- So, who are you with us? - Luffy smiled broadly, clapping his hands lightly, looking at Johnny and Yosaku standing in front of him as if everything that just happened here was nothing more than a figment of their over-played imagination.
The guys swallowed together and involuntarily moved closer to each other, as if this could save them from the monster standing in front of them. And they had no doubts that the guy in the hat was a monster disguised as a man - to confirm, they just had to look at Zoro, still clearing his throat on the ground.
- W-we… we are hunters, - Johnny said uncertainly.
- Pirate hunters, - Yosaku added, nodding his head like a dummy.
- Hunters? Pirates? Zoro, I knew that someday you will still be able to understand what real irony is! I am so proud of you!
- What does the irony have to do with it ?! - The swordsman responded irritably, finally getting back to normal. - They just followed me, without even asking who I was and what I was doing!
Johnny and Yosaku stared at Zoro as if he suddenly had a second head.
- What you mean, without asking? - tilted his head to the side of Johnny.
- You're a pirate hunter, what else is there to ask? - Yosaku repeated his gesture.
- That's what people call me, but in fact I'm a pirate ... or at least I should be, - the green-haired swordsman slumped sharply.
- Pirate ?! - Yosaku stared.
- Zoro-aniki, are you a pirate ?! - Johnny echoed.
- Yeah ... probably ... and this is my captain - the guy jabbed a finger at the broadly smiling Luffy.
- Monkey D Luffy, nice to meet you and welcome aboard, gentlemen recruits! - The one cheerfully introduced himself when Johnny and Yosaku looked at him.
- On board? - Johnny asked stupidly.
- Naturally!- Luffy nodded lightly in response. - Since you decided to follow Zoro, now you yourself become pirates.
Reinforced concrete logic.
- But ... but we don't want to become pirates? - Instead of the firm confidence in her voice, which she was supposed to be there, Yosaku suddenly realized that his answer sounded more like a question.
- So you want to continue to be pirate hunters? - Luffy asked.
- Yes! - Yosaku replied firmly now, in fact.
Of course, he was not going to become a pirate, and Johnny fully supported him! They are proud bounty hunters who will never be pirates! Never! And the point.
- Well… it looks like nothing can be done… I have to kill you.
- WHAT?!!
- What you don't like? - Luffy started smiling broadly again. - We are pirates, you are pirate hunters! These two categories of people are constantly killing each other, so we will not deviate from generally accepted norms. Am I right?
- I just thought ... becoming a pirate, in fact, is not so bad - thoroughly sweating, said Johnny.
As the saying goes, never say never.
- I agree! - Yosaku nodded enthusiastically. - Sea, freedom, romance, what could be better?
- Didn't you want to continue being hunters just a second ago? - still with the same big smile on his face, Luffy specified. - You are not going to deceive me? Cheating is not good, and only pirates are supposed to do it.
- Why w-why would we deceive you, Luffy-san? - Johnny began to sweat even more profusely.
- And there w-was not even a t-though! - Yosaku began to nod with even more enthusiasm.
- Oh, then it's okay and welcome aboard.
- Th-thanks Luffy-san!
- W-we won't let you down, Luffy-san ... no, Luffy-aniki!"
- Right, Luffy-aniki! We will not let you down!
- Then I'm counting on you! - The newly-minted Luffy-aniki nodded in satisfaction. - Now move your legs, we have things to do!
Standing aside, Zoro, unable to contain himself, made a savory facepalm.
- Zoro-aniki, why are you a pirate? How did you get off at all? - almost crying, asked the unfortunate Johnny, when the "monster in the hat" moved away from them at some distance.
- I just did the same as you - the swordsman sighed heavily, moving after his captain.
- The same as we? - Echoed Yosaku, drooping.
- Yes, - the green-haired guy nodded. - I got in touch with the person from whom I should have stayed as far away as possible.
Johnny and Yosaku sighed understandingly. There was no need to ask what kind of person he got in touch with - here everything is already very clear.
- By the way, I advise you not to run, - the swordsman remarked casually. - Now he already knows your voices, so he will find it anywhere and everything will only get worse. Trust my experience.
- Voices? - Johnny didn't understand.
- How will our voices help him find us? - Yosaku added.
I wasn't talking about the sound of your voice - Zoro waved. - As for the rest, you yourself will soon find out everything. You may become pirates, but at least you can be sure that very soon you will become incredibly stronger. You will become so much stronger than your current ones, that now you cannot even imagine your future strength ... You just have no idea how strong one person can be at all.
Johnny and Yosaku involuntarily looked at each other. Becoming strong has been their goal since childhood. Of course, they wanted to become strong in order to catch bad people, but strength is strength. Zoro's words sounded more than attractive.
- And yet, Zoro-aniki, if you are a pirate, then why is everyone talking about you as a pirate hunter? - Johnny asked.
- Exactly - Yosaku nodded. - I've never heard anyone say anything about you as a pirate… Actually, like the fact that you have a captain.
There was a heavy sigh.
- Zoro-aniki? - The guys asked in unison, seeing how their senior comrade wilted, as soon as he heard their questions.
-The fact is that we're not pirates yet - he replied.
- ...
- ...
- Yeah, I understand you - the green-haired swordsman nodded.
- I mean, not pirates?
- Yes, how is it?
- And like that - Zoro sighed again. - Right now we're in the business of catching pirates, handing them over to the Marines, and making "easy money", as Luffy likes to say. According to his idea, we will raise the pirate flag only in a year ... or something like that.
- Why ?! - the guys asked in shock.
- Luffy telled about promising his brothers to go to sea on his 17th birthday, so he refuses to raise the flag earlier ... but I think this is only one of the reasons, and hardly the most important ... if he considers that promise as a reason at all.
- And what others? - Johnny asked.
- Money! - Without hesitation, the swordsman immediately responded. - For the future, know. Whatever Luffy tells you, the first thing he thinks about is how to snatch more money. However, the second, third, fourth, and even fifth, he also thinks about money.
- And why does he need money? - Yosaku was puzzled.
- And he doesn't need them - Zoro smiled wryly.
- ...
- ...
- Don't worry, after six months with Luffy you will learn to ignore absolutely anything. However, I must warn you right away so that you never try to understand what is going on in his head, a completely hopeless business. Not only will you not understand anything, but you will also waste your time and may receive psychological trauma for the rest of your life.
He has not yet begun to upset them further and say that psychological trauma is provided for them in any case.
- ...
- ...
- Don't worry - Zoro repeated once more and, raising his hands, patted the boys walking on opposite sides of him reassuringly -as I said, with time you will get used to it and become stronger. Already something, isn't it?
In response, he heard a not-too-confident murmur.
Well, now we have 2 more memberson the board, so, try to guess who is next.
Also as I said, maybe, if I'm not too lazy, there will be another part for today.
And please, leave any kind of response. Writing with no response at all dont fell good. I can know if I am doing good or bad. Maybe the story is hard to eat for a non russian, or maybe the sentences are too hard, and I must try to write with easier sentences??
So, I'm waiting