Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Shakky couldn't understand why the Seven Warlords of the Sea would send Luffy to find Rayleigh. Did he know something?

......

As Bonnie left the tavern and got back on her bubble bike, her expression remained complex and conflicted.

She glanced at Luffy, then at his crew who seemed completely unconcerned about kidnapping the Celestial Dragons and gathering the Supernovas, and was torn between her own feelings and her own.

That's just unbelievable.

Is her perception of the world wrong?

Shouldn't a normal person be as distraught as she is?

Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she gritted her teeth and shouted at Luffy:

"Hey, Straw Hat Boy! I'll be joining you guys from now on."

“Hey, haven’t you been following us all along?” Luffy said.

“These are clearly two separate things!” Bonnie couldn’t help but scratch her head.

“Alara, how lovely, Miss Bonnie,” Robin said with a smile.

"You guys still have the mood to joke around?"

Bonnie simply couldn't understand these people's thought processes, and, somewhat resignedly, crossed her arms and said:

"You saved me and helped me escape Zephyr's pursuit. Consider this my way of repaying you! I'll stay with you until you leave Sabaody Archipelago! Don't even think about abandoning me if anything happens!"

......

24GR.

This is one of the lawless zones in the Sabaody Archipelago that the world government cannot control.

This is not a desolate place; on the contrary, due to the lack of regulation, various industries and organizations that are not openly permitted have flourished here.

Casinos, taverns, underground exchanges, black markets for weapons... it has everything, attracting a large number of pirates, bounty hunters and other outlaws to gather here.

The restaurant, which was reasonably well-decorated, was bustling with people.

Near the window, a young girl stood out.

She had a peculiar hairstyle, with a bright red on the right and pure white on the left. She wore headphones, an outfit decorated with feathers, and a white miniskirt with a black bow tie. She was leisurely enjoying the dessert in front of her.

"Teacher, Luffy and the others should have arrived by now, right?"

The girl was Uta.

She swallowed a bite of cake and asked Gordon across from her.

"Yes, there's news that their ship has arrived at GR44."

News travels very fast in the Sabaody Archipelago, thanks in no small part to intelligence brokers.

For celebrities like the Straw Hat Pirates, any news about them spreads very quickly.

Gordon hadn't expected that his 'student,' whom he had only briefly taught in a place like the East China Sea, would cause such a commotion in less than a year.

To be honest, I was a little surprised, and I felt a bit smug.

If we round it up, it wouldn't be too much for Luffy to call him "teacher," right?

Of course, Gordon wouldn't tell everyone about this, otherwise the Navy would have come knocking on his door before he was even happy for two days.

In the eyes of the world, they were a very dangerous group.

“Uta, this place is a mixed bag, we’d better leave quickly…” Gordon said.

He was interrupted by a commotion before he could finish speaking.

People in the restaurant recognized Uta, the recently rising singer, and they all crowded around her wanting autographs.

Soon, the restaurant entrance was completely blocked.

In another corner of the restaurant, the atmosphere was completely different.

A group of burly men dressed in black suits and carrying weapons, resembling mafia members, partially surrounded a dining table, guarding a short, stocky man on the table.

The man was slowly and methodically cutting the steak.

"Honestly, these guys are disgusting to see me hanging around like this."

The short man, Capone Becky, wiped his mouth with a napkin, glanced at the commotion, and said coldly, "Go and get rid of those noisy guys."

"Godfather, this isn't a good idea."

One of his subordinates hesitated before stepping forward to dissuade him.

"This island is right under the nose of the Navy Headquarters. That singer is quite famous; if they cause too much of a commotion..."

laugh!

Becky grabbed a fork from the table and plunged it into the eye of one of her men!

The latter let out a shrill scream, covered her eyes, and collapsed.

“My orders are to be executed, not advised,” Becky said coldly.

Just then, the restaurant door was pushed open again, and another group of people walked in.

The waiter was already annoyed by the commotion at the door. He turned around and accidentally bumped into a new customer. He almost knocked over his plate, and the pasta sauce splattered onto the clothes of a man with dreadlocks.

