Chapter 18 Great Harvest
The leader of the revolutionary army, notorious in the eyes of the government navy, is named Monkey D. Dragon.
He is not only the son of the navy hero Garp, but also the father of Straw Hat Luffy, a wanted criminal with extremely serious crimes.
In order to give Luffy a peaceful and stable living environment, and to prevent others from knowing his weaknesses, Dragon has never met Luffy, and Luffy has never known who his father is.
Despite this, Dragon still secretly monitors Luffy's actions without meeting him.
This time he came to the East China Sea not only because of the mission, but also because he wanted to silently witness his son's departure from Rogue Town and head towards Upside-down Mountain as a father.
But what is unexpected is that during the journey to the East China Sea, the Den Den Mushi is remotely controlled.
The appearance of a mysterious man becomes a sudden variable that may stir up the future.
Fortunately, the sea area where the other party is currently operating is the East China Sea, which is the same as his destination.
He planned to see Luffy off and then start an investigation in the East China Sea.
At least, if the other party is really like what Den Den Mushi said, then their Revolutionary Army might be able to cooperate with the other party to a certain extent.
But something even more unexpected happened to him.
Luffy climbed onto Roger's execution platform and was handcuffed to the gallows by Buggy the Clown.
Then, the man who had been secretly investigated by various forces but could not be found appeared on the execution platform and controlled the minds of all the townspeople.
Hidden on the roof of the building, Long listened in surprise to the cheers of "Respected Captain Yale" coming from below.
How on earth was that man able to control the minds of so many people without anyone noticing?
Then he saw the other person's arm pass through Bucky's chest, and Bucky seemed to be frightened and stood there motionless.
From his point of view, it seemed like he did it willingly.
The man pulled out his arm, and a devil fruit suddenly appeared in his hand.
The information matched that collected by the Revolutionary Army, and it turned out that the other party did have the ability to take away other people's devil fruits.
We can't wait any longer.
Long had no doubt that the next person to suffer would be his own son.
"So he is your son~"
Yale, whose wrist was held, was not panicked. He also patiently captured the deep brain waves of the man in front of him for a while.
It wasn't that he wanted to spy on her on his own initiative. It was just that the other party came to his door. It was like a devil fruit was handed to him. There was no reason for him not to eat it.
Fortunately, the other party's door-to-door delivery gave him a better understanding of the world.
The hand holding the devil fruit threw it into the sky, and the fruit flew out of his hand and stopped at a high place, motionless.
When he got the chance, Yale immediately reached out to the chest of the revolutionary leader.
Long had been prepared for this and also extended the hand that was not holding his wrist to attack.
However, he encountered the same situation as Garp. The fist covered with domineering aura went straight through Yale's body, as if it was passing through the air that did not exist at all.
At the same time, his other hand suddenly loosened.
The wrist that was clenched tightly a second ago now became as empty as air.
Long made a quick decision and stomped his foot down hard.
The execution platform, which had stood as solid as ever for more than 20 years, suddenly broke and collapsed like tofu.
With the burst of domineering power, the guillotine that imprisoned Luffy shattered instantly.
Luffy was blown away by this invisible domineering aura, and looked back at the two people in the air in astonishment.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Bucky had already run away and even his shadow could not be found at this time.
As for the two people on the execution platform, Luffy had no impression of them. He didn't even have a vague idea of what was happening there.
Luffy fell heavily in front of Zoro and Sanji, and was helped up by the two.
Zoro said urgently: "Hurry up, Luffy, that guy is not our opponent!"
"If you don't want your devil fruit power taken away, stop daydreaming!"
Sanji also shouted. He and Zoro, who usually didn't get along with each other, showed amazing tacit understanding at this time. They held Luffy's arms on the left and right and ran towards the port.
Nami, Usopp has already run to the port.
Just as Nami said, a rainstorm is coming!
Luffy was carried and ran, but he still turned his head as much as possible to look at the two people in the air.
Yes, even after the execution platform collapsed, the two men were still standing in mid-air, as if there was an invisible platform under their feet.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, thunder rumbled, and the wind was howling.
The man's long hair was a dazzling red, like spilled blood.
His arm pierced the cloaked man's chest.
As he retracted, the devil fruit was also taken out of the cloaked man's body.
"Family love is so touching~" Yale threw the devil fruit in his hand, and then caught the one he had thrown into the air for temporary storage.
He took a bite of the fruit and shook his head leisurely and contentedly. "It's a pity that I don't quite understand such emotions, otherwise I would definitely shed tears - if I had tears."
"Excuse me, are you an orphan, or have you never cried?"
Long lowered his hand that was covering his chest and took a step back with his left foot. Surprisingly, the air was still solid.
