【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 307 Mystery

"Hey... So Aspagu is dead?!" Franky finally interrupted, asking impatiently.

"How could he die at the hands of these guys!?" Barry yelled at Franky angrily.

"It's because he is still alive that we have to kill them here! Otherwise, they will definitely attack again!" Barry said gritting his teeth.

"Boom!"

Luffy hastily dodged the knife that suddenly flew towards him.

"No matter life or death! You should know what this wanted order means, right?" Kaku looked at the dodged Straw Hat Luffy and said expressionlessly, "It means that you pirates deserve whatever happens to you. The laws of this world will not protect you!"

"Yes... I know, but..." Luffy shouted angrily, totally unconvinced that it was Robin who did it. "You don't understand Robin at all, don't talk nonsense here!!"

Luffy turned to look at Barry and demanded, "Let me meet Uncle As, he must have seen it wrong! It can't be Robin!"

“How could we let a murder suspect get close to Mr. Aspagu again!”

"That's right! Tie up the murderer!"

"These guys actually want to kill the heroes of this city!"

"Behead him!"

"And her!"

"I saw her with that Straw Hat guy!"

"Let me go!" Nami struggled.

"Nami!" Luffy turned to look at the held hostage Nami and tried to argue, "Hey! Stop it, we didn't do anything!"

"Don't quibble! From the moment you hurt Mr. Aspagu, you became our enemy and the enemy of the entire Water City!" Barry said sternly, "Die, you stinky pirate!!"

Luffy hurriedly dodged various attacks from Carrera's shipwright.

"Why don't you fight back!" Barry shouted in confusion while attacking, not understanding why the Straw Hat Boy didn't fight back.

"I have no reason to fight you!" Luffy replied loudly.

"Hahaha! It's so satisfying! Knock that guy away, Carrera Company!" Franky got a table out of somewhere, crossed his legs, and excitedly watched Straw Hat Luffy dodging the attacks, laughing. Halfway through his words, he suddenly reacted and pushed the table away angrily. The Straw Hat Boy was his prey!

"Franky, we'll come and deal with you later!" Barry turned his head and looked at the angry Franky and said casually.

"Damn it, that guy is my prey! How many times do you want me to say it?!" Franky raised his arms angrily and made a shooting gesture with his hands.

"Danger! Run!" Having seen the damage caused by Franky's shells, the citizens panicked and shouted to the foremen who were unaware of the situation, "He's going to fire a shell!!"

"What I'm going to fire is not a cannonball, but an air bullet! But its speed can exceed the speed of the wind!" Franky aimed at Carrera, his arms swelled up, "Wind Cannon!!"

"boom!!"

A huge gust of wind blew everyone over, and the huge ship being built in the dock was blown to pieces by Franky's wind cannon.

"Let's smash this dock!" Franky shouted excitedly as he looked at the damage he had caused.

Luffy quickly rushed to Nami, put his arms around her waist, and prepared to leave. He knew that in the current situation, they would not take the initiative to let them meet Mr. Aspago. "These people are too weird. I must find a way to meet Uncle Aspago!"

"Where are we going?" Before Nami could react, Luffy took her to the top of the tallest building and said, "Hey, wait!!"

"They ran away!"

"Come on!"

"We must catch the criminal who hurt Mr. Aspagu!!"

……

"Hey! Hey! The tsunami called Agra Laguna is approaching here!!"

"That's right! Later this night, this city will be submerged by the sea! Including this coast!!"

"This is terrible! We can't just sit there and wait for death... Let's go to a higher place for shelter!!"

"That's right! Take shelter! Take shelter!"

Sanji and Chopper finished speaking loudly and quickly looked towards the Merry, keeping an eye on the movements on the Merry. Noticing the movement of the Merry's cabin door, Sanji hurriedly shouted "Run!!"

After saying that, the two of them quickly hid behind the rocks. Usopp, who came out of the cabin, didn't notice Sanji and Chopper hiding behind the rocks at all.

"Just now someone seemed to be talking about a tsunami or something. The wind is indeed much stronger..." Usopp felt the strong wind blowing from the sea and muttered to himself, "I have to buy some wood to reinforce Merry..."

"Huh, he must have heard it..." Sanji exhaled while hiding behind a rock, "He should find a place to take shelter by himself!"

"Well, let's continue looking for Robin." Chopper agreed.

……

"Look, that should be the house where Mr. Aspagu lives." Nami and Luffy squatted opposite the Carrera Company. "There are many reporters gathered in front of that house, and it is also connected to Dock No. 1."

"Do you really want to go?" Nami asked Luffy who looked determined beside her.

"Of course, I want to ask him in person why he said Robin was the murderer!" Luffy affirmed, "I don't believe it was Robin who did it!"

"Okay." Nami knew she couldn't stop Luffy, so she could only remind him, "Don't forget, we are being hunted by people from all over the island! So you have to first find Mr. Aspago's room, and then wait for an opportunity..."

"I'm leaving!"

Before Nami could finish, Luffy couldn't wait to stretch out his arms and fly towards the window of the house, breaking into the house directly. Nami looked at the noise Luffy made in silence, covering her head helplessly. She shouldn't have asked Luffy for a plan...

"Where is it!?" Luffy ran around the house, trying to find Uncle Aspago's room, followed by a large group of boatmen.

Suddenly, Uncle Aspago's secretary appeared in the corridor on the second floor. Hearing her cry, Luffy rushed up without hesitation. He soon saw Uncle Aspago. Looking at Aspago lying on the bed, Luffy asked directly, "I'm here to find out the truth!"

"The fact is, I did see Nico Robin with my own eyes last night... and a black-haired man wearing a forehead protector... It turns out that this man is also your partner. Looking through your wanted poster can prove this man's identity!"

Aspago pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Luffy and said, "They are all your partners... right? Doesn't all this prove that this was your order!?"

"Could the other one be Qi? Why is Qi here too? This must be impossible!" Luffy didn't care about the gun pointed at him, but asked anxiously, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong!? It can't be Qi and Robin's!"

"Stop talking, your words are no longer credible. I called you here because I have another favor to ask of you!" Aspago pointed at Luffy with a serious look, "Now... let me see Nico Robin again!"

"...That's impossible!" Luffy looked at Aspago in silence for a moment, then said, "Because we don't know where Robin is... We haven't been there since we arrived on the island..."

Aspago shot Luffy before he could finish his words. Luffy turned around and left without hesitation. There was nothing he could ask him, so he quickly reunited with Nami.

Nami looked at Luffy, who had been staring at Carrera Company in silence since returning, and asked, "Luffy... have you talked to Mr. Aspagu?"

"Well, he really...saw Robin..." Luffy sat cross-legged on the roof, silent, "And he also said he saw Qi."