"who do you mean you want to arrest, Coby?!".
Alvida shouted angrily.
"Alvida...Alvida-sama i...i" Coby said with a trembling voice and a scared expression.
"Do You think you can escape from me Coby?!".
Alvida said angrily then looked at Luffy and Naruto and said, " are these the ones you want to use to catch me? Neither of you look like Roronoa Zoro."
Alvida said with extreme disdain. Then she looked at the scared Coby and said, "Anyway, before you die, Coby, I want to ask you, who is the most beautiful woman in all the seas, Coby?!"
"Who is this impudent woman?" Luffy pointed at Alvida and asked Coby.
"What?!"
All of Alvida's pirates were shocked and looked at Luffy in shock. "Hey, Coby, who is this old hag?" Naruto turned to Coby and asked him with a frozen expression.
Silence fell in the place when Naruto and Luffy finished speaking.
A vein popped out on Alvida's forehead from the intensity of the anger she felt, then she shouted, "Die, you gran!!".
Then she raised her iron truncheon and hit Luffy and Naruto with it.
Luffy grabbed Coby then jumped over the blow and got out of the hole Alvida made in the ceiling.
Naruto simply did the substitution jutsu and followed Luffy.
"Oh no that's too bad Alvida-sama is going to kill us!" Coby said with great fear.
"Hey Coby why are you trembling in fear before that ugly woman? aren't you want is to become a marine?" Luffy asked Coby with a small smile on his face.
"Ah that's right I want to be a marine!" Coby's eyes widened and he thought.
Meanwhile Alvida climbed onto the deck of the ship and her crew gathered behind her.
"A marine? You're Coby? Don't make me laugh!" Alvida said sarcastically while looking at Coby with contempt.
"Hey! You ugly woman! Coby is going to fulfill his dream and become a marine and capture you!. Believe it!" Naruto shouted at Alvida excitedly.
"Shut up you brat!" Alvida shouted angrily at Naruto then looked at Coby with extreme contempt and said, "Tell me Coby, who is the most beautiful woman in all the seas? Tell me and maybe I will spare your life."
Hahahahaha!
"You… You…" Coby stammered then remembered Luffy's words.
"this is my dream so I don't mind if I die for it".
"Alvida-sama you… are the ugliest woman in the whole world!" Coby shouted at the top of his lungs as tears streamed down his face.
"Hahahahaha!
Well done Coby!"
Naruto and Luffy laughed heartily at Coby's words. Alvida's face darkened then she shouted angrily "I will kill you you bastard!". Alvida ran towards Luffy, Naruto and Coby.
She raised her iron truncheon above her head.
"It is Uzumaki Naruto's time to shine!" Naruto shouted excitedly and performed a seal with his hands.
"Stop it Naruto! Leave it to me." Luffy stepped forward and said to Naruto.
"Tch it's not fair! But I will handle the next enemy. Do you hear me, Luffy?" Naruto said in annoyance.
Luffy smiled then said "okay".
"Aaahhhh! Die!".
Alvida shouted angrily and hit Luffy on the head. Bong! The metal hit Luffy's head with a loud sound.
"Luffy-san!".
Coby shouted in panic and worry.
"Don't worry Coby, this won't stop Luffy". Naruto said in a monotone voice. Coby looked at Naruto in surprise then looked at Luffy who was standing as if nothing happened.
"What do you think my truncheon tastes like?"
Hahahahaha.
Alvida laughed arrogantly thinking that she won the battle.
"Hehehe"
"This won't work on me". Luffy smiled and said in a sarcastic voice.
"Huh? What?" Alvida was surprised and looked at Luffy in shock. Luffy lifted his head slightly and looked at Alvida and said "because I'm made of rubber".
"Rubb... Rubber?" Alvida backed away and looked at Luffy in shock as no man has been able to stand up after being hit by her before.
"Now it's my turn! Gomu Gomu no" Luffy said with a grinning expression then his hand stretched back.
What?!
His hand stretched!
What is this monster!
Alvida's crew screamed in fear and looked at Luffy in shock.
