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 anything more!

Smoker remained silent: "..."

This person is not Tashigi.

Instead, it is a person who looks almost identical to Tashigi.

The two are so alike, almost like they were made from the same mold...

"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...

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, that's not right, how did you become a member of the Navy?"

Bucky stared at the familiar face before him, his face turning pale with fright: "Could it be... that monster is now in the Navy 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 joined the Navy, then...could it be that the monster Rocks also joined the Navy?

hiss!

Bucky gasped at the thought of that possibility.

His body trembled uncontrollably, and beads of sweat dripped incessantly from his forehead...

That monster was not only incredibly powerful.

More importantly, it revealed his deepest secrets.

If the other side becomes the navy, then I... am doomed!

Chapter 44 People who look almost identical!

How did I get here?

In front of Bucky, whose face was pale, stood a tall girl with short, black hair that reached 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 sieve, and couldn't help but show a confused expression: "I'm a Marine!"

Does a naval sergeant have such a great deterrent effect?

Even the "Great Sea Surfer," currently the highest bounty in the East China Sea, was so frightened that it looked like this?

"Huh? Hmm?"

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

The Kuina I remember was a swordswoman of considerable strength.

She also looks very aloof.

They hadn't said a word to them when they went to the Comino Islands.

He was a person with a cool and aloof demeanor, possessing the sharp aura of a swordsman.

This is completely different from the seemingly confused person in front of me.

The two are not the same person.

They only 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, Buckyton was furious: "I'm going to teach you a lesson you won't forget!"

Bucky felt extremely embarrassed by his performance.

He is a former member of Roger Cruises and now the captain of Buckingham Cruises.

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

This is an utterly shameful disgrace!!

Tashigi: "?"

Looking at Bucky, who was flying into a rage, 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 humiliate him like that.

We must teach them a profound lesson!

"What are you all standing there for? Go all out and wipe out the Hai Ni!"

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

The navy regrouped and launched another attack on the charging sea monsters.

The battle between the Navy and the Marines continues...

"What a coincidence..."

Smoker glanced at Kuina on this side, then at Tashigi on the other.

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 is who.

If the situation weren't so unfavorable, he would have liked to run up to Tashigi and ask her if she had any twin sisters who were lost or living elsewhere...

The two are so alike!

"Don't even think about running away!"

Seeing Ace and Diuss move again, Smoker could only suppress his doubts and turn his lower body into smoke to chase after them.

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, and he was not going to let these criminals get away!

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

Pakistani shipping company F also had the idea of ​​breaking through the encirclement.

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

The best choice is to go out to sea and leave this place to escape danger.

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

……

"Is that Pakistan International Airlines?"

Kuina and Nami naturally wouldn't participate in the battle between the Sea Dragon and the Navy. Nami, watching the fight, naturally recognized Buggy the Clown...

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

Bucky the Joker, 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, guessing, "They must have been trying to reach 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 walked away, and couldn't help but glance at Kuina...

She hesitated before saying, "Kuina, you saw it too, right? That sailor... he looks just like you!"

"..."

Kuina also saw Tashigi and was equally surprised and astonished.

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?"

Nami muttered to herself, "This isn't normal at all. It's not just a resemblance; if the clothes and hairstyle were the same, I wouldn't even recognize her..."

Kuina: "..."

She also found it unbelievable.

To be honest.

Seeing someone who is almost a carbon copy of yourself is a really strange feeling...

"Have you finished shopping?"

Lox flashed to the two women's side, looked at the large bags they were carrying, and laughed, "You've bought quite a lot of things."

"Hey, Rocks, what are you doing here?"

Nami was somewhat surprised to see Rocks.

After a while, she pointed to the chaos over there and couldn't help but say, "Don't tell me this chaos is also because of you. Are you planning to screw over that clown Bucky again?"

Rocks is here too, so is the chaos here related to Rocks?

What does "again" mean?

Lox shook his head in denial: "It was just a coincidence this time. I didn't expect to run into them here..."

However, Rocks also found it somewhat amusing.

The conflict between Pakistani airlines and the Navy was not caused by Pakistani airlines sabotaging the other side.

It was just too coincidental.

While Smoker was surrounding the execution platform square, Bucky Barnes happened to be there too...

Who would have thought of this?

"..."

Nami tilted her head, somewhat disbelieving.