One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 217 Persecution of Nika, Aokiji Appears Again

The smoke cleared.

The restaurant owner and others stared in disbelief as a handsome young man with black hair yawned and sleepily stood up from the deep pit.

This guy seems to have fallen asleep while flying and is only waking up now.

"Oh? Is this the East China Sea? We've arrived so quickly!"

Xia Nuo looked around, blinked, laughed, stretched, and pulled his boot off Luffy's face with a "pop".

"Your turn is over!"

The boss and his employees were terrified, and they roared in unison, "You bastard! Where did you fly from? Look at your feet! Someone's been killed!"

Ok?
is it?

Xia Nuo looked down.

Wow, awesome!

What a coincidence?

So, I'm in the Kingdom of Goa now?
That seems normal. When Kuma was still an officer in the Revolutionary Army, he went to the Goa Kingdom with Dragon.

"No one was killed, don't worry, uncle."

Xia Nuo kicked Luffy and chuckled, "This guy is too... a rubber man, thick-skinned and tough, not so easy to take down."

Huh, why isn't he awake even after being kicked like that?

Young people are great; they can fall asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow.

"A rubber man?" The boss and his employees were startled, recalling the scene of the straw-hatted boy climbing the tree with his arms outstretched in a second, which did indeed look quite like rubber.

Is that it...?

That legend that circulates on the sea, the power of a demon...

At this moment, Shano had completed the hardening of his right fist with Armament Haki and punched Luffy on the head.

Boom!
"Ouch, that hurts!!!"

Luffy instantly sat up from the ground, clutching the pus-filled boil on his head that was emitting blue smoke, and shouted angrily, "Who? Which bastard is hitting me?!"

When he saw the person in front of him clearly, he was stunned for a moment. He rubbed his eyes hard and, after confirming that it was not a hallucination, his eyes widened in surprise.

"Brother Shanuo!"

Luffy grabbed Shano's leg and smeared his snot and tears all over Shano's pants. "Waaah! It really is you! I thought I'd never see you again!"

Xia Nuo tried to pull her leg out with a look of disgust.

But they found that the thing was holding on very tightly, with rubber arms wrapped around it several times, and they couldn't shake it off at all.

"Hey kid, don't secretly wipe your snot on my pants!"

Xia Nuo said irritably, "And what's with your reaction? Is it really necessary? We haven't even seen each other for that long, only a year, right?"

"But you used to come and perform magic tricks for me every year. This year you've already gone to the Grand Line, so I thought I'd never have that chance again!"

Luffy looked up, his eyes brimming with tears.

That reminds me.

Shano stared at the straw hat on Luffy's head, a slow grin spreading across his face.

Using the Marauder's Map to search for the Golden Lion's location costs 2,000 points per search, 4,000 points in two searches. I'm just worried about who will pay for this...

"Something's not right!" he suddenly realized. "Even so, you don't need to cry, do you? Tell me the truth! Why is that?"

"hey-hey……"

Luffy scratched his head. "It's the meal fee, Brother Shano. Look how much I've missed you. Why don't you pay off my meal fee for me? I'll pay you back with interest once I find One Piece!"

He remembered very clearly that when his older brother Xia Nuo was only fourteen or fifteen years old, he already had his own large ship and was a very wealthy person!
"Meal expenses?"

Xia Nuo glanced at the few guys still wearing aprons and roughly understood. She chuckled, "So that's why you've been chasing this kid. Fine, it's just a meal, I'll pay. Uncle, how much?"

Although he had left all his savings on the Fallen Ship, he still carried several hundred thousand Berries with him on his way back to the East Blue, just in case.

The restaurant owner and his employees exchanged glances.

They initially thought that since this guy had fallen from the sky unharmed, he was obviously not someone to be trifled with, and they were prepared to give up on collecting the debt and back down.

Turns out... they seem pretty easy to talk to?
"Since you offered to help pay off my debt, I'll round it down. This is the total." The shopkeeper smiled and held up two fingers.

"Two thousand? No, if it's this guy, it should be twenty thousand Berries. Tsk, he really can eat a lot." Shano smiled and opened his wallet.

"It's two million Berries."

Xia Nuo froze, looking up incredulously: "How much?!"

"We wouldn't dare to make things up to deceive you, sir!"

The restaurant owner hurriedly protested, pointing at Luffy, "If you don't believe me, just ask this brat. In the past six months, this guy has disguised himself and come here to freeload dozens of times, dozens of times!"

"This time, we recognized him and refused to serve him. He was starving, so he got angry and ate everything that the customers at the surrounding tables had ordered..."

Xia Nuo's face darkened, and he slowly turned his head to look at Luffy, who was standing with his hands in his pockets, whistling guiltily, pretending to look up at the sky and admire the scenery.

