One Piece Gunslinger

Those bold words still echoed in his ears, yet the two found themselves in this woodshed. Why did he have to be so reckless as to bring Luffy to see his secretly assembled little boat? He could have just handed him over to Alvida; all this trouble would have been avoided. Now that Alvida had discovered his escape attempt, he wondered if he could ever beg for forgiveness.

This just goes to show how incredibly strong Luffy's "idiocy aura" is; he can tell a complete stranger a life-or-death secret. It seems that the line "I'm going to be the Pirate King!" is truly a weapon of idiocy.

Luffy flashed a row of gleaming teeth and said to Coby, "Sorry, Coby, I didn't expect this fat woman to be a bad guy. I thought that since she's a pirate, she must be a good person."

"Why do you think pirates are good people?!" Coby yelled, looking utterly exasperated. Where did this weirdo come from? His worldview is so bizarre; he actually thinks pirates are good people? This is ridiculous!

"Huh? Isn't that right?" Luffy asked, looking bewildered. "But Shanks and the others are all good people. Look, this hat was a gift from him."

"Shanks? That sounds familiar." But Coby didn't dwell on it too much. He finally understood why Leon thought pirates were good people.

So, he had no idea he'd been living in that remote corner for over ten years before encountering that group of pirates, who happened to be a group of good people. And he also had to be someone who never watched the news.

So this gave this guy the illusion that all pirates are good people. What a load of bull! There's no way such a thing exists in this world. Coby thinks he'll never meet anyone more bizarre than Luffy in his entire life.

“Listen up, Luffy,” Coby said with a helpless expression, “This is because you’ve met some kind pirates, but in reality, the vast majority of pirates in this world are bad people.”

"Yes, I've got it." Luffy nodded solemnly. "You really can only learn more about this world after you set sail."

Koby was too lazy to even complain. This was common sense, wasn't it? Did she really need to go to sea to learn this? How did she end up with someone like this? Koby felt like her life was truly full of misfortune.

"But, Coby, speaking of which, do you have any way to untie this rope?" Luffy said angrily. "This fat woman attacked me when I wasn't paying attention. I'm going to go out and beat her to a pulp."

Coby was looking at Luffy with the same expression he'd given a dead man. At this rate, when the two were brought before Alvida in two days, Luffy would be mauled to pieces for his loose tongue. And who knows, Alvida might be in a bad mood and maul him too.

"Why am I so unlucky?" Koby choked with emotion, staring blankly at the spider web on the ceiling.

"Hey, hey. Koby, why are you spacing out again? Are you even going to untie this rope?"

Coby's melancholy was interrupted by Luffy once again, and he could only reply impatiently, "That's possible, but so what? Even if we untie the ropes, we still can't escape from here, and my little boat is already destroyed. If we run away, we'll definitely be killed, so we might as well stay here obediently and see if we can save our lives in a couple of days."

This time, Coby's intelligence kicked in, and he figured out that it's better to live a miserable life than to die. But it came a little too late. He's already entangled with Luffy, so living a miserable life won't be so easy.

However, Luffy didn't listen to anything after that. He only knew that Coby had a way to untie the ropes: "Then hurry up and untie the ropes for me. I'll go out and beat them up right now."

"Well, so you didn't hear what I said after that!" Koby shook his head, thinking that this guy was hopeless. He was just asking for trouble and there was no way to stop him. It would be better to let him die with some dignity.

So Koby said, "Come on, lean your back against me."

Then Luffy sat down on the ground and scooted over, turning his back to Coby. Coby, meanwhile, half-squatted on the ground, his back to Luffy, and used his wrists to untie Luffy's ropes within the limited space.

Sure enough, once Coby recovers from Luffy's brain drain, his IQ is definitely not low. For a kid with no family or friends to survive in society for so long, even after being caught on Alvida's pirate ship, he still managed to do odd jobs while preparing for their escape in a small boat.

After Koby regained his normal intelligence, he came up with the idea of ​​using a back-to-back method to untie the rope.

However, Coby was still tied up and had limited room to move. It took him until his legs went numb to finally untie Luffy's ropes.

"Well done, Coby." After untying him, Luffy stretched his body and then, taking advantage of Coby's momentary lapse in attention, quickly untied Coby's ropes.

"Damn it, why did you untie me?" Koby was in annoyed again. "Go die by yourself, don't drag me down with you."

"Hehe, just watch and see how I send them flying." Luffy said confidently, stretching his arms that had been tied up.

"I don't know where you get your confidence from. I also don't know who was just knocked down by Alvida in two hits," Koby thought to himself. Meeting such a weirdo was truly the worst luck imaginable.

"Oh, right, Coby. Could you keep this for me for now?"

After stretching his arms for a while, Luffy took off a pendant from his neck and handed it to Coby.

Koby had noticed the pendant long ago.

There are two things about Luffy that Koby can't understand: one is his incredibly tacky straw hat, and the other is this ridiculously ugly pendant. The pendant is basically just a stone with a string attached, nothing more. It's unclear what its purpose is.