Luffy then pulled his hand forward forcefully and shouted
"PISTOL!"
Luffy's fist slammed into Alvida's fat belly hard.
Aaaahhhh!
Alvida screamed in pain then flew away in the air.
"Alvida-sama!!".
Alvida's crew screamed in fear as they looked at the flying Alvida. Then they looked at Luffy with shock and fear. Luffy stood up and pointed at them and said with a serious expression, "Prepare a boat for Coby, he wants to join the navy so get out of his way!"
"Ye..Yes Sir!!" Alvida's crew said with extreme fear.
"Hehehe".
Luffy smiled and laughed cheerfully.
"Luffy-san thank you!".
Tears streaming down Coby's face and said in an excited voice.
Naruto smiled at Coby and put his arms behind his head and said, "Don't be afraid Coby, from today on we will help you achieve your dream because you are our friend!. Believe it!!".
"Seriously.. Your friend?" Coby said with emotion as he looked at Naruto then wiped his tears and said "Thank you! Thank you guys!".
Luffy gave Coby a wide smile and said "You're welcome!"
----------------------------------------------------
After a while, Alvida's crew prepared a small boat and some supplies for Luffy, Naruto, and Coby. Then the three of them started sailing in the sea.
Coby looked at Luffy who was eating and Naruto who was looking at the sea while rowing the boat.
Then he said, "By the way, Luffy-san, did you eat a Devil Fruit?".
"Yes, I ate the Rubber Fruit and became a Rubber Man." Luffy answered Coby while eating, then he grabbed his cheek and stretched it.
"Wow, that's really amazing. Before this day, I didn't know Devil Fruits were real!" Coby said with a surprised expression.
"By the way, Coby, who is Roronoa Zoro?" Naruto asked Coby while trying to touch the sea surface with his hand.
"Roronoa Zoro? Who is that?" Luffy said with surprise while looking at Naruto. Naruto sat down in the boat well and stopped playing with the sea water then said, "I don't know. I heard Alvida mention his name."
Then Luffy and Naruto looked at Coby and said, "Do you know him, Coby?"
Coby swallowed nervously and said, "Yes, he is a pirate hunter known throughout the East Blue."
"Pirate hunter? Is he strong?".
Luffy said with a deadpan expression.
"Yes, he is very strong! And all the pirates in the East Blue are terrified by his name! Rumor has it that he is a cold-blooded demon with no mercy in his heart, roaming the seas looking for prey to hunt!" Coby said with great fear as sweat poured from his head.
"Wow, he really seems to be a strong person." Naruto said with a surprised voice.
Luffy smiled and said, "That's great! If he's good, I'll ask him to join my crew!"
"I really don't know, Luffy. What if he turns out to be evil and cruel?" Naruto said to Luffy with a puzzled expression.
Luffy smiled and said, "We won't know unless we see for ourselves, Naruto."
Naruto shrugged and said, "Okay, you're the captain."
He then relaxed in the boat and closed his eyes, but opened them forcefully when he heard Coby scream.
"What?! You're dreaming again! You can't. He's like a monster!.
"We can't be sure yet".
"It won't do any good!" And so the small boat set sail towards the marine base.
------------------------------------
"Oh we're finally here! You're awesome Coby!" Naruto shouted excitedly as this was his first time traveling across the open ocean and moving between islands.
"Oh we've actually reached our destination!" Luffy said with a smiling expression.
"Of course those are basic navigational skills every sailor should possess." Coby answered Luffy as he adjusted his goggles. "If you just wander aimlessly at sea every time you'll never make it as a pirate. You should find a good navigator."
Okay!! Time for food!" Luffy replied and then walked towards the restaurant.
"Ah the food was really delicious!" Luffy patted his belly and said happily.
"Tsk, tsk, talk about your self they don't have ramen here either". Naruto said with annoyance.
"Okay.. i think it's time to each one of us go to his own path Coby". Luffy said with a smile to Coby.
" Okay then, thank you both so much Luffy-san Naruto-san I will never forget your favor as long as I live." Coby said excitedly while wiping his tears.
