Luffy's Call: My Journey with the Straw Hats

So far, the Straw Hat Pirates consisted of Captain Luffy, Vice-Captain Moonlight, Swordsman Zoro, Chef Sanji, Sniper Usopp, Navigator Nami, Doctor Chopper, Archaeologist Robin, and Shipwright Franky. From the beginning, with just Luffy and his small boat, to now, with a crew of nine, the Straw Hat Pirates had truly matured. They were no longer the unknown little pirates they had been before.

At this moment, after the Enies Lobby incident, news of the Straw Hat crew appeared in the newspapers. The News Coo delivered the papers to all parts of the world as soon as possible, especially the wanted posters.

"They've been offered a reward? To be honest, there's nothing surprising about that," in Water 7, Iceburg took the newspaper from a News Coo, and it was not surprising to see the Straw Hats' wanted posters. After all, they had done a great thing by destroying Enies Lobby. But for Franky to be offered a reward... that was surprising, but also reasonable.

"Big Brother's wanted?" the Franky Family was rebuilding their homes. They suddenly received a newspaper from a News Coo. They were surprised to see the wanted posters of the Straw Hat crew, including Franky's. But soon, they were relieved. It was a good thing Franky had left.

"A new newspaper?" at this time, Nami also stopped a News Coo in front of her. After paying the money, she took the newspaper, and her pupils suddenly widened, and she became ecstatic. "Great! I was finally offered a reward! And it's 16 million Berries!"

"Nami?"

"What happened?"

"A new wanted order?" hearing Nami's exclamation, everyone was startled at first and then hurriedly came to see the wanted posters.

"Wanted? After this incident, I think my bounty should go up a lot," Usopp yelled immediately, looking forward to it.

"Am I finally being offered a reward? Great! I am a real pirate now," Chopper raised his hoof and said excitedly.

"A new wanted order! Take a look! Has mine increased?" Luffy also said excitedly. Afterwards, everyone saw their new bounties.

"Great! I'm 300 million," Luffy pointed to his wanted poster with joy.

"120 million? Not bad," Zoro glanced at his and nodded. Obviously, he was very satisfied with this result.

"30 million? I am also a great pirate now," Usopp was full of excitement, and his hands were shaking with the wanted poster. This was the greatest affirmation of his strength.

Robin looked at her 80 million Berry bounty, smiled faintly, looked down at Chopper, and smiled and asked, "Doctor Chopper, what is your bounty?"

Hearing the words "famous doctor," Chopper immediately became excited and danced. "Even if you call me a famous doctor, I won't like it, you bastard..."

"The bounty is 50 Berries, eh? 50 Berries?" Chopper was embarrassed. After seeing his bounty clearly, he was stunned. The next moment, tears broke down. "How can a person only have 50 Berries?"

"50 Berries?"

"It's not enough to buy a bottle of water."

"Chopper?" hearing this number, Luffy and the others burst into laughter. A bounty of 50 Berries... was the Navy joking?

"Then try for 100 Berries next time," Luffy didn't know how to comfort him and encouraged him.

"Well, I will definitely work hard for 100," however, when Chopper heard this, he looked serious and vowed.

"Huh? Moonlight, aren't you going to look at your bounty?" at this moment, Zoro suddenly found that Moonlight was still cultivating on the observation deck and seemed to be completely indifferent to his bounty.

"This guy... he can have this kind of strength. It is completely cultivated through this extreme method," watching Moonlight cultivating all the time since leaving Enies Lobby, Franky couldn't help but admire it. Everyone saw Moonlight's strength, but the price of obtaining this strength was hard training that was dozens of times higher than that of ordinary people. Zoro felt that this strength was overwhelming.

"A bounty? I already know," hearing this, Moonlight shook his head. He had seen it when Nami had been wanted. 500 million Berries. It was the highest of all of them.

"Already known?" Franky was surprised. Moonlight had never come down; how had he seen it? Then he looked at the Moonlight wanted poster, and his pupils suddenly shrank, and he sucked in a cold breath. "500 million Berries?" He was shocked. In the sea, pirates who offered more than 100 million in rewards were all known as extremely dangerous criminals. This kind of criminal had caused great turmoil to the world. Faced with this kind of criminal, if the Navy was dispatched, it would no longer be the previous captain, but at least a vice-admiral level. The 500 million reward was already comparable to or even surpassing a Warlord's. Moonlight was now a great pirate, and his status and strength were enough to compare with a Warlord. He alone was a pirate group.

