[One Piece] Courage to Dream

Chapter [-] Practice is the only criterion for testing truth

Under the execution platform, Luffy and Smoker are confronting each other.

"Lu..." Chopper, who was about to rush over, was caught back.

"We are not opponents, and being exposed like this will only drag Luffy down." Xiuya said, letting go of his hand covering Qiaoba's mouth, "If there is no chance of winning by surprise, don't make a move."

Watching Smoker and his party, Xiu Ya quietly put his right hand on the scabbard, and Chopper also observed the situation carefully.

Luffy took the lead in punching. For him with a simple thinking circuit, he would choose to judge the opponent's strength during the battle instead of estimating the enemy's strength before the battle.

"I'm coming!" Luffy said, flying towards Smoker with his outstretched fist.

But Smoker's figure had disappeared in place.

"too slow."

Luffy heard Smoker's voice behind him, and almost at the same time, he was punched hard, and his whole body was forced to fly forward.

Before Luffy fell to the ground, Smoker jumped up again and kicked Luffy into the air.

"哐——" With a long sound, Luffy hit the steel bar of the death penalty platform.

The onlookers were terrified, this year is definitely doomed... This Colonel Smoker is indeed as terrifying as the legend's evil name!

But what I didn't expect was that Luffy, who had suffered such a blow, got up again, as if nothing happened, and everyone couldn't help but gasped.

"If you don't win——you can't become the Pirate King..."

The strength of Smoker finally made Luffy's expression solemn, his eyes were fixed on Smoker, and his fisted hands suddenly raised:

"Rubber rubber...gun, random, hit——!!"

As if all the strength had been injected into the whole body, the fists waving with both hands carried an incomparably violent aura. The speed of Lu Fei's punches dazzled everyone. Like hundreds of punches, nothing but dumbfounded.

Even Chopper and Xiuya saw Luffy's move for the first time.

How strong this young man is, until now they have no way of knowing, every time he thinks that the situation he encounters will exceed his limit, the strength that Luffy shows time and time again shows that his strength is like a vast ocean. The sea hides countless shocks in its unmeasured depths.

However, even in the face of such a move, Smoker still didn't back down at all. He just stood there, facing the attack from Luffy flying from under the death penalty platform, and then——accepted all of them without missing a beat. .

"——!" The unexpected result made Luffy lose his mind for a moment, and in less than a second, Smoker's figure appeared in front of his eyes.

A merciless elbow strike landed on Luffy's abdomen. Luffy wanted to back away to reduce the impact, but the steel bar of the execution platform was already attached to his back.

boom--! !

The entire execution platform shook.

"22 years ago, I saw the scene of his execution." Smoker looked up at the execution platform, and it seemed that the scene of Roger's execution appeared in front of his eyes. He was still a teenager and his heart was full of shock, " He... Roger is like a king, full of arrogance until the last moment."

Smoker glanced at Luffy who fell at his feet. This young man who can even deal with him without the devil fruit ability wants to become such a character... It's ridiculous: "You said you want to be the One Piece? Don't be ridiculous. It's..."

"How will you know if you don't try it?"

The arms supporting the body trembled a little, and Luffy quickly stood up again. As long as it was not injured by a sharp weapon, Rubber's body could recover no matter how much it was hit.

Unaffected by Smoker's words at all, he clenched his fists, with a fearless smile on his face, without the slightest doubt in his tone:

"I... will definitely become the One Piece."

Luffy's smile made Smoker's heart tremble suddenly【He fell in love with Luffy and quickly pushed him down】【Don't do this! ! ], such a fearless smile...he had also seen that sweltering afternoon, the afternoon when Roger was executing his execution.

"Rubber rubber...whip!"

The battle broke out again, Luffy whipped his elongated legs at Smoker, and Smoker didn't rush, just turned sideways slightly, just avoiding Luffy's attack.

The legs that were thrown off couldn't stop, and continued to move forward... Instantly entangled a fountain.

"Ah... not good..." Before Luffy could finish his sentence, the rebounding force of the rubber pulled him over, and his figure roared past Smoker's side, and then bounced towards him. The sky soon became a bright little star in the sky [What a disgusting feeling ~ ding...].

Don't be so young...

"..." Smoker and his follower, Xiao Haijun, looked at the sky in dismay.

"..." Xiuya and Chopper looked at the sky absently.

"..." The children watching looked at the sky in disappointment.

※Note: Team Rocket, the villain in "Pokémon", always turns into a star in the sky every time he is knocked into the air, accompanied by a cry of "What a disgusting feeling~"