【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 426 If you draw me, you have to let me draw you!

"Luffy, why are you here?" Lucci said as he quickly pulled Luffy in. "How come you weren't caught by Ace?"

"Ace didn't do anything to you, right?" Sabo asked Luffy as he approached him.

"No, Ace is very nice!" Luffy grinned. "He said he could let me continue drawing!"

"What!?" Lucci and Sabo looked at each other and shouted in disbelief.

"Didn't he show any anger?" Lucci asked in disbelief. "That shouldn't be the case."

Sabo suddenly realized something was wrong and tugged at Luffy's clothes, "Luffy, how did you find us?"

"Ace told me," Luffy continued with a bright smile, "Oh, and by the way, he also let me hold you guys!"

Lucci and Sabo looked at each other and reacted immediately. They stood up and tried to rush out, but were tripped by Luffy's arm. Only then did they notice that Luffy's arms had been wrapped around their waists at some point, and he even used the Armament Haki?

"Luffy, what are you doing?" Lucci looked at the arm that was wrapped around him in Armament Haki in disbelief. "Who told you to use this?"

"Ace!" Luffy grinned. "He said this way Lucci wouldn't get away!"

"Luffy, how can you stand on Ace's side!" Sabo looked at Ace approaching them and shouted in disbelief, "We are in the same group!"

"But Ace said I could keep drawing," Luffy shouted excitedly.

"Hey, you two little bastards, is it fun to draw?" Ace, holding two markers, grinned and approached the two bastards who were pulled out by Luffy. "You like drawing so much, why don't you show me what it looks like when I draw on your faces!"

"Hey, Ace!" Lucci greeted with a grin. "You should ask Luffy to let me go. I didn't draw anything on your face. That was all Luffy and Sabo's work!"

Sabo instantly turned to look at Lucci, his eyes clearly reading "you traitor".

"As soon as Luffy lets go, I can save you." Lucci whispered soothingly.

"Really? Okay..." Ace grinned, with an evil glint in his eyes. "Luffy, I can draw Sabo's face for you. As for Lucci... since he didn't do anything, then..."

Lucci's eyes lit up and he looked at Ace expectantly, knowing that as soon as Luffy let go, he would be able to run.

Seeing Lucci's reaction, Ace's grin widened "Let me draw it!"

"You bastard, did you do this on purpose?!" Lucci glared at Ace in dissatisfaction, then turned to look at Luffy who was laughing and said, "Luffy, let me go, how about I give you some meat?"

"Meat!" Luffy's eyes immediately lit up. "Okay, I want..."

"Luffy!" Ace interrupted Luffy, his voice soft, "Listen to me, or do you not want to draw patterns on Sabo's face anymore?"

"I want to!" Luffy hesitated, "But..."

"I'll give you more meat later," Ace grinned, "as long as you catch them both."

"Okay!" Luffy shouted immediately, looking at Ace excitedly "Can I draw Sabo now?"

"Hey, Luffy!" Sabo muttered in dissatisfaction. "You draw me, so I have to draw you!"

"It's okay!" Luffy shouted excitedly, then let go of Lucci's hand and went to get the marker.

Lucci blinked, momentarily unresponsive, and quickly ran backwards. However, before he could do so, Ace grabbed his coat, stopping him in his tracks. "Why am I wearing this!" Lucci frantically wondered, then tried to throw off his coat and run.

"Still want to run, you bastard? You ordered them to draw on my face!" Ace immediately grabbed Lucci's coat and knocked him down before he could really break free. Both of them fell to the deck and rolled several times, finally ending with Ace pressing Lucci and sitting on him. Although Lucci kicked, he failed under the heavy pressure.

Looking at Lucci who was staring at the marker in his hand with a nervous look, Ace's smile grew wider and wider. "Huh? Why aren't you running away?"

"Hey, Ace, what do you want to draw?" Lucci ignored Ace's teasing and looked nervously at the marker held out to him. "You should have picked up the right pen, right?"

"Permanent marker?" Ace's grin widened. "That's what I got."

"Are you kidding me?" Lucci's eyes widened in shock, and he struggled hard. "The pens I gave them are ordinary ones. You can't do this!"

"So you admit it?" Ace clamped Lucci with his legs on both sides to prevent him from breaking free and escaping. One hand grabbed Lucci's hair, holding it in place to keep his head still. Ace's grin widened. "Tell me, what should I draw for you?"

"I think it's best if you don't draw!" Lucci said dissatisfiedly.

"How can that be possible..." Ace grinned, not paying attention to Lucci's answer, and continued his work, painting a beard and a mustache around his mouth. "Let's see...we should add something to the cheeks and forehead...how about it..."

"Is that enough?" Lucci muttered dissatisfiedly.

"Okay, okay." Ace grinned. "Hahaha, you look so stupid like this!"

"Hahaha!"

"Ace, Luffy, look!" Sabo gasped and pointed at Luffy's face. He choked for a moment, then continued pointing at Luffy and grinning, "Luffy... Luffy looks just like grandpa!"

Lucci and Ace immediately turned to look, and saw a noticeable shudder running through Luffy's face, and then both of them broke into a big grin. "It really seems like it!!"

Whitebeard and some of the crew members who were attracted over also laughed together.

Ace laughed so hard that he fell back, rolled off Lucci, and couldn't help pounding the ground with laughter.

"Why are you laughing like that!?" Luffy said dissatisfiedly "What's so funny?"

Sabo took out a mirror from somewhere and handed it to Luffy, saying with a smile, "It really looks like him!" He didn't expect that he could actually draw it, and it looked so similar!

Luffy glanced at his own face and turned pale instantly. "This isn't funny, Sabo!" Luffy pouted and threw the mirror at Ace who was laughing crazily. "Stop laughing, Ace! This isn't funny at all. Grandpa is scary!"

"Come on, Luffy!" Ace grinned, picking up the mirror and holding it up to look at his face "It can't be as bad as the way you painted my face..." Ace's bright smile faded, a look of genuine annoyance crossing his features.

"I...I'm sorry, Ace." Luffy said softly, "I just wanted you to look like Mr. Beard. I mean, Whitebeard."

"Then I think you might have failed, Luffy." Sabo grinned and hugged Luffy, looking at the beard on Ace's face. "This beard doesn't match the freckles on Ace's face at all, so it doesn't look like Whitebeard!"

"But these freckles look great when connected together!" Lucci smiled and patted Ace's shoulder.

"Yeah, I want to connect the dots on the other side too!" Luffy grinned. "But that's for Sabo to draw!"

"Don't you dare draw on my face again," Ace half-heartedly threatened Luffy, then grinned and glanced at himself in the mirror again before quipping, "It's certainly funny, but definitely not as funny as Luffy's!"

Ace laughed and handed the mirror to Lucci, "Come on, Lucci, look at my masterpiece!"