Chapter 103 I Am Really Not in the Same Group with Them (35)

"Ah~"

A deafening sound like a dragon's roar suddenly came from the peaceful port of Gemini Cape.

The sea instantly rippled with huge ripples, and waves rose under the impact of the sound waves.

Lab's huge eyeballs suddenly turned, and his sight focused on Luffy.

Although as an animal, it does not have a brain as flexible as that of humans.

But it has been smart since childhood and has long been able to understand human language.

More importantly, it heard a familiar name from Luffy's mouth-[Brooke]!

In an instant!

The whole sea suddenly boiled like boiling water.

Lab turned its huge body, slowly retreated, focused all its sight on Luffy, and then issued another deafening cry:

"Ah--! !?"

At the same time.

Inside Lab's body, in a huge space.

As the person in charge of the Gemini Cape Lighthouse, Crocus suddenly stood up in surprise.

"Strange, has the tranquilizer worn off?!"

In order to meet the Rumbar Pirates, Lab has been hitting the solid Red Earth Continent with his head for decades, so that it has been scarred.

In order to protect Lab, Crocus had to move his home into Lab's body, and with his superb medical skills, he transformed Lab's body into a huge secret base.

Once Lab wants to hit the Red Earth Continent, he will inject Lab with a special tranquilizer in a specific room to force it to calm down.

Day after day, year after year.

This has long become a part of Crocus's life.

It's just that Lab today seems to be extra resistant to tranquilizers.

Croccus trotted all the way, but when he came to the room where the tranquilizer was injected, the violent tremor that should have come was delayed.

"Strange!?"

Confused, he scratched his head, which had already reached the top, and then walked out along the passage of the tranquilizer room.

In order to take better care of Lab, Kurokas has built dozens of passages here, which are intricate and only he knows where these passages lead to.

He is a complete nemesis of Sauron!

Squeak~

With a sound of metal friction, Kurokas slowly pushed open the sealed gate behind Lab and stuck his head out.

The next second, he was surprised to see a boy wearing a straw hat sitting on the scar in the middle of Lab's forehead, talking and laughing with Lab.

Kurokas's sight instantly focused on the straw hat, and his eyes suddenly glared:

"That hat, I don't remember it..."

A stream of nostalgia flashed in his eyes.

The next moment, he walked out of the gate and yelled at Luffy:

"Hey! Boy, why are you here!?"

"Huh!?"

Hearing Crocus' voice, Luffy turned his head in confusion, and then showed a puzzled look:

"Uncle!? Who are you?"

Crocus frowned: "Before asking someone's name, it is the most basic courtesy to say your name first, right?"

"Ah! That's right, my name is Monkey D..."

Luffy was stunned for a moment, but just as he was about to say his name, he heard Crocus suddenly speak, as if answering a question:

"I am Crocus, the lighthouse keeper of Gemini Cape!"

"…………"

The scene was quiet in an instant.

After a while.

Luffy suddenly grinned and laughed: "Uncle, you are so funny!"

"...Hehe."

Crocus raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his mouth, "I haven't met such an interesting young man like you for a long time."

"So... why are you here!?" He repeated the question at the beginning again.

"Ah..." Luffy smiled and said, "I'm inviting this whale to be our partner!"

"Now it seems that I have succeeded!"

"Right, Laboo!?"

Luffy patted Laboo's head happily.

And Laboo also immediately made a huge cry and responded to Luffy.

But in Laboo's deafening cry, Crocus's face changed from calm at the beginning to stunned, and finally opened his mouth wide, showing an incredible shock.

……

……

Half an hour later, on the deck of the Merry.

Crocus picked up the wine glass in front of him, looking at his old reflection in the glass, and couldn't let it go for a long time.

"So that's how it is."

He suddenly sighed: "I thought... the Rumbar Pirates had already escaped from the Grand Line!"

"It seems that I misunderstood them!"

After the voice fell, he slowly turned his head to look at the huge Lab next to the Merry, tears flashing in his eyes:

"That's really great, Lab!"

"You are right!"

"It turns out that they have never forgotten you~ and now, you have the opportunity to meet them!!!"

