【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 281 Commitment

Lucci responded to him in the same voice, "If you never ran away, and your stubbornness led to some bad consequences, have you ever thought about what would happen to me, Luffy, and Dad?"

"So, what about you!?" Ace said sharply, glaring at Den Den Mushi. "You fought Blackbeard alone without me! How could you do that? You can't say that what you did was right! What would we do if something happened to you? We would lose you again!"

"I..." Lucci's voice trying to explain came from the Den Den Mushi, but for some reason no sound came out.

Ace glared at Den Den Mushi angrily, not understanding why Lucci didn't continue, why didn't he explain, he clearly promised him that he would wait for him together, but in the end he was fighting Blackbeard alone in Jaya. When he thought that he might lose Lucci, he felt a suffocating pain in his chest, and he refused to think about this possibility.

"I'm sorry, Ace, but this time is different." There was an almost pleading tone in Lucci's voice.

He was almost startled by the pleading tone in Lucci's voice. Ace stared into the eyes of the Den Den Mushi and seemed to see the tension and protection in Lucci's eyes. He sighed heavily. It couldn't be said that he was angry. He was just worried and annoyed. Just like Lucci was to him, he was also worried about him. If he lost Lucci again, what should he and Luffy do?

"You once asked us for a promise." Ace looked at Den Den Mushi and grinned. He thought of a solution that could solve their worries. "I hope we can help you take care of Luffy."

"I have?"

Seeing Luffy's shocked expression, Ace grinned, "We would have done it anyway, but now we all know that Luffy can take care of himself. He is very strong and no longer the weak and crybaby boy he was when he was little. And his crew is behind him to protect him."

Ace went on to add, "Of course, if he needs us, we will continue to protect him. Now I hope we can make a promise to each other - we will all take good care of ourselves, and no matter what the situation, we will do our best to come back safely!"

Ace stared at Den Den Mushi closely, he hoped that this promise would be enough to satisfy his brother, they both wanted to keep each other safe, but they couldn't always be there for each other, so the best thing they could do was to promise that they would do their best to get back to each other.

"To take care of ourselves instead of each other?"

"Is that what you mean?"

"Right, at least when we travel separately!" Ace grinned. He knew Lucci would agree. "Besides, Luffy has become too difficult to deal with now. It's totally unfair for any of us to take care of him alone."

"Okay, I promise you."

Ace noticed that the nervousness that Den Den Mushi had shown had completely disappeared and he couldn't help but grin, "Me too!"

"Ace, I have to take care of something," Lucci muttered.

Before Ace could ask, Lucci's Den Den Mushi hung up. Ace stared at the Den Den Mushi in his hand, and finally put the sleeping snail back into his backpack unwillingly.

But they will be able to meet again soon, maybe next time they can see Luffy together. Ace looked up at the sparkling sea and grinned.

……

"Meat!!"

Luffy looked at the sea monster meat piled on the grill, his eyes sparkling "These look delicious!"

Luffy held a drink in one hand and kept stuffing skewers into his mouth with the other, repeatedly cheering "So delicious!!"

"Of course! Some secret seasoning." Sanji said proudly "It tastes good!"

"Mmm! Delicious!" Luffy said with his mouth full of food.

"How is Lucci? Luffy." Qi asked Luffy while looking at him.

"He said he wanted to rest on the boat for a while."

"I'll leave him a copy." Sanji lit a cigarette and said, "But don't you think this island is a little strange?"

"The land here is full of potholes." Usopp recalled the scene they saw when they were looking for food. "It's like something hit it."

"The herbs here are also very young." Chopper added, "There's also a strange ditch."

"Ah la la, that's my bicycle mark."

"Your party looks great, can I join in?"

Hearing the voice, everyone turned around and saw a tall man in a white suit standing behind them, pushing a bicycle.

"Who are you?" Qi stood in front of Luffy. He didn't even notice when this person came over. There was only one possibility that this guy was more domineering than him and was hiding his aura.

boom!

The moment he saw the man clearly, Robin's face was filled with panic and he dropped the book in his hand unconsciously.

"Robin?!"

Noticing the panic on Robin's face, everyone instantly stood in front of Robin, ready to fight. Although they didn't know what had happened, they believed that the one who made Robin act so panic must be their enemy.

"Ah Lala, you've grown into a big girl! Nico Robin!"

"Robin, what's going on? Do you know this guy?" Luffy stood in front of Robin in a fighting posture, turned his head slightly to look at Robin, and asked anxiously.

Robin looked at Aokiji with horror on her face. She was completely panicked and had no reaction to Luffy's questions at all.

Instead, it was the tall man who answered Luffy, "I knew him before!"

"Robin is so flustered..." Nami looked at the tall man in shock and asked "Who are you!?"

The others stared at the man warily.

"Oh my! If you have anything to say, please talk nicely! Don't be so murderous, okay, brothers..." Aokiji looked at the nervous people and said lazily, "I didn't come here because I received any orders. I just took a walk here because the weather was good..."

"Orders?!" Zoro's face was solemn. "Which organization are you from?"

"He's a navy! He's the admiral of the Navy Headquarters, Aokiji!" Robin recovered and stared at Aokiji's face, sweating nervously. But she knew she needed to explain the current situation to her teammates. "There are only three officers with the rank of admiral in the Navy!"

"Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, above them, there is only one person, Marshal Sengoku, the supreme ruler of the navy. The three of them are known as the highest fighting force of the World Government, and he is one of them!"

"Why would such a powerful person appear here!" Usopp hid behind Zoro and shouted, "You should go find a pirate with a higher bounty! Go somewhere else!!"

At this time, Aokiji ignored Usopp's shouting and turned to talk to Nami, "Oh my, this lady is so beautiful that it makes people crazy! Are you free tonight?"

"What do you want to do, big guy?" Sanji shouted angrily at Aokiji. He would never allow anyone to flirt with Miss Nami in front of him.

Realizing that Aokiji didn't listen to him at all, Usopp also turned into a shark mouth and shouted angrily at Aokiji "Didn't you hear me!?"