【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 422 Welcome back, brother!

"They won't be mad at you. Besides, they let you down. We all know you tried everything to save them. I've met them, and I'm sure every one of them would be happy to see you. Not a single one of them would blame you, understand?"

"They didn't let me down, they are my best friends." Luffy raised his head and retorted.

Lucci frowned, but quickly let it go and gently stroked Luffy's hair again "Yes, your team is great."

Luffy sniffed and finally smiled "Yeah, they're the best."

Lucci combed Luffy's hair and said in mock surprise, "This is an opportunity, you know?"

"What?" Luffy's attention was immediately drawn, and he looked up at Lucci in confusion.

"From another perspective, his appearance has successfully made you realize that you are not enough, right?" Lucci smiled and encouraged, "But you will grow stronger soon, and I will help you."

"Yes, I will become stronger soon." Luffy grinned. "And thanks to him, we know that Sabo is still alive. He brought us together. I should thank him for that!"

"Yes, we should thank him for this. He brought Sabo back to us." Lucci said with a grin, while gently wiping the tears from Luffy's cheeks. He was very happy that Luffy had cheered up again.

"You haven't changed at all, Luffy." Sabo smiled and ruffled Luffy's hair.

"Lucci, your acting is terrible." Ace smiled and put his arm around Lucci's shoulders. Not surprisingly, he received an elbow strike from his brother. No matter how much time had passed, Lucci always had a way to deal with Luffy.

"Lucci, you just called me Lu!" Luffy suddenly realized something, his eyes slightly widened, desperately searching for something "Lucci, do you remember me!?"

"Of course, how could I not remember you, my crybaby brother." Lucci smiled mischievously and gently pinched Luffy's red and elastic cheeks.

Luffy pouted angrily, "I'm not." Then he excitedly jumped into Lucci's arms, hugged his neck, and cried loudly in his ear, crying and shouting excitedly, "You still remember us!"

Luffy looked at Ace and Sabo for help, hoping they could help him, but those two had no brotherly feelings at all. They either turned around and whistled or waved at him. Luffy looked at those two useless brothers in silence. Forget it, if he couldn't stop Luffy, he would probably have tinnitus for a while...

"How could this happen? What made them come back?" Luffy asked crying.

Lucci rubbed his ears, then said with a smile, "Of course it's you three. Who else would be as stupid and stubborn as you?"

"Hey, Lucci!" Ace and Sabo pouted in dissatisfaction.

A brother who can't help has no right to protest, so Lucci simply ignored his other two stupid brothers and gently patted the crying Luffy, "So, now, stop crying, okay? You don't want me to call you a crybaby again, do you?"

"I'm not crying now, you can't call me that anymore." Luffy retorted, wiping his tears, and then laughed happily.

"Nihihihi! You know, even with your mysterious memory problems, you're still our brother, but I'm still happy!" Luffy hugged his brother tightly and grinned. "Welcome back, brother!"

"Really..." Lucci also hugged Luffy tightly.

"Gulalala! Boy, we can take you to Shampoo Land. If your crew members are not there, I will do my best to help you find the scattered crew members." Whitebeard said with a grin. They all saw the friendship between their brothers. As a family, wasn't it their duty to provide help to this little guy?

"That's right, we will definitely help you find the crew, Luffy!" Whitebeard and his men shouted excitedly.

Luffy looked up and grinned at Ace's captain "Thank you, Mr. Banana Beard, you're so kind!"

"What kind of name is that?" The Whitebeard crew staggered. Normally, they would not allow anyone to address their captain with such disrespectful names, but he was just a child... and he was Ace and Lucci's younger brother, which meant he was also family...

Ahem, anyway, they only allowed him to say it this time...

Whitebeard didn't mind Luffy's address and continued grinning.

"By the way, Ace, Lucci, this kid will stay in your room after he comes out of the infirmary!" Marco said calmly. "You will also pay for his meals from now on!"

"What!? Why?"

"Hey, Marco, that's not fair!"

"He is your brother Yoi." Marco looked a little proud when he said this.

"Despicable." Lucci and Ace accused together.

Whitebeard grinned at the scene and said something else "Ace, Lucci, I want you to stay with Luffy until he gets out of the infirmary."

"What!? I'm fine now, I don't need to go to the infirmary!" Luffy immediately protested after hearing Whitebeard's words.

"Stop making excuses, you need to go!" Ace frowned and said seriously, "We need to go now."

Luffy frowned and looked at Ace in dissatisfaction, then turned to look at Lucci and Sabo "I don't want to stay in the infirmary."

"We'll stay with you." Lucci smiled and touched Luffy's head.

"Straw Hat Boy, you need to rest in bed for the next few weeks." Ivankov stepped forward and added, then looked at Sabo, "Sabo, Mr. Whitebeard is willing to lend us a boat. We and the little candies will set off for Peach Color Island soon. Now that Straw Hat Boy has woken up, do you want to leave with us?"

Luffy no longer resented the fact that he was about to stay in the infirmary, and upon hearing Ivankov's words he looked nervously at Sabo "Sabo, are you leaving?"

"No, not so fast. I believe Mr. Long will allow me to take some time off." Sabo grinned.

Kerla sighed and patted Sabo's head. "Don't mess around, you little bastard. But while you were asleep, we reported the situation to Mr. Long. After he knew what happened, he allowed you to stay on Whitebeard's ship for another week."

"Great, we have plenty of time." Ace put his arm around Sabo's shoulders and said with a grin.

"It's mainly because he has enough vacation time to enjoy life." Kerla pulled Sabo's cheek dissatisfiedly. "Mr. Long said that because someone is a workaholic and we always force him to rest."

"Hey, it's just to get the job done better." Sabo just grinned. "But this vacation is more useful than ever before."