【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"Fly, Momo!" Luffy exclaimed happily as he sat atop Momonosuke, who had transformed into a dragon. "Let's fly right to the town!"

"Too heavy, absolutely not! I have absolutely no memory of flying... Even if I could fly, I would never do such a dangerous thing again! I will never repeat the same mistake! I will never soar through the skies again!!"

"If a dragon can't fly, can it still be considered a dragon?" Qi retorted, looking at Momonosuke who uttered such a spineless statement.

"What's wrong? Are you afraid of heights?" Luffy asked with a disappointed look, completely baffled as to why Momonosuke had said that.

"You bastard! How rude of you! A samurai has nothing to fear!!" With that, Momonosuke bit Luffy's head.

"Ouch! You stupid dragon, why aren't you letting go!" Luffy angrily punched it. "What's a samurai! I'm the man who will one day become the Pirate King! You stupid dragon!"

"Hmph, then I am the samurai who will soon become the shogun of Wano Country! Watch my mouth!"

Lucci watched helplessly as Luffy fought back and forth with a small dragon.

"Luffy, do this first, then do that..." Ace, never one to shy away from stirring things up, stood next to the two who were fighting and said, "Then you can tie its tail into a knot!"

"Seriously, what's going on?" Sanji looked helplessly at the captain wrestling with Xiaolong. Their captain was still the same as two years ago, unchanged and still like a child.

"Captain Luffy, your opponent is an eight-year-old child." Brook sipped his tea leisurely, but showed no intention of stopping him.

"Hahaha, stupid dragon, let's see if you can still bite me~" Luffy proudly raised his head, with Momonosuke tied into a knot at his feet, just like Ace had done.

"Oh! Luffy, well done!" Ace looked at the pink dragon writhing and yelling on the ground, and ruffled Luffy's hair. "As expected of you, you've received my guidance. That knot is really beautiful."

"Momonosuke!" Kin'emon cried out worriedly as he looked at Momonosuke, who had returned to human form and whose eyes were darting around. "I'm sorry, Lord Luffy, my son is still very young. I hope you will all be lenient."

"The samurai of Wano Country, though young children, are quite arrogant! But to wage war against an eight-year-old child, you should reflect on your actions!"

"You really gave it a hard time." Sanji said to Luffy with a smile, completely ignoring the samurai's words. Their captain could always do whatever he wanted.

"Arrogance without strength is never a good thing," Lucci said bluntly upon hearing Kin'emon's words.

"I hate these lazy bums who never strive for improvement!" Luffy made no attempt to hide his dislike.

"Oh dear, Luffy, you're still like a little kid." Nami gently patted her silly captain's head when she heard Luffy's blunt words. Her captain really hadn't changed at all, but she liked it.

"I'm not a child!" Luffy argued, dissatisfied.

"No, he's going to be the Pirate King." Qi chuckled and patted Luffy's straw hat.

“That’s right!” Luffy nodded in satisfaction.

Luo Mu watched the chaos centered around the Straw Hat Captain with a blank expression, and finally spoke up to stop the Navigator Captain, tearing the life paper in his hand in half. "I'll give this to you first."

"Life Paper?" Nami looked at the Life Paper in her palm with a puzzled expression.

“That’s right, it points to the island I mentioned earlier called Zou. If anything happens to us, you should go there directly.” After saying this, Luo unfolded the map of Dressrosa on the ground. “This is a map drawn by my companions; we should be in this area now…”

"Wow, it's so ugly!" Nami said mercilessly, looking at the sea chart on the ground.

Ignoring Nami's complaints about Bepo's sea chart, Law continued, "The team responsible for returning Caesar will first cross Dressrosa, then use the bridge across the sea north of Dressrosa to head towards Greenbite."

"Why don't we all just take a boat together?" Usopp asked, looking at the island on the map with a puzzled expression.

"It seems like it's impossible to get there by boat," Luo explained.

“…Oh my, this is really something to look forward to,” Robin said with a smile.

"I wonder what's on this island. It looks dangerous," Qi said, looking at Greenbit, whose map was marked with several death skulls.

"Listen up, everyone!" Upon hearing Qi's words, Usopp immediately crossed his arms and dramatically declared, "I have a disease that prevents me from entering Dressrosa..."

"Ah...you must ensure my safety!" Caesar cried out urgently.

"Furthermore, the garrison must be careful not to let the enemy seize the ships."

"Hey! What do you mean by saying enemies are coming?!" Nami asked in a panic, thinking that staying to watch the ship was the safest option.

"Isn't it safe to watch the boats?" Brooke exclaimed in shock.

"Will enemies come?" Momonosuke asked in a panic.

“After all, this is the enemy’s headquarters, isn’t it?” Chopper said, basking in the fragrance of the flowers. “But Lucci will be with us guarding the ship, so…”

"Where did the Straw Hat crew go? They're the main force of this plan!!" Law shouted angrily as he watched Luffy disappear.

"Huh!? Where's Lucci!?" Chopper only then noticed that Lucci was also gone, and immediately shouted in panic, "Hey, who's going to protect us now?"

"He was dragged away by Luffy." Qi thought of how Luffy had just been dragged away by Luffy's outstretched rubber arm with a bewildered expression and found it funny.

"Chi! Stay here!" Chopper and Brook reacted instantly, rushing over to hug Chi, each grabbing one of Chi's trouser legs and crying, "We need you!"

"You two, let go of my pants!" Qi shouted angrily as he tried to free his pants from their grasp. "Where did you learn this trick?!"

Hearing Qi's angry curses, Usopp turned his head guiltily. This wasn't something he taught him; he always pulled on his clothes.

Robin watched the chaotic scene with a light laugh, while Law stood silently to the side.

……

Dresden port city - Acacia

"Legend has it that anyone who visits this land of love, passion, and toys will be captivated by something..."

"One is the fragrant flowers, and the other is the cuisine that this country is proud of."

"Another is the tireless, passionate dancing of the women, and yet another is the sight that astonishes every visitor to this country, that is..."

"Alright, you don't need to explain anymore. We've seen it with our own eyes." Sanji was still staring in disbelief at the toy family of three that had just walked past them. They weren't entirely toys; the father and child were toys, and the mother was human. But the important thing was, how could there be such a combination?!

"These toys are so interesting!" Luffy exclaimed, his eyes darting around the toys on the road.

"How do you know so much?" Ace lowered his jaw in shock and looked at Lucci, who had just finished explaining.

“The newspaper.” Lucci waved the newspaper in his hand. “It doesn’t just have the news of Doflamingo’s dismissal from the Seven Warlords of the Sea, but also an introduction to Dressrosa.”