Chapter 635: The first meeting between the Pirate King and the Great Swordsman! (Two in one)

It was May, and the sea breeze was warm.

The climate in the East China Sea was mild. Luffy, who had just left Shields Town, was lying on a small boat, enjoying the sunshine comfortably.

The straw hat covered Luffy's face. Luffy, who was lying on the deck, crossed his legs, tilted his head slightly, and observed the situation on the sea through the gap. Next to him, there was a sea pole fixed on the side of the ship. A few meters away, the float was swaying gently with the waves.

On a pleasant afternoon, under the straw hat, Luffy smelled the intoxicating sea breath, with a smile on his face.

After leaving the Navy Headquarters, Luffy finally got what he wanted and lived this kind of free life without constraints.

For many years, he didn't know how many times he had imagined such a scene in his dreams. Now, he finally took the first step to fulfill his dream.

An unrestrained life, Luffy fell in love with this kind of life the first time he went to sea alone.

Although Luffy missed his two brothers' love when he was at the Navy Headquarters, he still preferred the freedom and comfort in front of him, as well as the exciting sea adventures that he could foresee in the future.

"Luffy, where are we going next?"

At this moment, a voice with a little timidity in the tone sounded in Luffy's ears, interrupting Luffy's thinking.

Gently moving the straw hat aside, he saw a pink-haired boy wearing glasses and a middle-parted hairstyle.

The straight middle-parted hairstyle and his heavy round-framed glasses made the pink-haired boy look a little dull, and with his tone of voice, an indescribable cowardice was already revealed in front of Luffy.

The pink-haired boy was called Coby, a friend that Luffy met by chance after he went to sea. When Luffy escaped from the Goa Kingdom in the East Sea, he did not take a ship at all. That would have made him too conspicuous. Even with his two brothers covering him, it was not easy to escape by ship.

He hid in a wooden barrel and was transported on board by other merchant ships as a drinking water barrel. However, the merchant ship encountered a shipwreck after going out to sea. Luffy thought he was going to die, but he did not expect that he was taken on board by a group of pirates as some special treasure.

And Coby was a handyman on that pirate ship.

Due to the reasons of his original family, civilians like Coby were naturally afraid to resist the "authority" of the pirates after being taken on the pirate ship. The appearance of Luffy helped him get out of the life of a handyman.

Children like Coby have been educated with the simplest universal values ​​on this sea since childhood, and simply believe that the navy is justice and pirates are evil.

Simple and pure diode thinking, under the influence of universal values, naturally set a goal for his own life.

Become a navy.

This idea became more firm after Coby experienced a short life as a pirate.

However, the appearance of Luffy changed his fate. Knowing that Luffy was a person who escaped from the navy, Coby also developed a strong interest in this powerful "peer".

Knowing that Luffy's dream of leaving the navy was to become the Pirate King, this conflict of values ​​also made Coby want to understand Luffy's thoughts more and more.

From Luffy's mouth, Coby knew that people of his age and strength had no way to join the navy. Coby also understood the other party's identity from the conversation with Luffy.

Therefore, Coby also changed his mind. He did not think about joining the navy through normal channels, but thought about following Luffy and persuading Luffy to return to the navy headquarters in his own way. In this way, as Luffy's partner, he would naturally be remembered by the navy.

When his age meets the requirements, even if his strength is slightly lacking, he can definitely become a member of the navy smoothly.

With this idea, Coby became Luffy's first crew member and his first partner.

"Where are we going?"

"Well, of course we're going to the Grand Line!"

"Do you know the Grand Line? We'll leave the East China Sea first, enter the first half of the Grand Line, go to the Sabaody Archipelago, and ask the shipbuilder to coat our ship. Then we can go to the Fishman Island thousands of miles below, and then go to the New World to find the great treasure!"

Although Luffy received a good education during his time at the Navy Headquarters, the innocence engraved in his bones could not be erased by the education of the Navy Headquarters.

