【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 293 Invitation Again

Chopper thought of the wounds on Lucci's body that had not yet fully healed, and immediately added, "Your wounds need another dressing."

"I know." Lucci responded helplessly. Chopper was still worrying too much. He was almost well now, but past experience told him that it was best not to argue at this time. There was no benefit in arguing with the doctor.

"I'll go prepare some things for you for the voyage!" Nami thought for a moment and said immediately. Considering that Luffy might plan to sail alone on the Grand Line, she had to prepare some necessary navigation tools for him. Thinking of this, Nami took Luffy's hat and walked directly to her measurement room.

"I have some spare medicine for you too!"

Chopper quickly disappeared from them and headed to the cabin to collect some medicine he mentioned. Luffy also followed Sanji into the kitchen, probably wanting Sanji to make him some meat or something.

Now he and Qi were the only ones left on the deck, as well as Robin, who had been sitting on the stairs. He seemed to have noticed his gaze and was looking at him questioningly.

Lucci hesitated a little, because he was not sure whether his guess was unnecessary, but Robin had indeed been pursued by the World Government for many years, and even Aokiji... This made him a little uneasy.

"Water Seven is very close to Judicial Island." Lucci finally said.

"What do you mean?" Qi frowned and asked in confusion, not understanding why Lucci suddenly said this.

Lucci's words successfully attracted Robin's attention. She looked at Lucci with her eyes slightly widened. She couldn't imagine the scene where the World Government might appear in the Seven Water City and find her.

"This means that people from the World Government may appear in Water Seven at any time." Lucci explained.

Qi noticed the uneasiness on Robin's face after Lucci finished speaking, and instantly understood what Lucci wanted to express. He said in a firm tone, "Don't worry, even if you are not here, we can protect Robin. No one can take our partner away, not even the World Government."

"Well, I believe you can handle it." Luffy glanced at Qi. As long as the enemy was not as strong as Aokiji, there wouldn't be any big problems with Qi and Luffy's strength. He believed they could take care of themselves.

"But in order to happily restock supplies while Merry is repairing, maybe we can get some disguise or something." Qi looked at Lucci's attire thoughtfully.

"Cross-dress?" Robin has recovered. What she learned most on this ship is to never let herself be affected by something that has not happened yet. Because of Luffy, their plans will never change as fast as they do.

"It sounds like a good idea." Lucci said with a smile, but considering Luffy's personality, it seems that it won't be very useful.

"Hey, that's the island!" Zoro's shout came from the front deck.

"See the island!?" Hearing Zoro's voice, Luffy rushed out of the kitchen excitedly, holding an unknown piece of jerky in his hand "Wow, fountain!!"

"How beautiful!" Robin couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the huge fountain island.

Others also looked at the fountain-like island in amazement. When they got closer, they realized that the Water City was a complete industrial city.

"This is spectacular!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

"The station that the train passes through is right in front of us. It says Blue Station on it!"

"Where is the pier..."

"You guys, it's not a good idea for pirates to enter from the front. Go around to the back street!"

"Oh!"

"This city is a water city!" Luffy said as he looked at the road full of water.

“It’s like floating on the sea…” Qi sighed as he looked at the beautiful city.

"The whole city is submerged in water, won't it sink?" Chopper asked doubtfully.

"No, this city was originally built on the foundation under the sea." Robin explained, looking at the foundations under the houses that were exposed above the sea. "Look at the foundations under those houses."

"Really!" Chopper said excitedly.

"Let's get to the shore!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

Then, under the guidance of several locals, they parked the boat at an unmanned dock in the back street.

"reef!"

"Crack!"

When Zoro pulled the rope to raise the sail, with just a slight pull, Merry's mainmast actually bent. Even though it was not completely broken, everyone realized how serious the damage to Merry was.

Zoro gritted his teeth and lifted the falling mast upwards, temporarily restoring it to its original state. Looking at the shaky main mast, Zoro held the mast and said in shock, "I never thought... the Merry would be broken into this state."

Usopp bit his fingers anxiously, not in the mood to blame Zoro for his carelessness, today was undoubtedly the time to make an important decision, he was not sure if he had the courage to make that decision, even if Lucci had reminded him.

Lucci watched all this, and he couldn't help with the rest. He walked slowly towards Luffy and patted his straw hat. "Next, be careful. Call me if you have any problems."

Qi put his arm around Luffy's shoulders, ruffled his black hair under his straw hat, and assured him with a smile, "Don't worry, we'll be fine!"

Luffy struggled out from under Qi's arms and grunted in dissatisfaction.

Lucci looked at the scene and couldn't help but smile "Of course you will."

"Hey, Lucci!" Luffy, who had been silent, suddenly shouted seriously, then looked up at Lucci and grinned, "Join us!"

Hearing Luffy's invitation again, Qi smiled and turned to look at Luffy, waiting for his answer.

Lucci looked around, the crew all turned their heads and looked at him expectantly, he looked down at Luffy who was standing in front of him, staring at him expectantly with his dark eyes and a blinding smile on his face.

Lucci ruffled Luffy's hair "You know, I'm a member of Whitebeard's crew."

"But you promised me first, didn't you?" Luffy looked at Lucci and said firmly, "So you are mine first!"

"Idiot!" Lucci tapped Luffy's head lightly, without saying anything else, he turned around and looked at each crew member in turn.

"I'm impressed with all of you. You're a great team." Lucci bowed to them. "Thank you for taking care of him for us. I know he can be a bit annoying."

“No…no…” All the crew members followed suit and bowed, and some of them bowed back at a loss.

Lucci stood up, looked at each crew member, and a warm smile appeared on his face. "But please help me continue to take care of him!"

"Of course, we will!" Everyone nodded in turn and laughed easily.

"They said the same thing." Chopper said happily.

"Everything is ready." Sanji handed the backpack to Lucci. "I prepared three days of food for you. If you fish while walking, it should be enough for you to eat for a few days."

"Chopper's medicine and the tools prepared by Nami are all placed in it." Usopp added as he stood next to Sanji.

"Thank you." Lucci took the backpack from Sanji and smiled gratefully.