"I wonder if the marines still have Zoro?" Naruto asked with a puzzled expression. The restaurant turned upside down when Naruto said Zoro's name and the people trembled with fear.
"Looks like Zoro's name is forbidden here."
Coby said to Naruto in a low voice. Naruto nodded and said nothing.
"I saw an ad on the street a while ago. There's a Lieutenant named Morgan at the marine base." Coby explained to Luffy and Naruto but as soon as he said the words the restaurant turned upside down and the customers trembled with fear again.
"Hahahahahaha!".
"What an interesting restaurant. I must visit it again." Luffy laughed heartily at what happened earlier as he, Naruto and Coby walked towards the marine base.
"I wonder why people were afraid of the name Morgan's Lieutenant? I understand why they're afraid of Zoro, but why are they afraid of a marine lieutenant?" Coby asked with a puzzled expression.
Luffy shrugged and said, "Maybe he did something bad".
"That's impossible!"
"I'm serious".
"Ahhh! I don't understand anything! Are pirates the bad guys and the marines the good guys? Or what? And what is the marines even? Is it some kind of inter-island police?" Naruto said with annoyance while scratching his head.
"Hmm? What's the police? Is it food?". Luffy asked Naruto with a puzzled expression.
"What? How do you not know what the marines are, Naruto? Where did you really come from? Was your village that isolated?" Coby asked Naruto with great surprise.
Naruto opened his mouth and was about to reply but Luffy's voice interrupted him.
"We're here!".
Naruto turned to Luffy and looked in the direction Luffy was looking and then found the marine base, which was two large conical buildings, a large courtyard and a large gate that said marines.
"Is this the marine base? It looks very ugly". Naruto said with a surprised voice.
"Whoosh!, Let's go and look for Zoro!," Luffy said excitedly, then headed towards the base's wall. Naruto followed Luffy but found Coby standing in his place. He then said,
"Huh? What's up Coby? Aren't you coming?".
"No... No, you two go by yourselves. I'm still scared of Zoro, and the restaurant incident worries me too".
"Fine." Naruto shrugged, then climbed the wall with Luffy. They looked at a base and found a large empty courtyard. There was another courtyard as well, and in it was a strangely shaped pillar. It looked like someone was tied to the pillar.
"A monster... I wonder where it is?" Luffy said as he scanned the area. "Maybe it's inside the base?" Naruto suggested to Luffy while looking inside the base in confusion.
"No, I saw something there," Luffy said to Naruto, then he climbed down from the wall and went to the other side. Naruto jumped and stood on the edge of the wall and simply followed Luffy.
"Luffy-san, Naruto-san. I don't think you two will find him that fast. He's definitely locked in a secret cell. Or maybe he's locked in...".
"We found him."
Naruto interrupted Coby and said simply.
"What?! Let me see!".
Coby said in surprise then climbed the fence and looked inside the base. He saw a scene of a large wooden pole placed in the middle of the yard and there was a person wearing green pants, a white shirt, and a black veil over his head. There was a cloth wrapped around his waist, and ropes tying him to the pole. The person was badly injured and it was clear he had been beaten and starved severely.
The person looked up with a scary look at Naruto, Luffy, and Coby and said nothing.
"Aaahhhh!"
Coby screamed in fear and fell to the ground.
"What's wrong with you?" Luffy asked with a puzzled expression.
"That black bandana, that cloth wrapped around his waist, and that hidden aura, it's him! It's Roronoa Zoro!".
"So this is Zoro, huh? It seems these ropes are weak and easy to untie". Luffy said in a monotone voice.
"What?! Don't you dare do that!! If you untie him, he'll wreak havoc in the village, kill the people, and even kill you!". Coby shouted at Luffy in fear.
Luffy smiled and replied, "No, he can't kill me because I'm strong too!". Naruto smiled at Luffy's words and said, "Yes, and he can't withstand my Rasengan either!"
"Rasengan? What is that?" Coby asked Naruto in surprise.
