Chapter 23 – Syrup Village 02.

Chapter 23 – Syrup Village 02.

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Third Person POV

Village Syrup, East Blue.

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"Anyway, why don't you show us where this shipbuilding company is? I want to make some money with the ship we have." Luffy changed the subject, as he expected from Usopp.

"Yeah, I guess that's fine." Usopp finally stood up from the ground, where he had been since he got scared when Luffy grew wings.

"Wait a moment! How did you make that ship disappear? Or how do you have wings?!" Usopp yelled, now recalling all the strange things that had happened.

"How does she have a tail, how is there a flying shark?" He couldn't stop shouting with his scared voice.

No one immediately answered. Nami was curious as well; she didn't have the courage to ask too many questions but really wanted an answer to all the strange things this crew could do.

"About me, I'm a Devil Fruit user," Luffy said calmly.

"I thought those were just legends!" Nami exclaimed.

"Did you not find it strange when Buggy split in my lure, maid?" Luffy asked incredulously.

"I was so stunned that I didn't even notice!" Nami protested, growling when Luffy called her by her current occupation.

Usopp was stunned, trying to imagine a fight with people with strange powers, something that left him internally terrified.

"As for Shirahoshi, she's a mermaid, so it's normal for her to have a tail. HAHA," Luffy laughed and continued.Vissit novelbin(.)c.om for updates

"Her companion is Megalo, he's a very special shark."

"Sharky!"

"And that woman with horns? How can there be so many different people in just one place?" Usopp couldn't help but exclaim as well at the giant and peculiar appearance of Yamato.

"Isn't that normal? We're a pirate crew!" Luffy announced with a smile.

"THAT'S NOT NORMAL!" Usopp, Nami, Kuina, and Zoro shouted at the same time.

"HAHAHAHAHA. How funny!" Yamato spoke with a smile while laughing at the faces of the four.

"But anyway, can we go now?" Luffy asked, and in the end, Usopp nodded, seeing that this group didn't seem to be evil, just very strange and with personalities he never imagined.

"Great, let's go, everyone." Luffy said, following Usopp as everyone started to follow him.

It didn't take long for them to enter the village, passing through the streets. They soon attracted a lot of attention with their group.

"Hey, isn't that Usopp? But who are those accompanying him!?" Some villagers suspected as the group passed through the city streets.

"What beautiful women! I've never seen such beauty," Yamato and Shirahoshi attracted a lot of attention, both from men and women.

"Isn't that a Jolly Roger with a straw hat drawn behind the cloak of that tattooed man?"

"Pirates?!"

"How can a lowlife like you do business at this shipbuilding company!" Klahadore said with a disgusted tone.

"Isn't this guy caring about his disguise, is he?" Luffy commented internally. Even though Luffy had shown a strength of 10 million, Kuro should still have to use some of his skills here to defeat a low-level pirate crew, and his disguise as a butler would soon be questioned.

"And you, the usual liar from the village," without finishing what he was saying, Klahadore pointed at Usopp this time.

"Have you brought dangerous pirates close to the lady! Have you lost your mind? I expected more, even from someone of your kind," he said with disdain.

"Wait, Klahadore, Usopp..." When Kaya was about to defend Usopp, the butler interrupted her.

"You have to understand, Miss, that he has brought danger to you here; this kind of scum always attracts others like him. It's no wonder your father is a bum on the sea."

"My father is..." Usopp shouted angrily this time but couldn't finish.

"Pirate..." Klahadore interrupted again.

"In other words, a lower-level scum, just like you and your little gang here," he said, adjusting his glasses again.

While everyone was stunned by these events, suddenly, laughter brought everyone out of this stupor. They turned their gazes to Luffy.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." Luffy began to laugh loudly, much to everyone's surprise.

"What a funny guy! HAHAHAHAHAHA. I'm sorry for this, but I can't help it anymore, HAHAHAHAHA."

"My Luffy?"

"Hm?"

"Luffy-Sama?"

"Sharky?"

"Wooolf?"

"?!"

"Has he gone mad?" Nami said unhappily. She didn't like how the dark-haired butler had treated them, and now hearing Luffy laugh made her even more displeased.

"What's so funny, pirate scum? You better get out of here and never come back with the rest of your ilk; otherwise, we'll call the Marines," Klahadore said seriously, not liking the mockery made by this young man.

"Hahahahaha. I just can't help but exclaim; you seem like a clueless man, not even knowing how grand his father is. He may be a pirate, but he's much better than being a butler in a village in the East Blue." Luffy smiled at him with a dangerous glint.

"Luffy..." Usopp couldn't help but mutter as he listened to this.

Merry and Kaya were still shocked by everything happening.

"But anyway, I don't care about your opinion; I'm a pirate, after all. But since you're so bold in insulting me, my crew, and even my future crew member here..." Luffy pointed to a stunned and cowering Usopp at his side.

"...Prepare yourself for the consequences." Luffy simply said, a sadistic smile forming on his face, and then he disappeared from the spot.

Without time to react, the black-haired butler suddenly felt a sharp, intense pain in his stomach as a powerful punch was delivered, burying itself in that part of his body, causing him to recoil like a ragdoll.

Boom

His body flew like a rocket, crashing into one of the mansion's walls.

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