Taoist priest, who is so popular in One Piece

Barto put away the impact barrier and activated the fruit ability to condense a sphere on his fist.

He rushed forward with his legs and attacked with his fists.

[Barrier Barrier Pistol!!!]

Lucas was not to be outdone. He dug the ground with his claws and rushed out in an instant, opening his mouth and biting towards Barto's throat.

The next second—

"Ouch~?"

"oops!"

Two strange voices were heard.

Lucas just jumped up when his body suddenly went limp. It turned out that someone grabbed the back of his neck.

That's right, it's that place where, no matter if it's a cat or a dog, if they're caught there, they'll instantly lose the ability to move.

As for Barto, he was tripped by a leg that suddenly appeared and swallowed a big mouthful of dirt.

"You two should stop now."

Hearing this voice, Lucas and Barto were both shocked, as if they were being stared at by a great terror, and slowly turned their heads to look in the direction of the voice.

It was Bai Ye with a kind face.

The next second, Bai Ye returned to the center of the Straw Hat Pirates, holding one in each hand.

"I'm so sorry, Senior Bai Ye!!!" X2

The captains of the Gambia and Lucas bowed and apologized.

Bai Ye waved his hand: "It's nothing. To be honest, it's our problem."

As he spoke, Bai Ye also told the Nirvana Adventure Group the identity of the Barto Club.

"Hehe! Little brat, now you understand, right?"

After hearing Bai Ye say that he was a follower of the Straw Hat Pirates, Bartolomeo looked down at Lucas with a proud look on his face:

"I'm the one who's about to drink with the Straw Hat Pirates seniors! You guys are still a long way from getting close to me."

Bartolomeo looked down on others and obviously ignored Bai Ye's words "completely spontaneous" and "It gives us a headache too".

"Huh?" Lucas replied with an unhappy look on his face: "To get close to others? Do you think the members of the Nirvana Adventure Group need to be as shameless as you guys and get close to the seniors of the Straw Hat Pirates?"

Lucas puffed out his chest, stood on tiptoe, and tried to look very imposing:

"We are all the people that the Straw Hat Pirates seniors saved from hell!!!"

"You admirers can't compare to me!!!"

???

Not only was Barto stunned by Lucas' words, but everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates also showed puzzled expressions.

Only Robin seemed thoughtful.

As for Bai Ye, he sighed deeply. He had already guessed the other party's identity.

But at this moment, Bai Ye didn't know what to say:

"You... don't need this at all..."

"The conditions we proposed to the World Government were just..."

This was the first time Bai Ye didn't know how to start. After sighing again, he said:

"We are not your benefactors, you are just luckier."

"It's just that...you just happened to be among the two thousand slaves that were agreed to be released."

When these words were spoken, even Bartolomeo, who was always making a lot of noise, was stunned.

The Straw Hat Pirates also recalled what happened back then.

With the help of the two Celestial Dragons in his hands, Bai Ye once put forward a condition to the World Government.

Freed Marijoa's two thousand slaves.

But...

Everyone also knew why Bai Ye had such emotions.

Because from the beginning to the end, whether it was in Bai Ye's plan or in everyone's subconscious judgment.

The liberation of two thousand slaves was just a part of Bai Ye's grand plan.

He is just a tool used to criticize the World Government.

They...actually never cared about, or subconsciously ignored the existence of these people.

But it is such a person who, at this moment, is fighting for the Straw Hat Pirates here and now, and is even willing to sacrifice his life.

Obviously no one asked them to do this.

An inexplicable feeling of guilt hit everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates. In fact, they were not wrong, but they truly felt the heart-wrenching emotion.

They didn't even dare to ask about the lives these people had left Marijoa.

"I see."

At this time, Zoro also understood why these people fought in that way.

He looked at Lucas with complicated eyes.

The boy is very young. When Zoro was the same age, he was just a student at Isshin Dojo.

All I think about all day is how to defeat Kuina.

That kind of life might be hard and tiring, but compared to Lucas, it is so happy.

The Celestial Dragons once spent a full five minutes in a live broadcast talking about how to treat slaves.

It was an ordeal that was unbearable just to hear about, and these people had no idea how long they had spent in such torture.

No wonder they can almost ignore the pain in their bodies, because to them, it is completely insignificant.

"Woooo..."

A burst of crying was heard, and it was Chopper who was checking the woman's injuries.

After hearing what Zoro said, Chopper no longer had the heart to continue examining the woman.

Because he knew that there must be hideous injuries on other parts of the woman's body.

"Don't worry, I will definitely heal everyone's injuries!!!"

Chopper raised his head, tears welling in his eyes, and looked at every member of the Nirvana Adventure Group, saying word by word: "For this, I will bet everything I have as a doctor!!!"

In fact, Chopper is not the only one.

Meli had already covered his face with Bai Ye's Taoist robe and was crying silently.

Nami and Robin hugged each other to comfort each other.

Sanji lit a cigarette and smoked it hard.

There was also a sense of powerlessness in Jinbei's eyes.

Franky, Usopp, and Brook burst into tears, with tears streaming down their cheeks uncontrollably.

As for the people from the Barto Club, they all bowed deeply to the people from the Nirvana Adventure Group for no reason.

Perhaps they realized that what Lucas said was right, and their so-called star-chasing was simply more than one level more childish than the people in front of them.

"Eh? Why is everyone crying?"

Seeing his respected senior suddenly like this, Lucas asked with some confusion.

His big eyes were extremely clear, and he seemed to really not understand the behavior of the person in front of him.

After thinking for a while, he looked at Bai Ye.

"I don't quite understand what Senior Bai Ye said."

"How could we be lucky?"

"If I were really lucky, the people on the island wouldn't be killed by pirates, and I wouldn't be captured by slave traders and bought by the Celestial Dragons."

Despite talking about painful memories, Lucas's face remained sunny, as if he was not talking about his own affairs.

“We are people abandoned by the world, people punished to suffer in hell.”

“That’s what everyone kept telling me when we were there.”

"When Granny Kolo's limbs were cut off and she fell into my arms with blood flowing from her mouth, she told me to live."

"At that time, I didn't understand why everyone was telling me to live."

"Everyone is obviously suffering every day, and death is obviously a relief."

“But Grandpa Marlowe told me that if you die, you have nothing, and only if you live, there is a possibility.”

"Hey, even though I kept saying I understood when Grandpa Marlowe died, I actually don't understand anything."

Lucas rarely looked shy.

"But now I understand. Because I am alive, I was rescued by my predecessors!"