One Piece: Trainers on the Straw Hat Pirates

Luffy and Red spoke in unison.

Immediately afterward, the two moved in unison, bracing themselves with their arms and leaping directly from outside the wall into the naval base.

As Red sized up Luffy, who had once been his favorite pirate character, he asked:

"How is it, my captain?"

"Are you satisfied with the partner I've chosen?"

"Hehe, I trust your judgment!"

Luffy chuckled and looked at the ropes binding Zoro, saying:

"Next, all we have to do is untie the rope, and he can come with us!"

"This... I'm afraid it won't work."

Red shook his head, and led Luffy toward Zoro's location, saying as they walked:

"The commander of this naval base is an absolute bastard..."

"If we just let him go, the residents of this town will probably suffer."

"So the best solution is to give the naval captain here a good beating too!"

"Okay! I'll listen to you!" Luffy shook his arm as if he were talking about something very easy.

The two's unbridled behavior and the ever-closing distance finally made Zoro lose his temper, and he suddenly spoke up:

"Hey! You two, this isn't a place you can just walk into!"

"If you don't want to die, get out of here right now!"

Zoro's tone was deliberately laced with fierceness and malice, as he didn't want anyone else to get involved in his affairs.

But who exactly is Luffy?

Faced with Zoro's attempt to dissuade him, he refused without a second's hesitation:

"Leave here? No way!"

Luffy pursed his lips, then burst into an unreasonable laugh:

"Red is saying you will become the world's greatest swordsman in the future!"

"Such an amazing guy, I absolutely have to make you my partner!"

"The world's greatest swordsman!? Partner!?"

Zoro's expression flickered slightly, and he looked at the two people who had walked up to him, looking puzzled.

The fact that these two guys could easily articulate their dreams made him feel that they were not ordinary people.

"Who are you two?"

"My name is Luffy, and I'm a pirate," Luffy replied casually, then reached out to untie the ropes binding Zoro.

Upon seeing this, Zoro immediately shouted a stern rebuke:

"Hey! Don't touch that rope!"

But Luffy wouldn't listen to him and went ahead and removed the rope from Zoro's right wrist.

"Hehe, I don't want to listen to you!"

"Once I untie you, you'll definitely become my partner!"

"Damn it, you bastard!"

"I will never associate with pirates!"

Seeing that Luffy had finished dismantling the right side and was about to dismantle the left side, Zoro quickly used his freed hand to stop Luffy.

He had made a deal with Colonel Monca's son: if he could hold out in this situation for a month, Colonel Monca's son would release him and the innocent little girl.

He's already held on for nine days; how could he let outsiders ruin it so easily?

But just then, Crimson suddenly spoke up:

"Do you really think that naval captain's son will obediently keep his promise?!"

The crimson words seemed to possess power, instantly stopping Zoro's arm.

But he continued:

"Don't be silly, Zoro!"

"He's just toying with you! No one can go a month without food or water. Even if you could, you'd be too weak to do anything but be a toy in his hands!"

"You probably already guessed that, right!?"

"........."

Zoro fell silent.

He had, of course, anticipated what Crimson was talking about.

However, not wanting to antagonize the navy, he chose to abide by the agreement.

But the crimson words were like a merciless hand, shattering his impression of naval justice.

Only after Luffy had untied all the ropes binding him did Zoro straighten up, staring at Akame and asking:

"And who are you?"

"What about me?"

Red put away his serious expression, smiled gently, and replied:

"My name is Red, I am the vice-captain of the Straw Hat Pirates, and also a..."

"Rookie Trainer!"

Chapter 11 Zoro Joins the Party (Please read on!)

"The Straw Hat Pirates? Trainers?"

Zoro frowned, puzzled, and asked, "How come I've never heard of you before?"

Although he wasn't exactly a professional bounty hunter, he believed he had a certain understanding of the pirate crews in the area.

Given that Red and Luffy dared to trespass into a Marine base so casually, it's impossible that he hadn't heard of them.

However, when Zoro asked this question, Red simply smiled and replied, "That's normal."

"After all, this is only our second day at sea!"

"What!? The next day!?"

Zoro was slightly startled, then his lips twitched: "You dare to trespass on a naval base and release prisoners so soon after setting sail? Do you have a death wish?!"

"Haha~ It's just a naval base, it's not as serious as you make it out to be."

Crimson laughed nonchalantly, then added:

"To be precise, it hasn't even been 24 hours since we set sail!"

"It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that this is our first day at sea."

"But I believe..."

"In the future, the name of the Straw Hat Pirates will surely resound throughout the entire world!!!"

"Aren't you right, Luffy?"

Red tilted his head and looked at Luffy.

Upon hearing this, Luffy immediately threw away the rope he was holding, raised his arms high, and shouted confidently:

"Of course!!!"

"I'm going to be the Pirate King!!!"

"you……"

Zoro blinked, glanced at Luffy who seemed a bit off, and then cast a questioning look at the inexplicably confident Red.

"Have you always been like this?!"

"Maybe," Crimson said with a reassuring smile.

"There's nothing we can do about it; that's just how our captain is."

"Since we can't change it, we can only slowly get used to it!"

"How could anyone possibly get used to this?!"

"and many more!"

"Our captain?"

Zoro's expression froze. "Hey! When did I agree to become a pirate?!"

Snapped!

A crisp sound rang out.

Suddenly, Crimson placed his hands on Zoro's shoulders and leaned closer to him, saying:

"Give up the resistance, Zoro."

"Anyone Luffy sets his sights on can't escape, just like me!"

"I even suspect that I was forced to go to sea with him because of his protagonist aura..."

"Protagonist halo?" Zoro said he didn't understand what Red was talking about.

But Crimson waved his hand dismissively and said nonchalantly, "Don't worry about those details."

"Anyway, you're about to be blacklisted by the Navy, so even if you don't become a pirate, things won't be much better for you."

"Come with us!"

"The small East China Sea is really limiting your development!"

"Come sail with us to the Grand Line and see the real world!!!"