I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

However, there is one person who can cure him, and that is Bai Yun. During his time with the Red-Haired Pirates, Bai Yun learned the most about marksmanship and medicine. With the ability of the Replica Fruit, he can't be said to be particularly powerful, but over the years, he has been the one to heal Luffy and Ace's injuries.

"Uh..."

The girl in the wheelchair let out a soft "uh," and the skinny man's expression instantly turned ferocious.

With a clang, he drew the long sword from his waist.

"asshole!"

"You wouldn't know it's incurable without looking at it!"

"Go and call the doctor right away!"

"Or I'll kill you all!!!"

The sword was drawn. Upon seeing the long sword, cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of the old mayor and the townspeople.

Upon seeing this, Luffy immediately stretched out his arms, grabbed a rock on the ground, and launched himself at it.

"They've drawn their swords, that means a fight is about to break out!"

The girl looked at Luffy, who was blocking the way for everyone, and recalled his arm from earlier. It seemed that he was also a Devil Fruit user.

Just as the skinny man was about to chop at her, the girl raised her hand with all her might.

"Forget it, let's go."

The skinny man paused, then could only stare as Luffy sheathed his sword, walked behind the girl, and prepared to help her push her wheelchair.

As for Bai Yun, he didn't rush over like Luffy. Luffy's strength now makes him not so easy to defeat.

Instead, he activated his Devil Fruit ability and scanned the members of the pirate crew.

Under the power of the fruit, vertical borders appeared around Bai Yun and his group in his field of vision.

That's their ability; Bai Yun can choose to replicate it.

However, the abilities of this group of people are generally quite ordinary.

That skinny guy is a decent swordsman.

And the girl in the wheelchair.

"Paramecia type, Sleep-Sleep Fruit user".

This is the only ability that a girl possesses.

"The Sleep-Sleep Fruit... Oh no!!"

Bai Yun murmured about the girl's Devil Fruit ability, then suddenly realized something was terribly wrong.

And just as he had guessed.

As soon as the skinny man walked up behind her, the girl's eyes immediately rolled back, and she began to chant.

"dream!!"

The Devil Fruit power was released instantly, and a group of people, including Luffy and the old mayor, immediately became drowsy, their eyelids drooping.

"Why am I suddenly so sleepy..."

As Luffy was about to close his eyes completely, a loud gong sound suddenly rang out.

"Clang!!!"

The loud noise instantly jolted everyone awake.

It was Bai Yun who, at the critical moment, struck the gong that caused the bracelet to change.

The girl was still not giving up and continued to use her ability, Bai Yun struck again!

Bai Yun only moved his hands, while the girl used her abilities, which consumed her mental and physical strength.

Seeing that her abilities had been broken by Bai Yun, the girl stopped pretending and her expression instantly turned ferocious.

"Kill them!!!"

At his command, the skinny man and the crew behind him immediately rushed forward.

Luffy charged forward, not giving an inch.

"Rubber! Rubber! Whip!!"

Luffy gathered his strength in his right leg and kicked out with force, his leg instantly extending like a whip as it struck the oncoming crowd.

Apart from the skinny guy who immediately bent over and the girl in the wheelchair, everyone else was instantly kicked to the left by Luffy's kick.

The skinny man stood up, his expression mirroring that of the girl—mouth agape, face contorted in terror.

The skinny guy gritted his teeth and charged forward again, yelling, "I'll fight you to the death!!"

Bai Yun instantly flashed in front of him, stabbed him in the stomach with a stick, and then knocked him back.

The skinny man immediately collapsed, clutching his stomach in pain, having lost his fighting ability.

The long staff in his hand transformed back into a bracelet, and Bai Yun instructed Luffy and the other townspeople to tie up the pirates.

Then, with a smile on his face, he slowly approached the girl.

The girl wanted to use her ability again, but Bai Yun immediately threw a face-breaking punch at her.

"Don't make trouble."

But then he suddenly took out gauze and medicine and bandaged the girl's wound.

It's a misunderstanding; Bai Yun isn't the kind of person who can't resist a woman.

Judging from the way this girl gave the orders just now, she's probably the captain.

Kill him? It's better to take him to town and exchange him for a bounty, since he and Luffy need money anyway.

Chapter 30 Setting sail! Hoisting the sails! Embarking on the voyage

A little incident happened just before we set sail.

Bai Yun learned from the Navy that this pirate crew was called the Sleeping Pirates.

They thought this was a test before setting sail, but it turned out to be a "money-giving boy." Although it wasn't much, only the girl had a bounty, less than the bandit king Higuma, worth only 500 million Berries.

But this was also the first pot of gold that the Straw Hat Pirates earned, or rather, before they even set sail. They should be called the soon-to-be Straw Hat Pirates.

........

"Oh, aren't you coming to see us off?"

The day arrived for Luffy and Haku to set sail.

Dadan still couldn't go to see them off, afraid she wouldn't be able to handle it.

"Even if Makino and the mayor don't care, the other residents will be afraid of us. You'd better get out of here."

Dadan stood with her back to Luffy and Baiyun, a cigarette dangling from her mouth, in the exact same pose as when Ace set sail.

Since that's the case, Luffy won't insist.

"Thank you all for taking care of me all this time."

"Dadan! I hate bandits the most, but I like you guys very much."

Well, Dadan couldn't hold back her tears again.

"Stop talking nonsense and get out of here. You're all like that."

"Ha ha ha ha."

Compared to Luffy, Bai Yun didn't talk much. When he left, he asked Dogura to give a suitcase to Dadan.

When Dadan opened it, a box full of peggs came into view; Bai Yun had left them one million peggs.

"They've never seen so much money before!" Dadan's eyes nearly popped out of her head, but her tears stopped instantly. Money really is the most useful thing.

There was a note on Pelé's body that read...

"Thank you for taking care of me, Dadan, and everyone else."

"It is true that giving money is vulgar, but I think you all like money very much."

"Young man Bai..."

"I knew you were the most sensible, hahaha, we've struck gold! We've struck gold! Now we can order better things, guys!"

Dadan cheered, holding up her suitcase, and Magula and the others immediately followed suit.

........

A transition.

Bai Yun and Luffy had already arrived on the ship.

Standing on the dock were Makino and the old mayor, who had come to see them off, as well as other residents of the windmill village.

Dadan didn't come, but Magula and Dogula hid behind and watched secretly.

The ship is not the same lone boat as before. It has to be said that Luffy, a Devil Fruit user, had the courage to set sail in that small, broken boat.

This time, they happened to run into the Sleeping Pirates. With the money, they used 1 Berries to buy an old fishing boat from the old fisherman in the village.

It wasn't very big; two or three people could lie down in the cabin. It was a pity that the Anmian Pirates' ship was too badly damaged to be used.

Looking at the sea, Luffy raised his arms, "Finally, we're at sea!!"

"The first one is Sabo, the second is Ace, and although we are the third, we can't lose, Bai Yun."

"Hehe, Ace's reputation is really high now. We'd better work harder to surpass him."

Bai Yun felt the sea breeze on his face and responded to Luffy's words.

"Of course! I'm going to be the Pirate King!!"

Luffy tightened his straw hat and replied, "Full of fighting spirit!"

"Alright! Let's go!"

Bai Yun smiled at Luffy, "As you command, Captain! Raise the sails! Set sail!!"

He spoke with great passion, but after finishing his speech, Bai Yun still had to sit down and row.

As for Luffy...