Pirate: I have a Hollow living inside me!

Kuina replied neither humbly nor arrogantly, "Your Excellency, I don't think I'm obligated to answer your question."

That's really strange.

After shopping with Nami, she was about to bring her purchases back to the ship when a Marine inexplicably appeared, calling her Tashigi and demanding to know who she was...

Before the specifics are clear.

She won't say much!

Smoker remained silent: "..."

This person is not Tashigi.

Instead, it was someone who looked almost exactly like Tashigi.

The two are so alike, they're practically identical...

"Sorry, I might have mistaken you for someone else..."

Smoker stared at Kuina a few more times, and after confirming it wasn't Tashigi, he offered a relatively polite apology...

Damn it, what a blunder!

He never expected that two people could look so alike...

"Hey hey hey!? What are you doing here?"

Just then, a shocked, panicked, and utterly incredulous voice came from behind.

"No, wait, how did you become a navy officer?"

Bucky stared at the familiar face before him, his own face turning pale with fright: "Could it be... that monster is now a Marine too?"

What's that Rox's companion doing here?

And he even became a naval officer...

This made Bucky's mind wander—since this woman became a Marine, then...could it be that the monster Rocks also became a Marine?

hiss!

Bucky couldn't help but gasp at the thought of this possibility.

His body trembled uncontrollably, and beads of sweat streamed down his forehead...

That monster was not only incredibly powerful.

More importantly, it revealed his deepest secret.

If the other party becomes a Marine, then I... am doomed!

Chapter 44 People who look almost identical!

How did I get here?

Standing before Buggy, whose face was pale, was a tall girl with short, black hair reaching her ears, wearing red-rimmed glasses, and holding knives in both hands…

She looks nine-tenths like Kuina.

If you don't look closely, you really can't recognize it at a glance...

Tashigi looked at Buggy, who was pale and trembling like a leaf, and couldn't help but show a confused expression: "I'm a Marine!"

How can a mere naval sergeant have such a powerful deterrent effect?

Even Buggy the Clown, currently the most wanted pirate in the East Blue, was scared like this by her?

"Huh? Hmm?"

Seeing the confused girl, Buggy realized something was wrong: "You...you're not her!?"

The Kuina I remember was a swordswoman of considerable skill.

She also looks very aloof.

They hadn't been spoken to at all when they went to the Comino Islands.

He was a person with a cool and aloof expression, and a sharp, swordsman-like aura.

His demeanor was completely different from the seemingly confused person in front of him.

The two are not the same person.

They just have almost identical appearances, no, their appearances are also different; one has long hair and the other has short hair, one wears glasses and the other doesn't...

"Thank goodness, I thought they had joined the navy..."

Upon realizing this, Bucky inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.

That's good!

At least my hidden secrets won't be exposed, and I won't be caught by the other side...

"You damned navy man, how dare you scare me!"

After feeling relieved, Bucky was immediately enraged: "I'm going to teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

Bucky felt extremely embarrassed by his behavior just now.

He is a former member of the Roger Pirates and now the captain of the Buggy Pirates.

I was actually scared by someone who looked exactly like me...

This is an absolute disgrace!!

Tashigi: "?"

Looking at Bucky, who was furious, she felt a sense of bewilderment.

Is there something wrong with Bucky the clown with the red nose?

"Men, charge! Teach this navy guy a lesson!"

Bucky waved his hand, ordering his men to take action.

He wouldn't care about anything if he wasn't a companion of that monster, Rocks.

That damn navy dared to embarrass him like this.

We must teach them a lesson they won't forget!

"What are you all standing there for? Go all out and wipe out the pirates! Don't let them get away!"

Smoker's low growl echoed through the arena, bringing the Navy, who had briefly paused their operations due to Bucky's strange behavior, back to their senses.

The navy regrouped and launched another attack on the charging pirates.

The battle between pirates and the navy continues...

"What a coincidence..."

Smoker glanced at Kuina over here, then at Tashigi over there.

A strange feeling inexplicably welled up inside me.

If it weren't for the different outfits and hairstyles, he might not be able to accurately recognize who was who.

If the situation allowed, he would have liked to run up to Da Siqi and ask her if she had any twin sisters who were lost or missing...

The two are just too similar!

"Don't even think about running away!"

Seeing Ace and Deuce act again, Smoker could only suppress his doubts and turn his lower body into smoke to give chase.

Put everything else aside for now.

The most important thing is to capture these two criminals.

After the chase and escape, they were not far from the port. He wasn't going to let these criminals get away!

It wasn't just these three people who were chasing the fugitive.

The Buggy Pirates also had the idea of ​​breaking out.

There's no point in getting entangled with the navy here; one wrong move and we could be wiped out...

The best option is to head out to sea, leave this place, and escape danger.

Coincidentally, they were heading in the same direction, towards the port to the east...

……

"Is that the Buggy Pirates?"

Kuina and Nami naturally wouldn't participate in the battle between pirates and the Marines. Nami, watching the fight, naturally recognized Buggy the Clown...

I couldn't help but feel curious: "What are they doing here?"

Bucky the Clown, who was "framed" by Rocks, is also in Loguetown.

Furthermore, a conflict broke out with the navy in Loguetown...

Is it really such a coincidence?

Kuina was also puzzled and guessed, "They must have been trying to get to the Grand Line, and then they were discovered by the Navy here, right?"

"Oh, that's really bad luck."

Nami nodded thoughtfully.

Then Nami looked at Tashigi, who had already gone far away, and couldn't help but glance at Kuina...

She hesitated before saying, "Kuina, you saw it too, didn't you? That navy guy... he looks just like you!"

"..."

Kuina also saw Tashigi and felt the same surprise and astonishment.

A person who looks almost identical to her...

If she hadn't been certain that her parents only had her as their child.

She even started to wonder if that navy officer was her older or younger sister...

All Kuina could say was, "The world is so big, it's normal to meet someone who looks similar, right?"