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6.59% One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! / Chapter 23: Chapter 22 - Syrup Village 01.

Chapter 23: Chapter 22 - Syrup Village 01.

[Chapter Size: 1074 Words.]

Third Person POV

Syrup Village, East Blue.

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With the ship arriving at a deserted beach on the island, Luffy asked Zoro to steer the helm in a straight line and let the sand naturally slow down the ship. As the sand rose with the impact of the Marine ship, it came to a halt, and the rest of the crew descended using a ramp placed on the side of the ship.

A ship shouldn't come to a beach, as it would get stuck in the sand. But this rule didn't apply to Luffy. He gently touched the ship and as soon as everyone disembarked, the captain used his power on the massive 30-meter-long object.

[Moa Moa no Mi: Mass, reduce by 0.001 times!] The ship obediently transformed into a small object in the palm of Luffy's hand, reducing from 3000 centimeters to 3.

"What!? Hm? Darn, I said that too loudly!" Luffy, as he held the ship, heard a surprised shout, and his crew's reaction was no different as they all looked up at some rocks on a hill beside the beach.

"Come out from where you are," Luffy said seriously but had a playful glint in his eyes.

"YOU'RE NOT MARINES? YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE MARINES!" The voice from the other side shouted with an alarmed tone, without revealing its face.

"No, we're pirates!" Luffy calmly said, and before the person on the other side could respond, some of his companions commented with curiosity.

"Incredible! A talking rock, the surface is so full of possibilities!" Shirahoshi exclaimed, fascinated, as she looked at the rocks on the hill.

"Sharky! Sharky!"

"Woof! Woof!"

Both animals believed Shirahoshi's words.

"The sea is even stranger outside of Wano..." Yamato commented on the side since the rock was beyond the reach of her Observation Haki.

"ARE YOU ALL REALLY BELIEVING THIS?" Zoro lost his composure at this, while the other girls, Nami and Kuina, had defeated looks at the naivety of the two other women.

"Hahaha!" Luffy laughed, and even he lost his composure at that moment, finding it hilarious.

"Anyway, I'm going to face these 8 million." As he said these words, wings began to sprout from his back, and he flew toward that hill.

"WHAT IS THIS? HE CAN FLY? HE'S NOT HUMAN!! RUN!!" Luffy heard a collective shout from the kids as he approached.

Luffy landed on the rock and, on the other side, saw a young long-nosed man with three other children prepared to raise some poor flags. As soon as they saw him, the kids dropped the flags and ran toward the village, leaving the long-nosed man behind, who looked at Luffy as if he was going to die at that moment.

"Yo!" Luffy greeted with a smile.

"Ah, are you going to kill me?" Usopp asked in fear.

"Of course not. I came to recruit you!" Luffy said.

"Huh? Recruit?" Usopp was stunned by this man who had barely arrived and spoke these words as if it were something normal.

"Yes, I believe you have potential. How about joining my crew?" Luffy asked with a smile.

Boom

"Is this our new crew member?" Yamato appeared at the side, startling Usopp even more.

"Is he strong?" Yamato couldn't help but comment, scratching her chin.

"It's clear that he's strong. I'm a brave warrior of the sea, the strongest with my fleet of 8 million pirates!" Usopp gained courage with Yamato's comment and spoke his delusions out loud.

"Really!?" Yamato asked, amazed, looking for the other 8 million people under Usopp's command.

Luffy just sighed at that.

"He's lying, Yamato. This island can't fit that many people to begin with..." Luffy said calmly.

Caught in the lie, Usopp started to sweat.

"Luffy-sama?" Shirahoshi arrived at the scene flying.

"A woman with a tail who can float?" Usopp exclaimed with comical eyes when he saw the princess. He had heard of a mermaid but didn't know the exact description.

"Shirahoshi, cover your tail with the dress I gave you, so you don't attract too much attention," Luffy said calmly.

"Yes, Luffy-Sama." She obeyed, lowering the dress to cover her tail.

"Wasn't there more shouting here?" Nami asked, inspecting Usopp and the area since she hadn't seen the children shouting and running.

By this point, everyone had already surrounded a scared Usopp.

"Only a boy?"

"Did he get lost?"

"Sharky!"

"Woof!"

"Who are you?" Usopp asked, still cautious about the presence of these strange people and animals who suddenly appeared.

"We're the Straw Hat Pirates," Luffy led the conversation.

"And what do you want here?"

"We want to sell a ship. I heard there's a shipbuilding company here, so we came to this island," Luffy explained.

"Yes, there is one, I know the owner, but you're not here to cause trouble, are you?" Usopp asked, still cautious.

"We're pirates; we do what we want. But we're not here to loot towns and villages. That's beneath us," Luffy said seriously.

"But then, since you're a brave warrior of the sea, why don't you join me and my crew? I need a good sniper, and you look like you might be one of the good ones?" Luffy asked again.

