Pirate: I am King Luffy

"Luffy was reincarnated like a starving ghost today." Uta was eating breakfast and couldn't help but comment on how Luffy was eating. She handed the orange juice in her hand to Luffy, "No, slow down."

"Hmm..." Luffy nodded and drank another 700 milliliters of orange juice.

This is no longer just eating, but filling the stomach with food.

"That's exaggerated. He must have eaten at least 400 kilograms of food, right?" Nojigo thought about Luffy recklessly using Life Return on the ship.

"We're almost done eating, let's pack some desserts."

Luffy covered his mouth while chewing and spoke incoherently. After he swallowed the food, his stomach bulged slightly, then began to shrink and became flat.

Actually, I wasn’t full, I just filled my stomach a little and could eat the rest slowly while on the way.

Weiwei ordered a large sand car. She turned the clockwork key and the vehicle started moving.

After several years of development, sand carts have gradually been given a lot of fancy features without affecting their performance, such as painting, changing materials, and making their functions more cool and stylish.

After leaving the city and entering the desert, the wheels of the sand cart moved up, revealing the boat-shaped bottom, the sails spread, and it flew out with a whoosh.

In addition to them, there are many sand carts sailing in the desert, big or small. Such means of transportation have become a part of the lives of the people of Alabasta.

"That's great~" Uta said, "Luffy's invention is used by so many people."

Speaking of this, Vivi also became happy, "Yeah, once Luffy's improved sand boat was promoted, many people liked it, and some people even held competitions in the sand... Alabasta relied on this to narrow the gap between regions."

"Then Luffy should have a lot of money now, right?" Nami's eyes lit up and she asked subconsciously.

But after asking this question, I felt a little bad about it.

"Yeah, that's right, I should have told you a year ago, I forgot!"

Weiwei clapped her hands and then remembered the information she had missed.

"Huh? A year ago?" Uta was curious.

"It was the day when I met you again. I was going to tell you that Luffy made a lot of money, and my piggy bank also increased. But I was so happy that I forgot about it..." Vivi tapped her head and said in a hey voice.

"Oh, you are so happy to treat me." Uta remembered.

"Because the royal family is the agent for Luffy's product promotion, we have collected part of the fees. As for Luffy's money, just go to the bank in Aruba to withdraw it. It's all deposited for you. There are tens of billions!"

"How many tens of billions?"

"Luffy is too happy, making money without doing anything. This is not right..." Nami's eyes subconsciously turned into the shape of Bailey, and she remembered with horror the promises she had made with Luffy.

This is not happiness, it is his own nightmare. Luffy will no longer have any restrictions.

Those restrictions, in themselves, restrained my feelings for Luffy, but now they are gone——

Nami thought with some fear.

"There are... 150 billion in assets, right?" Weiwei said uncertainly, "I heard dad and the others say that before."

"Seize the young master?"

Nami's eyes turned into Bailey's shape again, she grabbed Vivi's neck and leaned closer to ask.

"Fifteen...fifteen billion, but I don't know now. After all, something happened in Alabasta."

Weiwei said uncertainly.

It's the end of the month, I'll still ask for some monthly tickets...

(End of this chapter)

268. Chapter 267 Sandstorm

268.

2023-11-12

"Fifteen...fifteen billion!!!"

The girls' cries of disbelief rang out from the spacious sand cart.

Nami, Nojiko and Kuina were very shocked. Needless to say, Nami and her sisters knew that the prices in Kokoyasi Village were as low as between ten and one thousand Beli, and they would have to save for a long time to buy Beli at the ten thousand level.

As for Kuina, although Shimotsuki Village is poor, she does not worry about the most basic material needs.

She was shocked because the village forged knives, which made her understand the price of a knife to some extent, and was shocked by Luffy's figure. He could buy a lot of good swords, even swords of the level of Wado Ichimonji, if someone was willing to sell them.

Just like Devil Fruits, they can be bought, provided there is someone willing to sell them.

Uta and Tashigi were simply shocked.

These two are young ladies from wealthy classes and have no worries about food and drink.

Uta was shocked because Luffy's wealth has surpassed that of the Four Emperors.