Just as Koby was holding the pendant in a daze, pondering how he should re-tie it on, a furious roar came from outside: "Where is that ugly, old fat woman? Let me beat you to a pulp!"

Then came a series of clanging and banging sounds of battle.

Before long, the sounds of fighting ceased. Everything returned to calm.

"That was too fast! I haven't even figured out how to tie myself back up yet!" Koby shouted anxiously as soon as he heard that the battle outside had ended.

"Alright, we can go now."

However, Coby didn't see the Alvida Pirates; instead, he was greeted by a boy wearing a straw hat.

"Now you can give me back that sea stone."

Chapter 330 One Senior Leads Four Newcomers

Luffy's journey has finally begun, which also signals that the Revolutionary Army must begin its pre-battle mobilization for a major war.

Of course, this was something Li Ang had to do himself, and despite Hancock's final, mournful look, Li Ang still had to go back.

However, Hancock could understand that, according to the Revolutionary Army's plan, this decisive battle was to overthrow the World Government's dominant position.

If it succeeds, if Li Ang wins a great victory this time and directly cripples the World Government, making the follow-up work a foregone conclusion, then he can go back and get married.

Thinking of this, Hancock didn't feel anything anymore. She just hoped that Leon would win a battle soon and return in triumph.

However, Li Ang wasn't as optimistic as Hancock. Even though the Revolutionary Army was now far stronger than in the original storyline, and had countless allies supporting them, the World Government's status as the sole winner of the events of eight hundred years ago meant that there were still many cards Li Ang didn't know about. Especially Uranus, who was said to be below Mary Geoise, but Li Ang didn't know just how powerful Uranus was.

Not to mention, at the very last moment of this plan, Madam Shirley gave Leon a prophecy that he would die. Leon didn't dare tell Hancock or anyone else about it. Although he believed that his fate was in his own hands and that destiny and the future could be changed, Leon couldn't guarantee that he would be alright.

Therefore, Leon wasn't sure if he would ever see Hancock again, so before taking her away, he gave her a profound farewell, something he had never done before. Then, with a resolute heart, he rowed his small boat back to Baltimore.

Upon returning, Li Ang did not rest for a second. He immediately summoned all the cadres through a notice to hold the first meeting before the battle and began to mobilize for war preparations.

Upon hearing the important announcement over the loudspeaker, the cadres whose names were called upon temporarily stopped their work and headed to the conference room.

"The first decisive battle meeting? A decisive battle?? Is this going to war with the World Government?" This was the first thing many cadres grasped upon receiving the notification: the word "decisive battle." If it really was a decisive battle, this was too sudden. Just the day before, everyone was at peace, gathering their strength. How could it suddenly be a decisive battle?

The main reason is that this plan, which Li Ang had been planning for two years, was known only to him and a small number of core personnel. Even Sabo, the dragon's personal disciple, didn't know about it.

At this moment, Sabo and three others also came out of a warehouse; they were also there to attend the meeting.

"Ah, suddenly they're saying they're going to war with the World Government, I wasn't prepared at all. Eh? Sabo, how come you're not surprised at all? Did you know about this?"

The speaker was a bald man wearing a raven mask and a feather coat.

“Ah, well? It’s mainly because you guys have only been in the Revolutionary Army for two years. If you were like me, having been in the Revolutionary Army for seven or eight years, you’d be used to it. He often launches surprise attacks like this. Usually, major events are only planned by the higher-ups, and we’re only notified when it’s time to carry them out.” Sabo put his hands behind his head and explained as he walked.

"But Sabo-chan~, I'm not ready yet~, that jerk Chief of Staff doesn't care about us at all. Isn't he worried that we'll underperform or something because of this?"

Hearing this middle-aged man's clear, resonant voice utter such a affected, high-pitched tone, even those accustomed to it felt somewhat uncomfortable. Especially since this man was a large, shirtless giant. It sounded even more bizarre.

However, Sabo was somewhat helpless about this issue: "This kind of thing has indeed happened, but to paraphrase that jerk you mentioned, we don't need to be very well prepared, just better prepared than others. This is to maximize secrecy."

"And Mori, our Revolutionary Army is far more agile than a bloated organization like the World Government. Take, for example, the attacks on Dressrosa and the countries along the way before you joined us. We mobilized in just a few days."

It's surprising that Sabo, the mischievous and unruly boy from back then, has matured so much in the Revolutionary Army. He's grown into a qualified senior, serving as a role model for these new recruits.

Just then, a short, furry creature who looked like a noodle-eating race darted out from the side, carrying a jetpack on his back: "Hehehe, I just improved this jetpack yesterday, look how awesome I am!"

"Ugh! Lindbergh, what are you saying? I'm not watching, I'm not watching anymore!" said Morrie, the giant.

"What are you talking about?" Sabo said with dissatisfaction. "You two, be normal, okay? That's why Koala has been looking at me with a strange look lately. She thinks that I'm becoming weird because I'm with you guys." Sabo immediately ended their strange conversation in a senior's tone.