"500 million Berries?"

"Wow, it's really Moonlight! So awesome!"

"Is it 500 million Berries? It's normal. Moonlight has 500 million in strength."

"To be honest, every time I see Moonlight's wanted poster, I suspect that we and he are not in the same world." Hearing Franky's words, everyone was surprised and then looked over, and sure enough, they saw Moonlight's reward. Everyone took a breath, shocked. Everyone knew that Moonlight was very strong, but they didn't expect him to be so strong. This bounty was too exaggerated.

"This guy," Zoro curled his lips, but it didn't matter. Moonlight did have this strength. Then he looked at Sanji. This guy had always been active, but now he had suddenly fallen silent. He noticed that after the wanted order had come out, Sanji had taken his own wanted poster and had hidden on the side, his expression changing. Now that Moonlight was offering a reward of 500 million Berries, he was indifferent? He was curious, looked over, and immediately couldn't help laughing when he saw the person on the wanted poster. "Hahahahaha..."

Suddenly, Zoro's laughter caught everyone's attention. However, Sanji, laughed at by Zoro, rarely ignored him. He still stared at the wanted poster, his face a mixture of various expressions.

"Huh? This is? Hahaha!"

"Sanji, why do you look like this?"

"Black Leg Sanji, do you offer a reward of 77 million Berries? The reward is good, but this... who took the photo? It's too... hahaha!" Everyone leaned forward, and when they saw Sanji's wanted poster, the man with a greasy face and a big face smoking a cigarette suddenly burst into laughter. They laughed until they were bent over.

"This... this... is me?" looking at the wanted order in his hand, Sanji felt like he wanted to die in an instant. Moonlight also looked over and saw Sanji's wanted order. The official explanation was that it had been hand-drawn because the photo had failed to be obtained. "This is indeed a huge blow to Sanji," Moonlight shook his head. Sanji had always claimed to be the most elegant, handsome, graceful, gentle, and considerate charming man on the ship. As a result, he was now ruining everything.

"Sanji, this painting is pretty good," at this time, Luffy patted Sanji and laughed mercilessly.

"Actually, it looks like you," Zoro's eyes squinted.

"I feel so too," Usopp also held his belly.

Franky carefully compared the two and couldn't help laughing. Facing everyone's ridicule, Sanji rarely had an attack, but his shoulders slumped, as if he had received the biggest blow in the world. "It's not me... I... really don't want to live anymore..."

"Sanji, if you were to meet the Navy at this time, what would you do?" Moonlight glanced at the sea and suddenly spoke.

"Of course, we must teach the Navy a lesson and let them know that I..." hearing this, Sanji breathed fire in his eyes and immediately burst into anger. However, before he finished speaking, a shell suddenly blasted from the distant sea.

BOOM!

The shells exploded, and the surrounding sea immediately surged.

"It's the Navy!"

"Garp, and the admiral Aokiji!"

"Did you attack so soon?"

"Luffy, your grandpa is really ruthless!" upon seeing this, everyone immediately reacted and saw a large dog-headed ship docked at a distance of 100 meters. The admiral Aokiji stretched out on a deck chair and lay on the deck leisurely, as if on vacation. In front of Garp, a pile of cannonballs like a hill was placed. He actually grabbed one with one hand and threw it directly. Throwing cannonballs empty-handed. Moreover, it traveled through a space of 100 meters and accurately blasted in front of everyone. This power was simply terrifying.

"Luffy, now I want to do my best. If you have the ability, you can run away," Garp's voice came from a distance.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

After speaking, Garp's offensive suddenly accelerated, and he saw shells piercing the sky, roaring, and exploding around the new ship. The waves of the sea and the surrounding waters were immediately swept and surging. Although the new ship was incomparably stable, if it went on for a long time, it would definitely be destroyed.

"No, we are trapped near here," Nami looked solemn, looking for a way to get out. However, the other party's understanding of navigation was not worse than hers. The shells fell as if they were specialized, exploding all around, trapping everyone in place, just like in G-8, where they were stranded. But that had been caused by the power of the entire fortress of G-8, and now Garp alone had caused this situation. The naval hero was indeed well-deserved.

