vncnus Chapter 440 Are You Happy?
Chapter 440 Are You Happy?
"Lucci, why do you want to leave Whitebeard's ship alone?" Luffy ignored the angry Marco and stood at the door, his dark eyes staring straight into Lucci's eyes. "Are you unhappy here?"
Lucci looked away under Luffy's intense gaze, and finally replied helplessly, "It was just for hunting."
"Then why did you deliberately avoid me in the forest?" Ace asked directly. He would not let Lucci change the subject again. "Don't tell me you didn't. At that distance, your observation Haki couldn't have missed me, so why did you avoid me with injuries?
"To add, he even wanted to sleep in the dangerous forest with his weakened body shot by seastone bullets!"
Marco added, "The morning conversation was interrupted, but he has always remembered this incident. Lucci, you shouldn't be so lacking in self-protection. I usually say this to Ace, not you."
Ace stared at Lucci, wanting an explanation from him. He couldn't be so stupid as not to notice his brother's abnormality. He just hoped that he could talk to them and let them help him, no matter what it was, but he would rather fight with him than talk, and he had been rejecting him since last night.
Lucci silently looked at the brothers who were questioning him. He didn't understand why they had to ask. To him, there was nothing abnormal. He just did what he wanted to do.
"Why are you still brooding over it? It's just a minor injury, and sleeping in the forest for a night was just a sudden impulse. What's more, you've already interrupted this idea, so I don't understand what you want me to say."
"Lucci, why are you hurt?" Luffy frowned and looked at Lucci, staring at him closely.
"It was just a small accident." Lucci scratched his hair in annoyance. "Besides, isn't it normal to get injured? Why do you keep asking?!"
Luffy suddenly frowned and said, "Lucci, you look as stupid now as Ace did when he was a child."
Ace frowned and looked at Luffy "Luffy, are you serious? Saying this at a time like this?"
But after Ace thought about what Luffy said, he suddenly understood and looked at Luffy in shock, "What are you thinking!?"
In his opinion, the person least likely to have such an idea was Lucci. He had always been the smartest and the one who could best convince him to get rid of that kind of idea. Why would Lucci have those ideas? It was impossible!
But his actions yesterday completely confirmed Luffy's words. He had been wondering from the beginning how Lucci could not dodge. Now he knew that he just had no intention of dodging at all, which was even more serious than Lucci not being able to dodge.
Ace's expression had completely turned to worry. He was hurting himself, and it might even be a subconscious action that he didn't even realize.
Sabo also immediately turned to look at Luffy, obviously not expecting him to say this suddenly. Sabo thought that his words just now to comfort Luffy had taken effect.
But he soon realized that it was not that reason, not because he had just comforted Luffy by saying that Lucci said those stupid things because he was worried about him, but because Luffy saw the deeper intention of Lucci's actions in the forest and suddenly said these words.
Is Lucci like Ace was when he was little? Does he think he shouldn't exist? Why would he have such thoughts?
Sabo stared at Lucci with a frown on his face. Damn it, he hadn't noticed that there was still such darkness in Lucci's eyes last night. He knew that his brother was frustrated, but he thought that was normal. After all, they had an unpleasant family quarrel yesterday.
"What are you talking about?" Lucci looked at his brothers in confusion.
"Lucci." Luffy called softly.
"Hmm?" Lucci turned his gaze back to Luffy. "Luffy...?"
"Lucci." Luffy stepped forward and hugged Lucci's waist, interrupting him.
Lucci froze for a moment, then placed his hand on Luffy's shoulder "What's wrong?"
"Are you still angry with me?" Luffy's arms tightened, and he looked a little uneasy in a rare way.
"Why do you think so?" Lucci paused, and finally put his hand on Luffy's head and rubbed it gently.
"Because I made you so angry yesterday, right? I'm sorry, Lucci, I don't want you to feel bad." Luffy said sullenly, "I just want you to know that I have become stronger and I can protect you. I don't want you to get hurt for me again."
"I told you before that I will never be angry with you for anything, remember?" Lucci ruffled Luffy's black hair and said softly, "Besides, this is not your fault. I made all the decisions on my own and tried to interfere with your adventure. It's my fault. I won't do this again. I shouldn't have treated your friend like that just now. Can you..."
"No, brother, you are not wrong, you are just too stupid." Luffy interrupted Lucci's apology with a muffled voice and hugged Lucci's waist even tighter. He didn't like Lucci's apology, just like yesterday afternoon. "Brother is a big idiot."
Lucci smiled helplessly, "I've seen some idiot chewing wood more than once."
"I was just hungry!" Luffy raised his head angrily, then grinned, "No matter what, Lucci, I will prove to you that I will become stronger than everyone else! Then you don't have to worry about me anymore!"
"Idiot, I told you, you don't need to prove anything to me." Lucci sighed and gently stroked the fishbone scar under Luffy's eye with his fingers.
"If you're trying to prove something because you don't want me to worry about you, that's completely unnecessary. I promise you, I won't try to interfere with your adventures again, nor will I join your pirate group just to protect you."
"Then do you want to go out to sea with me?" Luffy looked into Lucci's eyes and asked seriously. He rejected Lucci yesterday because he didn't want Lucci to get hurt in order to protect him.
But he will become stronger, very strong, stronger than anyone else. Then Lucci won't have to worry about him at all, and he won't let Lucci get hurt to protect him. He will become stronger than Lucci, he will protect his brother, and he won't let his brother rush out to block him anymore.
Lucci lowered his eyes and avoided Luffy's gaze. "Luffy, you rejected me yesterday, remember?"
"That's because I don't want you to get hurt protecting me..." Luffy tried to explain but Lucci cut him off.
"Whatever, Luffy," Lucci said with a smile, "I don't want to join your pirate crew, nor do I want to sail with you."
Luffy looked at Lucci who was still smiling and asked in confusion, "Why? Is it because of what I said yesterday..."
"No." Lucci stroked Luffy's hair and said, "I have already decided what to do."
"Will you be happy?" Luffy looked at Lucci and asked seriously. As long as his brother was happy, that was all he cared about.
Hearing Luffy's question, Lucci thought for a moment. Would his decision make him happy? He didn't know, but it was something he could do. Otherwise, he couldn't guarantee that the sudden loss of control he had just experienced wouldn't happen again. The last thing he wanted to do was hurt his brother.
Moreover, this decision can also help him control himself from causing trouble to Luffy. This is the best arrangement, whether it is for him or Luffy, at least he will no longer be a burden to himself, so he is happy. Thinking of this, Lucci grinned and said, "Yes."
Luffy looked at the bright smile on Lucci's face and smiled too, "Brother, you can do whatever you want as long as you are happy. If you are not happy, I will take you away."
Lucci smiled at Luffy's words but said nothing, he just pressed Luffy's face against his chest and hugged him tightly.
Ace frowned as he looked at Lucci who had a bright smile on his face, something was wrong, and although Lucci seemed to have returned to himself, it was only an appearance, he still knew his brother's true self without any haze.
Besides, he had lived with Lucci for so long, how could he not know whether he was truly happy or not? He couldn't say he was unhappy either, because Lucci was indeed happy at the moment, otherwise Luffy and Sabo would not have failed to notice, but his smile was completely wrong, too good, and too... brilliant, but he couldn't find the reason why Lucci was vaguely wrong.