One Piece: Starting with God Valley, intercepting the Dark-Dark Fruit

"There's no mistake, that's the First General Black Dragon, it's actually him who's come!"

Becky suddenly lowered her head and hissed at the man in a low voice.

"Shut up!!!"

After saying that, Becky turned and left; all he wanted now was to get away from that monstrous man.

Unbeknownst to him, the entire supernova on Sabaody Archipelago had already been located and locked by Giggs's sonic positioning.

Giger glanced at the alley where Bege was, tossed the Hawkins head covered in Armament Haki in his hand, and then flung it away.

Hawkins' head blasted through the house. Becky heard a loud bang behind him, and the next second, his eyes widened as Hawkins' face emerged from his abdomen.

Giger's control of the force was just right, and Hawkins' head was stuck in Becky's chest.

Bege made a hoarse sound as a large amount of blood foam gushed out. More than half of his subordinates, whom he had placed in his body using his Devil Fruit power, had just been blasted to death.

The remaining survivors tried to jump out of Becky's body to escape, but Hawkins' head, which was enormous to them, suddenly turned bright red and then exploded.

Gazing at the cloud of blood mist rising from the alleyway, Jig took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it, took a light drag, and disappeared with a wisp of smoke.

Area 30, shopping street

The once bustling shopping street is now deserted. Everyone has learned of the Celestial Dragons' deaths, and no one is in the mood to stroll around at this time.

The eccentric monk Urki ran through the empty streets, while Apu, like a monkey, leaped around on the buildings not far from him.

The two looked like they were racing, and soon they both reached the end of the street, where they saw Gigg waiting for them.

Giger flicked the burnt-out cigarette butt to the ground, looked up at Urki, and said softly,

"too slow."

Urki's expression changed, and he subconsciously clenched his fists, preparing for battle.

However, Giger suddenly appeared in front of him and kicked him in the head mid-air.

puff!

Urki's head exploded like a watermelon, and his headless body collapsed to his knees with a thud.

After witnessing Gigg's speed, Apoo on the roof knew he couldn't escape, so he activated his Devil Fruit ability the instant Gigg landed, releasing a sonic wave to attack Gigg.

His deadly sonic attack successfully caused Giger's navy cloak to flutter slightly. Giger turned his head to look at him, and his lips parted slightly.

"die!"

Chapter 269 Luffy and Ace

Upon hearing the word "death," Giger immediately withdrew his gaze, while Ap on the roof suddenly widened his eyes, which turned bloodshot.

Pfft!

Ap fell to the ground like a rag doll, sliding from the roof to the ground.

His internal organs were completely shattered by the sound waves, and he died bleeding from all seven orifices, a truly gruesome death.

By now, six pirate supernovas have died at the hands of Gigg.

This news also began to spread rapidly on Sabaody Archipelago. When they learned that most of the supernovas, who were like monsters, had died in such a short time, some rookie pirates who came here to apply their coating or were applying it immediately gave up the idea.

Some even gave up their deposits; they just wanted to leave as soon as possible, to leave that ghost-like man.

On this day, the people of Sabaody finally remembered the legend of the great general, Black Dragon.

Area 41

The Straw Hat Pirates' ship, the Sunny, is docked here; Luffy and his crew have returned.

On the way back, Zoro learned the identity of the white-haired old man from Kozuki Toki.

He was none other than Rayleigh, the vice-captain of the Roger Pirates!

Luffy and the others already knew about it at the auction, but Zoro was fighting in the street at the time, so he missed the auction.

Of course, it was precisely because of Zoro that the Celestial Dragons also did not participate in the auction, which made their rescue of the mermaid Camie much smoother.

When Rayleigh appeared, Toki recognized him immediately, and then they swaggered away from the auction house to find Zoro.

However, the Roswald family ultimately could not escape the fate of being punished by the Straw Hat crew, and their situation was even worse than in the original story, with Charlos dying outright.

Ray used his only remaining hand to wield a hammer and bang on the Sunny, while Luffy squatted beside him, grinning as he spoke.