"The opponent is Garp after all, and there is an admiral," Zoro pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword and kept slashing the incoming shells. However, there were so many and dense shells, each with a falling force capable of piercing a hundred meters in the sky. Luffy and the others also took action one after another, but it was useless at all.

But Sanji went forward, his eyes erupted with anger. "Damn Navy! Open your eyes and see clearly! I look like this, this look!"

The Navy really looked over. "Is he also a Straw Hat?"

"No..."

Sanji: "I..."

"As expected of the hero Garp. He easily trapped us here," in the eyes of Moonlight flashed. It was very important to fight at sea and use the sea. Garp could be said to have used everything to perfection, and they would be in trouble if they used some means at random. In particular, the impact of throwing cannonballs empty-handed through a space of 100 meters was extremely terrifying. This was still not his true power. Right now, he was about to draw his sword. Suddenly, Franky stopped him.

"In this case, I thought about it when I first designed it. I didn't expect it to come so soon. Now let me demonstrate the true capabilities of this ship," Franky said with confidence. Then, under everyone's surprised eyes, he saw Franky pressing a button on the rudder. "Coup de Burst!" At the rear of the dock, a gun tube suddenly condensed light.

At the same time, Garp suddenly mentioned a shell that looked like a meteorite. Seeing that ordinary shell attacks were useless, he was ready to give a fatal blow. "Luffy, look at this," Garp screamed, and suddenly the cannonball, which looked like a meteorite, struck a hundred meters in the sky, like a meteorite landing, and blasted towards everyone.

"So big!"

"Not good!"

"Be careful!"

"Oops!"

"Luffy, is your grandpa going to kill us?"

"Franky!" upon seeing this, everyone turned pale. Was this a cannonball? It was too big. Once hit, they were afraid they would be destroyed and killed immediately.

"A sure blow?" cold sweat oozed from Moonlight's face. But he didn't make a move, and everyone on the boat didn't make a move. Everyone looked at Franky. Since Franky was on board, he chose to believe him. Franky smiled confidently. The next moment, when the shell was about to fall and hit the new ship, Garp's face suddenly became serious. He seemed to be ready to retrieve it through the iron chain wrapped around the shell. All the Marines opened their mouths and thought that the Straw Hats were about to be over. When Aokiji was still drinking the juice from the Navy, he saw a strong air pressure burst out suddenly behind the new Straw Hat ship. The whole ship immediately rose from the ground and flew high into the air.

"Flying?" all the Marines were shocked.

"Hahahaha, worthy of being my grandson," upon seeing this, Garp was relieved and smiled happily. Looking at Garp's back, the corner of Aokiji's mouth raised a smile. This old guy. But the Straw Hat boy did have two tricks.

BOOM!

The cannonball fell and hit the sea where everyone had been before. Suddenly, a sea tornado covering a range of 100 meters rose into the sky. The power of this gun was as terrifying as it was.

"This is the Coup de Burst, which can fly one kilometer in the air," seeing everyone's surprised expressions, Franky smiled triumphantly.

"The Coup de Burst... so powerful," everyone was amazed.

"By the way, the new ship has no name yet," Franky touched his nose and then said. "Now that we are out of danger, everyone should think of a name." After the new ship was built, everyone had first forced Franky to leave, and then they had met Garp, but they had forgotten the most important thing.

"A name? His prow is a lion, so it's called the 'Black Bear and White Bear Lion,'" upon hearing this, Luffy immediately used his imagination and clapped his hands. However, as soon as he said this, Zoro immediately spit out, "This name is too vulgar. I don't think it's better than 'Mother Lion.'"

"'Mother Lion'? You are not much better than Luffy. I think it's better to call it the 'Lion.' Isn't that more appropriate?" Usopp looked at the two of them slantingly and then asked Chopper, "Chopper, what do you think?"

Chopper jumped up immediately. "I think it's called 'Sakura Viking.'"

"No, 'Lion,' 'Sakura,' or something... it's too weak. It should be called 'Mr. Sunflower,'" upon seeing this, Sanji seemed to have recovered from his depression and lit his pipe.

"Robin, how about you?" Franky looked at Robin and asked everyone for their opinions.

"Oh... call it 'Diablo Pill,'" Robin thought.

