Pirates: From Vice Captain to Lord of the Dead

"Hehehe, watch me."

Luffy grinned, pressed the cup with both hands, and then...

Swish!Swish!Swish!

He swapped the positions of the three cups more than a dozen times within a few seconds at a speed that left an afterimage, and finally clapped his hands!

boom!

"Come on! Guess where the coin is!"

Luffy shouted with a serious expression.

Cologne looked nervous and stared at the three cups for a long time. He finally stretched out his hand, but suddenly stopped and became conflicted again.

"Damn it, the movements were so fast that I couldn't see them at all. Is this the strength of the Four Emperors?"

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Nami slapped her forehead and felt speechless.

What about the strength of the Four Emperors? This is clearly a trick to fool children!

However, it wasn't just Cologne who was also holding his breath, feeling anxious and uneasy. The crowd of giants and Chopper who were watching...?!

Everyone's eyes were filled with nervousness as they all stared at Colon's shaking hand.

What a bunch of idiots and childish ghosts, ah~

Nami sighed to herself.

Finally, Cologne pursed his lips, as if he had made a great decision. Looking at Luffy's confident look, he hardened his heart and pressed his hand on the cup on the right!

“——Nani!”

Seeing Cologne's actions, Luffy was frightened and screamed with wide eyes:

“Someone actually didn’t choose the middle one!!”

"What a childish idea! Are you an idiot?"

Usopp bared his teeth and yelled.

Seeing this reaction, Cologne and all the giants around him narrowed their eyes and quickly lowered their heads to stare at the unopened cup.

"Wait a minute! Could it be that!"

"No way, is he really chosen?"

"Quick! Open it and take a look!"

Gollum~

Cologne swallowed nervously, cold sweat already oozing out of his forehead without him noticing, and he slowly and carefully picked up the cup.

Inside is...!

Nothing at all! !

"Nani!!" ×N

"Damn it! Could it be this?!"

Cologne quickly reached out and opened the one on the far left. Just when everyone thought a coin would appear...

Still empty!

“——Hey!!”×N

Now, not only were the giants shocked, even Chopper couldn't sit still.

"Wait a minute! Why isn't there anything here? Could it be!"

Chopper looked at Luffy with disbelief, feeling that the man in front of him was terrifyingly cunning.

"I know! Luffy was just pretending, right? The coin is actually hidden in the cup in the middle!"

"Oh no, I was really surprised just now."

Luffy answered him calmly, and picked up the last cup himself.

It’s empty too!

"Nani!!" ×N

At this moment, all the giants were holding their faces in fear, as if a bolt from the blue had struck their hearts.

"how so!"

Cologne looked panicked.

Only then did Luffy grin, stick out his long tongue and reveal a coin.

"Hehehe, you didn't expect that, idiot."

"Damn it! I actually lost, completely!"

Cologne gritted his teeth, held his head in frustration, and felt extremely ashamed.

Seeing this scene, the giants finally couldn't help laughing.

"Wa hahaha!"

"I was actually fooled."

"I can't blame you for this. After all, even we didn't notice it."

"Hahaha! Never mind."

"By the way, it's amazing that you could come up with this trick."

Usopp patted Luffy's shoulder and said with a smile: "If I hadn't heard the sound when I shook the cup, I almost wouldn't have noticed it. You've become smarter, Luffy."

"Hahaha, because I was fooled by Shanks using this trick several times in the past."

Luffy laughed heartily and foolishly.

".Good. Several times."

Usopp's smile slowly froze, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he took back what he had just said in his heart.

Although they were fooled, the giants didn't care. No one thought that Cologne would actually win and then go out to sea. After all, he was still a child.

But Cologne was obviously still a little unconvinced. Luffy looked at him as if he was looking at himself in the past, being rejected every time, and then would soon pester Shanks again.

I looked back at my companions who had accompanied me all the way here: Reiner, Zoro, Nami, Usopp, and Sanji.

Suddenly, for a moment, Luffy felt as if he had returned to twelve years ago, in the tavern in Windmill Village, where the same group of pirates were huddled together drinking, and there was a little guy sitting at the bar sulking and drinking milk.

But this time, he changed to Shanks' perspective.

He was a pirate who had experienced countless adventures at sea, while the other had never set foot out of the village. He only relied on the thrilling adventure stories he heard from the pirates, and he longed for one day in the future to become a brave and free person like them.

"That's probably what it feels like. I wonder what it will be like to see you again, Shanks."

Luffy pressed the straw hat on his head, lowered the brim, and grinned happily.

Reiner, who was sitting next to him, held a wooden beer mug and leaned back on the table.

"What are you daydreaming about, Luffy? Could it be that the scene brought back memories?"

"The scene brought back memories?"

"That's just emmm, forget it."

Boom!

Reiner smiled, gave up the idea of ​​explaining the idiom to Luffy, touched his wine glass, and raised his glass to indicate,

"Here's to freedom!"

"Hehehe, brothers!"

Luffy grinned and raised his wine glass, putting one foot on the table.

"Cheers to freedom!!"

"--oh!"

"cheers!!"

He drank one glass of wine after another, taking big gulps, letting the wine flow down the corners of his mouth and beard and drip onto the ground.

Less than half an hour later, someone came running in to announce that the Rainbow Bridge was ready and people could reach the Yang World at any time.

Fortunately, they had just started drinking, and Donli and Broki had not yet started to get drunk. Although they were reluctant to leave, they had to put down the glasses in their hands and prepare to go to the village with Reiner and his party.

On the other side, there are Luffy, Usopp, Zoro, and Chopper riding on Zoro's neck.

The four of them took backpacks filled with food and wine from the tavern, preparing to take an adventurous journey through the snow-capped mountains to the Yang Realm. At the same time, they once again rejected Cologne's request to join them.

Dongli picked him up like a chicken.

"Hahaha! Just follow us up the Rainbow Bridge."

"I know, I know."

Being lifted and hung in the air, Cologne puffed out his cheeks and pouted, looking a little depressed.

The group split into two groups. Luffy and his three companions walked on the snow towards the depths of the vast white forest, while Reiner and his companions, the Giant Pirates, and Kidd's group sailed a boat and came to the so-called Rainbow Bridge.

It was a true seven-color rainbow, with vivid and amazing colors. I had never seen such a gorgeous and dreamy scene so clearly at such a close distance.

One end of the rainbow sinks into the sea, while the other end extends to the "yang world" above the precious tree Adam, forming an arch bridge.

"Hey, wait a minute, are we supposed to sit on this now?!"

Looking at the rainbow so close in front of her, Nami was still a little confused.

However, when the bow of the Great Eric touched the point where the sea surface and the rainbow met, an astonishing and shocking scene occurred.

The rainbow was like a river, carrying the huge ship up!

“——Hey!!”

Everyone's eyes widened and their jaws dropped in shock. By the time they realized what was happening, the two small boats had been swept up by the rainbow river flowing upstream.

“It really came up!!”