บท 128: Chapter 128: Long Island Rest and Silver Fox Duel.

"Wow~~!"

"Great grassland, great grassland~~"

No matter what, when it comes to landing on an island,

Luffy, Chopper, and Usopp would definitely be the first to rush out, disappearing before the ship even stopped!

"Saying no, but your body is honest."

Roman watched Usopp rolling on the grassland with Luffy and Chopper, shrugged, and put aside the inexplicable emotions he had sensed earlier.

As Sanji said, Usopp always looked like disaster was imminent. It was normal for his Observation Haki to have a 'misjudgment'.

"Nami, let's practice the 'Munch-Munch Pages' ability."

No matter what, it's always right to seize the time to train. And the Munch-Munch Fruit's 'Munch-Munch Factory' ability to merge items was incredible. If they could develop it proficiently...

Hmm?

This is—

A giant sailing ship... Roman had already given up complaining about the shipbuilding black technology in this world. They casually built giant ships with tens of thousands of tons of displacement and made them into all sorts of bizarre shapes. Like this giant ship with a cat... fox figurehead slowly sailing from the other side of the island.

As the giant ship approached, two anchors shaped like cat claws flew out and pinned to the shore, surrounding the Going Merry.

A true 'iron lock across the river'!

"What does this mean?"

As the saying goes, "the more skilled you are, the bolder you become." After encountering various world-ending bosses with Luffy, Nami wasn't interested in this 'small' pirate ship in front of her.

"If you want to fight, come out!"

Zoro's motto is: if it can be solved with a sword, it's not a problem.

"We are the 'Foxy Pirates,'" a group of people with hollow eye masks appeared on the deck, laughing maliciously at the trapped Going Merry.

"Our purpose is—"

"A duel!"

Wait! Foxy... could it be that guy?!

Roman's expression changed instantly.

"Roman, is this Foxy Pirates strong?"

Nami, who was originally indifferent, was startled, and even the others became serious. — If Roman said the enemy was 'strong,' then they must be terrifyingly powerful...

"No, no, he's not strong at all."

Roman waved his hand first, then added after thinking.

"Foxy himself isn't strong, but his Devil Fruit ability..."

That's very impressive!

We must get it...

"Davy Back Fight?"

Nami, who stepped forward to negotiate, was puzzled. She had never heard of this.

"That's right," the pirates on the deck sneered, "It's a war that starts with the agreement of both captains. A brutal duel with the goal of plundering the opponent's crew!"

"If you want to fight, just do it," Zoro impatiently crossed his arms, "What's with all these fancy things?"

"I see,"

Sanji lit a cigarette, "This isn't a fight, Davy Back Fight is a pirate game."

"Yes," the knowledgeable Robin explained.

"It's a game passed down from a pirate amusement park called 'Pirate Island.'"

"In simple terms, it's a 'snatching' game initiated by pirates to get better crew members."

"Exactly!"

"The winner can choose a crew member from the opponent's ship, — if there's no one they like, they can take the opponent's pirate flag!"

Facing the densely packed pirates on the opponent's ship, Roman nodded, recalling this part of the story.

"A duel betting on 'companions' and 'dignity,' winning increases strength, losing results in heavy losses..."

"Truly a 'game' for pirates."

"That's unacceptable—"

Nami was the first to oppose, the idea of betting companions was disgusting...

"We won't accept such a duel!"

"Hahahahaha~~~"

"It's not up to you," the crowd on the opponent's deck burst into laughter.

"This is decided by the captain! Our captain has already gone, as long as Monkey D. Luffy nods, you are the chips on the table—"

Swoosh!

Hearing this, Roman's white wings spread out behind him, and he flew backward towards the island.

"Stop Luffy~~~"

Nami's voice came from behind, but Roman had no intention of stopping any duel. What a joke! They had survived strong enemies like Crocodile and Enel, could they really fail here? What Roman needed to do now was:

Zoom—!

