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

This is really serious. Otherwise, if the ship drifts away, not only will Zoro have to bring it back, but we might end up on the Grand Line first.

........

Zoro "watched" the ship, while Bai Yun, Luffy, and Nami entered the forest.

Upon entering the forest, the three of them saw all sorts of strange creatures.

A fox with a rooster's comb.

A snake with rabbit ears.

A pig with a lion's mane.

"Look! This rabbit is so strange!!"

Luffy grabbed the rabbit-eared snake.

"That's... weird!"

Besides "strange," there's no other word to describe Nami.

"But I think it's a snake, put it down quickly, Luffy."

Nami tried to persuade Luffy, but Luffy was completely absorbed in the moment.

"Bai Yun, you said..."

Nami can only rely on Baiyun, but Baiyun likes these strange animals even more than Luffy.

"So cute!!"

"Luffy, can we keep them on our ship?"

Holding a milk cat with three tails, Bai Yun was absolutely delighted.

Nami shook her head and sighed, indicating that these two were beyond saving.

Just then, a small white snake swam down from the tree next to Bai Yun and coiled around Bai Yun's right wrist, where he wore a silver bracelet, looking at the silver bracelet curiously.

Bai Yun looked closely and noticed that the snake had a horn growing from its head...

"Isn't this super cool?"

"Haha, little one, do you like this bracelet?"

"Then come with me?"

Bai Yun said.

The little white snake looked at Bai Yun with a knowing glance, then coiled itself completely around Bai Yun's wrist, transforming into a second "bracelet," seemingly agreeing to the arrangement.

Chapter 46 The Guardian of the Forest

Bai Yun carefully examined the small white snake on his wrist; its scales were smooth and shimmered in the sunlight.

Holding it in his hand, Bai Yun felt a chill on his wrist; it was really cool.

Bai Yun liked it more and more as he looked at it. This hobby was indeed different from most people's. People who usually had snakes coiled around their wrists would probably be dancing laser dances.

Just as Bai Yun was examining the little white snake, a voice suddenly rang out, clear and resonant, with a touch of mystery.

"Don't come any closer."

Bai Yun walked over to Luffy and his crew, but the mysterious man told him not to come any closer.

The closer one gets to the essence of humanity, the more one realizes.

"Who are you?"

Luffy posed a profound question.

"I...me! I am the guardian of the forest!"

The clear, melodious voice appeared again in response.

"What?"

Nami and Luffy are once again puzzled about what it means to be a guardian of the forest.

But Bai Yun raised his hand to answer, "I know, he said his mother is the guardian of the forest."

Nami:......

"That's right."

The answer was absurd, but Luffy agreed, which wasn't surprising given his thought process.

You actually believe that?!

Nami was furious; those two "sick" guys.

The person in the shadows got angry too. "My mom? His mom? Is that even the point?!"

"Damn it!"

Didn't you hear what I said?

"Don't come any closer!"

"If you get any closer, I'll unleash the forest's punishment."

"What? Who do you think you are?"

Luffy is human too, and humans can't stand being provoked, especially a stubborn guy like Luffy.

"This person is really strange?"

"What did you say, Straw Hat Boy?!"

The person in the shadows seemed to really dislike the word "strange".

Nami, however, doesn't believe in gods or ghosts, even though she's afraid of them.

"I know you're nearby! Come out now!!"

Bai Yun nodded in agreement.

"It should be around here."

A turn of the head, and fates meet.

A box appeared in Bai Yun's line of sight, and on the box grew a... huge black afro.

An arm emerged from the box, holding a pistol. It met Bai Yun's gaze, and it seemed as if sweat was dripping from Bai Yun's spiky head. Should the gun be fired or not?

Despite having a gun pointed at him, Bai Yun still had a smile on his face and approached the box.

"No, no, don't come any closer!"

The clear, hollow sound, as if it came from all around, disappeared; the sound then went precisely to the box.

Ignoring everything else, Bai Yun continued to approach, and in the ensuing chaos, the box-like figure had no choice but to fire.

"boom!"

The bullet struck Bai You's right waist, but it dented the area and bounced back.

White Luck now allows for the random replication of Zoro's and Luffy's abilities, but primarily Luffy replicates his Devil Fruit powers.

Zoro replicates his physique; Zoro is also "thick-skinned and tough," with 108 blood bags inside his body.

The bullet bounced back, passing through the box man's afro and leaving a hole in his thick hair.

"Oh my god!"

The box man never expected the bullet to bounce back, and he was so startled that he tripped and fell backward.

Only then did he reveal his face. The skin on his face was covered with hair like a bicycle seat, and he had a thick beard around his mouth. He had a row of large teeth, one of which was missing.

........

"What's going on?"

Luffy and Nami were drawn back by the commotion and looked at the box-like figure lying on the ground with Bai Yun.

The box-like figure struggled like a turtle that had been flipped over.

Nami: "What? It's a person!"

Luffy: "Haha, interesting, it's a broom man."

Bai Yun: "I think 'box person' is a more appropriate term."

The box got angry at being stared at like that.

"Hey! Help me up!!"

Using the harshest tone, saying the most cowardly things.

.........

"So it's a rubber fruit."

"It's a Devil Fruit, right? I heard about it a long time ago."

After helping the person in the box up, the four of them went to the edge of the cliff to chat.

"Yes, I'm a rubber person who ate the Gum-Gum Fruit."

Luffy stepped forward to answer.

The box-shaped man was dumbfounded. "You? Aren't you this long-haired kid?"

"I also want to ask, Bai Yun, why do you have Luffy's abilities?"

Nami also expressed her doubts.

"Hahaha, that's because Bai Yun has the ability to imitate other people's abilities. I call him... Mirror Man."

"I always said he's very capable."

Luffy answered for Bai Yun, looking very proud, "This is my brother, my partner."

"The ability to imitate others' abilities?!"

Both the box man and Nami were shocked.

"Can navigation skills also be used?"