【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 294 Blue

"Be sure to remember to change the bandage, Lucci." Chopper hugged Lucci's legs with tears on his face and reminded him reluctantly.

Lucci picked up Chopper and said with a smile, "I understand, Dr. Chopper, thank you!"

Chopper shyly jumped off Lucci's hand and said happily, "I won't be happy even if you call me Doctor Chopper..."

"Lucci!" Luffy frowned, looked at him silently with his hands hanging down, and seemed angry, but Lucci's attention was completely attracted by Luffy's hands. His hands were almost twisted into a knot. He was very nervous now.

Lucci sighed, smiled softly, opened his arms and hugged Luffy.

This was a sign, and Luffy's expression lit up, and he immediately hugged him back, a huge grin on his face.

"You promised!"

"Well, but that has to wait until I finish solving this matter." Lucci said with a smile.

"Great!" Luffy cheered.

"Okay, it's time for me to leave. Thank you for all the time!" Lucci let go of Luffy, turned to look at everyone and said goodbye with a smile.

"goodbye!!"

“Be careful!!”

"Remember what you said! Lucci!" Luffy shouted loudly as he watched Lucci getting farther and farther away, and smiled happily at the waving figure from behind.

"They will be okay, right?" Sanji, who was standing behind, holding a cigarette in his mouth, said softly as he looked at Lucci whose back had completely disappeared.

"They'll be fine, they're all very strong." Zoro, who was standing next to Sanji, answered without hesitation. He knew what Sanji meant.

"Let's go to the island too!" Luffy did not hear the conversation between Zoro and the others, and shouted excitedly while looking at the town of Water City.

"Oh!"

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"First, let's go to the place where we can exchange cash!" Nami took Luffy and Usopp and walked towards the town of Water City with gold.

"Why? We should go to the shipyard first!" Luffy pulled Gold and asked in confusion. He wanted to go to the shipyard first.

"But you can't just drag all this gold around the island!" Usopp looked at the gold behind Luffy in panic. "Carrying so much valuable gold really makes me nervous!"

"But even if they are converted into paper money, their value is still the same, right?" Luffy said with a smile.

"Well... yes, but if it's converted into paper money, we can hold it in our hands now!" Nami said with a smile.

"There seems to be a thorn in what you said just now..." Luffy, who was dragging the gold, immediately said dissatisfiedly, "It feels like I can't take the gold!"

Qi couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the backs of Luffy and the other two dragging gold and making a fuss. "Is it really okay to let the three of them exchange for gold?"

"I want to go with them too..." Chopper said dejectedly, leaning on the railing.

"Let's go out together later." Robin looked at the frustrated Chopper and chuckled.

"Really?" Chopper shouted excitedly "I wonder if there is a bookstore!"

"There will definitely be one in the bookstore." Qi responded with a smile, then turned to look at Robin and asked, "Robin, can I go with you later?"

"Yeah, sure." Robin nodded. She knew Qi was worried about her.

……

"Blue Rental Shop"

"What is Blue?" Luffy pulled Golden, Nami and Usopp to look at the sign of the store in confusion.

Before they could figure out anything, Luffy dragged Gold into the Blue rental shop and said, "Excuse me, I want to rent Blue!"

"You should ask what it is first!" Usopp and Nami complained as they looked at Luffy's back as he walked straight in.

"Welcome, you want to rent Blue, right? How many people are there?" The boss sitting behind the bar, holding a newspaper, asked Luffy who came in.

"Three!" Luffy pointed with three fingers.

"So what kind of bluefish do you want?" the boss said as he pulled out the small boat from the store. "We have swordfish, conch shark, and kingfish, but for three people, two swordfish will be enough."

"Then let's get two and roast them to make them more delicious!" Luffy said immediately.

"That's a rental, how can I grill it for you!" Usopp patted Luffy's head without hesitation.

"It seems that you have no idea what Blue is!" The boss was not angry at Luffy's words, but pointed to the small boat on the street and introduced it to them, "That is Blue, the swordfish Blue. Simply put, it is a kind of fish that swims with its head out of the water. There are many of them in this area. Because we have more waterways than land, this is our main means of transportation in our lives."

"Will that fish help pull the boat forward?" Nami asked, looking at the small boat on Blue.

"Well, it's more like carrying people on the back than pulling... It's actually similar to a horse-drawn carriage on land!" The boss explained as he fixed the boat to one of the blues. "Come and try it, it's very comfortable. You are renting two double-passenger swordfish blues, a total of 2 Baileys."

"A fish that looks like a horse!" Luffy looked at Blue, who was half submerged in the water, in amazement. Just as he finished his exclamation, Blue in the water licked him the next second.

Luffy jumped up angrily, "What do you want to do!"

"Li~li~"

"Okay, you like me!" Luffy laughed again when he heard Blue's cry.

"It seems he likes you very much, so just choose that one!" said the boss with a smile, and then fixed the other boat to Blue.

"Can this guy carry heavy objects?" Luffy asked as he picked up the bag of gold.

"It's very strong, it can even move house!" The boss looked at the bag in Luffy's hand and asked with a smile, "Is that it? What's inside?"

"Gold!" Luffy said directly, showing the gold in his hand.

The boss looked at the bag of gold in shock and blurted out "Give it to me!"

"Who will give it to you!" Nami slapped the uncle mercilessly and brought him back to reality.

"This uncle is so straightforward," Usopp complained.

"Uncle, is there a place to exchange cash nearby?" Nami asked.

"Yes, but the cash in all these gold shops may not be enough. You'd better go to the central street of Shipbuilding Island!" The boss responded, and then he said kindly, "Then, two swordfish Blu will cost a total of one million Baileys!"

"Why did the price go up?" Usopp shouted in shock.

"Oh, let's go! Swordfish!!" Luffy rushed out excitedly riding on the swordfish Blue.

"Thank you for your patronage, please be careful along the way!"

"Thank you for the map!" Nami waved goodbye to the uncle behind her.

Under Luffy's leadership, they drove Blue and continued to sprint and accelerate on the water streets. Through a shortcut, they soon arrived at the commercial street. Various types of Blue were swimming on the commercial street, carrying all kinds of goods on their bodies. There was also a huge Blue carrying a gorgeous ship passing by them.

"This big guy is so scary, it looks like it will eat us!" Usopp said with some fear as he looked at the huge Blue with its mouth open.

"So beautiful and gorgeous!" Nami exclaimed as she looked at the ship on Blue.