71: Chapter 71 The Great Pervert Franky Makes His DebutSeeing Luffy and his crew about to leave, the man in fishnet stockings immediately ran into a strangely shaped house and told the people inside.Upon hearing that Luffy and his crew possessed a large sum of money, everyone cheered and rushed out of the house towards them.Luffy, unaware that someone had their eye on their money, was walking alone on the streets of Water 7."Luffy, really!He neglects something so important and goes on a date with Nami and the others.Forget it, I guess I'll just give up." "Never mind, I'll just go back to the Going Merry and wait for them," Usopp said listlessly, picking up a small pebble from the roadside as he walked towards the Going Merry.Along the way, Usopp keenly noticed a group of people following him, all of them looking rather malicious.Usopp immediately guessed that they were after the money in his possession.He continued walking calmly, and after winding his way through several routes to the shore where the Going Merry was moored, Usopp turned to the group that had been secretly following him and said, "Stop hiding, come out!I've spotted you."
Seeing that he couldn't go any further, a group of burly men surrounded him.The man in the lead, wearing fishnet stockings, pretended to be fierce and said, "Hey kid, hand over your money, and you'll suffer less!"
With a flick of his wrist, Usopp conjured a box containing Beli into his hand.He then waved the box in front of the group of burly men, saying, "Want it?Come and take it yourself." He placed the box on the ground, seemingly offering it up for them to take.The fishnet stocking man, seeing Usopp's cooperative attitude, smiled contentedly and smugly stepped forward to take the box.Just then, a small yellow ball flew over.Before the fishnet stocking man could react, the ball suddenly exploded, and he collapsed to the ground, charred black and unconscious.Usopp, the culprit, continued, holding his slingshot, "But first you have to defeat me.Can you do that?"
It wasn't that Usopp was arrogant; after all, he had the strength.The burly men, unable to bear the provocation, swarmed him, intending to overwhelm him with numbers.Usopp remained calm, transforming into his eagle-man form and unleashing a flurry of attacks with his slingshot.Soon, the wasteland was littered with the bodies of the men who had tried to rob him.Usopp casually blew on his slingshot and nonchalantly returned to the ship.A while later, the blasted men helped each other back to the house.Inside, a man sitting in a seat, seeing his underling in such a sorry state, flew into a rage and stormed up to the man in fishnet stockings, demanding, "Hey, what happened to you?Who dared to beat up someone from Franky's House like this?"
Upon seeing the man, the woman in fishnet stockings seemed to have found her pillar of support.She tearfully recounted everything that had happened to Franky.Franky, upon hearing this, was so angry he puffed steam from his ears.He and the woman with the two square-shaped haircuts prepared to cause trouble for Usopp.Meanwhile, Luffy returned to the ship.Usopp told Luffy what had happened as well.Luffy grinned, thinking to himself, "I was just thinking about how to find Franky, and now the opportunity has arrived!" Sure enough, the next second, "Listen up, you people inside!You are now surrounded!"
Everyone went up to the deck, where a man with a blue pompadour, wearing a shirt and underwear, was shouting at them aggressively.His two unusually thick arms were quite eye-catching.Luffy jumped off the Going Merry and asked in a pretentious manner, "Hey, who are you?What do you want with us?"
"Listen up, everyone!I'm the strongest man on this island, Franky!" Franky introduced himself with a strange dance, ending by clasping his hands together.The two girls behind him did the same.Luffy burst into laughter at Franky's antics, and the rest of the crew were speechless at his unique self-introduction, wondering if he was some kind of pervert.Franky didn't waste any words and went straight to the point, telling Luffy that his crew had injured his underling, and that he either had to pay hundreds of millions of Berries in compensation or let Usopp beat him up to vent his anger.Nami, who was always greedy for money, was furious.If Luffy hadn't waved her down to calm down, things might have turned sour.Franky was probably twitching on the ground from the electric shock."What if I say no?What can you do to me then?" Luffy asked with a grin.Franky, unaware that he had just escaped a beating, decided to beat up Luffy first, and then beat up everyone on the Going Merry except for the girls, including that duck."Gah?" The spare ration, which hadn't appeared for a long time, pointed at itself with its wing and called out in confusion.The men on the ship had excited looks in their eyes, and they were all rubbing their hands together, ready to give Franky a good beating.Franky felt a chill run down his spine.While muttering whether he should install some kind of heating device on himself, he provocatively beckoned to Luffy, and then Luffy pressed him into the ground with one hand."Annyeonghatsu!"
The two women gasped in surprise.Luffy, still smiling, said he hadn't heard clearly and asked Franky to repeat himself.Franky, who had finally crawled out of the ground, immediately removed the fake skin from his right hand, revealing the steel fist beneath, "Strong Right Hand." Franky's right hand shot out, but the powerful attack was blocked by Luffy with one hand.With a strong pull from Luffy, Franky flew uncontrollably towards him, only to be punched away again.After landing on the ground, he was bound up with vines by Luffy like a pig for the New Year.The two female henchmen, seeing their boss captured, drew their weapons to avenge him.Before they could act, Zoro's sword was already at their necks.Feeling the sharpness of the two blades, Zoro smiled."Touched?" Zoro smiled, but to the two women, that smile was like a judge taking their lives, terrifying them.They collapsed to the ground, shaking their heads frantically: "Not moved, not moved at all!"
Franky, writhing wildly on the ground and unable to break free, simply lay there resignedly, his "what's the worst that can happen?" attitude successfully amused Luffy once again.Luffy, laughing, squatted down next to Franky and said, "Hey, Franky, if I'm not mistaken, you need so much money to bid on the Adam Tree at the auction house, right?"
Franky was astonished.Luffy, whom he had never met before, had guessed his purpose immediately.Before Franky could even ask a question, Luffy waved his hand, and a large amount of gold and Berries appeared.Luffy continued, "I can give you the money.Buy as many Adam Trees as you can.But this isn't free.I need you to use the Adam Trees you buy to build us a new ship."
Franky, recovering from his shock, immediately retorted upon hearing Luffy's offer to build him a ship: "I don't know where you heard I can build ships, but I'm sorry to disappoint you, I've sworn I'll never build another ship in my life." He then turned away, ignoring Luffy.Luffy chuckled, untied Franky with a wave of his hand, and, without even collecting the money on the ground, turned and said lightly, "Suit yourself, but I believe you'll definitely be willing to build us a new ship soon."