LRAB Chapter 276: Unreal Story
Chapter 276: Unreal Story
"Didn't you eat a lot of meat during the competition?" Lucci asked puzzledly. He couldn't understand why the boy looked so hungry even though he had just eaten so much.
"That was a long time ago..." Luffy retorted in frustration, tightening his arms involuntarily, Lucci used to give him food whenever he said he was hungry.
"In fact, it was two hours..." Lucci noticed that Luffy had buried his face in his clothes at some point, and was a little confused by Luffy's lost mood. He pinched Luffy's cheek and asked hesitantly, "What's wrong?"
"Don't worry." Qi jumped down from the observation deck. He heard the whole conversation, but he felt it was not a good time to interrupt, so he handed the stored jerky to Luffy who was lying in Lucci's arms.
"That's great, Qi!" Luffy happily let go of Lucci's waist, took the food from Qi's hand and stuffed it into his mouth, while eating he kept praising "It's delicious!"
"He just wants food. If he could, this guy could eat all the time. His metabolism is crazy." Qi ruffled Luffy's hair, looked at Luffy on the side and explained with a smile, then winked and whispered to Luffy, "If you want to bribe him, you can give him some meat. That's his favorite food."
"Yeah, I see." Lucci forced a smile, looking at Luffy who had let go of him and was chewing his food carefully. He hated himself for reminding Luffy that he no longer understood everything about him. He didn't want to disappoint him, but he noticed more than once that Luffy would occasionally subconsciously ask him for something, but he never knew what he should do, nor did he know whether his reaction would be...
Qi saw Lucci staring at Luffy's profile, and a smile appeared on his face. He knew that Lucci had been observing Luffy and trying to get to know him again, and he would make it as easy for him to do so. He turned around and patted Luffy's head. "If you're bored, you can ask Usopp to tell you a story."
"Ah, right! Now it's time to tell a story!" Luffy hurriedly stuffed the remaining jerky in his hand into his mouth, chewed it, swallowed it quickly, and then looked at Lucci hopefully, "Lucci, do you want to come with us?"
Lucci quickly glanced at Qi, who shrugged innocently and left the deck. Lucci looked down at Luffy's expectant eyes, somewhat helplessly, and could only agree. Although he would rather continue his plan to catch up on sleep, he didn't want to disappoint him. "Well, that sounds interesting."
Luffy cheered, quickly waving Usopp and Chopper over, and they soon sat together.
Usopp pretended to be deep and said, "When I was a child, I saw a monster. It was one hundred feet tall, with countless horns and fangs on its head. Its body was a combination of a lion, an elephant, a tiger, and a crocodile. It was very, very powerful... It was a terrible battle. I fought it for three weeks without water or food. In the end, it surrendered to my heroic figure."
Luffy and Chopper were immersed in the story, looking at Usopp eagerly, with undisguised admiration on their faces. They completely believed what he said, opened their mouths wide, and exclaimed "Usopp is so awesome!!"
Listening to Usopp's overly fantastical story, he knew from the beginning that it was made up by Usopp. However, Luffy was indeed a qualified and excited listener, cheering in all the right places. It seemed that no matter what kind of animals and experiences Usopp made up, Luffy would easily believe it and believe in the existence of such strange creatures. Thinking of this, Lucci also joined the storytelling team.
Thinking of the strange dreams he had had, recalling the bizarre illusions at that time, he spoke slowly, creating a mysterious atmosphere. "I also saw a monster. It was in a huge, airtight forest... There would be a strange creature quietly following people. It had long elephant tusks, deer horns, tangled hair like branches, and deep wolf-like eyes. Its entire body seemed to be made up of a ball of black fog. You couldn't see any other colors on it, only endless darkness... When you meet it, you must stare at it closely and never look back... If you look back... it will move behind you in an instant...
"Wow! How scary!"
Usopp and Chopper hugged each other in fear without knowing when. Only Luffy's face was full of excitement. He looked at him expectantly and kept asking, "And then what? And then what!? Did you defeat him!?"
Lucci looked at Usopp hugging Chopper and couldn't help but want to laugh, because he remembered Luffy's introduction of Usopp to him: "He is a good liar." Maybe he should add that he is "good at deceiving others and also good at being deceived."
Seeing Luffy's expectant eyes, Lucci began to play freely... Well... He must have a talent for editing stories. Seeing Luffy's sparkling eyes, he couldn't help but feel interesting, so a more illusory story appeared...
Usopp still had more common sense than Luffy. The more he heard, the more he felt something was wrong, so he asked, "Lucci, where did you encounter these monsters?"
Lucci smiled mysteriously at Usopp, and after a while he slowly said with a smile, "In a dream."
Usopp, an expert in lying, was deceived and became extremely angry. He jumped up from the deck and pointed at Lucci and complained in dissatisfaction. However, his anger was only on the surface and he soon became happy because he heard an interesting story from another person.
Luffy didn't care at all whether Lucci's story was made up or not. He looked at Lucci with a smile. He liked this story, but he liked the second half told by Lucci even more because the monster was defeated.
The storytelling time passed quickly, and before they knew it, it was lunch time. When they heard Sanji's shout, Luffy, Usopp and Chopper rushed towards the restaurant like arrows, and soon he was the only one left on the upper deck. Luffy looked at Luffy and the others' backs as they left, stood up slowly, stretched, and followed Luffy and the others to the restaurant happily. He hadn't felt so relaxed in a long time.
"Sanji! Meat! I want lots and lots of meat!" Luffy rushed into the restaurant and shouted excitedly. The others followed him and entered the restaurant one by one. Sanji had already prepared all the food, and everyone had a portion.
Lucci walked slowly into the restaurant with a relaxed smile on his face. He looked at Luffy's childish behavior and shook his head in amusement.
"Each of you will have a portion." Sanji handed the largest plate of food to Luffy, followed by Lucci. He made sure that everyone had a portion of their own food.
There's no denying that the food Sanji makes is really good, and everyone is immersed in their food until a long rubber arm tries to steal food from their plates and everything starts to get chaotic.