NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 59: Chapter 59
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East Blue – Loguetown
While Zoro and Nojiko had finished buying their weapons and were heading to the plaza, Nami had already bought everything she wanted and was doing the same. Usopp, Kaya, Chouchou, and Sanji, who was trying to flirt with a beautiful woman wearing a cowboy hat only to fail miserably as she simply ignored him and walked towards the plaza, had also finished their tasks. And just like the other Straw Hats, they were heading towards the plaza. Luffy, our protagonist on duty, was now standing before the execution platform where Gol D. Roger began the great era of pirates.
Just another face in middle of the crowd passing through the square, that is until he shot forward using Soru and appeared on top of the execution platform, having a wide view of the enormous square.
"Ahh, wow, so this was Roger's last view before he was executed?", Luffy asks the wind as he admires the sight of the huge crowd passing through the square.
"OWWW, hey kid, get down from there, you can't climb up there", one of the guys manning the execution platform says upon noticing Luffy standing up there.
"Hmm? What are you complaining about down there, old man? Speak up, I can't hear anything!", Luffy shouts, trying to understand what that old man down below was complaining about.
The man then grabs a Den Den Mushi megaphone and speaks again, "I'm telling you to get down, you little brat. You can't go up there."
"Why not?", Luffy asks, confused.
"This execution platform is World Government property, not a tourist attraction that anyone can just go up as they please", the guy says, drawing more and more attention from the crowd around the scene.
"Oh, so it's a good thing I don't have an ounce of respect for the World Government, right?", Luffy shouts back with a huge smile on his face, enjoying the chaos he was about to cause.
Just as the man was about to speak again, he is suddenly struck by a mace wielded by a beautiful woman wearing a cowboy hat.
"Oh, don't be such a bore, officer. I've been looking for you, Luffy; it's been a while since we last saw each other, hasn't it?", the woman says, smiling at Luffy.
"Who are you, you crazy lady?", Luffy asks, not knowing who she was.
"What, you're not going to tell me you forgot this beautiful face?", the woman says with a seductive smile.
"If I knew you, I wouldn't be asking who you are, you crazy lady", Luffy replies, starting to get irritated.
"Well, I haven't forgotten you, since you were the first man to punch my beautiful face", the woman says, placing her hand on her cheek.
"Huh? Did I hit you? Well, if I did punch you, it must have been because you deserved it", Luffy says, not even bothering to make the slightest effort to remember who this woman could be.
"That fist of yours made me feel something I've never felt before", the woman says with a smile on her face as she caresses her cheek with one hand, a smile that I would describe as being perverted.
"There's no man in the world who wouldn't kneel before my beauty, right, everyone?", the woman then asks the crowd surrounding her.
"THAT'S RIGHT, YOU'RE A BEAUTY!", the men in the crowd shout, lost in her beauty.
"See? And I only like strong men, so you'll be mine before the day is over, Luffy", the woman declares, giving Luffy a predatory smile.
"Whoa, now you've gone completely crazy. You can forget about it, I have a girlfriend, you crazy woman", Luffy says, sticking out his tongue at the crazy woman who was trying to steal him away from Nami.
At that moment, a hooded man approaches the woman while saying, "Don't mind this rubber-brained idiot, my dear Lady Alvida."
"Hmm, Alvida, Alvida, where have I heard that name before? Oh right, Analvida, but wait, where is she?", Luffy wonders aloud, trying to spot that weather balloon in the crowd, to no avail.
"It's Alvida, you idiot, and I'm right here!", Alvida says, losing her patience.
"Whoa, are you telling me that huge dump truck from before is you? What happened? Did you stuff yourself with Ozempic or something?", Luffy asks with not a hint of respect for Alvida.
"Ah, that's right, you're not able to recognize me because I ate an Akuma no Mi, and my body changed. I ate the Sube Sube no Mi, so now no attack can hurt my beautiful skin. The change that happened to my body was that my freckles disappeared; but other than that, I'm just as beautiful as before", Alvida explains, thinking that Luffy didn't recognize her because her freckles were gone.
"No, no, I'm pretty sure you weighed a few tons more, and I don't think I'm hallucinating or anything. If you looked like this before, then I'm a two-door refrigerator", Luffy says, certain that she was different before.
"Well, if you're going to be my man, then you'll have to defeat this man with whom I joined forces solely to find you, my love", Alvida says, completely ignoring Luffy's comment.
"I already said I have a girlfriend", Luffy insists, wondering if Analvida had gone deaf after the punch he gave her before.
"Ever since you made me fly through the air like a rocket, I've had adventures and persevered in the search for my men, I've made alliances along the way, and it's truly been a great adventure! Me! Poor Buggy, the star clown, I've been through ups and downs, in a great adventure full of laughter! Tears! And friendships! But I faced it all just to have the chance to kill you, and now... Ahhh, why the hell am I saying all this?", the hooded man next to Alvida says, throwing his cape into the air along with a bunch of other men, revealing himself to be none other than Buggy, the star clown.
"Oh, it's just Boga", Luffy says, picking his ear as if he were completely bored with Buggy's monologue.
"IT'S BUGGY, BUGGY, BUGGY, BUGGY DAMNIT, WHAT'S THE FUCKING DIFFICULTY? I HATE YOU, YOU RUBBER-BRAINED PIECE OF SHIT, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!", Buggy screams, boiling with rage.
"AHHHHHHHH, it's the Buggy pirates! Run!", the people in the crowd scream, fleeing upon realizing Buggy and his crew were there.
"Gyahahahahahahaha, that's right, meet the terror of facing the great Buggy the Clown. Now it's time for your public execution, rubber brain, now Cabaji!", Buggy says, opening his arms and laughing like a madman.
At that moment, Cabaji, who was hiding, tries to surprise Luffy with an attack to restrain him on the platform with a medieval wooden handcuff, only to fail miserably when Luffy doesn't even move from his spot.
All of Buggy's pirates stand there, mouths agape, not knowing what to do as they witness the plan fall apart.
Looking at Cabaji next to him, who at that moment was wide-eyed and sweating with nervousness, Luffy asks, confused, "Huh, was that some kind of plan?"
"Whattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt? We're screwed, guys, let's get out of here!", Buggy says when he comes to his senses and realizes that his plan has completely failed.
Luffy then delivers a light punch to Cabaji and sends him flying like a missile off the platform, causing him to crash into a building on the other side of the square.
"Sorry, man, but the photo that's going to appear in the newspaper will look cooler if it's just me up here", Luffy mutters, scratching his neck.
At that moment, all the protagonists of this event arrive at the square, the Straw Hats who came to find their captain, along with Smoker, Tashigi, and a large contingent of marines, who came to the square to capture three wanted pirates.
"Shishishishishi, it's time to declare my dream to the world, the Grand Line awaits me", Luffy mutters before clenching his fists and sucking in a huge amount of air before shouting his dream to the world.
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Hi everyone, I've been having this question for a while since I started this fic and still haven't come to a conclusion. CP9: should I give them Haki or not? Because if they don't have it, they'll basically become cannon fodder for the Straw Hats.
And another thing, I'd like Luffy's fight with Crocodile to be balanced, with Luffy having just a slight edge. I believe for that to happen, Crocodile would need to have advanced Haki. I'm not sure about Conqueror's Haki, but he'd still need to have it.
My idea is to have him be "rusty" at the start of the fight, not even being able to use Haki. But as he takes hits and realizes he's losing to a nobody, he gets really angry, and his pride and willpower start to return to what they were before he gave up on the New World after the beating he took from Whitebeard.
This would allow his strength to return to its former level, making the fight balanced. What do you guys think?
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