412. Loguetown

Straw Hat Pirates now have 6 members in total after Leo joined them. This makes Buggy think that maybe it happens because he took Brook to his crew. He was changing things, so he needs to be responsible, and now his kid become a replacement for the original member.

Well, that's what Buggy wants to think because it sounds funny if it's true. Anyway, he doesn't have any problem if his son decides to join Straw Hat Pirates. Buggy wanted Leo to lead his own crew like him, but Leo is free to do anything he wants.

Besides, if Leo wants to join a crew, then the Straw Hat Pirates will be his best choice. They surely have the craziest journey and it is led by the Main Character of this world. The Straw Hats might be the only crew that can guarantee Leo's growth.

"Well, I have made some changes, so I'm curious how things will turn out now. I thought they won't meet Nami, but it still happened, and they even got Leo. This means the chance of them meeting Robin is also high. I don't know where that girl is now, she is getting better at hiding now. Hmm, let's observe this for now," says Buggy while looking at Luffy's first bounty poster.

Luffy got his first bounty poster after saving Orange Town. But none of the Straw Hats know it yet because Bellemere hid it from them while they were trained. She finally gives it to them when they are about to depart.

"40 MILLION?!" shouts everyone in surprise.

The Pirate Captain he defeated has a bounty of 35 million. So it's normal for him to get a higher bounty than that guy. But it is still strange that he gets his first bounty that easily. No one in Orange Town reported him, so he shouldn't get his bounty yet.

Well, this is similar to how he got his first bounty in the series after defeating Arlong. The guy that Luffy defeated has a business with a Marine Officer. He gave the officer some portions of his loot while the officer made sure his crew won't get into trouble.

That guy's defeat ended all their business and now the officer won't get more money. Jimmy & Burton who took care of the aftermath in Orange Town didn't send the defeated pirates to Marine, after all. They were sent to a mine owned by The Caribbean as work forces.

The officer can't do anything about it because the Caribbean is a strong organization. So he decided to blame Straw Hat Pirates and it ended up with Luffy getting a bounty. His bounty picture is quite different from his first bounty picture in the series.

In his current bounty picture, Luffy is picking his nose with his pinky finger while looking at the camera. Usopp's back head still appears though and Sanji actually got his right foot captured by the camera when he kicked someone. Both of them are cheering and tease Zoro about it because he doesn't appear.

They get into a brawl which only hurt Usopp while Luffy is still looking at his first bounty happily. Leo sighs and shakes his head while thinking if he made the right choice. Nami ignores them because she is having a teary parting with Bellemere & Nojiko.

The Straw Hat Pirates are finally ready to depart and they don't waste time. Leo & Nami keep waving to everyone on the port as the ship sails away. They will go for a quite long time on a dangerous journey, so they need to bid their farewell correctly.

After a while, the ship finally gets far enough, so the island isn't visible anymore. Leo & Nami go to the main deck which looks very full now. There are some orange trees, musical instruments, boxes filled with food, and some more things.

"Our ship becomes too small all of a sudden," says Zoro.

"This is always a small ship, you know, and it doesn't look tough," says Leo while tapping the railing.

"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE MERRY, DAMMIT!" shouts Usopp.

"I'm just stating a fact. My dad's ship didn't even dent when a cannonball hit it," says Leo.

Now Usopp is surprised, "A-are you sure it was a real cannonball?"

"Yeah, I've seen it explode, after all, and that ship didn't even get a scratch," says Leo.

"G-Grandline Pirates' ships must be amazing, huh? W-well, you shouldn't compare Merry to that kind of ship," says Usopp.

"Yeah, my standard may be too high, but this ship still looks ugly," says Leo while smirking.

Usopp gets very pissed and chases Leo who runs away while laughing. Nami sweatdrops seeing it because her brother hasn't changed one bit. Leo likes to tease others and makes them angry. The angrier they get, the happier he is.

"Sigh, he won't be bored in this crew," says Nami while looking at the others.

These idiots will just be easy targets for Leo's games. He didn't tease them at all when they were home because he was afraid of his mom. She would beat him up if he played around too much, but now, no one can stop him, even Nami.

