Chapter 1: The Boy in the Barrel
A calm sea. A single barrel floated under the blazing sun. The silence of the sea shattered when a pirate ship cut through the waves, its crew rowdy and wild.
Inside the barrel? A boy with a straw hat, sound asleep.
Elsewhere on the ship, Alvida, a cruel pirate captain with a giant iron mace, roared orders at her trembling crew. Among them was a small boy named Coby, forced into servitude. He dreamed of joining the Navy but was trapped under Alvida's thumb.
Suddenly, the crew found the barrel. Curious, they opened it—and Monkey D. Luffy popped out with a cheerful grin. "I'm hungry!"
Chaos followed. Luffy didn't fear the pirates. In fact, when Alvida confronted him with her mace, he stood firm. "I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!" he shouted. Alvida struck—but her weapon bounced off. Luffy stretched and punched her away, shocking everyone. He had eaten the Gomu Gomu no Mi, a Devil Fruit that made his body rubber.
Coby couldn't believe it. Luffy wasn't scared of anything—not even Alvida. When Luffy learned Coby wanted to join the Navy, he encouraged him to follow his dream.
As the sun set, Luffy set sail with Coby. He looked to the horizon, pointing forward. "I need to find a crew. My journey's just beginning!"
And so, the boy in the barrel sailed toward destiny.
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