【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Lucci, are you going to stay and guard the ship?" Luffy asked, chewing on his sandwich. "Didn't you want to go to the island?"

Lucky swallowed the food in his mouth and nodded. He had originally planned to go to the island together, and he was quite interested in the strange toys mentioned in the newspaper.

However, if their plan only involves using the time it takes to trade to find and destroy a completely hidden factory, there certainly won't be enough time. If necessary, someone will need to keep Doflamingo occupied, preferably outside of town. "I can stay on the ship and provide support at any time."

"Great, Lucci!" Chopper, Brook, and Nami shouted excitedly. They had all decided to stay and guard the ship, and if Lucci also decided to stay, that would be even better. The ship would definitely be the safest place! Their hearts were instantly at ease.

Upon hearing Lucci's words, Luffy picked up some more sandwiches from the table and looked at Lucci thoughtfully.

"If you want to gather information, I suggest you disguise yourselves beforehand," Ace said, raising an eyebrow. He didn't pay any more attention to whether they disguised themselves or not, after all, he wasn't one of the Straw Hat Pirates, this was Luffy's crew.

“Ace is right.” Lucci nodded in agreement. “After all, it’s the enemy’s lair. You’ll probably be monitored as soon as you get on the island. It would be best to investigate while concealing your identities.”

……

Meanwhile, a meeting is being held at Navy Headquarters.

"The so-called Seven Warlords of the Sea are seven pirates selected by the World Government who are legally allowed to plunder! To hold this title, one must possess overwhelming strength and notoriety, and their alliance with the government must be enough to threaten the pirates of the world!"

"The world's greatest swordsman, Hawkeye Mihawk."

"King of Dressrosa and the embodiment of evil, Donquixote Doflamingo, the Heavenly Demon."

"Bartholomew Bear, the humanoid weapon of the modern navy."

"The current emperor of Amazon Lily, the pirate empress Hancock."

"The mastermind behind the most vicious generation of the Loki Harbor incident, the Surgeon of Death Trafalgar Law."

"In addition to this man who has rapidly expanded his power in the past two years, the commander-in-chief of the pirate dispatch organization, the living legend, the Clown King Buggy."

"Plus the man I mentioned before... that makes seven."

"However, this is only the situation up to dawn today. Doflamingo suddenly resigned, and Law will have to be removed from the Seven Warlords of the Sea because of his treacherous intentions. The third largest power, which is on par with the Marine Headquarters and the Four Emperors, is in such turmoil!"

"Yes, I understand, Brannew."

Lieutenant General Brannew, who was giving his opinion, looked at the man who had spoken and said, "Marshal."

"Whether it's Law, the Straw Hat Pirates, or Lucci, the Dragon Prince, we won't let them do whatever they want. Yesterday, Smoker from G5 contacted us and talked for a long time. I've already sent people over."

……

"Luffy, I never said anything like that!" a shrill voice roared at a black-haired boy wearing a sunflower shirt. "Who told you to stick that fake white beard on your clothes?!"

"This looks pretty good~" Luffy said with a pout, but under Nami's angry glare, he still managed to pull off the fake mustaches that were stuck to his clothes. Luffy looked at the mustaches that disappeared as soon as they were pulled off with a bit of regret, since he had gone to great lengths to get Kin'emon to conjure them up.

"And you guys!" Nami shouted angrily, hands on her hips, glaring at the group of men on deck all wearing fake beards. "What kind of disguise is this?!"

“Maybe these guys think this is how a man should dress.” Ace put his arm on Luffy’s shoulder and tugged at Luffy’s white mustache below his nose, teasing, “Luffy, that mustache makes you look like a little old man.”

"Hmph!" Luffy exaggeratedly gestured as if throwing a punch. "Even if I turned into an old man, I could still defeat Ace."

“As expected of my brother,” Lu Qi teased.

"Hehe, I can knock Ace down with one punch!" With his brother's support, Luffy instantly became smug.

"Impossible." Ace flicked his rubber head, then looked at Lucci with displeasure. "Don't support him!"

Lucci simply responded to Ace's words with a grin, completely ignoring the complaint in Ace's tone.

"Even when Nami is angry, she's still so cute~" Sanji exclaimed, swooning over Nami's angry pose with her hands on her hips.

"Perverted cook." Zoro, dressed in a black suit, took a sip of the strong liquor in his bottle and glanced at the infatuated Sanji.

"You shouldn't be wearing a black suit, you should be wearing green!" Sanji shouted angrily, kicking Zoro at the same time. "Become a real moss! You damn moss-head!"

"Want to fight?!" Zoro drew his sword to defend himself.

"Stop it, you two!" Nami interrupted their fight with a punch.

"I can see the island!" Robin, who was on the lookout tower, said with a smile as he looked at the golden-yellow island in front of him.

"Oh! I can see the island!" Luffy immediately rushed excitedly to the railing, looking at the strangely shaped boulders and asking in confusion, "What is that huge island?"

The island was rapidly approaching, and everyone stood on the deck, wondering what awaited them ahead. In contrast to the destructive winds, the warm, fragrant breezes blowing from the island seemed to be warmly welcoming them, joyfully inviting them to that land.

"We've finally arrived! Dressrosa!!" Luffy shouted. They were currently anchored beneath a golden boulder, a perfect spot for landing, as the massive rock made them difficult to spot.

"Idiot, don't shout so loudly, Doflamingo will hear you!" Usopp exclaimed in alarm.

"Can he hear me?" Zoro raised his eyebrows.

"Who knows?" Qi said with a smile, looking at the island surrounded by huge rocks in front of him. "It looks like a tropical island."

"It looks perfect for a vacation," Ace said with a smile.

“If this isn’t the lair of the enemy we’re about to face.” Lucci shrugged.

"I'm off!" Luffy announced as soon as the Sunny docked, and then jumped off the ship.

"I'm super super this week too!" Franky raised his hand in his signature gesture. "Whether it's one factory or two, I'm going to find them and blow them up right away!"

"Anyway, let's just go straight into the city, right?" Luffy said, looking at the man from Travis who was getting off the ship.

"Listen carefully, don't be careless. If the factory destruction fails, the whole plan will fall through!" Luo said seriously. Then, looking at Luffy who completely ignored him and ran to sit on the pink dragon, asking it to fly to the town, he clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. This guy had no idea how serious the situation was.