Naruto smiled and said, "It's a very powerful jutsu taught to me by Jiraiya-sensei!"
"Huh? Jutsu? Who is that kids?" Zoro thought in confusion then said in a cold voice "Hey you guys! What are you doing there? Leave quickly before I get angry".
"Let's leave… Let's leave quickly before he gets angry, Luffy-san".
"What are you afraid of, Coby? He can't even move." Luffy said simply.
"You're really a coward, Coby." Naruto continued with an annoyed expression.
"Thck, tick."
At that moment, they heard a strange sound. The three of them turned to the source of the sound then found a little girl put a ladder on the wall then climbed it and came down from the other side.
"Hey! What are you doing?! Come here it might be dangerous!" Coby shouted worriedly at the girl. But the girl didn't care and started walking towards Zoro.
Coby turned to Luffy and said worriedly, "Luffy-san go and stop her or you'll be killed!"
"Do it yourself!" Luffy replied simply.
"Don't be afraid, Coby. If Zoro tries to hurt that girl, I'll defeat him. Believe it!". Naruto said to Zoro with a smiling expression.
Zoro looked at Naruto and ignored his words, then looked at the girl and said, "Hey, what are you doing here? Leave quickly or I'll kill you!".
The girl smiled and said, "Hello, Ani-san. I made you rice balls. You haven't eaten for a long time, right?" The girl said to Zoro with a big smile on her face and held out the rice balls in her hand towards Zoro.
"I'm not hungry. Get out of here quickly!" Zoro shouted angrily at the girl.
"But... but i really worked hard to make them for you" the girl said with worry.
"I don't want them!! Leave me alone!!".
"Damn that Zoro is so cruel to the little girl!" Naruto said with an angry expression.
As for Luffy, he looked at the scene without any emotion.
"Roronoa Zoro, don't bother the children or I'll report you to father!".
At that moment, a new voice was heard somewhere. Everyone turned to the source of the voice and found a blond young man with a big head, wearing a fancy suit, walking with a swagger and a sarcastic, arrogant smile on his face.
" Another strange person appeared". Luffy said in a monotone voice.
"He must be someone important in the marines... Thank God the girl will be safe now." Coby sighed in relief.
"Damn, the bastard Lieutenant's son is here!" Zoro said in a sarcastic voice.
"Bastard? Don't be so cocky. My father is a Lieutenant in the Marines!" Helmeppo said annoyed to Zoro.
Then he looked at the girl and said "Hello little girl. These rice balls look a bit squishy. Give them to me." Helmeppo took one of the rice balls when he finished speaking and took a bite of it.
"Ah! Stop!" the girl said indignantly.
"Pooh,! Bah!, What the hell! You added too much sugar to it! You should have added salt instead of sugar!". Helmeppo shouted angrily at the little girl.
The girl lowered her head and said in a trembling voice "But… But I thought they would be better with sugar".
"Give me these!" Helmeppo said angrily and took the rice balls then threw them on the ground and stomped on them.
"That bastard!! What is he doing!!" Naruto said angrily while watching the girl begging Helmeppo to stop. The girl knelt in front of the destroyed rice balls and cried and said "I… I put a lot of effort into making these".
Helmeppo smirked and said "Don't worry the bugs will eat them now and that was your fault for walking into the marines headquarters and trying to help the prisoner didn't you read the sign?".
Helmeppo pointed to a sign near the entrance of the base and continued "it said anyone who helps the prisoner will be arrested on the same charge as the prisoner. Lieutenant Morgan".
Helmeppo then knelt in front of the girl and grabbed her face and said "You know my father is very scary right? If you were an adult he would have executed you on the spot".
Then he turned to one of the soldiers who were with him and said "Hey you! Throw the girl out".
"Yes, Sir!!". The marine shoulder said with discipline, and without hesitation, he grabbed the little girl and threw her in the air with force.
"That bastard!!".
Naruto shouted angrily then jumped in the air and caught the girl before she fell to the ground. But he fell outside the base's fence with the girl in his arms as a result.
Naruto got up and helped the poor girl up then asked her, "Are you okay, girl?"