Dasqi simply marveled that Luffy was rich. As long as she did not retire, the navy would not have to worry about food and drink. Of course, if you want to have better material needs, the monthly salary of a navy soldier is still not enough and you have to climb up the ranks. .

Vivi had already been surprised by Luffy's savings, so she was not surprised at all at this moment. She just smiled and watched the shocked expressions of the other girls.

Luffy was not surprised at all. He looked at the girls' surprised expressions and sighed deeply:

"Why are you so surprised? Alabasta is a super populous country after all, and it has the support of a reputable royal family. It's natural for me to have so much money, right?" Luffy said, and even felt that this amount of money was a bit too little.

A royal background, outstanding products, strong demand from the middle class, and a large enough population, these factors combined are enough to make him an oligarch.

"Luffy, if a third-rate pirate robs you, they can just retire and spend all their money in several lifetimes!" Uta reminded him of the concept of this number.

"Well... that's it." Luffy thought of the jokes about rich people he had seen before:

Robbers kidnapped a rich man. The rich man was almost scared to tears and said, "I will agree to any request you make." So the robbers demanded half a million dollars. The rich man was shocked - he never thought that the other party would kidnap him for such a small amount of money.

"You guys, don't underestimate the money-printing power brought by commercial trade." Luffy said.

"You're so worthless, you're my crew member after all!"

"Can you learn from me? I have never been interested in money and have never touched money..."

Before Luffy could finish his words, Nami punched him.

"I don't know why, but I just want to beat you up!" Nami clenched her fists, "What you just said was so infuriating!"

Uta agreed, "That's right, Luffy deserves a beating for what he said!"

Nami looked at her fist in ecstasy. Is this what it felt like to beat up a billionaire?

So cool——

Throw a few more punches!

Nami gave Luffy another bang bang.

"I'm really... I'm so sorry..."

Luffy, who was attacked by the girls, raised his hands in surrender.

The girls' giggles echoed across the desert.

Uta licked his lips and swallowed, "Luffy...don't be a bad boy. Don't say such things again."

The vehicle sped across the sand, occasionally climbing up huge sand dunes three or four hundred meters high. Guina looked at the scenery in the desert curiously. She could see huge crabs carrying furniture on their tops, running towards another city at a very fast speed.

These strange large creatures have extremely high speeds, almost as fast as cars.

Kuina soon got tired of the endless yellow sand. She didn't encounter any danger along the way because Luffy would occasionally use his domineering aura to scare away the huge monsters hidden deep in the sand.

Those monsters had no intention of offending the dignity of a king, so the car passed by calmly.

I heard from Weiwei that there are some people who are addicted to sand carts and they hold high-speed racing competitions in the sand, and there are casualties from time to time.

"How long will it take us to get there?"

Kuina asked curiously, this is completely a huge piece of land, not an island.

Places closer to Australia would be even larger than that. Only such a vast continent could accommodate the activities of giant beasts that are 20 to 30 meters in size.

"It's much faster than before, but the speed will decrease due to the wind. At the current speed, it will take about three to four hours to reach Aruba." Weiwei said after looking at the speedometer.

"It's a bit boring to just sit here..." Kuina leaned back in her chair and thought about Uta's power again.

"Uta, help me!" Her eyes were blazing and she was burning with fire as she thought of a way to pass the time.

“Hmm…” Uta nodded and sang the pleasant song again.

Luffy sat in the last row. The space behind him was filled with food. He never stopped eating.

"Is there anyone else who wants to go in and play?" Uta asked.

"I'll go in too. I want to take a look at the books in Alabasta." Nami said, and Nokiko and others followed her in.

Vivi is the guide, responsible for showing the way. She sits in the driver's seat and drives the car. Luffy uses his domineering aura to escort her and is also awake, so now there are only three people in the car who remain conscious, while the rest have all entered the dream world accompanied by the singing.

"Luffy is so hungry today." Uta turned around and looked at Luffy and said.

"Uta, do you want to eat something? This is delicious..." Luffy tore off the sugar coating of a chocolate bar and handed it to Uta.

Luffy was in a good mood because he was enjoying the food.

