【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 292 Move on

"As long as you have the skills, it's fine." Zoro said indifferently, turning and walking towards the stairs. "The main thing is whether there are people who dare to board the pirate ship."

Chopper listened to Luffy and the others' discussion, then turned to look at Qi beside him and asked happily, "Are we going to have a new partner?"

"Yes, very soon." Qi said with a smile.

"Fortunately, we arrived at the station first and got a map. We just need to follow the map to find the man named Icepagu..." Nami said as she opened the map she had been holding in her hand.

On the first deck, Luffy pulled out a sketchbook from somewhere and quickly drew a strange-looking man. "Everyone, let's find a guy like this!"

"If I see a guy like this, I will be the first one to run away!" Usopp said without hesitation as he looked at the portrait in Luffy's hand.

"Yeah, if there's a boat, I'll escape to the sea..." Sanji sweated profusely as he looked at the portrait Luffy showed him.

"What are you talking about?" Zoro, who had already stepped onto the second deck, became confused after hearing the strange words of several people.

Nami looked at the Water City map that Kokoro had given her and exclaimed, "So that's how it is." Then she threw it hard and shouted angrily, "Who can understand this!"

Picking up the map on the ground curiously, looking at the stick drawings on it, Qi's mouth twitched, "This is more abstract than Luffy's drawing..."

"It probably means that we can go straight along the railroad tracks to reach the Water City." Lucci looked at the map in Qi's hand, with railroad tracks and arrows drawn on it, "But it's really useless."

"Forget it, I can only buy a map after I get to the island." Nami sighed, then looked at the people on the first deck who were discussing what kind of ship repairman to find. "Everyone come here! Now I will give everyone pocket money for staying here for a week."

"Ohhhhh!! I'm rich!!"

Luffy and the others excitedly rushed towards Nami.

After a while, unlike the other excited people, Luffy, who was standing on the deck, looked at the pitiful amount of pocket money in his hand and said dissatisfiedly, "Why do I have so little!"

"You always use it to buy useless things!" Nami directly ignored Luffy's dissatisfaction and distributed the pocket money of others, including Luffy. "Luffy can get the other half of your pocket money."

"Oh!" Luffy didn't argue anymore and put the Bailey in his hand into his trouser pocket. Anyway, Qi would buy it for him.

"Luffy."

"Hmm?" Luffy looked at the Bailey that Lucci handed over in confusion. No one except Nami would give Bailey to him. Luffy took it with excitement and said confidently, "Don't worry, Lucci, I will keep it well for you!"

Lucci shook his head in amusement, "I don't need this."

"Then give it to me!" Nami's radar sounded, and she immediately reached out to the Bailey in Luffy's hand.

"No!" Luffy easily avoided Nami's grasp "This belongs to Lucci."

"This time, Nami gave me pocket money because I will be staying in the Seven Water Capital for a long time. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to get pocket money from Nami." Qi looked at the argument between Nami and Luffy and said with a smile, "So you have to cherish it."

"I won't stay in the Seven Water City." Lucci also said with a smile, "So there is no need for this."

"Why!?" Luffy stopped what he was doing and looked at Lucci in confusion.

"Are you leaving?" Qi asked. Although it was just a question, he already had the answer in his heart.

"Well, I can't join you for the rest of the journey."

Merry was instantly quiet, with only the sound of waves hitting the hull and seagulls circling continuing. A shocking silence lasted for a few seconds, and then broke out.

"what?!"

Qi was not surprised by this. He knew from the beginning that Lucci would leave, but he did not expect it to be so soon and so suddenly, so his sudden decision still surprised him a little.

"Why are you leaving?" Luffy's eyes were a little panicked. He had become accustomed to Lucci's presence in his adventures. They had spent happy adventures together. He was very happy, wasn't he?

"I have something important to do, Luffy." Lucci looked at Luffy and explained gently, "I'm sorry, I can't continue with you."

Sanji took the cigarette out of his mouth and blew out a smoke ring. After a while, he frowned and asked, "Same as Ace, because of Blackbeard?"

"Yeah." Lucci nodded, "Ace found his location not long ago."

"I see." Luffy nodded, then a bright smile appeared on his face "Ace needs you."

"Well, we will be together." Lucci nodded and took out a Den Den Mushi and half a piece of white paper. "If you need me, this can help you find me."

"What is this?" Luffy took the Den Den Mushi and the blank paper from Lucci's hand, looked at the paper in his hand and said, "Ace also gave me one, but he didn't say anything."

"This is Life Paper, a special kind of paper that points to me and moves toward me," Lucci explained. "You hold it flat on your hand and you can see it trying to move in my direction."

"Cool!" Luffy placed the paper on his palm as instructed by Lucci, and sure enough, the paper fluttered in Lucci's direction even without wind.

"So that's how it is." Everyone suddenly realized and remembered that when they were in Alabasta, the blank paper was still fluttering in one direction even without wind. Now they thought that was the direction Ace left.

"Then how do we contact you?" Qi asked, looking at the Den Den Mushi in Luffy's hand.

"Well, that's why I gave you Den Den Mushi." Lucci said as he took Luffy's sketchbook that was on the deck and quickly wrote down a number on it and tore it off. "If you need to contact me, you can call this number. He can contact me or Ace directly until I have a fixed Den Den Mushi again."

"Why don't you just give Ace's Den Den Mushi number?" Sanji questioned, and then added, "I mean, aren't you guys working together? It would be more convenient to give it to Ace."

"I can't guarantee that Ace will always have his Den Den Mushi." Lucci explained with a smile "This number is my friend's personal Den Den Mushi number, he will answer it anyway."

Luffy nodded, took off his hat, and handed it to Nami along with the paper in his hand, asking her to help him sew it to the hatband, just like the one Ace gave him.

Sanji took a final puff of his cigarette, then threw the butt out of the boat. "I'll pack some supplies for you. Of course, if you want to replenish them in the Seven Water Capital..."

"I won't stay in the Seven Waters for too long. I'll leave after I get a small sailboat." Lucci thought for a moment and said, "Maybe there won't be time to replenish supplies."

"I see." Sanji nodded "I'll go get you some food, Usopp come help!"

"Oh!"