"You want to delay as much time as possible and get more information from me—oh, you're even ready to sacrifice yourself."
Yale saw through his purpose.
Until the people of this planet invented equipment to hide their brain waves, he could listen to their thoughts freely.
"Simply put, in front of lower civilizations, higher civilizations are like an omnipotent god."
Yale used a very appropriate metaphor, "You can understand me this way, an omnipotent god."
He had indeed seen that after a war, the survivors of an advanced civilization would run to the planet of an inferior civilization, proclaim themselves gods, and enslave the intelligent creatures of the inferior civilization, while the intelligent creatures still had expressions of gratitude on their faces.
In fact, what those advanced civilizations did was just to help them unlock new technologies, protect them from a devastating natural disaster, or simply bring them rain and a good harvest.
Of course, he is doing the same thing at this moment.
"It's like—I'm standing here talking to you right now, and another me is getting what I want."
The dragon's eyes widened in shock.
He immediately looked towards the port, but from this angle, he couldn't see what was happening over there.
But he knew that Luffy must be in danger!
"What exactly do you want to do?" Long asked coldly in a low voice.
If he still felt that he could have a chat with this person when Yale Den Den Mushi was live streaming, now he knows clearly that the Revolutionary Army and the other party are definitely not on the same side!
This man is quite dangerous. He even talks about bringing equality and order to those who ask him for help. There is no way he can be so kind!
After eating the devil fruit he got from Buggy, Yale swallowed the flesh, and the corners of his mouth, which had been licked by his tongue, gradually curled up in a vicious arc.
The chuckle turned arrogant, and the golden eyes hidden under the red hair were filled with madness and malice, as bright as melted gold.
"Haha, hahahahahahahahaha, I think you misunderstood me, Revolutionary Army. I am indeed different from you narrow-minded guys. I want to control this planet, and everything on this planet, including your lives, is my personal asset. Assets are assets, there is no distinction between high and low, and we cannot harm each other. This is the equality and order I want to bring to you!"
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Rogue Town, Port.
A few minutes ago, Nami and Usopp rushed to the port because of the impending rainstorm and almost had a conflict with the Buggy Pirates' vice-captain Mochi, who was responsible for burning the Straw Hat Pirates' ships.
Fortunately, heavy rain had already started, and the enemy's plan to burn the ships failed before it even began.
After the two fought bravely, Mochi and his mount, a greedy lion, were quickly defeated.
The two of them therefore rushed to the ship, hoisted the anchor and set sail, leaving only Luffy, Zoro and Sanji on board.
However, they did not wait for Luffy and the others to come, but instead waited for the crew of Buggy Pirates who were rushing towards them.
Looking at the swordsman who seriously injured Zoro, Nami shed tears of despair.
"It's over! If Luffy and the others don't come back, you have to take over, Usopp!"
"Why should I be the one pushing it? I'm still pulling the boat!"
Usopp, whose fighting ability was comparable to hers, immediately retorted and asked in fear, "Are they strong? Why don't we just surrender?"
He didn't know anyone from the Buggy Pirates.
Because at that time, he hadn't met Luffy and the others yet.
However, the group did not rush towards them, but instead rushed towards another ship anchored in the harbor.
Faintly, over the sound of the heavy rain, one could still hear their shouts for Mochi to get on board.
"Mochi! Stop dawdling, Captain Buggy is dead, let's get out of here now!"
"This island will definitely disappear. If we don't run now, it will be too late!"
"What—Baki is dead?!" Nami covered her mouth in shock.
As someone who had seen Luffy and Buggy fight, she knew very well that Buggy was actually quite powerful.
Was she killed by that man?
She was horrified to think that Luffy and the others were so slow in arriving, could they have already...
"Don't run—don't run—I'm not on board yet!"
In the continuous rain on the street, the red-nosed man who was fleeing shouted in panic.
However, the sound of rain and the noise on the pirate ship drowned out his voice.
Bucky reached out in vain, only to see his ship getting smaller and smaller.
On the ship of the Buggy Pirates, the pirates who escaped the disaster collapsed on the deck, showing expressions of relief at having survived the disaster in the heavy rain.
"Great, we finally escaped!"
"Hahaha, it's good to be alive, it's good to be alive."
"By the way, I thought I heard Captain Buggy's voice just now. Did you hear it?"
"That must be Captain Buggy's ghost! He's telling us to run and protect ourselves and the ship."
Hearing this, the pirates burst into tears after a brief silence.
"Wow, Captain Buggy—we will definitely avenge you later!"
"That's right! Damn red-haired man, just wait for us. We will definitely avenge the captain's murder!"
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