the railing behind him stopped him.

"Lucci!" Luffy burst into tears, his legs entwined around Lucci, he held his head with both hands, and sobbed on his head.

When Lucci heard his brother Ace crying, he was stunned and at a loss. He struggled to pull his hand out, hesitated for a moment, and then put his hand on Ace's back to comfort him.

After a moment, the feeling of suffocation successfully made him put aside the emotions in his heart. He began to fight for his own survival, pushing and pulling continuously, trying to pull away the body that was hugging him, but this guy was hugging him too tightly, and he couldn't break free at all. It's over, he can't breathe!

The others stared at this scene in amazement. Luffy, who rarely cried but always smiled, was clinging to the man tightly and bursting into tears.

Chopper was the first to come to his senses. Seeing Luffy struggling, he immediately shouted in panic, "Luffy, let him go! His wounds haven't healed yet!!"

Others rushed over to help.

"Luffy, Lucci is going to suffocate!" Qi said as he helped Luffy pull Luffy back, giving him a moment to breathe.

Lucci felt alive instantly after getting some air, breathing deeply. Maybe he heard the words of the person who had just pulled him away, but the boy who was crying on him no longer cried in his hair, but started crying in his ear.

Lucci pulled the body of the boy who was lying on him and crying a little back, and looked up at the boy. The boy's tears kept flowing down his cheeks and dripping on his face.

Somehow it hurt to see the boy like this, Lucci didn't know why but he could feel the throbbing pain coming from deep inside him "Are...are you okay?"

Luffy sobbed, wiping the tears from his face with his hands, his body shaking as he sobbed "Well... I'm just so happy!"

"Are you looking happy like this!?" others complained, but they also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you know me?" Lucci asked carefully, he didn't want to make the boy cry again because of his words, Ace's brother's condition was obviously not right, it was... as if he knew him before, and not just from Ace.

"Of course, how could I not recognize my brother!" Luffy looked at Lucci with very sad eyes.

"Brother?!" Everyone except Qi, Usopp and Sanji shouted in shock.