【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"This is truly astonishing..." Zoro murmured, looking at Ace behind Luffy and the blond man he had seen in Sabaody. Just how many brothers does this guy have?

"Zoro, what do you want from me?" Luffy asked through the iron bars of the window.

"I was going to tell you..." Zoro looked at the doll that Luffy was holding tightly in his arms, his voice getting softer and softer until he finally stopped. Then, thinking of Luffy's various battles in the arena, he immediately complained, "Hey you, why didn't you invite me to participate in such a great arena!"

Lucci looked at Zoro speechlessly. This guy had probably completely forgotten his main purpose for coming to this island.

"What Lord Zoro said is not urgent. Please wait a moment. Lord Sanji said that we should press this button after we see Lord Luffy." Kin'emon said, fiddling with the Den Den Mushi in his hand.

Upon seeing the Den Den Mushi in Kin'emon's hand, Zoro suddenly remembered what Sanji had told him and immediately said, "Luffy, by the way, this arena has been surrounded by the Marines."

"That's the most important thing, isn't it!" Ace couldn't help but complain, looking at Luffy's unreliable crewmates.

“Oh, that? We noticed it when we came in,” Sabo said with a smile.

“Yes, it’s completely surrounded.” Lucci nodded in agreement. When he and Sabo entered, the navy had already completely surrounded the arena.

“You two have never mentioned this before.” Ace couldn’t help but complain as he watched his two brothers calmly discuss such an important matter.

"This is the Sunny."

"Sanji, it's Luffy." Luffy immediately called out upon hearing the Den Den Mushi's voice.

"Luffy!" Nami's voice, brimming with obvious surprise, rang out from the Den Den Mushi.

"Chopper, contact Usopp."

"I'm Usopp!"

Everyone watched quietly as Sanji contacted everyone via Den Den Mushi.

"Please briefly explain your situation. I, Nami, Chopper, Brook, Momonosuke, and Caesar are all currently on the ship." Sanji's calm voice came through the Den Den Mushi. Ace and Sabo exchanged a glance and chose to listen quietly.

"This is Kin'emon, and I am now with Lord Luffy, Lord Zoro, Lord Ace, and..." Kin'emon hesitated, looking at the cotton doll and the blond youth, unsure of how to address them.

"Sanji, it's me, Lucci. You might not remember me. I've turned into a toy now." Lucci noticed Kin'emon's confusion, broke free from Luffy's arms, jumped onto the windowsill, and spoke to the Den Den Mushi in Kin'emon's hand, "Luffy's other brother, Sabo, is also here. We're all in front of the arena."

"Huh!? Really!?" Sanji and Franky exclaimed in surprise, then asked loudly.

"Thank goodness! Are you alright?!" Sanji exclaimed in surprise. "Sorry I was too late. Are you with Luffy right now?"

"That's right, Sanji, Lucci is with me now. I found him. He's my brother!" Luffy shouted excitedly.

"Great, now everyone's here except for Law." Sanji's relieved voice came through the Den Den Mushi. "Usopp, are things alright on your end?"

"Oh, I'm Franky, with Usopp and Robin. We're currently with the Riku army, who are against the Doflamingo regime in this country."

"The army?" Sanji asked, puzzled.

"It's the army of the Lilliputians."

"I encountered a strange soldier in the arena earlier. That guy is the captain of the army here. They are preparing to revolt today and overthrow Doflamingo's rule!"

"Ah, you mean that one-legged toy soldier?" Luffy asked in surprise, then, remembering what Rebecca had said, he hurriedly shouted, "Hey! Franky, Rebecca is trying to stop him, stop that army!"

"I want to say the opposite of what you said, Luffy. I'm not participating in the Trafalgar Square operation."

"Huh? What did you say, Franky!" Usopp exclaimed in shock.

“I understand Traman’s plan: destroy the factory, leave Doflamingo alive, and then use him. But what about these little people who are planning to rebel against Doflamingo today?”

"The little people will not stop. This country, which seems happy on the surface, hides a bottomless darkness, and they are preparing to fight to the death to shatter this darkness."

"How can I stand by and watch such a brave and indomitable army die! Is it really a good thing for us to let Doflamingo win? Luffy, no matter what you say... I'm going for it!"

"Franky, let's go all out and fight!" Luffy shouted, his expression incredibly determined. "We're coming right now!"

"Alright, let's head back," Sanji said with a smile.

"Oh! I knew this would happen!" Nami exclaimed.

"Hey, Sanji." Lucci called out to Sanji, thinking of Law's situation and asking, "How's it going with Law? The deal has completely failed, hasn't it?"

“Ah, that’s right. After he left Caesar to us, he went back to fight Doflamingo. If he doesn’t linger, he should be fine,” Sanji replied.

“Doflamingo hasn’t shown up in front of us yet,” Lucci said, frowning. “That means he’s probably still in Green Bit, buying Doflamingo time to destroy the factory for us.”

"Someone's coming!" Sabo looked up at the sky to warn them, then stood behind the wall and quietly observed.

Just then, something hurtled toward them at incredible speed. The next second, it crashed heavily in front of the arena, the billowing dust instantly obscuring everyone's vision. When the dust settled, everyone stared in shock.

"What!? That's Traman!" Luffy stared in shock at Law, who was lying on the ground covered in blood.

“And Doflamingo,” Ace said, looking at the man with pink glasses and a distorted smile.

Lucci frowned as he looked at Law lying on the broken floor. How could he be in such a sorry state? Lucci turned to look at the man in the pink feather coat. He was just stalling for time. From what he had observed over the past few days, Law was clearly a meticulous and cautious person. Moreover, their goal before this was only to destroy the factory.

In this situation, it's impossible that he hadn't planned his escape route before getting himself into this predicament. Moreover, Lucci frowned as he analyzed Law's wounds. His injuries clearly indicated that he had fought Doflamingo, but he didn't seem like the kind of hot-blooded and impulsive guy.

"Hey! Traverse, what are you doing..." Luffy hadn't finished speaking when he saw Doflamingo shoot Traverse, and his eyes widened in shock, "Traverse!!"