283. Poison? What is that?

283. Poison? What is that?

"So, I am here to propose an alliance," Law said, looking at Luffy. He felt a bit downhearted when he saw Luffy almost snoozing off, and Ken not paying attention. Just like others, he had seen how Ken and Luffy fought in the Paramount War. In order to bring an empire down, he would need help, and hopefully, the Straw Hats would accept the offer of alliance.

Luffy, who had been dozing off a bit, woke up after Jinbe shook him. He was slowly starting to understand what kind of crew he had joined and what kind of Captain he had.

"Oh, the story ended!?" Luffy asked.

"No thanks to you," Jinbe replied.

"Well... As I said, I don't really care as long as we don't go after Shanks. Yes, we can make the alliance," Luffy said.

"Wait, Luffy, pirate alliances are mostly filled with betrayals and backstabbing. Are you sure about this?" Robin asked.

"Are you going to betray us?" Luffy asked Law directly.

"No," Law replied with his usual expressionless face.

"See," Luffy said.

"Be a little realistic," Jinbe shouted. "Ken, what do you think of the alliance?" Jinbe had to ask Ken because he was the most trustworthy person in the whole group. Though Ken always fooled around with Luffy, he always knew what he had to do when the situations demanded it.

"Yeti? What is a yeti? Sound delicious," Luffy chimed in.

"Those are not something to eat, you idiot," Ken retorted. In response to Ken's earlier shout, there was no reply. Instead, there were more gunshots. This time, it was Jinbe who stepped forward.

"Fishman karate: Karakusagawara Seiken (Arabesque Tile True Punch)."

The bullets gradually halted in mid-air in front of them and then slowly reversed their trajectory in the same manner they came, at the same speed. Luffy, who had been surveying the surroundings, vanished from his spot. After a moment, everyone heard two loud thuds followed by a slight tremor. A minute later, Luffy reappeared with the staff in his hand.

He had just knocked the Yeti brothers out cold and triggered an avalanche on them. Though ice was their domain, having thousands of tons of weight fall on them must have caused considerable pain.

"I'm pissed off now. Let's go," Luffy said. He had expected something to eat, and instead, when he fought them, all he encountered were long, hairy, white giants. This must have further fueled his anger.

They quickened their pace and soon arrived at the laboratory, which had a massive blast door.

"This place seems to have significant problems," Jinbe remarked, sensing that many people were inside. His Haki wasn't yet as honed as Luffy and Ken's, so it took him a bit of time. Ken knew the blast door wouldn't open on its own and drew his sword, swinging at the door.

Just like before, the door was instantly brought down, and they entered. There was no welcome at the door, but they could easily detect the rancid odor emanating from inside. Luffy stepped forward and sucked in all the air around him into his stomach, then blew it out.

The Straw Hats weren't confused after seeing this. Over the 2 years, Ken had insisted Luffy to take a training that would make him invulnerable to poison. Magellan didn't happen but he had the character to help him and thus in 2 years he had been using his godly power to make his body invincible to poison attack.

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