"Moonlight?" Franky looked at Moonlight again.

"Sword Soul," he used a sword, so if you asked him to name it, it was naturally based on the sword.

"'Lion,' 'Mother Lion'? 'Diablo Pill'? 'Sword Soul'?" Franky was speechless at once. What was all this about? This was a boat built with the treasure tree Adam for the keel. These names were too low. Remembering that when it was built, his senior brother Iceburg had said... Franky waved. "Just call it the 'Thousand Sunny.'"

"The Thousand Sunny?" As soon as the name came out, everyone calmed down.

"It's indeed a very good name. 'Thousand' symbolizes a voyage of a thousand miles, and the 'Sunny' represents us, forever emerging from the darkness," Nami was the first to agree.

"It's really much better than 'Lion' or 'White Bear,'" Sanji glanced diagonally at Zoro and Luffy.

"It's really a good name," strangely, the two of them didn't have any rebuttal, but rather nodded.

"This name is what my brother Iceburg and I thought of at the beginning," upon seeing this, Franky gave his thumb up and admired himself as a senior. "And it is also the core concept of this ship: like the sun, calm and happy, and to travel through the cruel sea of thousands of miles."

"Well, in that case, it will be called the 'Thousand Sunny' from now on," at the moment, Luffy nodded and announced. Everyone had no opinion, and Moonlight nodded. At this point, everyone had a new ship called the Thousand Sunny. Afterwards, Franky explained in detail again that the Thousand Sunny had been built by him and Iceburg themselves, and Galley-La's top shipwrights had done their best to build it. In addition to sailing, there were many exquisite designs. The Coup de Burst was just the tip of the iceberg, and there were many more wonderful places. Under Franky's explanation, everyone was amazed. The group headed towards the next sea area.

At the same time, with the Enies Lobby incident, the Straw Hats had become world-renowned.

East Blue. Usopp's hometown, Syrup Village. The three of them—Onion, Pepper, and Carrot—found Miss Kaya, excited and panting. "Miss Kaya, look! Captain Usopp's wanted poster! 30 million Berries! The captain is now a well-known sea pirate!"

"Usopp?" hearing that, Kaya took it and saw Usopp's wanted poster. "Great. You finally realized your dream," she said with joy.

"Miss Kaya, what the captain used to brag about... they're now being realized one by one," Carrot said excitedly.

"Well, I have to work hard to become a famous doctor," Kaya nodded joyfully.

At the sea restaurant, the Baratie, when all the cooks saw Sanji's wanted poster, they couldn't help laughing. "Hahaha! This is Sanji?"

"He must not accept his appearance!"

"Hahahaha," Patty knelt to the ground even more exaggeratedly. Upon seeing this, Zeff smiled, looking at Sanji's wanted order, a trace of relief on his face. "This kid... did he succeed?"

In Windmill Village, in a restaurant, everyone holding Luffy's wanted poster said one after another, "Look! That boy Luffy is finally famous."

"Hahaha, that boy Luffy?"

"Sure enough, this kid finally made a name for himself." The whole restaurant cheered.

"Hmph, what's to be happy about? A famous pirate," the Village Chief snorted coldly, but seeing the bright smile on the wanted poster, there was a glimmer of relief in his eyes.

"Village chief, you also miss Luffy," at this moment, the proprietress Makino brought a glass of wine and smiled.

"Hmph..."

In Shimotsuki Village, at the Isshin Dojo, no mathematicians came to Koushirou holding Zoro's wanted poster, and said one after another, "Teacher, Brother Zoro is now world-famous."

"I heard Brother Zoro is your disciple?"

"Great! We also want to be great pirates like Brother Zoro!" the apprentices were excited.

"This... I haven't taught him to be a pirate," hearing this, Koushirou twitched, but looked at the portrait of Zoro and chuckled. "Enies Lobby... I didn't expect you to make such a decision, but I can feel that your sword is not lost."

In Cocoyasi Village, when everyone saw Nami's wanted order, they cheered. "Great! Has Nami succeeded?"

"It's the little thief cat!"

"Asshole! Who made this film? She's wearing so little!" Genzo was furious. However, seeing Nami's brilliant smile, he couldn't help but smile. "It seems you're having a good time."