"That's great...!"

Kurokas murmured, then drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, and then stood up.

He said solemnly to the Straw Hat Pirates:

"Since Lab has agreed to go with you, then I have no reason to stop it!"

"But Lab is not an ordinary sea beast!"

"If I find out that you treat it badly, I will hunt you down to the end even if I have to travel to the ends of the earth!"

At this moment, Kurokas' eyes were inexplicably moist, like an old father who was about to hand his daughter over to a bad boy.

Luffy, who played the role of a brat, showed a bright smile like the sun at this moment, put his hand on his straw hat, and made a gesture like an oath:

"Hehe, don't worry, uncle!"

"We will definitely take good care of Lab!"

As the vice captain, Red also stood up with a smile, filled his glass with wine and assured him:

"Senior Crocus, you don't have to worry about Lab!"

"And I think... you won't be separated for too long!"

"Because it won't be long before our captain will lead us to find [ONE·PIECE], just like you did in the past, and become the freest existence on the sea in this era!!!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, a flash of surprise flashed in Crocus' eyes, and he said to Red in surprise:

"Do you know me?"

"Of course!" Red smiled slightly and raised his glass to toast.

"Kurocas, the exclusive ship doctor of the Pirate King Roger's Pirates, the wheel of time is not fast enough to wipe you all out in history."

"What!!!?"

"Puff--!!!"

Luffy suddenly spit out a large mouthful of milk, and then he, like everyone on the Merry, looked at Crocus in shock:

"Uncle!? Are you a crew member of the Pirate King Roger!?"

"Hahaha, it's just an old story~!" Crocus waved his hand and laughed indifferently.

Perhaps it was because of the identity filter, at this moment, his every move was unexpectedly handsome in the eyes of the Straw Hat Pirates.

Compared to Luffy, who had golden eyes and a look of longing, Zoro and Sanji inexplicably ignited a fighting spirit.

The crew of the Pirate King Roger should be very strong! ?

If they could fight him, would it make their strength improve again! ?

The two who were eager to become stronger had the idea of ​​challenging Crocus in their hearts.

However, Red, who saw this, stopped them with his eyes.

There are many strong people in the Grand Line.

There is no need to bother this old man at this time.

He and Laboo have guarded the Twin Capes together for 50 years, and the relationship between them has long been very deep.

Now they want to take Laboo away, and the old man will inevitably feel reluctant.

Let's leave the remaining time to them.

At Red's suggestion, the Straw Hat Pirates did not immediately head towards the route on the first day of entering the Grand Line.

Instead, they settled down on the coast of the Twin Cape and held a grand welcome ceremony for their new partner Laboo.

And the duo of Smoker and Vivi, who saw all this, were so shocked that they didn't know what to say!

At this moment, they only felt that their heads were as if they were filled with lead and they completely lost the ability to think.

Vivi was thinking, and Mr. 9 was simply shocked.

And Smoker... was wondering why the Straw Hat Pirates' intelligence network was so developed! ?

Or their unknown vice-captain actually knows so many things! ?

The Rumba Pirates that disappeared for 50 years;

The truth about the ghost ship in the Devil's Triangle;

And the identity of the crew of the Crocus Roger Pirates.

Although he has not been in contact with the Straw Hat Pirates for a long time, Smoker feels more and more that...

The vice-captain with a baseball cap and a boyish look may be the most dangerous among the group! ! !

"... Why have I never heard of the information about Red!?"

In front of the swaying bonfire, Smoker looked at Red who was partying with his friends not far away, and couldn't help but murmured.

And at this moment...

A figure suddenly sat down next to him.

It was Miss. Wednesday, the killer who was too weak, had no threat, was guaranteed by Sanji, and had changed clothes and removed his weapons, that is, Princess Vivi!

At this moment, she looked extremely hesitant, and her eyes flickered as if she was struggling with something.

But in the end, she pinched her throat and whispered to Smoker:

"Your pirate group...really want to cause trouble for the Seven Warlords of the Sea Crocodile!?"

"…………"

Smoker: I'm really not in the same group with them!!!

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