"Um, thank you, Onii-san." The girl said in a low voice with tears filling her eyes.
"Those bastards, I'll show them!".
Naruto clenched his fists and said with extreme anger. "Slow down, Naruto!. You can't attack the marine base like this. You'll become a criminal!!". Coby said to Naruto with a nervous voice as he raised his hand in the air in front of him.
"Criminal?! Is this where you aspire to go, Coby?!! A place filled with such bastards! If there is a criminal here, it's that arrogant, emotionless boy, and his stupids shoulders!". Naruto said to Coby with explosive anger.
Coby was silent and looked at Naruto with shock and was speechless.
Meanwhile, Helmeppo and his group had already left the place after Helmeppo hit Zoro several times and spat in his face. Zoro looked at Helmeppo angrily and told him to keep his promise for when the time comes. Helmeppo sarcastically replied that he would keep it if he could survive the whole month like this.
Naruto pushed past Coby and jumped over the wall angrily. But Helmeppo didn't be there, only Luffy stood in front of Zoro.
"Huh? Did that bastard really leave? Next time I see him I'll smash his head in!". Naruto walked over and stood next to Luffy and said angrily.
Zoro looked at Naruto and Luffy and said "huh? Are you guys still here already? Leave quickly before he comes back and tells his father."
"If that arrogant bastard comes back here I'll break his head!. Believe it!" Naruto said to Zoro with an angry expression.
Zoro looked at Naruto and said "Aren't you afraid of the Marines and his lieutenant father?"
"If his father comes I'll break his head too!. Believe it!" Naruto answered Zoro excitedly. Zoro smiled and said "You're brave boy. What's your name?"
"I'm Uzumaki Naruto. The man who will become the Hokage!".
"Hmm? Hokage what is that?" Zoro asked confused. Naruto smiled and said "The Hokage is the leader and protector of the ninja village and he is the strongest ninja in the village!!".
"Ninja village? You mean there's an entire village of ninja?".
"Yes, which is, my homeland and where I grew up, the Hidden Leaf Village, Konoha!!".
"Hahahahaha!!!".
Zoro laughed loudly when Naruto finished speaking then said "Listen to me boy this is not the place to play childish and imaginary games you look like a young boy why don't you go home and sleep in your mother's arms?".
Naruto puffed his cheeks angrily and said "I don't play I'm a shinobi from Konoha!. Believe it!". Then Naruto pointed to his metal forehead protector and said, "Do you see this protector? It's a symbol that I'm a shinobi!. Believe it!"
"No, kid i don't believe you, and what's up with that, Believe it? At the end of your sentences don't you know how to talk?" Zoro asked confused.
"I know how to talk well! I even succeeded in turning my enemies into my friends with my talk jutsu. Believe it!".
Zoro sighed tiredly then said "Okay I believe you now, can you tell me what you want from me?".
Luffy smiled and said "I'm looking for strong people to join my pirate crew".
"Pirates? Heh you must have lost hope in life to become a criminal huh?" Zoro asked with contempt.
Luffy looked at Zoro sharply and said "It's my dream! There's nothing wrong with being a pirate!".
"Hmm? Don't tell me you're going to free me and then force me to join you?" Zoro asked Luffy with an amused expression.
Luffy grabbed his hat and said " I haven't decided yet since everyone thinks you're a bad guy".
"Bad guy huh? I'll never join you because there's something I need to take care of first!! I can survive even if you don't help me!! All I have to do is survive for a month. That bastard promised me he'll free me after that". Zoro said to Luffy with determination and resolve. Then smiled and said "I will do my best to survive, then I will achieve my dream!".
Luffy looked at Zoro and said "Really? If I were you I'd die of hunger within a week".
"That's why we're different. Go find someone else to join you!".
"Let's go Luffy we're just wasting our time he doesn't want to join us". Naruto said to Luffy with a bored expression while putting his hands behind his head.
Luffy turned and was about to go but stopped when he heard Zoro.
"Hey! Wait".
"Huh? What's up?" Luffy turned to Zoro and asked confused.
