【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 296 The Strange Ship Repairman

"That's also one of our foremen. His name is Barry. Although he's a little unreliable, his skills are very good. After all, this is a place where craftsmen make a living with their skills. Although his personality is a little weird, please don't mind it."

"That guy actually caught that move with just one hand!" Usopp looked at the guy named Rob Lucci, who inserted his fingers into the ground and did a complete handstand. He was shocked and shouted "What kind of fingers are those!!"

"It's really weird!" Nami complained as she watched the two people fighting.

"Hey! The guy with the goggles... Think about it carefully. The one who laughed at you and provoked you... was the pigeon!!" Luffy, who had watched the whole fight, interrupted the fight between the two. He always believed that the one who should come out to fight should not be the guy with the pigeon, but the pigeon. He pointed at the pigeon with some dissatisfaction and shouted, "Hey, stinky pigeon, if you have the guts, do it yourself!"

Rob Lucci stood up from the ground, and Barry took a fighting stance, shouting unyieldingly, "Are you going to fight? Come on!"

"Stop it, Barry!" Acebagu couldn't bear it anymore and spoke out to stop him.

"Haha, I'm sorry for disturbing you all. My name is Rob... No, I'm Pigeon Hadley!" Pigeon pointed at Rob Lucci and said, "This guy is Rob Lucci, he works here, please give me your guidance!"

"Hey, do you think you are a human?" Luffy tilted his head and looked at the introduction of the pigeon in confusion. His attention was completely focused on the talking pigeon. He didn't understand why he could make talking sounds when the pigeon obviously didn't speak.

"Ah! I get it, that's ventriloquism!" Nami pointed at Rob Lucci and shouted with sudden enlightenment.

"Ah! Really? Then you were the one who was talking the whole time!" Luffy reacted immediately and pointed at Rob Lucci in shock.

"That's amazing, I didn't even notice it!" Usopp said in shock.

"Shut up, it doesn't matter what happens, right? Coo!" said the pigeon dissatisfiedly.

"Hahaha, yeah, this guy rarely talks to people, what a weirdo! Hahaha!" Barry laughed without any hesitation, turned around and saw Nami's short skirt, immediately blushed and shouted excitedly, "This is a place where men work, how can you dress like this!!"

"Barry, calm down!"

"And you, Khalifa, why are you wearing such indecent clothes again!!"

Luffy looked at Barry and laughed while holding his stomach, "That guy is also a weirdo!"

"What the hell is going on here?" Usopp was speechless. Their behavior was totally not what a good shipwright should do, and it made people feel uneasy at all.

"Come in, I'll take you around inside!"

Under the leadership of Acebag, they successfully entered the shipyard. It was visible to the naked eye that all the workers inside stood up excitedly and greeted him warmly the moment they saw Acebag.

"Is Uncle Icepago popular with everyone?" Luffy asked with a smile as he watched the scene.

"Of course, technology means everything in this city!" said Khalifa, pushing up her glasses.

When Kalifa introduced the success of Ace Pagoda, Luffy had already run to his side, patting his arm while laughing, "Hey, uncle, you are a great ship repairman! Come with us to become a pirate?"

"Hey, what are you talking about!"

“No rudeness!!”

Barry and Kalifa shouted in shock at Luffy's actions.

"Don't you have a ship repairman on board?" Espagu was a little surprised.

"Yes, in addition to coming here to repair the ship, we also came to this island to find a ship repairman to join us!"

"I see. We have plenty of ship repairmen here, but I don't know if there are any willing to go on a pirate ship." Icebag said, "If anyone wants to go, you can take him away."

"Really? You're such a nice person!" Luffy said happily, and then invited again, "Can't you come?"

"No, I'm the mayor!" Iceberg refused. In order to prevent Luffy from pestering him, he changed the subject, "I heard that there is a woman named Nico Robin on your ship?"

"Yes, she is a very smart person..." Luffy said with a smile, then noticed Ice Pago's expression and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, is there something wrong with Robin?"

Espagu hesitated for a second before finally saying, "It's okay."

"Uncle!" Luffy didn't notice that Iceberg was hesitant to speak, and happily pointed to the huge ship under construction behind him, and couldn't wait to say, "Can I get closer to see that ship?"

"no problem!"

Luffy quickly climbed to the top of the huge ship and looked excitedly at the ship that was about to be built. However, before he could take a closer look, Nami's shouting came from below. Luffy looked down in confusion and noticed that Kaku, who had flown out to help them watch the ship, had returned. He instantly jumped down excitedly.

"Luffy, come down quickly!"

"Oh! Right here!!"

……

Zoro looked at Merry in silence, thinking of what Kaku had said just now when he left, "Merry, you...really can't sail anymore?"

"Zoro!! Hey, stupid green algae head!"

"What do you want, damn chef!?" Zoro looked at Sanji who was shouting with displeasure.

"Sister Robin, are you back?" Sanji asked as soon as he saw Zoro.

"no!"

"Then you protect Chopper, I'll go find Luffy and the others!"

"What happened?" Zoro asked with a frown.

"I can't explain it right away, I'll go find someone else first!"

"Robin is missing." Chopper said worriedly as he watched Sanji leave. "I don't know the details, Sanji just said we have to prepare to leave the island."

"What is that guy doing?" Zoro frowned, feeling uneasy for some reason. "Even if we want to leave, we can't leave for the time being."

"Why?" Chopper looked at Zoro puzzledly.

"Let's talk about it after everyone arrives." Zoro looked at the direction where Sanji left and said in a low voice, "Luffy will make this decision."

……

"Where's Usopp?"

"I didn't see it. It was here just now." Hearing Luffy's question, Nami looked around and didn't see Usopp, but the box containing Bailey was still here. "He put the money box here, it should be fine!"

"Okay, then how much is it estimated to cost to repair Merry?" Luffy turned to look at Kaku, smiled and patted the money boxes on the ground one by one, and said excitedly, "We can pay any amount. We brought a lot of money with us!"

"If possible, I hope to make it more solid, add a few more cannons, and make it faster!" Luffy asked impatiently, imagining what Merry would look like after it was repaired.

Nami also added excitedly, "Can you decorate the exterior panels more beautifully? Can you decorate the inside of the room as well?"

"Wait a minute! You must have experienced many thrilling sea voyages!" Kaku asked with his head down, without directly stating his conclusion.

"Of course, we climbed mountains on it, flew into the sky, and almost got skewered into hedgehogs! We've been through all kinds of things!" Luffy said excitedly, "So I hope you can fix it!"