"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?!" Seeing Luffy strike a pose again, Nami shouted angrily.
"Don't you dare mess around!" However, Luffy completely ignored Nami's words.
The next second, under Usopp's shocked gaze, Luffy's two arms rapidly stretched out with lightning speed.
There were still dozens of meters between them, but just one second later, Usopp saw Luffy's rubber arms reach him.
"Ghost—!" Usopp's two pupils instantly shot out, then rapidly retracted.
Immediately after, Luffy's two arms tightly gripped two large rocks on the shore.
Whoosh— With a whooshing sound, Luffy's body followed closely, then landed steadily on the ground.
"W-who are you?!" Usopp, terrified, collapsed to the ground, his eyes filled with fear.
He had originally thought the other party was just a scrawny monkey with no strength, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.
"Hehehe… After sailing for so many days, I'm finally ashore!" Luffy laughed and stretched.
Being on the ship for the past few days had really stifled him.
"You guys hurry over—!" Luffy turned around and waved to Zoro, who was still diligently paddling.
However, he was met with an eye-roll from Reno and Zoro.
You have a Devil Fruit Ability; we don't.
"W-who are you all?!" A startled cry suddenly came from beside Luffy.
"Huh?!" Luffy turned around only to discover Usopp, who had collapsed on the ground from fear.
"Hahahahaha… Your nose is so weird!" When Luffy saw Usopp's iconic red nose, he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"And who are you? Are you a resident of this village?" After a good laugh, Luffy finally asked about the important matter.
If it weren't for his fear of Luffy, Usopp would have already given Luffy a good beating.
And just then, thanks to the relentless efforts of Zoro and Fire Thunder, their small boat finally docked.
Upon seeing Usopp, Reno nodded slightly.
See? They'd found their next crew member.
The group disembarked one after another, standing beside Luffy and carefully observing the small town before them.
"You… just who are you people? What are you doing here?" Usopp eyed the unwelcome guests with vigilance, his body subtly backing away.
He had a bad feeling about their arrival, especially Luffy; the eerie sight of his arms stretching was still fresh in his mind.
"Hello, my name is Luffy. We're here to find a pirate ship." Luffy told Usopp the purpose of their visit.
"You're 4.9 pirates?!" Usopp looked at the group with suspicion.
Aren't pirates supposed to be fierce-looking and burly?
Among these people, apart from Zoro, who somewhat fit the description of fierce, the others didn't look like pirates at all.
"That's right, we are indeed here to find a pirate ship suitable for us." At this moment, Reno stepped forward.
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