【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"We are actually the same person." Qi interrupted Nami's next words. He knew what Nami wanted to ask. "It's just that our experiences and memories are different, so it seems that we are different, but in fact we are the same."

Lucci looked at Qi, then smiled softly at Nami and explained, "Something happened when I was ten years old, causing me to lose my previous memories. Qi must have been separated from me using my shadow before I lost my memories, so I have no memory of when I released him."

"Do you want to merge?" Qi turned to look at Lucci and asked seriously. He knew that what the main body wanted most was to regain its previous memories. Ace had said before that "after fusion, all memories will be combined, which is equivalent to your own experience. You will definitely be able to remember the memories you have forgotten."

Everyone looked at Lucci seriously, waiting for his answer. Even Luffy fell silent. Although he still didn't understand what Qi meant, he knew that his brother could regain his memory, but Qi would become his brother? What did this mean?

Lucci looked at everyone, and finally his gaze stopped on Qi. He shook his head and said, "Before you lost your memory, I deliberately arranged for you to be by Luffy's side. There must be a reason. You are doing very well now. I can't let Luffy lose his partner because of this. I will remember the lost memories on my own."

"Luffy didn't lose his partner." Qi frowned and looked at Luffy in confusion. The current situation is the best for integration. Why would he say that? And he knew that this was definitely not the reason for his refusal. "I am you, equivalent to the one who has always been with Luffy..."

"Not now!" Lucci interrupted the rest of Qi's words and stopped the topic from continuing. Of course he knew that Qi was him. Just like releasing a shadow normally, after the shadow returned to his body, everything the shadow had experienced before would be transmitted back to him. It felt like he had experienced it all himself.

It's just that the shadow that stays beside Luffy to protect him is not enough. This is the only shadow that can exist forever. If he wants, the two of them can completely not affect each other. Even if his fruit ability disappears, he will not disappear. Even if something happens to him...

Lucci pinched his forehead to stop himself from thinking about these things any further. At this moment, he suddenly thought of another thing.

The World Government should have noticed that he was alive. Before the Teach incident, Moby had faced several attacks from the World Government and the Navy. They had actually been secretly tracking him. When the World Government attacked them the second time, he realized that they were coming for him, even though Dad tried to hide it from him.

Thinking that what happened to Dian and the others would happen to the Straw Hat Pirates again, Lucci's breathing suddenly became heavy, and a sentence suddenly popped up in his mind: "Anyone who has anything to do with the Dragon's Son should be eliminated."

He absolutely could not let them discover Luffy's existence, and he absolutely could not let Luffy go through all this, even if it meant he could not keep his promise.

Lu Qi put his hand down, looked at Qi and said with a smile, "That's it. I'll figure out the memory issue myself, and I have other things to do now."

Sanji thought of what Ace had said to them before in Alabasta, so he guessed, "Is it Blackbeard?"

"Yes, his abilities after obtaining the devil fruit are much stronger than before." Lucci nodded and said solemnly, "I need to let Ace know this information."

"Will Ace be in danger?" Luffy looked at Lucci with some concern.

Lucci smiled and gently patted the straw hat on Luffy's head "Don't worry, Ace can take care of himself."

Luffy looked at Lucci and laughed again, "This is the Lucci we know." Then he turned to look at Sanji and Zoro and shouted happily, "To celebrate Lucci joining us, let's have a bonfire party!! Right, Lucci!!" Luffy turned to Lucci again with anticipation.

"It's obviously you who figured it out!" Nami complained, but did not stop Luffy.

"Well, sorry, Luffy, I am the vice-captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' second team after all." Lucci said with a smile, but seeing Luffy's lost look, he added "However, I wonder if you are willing to take another pirate with you on your voyage for a while. I guess my boat is gone."

Luffy rushed towards Lucci in surprise and hugged him, his eyes shining with joy. "Great! Of course!" He will have more time to understand his brother after he lost his memory, because Lucci is different now, but he likes the old Lucci and the new Lucci, so it doesn't matter.

After Luffy left, Qi walked towards Lucci who was standing there, then stopped beside him and whispered, but his eyes were looking at Luffy who was building bonfire wood with Zoro and Sanji, "So you will leave in the end, right?"

Lucci followed Qi's line of sight and looked at the people who had already lit a bonfire and were dancing around it. He smiled and said, "At least we won't leave until we leave Sky Island."

"Don't you plan to join the Straw Hat Pirates? It would be fun to sail with Luffy." Qi said with a smile, then looked at Luffy and blinked, "And when you were little, you were the only one among the three brothers who agreed to Luffy joining his team. Although Luffy didn't say it, he has always been looking forward to his brother joining."

Lucci was silent for a second, then smiled, "Don't we still have you? My clone."

"Well, that's true, but to Luffy, we are different after all." Qi ended the topic and walked towards the crowd who were cheering with the wolves tamed by Luffy.

Lucci looked at Qi's departing back in confusion, not quite understanding what he meant by that sentence. While Lucci was thinking about the meaning of that sentence, he felt a calm breath approaching him. He turned his head and looked at the woman approaching him. It was Nico Robin. In fact, he had always been wary of this person. He knew who she was and what she had experienced.

"Should we talk, Monkey D. Lucci?" Robin looked calmly at the man whose eyes suddenly became dangerous.

"What do you want to do?" Lucci looked at Robin coldly.

"No, I don't mean to do anything. I just want to tell you that there's no need to be unfriendly." Robin didn't care about Lucci's attitude and smiled. "I'm very happy in this team, so I don't want any deviation."

Lucci took a serious look at Robin, then looked at Luffy and the others who were cheering beside the bonfire. He knew what she said was true, especially for someone who had always been in the dark. Lucci sighed and said seriously, "I'm sorry, I just remembered some bad things. I'm sorry if I made you feel bad."

Robin blinked, not expecting him to apologize, but her expression remained calm. She then sat next to Lucci and watched the Straw Hat Pirates dancing happily with the wolf pack, with a gentle smile on her face. "The time I spent traveling with them was the happiest time of my life. It was also the first time I knew that landing on the island would be something to look forward to."