78: Chapter 78 Treasure! Useless Old ManLuffy, seeing his comical appearance, burst into laughter: "Well.that's not my problem!"
He waved his hand at Xiu Xiu, who was eager to try, and shouted, "Xiu Xiu!Bite him—!"
"Woof!"
Xiuxiu had long disliked this guy who was disturbing its peace and trying to steal its food, so it immediately rushed up like an arrow and bit Moqi's butt!
"Aaaaaahh .
Mochi let out a shrill scream and was chased by Xiuxiu.He scrambled away into the distance, creating a chaotic and comical scene.
"Hahaha!" Luffy burst into laughter, hands on his hips, at the sight of this.
At that moment, Zoro also walked back from a distance, looking displeased.
When Luffy saw him, he excitedly asked, "Hey!Zoro!Did you beat that guy?How was the sword fight?Was it fun?"
Zoro scoffed and sheathed the Wado Ichimonji.
"That guy is just a circus performer; he doesn't know anything about real swordsmanship.What a waste of time." His tone was full of disappointment.
"Huh?Are you done playing?"
The commotion of the battle ending prompted Nami and the mayor, who had been hiding, to cautiously peek out.
Nami breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the chaotic scene and the fleeing Mochi.
Just then—
boom--!
Another, even louder explosion came from afar!
Flames shot into the sky, and another cluster of houses collapsed in the explosion!
The mayor watched as his town, which he had painstakingly built up over forty years, was once again destroyed.His fists clenched so tightly that his nails almost dug into his palms, and his body trembled slightly with anger and helplessness.
"Damn it.even Xiu Xiu and that brat dare to stand up and fight."
As the mayor.how could I just stand by and watch these bastards destroy our town?
Seeing this, Nami hurriedly and anxiously advised, "Mayor!Calm down!Don't act impulsively!"
The mayor turned around abruptly, his eyes bloodshot, but his voice was unusually firm: "This place!Forty years ago, it was still a wasteland!"
It was built by me and the townspeople over forty years, brick by brick, with our own hands!It is our shared treasure!
I absolutely cannot.I absolutely cannot let these guys run rampant in town!
His gaze swept over Luffy and Zoro, finally settling on Nami, filled with unwavering resolve: "I am the mayor of this town!This town.I will protect it—!"
As he spoke, he picked up a spear that someone had left behind and was about to rush headlong toward the location of the explosion!
"Wait a minute!Mayor!"
Nami rushed forward and desperately stopped him, "What can you do there?This is too reckless!You'll get yourself killed!"
The mayor struggled fiercely, but his eyes were unusually bright.He turned to look at Nami, as if saying to everyone, "I know this is reckless!But."
He watched as Nami momentarily relaxed in her worry, then abruptly broke free from her grasp, turned, and rushed headlong towards the direction from which the flames and explosions had come.His aged yet resolute voice echoed through the ruins:
"For a real man.some battles cannot be avoided!"
Right, kid?
Watching the mayor's resolute retreating figure, Luffy smiled brightly with approval and shouted back:
"Yeah, sir!"
Nami stomped her foot in anger: "Don't agree with him!"
She watched the mayor's departing figure, then suddenly paused, and whispered, "The mayor.he seemed to have been crying just now."
Luffy blinked: "Really?I didn't see it either."
Zoro stared in the direction the mayor had disappeared, tightened his green bandana, and a barely perceptible smile played on his lips as he sighed:
"I have a feeling.things are about to get lively."
Luffy laughed and chimed in, "Hahaha!That's right!"
Nami looked in that direction with concern: "Is this the time to laugh?The mayor, he."
Luffy's smile faded, his eyes turning serious.He started walking in the direction the mayor had left, saying, "Don't worry, Nami, I really like that old man."
His tone carried a reassuring certainty: "I will absolutely not let him die."
"Since you put it that way."
As Zoro spoke, he stepped forward to follow Luffy, placing his hand on the hilt of his sword.
Nami, watching the two men about to go off and cause trouble again, asked anxiously, "Are you going to your death too?"
Zoro didn't turn around, but simply said, "Compared to something as trivial as life and death."
"If you don't act now, you'll regret it for the rest of your life." His words carried the pride of a swordsman and the romance of a man.
As Luffy walked, he announced his next plan: "Our goal is the Grand Line!So next.we're going to go and get that sea chart back!"
He suddenly stopped, turned around, and, facing Nami who was standing there in a dilemma, flashed his signature, highly infectious smile, extending his hand to her:
"Be our comrade, Nami—!"
Nami looked at Luffy's outstretched hand, then at the distant explosions still echoing in her mind.Images flashed through her mind: Shoo-Shoo's unwavering resolve, the mayor's tears and determination, and her own dream of a hundred million Berries…
She bit her lip, then turned her head away and insisted, "I.I will never be a pirate!"
But the next second, she whirled around, a sly and energetic smile spreading across her face.She reached out and forcefully slapped Luffy's hand away, shouting:
"But.can it be called 'cooperation'?For our mutual purposes!"
Luffy was slightly taken aback, but then he understood Nami's meaning and burst into laughter: "Hahaha!No problem!Let's cooperate!"
A new alliance, on this burning ruin, with oneIt was achieved in a peculiar way.
Meanwhile, on the roof of a relatively intact large house in the town center.
"Captain Bucky!The second special Bucky bomb is loaded!" a pirate henchman shouted, a savage grin spreading across his face.
Bucky looked down at the street below, which was being targeted again, a sinister grin spreading across his face: "Fufufu."
"Alright!Launch!Bomb all those eyesores of houses into the sky—!"
Just as the gunner was about to ignite the fuse—
"That wretched clown Bucky—!Get out here—!"
An aged yet resolute roar came from downstairs, interrupting their actions.
"Um?"
Bucky frowned in displeasure, put his hands on his hips, and leaned down to look.
Then, the old man who had led all the townspeople to escape earlier—Mayor Budru—returned.
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