【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 268 Foxy Pirates

"Elves?"

"Because he ran out after I kicked the bamboo in half."

"Even if this island is strange, it's impossible for an elf to run out just because you kicked the bamboo!" Zoro complained.

"I wonder if those long animals can be eaten." Sanji looked at the various long bears, deer and foxes walking past them.

"Hey, old man, say something!" Luffy shouted to the old man who was sitting there in a daze after waking up.

"Of course I remember you guys, long time no see! How are you guys?"

"?"

Everyone looked at the old man who sat up in confusion. After he woke up, he suddenly said these confusing words.

"Do you know him?" Luffy broke the silence and asked doubtfully. Luffy and his friends should not have been to this island before.

"No, we don't know him." Everyone said in unison.

"Ah, no wonder I feel you are strange." The old man said calmly.

"So you were just saying that!" Usopp complained, "Who are you? Old man."

"My name is Donggit, thank you for saving me. You were the ones who knocked me off the stilts."

"What? It turns out that it wasn't an elf running out of the bamboo, but an old man who fell off the stilts." Luffy said a little disappointedly.

"Then why do you stand on such high stilts?" Qi asked puzzledly. Then they learned about the uncle's strange adventure. How could someone stay on stilts for ten years because of fear of heights?

"Fortunately, there are many trees on this island that are as tall as stilts, so I still have a chance to survive by eating fruits." Dongjit thanked, "But because of this, I couldn't keep up with the main group when the village migrated. I don't know if I can keep up with everyone."

"Migration?" everyone asked in confusion.

"Yes, we are a nomadic people who migrate everywhere and live freely, but it is mainly because of this island." The old man introduced, "This island is called Changhuan Island. It is an island in the shape of a long and thin ring. Normally, this island is covered by sea water and divided into ten small islands. However, there is a big low tide every year, which reveals the islands that are usually submerged, so we have a big migration every three years."

"If you want to catch up with the village, won't it take another 20 years?" Nami immediately calculated how long it would take the old man to reunite with his companions.

"That's true, but if my horse were still there, I would catch up with you in just five years." The old man sighed.

"Horse? Are you talking about that horse?" Chopper said in surprise. When they first arrived on the island, they met a horse with a very long neck.

......

"Oh, Shirley!" Dongjit was very moved. He didn't expect that Shirley had been waiting for him here for ten years.

"It turns out that the person the horse has been waiting for is the old man on stilts!" Luffy lay leisurely on the grass, happily watching the old man on stilts and his horse running wildly on the grassland in the distance. "It must like the old man on stilts very much."

The sudden gunshot interrupted the happy atmosphere and Shirley fell down after being shot.

"Old man!" Luffy shouted worriedly, and immediately ran in the direction where they fell, and the others hurriedly followed.

Lucci turned his head and looked in the direction where the gunshots came from. The group of pirates were coming.

"Haha, I shot that horse, it's mine, you are not allowed to touch it!" a man with fox ears shouted arrogantly.

"Who are you!?" Luffy stood up and looked angrily at the person who fired the gun.

"Hey, hey, hey!" the man shouted confidently, "How dare you say you don't know us!?"

"Who knows what you are? I will definitely punch you away!!" Luffy shouted angrily.

"You don't even know me..."

Luffy looked angrily at the man who was just talking fine but suddenly fell down. It was so infuriating that he wanted to punch him away.

"My name is Foxy, and I will get whatever I want!" Foxy, who was comforted by the crew, became confident again and said to Luffy provocatively, "Fool, why are you so angry over a horse? Hunting is just a form of entertainment."

"You bastard!" Not wanting to listen any more, Luffy rushed towards the annoying man and stretched out his legs to attack "Eraser, eraser..."

"Wait! Straw Hat Luffy!!" Foxy shouted hurriedly, interrupting Luffy's attack.

"Huh!? How do you know my name?" Luffy stopped attacking and asked in surprise.

"Of course I know! I have already investigated your background!" Foxy said proudly.

"Straw Hat Luffy with a bounty of 8 million berries and Roronoa Zoro with a bounty of million berries, a team of only people, but the total amount is as high as million berries, it's not easy to deal with!" Porchi smiled and said, "By the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Porchi, a fighter of the Foxy Pirates."

"As per tradition, we, the Foxy Pirates, hereby challenge the Straw Hat Pirates to a three-coin DAVY BACK FIGHT!!"

"I don't care who you are, I just want to beat you up!" Luffy didn't want to listen to their nagging anymore, so he interrupted impatiently, "Just come at me with whatever moves you have, I will definitely beat you up!"

"It seems that they came prepared." Lucci reminded, "They should be the culprits who caused the chaos among those pirates."

"So these pirates want to use the same method against us?" Sanji put out the cigarette in his hand. "What a disgusting method."

"But how dare he challenge you?" Lucci looked at the arrogant pirates and asked in confusion, "He obviously has no strength, but he dares to challenge the pirates who offer a bounty of 100 million berries. Although 100 million berries is not a high reward, but... this is Paradise."

"He should have carefully investigated Luffy and seen through his character." Qi watched the pirates constantly using provocation to provoke Luffy into agreeing to the challenge. "But only Luffy would agree to his challenge. If it were other pirates who are stronger than him, I don't think he would have the courage to make such a provocation."

Lucci noticed that Luffy was about to accept the challenge of the pirates and couldn't help but remind him, "Aren't you going to stop him?"

"It's too late." Nami sighed, "I did want to stop him when I got off the ship..."

"But considering Luffy's trouble-making nature, the possibility of successfully stopping it is not very high." Qi said with a smile.

"He probably doesn't understand what it means to accept this challenge." Sanji sighed and said helplessly, "The stupid captain always does reckless things."

"As long as we win, it will be fine." Zoro said calmly, "Don't we still have us?"

"The green algae-head finally said something human!"

"Huh? You wanna fight, you stinky cook!?" Zoro shot back immediately, and the two of them were on the verge of a fight as usual.

"I'm so annoyed, you two!" Nami interrupted their pointless fight with a fierce blow.