Zoro looked at the mashed rice ball that Helmeppo had stepped on and said, "Can you give it to me?".
Luffy held up the rice ball and said, "Huh? You want to eat this? But it's full of slime".
"Shut up, and feed it to me!" Zoro said impatiently and opened his mouth wide.
Luffy shrugged and said, "Well I guess you have no choice since you're hungry." Then he threw the mashed rice into Zoro's mouth.
Zoro swallowed hard and started panting heavily.
Naruto looked at Zoro in confusion and said, "What's wrong? Do you want to kill yourself?".
Zoro panted heavily and said, "Listen to me well. You two, I want you to tell that little girl...
"Huh? What should we tell her?" Luffy asked with a puzzled expression. Zoro raised his head and smiled.
"Tell her the rice balls were delicious. Thank you very much."
"Hehehe, Okay." Luffy laughed and said simply.
"Oh?! You ate that rotten ball just for the girl? You're a real gentleman, Zoro! You've earned my respect. Believe it!" Naruto said with a smile and gave Zoro a thumbs up.
-------------------------------------------------------
"Really?!"
"Yes, he ate it all!"
"He's a real gentleman!"
At that moment, Luffy and Naruto were talking to the little girl they knew as Rikka inside her mother's restaurant and telling her about how Zoro ate her food.
"Is he really as bad as the rumors say?" Coby said in a puzzled voice as he adjusted his glasses.
Rikka turned to Coby and said, "Anee-san didn't do anything! The villagers are just scared of him. He got arrested because of me. He killed a wolf, Helmeppo's pet, because Helmeppo let his wolf loose and it scared the people".
"So what you mean is... Zoro got arrested just because he killed Helmeppo's wolf?" Luffy asked Recca in confusion.
"Yes. I knew it! Morgan and his men are the bad guys!" Naruto said angrily.
Rikka's mother who was washing the dishes nodded and said, "Actually, at the end of every month, Lieutenant Morgan takes our monthly taxes under the pretext of donations to the government. Anyone who doesn't pay the taxes will be severely punished and imprisoned. His son Helmeppo is spreading corruption in the city, beating and humiliating anyone he can control. Anyone who disobeys his orders will be executed, so everyone is afraid of him".
"This... This is impossible!!".
Coby stood up and shouted angrily, then stepped forward and said angrily, "This is not what the Marines do!! The Marines' duty is to protect innocent civilians from pirates!! Their duty is to save lives!! Not take them!!".
Rikka stood up violently and shouted at Coby, "But this is what is happening on this island!!!".
Coby was astonished and looked at Rikka, who had tears streaming down her cheeks. Rika gasped and said with intense hatred and malice, "Morgan and his followers are taking everything from us by force! Anyone who disobeys him will die!"
"One day it was my father's turn to pay the monthly tax but he didn't have the money because everyone stopped buying from our restaurant after they were bankrupted by Morgan!. Then Morgan arrested him and... executed him in front of the entire village!!!".
Tears streamed down Rikka's eyes like a waterfall and then she ran out of the restaurant forcefully.
"Rikka, come back here!!" Rikka's mother shouted worriedly but to no avail. Rikka's mother sighed worriedly and then said, "Please excuse my daughter, she loved her father very much."
Luffy was silent and did not speak, his facial expressions covered by his hat. Naruto's was trembling violently and felt incredibly angry. As for Coby, he fell to the ground from the shock of the information and the truth hit him like a truck.
"But... but this is not supposed to be done by the Marines".
Coby said with a trembling voice then got up and looked at Rikka's mother with tears gathering in his eyes and shouted, "Please... please tell me this is a lie, miss!!!. Please tell me that the Marines are protectors who defend justice and innocent civilians!! And protect them from injustice and tyranny, not to do it!!!".
Coby screamed in sadness and anger as tears welled up in his eyes as his view of the world and the Marines was shattered. He felt like what he believed in disappeared into thin air and his dream became worthless.
Rikka's mom looked at Coby and said, "I'm sorry Coby, but it's the truth."
