LRAB Chapter 380 I'm going to find them
Chapter 380 I'm going to find them
"On this island, everyone calls me Lao Lei, the film craftsman. Don't call me that name casually. I quit my job a long time ago... I just want to live a few days of peace and quiet!"
"Luffy, the navy is surrounding us." Qi stood beside Luffy and reminded him, still watching Rayleigh's actions. He was checking on Hachi's condition and looked quite friendly.
"The longer we delay, the more troops will gather. I'm leaving now. Let me do you a favor!" Kidd turned and left, mocking Luffy and the others, "I'll clean up the outside, don't worry!"
Of course, Luffy would not allow his opponent to belittle his abilities, so he and another pirate captain, Trafalgar Law, walked out first. The three of them left the venue while arguing.
"These people are so stupid!" Nami complained as she watched the scene.
"There's bound to be chaos anyway, so let's get out first," Qi said, then tore the life paper into nine pieces, one for each person. "This is Luffy's life paper. If we get separated, we can follow the direction of the life paper to find Luffy and gather together."
Nami carefully put away the life paper in her hand and asked, "Isn't this the only use for it?"
"Well, the Life Paper is connected to a person's vitality. It will guide you to the person they're bound to..." Qi hesitated for a moment, but eventually explained the most important function of the Life Paper. "The most important function of the Life Paper is to display the status of the person it's bound to. As long as the person is alive, the paper will remain intact. When the person is in great danger or injured, the paper will begin to burn. If the person dies, the paper will burn out and disappear."
"In other words, the more intense the burning, the more dangerous the bound person's physical condition will be." Robin instantly understood the purpose of this piece of paper.
"Yes." Qi nodded.
"Doesn't this mean..." Sanji took a deep puff of his cigarette and didn't finish the rest of his words, but everyone knew what he meant and their expressions became a little solemn.
"Yeah, but he specifically avoided that during his introductions, which tells you something. He doesn't want to worry Luffy," Qi said calmly.
"Let's leave here first." Zoro put away the note in his hand and said directly.
"Let's discuss this together after we leave." Sanji nodded and stomped out the cigarette in his hand.
"Let's go, the three of them have almost cleared out the navy at the door." Qi nodded and put away the last piece of life paper in his hand.
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With the help of the Flying Fish Knight, they quickly escaped the pursuit of the navy on the Flying Fish and returned to Shachi's bar, where they learned a shocking fact: Roger had voluntarily surrendered himself because of illness. Another shocking news was that Rayleigh was actually the deputy captain of the Pirate King Roger.
But the most important thing is that Rayleigh is willing to help their Thousand Sunny with coating for free, but Rayleigh said that it would take at least three days to apply the coating, so they need to avoid the navy's surveillance as much as possible during these three days.
They had three days to kill, and since Sanji had a wanted poster without a photo, and Chi didn't get his own wanted poster, the two of them were considered the best people to replenish all the supplies. They needed to buy some necessities for going to Fish-man Island, and Nami and Robin got a list of some items needed to go to Fish-man Island from Shachi, as well as some medicines that Chopper needed, so they got a very detailed shopping list.
"Yo ho ho, where are we going to hide from the navy for the next three days?" Brook asked his companions as he walked down the stairs happily. He was really happy to have so many companions accompanying him, so he was happy no matter what he did, and behaved like a happy child, even though he was already very old.
"Should we hide deeper in the woods?" Robin suggested. She was very good at blending into the woods.
"Then we'll all have to split up," Nami thought. "We can't camp deep in the woods, or we'll be more likely to be discovered."
"What do you mean? Luffy." Zoro crossed his arms and tilted his head to look at Luffy with subtle worry. He noticed that Luffy was much quieter than usual. Although he hid it well, he knew that he had been worried about his brother.
Sanji turned to look at Luffy. Luffy did not respond to Zoro's question. He seemed to be still immersed in his own world, silently looking at the straw hat in his hand. Looking at Luffy like this, he began to get more and more worried.
"Luffy, where do you want to go?" Qi looked at Luffy and asked directly. He knew that Luffy didn't want to and would not agree to Luffy changing his voyage to save him, because he didn't want Luffy to fall into uncontrollable danger, but he also belonged to the Straw Hat Pirates now, and he knew clearly how much Luffy valued his partners, not to mention that he was his brother.
The others also turned their attention to Luffy. After Luffy learned the working principle of life paper, he became unusually quiet. Even when Usopp and Chopper invited him to a bubble popping competition, he just sat quietly and watched. This was very inconsistent with Luffy's character, but Luffy rejected their advice, so they didn't know how to stop the worry that was spreading in Luffy's heart.
"We can go to Fishman Island instead of going to Fishman Island first." Nami suggested again.
"Yeah, we don't need to rush to Fishman Island!" others agreed.
Luffy absentmindedly held the straw hat in his hand, his fingers unconsciously fiddling with the bright red ribbon on the hat, which was where Lucci and Ace's burning life paper was hidden. Thinking of the life paper still burning on the edge, Luffy's shoulders drooped.
He knew Lucci and Ace might be in trouble ever since Qi had told him about the effects of the Life Paper, but like he had said before on the ship, the two of them had their own adventures to go on, not to mention they both had each other, he should trust them wholeheartedly to take care of themselves, and besides, this wasn't their originally planned voyage, his crew shouldn't… but he couldn't ignore the worry growing in his chest.
"Are you thinking this isn't a voyage for the Straw Hat Pirates?" Qi knew what Luffy was thinking when he saw his expression, and said helplessly, "Luffy, don't forget, Lucci has already agreed to join you."
"Yes, Lucci is already our partner. If his partner is in danger, we should change our course to save him!" The others reacted and said immediately.
"Let's go find Lucci and Ace!" Luffy made up his mind instantly, looked up at the worried people and grinned.
Even if Ace and Luffy would get angry and scold him when they saw him, he would go find them until he was sure they were safe and that he no longer needed his brother's care. Luffy was strong enough now, strong enough to help them when they could not take care of themselves.