Chapter 61: Encounter with the Straw Hat Crew, Love’s Iron Fist

Chapter 61: Encounter with the Straw Hat Crew, Love's Iron Fist

"Luffy!" Chiba called out.

Not far away, Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, Chopper, Robin, and Franky all turned to look.

Standing in the middle of the road, about fifty meters away, was a slender man with long hair draped over his shoulders, wearing a Marine justice cloak. He bore a striking resemblance to Luffy—enough to be mistaken for his brother. Beside him stood two Marines.

"Brother?"

"Marine Vice Admiral Chiba, the Iron Fist?"

Luffy was stunned, and the expressions on Zoro, Sanji, and the others grew serious.

Even though Luffy had connections within the Marines, they were still pirates. And standing before them now was no ordinary Marine—he was a powerful figure, a Vice Admiral.

Whoosh!

In an instant, Chiba disappeared from his spot and reappeared in the middle of the Straw Hat crew, startling everyone.

Cold sweat trickled down Zoro and Sanji's foreheads as they registered his speed. It had been too fast—they hadn't even seen him move.

The two snapped their heads toward him just as Chiba's fist connected with Luffy's head.

Boom!

Luffy was sent flying, tumbling down the street in a chaotic blur, bouncing off the ground a dozen times before crashing into a tree.

"Luffy!" Zoro and Sanji shouted, immediately stepping in front of Chiba to shield their captain.

Nami and Robin stood back, faces pale with fear. Robin, in particular, knew exactly how terrifying a Marine Vice Admiral's strength could be.

Luffy, clutching his head where a large lump had formed, shouted, "Ow! That hurt, you jerk! Why do you hit as hard as Grandpa?!"

Chiba crossed his arms and laughed heartily. "You little punk! You've been out at sea for almost two years, and you still haven't gotten any stronger?"

"I'm here to take you back and make you a Marine. There's no future in being a pirate."

"No way! I'm going to be King of the Pirates!" Luffy declared defiantly.

Hearing this, Chiba's expression hardened. He pressed down on Luffy with a menacing aura, making Luffy feel as though he were being crushed by an invisible weight. But Luffy didn't back down, shouting, "I'm a pirate! I'll live my own life, Chiba! You don't get to tell me what to do!"

"Heh. We'll see about that," Chiba said, striding toward him.

Swish!

Two figures lunged at Chiba from opposite directions.

"Nine-Sword Style: Asura!"

"First-Rate Meat SHOOT!"

Zoro appeared to sprout extra arms and swords, his entire form shifting into a demonic aura as he swung nine blades down at Chiba. At the same time, Sanji delivered a powerful kick aimed at Chiba's neck.

Chiba's Observation Haki caught through Zoro's attack. He raised his left hand, extending just one finger.

"Finger Pistol."

A powerful blast of compressed air shattered one of Zoro's swords, grazed his cheek, and shot past, piercing a giant tree behind him with a deep hole.

Zoro froze in place, momentarily shaken as he felt his soul nearly leave his body.

"Zoro!" Sanji called out, increasing the speed of his kicks as he tried to land a blow on Chiba.

But Chiba easily caught Sanji's leg and hurled him aside.

Zoro regained his senses, and together with Sanji, launched another flurry of attacks at Chiba, slashing and kicking over a dozen times in rapid succession.

Chiba countered each move effortlessly, shaking them off with a calm smile. "Impressive. As expected of Supernovas—you've got some skill to exchange over a dozen moves with me."

Nearby, Hawkins, who had just regained consciousness, observed the scene, his jaw dropping. "Is this guy even human?"

"Zoro managed to draw his sword, Sanji managed to land a kick—and all they got was knocked back without a scratch. Do you have any idea how terrifying that is? When he fought us, he took us down one by one, his Haki so overpowering I couldn't even use my Devil Fruit powers afterward."

Zoro glared at Chiba, his voice tense. "You're unbelievably strong… and you only used a single finger against us!"

Hearing this, Apoo, who was standing nearby, nearly coughed up blood. Zoro, do you even realize how lucky you are? You don't know how much he's holding back.

When he came after us, he knocked us out with one punch each. We had no chance at all. You think it's something special to exchange a dozen moves? If he got serious, the two of you would be down in a single hit.

Having a background really makes a difference. Those with connections like you get to survive fighting a Vice Admiral; the rest of us are just fodder.

Hawkins began contemplating a future with the Straw Hat crew.

"At your age, with this level of strength, you have a lot of potential," Chiba acknowledged Zoro and Sanji with a nod, before his expression turned steely. "But that won't stop me from taking Luffy with me."

Chiba took another step toward Luffy. Zoro and Sanji's faces darkened, and they launched themselves at him once more.

Just as Chiba was about to counter, arms sprouted from his body, binding him tightly.

"Zoro! Sanji!" Robin yelled from a distance, and the two seized this rare opportunity. Zoro's swords slashed down while Sanji's kick aimed for Chiba's head.

"Interesting," Chiba murmured, a faint smile tugging at his lips. A light golden shield suddenly appeared around his body.

Boom!

A shockwave erupted, sending Zoro and Sanji flying back dozens of meters until they crashed into a massive tree root.

Chiba's figure flickered, and in the blink of an eye, he was standing before Robin, his index finger poised on her forehead. "Nico Robin, you know I'm Luffy's brother, right? Are you really going to play dirty like this?"

With a smirk, he pressed his finger slightly against her forehead.

"Robin, get out of the way!"

"Stop!"

Zoro and Luffy charged toward Chiba, while Usopp, Nami, and the others looked on, eyes wide with fear.

Robin stood frozen, unable to move, watching helplessly as Chiba's finger hovered over her forehead.

[TL/N: Please don't believe Iori Kanaga when he said I'm a girl. I'm clearly a guy, okay? There's no sane girl who would love the harem genre, and it's my favorite genre—except for those who might have a few screws loose. Also, about him mentioning Facebook? I searched for it, and there's no facebook.com/godofreader. He's clearly lying about it. *Tsk tsk tsk.*]

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𝙄 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙢𝙮 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙙𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮. 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚!

𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼:

• 𝙅𝙘𝟭𝟮𝟬𝟮

• 𝘼𝙝𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙟𝙖𝙝

• 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯 𝗠𝗼𝗲𝗲

𝗔𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸:

• 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀: 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝟭𝟴𝟱+ 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚.

• 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁-𝗢𝘂𝘁: 𝙍𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩!

𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝘀 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝘀 𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗲𝘁, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀!

👉 𝙅𝙤𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙬: 𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙣.𝙘𝙤𝙢/𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙊𝙛𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧

💬 𝘼𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝘼𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚: 𝙈𝙮 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙩! 𝙐𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙛𝙤𝙧 $30—𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 10% 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩! 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙙𝙚: 𝗚𝗢𝗗𝗢𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥.

𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙩𝙂𝙋𝙏 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙙 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙩, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙛𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣-𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮, 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙡. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙦𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙝𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨, 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚!

👉𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽: 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙤𝙣.𝙘𝙤𝙢/𝙂𝙤𝙙𝙊𝙛𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧/𝙎𝙝𝙤𝙥