One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 42 Are You Finally Here?
Early morning two days later.

Ajian hummed a little tune and pushed his bicycle along the ridge of the field outside the village entrance. The weather was comfortable, perfect for patrolling.

Suddenly a strong wind blew and the wide-brimmed police hat flew away again. He hurriedly stopped the car and bent down to pick it up.

The little windmill got wet again and it took a long time to wipe it clean. Ajian put it back on with a bit of grievance.

This is what he just made last night. The one he made a year ago mysteriously disappeared without a trace a few days ago.

Why, and who on earth would repeatedly target a worthless little windmill?

Ajian still can't figure it out.

He had just stood up when he suddenly saw a few children who often played at the dock in the distance running towards him in a panic, turning their heads to look back from time to time.

As soon as she saw him, she hurriedly shouted, "Uncle Jian! Something bad has happened! Something bad has happened!"

"Pirates! There's a pirate ship coming over to the dock!"

what? !

Ah Jian was horrified. He immediately jumped on his bicycle and said, "I'll go over and take a look. You guys go to the village right away and tell everyone to hide in the mountains..."

Wait, on the mountain?
He suddenly froze and realized that the current Cocoa Village was no longer powerless to deal with any pirates.

There is a formidable monster in the mountains!
"Call any adults you meet on the road and go find Xia Nuo together!" He immediately changed his tone. "Tell him to come to the dock as soon as possible. This is the most important matter and there is no time to waste. Do you understand?"

"Got it, Uncle Jian!"

Ajian watched the children go away before riding his bike to continue heading to the dock. He gritted his teeth, still feeling a little uneasy.

The peace in Kokoyasi Village has been maintained for many years. What level of pirates will come this time?

What if, what if our luck is really bad and the pirates coming are the most powerful ones in the East China Sea?
Can Shanuo really bear it?
…………

Deep in the mountains.

The black-haired boy was holding a huge tree weighing two or three tons, swinging it like a golden hoop, and was having a lot of fun when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a white figure passing by in the sky out of the corner of his eye.

"Moonstep!"

- Swish!

Xia Nuo rose from the ground, and in a few flashes he was in the air, blocking the way of the news bird.

"Gah!!!"

The news bird was startled and started quacking like a duck, with its feathers standing on end.

It is responsible for the East China Sea area. It has only heard from its companions that there are humans who can fly on the Grand Line, but it has never seen it with its own eyes!
"Here's today's newspaper, thank you." Shanuo snapped his fingers and a 50-Bailey coin fell into the mail bag hanging around his neck.

His mastered Moon Step was enough to keep him suspended in the air for a few seconds, but he had just taken out the newspaper and before he could unfold it, his body began to fall.

The Newsbird picked up the coin and stared blankly at the falling figure.

——This guy actually has time to leisurely open the newspaper and read it. Isn’t he afraid of falling to his death?

"Princess Otohime was assassinated?"

Xia Nuo looked at the headline on the front page, holding the newspaper motionlessly, letting his body fall freely.

A few seconds later, it crashed onto the top of the mountain, creating a huge crater and sending smoke and dust flying all around.

By the time the dust cleared, he had almost finished reading the report and couldn't help but frown.

So Aaron's arrival in the East China Sea and Hodi Jones's murder of Princess Yiji happened in the same year?
Two generations of scumbags... no, fish scum, they are really of the same bloodline, doing bad things without any prior agreement.

Putting away the newspaper, he stepped out of the deep pit he had blasted and came to the southernmost end. He did what he had repeated countless times in the past year, habitually looking towards the dock from afar.

"Along, Along, why haven't you come yet..." He murmured almost subconsciously.

But the next moment, his eyes suddenly fixed and he stood there in a daze.

At the end of the horizon, a huge pirate ship appeared from nowhere and was heading towards the dock.

Under the fluttering skull flag, the bow of the ship was carved into the shape of a shark saw, looking extremely ferocious.

The sea breeze blew past, and the silhouette on the top of the mountain remained silent for a long time.

"Along..."

A voice that sounded like crying and laughing finally floated out with a hint of resentment. He stretched his body, and his muscles shook and trembled in a spine-chilling sound. "Are you finally here..."

"I really, really miss you..."

The moment the words fell.

Crackling, crackling. As the arch of his foot gradually tightened, countless spider-web-like cracks suddenly began to spread wildly from under his feet along the mountainside, and the entire cliff groaned under the heavy burden.

boom--! ! !
The next moment, the air suddenly exploded into layers of ripples, the huge muscular human figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, and the cliff collapsed completely.

When he appeared again, he had teleported to the top of a coconut tree dozens of meters away. He stepped on the trunk into an extremely taut bow shape, and with the rebound force, he shot fiercely into the distance again!

…………

Boom!
With a crash, the Shark Sparbub forced its way into the dock and ruthlessly crushed the wooden pier into pieces.

Ta-da-da, dozens of extremely strong figures slowly got off the boat and stepped onto the land on the debris on the ground.

"Is this the Cocoyasi Village?"

Looking at the village in the distance with curls of smoke rising from the chimneys, the Kissing Merman cadre named Jiu raised an eyebrow:

"It's a lot bigger than it looks on the chart. Looks like if I search more carefully, I can still make a lot of money~"

"I think it's a pity."

Another cadre, Kroobi, had a cold expression on his face, crossed his arms, and said calmly:

"No surprise at all. I haven't exercised in a long time. But there's nothing I can do. In a small country village like this, it's almost impossible to find someone qualified to fight me."

He was dressed in indigo blue, had strong muscles, a black belt around his waist representing his karate rank, and his hair was tied in two small buns. He looked quite tough.

Snapped.

A large purple hand suddenly placed its hands on the shoulders of the two fish-man cadres.

"Shahahahaha! Stop talking nonsense, guys."

Arlong grinned, revealing his fangs. "We've already set foot on land. It's time to follow me and shout out the declaration of our Dragon Pirates."

He suddenly opened his arms, and the fish-man pirates behind him also drew their swords with a grim smile.

"What a boring, insignificant human being!"

Aaron laughed wildly at the village in the distance, "From now on, this village... no! This island will be ruled by us!!!"

“Shahahahahaha——!!!”

Amidst wild laughter, the Arlong Pirates stepped out of the dock and officially strode towards the village.

But, just turned a corner.

I found four fallen coconut trees, overlapping and lying horizontally, blocking the road leading to the village.

"Hmm? Man-made?"

Croobi narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Are you scared out of your wits by seeing the pirate ship from afar? Naive! Do you think something like this can block our path?"

"Look carefully, there's someone sitting on it~"

The one next to him started laughing and looked at the black-clothed figure sitting on the tree trunk.

"Hey, young man, do you want to protect your village by yourself? Tsk tsk tsk, apart from anything else, this courage is really worthy of praise!"

The other person sat quietly, head down and said nothing, his fists clenched and trembling slightly, as if he was trying hard to overcome his fear.

Hearing the praise, he finally raised his head, revealing a handsome and clean young face.

Amidst the teasing gazes of the many fishmen, he smiled shyly and awkwardly:
"……Thanks."

(End of this chapter)