【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 288 Summer Leisure

Sengoku frowned and was about to speak again, but Garp interrupted him and laughed at him "What's troubling you so much?"

Sengoku raised his eyebrows. You are going to be in trouble soon. "Someone saw Lucci, the vice-captain of Whitebeard's second team, near Changhuan Island. It is said that he has formed an alliance with the Straw Hat Pirates."

Garp blinked in confusion, wondering why that Whitebeard guy was with Luffy.

"They thought this was their best chance of capturing him without Whitebeard chasing them."

Sengoku calmly continued, "Considering that he is alone, Fire Fist Ace is not nearby, and Whitebeard has remained in the New World, this means that we can capture him without alerting anyone, and no one will know."

"Hahaha, did they get hit on the head? Why go to so much trouble to capture a Whitebeard pirate?" Garp snorted and stood up, hiding his inner uneasiness. "Besides, Whitebeard will not allow his son to fall into our hands."

"What if it's because he has another identity?" Zhan Guo said dimly.

"what?"

"And they decided to send a general to track him down and capture him."

"Admiral? Why send out an admiral to hunt down that brat? Isn't that a bit too much!?" Garp asked, his tone finally becoming a little serious... and sounding a little worried.

Sengoku sighed heavily, his expression showing obvious fatigue. He stopped keeping the secret and looked at Garp with a serious tone, "Because they think it is a shame to let him escape after publicizing their achievements. Now that the power of the Revolutionary Army is growing stronger and stronger, they think this is an opportunity to suppress the Revolutionary Army."

"That's why he sent out the admiral of the navy and wanted to arrest him secretly." Sengoku looked at the stunned Garp and continued, "Threatening the son of the leader of the revolutionary army is the best means of suppression they have come up with."

"He..." Garp was stunned and stared at Sengoku blankly, wondering if he had misunderstood.

"Yes, he was not killed by the Demon Slayer Order." Zhan Guo said seriously, "But he may be killed soon. The general has already left the headquarters."

Garp had just recovered from the news when he was hit by another piece of news. He couldn't help but clench his fists and said, "Don't tell me it was him!?"

"I can't help it, Garp. I..."

Before Sengoku could finish, Garp had already rushed out of his office, probably worried about his grandson, but that was no reason for him to make a hole in his office again!

"Garp!!"

……

At Nami's request, they rested for a day on the edge of the island. Merry docked on the shore, and except for Robin and Luffy who were forced by Chopper to lie on the bed and rest, everyone else was active as usual.

The summer atmosphere was relaxing and everyone took advantage of it to enjoy the hard-earned leisurely moments, except for a few crew members who took the opportunity to do some training.

"I already told you, I'm fine!" Luffy couldn't help complaining while sitting on the bed.

"No, you need to continue resting!" Chopper's voice was rarely serious.

"But I want to go out and train with them!" Luffy shouted with a pout.

Nami carefully handed the hot water in her hand to Robin, then turned around and warned Luffy who kept complaining, "Luffy, listen to Chopper!"

"Anyway, when can we finish? I'm tired of lying down, and I'm hungry!" Luffy looked depressed. He really recovered, but Chopper and Nami kept asking him to rest, and rest was boring.

"Sanji has gone to prepare the food, he will bring it over later." Nami comforted.

"Really!? Okay, then I can wait!" Luffy smiled excitedly.

Nami sighed. She had no idea how many times she had this conversation since Luffy woke up and managed to regain some energy.

……

"Let's take a rest first!" Lucci said to the people who were exhausted from the training. Although they all possessed some domineering aura to a certain extent, they were still too weak after all, and they still had a long way to go.

"It's great, I... I can't even move." Usopp spread out on the front deck, complaining. The next second his body was completely wrapped in pain. He instantly regretted his complaint. The pain was worse than the soreness.

"Future enemies will only become stronger." Zoro wiped the sweat left by training with a towel. Even though his muscles were constantly groaning, he still wanted Lucci to fight him, but he knew it was impossible. After all, he had already refused once. "It's better to sweat in training than to bleed on the battlefield."

"Will guys like that come hunting us down again in the future?" Usopp muttered to himself with lifeless eyes as he stared at the seagulls flying overhead.

Sanji covered the bruises from the beating he received during training, slowly sat up from the deck, and joined the conversation to relax his sore muscles. "It's always better to be prepared."

“At least I won’t feel powerless in the face of emergencies.” Lucci murmured as he turned his head to look at the sea shrouded in the glow of the sunset.

"Are you okay, Lucci?" Sanji asked. He felt that Lucci's mood changed in an instant. There was an expression similar to sadness on his face, but he was not sure because he turned so quickly and it seemed that everything was hidden.

"Oh, it's okay. Did you guys have a good rest?" Lucci came back to his senses and said with a smile.

Sanji stood up from the deck and lit a cigarette, taking a drag and blowing out smoke rings slowly "Yes, but I have to go get some dinner ready for the ladies."

"Let me lie down for a while." Usopp waved his hands weakly.

"Why can't I use Haki like you?" Zoro asked while looking at Lucci. He could only cover the surface of his fist with a layer of Haki, but it couldn't last long, and he couldn't wrap the knife like Lucci could.

"The main reason is that your current Haki is still too weak, but I suggest that you can try to concentrate the armament color on your hand at one point first, and then let it cover your sword." Lucci reminded Zoro while looking at his sword.

Sorono thought for a moment, jumped off the boat with a knife, and headed for the dense forest on the island, intending to try the method Lucci mentioned there.

"Didn't Luffy make a fuss to come out? He usually can't stay in one place for a full 5 minutes." After Zoro left, Usopp turned to Lucci and asked. He had to find something to distract his attention. Only in this way could he ignore the pain coming from his body.

"You're right, he has been asking to train with us since he woke up, but our navigator seems to have handled this problem well." Lucci listened to the faint voice coming from the cabin, and seemed to still hear Luffy's complaints.

Usopp looked at the mast that was patched up by him, and his expression suddenly became a little sad. He ignored the pain in his body. He sat up and looked at Lucci and couldn't help but whispered, "Can Merry fix it?"

When Lucci heard Usopp's question, he couldn't help but think back to that night on Sky Island. "You should be lucky to have a ship like this."