【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 483 The Law Against Donating Blood to Humans

Fishman Island Underwater

"Lucci!"

"Cough cough!!" Lucci suddenly opened his eyes, and a mouthful of seawater sprayed onto Luffy's face as he approached. The sudden clarity made Lucci feel dizzy.

The first thing he felt was the sharp pain in his stomach from the blow and the weight that was still pressing on it. Lucci instantly understood what had happened and groaned, "Don't jump on my stomach at a time like this, Luffy."

"You're awake, Lucci!" Luffy casually wiped his face, gave Lucci a big bear hug, and said happily, "We've arrived at Fishman Island!"

"Hmm... How lucky." Lucci took a breath and gently patted Luffy's back, who was pressed against him, in response to the hug, so that Luffy could get off him. As he sat up, he could clearly feel the dryness in his throat, as if he had choked on something, and Lucci coughed again.

"Here, have a drink." Qi handed over a glass of water.

"Thank you." Looking at the glass of water, Lucci took it and drank it all in one gulp. Then he put the glass aside and observed his surroundings. Luffy and Sanji were fighting over a bowl on a tray, Usopp was screaming at a green-haired fish-woman, and Lucci and Chopper were sitting next to him. He didn't sense Ace or the others, so he looked at Lucci and asked, "Is everyone else alright?"

"We don't know yet, everyone's been separated."

"They'll definitely find a way to be saved!" Luffy said easily, then happily introduced Camie to Lucci, "Lucci, this is Camie, my friend!"

"Hello, Kemi, I'm Lucci." Lucci greeted Kemi with a smile.

"He's my older brother," Luffy grinned at Camie, "and also the vice-captain of the Straw Hat Pirates!"

"Hey, Luffy!" Lucci reached out as if to say something, but Lucci pulled his hand down.

“That’s right,” Qi said with a smirk.

Lucci frowned, looking at Qi, then at Luffy, and complained somewhat discontentedly, "You guys shouldn't make decisions on your own."

“That’s true.” Qi shrugged and said seriously, “Get used to this identity sooner rather than later.”

Lucci didn't respond, but turned to the fish-woman girl next to Luffy and asked, "Where is this?"

"The clothes are dry!"

Several little mermaids dragged their clothes out of the room and distributed them to each of them.

"Thank you for drying our clothes. Who are you?" Luffy asked with a smile as he took the clothes from the little mermaid.

"They are quintuplets of killifish mermaids," Kemi introduced with a smile. While the little mermaids introduced themselves, they changed into their own clothes.

Surprisingly, although the first four quadruplets were named from 1 to 4, the fifth one was called 4-4-2. However, it seems that they told Kemi about their situation, which is why they were rescued. Kemi then told them that this place was Mermaid Harbor, which was also the girls' dormitory of the Mermaid Cafe.

Upon hearing the news, Sanji became so excited that he started snorting through his nose. After a series of self-hypnotic sessions, Sanji successfully calmed himself down and stopped the nosebleed.

Watching Sanji's series of actions, and recalling his behavior on the ship, Lucci couldn't help but wonder, "Was he like this before?"

"No, it wasn't this serious before," Qi retorted. "I wonder what he's been through these past two years."

“Let’s go upstairs and take a look. I’ll introduce you to my friends!” Kemi said with a smile.

"Great!!" Luffy shouted excitedly after quickly drinking the remaining cold seaweed soup.

"A mermaid's friend is also a mermaid, right?" Lucci raised an eyebrow and said, "Can Sanji handle this situation?"

"I'll die," Usopp retorted.

"Ah, we can't let him see the mermaid!" Chopper exclaimed in horror. "If he spits out another drop of blood, he won't have enough left!"

"That's a truly tragic way to die," Qi said, shaking his head with sympathy.

……

With the help of the turtle elevator (a giant turtle carrying a bubble cover), they quickly surfaced. There were many mermaids swimming in the harbor. Sanji couldn't take his eyes off the mermaids from the moment he saw them; his eyes were glued to them.

Even Usopp stared wide-eyed at the scene and exclaimed, "This is like a fairy tale!"

Sanji, gazing at the mermaid's flowing hair, graceful figure, and vibrant, crystal-clear, flawless tail, burst into tears of excitement, "Waaaaaah, I found it! This is ALL BLUE!!"

Luffy looked at Sanji, who was crying uncontrollably, with concern and exclaimed, "He's crying even harder than when he left the Baratie!"

Amid Sanji's wailing, Camie introduced them to the mermaids. After greeting each other, they started playing in the water, mainly Usopp, Killmonger, and Sanji, while the other Devil Fruit users could only sit on the shore and watch enviously.

"I want to live here!!" Sanji jumped into the water, tears streaming down his face.

Lucci looked at Sanji, who was so excited, with complete incomprehension. "Is he that excited?"

"Ignore him." Qi chuckled and shook his head.

"What exactly happened to you in the past two years?" Even Usopp couldn't understand; Sanji was just too agitated.

"Hahaha, Sanji, you're so funny!" Luffy said with a laugh as he looked at the excited Sanji.

It wasn't until Sanji buried his face in a mermaid's chest and started spitting out nosebleeds that they realized their earlier excitement was just a minor issue.

At that time, Prince Neptune was arriving in his spaceship. Since the purpose of the prince's arrival was still uncertain, Luffy and Sanji were pulled away by the mermaid ladies to hide, while Lucci stepped forward to explain the situation to Prince Shark Star.

After learning that Prince Shark Star had only come to deliver Jinbe's password and invite them to the palace, Lucci was about to let Luffy and the others out when Sanji suddenly spat out a mermaid-shaped nosebleed into the sky.

Everyone stared in horror at the amount of blood Sanji was bleeding. Lucci twitched his lips, completely unable to believe that this was something that could come out of the nose. Just how much does this guy love mermaids?

"The amount of bleeding this time is incredible!" Luffy exclaimed in shock.

Speechless, Qi pulled Sanji out of the mermaid's embrace. "How stupid of you, Sanji!"

"The suppressed excitement has exploded!" Usopp helped Kiji lay the unconscious Sanji, who was bleeding from his nose, flat on a rock.

"No, we need a blood transfusion right away! He doesn't have enough blood!" Chopper shouted urgently. "Is there anyone who can donate blood? In a few tens of minutes, our comrade will die!! His blood type is S-negative Rh!"

"Is there anyone with this blood type, or is it that the blood of fish-men and mermaids is different!?"

“It’s the same, but the law in this country is that fish-men can’t donate blood to humans. We need to go to town!” Lucci explained quickly, then asked Prince Neptune if they could borrow the Dragon Palace. This was his father’s territory, and he didn’t want to cause any conflict or trouble for the time being.