"Hmm? Of course I am! But why do you want that?" Usopp looked at him incredulously since he knew deep down that he was weak, and no one expected much from him.

"Because you have potential, and I know your father." Luffy said simply.

"My father, really? You know my father?" Usopp couldn't be more shocked.

"Of course, his captain gave me this hat. How about joining me on my adventures and finding him later? I can make you even stronger than your old man!" Luffy proposed.

"Hmm... I don't know..." In the end, Usopp didn't agree, as it was all too sudden, and he had his life in this village, no matter how much his heart longed for adventures on the vast and unknown sea.

Even looking at this unique group he never imagined seeing in front of him, he wanted to say yes deep down, but he was afraid of the unknown and was still attached to this place.

However, he didn't reject Luffy's offer either. Luffy saw this and hoped to change his mind as he stayed on this island.

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Chapter 24: Chapter 23 - Syrup Village 02.

[Chapter Size: 1686 Words.]

Third Person POV

Village Syrup, East Blue.

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"Anyway, why don't you show us where this shipbuilding company is? I want to make some money with the ship we have." Luffy changed the subject, as he expected from Usopp.

"Yeah, I guess that's fine." Usopp finally stood up from the ground, where he had been since he got scared when Luffy grew wings.

"Wait a moment! How did you make that ship disappear? Or how do you have wings?!" Usopp yelled, now recalling all the strange things that had happened.

"How does she have a tail, how is there a flying shark?" He couldn't stop shouting with his scared voice.

No one immediately answered. Nami was curious as well; she didn't have the courage to ask too many questions but really wanted an answer to all the strange things this crew could do.

"About me, I'm a Devil Fruit user," Luffy said calmly.

"I thought those were just legends!" Nami exclaimed.

"Did you not find it strange when Buggy split in my lure, maid?" Luffy asked incredulously.

"I was so stunned that I didn't even notice!" Nami protested, growling when Luffy called her by her current occupation.

Usopp was stunned, trying to imagine a fight with people with strange powers, something that left him internally terrified.

"As for Shirahoshi, she's a mermaid, so it's normal for her to have a tail. HAHA," Luffy laughed and continued.

"Her companion is Megalo, he's a very special shark."

"Sharky!"

"And that woman with horns? How can there be so many different people in just one place?" Usopp couldn't help but exclaim as well at the giant and peculiar appearance of Yamato.

"Isn't that normal? We're a pirate crew!" Luffy announced with a smile.

"THAT'S NOT NORMAL!" Usopp, Nami, Kuina, and Zoro shouted at the same time.

"HAHAHAHAHA. How funny!" Yamato spoke with a smile while laughing at the faces of the four.

"But anyway, can we go now?" Luffy asked, and in the end, Usopp nodded, seeing that this group didn't seem to be evil, just very strange and with personalities he never imagined.

"Great, let's go, everyone." Luffy said, following Usopp as everyone started to follow him.

It didn't take long for them to enter the village, passing through the streets. They soon attracted a lot of attention with their group.

"Hey, isn't that Usopp? But who are those accompanying him!?" Some villagers suspected as the group passed through the city streets.

"What beautiful women! I've never seen such beauty," Yamato and Shirahoshi attracted a lot of attention, both from men and women.

"Isn't that a Jolly Roger with a straw hat drawn behind the cloak of that tattooed man?"

"Pirates?!"

"What? What are pirates doing here, and Usopp is with them?"

Soon everything turned into a tumult, while Usopp was getting nervous about the gossip. His reputation was already not good among the people in this village, and now they were associating him with pirates. Luffy and the others didn't seem to care much, except for Nami, who didn't like pirates, especially when being called one.

Anyway, they passed through the village and headed toward the large mansion near the port, on a hill.

As they approached the gate, a butler who looked very much like a human ram was watering the flowers in the garden next to a blond young lady sunbathing in a chair.

"Hm? Usopp and... who are these?" Merry stopped watering his plants as he noticed Usopp coming with a group of very unusual people and some animals following them.

"Merry? Can you call Kaya?" Usopp asked the butler directly.

"Usopp?" Before Merry could respond, Kaya had already left her chair to see her storyteller friend.

"Hello, Kaya. I brought them here because I had some business with you. They said they wanted to sell a ship, so I guided them," Usopp said.

"And who are your friends? Open the gate, Merry." Kaya asked, turning her attention back to the strange group, who entered the gate as soon as Merry opened it.

A green-haired man with three swords at his waist, four women, including one with a sword, another dressed as a maid with an unsatisfied face as she walked alongside them, a woman with a smile on her face holding a heavy weapon, almost three meters tall with red horns and a yellow base, incredibly beautiful, just like the other woman with pink hair and an innocent face, wearing a dress and walking in a strange way, almost as if she were flying and pretending to walk.