So you do know how to be ashamed!

"He's been corrupted by that guy Ace..."

He stared at Luffy for a few seconds, then suddenly revealed a devilish smile: "In that case, let's pay off the debt with labor."

"Eh?"

Before Luffy could react, Shano had already made a lightning-fast move, so fast that it was impossible to see it.

Just for a moment.

A pair of somewhat old-fashioned sea stone handcuffs clicked onto Luffy's wrists.

"Ugh! What is this thing? I feel so uncomfortable!"

Luffy's legs suddenly went weak, and he collapsed to the ground like a deflated balloon, screaming in terror, "I have no strength left... Brother Shano, what are you doing!"

"boss."

Xia Nuo was too lazy to answer. He picked up the limp Luffy and casually tossed him into the restaurant owner's arms. "This kid is yours to take care of. Make him sweep floors and do odd jobs to pay off his debts, according to the minimum wage standard for East Blue laborers. He'll be released when he pays off the three million."

"This, this..." The restaurant owner hugged the Sun God statue, at a loss for words, "Wasn't it two million?"

"There has to be interest; consider it a lesson for this brat."

Xia Nuo said calmly, "If it can teach this brat a lesson and make him realize that he can't do petty theft, then spending an extra million is worth it."

"It's not like you're the one who paid for it!"

Luffy gritted his teeth, "What the hell is going on, Brother Shano! I'm planning to set sail in three years, and I need to train hard to become stronger! How can I waste my precious time washing dishes!"

He tried his best to break free from the handcuffs.

No matter how much he twisted and turned, it was no use; he couldn't use the power of the Gum-Gum Fruit at all.

"These are sea stone handcuffs, specially designed to deal with ability users. Stop struggling."

Xia Nuo casually tossed the key to the sea stone handcuffs to the restaurant owner.

This thing is standard issue for elite naval personnel; he accidentally picked it up from Smoker last year.

It's not very useful against strong opponents of the same level, since everyone's smart enough to be fools, but it's quite effective at teaching real fools a lesson.

"When you first encounter an ability user, you'll be like this, completely powerless to resist, so weak that you can't even beat an old man."

Xia Nuo said calmly, "However, with adaptation and training, strength will gradually return, and may even become stronger."

"If you can do all the kitchen chores by yourself while wearing handcuffs, then it means you've reached the point of cultivation, and you should be able to pay off your meal debts in no time."

Is that so?
Luffy stared blankly at his seastone handcuffs, then looked up at Shano, his eyes brimming with tears again, his nose twitching. "Waaah, I knew it..."

How could someone as gentle and kind as Brother Xia Nuo treat me so rudely and cruelly?

It turns out he wanted to train himself indirectly and make himself stronger faster!
Luffy was so moved that snot bubbles came out of his nose. "I understand! Brother Shano is really the best!"

The restaurant owner and his staff looked at each other in bewilderment. Wait, this silly kid... how could he be sold out and still be helping the seller count the money?
"Alright, that's enough for now. I have important business to attend to. Goodbye, Luffy."

As if remembering something, Shano snapped his fingers and said with a smile, "I'll also perform magic for you. Luffy, look where your straw hat is!"

"Eh?"

Luffy then realized what was happening, touched his head, and found it empty. He was immediately astonished, "When did this happen?!"

Brother Xia Nuo's magic tricks have become even more amazing!

The restaurant owner and his staff also looked on with surprise.

"Go look in the restaurant's kitchen," Xia Nuo laughed. "I've already left the straw hat there!"

He was very familiar with this shopping street and had been there many times.

After we part ways, all I need to do is go to that secondhand farm tool shop I used to visit every year, find the black owner, and buy an old straw hat.

Then, just put it in the kitchen before Luffy and the others return to the restaurant.

After waving casually, Xia Nuo walked out of the alley, when she suddenly heard Luffy's reluctant shouts from behind:

"Brother Xia Nuo! I'll definitely come find you when I get stronger! You have to teach me that magic trick that makes the straw hat appear and disappear!"

That was a really loud shout.

Shano?

Many passersby subconsciously turned their heads to look, and after recognizing the handsome face they had seen countless times on wanted posters, an uproar immediately broke out.

"Hey! It really is that man!"

"What are the navy doing? How could they let such a monster return to the East China Sea?!"

"Shh, keep your voice down..."

For a while.

Some people looked alarmed and hurriedly turned around and ran away, while others were overjoyed and excitedly took out paper and pen and came over, seemingly wanting an autograph.

That kid always gets people into trouble...

Although the East Blue is a relatively isolated area, it is a bustling area of ​​the Goa Kingdom, so many people will still recognize it?