"Not too sweet," said Uta.

The girl reached out and tucked her hanging hair behind her ears. Then she turned around and knelt on the chair. She stretched her neck forward, slightly opened her cherry-colored lips and slowly moved closer to the candy.

The soft cherry pink tongue poked out from the mouth, touched the candy with heat, tested the sugar content, and then rolled the candy into the cavity and held it.

Uta was wearing a loose white V-neck shirt. Her action made the wide open collar reveal a piece of snow-white. On her smooth and slender swan neck was a beautiful gold heart necklace. Because of this action, the heart hanging in the air swayed.

There were two buttons on the collar, but Uta didn't button them up properly, so Luffy could see the beautiful collarbone and the slightly raised soft white flesh.

"It's delicious..." Uta nodded.

Luffy's throat rolled over, and he didn't dare to look at her turned away eyes. Uta was so pure and attractive like this.

Uta crossed his hands on the chair and put his head on them, looking at Luffy's shy expression with amusement.

There was still a section of the chocolate bar sticking out of the lips, moving up and down from time to time.

Vivi suddenly braked, and Uta was caught off guard and flew out with the huge inertia. Luffy subconsciously caught her shoulder, and one end of the chocolate bar was just within reach.

Luffy couldn't hold back any longer, glanced at the very annoyed Vivi, and took a bite of the chocolate bar. Uta was a little afraid of being discovered by Vivi, so he supported Luffy's shoulder with one hand, quickly exchanged the taste, and then stepped back.

"Biker gang!"

Weiwei slammed the steering wheel in annoyance, watching her peers riding personal sand carts at high speed and howling.

They were driving single-person sand buggies and jumped out from behind the sand dunes, which was completely unexpected and could easily have caused them to collide with each other and cause accidents.

The king's power does not extend to the desert. It is an uninhabited area and there is no law to protect it. This is the case even in modern society, let alone the society here.

Vivi continued to drive the sand cart forward. Luffy took a bottle of orange juice from the refrigerator and put it on Uta's red face. She screamed and looked at the boy who had successfully played a prank.

"Luffy--"

"Uta looks very hot, so I'm kind enough to help you cool down." Luffy said with a smile.

The car drove forward for an hour. Weiwei looked at the huge yellow body gathering in the sky ahead, which looked like the body of some giant beast. She hurriedly stopped the car and folded the sails.

“It’s a good day!”

Weiwei said that after making sure that all the windows were sealed, they began to wait for the sandstorm to come.

"This is a sandstorm..." It was the first time for Uta and Luffy to see such a powerful natural disaster in the desert.

The turbid yellow giant had a clear boundary line lying in front of them. It was crawling towards them, devouring everything in its path bit by bit.

When the sandstorm approached, Luffy felt like he had entered the belly of a monster. Yellow particles hit the glass windows, making a rattling sound, and sand continued to cover the large sand truck.

"Wow... the visibility is only about three meters. It must be a very strong sandstorm, right?" Luffy thought about the levels of sandstorms he had seen before.

The weather phenomenon with horizontal visibility less than 500 meters is called a strong sandstorm, and the visibility is only about three meters. Once you are swallowed by it, you can only hear the howling of the wind, which is very terrifying.

"Strong winds will carry fine sand and dust, destroying buildings and public facilities, causing the death of people and livestock, and will also cause farmland, canals, villages, grasslands, etc. to be buried by large amounts of quicksand in the form of wind and sand flows..."

Weiwei put her hands on the steering wheel and watched the sand pile up to more than one meter high, submerging most of the sand truck. The car doors could not be opened, and some fine sand would fall into the car through the gaps.

Uta had to cover her chest with it, button her shirt up, and broadcast the scene live to the people in the dream.

"The sandstorms in the past were not so terrible. Now they are getting stronger and stronger. They will directly cause heavy damage to the oasis area!"

This is what is called a natural disaster, which can easily strike a province or city.

Luffy looked at the endless yellow sand that completely covered the car. The interior space of the car was more than three meters high, which was designed taking into account that some people would grow very tall.

However, the yellow sand easily buried the sand truck and even continued to increase its height.