Although the idea is simple, Luffy is not stupid. He knows very well that it is impossible to cross the sea to the New World relying on himself and Coby, and relying on the small boat under them that is only three meters long.

Luffy is now a man who has seen the world. He knows how much risk is involved in sailing on the sea. Without a big ship, experienced navigators, and doctors, there is no way to travel through this sea.

So Luffy's goal at this stage is also very simple, that is, to find a crew member who meets his heart, and only go to the New World after the formal formation of the group.

He didn't know how the Pirate King Roger went to the New World, nor did he know how Red-Haired Shanks went to the New World.

He only knew that he would follow the path of the two people he admired the most, and move towards the goal of becoming the Pirate King.

When Luffy thought of this, he felt his blood boiling in his chest. Looking at the vast sea, Luffy stood up and shouted to the sea: "I must become the Pirate King!!!"

Luffy's ambitions refreshed his image in Coby's eyes again and again. At the beginning, he only thought that Luffy was a foolish boy who didn't know how high the sky was; but when he learned about some of Luffy's experiences, he felt that Luffy was an ambitious man.

Such people with clear goals will subtly influence the people around them, and Coby is naturally one of them.

However.

Just as Luffy was swearing his ambitions to the sea, a medium-sized merchant ship more than ten meters long quietly sailed to the side of the boat without Luffy and Coby noticing.

A shadow covered the boat that Luffy and Coby were riding.

"Hello, do you need any help?"

The boat was covered by a shadow, and Luffy and Coby also noticed it, and turned back to look behind them. And just when the two turned their heads, a gentle voice sounded in their ears.

Looking up, he found a girl holding a long sword on the deck of the merchant ship, leaning against the side of the ship, with a gentle and warm smile on her face, and asked Luffy and Coby.

The girl was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a pretty face, a short hair that looked a bit capable, and wearing shorts, looking very heroic.

The girl's words were warm and gentle, but Luffy couldn't help but feel a little repulsive when he saw this girl.

It wasn't because he had any opinion on this girl he just met, but he smelled a familiar smell in this girl's temperament.

Navy

This heroic girl with swords in both hands gave him the feeling of a navy.

There was a bit of rigor in her behavior.

After a quick look, Luffy smiled brightly, and then shook his head and said:

"No, we don't need any help!"

"Thank you."

The girl on the boat heard this, glanced at Luffy's boat, and then looked towards the sea in the north. After a while, the girl turned around and introduced herself:

"My name is Kuina, and I'm a pirate hunter."

"Are you residents of Shields Town?"

"How long does it take to get to Shields Town from here?"

"I see that you don't have any food or water on your boat. Are you going out to sea for fishing?"

Kuina asked enthusiastically with a faint smile.

The ship that met Luffy and his friends was the new navy led by Kuina, Zoro and others. After leaving Wan Guo, they put on the cloak of pirate hunters. On the way to the East China Sea, they acted low-key and had little reputation.

Although many powerful pirate groups have fallen in the hands of these people, because Kuina and her group did things "cleanly", and now ordinary people's attention is attracted by the big noises often made by the new navy headquarters, ordinary people in the world have never heard of Kuina and her group.

Others don't know, so Luffy and Coby naturally have no way of knowing each other's identities. After hearing Kuina's name, there was no other expression on their faces.

"We are indeed from Shields Town."

Luffy was about to say something, but Coby on the side immediately interrupted and answered.

During this period of time, Coby also understood Luffy's character and knew that this guy would never tell any lies.

And Luffy's brain circuit seems to be a little different from that of ordinary people.

Other pirates are afraid of being hunted by the navy when walking on the sea, and generally speaking, they will not keep shouting about their identity as pirates.

But Luffy is different. He seems to think that pirates are a great profession. No matter who he meets, he likes to say "I am a pirate" when introducing himself.

Coby had heard the other party say that he was a "pirate hunter", and he didn't want to get himself into trouble.

Coby's words did not make Kuina suspicious. After all, there were only two people on the boat, and judging from their temperament and age, they didn't look like bad people.