"I wish Ace were here too. He would really like to meet you, Uncle Rayleigh."

Rayleigh paused, then said,

"Is Ace... Roger's child?"

"Yes, we grew up together. He's my older brother! Oh, I also have an older brother named Sabo, but he doesn't want to be a pirate. I think Dad likes him the most!"

Rayleigh paused for a moment upon hearing this, then said in a low voice,

"The Roger Pirates owe your father a favor."

"Huh? Uncle Rayleigh, what are you talking about?"

Rayleigh smiled slightly, put the hammer aside, pounded his aching lower back with his fist, and said...

"It's nothing. Your straw hat is quite nice. Where did you get it?"

Mentioning the straw hat, Luffy's smile widened even more. He looked up, patted his straw hat, and said...

"Uncle Rayleigh, you recognize this straw hat, don't you? The person who gave me this straw hat was also one of your former crew members. His name is Shanks. My father told me that this straw hat once belonged to the Pirate King Roger!"

"Oh? Luffy, how did Shanks give you this straw hat back then?"

Luffy thought for a moment and then told Rayleigh about what had happened.

It turns out that when Luffy was young, Shanks approached his father, Dragon, with the simple goal of seeing Ace and his mother, whom Roger had entrusted to Dragon. He also brought with him the Gum-Gum Fruit, which he had stolen from the World Government.

According to Luffy, Shanks initially intended to give the Gum-Gum Fruit to Ace, but Ace didn't eat it immediately after receiving it. Instead, he showed it to Luffy and Sabo first.

As a result, during the three's playful fight, Luffy "accidentally" ate the Gum-Gum Fruit.

When Shanks learned that Luffy had eaten the Devil Fruit, he didn't show any unusual emotions. He simply murmured Luffy's name and then accepted the fact.

He stayed with Dragon for a while, and when he left, he handed the straw hat to Luffy.

After hearing all this, Rayleigh's gaze towards Luffy became even more meaningful, and he spoke,

"Luffy, I heard from my childhood that your dream is to become the Pirate King, right?"

Luffy chuckled and suddenly shouted,

"That's right! I'm going to be the Pirate King!!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than another teasing voice came from not far away.

"Hey Luffy! I'm the one who's going to become the Pirate King! You can only be the Pirate King's little brother."

Luffy was startled at first upon hearing the voice, then turned around with a look of surprise and exclaimed,

"Ace!?"

Ace stood on a patch of grass not far away with his crew. He grinned at Luffy and said,

"Yo! Luffy!"

The Straw Hat crew stared at Ace standing there, and Nami asked curiously,

"Is he the older brother Luffy always mentions?"

Zoro crossed his arms and nodded.

"Yeah, he's a really good guy. He looks exactly like the picture on the wanted poster. What do you think, you perverted cook?"

Sanji raised an eyebrow and immediately pressed his face close to Zoro's.

"Green algae head, don't mention the bounty again!"

However, before Zoro could say anything, Chopper and Usopp were already rolling on the ground laughing, and Sanji's forehead veins were bulging. After two loud thuds, Chopper and Usopp apologized to Sanji with tears in their eyes.

Ace walked over, glanced at Usopp and the others, and smiled at Luffy, saying...

"Luffy, the crewmates you've found are really interesting."

Then he turned his gaze to Zoro and said,

"And this guy actually dared to kill a Celestial Dragon! This is an extraordinary incident!"

Zoro didn't really think he had done anything particularly remarkable. He crossed his arms and said...

"Are the Celestial Dragons really that strong? That guy was incredibly weak just now. I didn't even intend to kill him."

Ace nodded and smiled.

"Well, that's true! There's nothing to be afraid of about the Celestial Dragons anyway."

Luffy clenched his fist and said,

"But they're so annoying! I even beat one of them up!"

Since Ace appeared, Rayleigh had been observing him. In his eyes, Ace didn't look much like Roger at all; he probably took after his mother.

And whether it was the straw hat or not, Rayleigh always felt that Luffy looked more like Roger.