Xia Nuo sighed; he was the kind of person who dreaded these kinds of situations the most.

He immediately stomped his toes on the ground and flew out like an arrow, unleashing his peak Moon Step technique. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a small black dot on the horizon.

……

Moonwalk is ultimately too physically demanding; it gets tiring after a while and can't be used for long journeys.

So after leaving the territory of the Goa Kingdom, Shano threw Bulma's capsule into the sea.

Bang!
As the capsule burst open and the white smoke dissipated, a sleek, silver-blue hovercraft appeared out of thin air on the sea surface.

He's quite handsome.

Shano nodded, quite satisfied with Bulma's aesthetic sense. He straddled her, gripped the handlebars, stepped on the pedal, and twisted the throttle.

Just now, while using Moonwalk, he used the upgraded Marauder's Map feature again and found the approximate location of the Golden Lion.

It doesn't seem to be too far from here. If we continue straight southwest at this speed...

It will take at most a day and a night to arrive.

In addition...

Xia Nuo glanced at the system panel.

[You sacrificed Luffy's knock-off straw hat and gained 3000 points.]

As expected of the chosen one, it consistently produces high-quality wool!
This means that I only spent 1,000 points at the Golden Lion's place, and the rest was paid for by Young Master Meng.

Xia Nuo was in a great mood. He hummed a little tune, stepped on the gas, and the motorcycle accelerated instantly, riding the wind and waves towards the horizon.

……

The moonlight is hazy.

In the dim light of night, Xia Nuo stopped his motorcycle on a rather remote island.

The island is not large, and the towns on it are pitifully small, even smaller than Cocoyasi, and can only be described as villages.

But unfortunately...

According to the Marauder's Map, the Golden Lion's stronghold is currently floating above this island, thousands of meters above the ground.

"It really is very tall."

Xia Nuo raised her head, gazing at the vast night sky. "Even with my Observation Haki activated, I can't sense anything... Hmm?"

His eyes suddenly sharpened, and he turned his gaze toward the seven o'clock position.

That was the liveliest place in the village, and from afar you could see the only tavern still lit up, but Xia Nuo's attention wasn't on that. Instead, he sensed a familiar and powerful aura emanating from that tavern.

It's not a golden lion, but...

Xia Nuo narrowed his eyes, changed direction on his motorcycle, and headed straight for the tavern.

His Observation Haki couldn't sense Shiki, and Shiki certainly hadn't noticed his arrival yet.

Since we haven't alerted the enemy, there's no rush. Let's go to the tavern and have a drink with this old friend.

A distance of one or two kilometers can be covered in the blink of an eye.

The open space in front of the Hundred-Leaf Gate was very small and was completely occupied by a bicycle. Xia Nuo didn't stand on ceremony and kicked the bicycle away, then parked his own motorcycle.

What kind of class do you have that you dare to share a parking space with me!
Pushing open the louvered door, sure enough, in the dim light, an unusually tall, curly-haired man stood with his back to him, holding a wine glass in his hand.

"Hey... buddy, that's really rude of you."

The curly-haired man didn't even turn his head, and said in a low voice, "I've changed three cars in the past year. Do you want me to buy a fourth one?"

"There's nothing I can do, there are simply no parking spaces available."

Xia Nuo casually pulled out a seat next to him, plopped down, and gestured to the bartender, "As compensation, I'll pay for everything you eat tonight, how about it?"

“That’s more like it…” Aokiji finally raised his head and muttered.

"Shirley?" Xia Nuo leaned against the bar with a grin, glancing at the half-empty bottle in front of him.

"Yes, Sherry..."

Aokiji said slowly, "A certain senior loved this the most. I drank it a few times when I was young, and I gradually came to like it."

Just then, the bartender brought out an empty glass, and he casually filled Xia Nuo's glass with it.

The two clinked glasses, and Xia Nuo took a sip of her drink, then frowned immediately: "Why is it so sweet... It tastes like caramel, like something for little girls. I don't like it."

"Don't underestimate Sherry, you bastard."

Aokiji glanced at him sideways. "Whether it's me or that senior, for those of us who are constantly trapped in depression, the sweet scent of sherry is an indispensable source of comfort."

"is it?"

"Oh dear, you became famous at a young age, your life is perfect and happy, you have everything and lack nothing, you probably can't understand..."

He shook his head, a chill spreading through him, instantly freezing the chair, the edge of the bar, and the surrounding floor. "Also, it seems someone has forgotten something?"

"No matter what, I am a member of the Navy. You, the newly crowned Emperor of the Sea, a super-wanted criminal with a bounty of over 3.2 billion Berries, just swaggering up to me like this, isn't that a bit too arrogant? This is the East Blue, not the New World."

(End of this chapter)