Coby fell silent and fell to the ground heavily. Luffy looked at Coby with a frozen expression, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Oi Luffy!"
At that moment, Naruto called out for Luffy. Luffy turned to Naruto and found that his friend's expression was distorted with anger and his irises had changed, they were long like predators, but his eyes were still blue.
"What's wrong, Naruto?".
Luffy asked his companion in a monotone voice.
"I'm going to kick Morgan's ass, do you mind?".
Naruto said slowly and with great anger.
Luffy looked at Naruto and said, "No".
"What? kick Morgan's ass?!, Stop saying such things Naruto! If the wrong people hear you, you'll die!".
Naruto looked at Rikka's mother. Rikka's mother gasped at Naruto's eyes and stopped breathing for a moment.
"I will eliminate him and rid this village of his evil and avenge Rikka's father. That's a promise".
Naruto said slowly and firmly.
Rikka's mother was silent and didn't know what to say. At that moment, Helmeppo, accompanied by several armed marines, stormed into the restaurant and shouted,
"Hey, waitress, give us something to drink!!".
Then he sat down with arrogance and put his foot on the table, then smiled a wide and obscene smile when he looked at Rikka's mother and said, "Oh, why don't you look at this? There was such beauty hiding right under our noses and we didn't know about it. Hey, waitress, how about serving us with your body after you serve us food? Don't be afraid, we'll give you a lot of money!!".
"Hahahahaha!!".
Helmeppo and his soldiers laughed loudly when he finished speaking. Rikka's mother gasped and stepped back in fear.
Helmeppo smirked and said, "This village is full of idiots, including that poor idiot Zoro! He thinks that I will let him go after a month! But he doesn't know that I will kill him after three days in front of the village to make an example of all the villagers!".
"Hahahahahaha!".
Luffy stood up and said, "Three days? Didn't you say you would give him a month?".
"Huh?"
Helmeppo looked at Luffy with annoyance and said, "And who are you, you impudent fool?"
"Answer the question". Luffy said coldly and seriously.
Helmeppo smirked, and said "fine if you're so ager to know, the truth is, it was a trick, of course, only an idiot would believe that!".
"Hahahahaha!!".
At this moment, one of the soldiers walked up to Kira's mother with an obscene expression and extended his hand to her and said, "Hey, come here beautiful, let me enjoy you a little!".
Coby trembled violently at the scene and angrily stood up and punched the soldier in the face. The soldier fell hard to the ground, blood gushing from his mouth.
"You idiot!! You're a marine! How could you say and do such things!!".
Coby shouted with extreme anger as tears streamed down his face nonstop.
"Huh? How dare you?! Kill him!!".
Helmeppo shouted angrily. The other marines raised their weapons and pointed them at Coby. But before they could open fire, several shuriken pierced their hands, making them drop their weapons.
Ahhh!!
My hands!!
The marines screamed in pain and held their hands in pain.
"None of you will do anything from now on".
A cold voice was heard in the place. The marines turned to the source of the voice and found Naruto standing on the table with an angry expression and several shuriken in his hand.
Helmeppo got up angrily, but before he could react or speak, Luffy grabbed him, and punched him hard on his face. Helmeppo fell to the ground hard, blood spurted from his mouth and his teeth flew in the air. Naruto then walked over and kicked him hard in the face.
"Boom!"
Helmeppo flew hard and crashed into the window. The window broke and Helmeppo fell unconscious outside the restaurant.
"This is for Rikka-shimai's food".
Naruto said coldly while looking at Helmeppo angrily.
"Helmeppo-sama!!".
The soldiers screamed in worry and ran to Helmeppo, then grabbed him and ran towards the marine base.
"Oi Naruto!".
Luffy called his comrade and said "I want to add Zoro to our crew, do you mind?".
Naruto tightened his metal headband on his head and said
"No, Captain".
"Good, let's head to the marine base". Luffy said coldly, his face was full of absolute anger.
"Let's go!!".
Naruto answered with the same anger and followed his captain.
Then the two of them walked towards the base with slow steps.