"Oh! Look, an island!" Luffy shouted.
They had successfully escaped the Marines' pursuit for hours now.
"Mmm, it's just an unpopulated island… No use going there," Nami said as she looked through her binoculars.
But when she put the binoculars down, she saw Luffy and Lucen already rowing the boat toward the unknown island. She shouted, "WAIT!"
"Let's see if we can find someone to join the crew!" Luffy grinned.
"More than that, we need an actual ship. We should see if there's one for us," Lucen argued.
"It's an unpopulated island… We should look for food. Supplies are almost finished," Zoro added, trying to give them some common sense. But then he sighed, realizing talking sense into them was tougher than becoming the No.1 swordsman.
"Ahhh—what? Doesn't Lucen have food?"
"Don't be stupid. I'd rather find food myself than believe him," Zoro said, clearly remembering how, despite having food, Lucen hadn't shared it with them.
"Hey! That's so rude, Zoro! If you just asked, I… would've given it to you. If I had any," Lucen muttered defensively.
Behind them, Nami reluctantly followed.
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"OKAY, WE HAVE ARRIVED!" Luffy shouted as he jumped off the boat excitedly.
Lucen and Nami looked around the area.
"Like I said, it's unpopulated. It'd be weird if you found anyone here—and even weirder if you found a ship," Nami muttered, glancing at Lucen, who just blinked innocently.
"C'mon, let's go into the forest!" Luffy pointed excitedly.
"Okay… Hmm, Zoro?" Lucen looked back and saw Zoro lying in the boat, sound asleep.
"Hmph, he's so lazy," Lucen said mockingly.
"Look at yourself first," Nami said with a blank face.
"Hey! Zor—" Luffy was about to wake him up, but Nami stopped him.
"He's still injured. Let him rest," she said with her arms crossed.
Luffy blinked, then remembered the stab Zoro had taken near his vital point. Although mostly healed, it hadn't fully recovered.
"You're right. Let's go." Luffy nodded and started walking into the forest.
Nami and Lucen followed behind.
"Woah! This forest has so many trees!" Lucen exclaimed.
Nami's mouth twisted. "It's a forest."
"POCK POCK POCK!" Suddenly, the sound of a rooster echoed.
They looked ahead and saw a fox with rooster features.
"What's that…?" Nami looked at it weirdly as it ran away.
"Mmm… Hey, look! What a weird rabbit! Shishishi~" Luffy picked up a snake with bunny-like ears.
"It's weird, but I think that's a mutant snake," Nami said, startled.
"Really? Then what about that lion?" Luffy pointed at a pig with a lion's mane.
"Oink oink oink."
"That's clearly a pig… a weird, mutant pig," Nami said.
"I think it's kinda cute," Lucen commented from the side.
"Cute?! Where the hell do you find that weird thing cute?" Nami questioned, showing her sharp teeth.
"Weird? But I think you're cute too, Nami," Lucen said, tilting his head and looking right into her eyes.
"WHA-WHAT—CUTE!!" Nami's face flushed, steam puffing from her head like a kettle.
"Hey, Nami, are you okay—huh? That's a lot of smoke!" Lucen said in amazement.
Luffy, who was looking around, also turned. "Woah! How'd you do that, Nami?"
Nami, whose head was steaming, suddenly snapped. A vein popped on her forehead as she punched Lucen straight in the face.
"YOU THINK I'M WEIRD?!"
Lucen was sent flying into a tree, and an apple fell onto his head.
Then Nami turned and punched Luffy too, who shrank back.
"What did I do…?" Luffy asked weakly.
"I'm so angry, Hmph~" Nami said with a frustrated look.
In her anger, she glanced at Lucen. 'Seriously, he has such a pretty face, it's unfair. If I sold him, I bet I'd get a billion beri.'
At the thought, a beri symbol appeared in her eyes, and a bit of drool flowed from her mouth. 'With that much money, not only could I buy back the village, I could buy more tangerines than I could ever imagine…'
'But I can't really sell him. He's too cute to go for just one billion beri…' Tears streamed down her face at the thought.
"DON'T COME CLOSER! GET OUT!" A loud voice suddenly echoed, breaking Nami out of her dangerous thoughts.
Lucen and Luffy, who had just gotten up, looked around, trying to find the source of the voice.
"Who are you?" Nami asked with a wary expression.
"ME? I AM THE FOREST GUARDIAN!"
"The Forest Guardian?" Luffy asked.
"THAT'S RIGHT! IF YOU STILL WANT TO LI—HEY! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! LEAVE MY HAIR!" The once-authoritative voice suddenly turned panicked.
Luffy and Nami blinked in confusion.
They looked around and saw Lucen walking out of a bush with a chest—yes, a chest—with a human head and legs sticking out of it.
"What's that, Lucen?" Luffy asked with curiosity.
"Whatever it is, it's definitely not normal," Nami said, sweat on her forehead.
"I don't know, but this is the thing that was trying to scare us," Lucen said, holding up the man in the chest. The man flailed his legs midair, trying to escape.
Luffy blinked. "It's like a cauliflower."
"WHAT?! ARE YOU STUPID?! WHERE DO I LOOK LIKE A CAULIFLOWER?!" shouted Gaimon, the man stuck in the chest.
"Mmm… have you seen yourself?" Lucen asked as he gently set Gaimon down.
"No, not for 20 years now. I've seen my reflection in water, but it's not very clear," Gaimon replied.
"Then how can you be sure you don't look like a cauliflower?" Lucen questioned, to which Luffy nodded seriously from the side, while Nami watched, bored.
"Haaah… you're right. How could I know? Hahah!" Gaimon laughed.
"Right! Shishishi~"
"HAHAHA! You're a fun guy, Uncle Cauliflower! Hahaha!"
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"No way! You guys are pirates? And you've eaten a Devil Fruit?!" Gaimon exclaimed as he saw Luffy stretch his cheek.
"Yeah! It's called the Gomu Gomu Fruit! And actually, there are four of us—one of my friends is still sleeping on the boat," Luffy said with a wide grin.
"Oh! Good for you… I've heard of Devil Fruits, but this is my first time seeing one." Gaimon looked amazed.
"It's my first time too—seeing someone stuck in a chest," Luffy said.
Nami and Lucen were sitting nearby. Lucen, especially, was staring intensely at Gaimon.
"Ah, is something on your mind?" Gaimon asked nervously as Lucen's gaze pierced through him.
"Yeah. I have a very important question I've been thinking about," Lucen said in a serious tone.
Everyone went silent.
Nami thought to herself—I've never seen Lucen serious before. Luffy, on the other hand, just assumed that if Lucen said it was important, then it must be.
Gaimon started sweating, anxious about what kind of deep question was coming.
"How do you poop?"
To Be Continued...
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A/N:
Actually I have question too how does he jerk off.