You Want Me to Catch Luffy

Chapter 1: You Want Me to Catch Luffy? Sorry, I'm Off Work

Loguetown

Located in East Blue Region, is the entrance of the Grand Line.

Solo finished his day's work, clocked in, and went home to rest while glancing at his little assistant.

In three more months, he will be able to get the reward of hiding his full strength for ten years.

Tenseigan!(1)

As one of the vast army's traversers, Solo naturally knows how strong Tenseigan is.

'As long as I wait for another three months, I can get this powerful eye technique!'

In order to better hide himself, Solo chose to become a sailor and live in Loguetown, where there are almost no pirates.

With the protection of Smoker, he can live a leisurely life.

In the end, he was pushed to the position of Master Chief Petty Officer based on several years of experience.

As for why Solo didn't choose to be an ordinary civilian or find an uninhabited island to hide.

Of course, quality of life matters!

Joining the navy does not mean that he'll have social insurance and housing fund, but the benefits are not bad. The convenience of life is also a very important consideration!

Because he is a traverser, Solo always has a kind of confidence in the treatment within the system.

That's a civil servant!

On the other hand, rather than saying that Solo is a dog, it is better to say that his character is that of an ordinary person.

He doesn't say hot-blooded big words, and he doesn't think about how to save the world all day long.

There is no strange idea about the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility.

He has no dreams and no need for lofty goals.

He just wants to live a quiet life and be a salted fish(2).

Purururu!

Just when Solo was walking home as usual, his Den Den Mushi(3) buzzed suddenly!

It kept crying.

It's urgent!

Solo thought for a while and chose to answer.

After all, this kind of emergency communication is rare in Loguetown for ten years.

An anxious voice came from the Den Den Mushi, "Officer Solo, the Straw Hat Kid with a bounty of 30 million has appeared in Loguetown!"

"Okay, I see."

Solo nodded lazily as directly hung up the Den Den Mushi.

In addition to the name, Straw Hat Kid which made his eyes light up—as for other content, what does it have to do with him? It's time for him to get off work. Luffy or something, let Smoker deal with it.

Smoker, who is in charge of security in Loguetown, is now running wildly on the street. The target is Luffy who caused the riot in Loguetown!

"Straw hat boy, do you think you can escape from me? Give up struggling!"

Smoker turned to Luffy in front of him as Sanji and the others yelled.

He was vaguely uneasy, the reason is not that Luffy was offered a bounty for the first time, and the bounty exceeded 30 million Berry, making him a famous pirate in the East Blue. Instead, when he was about to be executed, he even smiled.

This reminded Smoker of the Pirate King Roger who was executed 22 years ago!

The same smile he did when he was executed, and with just a few words, it triggered the Great Pirate Era!

"Who would stop at a time like this!"

Luffy shouted without turning his head, "I'm gonna be the King of the Pirates, so I won't be caught by you, Smoker!"

"It won't work like this." Sanji, the second commander of the Straw Hat Pirates, frowned.

Smoker is a Logia-type(4) user, and the weapons in his hands are made of Seastone(5), so he has a certain restraint on Luffy.

If they can beat Smoker, then they won't have been chased all the way.

Even Smoker's delay in catching up to them made Sanji wonder, combined with Smoker's title of White Hunter.

"This guy is most likely trying to consume our physical strength before making a move. In the hunting process, this is a very common method. When the prey feels tired, the hunter chooses to shoot again, and can easily kill the prey."

Sanji, who was in charge of the brain, began to think.

But if he ran to the Going Merry like this, not only would he not be able to get rid of Smoker, but it might also bring danger to Nami!

Sanji, who believes in the spirit of chivalry, cannot allow such a thing to happen!

After much deliberation, Sanji decided to act separately.

No matter how powerful Smoker's ability is, it is impossible to hunt down two people at the same time. And, Luffy is the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates.

As a crew member, Sanji firmly believes that he will not get caught!

"Well, I see, let's meet at Going Merry!"

Luffy nodded, then stretched out his arm, extended it infinitely, and grabbed the sign on the side of the street.

Without saying a word, Sanji suddenly stopped, turned around, and ran towards another street.

The next second, Luffy activates his rubber ability and ejects himself, leaving Smoker far behind.

"Do you want to separate and escape?"

Smoker muttered to himself, but he cared more about Luffy than Sanji.