"I'm so sorry! I'm really sorry!" the waiter quickly apologized.

"You brat! Do you want to die?!" The dreadlocked man roared in anger, drawing his machete to strike.

"stop."

A calm voice stopped him.

The speaker had long, wavy blonde hair, and long bangs that covered his left eye; he was none other than magician Basil Hawkins.

"Why, Captain? He got spaghetti on my new clothes!"

The man with dreadlocks retorted defiantly.

"That's the fate of that dress," Hawkins said expressionlessly, then turned to the panicked waiter. "I'm so sorry to have startled you."

He had his fortune told today; it said that if he killed any living creature, his luck would turn bad.

For a fortune teller, everything is done based on the results of divination.

Uta immediately recognized Becky and Hawkins in the crowd.

"A pirate with a bounty of over 100 million, like Luffy?"

Uta curled his lip. "Luffy is much stronger than them."

Upon seeing these dangerous individuals, Gordon's alarm bells rang. He quickly dispersed the people around him who wanted autographs and whispered to Uta, "Uta, it's too dangerous here. Let's leave first."

Uta also sensed something was off and nodded.

Becky noticed Hawkins as he entered, her eyes narrowing as she forced a smile: "Magician Hawkins? So you've come to this island after all. How about it, how about joining my family?"

“A foolish demand,”

Hawkins expressionlessly drew a tarot card and said calmly, "Capone Becky, you don't seem to be facing death today. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind letting you die here."

Upon hearing this, Becky's guards all gripped their weapons with grim expressions.

The atmosphere instantly became tense.

Taking this opportunity, Uta and Gordon quickly left the restaurant.

She couldn't wait to find Luffy.

After they parted ways in the East Blue, she deliberately lowered her stance to extract their approximate route from Nami, and then chased after them all the way here.

They thought they could catch up in Alabasta, but they were still a step too late.

As soon as she stepped out the door, her gaze swept across the room and she saw Luffy and his crew riding bubble cars in this direction not far away.

"Luffy!"

Uta's eyes lit up instantly, and the two strands of her heterochromatic hair seemed to bounce with her excitement.

She rushed over without hesitation, shouting excitedly.

"Ok?"

Luffy was searching for Rayleigh while keeping an eye out for any suitable targets when he heard a familiar call. He looked up and a surprised smile appeared on his face: "Uta?"

Like a fledgling returning to its nest, Uta rushed into Luffy's arms, the huge impact causing Luffy's rubbery body to bounce backward.

Fortunately, Uta held on tightly.

"How did you get here?" Luffy asked, happily hugging her back.

Uta lifted her head from his embrace, chuckled, and said with a mix of pride and shyness, "What a coincidence! What a coincidence!"

She would never say that she came here specifically to wait for Luffy.

Her unintentional admission prompted Nami, who was standing next to her, to curl her lip and sourly expose her: "Is it a coincidence? Is it really just a coincidence?"

Nami's silence only made things worse. The moment she spoke, Uta jumped out of Luffy's arms, rushed to Nami, pulled her aside, and, in a low, angry voice, demanded, "What's wrong with you?! How long have I been gone?! How come there are so many more...?"

Her gaze swept over Vivi, Robin, Merry, Bonnie, and even Cammy not far away, and she was momentarily at a loss for words to describe them.

Nami felt a little guilty after being asked that question, but she refused to admit defeat and forced herself to remain calm, saying:

"What? What's going on? These are the crew members Luffy recruited! He's the captain, not me! Can I stop him from letting anyone join the crew?"

Uta laughed, annoyed by her sophistry.

Niang Xipi!

Nami, you're so incompetent!

They were incredibly arrogant before, but were they only showing affection to me?

Or are you planning to keep me out once you become partners?

I was here first!

Vivi and Robin looked at each other in surprise. They were unaware that Luffy had such a close childhood friend, and they were both somewhat taken aback.

Merry was no stranger to Uta. Although she became a ship spirit after separating from Uta, Uta was indeed credited with Merry's transformation into a ship spirit.