The Straw Hats arrive in Loguetown after a few hours. They spread to do whatever they like and prepare to enter Grandline. Nami tells Leo to follow her because she needs a carrier. He can't refuse because he knows how ruthless his sister is.

"It has been a long time since I come here," says Leo while looking around.

"This place doesn't change that much. The only thing that can be called a change is their new Marine Captain. I heard he is stricter than the previous ones and since he gets stationed here, the rate of pirates entering Grandline has gone down," says Nami.

"Then he will surely try to stop us," says Leo.

"Obviously, but we need to come here because other than the Captain's order, we need to get a few things here," says Nami.

"Log Pose?" asks Leo.

"That's one of them. Jude-san has told me that only Log Pose works on Grandline. It is only available in Loguetown, so we need to buy them here," says Nami.

"You don't need a carrier just to buy a Log Pose, aren't you?" asks Leo.

"But I won't just buy a Log Pose. A woman needs many things to have. No one knows how long we will stay on the sea before we reach the first island in Grandline. So I need to prepare thoroughly and so are you," says Nami.

"Hmm, make sense," says Leo.

"Alright, now, do you need money? Big sister can lend you some with a mere interest of 100%. It's a family discount," says Nami.

"No, thanks, I have money," says Leo immediately.

He just saw how ruthless Nami is with money because she lent money to Zoro with 300% interest. He still borrowed it because he didn't have money to buy new swords. But Leo has money that he has saved, so he is safe.

They go around to buy the Log Pose, some mapping equipment, clothes, daily needs, etc. Their shopping list will be longer if Bellemere didn't fill their ship with the important stuff. They didn't even have enough medicine before, showing how bad their preparation was.

When they are returning after buying everything they need, both of them meet with Usopp near a big crowd. They check it and see that there is a cooking competition. Sanji actually participated in it and he tells them he only wants the Grand Prize which is a rare fish.

Now they get excited and cheer Sanji to win because they also want to taste the fish. He wins easily with his skills, so now the fish is theirs. They return to the ship and the poor Usopp needs to carry the fish's heavy front side.

"Seems like a storm will appear, let's hurry up, we need to leave before it gets too big," says Nami.

They rush to the ship, but then they realize that they need to tell Luffy & Zoro. So Sanji leaves the fish to Usopp and Leo before he runs to find the 2. The 3 of them continue to go back to prepare their ship so they can leave anytime.

But even after they finish preparing the ship, Luffy & co still haven't returned. Leo decides to find them and takes a small Denden Mushi they've just bought. Nami will contact him if they have returned while he searches.

Leo generates fire from his feet & palms to shoot himself forward. He can fly for a rather long distance. But he can't keep flying yet, so he shoots himself forward every once in a while. He needs to improve his mastery if he wants to fly like a rocket.

Leo finds them after a while, but he can only see Zoro's & Sanji's shadows after they get flung by Luffy toward the port. The only thing Leo can do now is hoping they won't die. He's confused why Luffy needs to do that, but he finds the reason soon.

They were chased by this town's Marine Captain, Smoker. He is a devil fruit user, logia type, Smoke Smoke Fruit. Of course, the 3 of them couldn't do anything to him. They can't even touch him, so none of their attacks work.

Luffy tries to escape too, but Smoker has caught up. Smoker overwhelms Luffy immediately because of his ability and his weapon, a seastone stick. He pins Luffy down and tries to strike, but then a rather big fire burst hits his body.

Smoker actually gets pushed back, but he still looks fine. He looks at Leo who made that fire attack using his palm. Leo ignores him and picks Luffy before jumping forward very fast using his rocket technique.

Smoker tries to chase them, but then a hand catches his shoulder and stops him. He looks back and gets surprised to see the one who stops him. Dragon appears there to stop Smoker from chasing the Straw Hats.

"You, what are you doing here?" asks Smoker.

"You don't need to know, just know that you shouldn't stop them," says Dragon as the lightning strikes.

Leo & Luffy arrive on the ship and they sail immediately after making sure that Zoro & Sanji are alive. They go as fast as they can to avoid the storm which can be dangerous. Dragon is now looking at them from a rooftop.

He smirks and says, "He is that Clown's son, huh? What an interesting thing to happen. Heh, Luffy, you will find your greatest rival in your own crew. That new friend of yours has terrifying blood running in his veins."

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