On Drum Island, Dalton took Chopper's wanted poster and looked at Kureha. "50 Berries? Not bad," seeing the 50 Berry reward, Kureha couldn't help but smile, but he was more pleased. "They are already famous in the world," Dalton sighed.

"Let me play! Let me play!"

"No, I want it! I want it!" at this time, on the Thousand Sunny, following Franky's introduction, everyone seemed to have come to a resort, with aquariums, docks, and various entertainment facilities on board. Everyone could find their own comfortable position. Robin and Nami changed into cool, sunny navel outfits, lying comfortably on the recliner, basking in the sun, and tasting exquisite drinks made by Sanji. The two became a beautiful scenery on the boat. Sanji still bowed before them. Zoro was sleeping, Moonlight was practicing swords, and Usopp, Luffy, and Chopper were happily playing under the introduction of Franky. For several days, the weather was clear and cloudless, and everyone was at ease.

At this time, suddenly a ship came over. "That is..." looking at Moonlight, he immediately noticed the boat coming from afar. "No flags, no sails... is it an ordinary fishing boat?"

"It seems to be in trouble." Suddenly, everyone else saw it too, and they couldn't help but speculate.

"I'll go and see," at this time, Luffy had stretched his arms and jumped onto the opponent's ship.

"Hey, Luffy!" upon seeing this, Usopp hurriedly exclaimed, but at this time it was too late to stop.

"Everyone, they are fishermen in trouble," after boarding the boat, Luffy quickly asked about the situation and waved to everyone.

"Fishermen in trouble? On this part of the Grand Line?" hearing this, everyone looked at each other, but still sailed past the ship. Sure enough, on the other party's boat, several people who looked downcast and dressed as fishermen were looking over with hope. Among them was a seven-year-old kid. "Our ship encountered a tsunami and has been drifting at sea for half a month without food and water."

"Please help us."

"Sanji," Luffy looked at him. However, there was no need for Luffy to say anything; Sanji had already come out of the kitchen with food. For him, the most unwilling thing to watch was people who were hungry. Upon seeing this, several people thanked them; they were really hungry. Everyone waved their hands, and after asking where they were, they turned around and planned to send them back. However, at this moment, Moonlight suddenly jumped down from the observation deck, stretched out his hand, and looked like a sword. "You are pirates."

"Moonlight!" as soon as he said this, almost everyone looked at Moonlight with different expressions. Nami and the others looked surprised, while the other people's eyes flickered as if their identities had been revealed. In this scene, everyone except Luffy and Chopper had a panoramic view.

"No, we are just fishermen who happened to be caught in the tsunami disaster. You have made a mistake."

"How could we be pirates?" several people waved their hands quickly. Only the seven-year-old boy lowered his head, clenched his fists tightly, and said nothing.

Upon seeing this, Luffy was about to speak, but Moonlight waved his hand to stop him. "Finally, I'll give you a chance. Otherwise, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Why? This big brother, do you think we are so miserable? Do we look like miserable pirates?" however, how could they admit it? They hurriedly waved their hands. One of the tall and brawny men named Stansen ran to Luffy's side. He seemed to see that Luffy was the captain of this ship.

"Moonlight, what is going on?" Luffy asked.

WHOOSH!

Moonlight didn't explain, just drew his sword. Suddenly, a crescent-like sword energy instantly traversed dozens of steps and slashed into the opponent's cabin.

BOOM!

Under everyone's startled eyes, the cabin broke, revealing a dying man with red hair lying on the bed. There were chains, knives, guns, weapons, etc. beside the man. Not to mention the iron chain... do ordinary fishermen have knives and guns? "Any questions?" Moonlight said faintly.

"So they are pirates."

"They have an ulterior motive."

"It's a shame. We were almost cheated. Luffy, let's leave them in the ocean," upon seeing this, Zoro and the others sneered. The faces of several people in Stansen's crew were immediately ugly, and some of them had their faces unchanged, and even a killing intent appeared. In the end, several people suddenly changed their complexions and said grimly, "Since it has been exposed, there is nothing to say."

"Yes, we are the Phoenix Pirates. If you don't want to die, just take out everything on board."

