【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Chapter 261 Successfully Escaped from the Naval Fortress

"Bang!!" The flames shooting up into the sky illuminated everyone's face, and the air was filled with thick gunpowder smoke.

"Ah!!!" Suddenly a loud scream broke the brief tinnitus that occurred after the explosion.

Nami's scream spread throughout Merry, causing a commotion. Sanji ran to Nami first and asked, "What's wrong! Miss Nami!?"

The others followed Sanji and looked at Nami who was kneeling at the door of the warehouse in confusion.

Nami slowly turned her head and looked at her confused companions, muttering in despair, "Our treasure...is all gone!!"

"What!?" everyone shouted in shock.

"Uh..." Lucci tried to interject, but Usopp's voice interrupted him.

"The Navy is so despicable!"

"Think about it carefully, this is normal." Robin said calmly, "Everything on the pirate ship, especially the treasure, will definitely be confiscated by the navy."

"No, let's turn around and take the treasure back!" Nami cheered up and shouted firmly.

"Nami, are you sure? We finally escaped death and ran here. We can leave by just moving forward!" Usopp said in shock.

"Sure, of course I'm sure! Even if we escape, it will be meaningless if the gold is gone!" Nami said seriously.

"But, we finally opened such a big hole!" Luffy pointed to the big hole in front of him that was blown out by his rubber balloon and asked dissatisfiedly, "Why don't you just go out like this?"

Qi jumped down from the observation deck and joined the debate, saying with a smile, "Nami is not afraid of anything as long as it involves gold."

"We are pirates, right, Luffy?" Nami said seriously, with her hands on her hips. "Don't you think it's a great shame for pirates to be forced to give up their treasures and gold?"

"That's right!" Luffy nodded in agreement.

"Yes, but I have taken the gold back."

"That's right, the gold has been recovered, so turn the rudder to the right and we will return to the fortress!" Nami announced loudly, then reacted and looked at Lucci in shock.

The others also reacted and looked at Lucci in shock.

Facing everyone's shocked gazes, Lucci scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and moved aside, revealing a large bag behind him. Some gold fell out of it. "I forgot to tell you."

"That's awesome, Lucci!" Luffy was the first to react. He grabbed Lucci's shoulders and excitedly jumped on him, giving him a big hug.

Lucci hurriedly caught Luffy who suddenly flew towards him. He was a little confused, and then realized that he wanted to give him a hug. He was stunned, and then responded with a smile.

Nami looked at Gold, then at Lucci and Luffy, then at Gold and Lucci again, finally realizing it was real. Nami excitedly ran towards Gold and hugged him tightly, "Great! Great! My Gold is back!"

Nami let go of the gold and looked at Lucci and Luffy, grinning and said, "Thank you, Lucci, when we get out, I'll give you a little more when we divide the money!"

"What about me, Nami! Me! I want to buy a bronze statue!" Luffy hung on Lucci, raised his hands and shouted anxiously.

"No problem!" Nami agreed in a good mood.

"That's great!" Luffy shouted excitedly, then let go of Lucci, put his arm around Usopp's shoulders and cheered with him.

"Now that gold is back, it's time for us to leave!" Qi said with a smile as he looked at the excited Luffy.

"That's right, let's leave here now!" Nami said happily.

"Hehe, full speed ahead!" Luffy shouted excitedly, "Rush to Haimen in one breath!"

"Oh!!"

……

"Blue! Blue!"

"Kacha!" Jonathan picked up the Den Den Mushi. "Did the Straw Hat guys run away?"

"They have fled to the open sea, Commander, let us chase them! Please issue a pursuit order immediately and allow us to chase them!" Drake said angrily, "I won't let them escape like this, I will definitely catch the Straw Hat Boys!"

"They've already escaped, give up." Jonathan comforted, "Major Drake, you did a great job, thank you for your hard work!"

"Commander..." Drake gritted his teeth guiltily.

"Honey, is it okay?" Jessica looked at her husband Jonathan and said worriedly, "The Straw Hat Boys escaped just like that."

"We didn't invite them here." Jonathan looked at the damaged gate and said with a smile, "And our biggest goal has been achieved."

"Huh?" Jessica looked at Jonathan puzzledly.

"Don't you think this incident has united everyone in the base?" Jonathan put his hands on Jessica's shoulders and said with a smile, "That's enough. They have stimulated this fortress very well. Pirates like the Straw Hat Boy still exist. The headquarters should realize the necessity of this fortress again and will not let you live on the streets. Are you more obsessed with me!"

"Idiot..." Jessica covered her mouth and laughed.

……

When the naval fortress finally disappeared on the horizon, the tension and excitement that had plagued the crew since entering the naval fortress quickly disappeared, and Sanji found some food from the food storage room and made rice balls.

Everyone gathered in the dining room and finished their dinner. The despicable navy confiscated most of their things, such as food on the ship and gunpowder in the warehouse.

Fortunately, perhaps because the navy wanted to preserve the scene, most of the things had not been moved away in time, and their personal belongings were basically still intact on the ship, such as the large pile of shells that Usopp brought down.

The only problem now is that they don't have enough food. Although there is some food left in the food storage room, it can't last for two days. What's more, there is Luffy on the ship and they need to feed him.

"Among the shells, only the Cloud Shell cannot be used here..." Usopp said as he checked the shells he brought down from Sky Island.

"Maybe only in the environment of a sky island can the sprayed clouds take shape..." Robin guessed while drinking the black tea in his hand.

"It's good enough that the others can be used..." Zoro said, leaning back in his chair.

"Nami, how far are we from the nearest island?" Qi put down the tea in his hand and looked at Nami who was holding the gold at the door and asked.

"According to the sea chart, we should be able to reach the island tomorrow morning." Nami responded, then poured the gold on the table, slapped the table and shouted excitedly, "Everyone! Now it's the moment you've been looking forward to the most!"

"Oh!" Luffy, Usopp and Chopper cheered excitedly, "We can't wait!!"

"Of course we have to share the pirates' treasure!" Nami said excitedly, "So much gold is worth a lot of money!"

"YEAH!!" Usopp excitedly put his hand into his mouth and blew a loud whistle.

"I want to buy a bronze statue!!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

"Can I buy a book?" Chopper shouted expectantly.