LRAB Chapter 432 Unable to solve
Chapter 432 Unable to solve
After leaving the infirmary, Thatch came to the deck and sighed as he looked at the sea in front of him. "I never thought something like this would happen. Just a second ago, the brothers were playing happily together."
Marco also looked out to sea, and for the first time, he agreed with his brother, before concluding, "Lucci is still too soft-hearted."
"Why do you say that? Luffy is Lucci's younger brother. Isn't it normal for him to want to protect his younger brother?" Thatch looked confused. He didn't think there was anything wrong with Lucci. "It's normal for an older brother to want to protect his younger brother."
"But he's too protective, and it doesn't benefit anyone." Marco sighed. "Luffy is the captain. He needs to take responsibility, grow, learn, improve, and then grow into a decent adult."
"But compared to Luffy's future, I'm actually more worried about Lucci. He's too soft-hearted and suppresses himself too much. But Ace is gone, so we shouldn't worry too much."
"Thatch, Marco, have you seen Lucci?"
Marco and Thatch looked at each other in shock, then looked at Ace who was running towards them and asked "Isn't he in the room?"
"No, I thought he was in our room, but I knocked on the door and there was no response. No one was inside, and his sword was gone." Ace said anxiously, "I didn't find him on the ship either. Where did he go?"
"Commanders, are you looking for Vice Captain Lucci? He left in a small boat not long ago."
"Where did he go!?" Ace immediately turned to look at the Whitebeard member of his team. "Is he alone?"
"Yes, we recently discovered an island ten kilometers to the starboard side. It seems to have a large forest on it. Vice Captain Lu Qi said he wanted to go hunting, and he didn't allow us to follow."
"I'll go find him." Ace said immediately
"Bring life paper and Den Den Mushi!" Marco reminded.
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He must be a terrible, stupid and terrible brother. Luffy must be angry with him now, maybe even hate him, but he doesn't know what to do. He has been trying his best to restrain himself. He tried to be calm, tried to stop, tried to communicate calmly, tried to guide, tried to keep everything under control, but he failed. He said things he shouldn't have said, and everything is irreversible.
Luffy should hate him, after all, he has always been bothering him. He didn't think about this at the beginning, he really didn't think about it, he didn't think that Luffy would reject him and refuse his protection.
He also never thought that his protection would be a burden to Luffy. What he has been doing since he was a child is to protect him, but he has never thought about whether Luffy needs it, so the real selfish one is actually himself. He has been going against Luffy's wishes, never asked Luffy's opinion, and made all the decisions on his own. He is too selfish. How can he say that Luffy is selfish?
Lucci smiled self-deprecatingly and slashed at the other manticore even harder, but he had no control over it. He couldn't bear to watch Luffy get hurt in front of him. Luffy didn't understand how painful it was for him to see Luffy get hurt and face death in front of him.
He never wanted to see Luffy screaming in pain again. If he joined Luffy's pirate group and could only stand behind him and watch the same thing happen again and again, he would rather not join. But Luffy had already firmly rejected him, so he couldn't do anything from the beginning.
He still remembered the oath they made on that coast, but it seemed that he had never kept it. When he was a child, he failed to protect Sabo and Luffy, and the villagers who helped him survive died because of him. Even when he grew up and became stronger, he still failed to protect the people he loved.
He failed to stop Blackbeard from attacking Thatch, failed to stop Aokiji from attacking Luffy, failed to stop Blackbeard and Akainu from attacking Ace, and failed to stop Magellan from attacking Luffy. He could only watch everything happen but was unable to stop it.
He seemed unable to do anything. He was always the boy who watched Sabo fall off the cliff, watched the island burn before his eyes, and was trapped in that dark prison, feeling hopeless and powerless. Maybe that guy was right, he should have died at that time.
He didn't understand why Luffy turned around. He shouldn't have turned around. He shouldn't have saved him. Even if he died, he had at least succeeded once, hadn't he? At least he had successfully protected Luffy once, hadn't he? As long as Luffy was still alive, he didn't care if he died.
But he survived, but he once again didn't know what to do. He seemed to have returned to the state before he lost his memory, confused and helpless, his heart still desolate.
He always thought that he would find his goal after finding his memory, but it was not until now that he realized that he still hadn't found his goal. No, it should be said that the goal he wanted rejected him, but what difference did it make? It was no different from before he lost his memory. He even had no end in sight. He needed to find the direction of his life again, but this time he had to re-recognize the world with ten years of memory.
Ten years seemed too long. When he finally remembered, everyone seemed to have changed. They no longer needed him. Even if he was not here, everyone could live well. It seemed that he had nothing to protect.
This should be a good thing, it means that his friends and brothers are still alive and safe, he should feel happy, after all, everyone is still alive, which is beautiful in itself, but why is he here now, why is he here angrily chopping these manticores?
Oh, because Luffy abandoned him, Luffy rejected him, Luffy didn't want him anymore, no matter how he said or begged, he didn't want to, he didn't want to accept his brother anymore, he didn't want his brother anymore, if his most important younger brother didn't want him, then who else would want him?
Just like a knife, no matter how sharp or powerful it is, if there is nothing to protect or a target to attack, what use is it? It is just a useless knife. What use is there for a useless knife? What use is there for it?
Maybe he should return to Whitebeard and be with his father, but when he thought about the various information he would receive in the newspapers in the future about Luffy being in danger and injured, he could only continue to fall into anxiety on the ship, unable to even leave the ship, unable to do anything, and could only wait there, waiting for the final result.
He didn't know what the difference was, what the difference was from just watching, what the difference was from when he received the news from all over the world, the same anxiety and worry, the same powerlessness, the same pain, so no matter which one he chose it would be painful, and no matter which one he chose he would just be more powerless.
He knew from the beginning what Luffy's dream would bring him, but he never imagined how much price Luffy would pay on this road. It was not until Impel Down, Luffy's painful and heart-wrenching screams and the disappearance of his ten years of life reminded him that on this road called Pirate King, his brother would die, he would endure unbearable pain, and countless people would jump out to stop him and hurt him.
But he was clearly still a child, and in his heart, Luffy would always be a child, a fool who would chew on leaves when he didn't have the energy to find food, so he couldn't tolerate the fact that someone in this world was allowed to walk around and try to hurt Luffy.
But no, everything was wrong. He shouldn't think like this. It was wrong. Yes, it was wrong, because his protection and worry had already caused trouble. Luffy also refused his help and didn't want him to protect him, so he shouldn't let himself worry anymore, nor should he let himself think about interfering. He couldn't let himself be like this anymore.
Lucci gasped, stopped what he was doing, and looked at the densely packed manticores lying on the ground, but he really didn't know what to do. He couldn't control himself, nor could he solve it. He couldn't deal with this matter. Luffy made him feel desperate.