As the four of them hurried across an intersection, they happened to run into a woman with a cigarette in her mouth, who was also heading towards the conference room.

"What a coincidence, I just ran into Betty. Now all five legion commanders are gathered together before the meeting." The moment Sabo saw the woman in front of him, he quickly turned his head and greeted her with his profile.

There was no way around it; the first time Kella caught Sabo facing Betty directly in the water, he got a severe beating when they got back, and the bump on his head took two days to heal. After this happened a few times, Sabo never dared to look Betty in the eye again.

There's a reason for this. Mainly because Betty was only wearing a jacket and a tie; nothing else. And the jacket was open, so you could see Betty's smooth skin from her neck to her waist directly from the front.

What many men couldn't understand was that Betty's seemingly casually draped coat boldly exposed her front, yet her most important parts remained completely covered. It was as if the coat was under a spell; no matter what Betty did, it always perfectly concealed her vital areas.

This must have been incredibly frustrating for many of the male members of the revolutionary army. Quite a few stared at Betty all day long, their eyes glued to her. But that outer garment just kept blocking their view, making everyone wish they could develop laser eyes and just stare right through that wretched garment.

The mischievous Sabo did this once out of curiosity, and ended up spending several days in the infirmary afterward.

Betty nodded in greeting, then said, "Stop dawdling. You guys are all slower than me. Hurry up! Wait, what's that? Why are you four together? Were you playing mahjong just now?"

Betty seems to have discovered a secret.

"Ahem. Don't talk nonsense. It's just a coincidence that the four of us are together." Sabo immediately tried to explain in a flustered manner. His acting skills haven't improved at all in the past few years. No wonder his thoughts have always been so well understood by Kelra.

However, this senior truly is a senior in every aspect, and a seasoned pro at playing mahjong. He's even formed his own close-knit mahjong circle, which is quite impressive.

The other three immediately pretended to look around at the scenery, saying, "Wow, the weather is really nice today."

Considering that these four people suddenly appeared from an empty warehouse, they were definitely playing mahjong together.

Yeah, no wonder this group always gets caught. A bad player playing against another bad player just gets worse and worse. I take back what I said earlier about Sabo being a decent senior; spending too much time with Sabo doesn't guarantee he'll have much of a positive influence.

"I knew I was right." Seeing the four people's reactions, Betty was certain that they had indeed gone to play mahjong.

"So you guys should explain this to me too," Sabo said loudly, seeing the other three betray him. "It's like I can play mahjong all by myself."

"Oh dear, Sabo. That's hard to say." Since they were going to sell, they might as well sell it all. "Maybe you can play by yourself?" Crow said immediately.

"Hehehe." The short Lindbergh added, "Maybe there are others with you, but they didn't attend this meeting."

"Hey, wait a minute." Sabo seemed to have finally figured out the crux of the problem. "Is there anything wrong with playing mahjong? Why are we being so secretive? This isn't like when the Great Demon King was in charge."

"Huh? The Great Demon King is in charge? Who are you talking about?" Mori asked curiously. These people arrived late and hadn't experienced that painful period.

"Yeah, I'm curious too who you're talking about?" At that moment, a voice that Sabo knew best rang out from behind.

Upon hearing this voice, and seeing Sabo's bitter expression, the other four people's intelligence kicked in, and they instantly realized who the so-called Great Demon King was.

So he consciously distanced himself from Sabo, pretending not to know him, for fear of being implicated.

"Hmph, business is more important now. Come with me after the meeting," Kera said as she walked, carrying a large stack of documents.

Koala the Great Demon King is truly terrifying. He always manages to appear behind Sabo, and every time he does, it just so happens that Sabo is doing something inappropriate or saying something wrong.

Sabo couldn't help but recall the first time he met Koala. Back then, Koala was so innocent and kind, and quite shy, while he himself was fearless, a little devil in disguise. Every time Koala saw him, she would quickly hide behind a door.

However, things changed after Li Ang arrived. That damn Li Ang, give me back my gentle Kela!

Chapter 331 The Successor

When the meeting ended, few people were not confused.

Everyone assumed that the final battle would be incredibly complex, involving some particularly ingenious tactics. However, these were merely figments of their imaginations.

Li Ang issued many instructions, and everyone present had a lot to do, but when these were combined, it became clear that this was actually F2A.

Ultimately, it boils down to mobilizing everyone, getting everyone together, and then launching a massive attack. While this might require some work from those below, it requires absolutely no technical skill from the decision-makers.

What's even more baffling is that Li Ang even gave instructions on what to do after the victory. This is incredibly confusing. Does he really have an absolute guarantee of victory? The opponent is the World Government! These things can wait until after the victory.

Some even suspected they had encountered a fake chief of staff, which was completely out of character for Li Ang. However, since the commander-in-chief, Long, did not express any dissenting opinions, the others could only follow suit.