"If you are from Shields Town, do you know the news about the navy in Shields Town?"

"I heard that there is a navy colonel in Shields Town named Monka. This colonel often likes to "punish" disobedient subordinates and people. Is this true?"

Hearing that the other party came from Shields Town, Kuina also inquired about Monka's news.

Although their boat was covered with the cloak of "pirate hunters", in fact, they would not only attack pirates along the way.

The mafia, local bullies, and criminals are actually the targets of Kuina and her team.

When they see injustice, they will really help.

"Monka?!"

"Oh, there is such a person, but you don't have to worry about any troubles in Shields Town, Monka has been beaten up by me!"

Although Coby didn't want Luffy to speak, but Luffy had a mouth, how could he stop him?

When Kuina mentioned Monka, Luffy thought that the other party wanted to go to Shields Town, but was afraid of Monka's power, so he explained and comforted her.

"Beat him up by you?!"

In the East China Sea, the new navy's intelligence personnel are very lacking. Kuina and her friends only heard about a bully navy in Shields Town by chance, and hurried over, but they didn't expect to hear such a news.

After muttering, Kuina also cast her eyes on Luffy and examined him carefully.

"I must become the Pirate King!!!"

Kuina actually heard what Luffy just shouted to the sea. She thought that the other party was just a bastard who didn't know the heights of the world.

But after hearing that the other party had defeated Captain Monka of the Marine Branch, Kuina also realized that Luffy and Kebi were no longer ordinary people.

"You said you defeated Mengka? Did you mean to defeat him literally?"

"Is he dead? Or..."

Guina asked, with a little more curiosity in her tone.

"No, he was caught by the navy himself and imprisoned."

"He committed a crime and should be dealt with by the Navy Headquarters."

Luffy was a careless person, and he felt from the bottom of his heart that Kuina, a warm-hearted guy, should be a good person, so he answered.

"Ouch"

"Were you the one who knocked down that Marine Colonel?"

"It's amazing!"

At this moment, a young man with a green algae head walked to the side of the ship, looked down at Luffy and Kebi, and made a joke.

Kuina seemed to think that her companion's words were a bit impolite. She immediately frowned and reached out to pull Zoro's clothes: "Hey, Zoro!"

However, Zoro didn't care about Kuina at all, but silently grabbed the long knife at his waist and asked downwards:

"Who are you two?"

"Who just said that he wanted to become the Pirate King?"

"Are you two pirates?"

When Kebi heard the word "Pirate King", he secretly thought something was wrong. Sure enough, before he could react, Luffy beside him seemed to be in a state of stress. When he heard the word "Pirate King", his eyes lit up and his chest trembled. Yes, he immediately said:

"That's right!"

"We are pirates!"

"My name is Luffy, and I am the man who wants to become the Pirate King!"

As soon as the words fell, Kebi's face turned pale.

Kuina also raised her eyebrows when she heard this, looked at the two teenagers below and murmured in surprise: "Pirates?!"

When Sauron heard this, the corner of his mouth curled up, and his eyes showed a bit of sternness:

"Pirates——"

"That'll be easy!"

As he spoke, there was a flash of cold light on the deck, and Zoro instantly pulled out the long knife from his waist, then jumped up and landed directly towards the small boat where Luffy and Kirby were riding.

Kuina reacted a little slowly, but when she saw Sauron's decisive move, she immediately stopped her and said, "Stop, Sauron!"

"These are just two brats, maybe they are just talking."

"Don't take action until you confirm the wanted order!"

It's just that Zoro has his own ideas and won't listen to Kuina at this time.

pirate

Since the other party has already said that he is a pirate, as a "pirate hunter", he will naturally hunt the other party!

"Boom!!!"

Zoro swooped down and landed directly in the middle of Luffy and Kebi. His eyes swept over Kebi and Luffy and focused directly on Luffy.

To be honest, he didn't feel any "strong aura" from Kebi. On the contrary, it was Luffy who was probably not a rookie.