"Do as you say first!" he glared viciously at Hogback. "Fill in all the zombies' weaknesses for me! This time…"
His laughter suddenly turned sinister, and his shadow expanded and twisted under the Moonlight, transforming into the shape of a ferocious demon.
"I'll let Straw Hat know what a true King of Nightmares is!"
In the distance, the whispers of zombies came from the thick fog, as if the entire ship was responding to his fury.
And in this shadow of death, Luffy, who was on Sky Island, was still unaware that a hunt far more brutal than the original awaited him.
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Sky Island, Angel Beach
The sunset dyed the sea of clouds golden, and the Straw Hat was enjoying a rare moment of leisure.
Nami sat in front of mountains of gold and Belli, her fingers quickly counting the spoils, a cunning smile on her lips—Eneru's treasure, plus her little yellow cart business, she was practically raking it in!
"If this keeps up, I'll be able to buy an island very soon~" She narrowed her eyes, like a satiated cat.
However,
This ease was broken by a heart-wrenching scream—
"Nami—!! We're doomed! We're all doomed!!"
Usopp rushed over as if his butt was on fire, his face pale, frantically waving his phone in his hand, his long nose almost poking Nami's face, scaring her into punching him to the ground.
"You're so noisy! I'm counting money!" Nami put her hands on her hips in a rage.
"No, it's not that! Look at this!" Usopp trembled as he held up his phone, and the words "Pirate King" were clearly written on the screen.
Luffy tilted his head and leaned over: "Oh? Is it about our story?"
"Idiot! That's not the point!" Usopp frantically flipped through the pages. "Look! What's written here—the entire process of us defeating Eneru! Even the details of Luffy using 'Gum-Gum Golden Rifle' are exactly the same!"
Everyone was stunned, then gathered around.
"Wait…" Sanji's cigarette almost fell out of his mouth. "It also says here that I made seafood fried rice for lunch today, with special chili sauce…"
Then Sanji flipped to a certain page, and suddenly his body stiffened, "It even wrote about me secretly watching the ladies bathe last night?! This, this is too much!"
Zoro's eyes gradually became serious: "Not only that… even each of our pasts are clearly recorded. Shells Town, Loguetown incidents… even—" She paused, "Fishman Arlong, the perverted cook's Sea Restaurant!"
The air instantly solidified.
Luffy's smile disappeared, he pulled down his Straw Hat, his voice a little low: "...What does that mean?"
Usopp frantically pulled at his hair: "It means! Someone has written down everything about us! Including what will happen in the future! Who we will meet, who we will fight, and even… who will die! It's all in this book!!"
"Bang!"
Zoro's scabbard slammed heavily on the ground, his eyes sharp as an eagle: "In other words—all our actions have been foreseen?"
Nami finally realized the seriousness of the matter, cold sweat sliding down: "If the enemy also saw this book…"
"Hehe…" Luffy suddenly grinned, his fists cracking, "Isn't that more interesting?"
Everyone was stunned.
"Who cares about any book!" He slammed his Straw Hat back on his head, his smile arrogant and confident, "I'm the man who's going to be the Pirate King! Even if the enemy knows everything—"
"I'll still send them flying!"
The air solidified slightly, Nami continued to read the novel, and after a moment, another gasp startled everyone.
Nami's fingers were clutching the pages, her pupils trembling violently: "Marine Hero 'Iron Fist Garp' is your grandfather?! Revolutionary Army leader Dragon is your father?!" Her scream startled the Sky Island birds in the sea of clouds.
"Eh—?!"
The entire ship instantly erupted.
Usopp stumbled and rolled off the cannon, Sanji's cigarette fell on his crotch and burned a hole without him noticing, Zoro's three swords clanged onto the deck, such news was simply too explosive!
"Then aren't we…" Usopp suddenly revived on the spot, snot and tears all over his face, raising his arms in ecstasy, "Invincible?! We don't have to be afraid of the Marine chasing us anymore! Only an idiot would attack the son of the Revolutionary Army leader!"
"Hey, hey…" Sanji suddenly stepped on the ship's rail, a strange light flashing in his blue eyes under his blond hair, "Can we walk sideways in the Marine Base from now on? I heard Garp used to chase Roger all over the world…"
"I want to eat at all the Marine mess halls!" Luffy suddenly raised his hands and cheered, then Nami hit him with a hard flick to the head, burying him in the deck.
"You idiots!" Nami trembled with anger, the pages of the book rustling to a certain chapter, "Look closely! Garp beats Luffy half to death every time he sees him!"
The close-up of a bruised and swollen little Luffy being slammed into a mountain wall by an iron fist sent a chill down everyone's necks.
Luffy pulled his head out of the wood chips, his rubber face still dented: "Grandpa said he'd break all my bones if I became a pirate." His tone was as relaxed as if discussing tomorrow's breakfast.
"As for Dad…" He pulled down his Straw Hat, the shadow covering his eyes, "I don't even know what he looks like."
The merriment on the deck came to an abrupt halt.
Usopp remained petrified in his victory pose, Sanji silently picked up his burnt pants, knowing that this matter was not very reliable.
Zoro suddenly sneered, biting wado ichimonji back into his mouth: "So in the end…"
"We're still the unlucky ones being chased all over the world by the Marine!!" Nami's furious roar made the main mast shake, and her fists had already pounded Luffy into a wavy shape.
"Hehe…" Luffy's carefree laughter drifted over the sea of clouds, "This is what's fun!" He stretched out his arms and embraced all his companions, "I will become a Pirate King even stronger than Grandpa and Dad!"
Nami slapped the nautical chart onto the table with a "smack," her finger heavily poking the coordinates of G5 Marine Base:
"According to the novel's plot, we were supposed to encounter a downdraft in three days and fall directly into this Marine fortress—" Her fingernail scraped deep marks on the map, "Although we eventually escaped, now the whole world has read this damned book!"
Sanji exhaled a smoke ring, a dangerous light flashing in his blue eyes: "Those Marine must have filled the fortress with Buster Call fleets." His lighter clicked shut, "Maybe even an Admiral is waiting there."
"Triple the forces." Zoro suddenly spoke, his three swords already back at his waist, "No, five times." A hint of fighting spirit flashed in his eyes, "Those bureaucrats are best at over-preparing."
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