He swept across the prairie like a gust of wind, creating a 'wave' on the grass that split to both sides.

After crossing a hill, Roman saw two groups of people confronting each other. On one side was an angry Luffy being held back by Usopp and Chopper; on the other side was a middle-aged man with a parted red nose, downward-slanting eyebrows, triangular eyes, and a purple fur coat, along with a gorilla carrying a bundle and a well-built woman holding a magic wand.

"Silver Fox Foxy!!"

Of course, Roman didn't see any gorilla beauty, only Foxy's iconic parted hairstyle! Just thinking about acquiring his ability made even his appearance, which the entire Straw Hat crew found repulsive, seem 'cute' to Roman.

"Who are you?"

As Roman charged like a cannonball, Foxy's group was shocked and instinctively attacked:

"Flower Shuriken!"

"Hamburger Bomb—"

"Slow..."

But Roman, with his Observation Haki fully activated, dodged the three attacks mid-air and then:

"Paper Dance - Octopus!"

"Hahahahaha, just let me take a sample!"

"Let go of me, don't come any closer~~"

"Accept your fate, no one will save you even if you scream—"

"Ahhh~~ it's in, blood, blood!!"

The scene was extremely chaotic and very bloody! The three fools of the Straw Hat crew were dumbfounded, but of course... it wasn't a harmonious scene.

"Tsk tsk tsk, you're the captain of a ship." Roman, satisfied, drew a large syringe of blood from Foxy's arm and released the paper arms restraining his two subordinates.

"Screaming like that, anyone would think a little girl was being attacked by a brute."

...

"Roman, why are you here?"

Faced with Luffy's puzzled expression, Roman, satisfied with Foxy's blood, waved his hand.

"Carry on, pretend I'm not here."

This—

Although Foxy and his two subordinates wanted to turn on Roman and beat him up, they remembered his inhuman speed and strength, and how he had instantly overpowered the three of them.

Forget it, a gentleman's revenge can wait ten years...

"Hoho... hoho~~"

Rubbing his arm, Foxy forced a smile, his eyes wary as he looked at Luffy.

"I didn't expect the Straw Hat crew to have such a skilled member. As for the duel—"

Bang!

After firing a shot into the air with his rifle, Luffy looked seriously at the pale-faced Foxy.

"I accept!"

"Good... good..."

Since you've accepted the Davy Back Fight duel, let me show you my 920 consecutive victories! Determined, Foxy glanced at Roman, who was preparing to turn the blood into pages.

This crew member is very strong...

Even better!

Once I win, he'll be my subordinate, hohoho~~

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"So, you didn't come to stop Luffy, but to steal the opponent's ability?"

Faced with Nami's helpless words, Roman patted her shoulder earnestly.

"Recording abilities can't be considered stealing... recording! ... the abilities of others, can that be considered stealing?"

Then came the usual talk about 'great abilities' and 'enhancing combat power', making Nami rub her forehead. — This was originally Roman's habit, and now it had 'infected' her.

"As long as you're happy, but if we lose this duel, the other side will take our crew members."

"How is that possible?"

Roman waved his hand without thinking. It wasn't that he looked down on the Foxy Pirates—through these duels called Davy Back Fight, they had accumulated a lot of elite crew members, all of whom could be considered 'small experts' with bounties in the millions. Some even had special abilities, but:

Compared to the current Straw Hat crew, they were worlds apart!

Although Nami herself wasn't aware, as long as she used the book in her hand properly, she could be considered a 'big shot' with a bounty of around 40 million. She was definitely not some small fry.

And with the other members of the Straw Hat crew having improved by one or two levels, losing was out of the question! Moreover:

"The only real threat is their captain's ability,"

Roman waved the 'Slow-Slow Pages' in his hand and signaled Nami to look at the others who were completely relaxed.

"Just treat it as a 'holiday', today's training will be actual combat."

"Although it will mostly be just playing around~~"

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