"You have a ship's doctor. Please call the ship's doctor over," even a few people drew their knives to face each other, and in a blink of an eye, they had turned from fishermen into vicious pirates. Seeing this scene, Luffy's expression also became angry. Zoro even put his hand on the hilt, provoking. "Come." Sanji was smoking a cigarette, his face flashed with disdain. Just relying on these little fish? Usopp sneered even more; they were no longer what they used to be.

Just when the two sides were about to start a decisive battle, the little boy named Zenny suddenly knelt in front of the crowd, his head lowered fiercely. "Please, save our captain. Our captain is going to die soon. Please, please." This sudden change stunned everyone immediately. Luffy and the others' faces changed again. Chopper even kept everyone away. As a famous doctor, he couldn't stand it anymore. "Well, I am a ship's doctor. I'll save him," Chopper picked up the little boy.

"Great! Thank you! Thank you so much," the little boy was grateful and thanked Chopper again and again.

"He looks badly hurt. Take me there quickly," Chopper nodded seriously, and then the two of them ran over. Upon seeing this, Luffy and the others did not stop, nor did Stansen and the others. The atmosphere between the two also eased.

After a while, it seemed that they had wanted to understand something. They all sat down, throwing their weapons aside, desperate. "Fine. Our Phoenix Pirates, after all, can't do that kind of revenge."

"Yes, we are pirates, but pirates who were beaten back from the New World."

"We were so confident that we wanted to make a name for ourselves in the New World, but we were beaten back before even entering. I finally knew what the world was."

"Not only that, but even our pirate flag was taken away by flag hunters. We don't deserve to be called a pirate crew," among them, Stansen bowed his head deeply to everyone. "Sorry. Please forgive us." Seeing his appearance, the eyes of the other members of the Phoenix Pirate Group suddenly showed disdain, but they were too lazy to speak. As the pirates of the Phoenix Pirate Group, it was too shameful for them. And Luffy and the others, at this moment, also thoroughly understood the true origin of this group of people.

"Is that your captain?" Luffy looked at the red-haired man. Through conversation, he knew that he was Puzzle, the captain of the Phoenix Pirate Group.

"A hunter of the pirate flag? Interesting," Zoro grinned. He had been born as a pirate hunter, and now he was meeting his peers?

Sanji didn't speak, but kept smoking.

Usopp clutched his heart and leaped carefully, turning his back on his back. "Hey, I'm sick again when I go to the New World."

But Nami's eyes flashed. "What do you mean by banner hunters?" she was more interested in this.

"They are a group of hunters whose purpose is to capture the flag of a pirate crew. Don't mess with them, otherwise they will be finished," hearing these four words, Luffy and the others were curious, but everyone in Stansen's crew changed their faces, as if they were recalling something terrible.

"Your banner... I will help you regain it," after learning of their encounter, Luffy took a step forward, lowered his straw hat, and said every word. When he raised his head, his eyes were already very firm. "How can I forgive this kind of person who takes away their lives?"

"Have you lost a battle? There are people losing battles every day in this sea, but if you are aggressive, it's too much," Zoro grinned. The pirate flag was a symbol of pirates and represented their honor and mission. If they were losers, he would naturally ignore them, but they were weak. But he couldn't stand this kind of humiliating nature. When the two of them had heard of their encounter, they had already begun to fight. Sanji also came over, smoky, and did not speak, but his raised eyebrows and expression had already explained everything. Upon seeing this, Usopp couldn't help but know that he couldn't stop anything. Nami and Robin looked at each other and smiled. Although a little troublesome, the road was uneven. Wasn't it the principle of their Straw Hats?

"Moonlight, have you always been so nosy?" although Franky was a little bit injustice, he didn't want to be nosy, so he asked Moonlight quietly.

"Yes, this is our Straw Hat Pirates," Moonlight smiled softly. They would never stand idly by if they encountered uneven things, and Luffy would never watch this happen. Whether it was Vivi they had encountered in Whiskey Peak, or the giants they had encountered in Little Garden, then Drum Island, Alabasta... everything they had encountered, they had gone along like this. However, if anyone wanted to take advantage of this, as the vice-captain, he would not allow it.

At this moment, a muscular man wearing a blue vest suddenly jumped off an iceberg and suddenly grabbed the pirate flag with a straw hat. It turned out that they, unconsciously, had already sailed into an iceberg group.

"It's them! The Banner Hunter!" when everyone in Stansen's crew saw this man, they couldn't help changing their colors.