CHAPTER 23: Completely annihilate them

Flags, a traditional communication method used in navigation.

Luffy, of course, couldn't understand. If it was the traffic light from his past life, he would be very familiar with it.

However, even if he couldn't understand it, he could probably grasp some meaning.

Humans are a species that can communicate to some extent through gestures and movements.

"Does it look like a distress signal?" Kaya muttered.

"Yes. I'll take a look."

Luffy nodded and immediately had an idea.

In an instant, starting from his legs, his clothes quickly turned white.

At the same time, his hair also turned white and seemed to be burning.

Two white clouds passed by his armpits and neck.

Gear Fifth

Beside him, Kaya covered her mouth and exclaimed, "Mr. Luffy, that's...!"

Transformation?!

Luffy jumped into the air, flying quickly.

He walked in the air, and with each step, a white flame-like substance appeared beneath his feet.

Nika's abilities were very complex.

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On the other side.

On a small boat, a man with the character "sea" tattooed on his right cheek continuously waved a flag in his hands.

He saw the Navy warship and wanted to attract attention.

However, when an almost completely white person descended from the sky, he was still shocked and opened his mouth wide.

"Who...who are you?" he looked up, dumbfounded.

"Monkey D. Luffy."

Luffy put his hands in his pockets and casually walked over.

He looked down curiously.

There was another person lying on the small boat, with a pale face and a tattoo of the character "thief" on his left cheek.

Together, these two formed the "pirate".

He recognized these two.

They seemed to be called Yosaku and Johnny, bounty hunters and also Zoro's subordinates.

"Are you a god?"

At that moment, Johnny muttered, "Oh God, you can save my mate!"

He dropped the flag in his hand and made a gesture of prayer.

He immediately smiled and said, "I know you, you're Johnny, aren't you?"

"Huh?! Do you know me?" Johnny was scared.

"You are Zoro's subordinate, right? Zoro is now my subordinate, so you are my subordinates' subordinates. I will help you."

Luffy, after entering the ship, grabbed Johnny and Yosaku.

Then, he jumped off the ground.

Boom!

Under the force of the reaction, the small boat shattered into countless pieces, while Luffy, carrying the two, traced a beautiful trajectory in the air and finally landed on the battleship.

"Zoro... I brought your subordinates."

While screaming, he threw them both onto the deck.

"Luffy? What's with that appearance?"

Zoro was sleeping against the warship's mast. He opened his eyes when he heard the voice and was shocked by Luffy's appearance.

He stood up and then noticed Yosaku and Johnny.

"It's you two."

"Aniki!!" Johnny exclaimed in joy. "Good, Aniki, please save Yosaku, he's in a bad shape."

Luffy released his Nika form and said, "It doesn't look like an injury, this is probably scurvy."

"Scurvy?"

Zoro and Johnny clearly didn't know what it was.

This thing killed at least a million sailors in the Great Pirate Age.

In simple terms, it's a lack of vitamin C.

Just eat more citrus fruits.

"You, come here." Luffy shouted at the sailor.

"Luffy-sama, what are your orders?"

"This person has a blood disease, go get some citrus fruits, oranges or something."

The Mariner looked at Yosaku and immediately nodded, "Yes, immediately!"

Soon, after feeding him some citrus juice, Yosaku's skin improved significantly.

The sailor said, "His symptoms seem to be improving, he should wake up soon."

Johnny immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's great, he's alive!"

"Now that everything is okay, you can talk."

Luffy turned around and walked back to the Sunny.

Johnny looked on in astonishment as Luffy's arm stretched out and he flew away with a swoosh.

"Zoro, what exactly is he..."

"He's my captain now, and he ate a Devil Fruit, there's nothing to be surprised about."

Zoro smiled, completely forgetting the shock he felt upon seeing him for the first time.

"He's really human, I thought I saw a god... Luffy was walking on air!"

Johnny couldn't help but say, "By the way, Zoro, aren't you a bounty hunter anymore?"

Zoro shook his head and said, "Now I have joined the Straw Hat Pirates, I am the captain of the First Division of the Straw Hat Pirates, I am a pirate!"

A pirate?!

Johnny suddenly looked at the warship's sails.

The sails were indeed marked with the sailors' logo.

And just now, Luffy ordered the sailors to save the people...

"What the hell is going on?"

Johnny's brain went into overload and he passed out.

...

Yosaku regained his vitality that same night.

After discovering that Zoro had joined the Straw Hat Pirates and become the captain of the First Division, they asked Luffy to join under Zoro's command as a way to repay their debt of gratitude for saving their lives.

Luffy didn't care about this situation as they were already Zoro's subordinates, so joining Zoro's First Division was fine.

[Johnny has joined the crew; average fitness]

[Host received: 5 adventure coins]

[Yosaku has joined the crew; average fitness]

[Host received: 5 adventure coins]

The only thing that made him complain was that these two were on the same level as Koby, all weak.

He could only let Zoro teach them.

Time flew by and a week passed in the blink of an eye.

The fleet finally entered the target sea area, and Cocoyasi Village was within range.

At this time, in the battleship's conference room.

Luffy sat in the main seat, and the people who attended the meeting included Nami, Usopp, Zoro, Johnny, Yosaku, and the Marine lieutenant.

His gaze swept over everyone, and then Luffy remembered to ask:

"By the way, what's your name?"

The lieutenant who was questioned started crying, Luffy-sama finally remembered.

"My name is Matt, I belong to the 153rd East Blue branch, Marine lieutenant!"

"Understood, Lieutenant."

Luffy nodded, pointed to a coordinate on the map and said:

"According to Nami's information, we will be able to see the Arlong Pirates' fortress in half an hour."

"You all should know that it's a crew made up entirely of fishmen."

"With our firepower, it's easy to eliminate them, but it's difficult to completely annihilate them without leaving anyone behind."

Upon hearing this, Matt felt he needed to make an appropriate contribution and immediately said, "Because fishmen can just dive into the water..."

"That's right, if some of them escape, it could have a negative impact."

Luffy nodded, turned to Nami at his side and asked, "Nami, what kind of result do you want?"

As a victim, she had more of a voice.

Seeing everyone's gaze focused on her, Nami took a deep breath and said, "Please keep them away! I'm counting on all of you!"

"You are very kind."

Luffy's face was speechless, changing from his usual gentleness to a cold and ruthless tone:

"There shouldn't be any left, kill them all!"

(End of chapter)

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[A/N: When Luffy fought Kaido, there was a scene where he was thrown off the island and then came running back through the air.

I made some changes to the original.

After all, the original racing scene was very cartoonish and silly, this would not suit the protagonist's character.]