Sailing: His comprehension is against the sky, and he comprehends the Eight Gates at the beginning.

"This time, maybe our village will produce a great pirate!"

"Very good!!"

As the villagers celebrated, the village chief, leaning on his cane, came into the crowd, driving them away while angrily rebuking them.

"Fool! What's there to be happy about when a pirate comes out of the village?"

The village chief chased away the crowd and stormed over to Makino.

Makino looked at Luffy's wanted poster with a smile on her face.

"Great! Luffy looks really energetic!"

"His expression is a little scary! It would be better if he could smile."

"Village chief, you should take a look too."

As Makino spoke, she handed the bounty poster to the village chief.

The village chief snorted and turned his head to the side.

"Hmph! Pirates are just pirates, what's so interesting about them?"

As he said this, the village chief couldn't help but steal glances at the bounty poster in Makino's hand.

Dadan's Home.

Dadan looked at Luffy's image on the bounty poster and wiped away tears of joy.

"This kid, just like Ace three years ago, has really made something of himself!"

The bandits under his command nodded in unison and wept bitterly.

...

On the Going Merry!

When they learned that Luffy had defeated the Seven Warlords of the Sea and that his strength was comparable to that of a Marine Admiral.

Nami and Nojiko are still in shock.

They surrounded Luffy, watching him like monkeys in a zoo.

Luffy felt uneasy under their gaze and couldn't help but say something.

"I'm telling you, that's enough already!"

"It's just about fighting a Shichibukai and reaching the level of a Marine Admiral!"

The two exclaimed in surprise upon hearing these remarks.

"Just?!"

"That's the Shichibukai!"

"Yes! That's a Navy Admiral!"

Luffy looked helpless as he listened.

From his current perspective, surpassing the general is only a matter of time.

But in the eyes of rookies like Nami and Nojiko, the Seven Warlords of the Sea and the Admirals are unattainable figures, beings they can only look up to.

To give these two rookies some confidence, Luffy said.

"Don't worry! I will be able to help you reach that level of strength in the future."

"Not just you, I will turn every single one of you on this ship into monsters!"

Everyone who heard Luffy's words had eyes filled with longing and anticipation.

Nami and Nojiko looked on incredulously yet full of anticipation.

"Luffy, are you telling the truth?"

"Someone like me can turn into a monster?"

Luffy smiled slightly and said confidently.

"Our pirate crew will definitely be full of monsters in the future!"

Just then, Zoro suddenly spoke.

"Hey! I think I see an island."

Upon hearing this, the others immediately turned their gazes towards it.

On the distant island, some buildings could be vaguely seen, making it look like a large town.

"That's Loguetown, where the legendary Pirate King Gol D. Roger was executed!"

"It is the last town on the way to the Grand Line."

Nami took out the map and explained it to everyone.

Luffy's eyes were filled with anticipation as he sighed.

"One Piece?!"

He longed to visit the place where the previous Pirate King, Roger, was executed.

"Oops!"

Nami suddenly frowned, looked up at the sky, and said.

"What...what happened?"

Usopp panicked when he heard Nami's tone was off.

Then Nami explained.

"I think the weather is about to change."

Hearing this, the others looked up at the sky curiously, but could not see anything.

Nami's expression turned somewhat serious as she spoke.

"The weather is very bad this time, so we can't stay on the island for too long, at most half an hour."

"Everyone, tell me what you want to do now! I'll give you the money, so hurry back!"

Nami took out the money she had stolen from the villagers.

In the past, she might have hesitated, thinking about collecting some interest or something.

But now, there's no time to worry about that.

After Nami finished speaking, everyone began to state their needs.

Sanji: "I need to buy ingredients!"

Zoro: "I want to buy two swords."

Usopp: "I'm going to buy gunpowder! I'll start researching how to make an improved Bucky bomb."

Nojiko: "I want to buy some books on botany. Luffy said he would help me learn about botany."

Uta: "I don't really need to buy anything. Nami, if you have enough money, I'll buy a few clothes!"

Nami looked at Luffy one last time, her heart bleeding.

The money she had painstakingly stolen was about to be gone again.

Seeing Nami's grief, Luffy smiled and said...

"I'll just go see Roger's execution platform, so I won't have to pay."

"Luffy..."

Nami was deeply moved, thinking that Luffy was still the best.

"But ask Sanji to buy me more meat! Enough for a hundred people!"

Luffy casually added another sentence.

Nami's emotions vanished instantly.

He grimaced and cursed angrily.

"Buy my ass!!!"

...

Upon arriving in Loguetown, Luffy and his crew split up as planned.

Uta, Namino, and Chiko went to buy botany books and clothes.

Zoro and his two companions each purchased what they needed.

Luffy, on the other hand, went alone to the plaza where Roger was executed.

...

Meanwhile, in an office at the Loguetown Naval Base.

A man with two cigars dangling from his mouth, a slicked-back white hairstyle, and a perpetually furrowed brow was holding a wanted poster in his hand, staring intently at it.

This person is none other than Smoker, Luffy's nemesis in the original work, nicknamed "White Hunter," and also known as Smoker, a user of the Smoke-Smoke Fruit.

"The baddest newcomer?!"

Smoker muttered to himself.

(P.S.: Thanks to Jiuyuanlo for urging me to update.)

Chapter 55 The Bearing of a King! You are too weak! (Thanks to Xiaokang for the monthly ticket)

"The baddest newcomer?!"

Smoker muttered to himself.

The next second, he sneered and snorted.

"Hmph! Those guys at headquarters are really stupid!"

"A kid like this can have a bounty of 6000 million Berries?"

Upon hearing Smoker's words, a nearby naval soldier said in a panic.

"Colonel Smoker, you mustn't underestimate him!"

"The report says that this Monkey D. Luffy is the one who knocked out Arlong, who had a bounty of 2000 million Berries, with a single punch."

"He even killed Colonel Rat of the 16th Branch right in front of headquarters. He's a vicious pirate!"

Seeing the soldiers' behavior, Smoker's eyes revealed disdain.

He scoffed again with disdain.

"Hmph! The report says that when that rat was giving his report, he was in a panic, and this straw hat kid was also there beside him."

"That straw hat kid must have forced that mouse to say that in order to become famous."

"That rat was a good-for-nothing; it gave in at the slightest threat."

"This is a disgrace to our navy!"

The soldier was taken aback by what he heard.

"Huh?! Is that so?"

I have to say, that makes some sense!

Smoker scoffed again.

"Hmph! This is a common trick used by pirates who want to become famous."

"I think those guys at headquarters are too far from the front lines to believe that rat's stupid talk."

"How could the East Blue, the weakest of the four seas, possibly produce such unprecedented pirates?!"

The soldier had been persuaded and suddenly looked enlightened.

"So this is ah!"

"As expected of Colonel Smoker!"