So, Smoker made a gesture to ask others to chase Sanji, while he turned into a cloud of smoke and continued to chase Luffy.

"Straw Hat boy, you can't escape!" Smoker roared firmly.

Meanwhile, Luffy throws Smoker three or four blocks away.

Thinking that he throws Smoker far away, he rushed to the Going Merry.

But—

The riot caused by Luffy this time was too serious.

In addition to Smoker and all the navies, the police in Loguetown and the Buggy Pirates are all looking for Luffy.

Even without Smoker, enemies are everywhere!

"Straw Hat, it's that Straw Hat, grab him!"

"Don't let him get away!"

"Contact Captain Smoker quickly, the Straw Hat boy is here!"

Soon another group of navy discovered Luffy.

These navies have a clear division of labor. Those who were planning to attack started to attack, and those who contact Smoker started contacting him.

"I won't let you succeed!"

Seeing this, Luffy simply grabbed his fist with five fingers, aimed at the communication device in the hand of one of the sailors, and threw his fist away.

Boom!

After a muffled sound, the communication equipment in the navy's hands immediately fell apart.

Unable to get in touch with Smoker.

Luffy showed a bright smile.

It was this adventure that he longed for!

"I'm going to the Grand Line! I am the man who will become the King of Pirates! No one can stop me!"

Call out!

The moment he finished speaking, Luffy kicked his feet hard, jumped up, bent his body backward, clenched his hands tightly, and accumulated strength.

"Gomu-gomu no!"

"Gatling!"

They saw Luffy waving his fists quickly as if there were countless afterimages.

Dozens of fists poured into the navy team, knocking these people into the air with ease.

But—

Luffy's sudden attack also attracted the attention of other navy and police.

Slap!

Luffy landed quickly, holding down the straw hat that almost flew out with his hand.

"Why are there so many navies!"

Luffy couldn't help complaining, looked around, and soon found a narrow alley.

Only wide enough for five people to walk side by side.

"This way!"

Luffy muttered to himself and ran away.

Although all the navies and policemen he encountered along the way were easily beaten, the number of people chasing Luffy not only did not decrease but increased.

"The navy—"

Suddenly, just as Luffy was about to pass through this alley.

A black-haired man in the uniform of a Master Chief Petty Officer came into Luffy's eyes, and the man quickly noticed Luffy.

It was Solo!

The two sides looked at each other.

Luffy looked the marine up and down.

He is taller than him, with sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, fresh and handsome, with a slender katana sword hanging from his waist.

Seeing his first reaction, Luffy was sure that the marine also came to catch him.

Solo also recognized Luffy.

And his first reaction when he saw Luffy was to mutter to himself, "What's the situation, shouldn't Luffy be caught by Smoker at this moment?"

Noticing the weather changes, Solo introduced a general plot development.

"Do you want to block my way, you will not succeed because I'm going to become the Pirate King!"

However, Luffy didn't give Solo a chance to speak at all. He swung his arm and extended it towards another exit.

"Gomu-gomu no!"

"Pistol!"

Solo saw Luffy swinging his arms toward him using the force of rubber's expansion and contraction.

Boom!

With a loud noise, Luffy's fist brushed past Solo and hit the building on the side. The smoke spread around, leaving spider web-like cracks on it.

Luffy's arm shrank back, but he was a little surprised.

His own attack was dodged by the opponent?

No.

This navy predicted its own attack path, and then avoided it by just a slight move making it very easy to do.

Translator Notes:

Tenseigan - The Tenseigan allows the user to control both attractive and repulsive forces, similar to the Rinnegan. Additionally, it also grants the wielder Tenseigan Chakra Mode, which in turn gives the user an increase in speed, power, strength, durability, and reflexes.

Salted Fish - A salted fish is a metaphor for a corpse, but can now mean people who have no intention of doing anything.

Den Den Mushi - Den Den Mushi is a species of telepathic snail that is used for vocal and/or visual communication throughout the world. They are classified as type "B" creatures, being "Small Friendly".

Logia-type - Logia is the rarest of the three Devil Fruit types. Those who have eaten a Logia fruit are granted the power to transform their body's composition into a natural element at will, as well as create and control it.

Seastone - Seastone is a naturally-occurring but immensely rare mineral best known for its negation of Devil Fruit abilities.