There was a furry dog with a flying shark using a bubble of air around his waist, seemingly well out of the water. And finally, there was a tall, tattooed man dressed as a pirate, who smiled at Kaya, as he appeared to be the group's leader.

"Hello, I'm Monkey D. Luffy, captain of the Straw Hat Pirates," Luffy said confidently, earning a surprised look from the two in front of him.

"A captain of a pirate crew?" Merry spoke alarmed and a little frightened.

"And what does a pirate want with me?" Kaya asked, now a bit cautious.

"Simple, I came to sell a ship that I acquired through the spoils of another pirate group. Do you buy ships?" Luffy asked calmly.

"About that..."

"WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE!?" A new voice was heard at the scene, preventing Kaya from giving Luffy an answer.

Everyone turned to see a man approaching in a suit, adjusting his glasses.

"Klahadore." Kaya exclaimed.

"What filthy pirates are doing in this place?" He said with a look of disgust.

Luffy didn't pay much attention to it, except for some internal amusement. Zoro had a sharp look, and Shirahoshi looked a bit frightened by these words.

"Arf! Arf!" Chouchou didn't like this at all and barked at the man, showing his teeth.

"They brought their mutt too..." The Black-haired butler continued to comment, earning an even more intense growl from the dog.

"Wait, they just came to sell a ship!" Usopp said hurriedly before any misunderstandings occurred.

"Sell a ship? Have you not read the news? This group attacked a Marine base and killed its commander a few days ago!" Klahadore said, showing two wanted posters, one of Luffy with a fierce look and shirtless next to the headless body of Morgan, and the other of Zoro tied to a post, with Luffy having a bounty of 10 million, and Zoro with 5 million.

"Is this real? Did

 you really attack a Marine base?" Kaya asked in disbelief.

"It's true, we're pirates after all." Luffy didn't even try to deny it; he really didn't care if he was called a demon; he was doing what he wanted, regardless of others' opinions.

"This..." Usopp was in conflict now; he had just realized that he brought dangerous pirates to Kaya.

"Anyway, I'm here for business. If you don't want to do business, we'll leave," Luffy said without laughter now, speaking calmly.

"How can a lowlife like you do business at this shipbuilding company!" Klahadore said with a disgusted tone.

"Isn't this guy caring about his disguise, is he?" Luffy commented internally. Even though Luffy had shown a strength of 10 million, Kuro should still have to use some of his skills here to defeat a low-level pirate crew, and his disguise as a butler would soon be questioned.

"And you, the usual liar from the village," without finishing what he was saying, Klahadore pointed at Usopp this time.

"Have you brought dangerous pirates close to the lady! Have you lost your mind? I expected more, even from someone of your kind," he said with disdain.

"Wait, Klahadore, Usopp..." When Kaya was about to defend Usopp, the butler interrupted her.

"You have to understand, Miss, that he has brought danger to you here; this kind of scum always attracts others like him. It's no wonder your father is a bum on the sea."

"My father is..." Usopp shouted angrily this time but couldn't finish.

"Pirate..." Klahadore interrupted again.

"In other words, a lower-level scum, just like you and your little gang here," he said, adjusting his glasses again.

While everyone was stunned by these events, suddenly, laughter brought everyone out of this stupor. They turned their gazes to Luffy.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA." Luffy began to laugh loudly, much to everyone's surprise.

"What a funny guy! HAHAHAHAHAHA. I'm sorry for this, but I can't help it anymore, HAHAHAHAHA."

"My Luffy?"

"Hm?"

"Luffy-Sama?"

"Sharky?"

"Wooolf?"

"?!"

"Has he gone mad?" Nami said unhappily. She didn't like how the dark-haired butler had treated them, and now hearing Luffy laugh made her even more displeased.

"What's so funny, pirate scum? You better get out of here and never come back with the rest of your ilk; otherwise, we'll call the Marines," Klahadore said seriously, not liking the mockery made by this young man.

"Hahahahaha. I just can't help but exclaim; you seem like a clueless man, not even knowing how grand his father is. He may be a pirate, but he's much better than being a butler in a village in the East Blue." Luffy smiled at him with a dangerous glint.

"Luffy..." Usopp couldn't help but mutter as he listened to this.

Merry and Kaya were still shocked by everything happening.

"But anyway, I don't care about your opinion; I'm a pirate, after all. But since you're so bold in insulting me, my crew, and even my future crew member here..." Luffy pointed to a stunned and cowering Usopp at his side.

"...Prepare yourself for the consequences." Luffy simply said, a sadistic smile forming on his face, and then he disappeared from the spot.

Without time to react, the black-haired butler suddenly felt a sharp, intense pain in his stomach as a powerful punch was delivered, burying itself in that part of his body, causing him to recoil like a ragdoll.

Boom

His body flew like a rocket, crashing into one of the mansion's walls.

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