【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Ace carefully folded Luffy's wanted poster and put it in his pocket, then took out Teach's wanted poster from the other side and asked, "Have you heard anything about this person recently?"

The tavern owner looked closely at the man in the newspaper and replied, "He's the big guy who got into an argument with Straw Hat Luffy here, but he left quickly without any conflict."

Ace covered his face and muttered in frustration, "He is indeed late."

The only thing to be thankful for is that Luffy was not targeted by Teach. After all, Teach introduced Luffy to him before he betrayed him.

Ace thought angrily, but if Teach dared to touch Luffy, he would definitely go berserk. Well, he would let the world "burn in the sea of ​​fire"

Then it's time to do another thing, Ace thought as he stuffed his things into his bag, pausing when he reached the door of the tavern, turning to look at the owner behind him and bowing politely "Thank you for the food, and the information."

Then step out into the midday sun, adjusting your hat to protect against the harsh rays.

"Hey!!"

Ace turned his head back from the door and saw the boss he had just talked to was waving a stick at him angrily with his hands raised. A man who looked like a chef grabbed his clothes at the back of his waist, trying to stop him from jumping out from behind the bar.

"You haven't paid yet! You've almost eaten up all our stock!!" the tavern owner shouted angrily while struggling.

Ace tilted his head and looked at him with a smile on his face. He shrugged noncommittally, "I don't have any money."

Even if he did, he rarely carried Bailey, and during his time as Captain Spade his crew quickly realized that they couldn't let him be in charge of the finances, otherwise everything would end up going to food.

He admitted that he did go a little crazy when he first came into contact with some real gold. Not the old tarnished gold he and Luffy found from Junk Terminal, but the real blinding gold that he would spend lavishly on whenever he got it, all kinds of things would appear, most of all food.

So when his reputation for extravagance carried over to Moby, Marco planned for it, like rationing to him, whatever he got.

Of course Ace was angry, but Marco asked him to pay for the repairs himself every time the Rocket needed maintenance, which led him to reluctantly agree with Marco's idea. That was correct. After all, repairing the Rocket was a huge expense, and he usually spent money recklessly... couldn't afford so much money. Fortunately, Lucci was usually there, so it didn't affect him much.

"Boss! Stop! He is the Whitebeard pirate! We can restock!" The chef who held the tavern owner kept shouting.

"This is so important! I don't care if he's that damn pirate! He needs to pay us some money!" The tavern owner shouted angrily, and then saw Ace stopped, thinking he was going to pay, so he put down the stick in his hand and shouted "Great, you have to give us money!"

Unexpectedly, the pirate just turned around, bowed to them, shouted "Sorry!", then turned and ran, running wildly along the street, and soon disappeared from their sight.

"Damn it!!" the tavern owner yelled angrily.

……

As night fell, hundreds of meters in the sky, the Merry, with the help of the octopus balloon, slowly floated down with the wind, and a burst of cheerful laughter came from the top of the octopus.

Hearing the laughter, the Straw Hat Pirates came out of the cabin one after another.

"Luffy, where are you?" Sanji called out in confusion.

"Hahaha, here, come on everyone! It's fun!" Luffy held his hat with one hand and happily bounced on top of the octopus balloon. "Hahaha, it's fun!"

"Hey, Luffy, that place is very dangerous!" Usopp grabbed the railing and shouted worriedly at Luffy who was bouncing above his head.

"Don't mess around, Luffy, our lives depend on Baron!" Nami shouted.

"It's okay, it's okay!" Luffy shouted excitedly while jumping.

"Has that octopus hot air balloon become smaller?" Lucci asked, frowning and looking at the octopus balloon above. He felt that its size seemed to be a little smaller than at the beginning.

Hearing Lucci's words, Sanji subconsciously looked up and carefully observed the octopus on it. He always paid special attention to the ingredients. Sanji's pupils shrank, and he instantly realized that Lucci was right, and the octopus balloon was shrinking.

Sanji hurriedly shouted to Luffy on top of the octopus, "Luffy! Come down! This octopus is shrinking!!" At the same time, he jumped onto the railing and started climbing up from the octopus's feet, "Hey, Luffy, come down! Stop playing!"

Suddenly the octopus began to leak air, and the two people on the octopus fell down instantly. Fortunately, Luffy grabbed the railing in time and pulled Sanji's feet.

At the same time, due to the octopus leaking air, Merry fell down at a very fast speed. Due to gravity, Luffy and Sanji floated above Merry.

"Come up quickly, Luffy!" Lucci steadied himself, grabbed Luffy's hand, and pulled them both onto the deck.

With Luffy's help, the two successfully jumped back to the deck. The next second, the octopus balloon turned into its normal size and fell on Luffy's face.

"Wow!!!" Everyone hurriedly grabbed the things around them. Meli fell vertically from the sky at a faster speed than before. The next second, Meli landed heavily on the sea, splashing huge waves.

"I was scared to death! The octopus suddenly became smaller!" Nami said with lingering fear.

"But I finally got here alive!" Luffy looked at the octopus in his hand and said with a smile, "Thank you."

"We really went to an incredible place!" Sanji took out a cigarette and lit it, sighing, "But we finally got here. I'll go make some coffee."

"Sanji, I want to eat!" Luffy shouted hurriedly.

"I'll be there soon. I mean you guys just have a cup of coffee and wait." Sanji said helplessly.

"Sanji, I want black tea!" Qi reminded.

"Okay, I got it." Sanji looked at Lucci and asked, "Lucci, do you want some black tea too?"

"Well, we're in trouble!" Lucci said with a smile, then squinted his eyes and walked towards the edge of the railing. They seemed to have come to an incredible place. Why did this place feel a little familiar...

A moment later, loud alarms suddenly sounded.

"Mmmmm, mmmmmm"

Along with the alarm, countless lights suddenly shone over, and at the same time a large number of people were rushing towards them.

"Where exactly is this place?" Luffy asked confusedly.

"Where on earth are we?" Usopp shouted in shock.

Lu Qi looked at the countless cannons sticking out of the wall, his mouth twitched slightly, and he was a little speechless. What kind of luck do they have...

"It's the naval base!" Nami screamed.

"We're surrounded," Qi said, and from the path of the lights it was obvious that they had unfortunately fallen into the middle of the naval base.

"Run, everyone, get off the ship!" Luffy reacted instantly and announced immediately.

In an instant, everyone started to move, no one questioned the captain's orders, Nami escaped from the sea on the Viper, Chopper bit the Rumble Ball, entered jumping mode, and landed on one of the coasts.