Chapter 18: Loguetown

Note: Don't worry in the Alabasta arc, and after Alabasta, there will be changes, but for now, the cannon must go on for a bit. By the way, the Alabasta arc starts at ~ Chapter 21.

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- One Piece World ~ Going Merry ~ 11. July 1995 -

It was one day after Harry and Nami returned to the Crew.

The only thing that still happened yesterday was that Harry gained a hateful look from Sanji when he walked inside Nami's room to sleep.

Today was the day the Crew would arrive at Loguetown. They were all already full of expectations for the day. Luffy hoped to visit the Execution Platform where Gol D. Roger was executed.

Harry didn't really like that Roger guy since he brought even more chaos to an already chaotic world. He probably never even considered the suffering of ordinary people through his actions.

Not all pirates are bad people. Harry knew that, but from over 10.000 Pirates, there was probably only, at most, one good one.

If Harry had not met the Straw Hat Pirates, he would likely have become a Pirate Hunter to earn money for the Gacha.

Zorro planned to buy new swords in Loguetown since two of his swords broke in the fight against Mihawk. 

He had already tried to get money from Nami, but she didn't have any money herself since she had almost used all of her money on the Gacha.

Now Zorro only owns 2000 Belly, so he said he will try his luck, and when he doesn't find anything suitable, he will wait for the coming future. 'Maybe there is also a sword in the Gacha?' Zorro asked himself excitedly.

Sanji will get all the ingredients and food that will be needed for the journey to the Grandline that will follow after the visit to Loguetown.

Usopp also wants to buy some things he needs to build his equipment.

Nami and Harry go on a date and buy some things with the little money they still have.

At 2 PM, the crew could finally see Loguetown and sailed straight to it.

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One Piece World ~ Loguetown ~ 11. July 1995 -

Arriving at the Island, they all left the ship and slowly walked to do what they needed or wanted to do.

Usually, one of the members would need to stay at the ship, but in the case of Loguetown, some guards hindered things like stealing ships.

Of course, the Marines could still take them, but to their knowledge, they still had no bounty on their heads, so there was no problem.

Walking along the streets with Nami, Harry couldn't be more happy with the current situation in his life.

Luffy wasn't wrong. They were really pretty free.

He was using all his time with Nami to watch around the shops and buy some things that looked interesting even though they couldn't buy much since they didn't have that many Bellies anymore.

At the same time, they stopped at some random street stalls and got food they could eat while walking around town happily talking.

The only thing that was a bit annoying was that people on the streets sometimes pointed at Harry, and he felt a bit like he was in the wizarding world, but he knew the people there couldn't know him, so why were they pointing at him in such a way?

There were even some people actively running away from him.

Harry couldn't help but frown and ask Nami. "What's wrong with all these people? Why are they running away from me? And there are even some rats following us? They all look hostile."

"I don't know ..." answered Nami, a bit helpless. "Maybe ..." Nami thought about something and looked around with her observation Haki to look at what these people held in their hands while they frowned at Harry. 

It was a wanted poster!

"! You are actually wanted?!" Exclaimed Nami surprised. 'Why is somebody wanted that only killed pirates? It makes no sense. Maybe that rat?' Nami thought about that mouse marine who had stolen her money before. 

To her surprise, she actually found the money later stowed in her house, so it seems like he brought it back, but can it really be him? Why?

"Wanted? Why?" Harry asked, also surprised. 

Before Nami could answer, there were suddenly many people with blue and white uniforms gathering around them. 

Silently, Harry and Nami were surrounded by Marine.

They already knew from the start that they were followed and slowly surrounded, but they didn't care that much since they could also feel the weak breath of these guys and knew that there weren't any challenges to them. 

Even their leader felt weak… probably a bit stronger than Arlong.

"Of course, you are wanted for going against the Marine and being an evil Pirate who looted and destroyed many villages and islands on their way here!" A muscular, big man with white hair and two cigarettes in his mouth answered them lazily, seemingly utterly relaxed with the situation. 

He didn't seem to take them seriously, which brought him a raised eyebrow from the duo.

"We looted and destroyed Villages and Islands? How did that happen? I have been a pirate since I joined you on your home Island, and there wasn't even an Island between your home and Loguetown. How did I do that?" Harry asked Nami with wonder in his voice. 

He even looked at Nami while speaking and didn't bother to defend himself from the marines around him.

They were completely ignoring the smoking man in front of them.

Obviously, both of them didn't take him seriously, but that happened often from pirates, so Smoker didn't bother.

"Maybe you have a lookalike?" Nami said not that surprised that the Marines had false information about them. 

She knew how that mouse marine was and wasn't surprised that he reported false information.

Smoker also saw that there was something wrong with the information he got since they didn't look like the kind of people who would do something like that. 

He even followed them for a while, and they paid for all the items they bought and didn't make any trouble, but in the end, he didn't care. 

A Pirate is a Pirate. 

Just eradicate or capture them all.

"Smoker-San! The street is now evacuated. We can start!" said one of the Marines that just ran here. 

Smoker, obviously waiting for that sentence, instantly looked at the marines around and said. "Fire at the two of them, but don't aim at a vital point if possible. Taking them prisoner is still better than killing them in the end."

"??! Wouldn't they shoot themselves? They surround us." Harry asked, bringing Nami back to the situation.

"Nah. Most of them evacuated, and the only one still standing opposite of them was this white-haired guy. He is not strong enough to dodge all bullets, so he probably has a devil fruit. Most likely some kind of Logia like my Fruit." Nami said, surprising Smoker greatly with the information he had just found out casually, but his man already started before he could stop them from shooting.

What shocked Smoker even more was when the bullets came in contact with the girl there was lightning appearing at the places where she was shot. "Goro Goro no Mi?!" Smoker cried out loudly.

The Goro Goro no Mi is one of the natural Disaster fruits that can bring down whole Islands if the fruit is developed sufficiently. 

'This fruit to appear on a pirate is a disaster! 'I have to report the information immediately after the battle!'

Looking at the man beside the girl still standing there like nothing is happening is also disturbing. 

Before any of the bullets can come into contact with the man, they just seem to vanish into thin air.

'What is with all that false information?! How can there be two so dangerous guys in East Blue?' Smoker asked himself with some doubt.

When the bullet rain finally stopped and the dust from the shooting finally vanished, the Marines could all see two people in the middle of the bullet rain, looking like nothing had happened. 

They were just regular marines without power and knowledge, so how could they not be scared of such a situation? 

All of them took a step back before there was suddenly a loud vibration sound coming from the man with a bounty of 25.000.000 Belly.

Harry raised his eyebrow and looked at Nami with some doubt.

"How? Can that thing even work here?" Harry asked with some doubt before taking out the two-way mirror Sirius gave him yesterday.

"Accept," Harry said with some expectation in his voice.