"Hahahahaha! Lucky~ Lucky~"
Luffy, who had safely landed on the "ground", held on to the straw hat on his head and laughed loudly, "Looks like we happened to fall right into the sea!"
Then, a furious Nami struck him right in the neck with her staff.
"We almost died because of you!!!"
The rest of the Straw Hat crew, who had also just escaped death, rushed forward all at once, raining a flurry of punches and kicks upon Luffy.
"I thought we were going to crash into an iceberg and die!"
"Hahaha! My bad!"
The rubber man Luffy wasn't afraid of being beaten at all, still laughing lightheartedly.
"Puhha!"
When Sherwin and Mihawk surfaced, this was the chaotic scene that greeted them.
"Ah! It Big Brother Sherwin!"
Nami was the first to stop assaulting Luffy, leaning over the side of the ship and waving her arms enthusiastically at him, "Big Brother Sherwin, we finally meet again!"
Meanwhile, Zoro immediately locked his gaze onto Mihawk beside Sherwin...
"It Hawkeye! The world greatest swordsman!"
Since Krieg had been taken out early on by Sherwin, Mihawk naturally never chased him all the way to the East Blue, meaning Zoro never had the chance to encounter him back then. This was their very first face-to-face meeting.
However, having just fought to his heart content with Sherwin, Mihawk had absolutely no interest in having another match with someone like Zoro, who was merely "somewhat famous" right now.
In fact, the moment he stepped ashore, he used the excuse of "needing to change his clothes" and left the battlefield entirely. This left the Marines and CP agents gnashing their teeth in frustration, yet there was absolutely nothing they could do to him.
"Wait! You're not allowed to leave!"
Zoro was about to rush forward to block Mihawk, but Sanji and Usopp grabbed him tightly.
"Stupid marimo! Don't forget what we came here for!"
"That the World Greatest Swordsman, Zoro! You'll get killed!"
Although the Straw Hat Crew style was known for being fiercely independent, since their own captain grandfather life was on the line, Zoro quickly calmed himself down.
Of course, another major reason was...
"Sherwin! Seijuro! I won't lose to you guys this time!"
Sherwin, who had just jumped onto the Thousand Sunny, rolled his eyes and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
Kuina assessment of Zoro being a wild boar was honestly spot-on this guy head held nothing but drinking alcohol and picking fights with swordsmen.
"Don't be rude to Big Brother Sherwin!"
Nami, the true ruler of the Straw Hat Crew, punched Zoro hard on the head and then rushed forward to give Sherwin a massive hug.
A certain curly-browed cook instantly lost his mind.
"Aaaaaah! Nami-san hug! Why do you get one, you bastard?!_
Sanji face became incredibly terrifying, filled with consuming jealousy as his eyes glared at Sherwin with pure resentment.
Sherwin rolled his eyes speechlessly once again. It was fine having to face Sanji Meow resentment on a regular basis, but an old chain-smoker who wasn't cute or fluffy at all had no right to give him attitude.
"Mr. Sherwin! Long time no see!"
The cute and fluffy Chopper also lunged forward, greeting him warmly.
As for Usopp and Franky, they were cautiously shrinking behind the others...
Usopp clearly still remembered Sherwin joke about turning him in for a bounty and had taken it seriously, while Franky remembered that he had accidentally offended Sherwin before, and had even once wanted to snatch those cute yet terrifying cats from his hands.
Sherwin naturally had no interest in holding a grudge against the two of them. What he cared more about was that there was another group on the ship who were not members of the Straw Hat Pirates.
So, who could tell him why Luffy still ended up with Buggy this time, even though he didn't break into Impel Down?
"Hahahahaha! Sherwin! Did you come to help me save my grandpa too? Thank you so much!"
Luffy, who had just been pinned down and beaten on the deck by everyone, had also climbed up by now. He patted the dust off his straw hat and came over to greet him as well.
"Ah, not just me, your two brothers and your dad are here too."
Sherwin pointed in the direction of the execution platform.
Because the way Luffy and his group arrived was too unusual, combined with the protagonist unique spotlight effect, the battlefield had actually grown temporarily quiet.
Everyone had tacitly stopped fighting and stepped aside to watch what on earth was going on.
Therefore, Luffy easily followed Sherwin finger and found Ace, Sabo, and Dragon, who were currently confronting Sengoku and Zephyr while looking over here.
"Ace! Sabo! You guys are here too! Sabo, you really aren't dead!"
Luffy happily waved his arms at his two older brothers, then suddenly looked back at Sherwin with a face full of confusion, "By the way, didn't you say my dad was here too? Which one is he?"
Because the Enies Lobby incident never happened, and the Marines had been too busy to catch their breath lately, Garp had no time to meet up with Luffy in Water 7. Naturally, Luffy had no idea who his old man actually was. It was even possible that the father and son had never even run into each other back in Loguetown.
Well, truth be told, if Luffy had paid even a little bit of attention to the recent news, he could have figured out who his father was. But given Luffy intelligence level and his carefree nature, he would have just ignored the relevant information even if he saw it.
So Sherwin could only roll his eyes speechlessly for the third time before "introducing" him, "The one standing next to Sabo is your dad. The one with the tattoo on his face."
"Is that so? Hahahahaha! So he my old man..."
Luffy scratched the back of his head. Although he was laughing, his expression seemed a bit lost and at a loss.
Having this kind of reaction made it seem like this really was his first time ever meeting Dragon.
Fortunately, Luffy had always been thick-skinned, and he quickly recovered his usual simple-minded, carefree look.
"Well, that kind of stuff isn't important!" As he spoke, he stretched his hands to grab the railing of the Thousand Sunny and backed up a great distance, stretching his arms even further, "Let save Grandpa first!"
With that, he used his own body as a slingshot and launched himself toward the execution platform.
"Grandpa! I'm here to save you!!!"
Luffy, flying through the air, shouted once again.
"Don't even think about getting close to the execution platform!"
A figure shot out from the Marine ranks, intercepting Luffy mid-air.
"Ah! It you! Pigeon guy!"
Luffy and Lucci seemed to share some sort of inexplicable, twisted fate. Not much time had passed since their last clash Lucci, who had been overwhelmed and beaten by Luffy back at Water 7, had apparently mastered Armament Haki by now as well.
As the two clashed, those who were still watching from the sidelines were re-energized, and both sides plunged back into the fray together.
The rest of the Straw Hat crew joined the battle as well, including Usopp, a guy existing in a state of quantum superposition between cowardice and bravery.
As for Sherwin, having just fought Mihawk and chugged an Angel Potion, he planned to take a temporary breather, and maybe have some fun with Buggy and his lot while he was at it...
"Are you guys... not going to help?"
Sherwin turned his head to look at Buggy and his circus subordinates, while secretly wondering if he should try killing him to see what exactly this so-called Conqueror Luck was all about.
"Why on earth would we go help?!!!"
Buggy roared with a look of grief and indignation. "We were minding our own business looking for treasure, and just happened to run into Straw Hat and his crew halfway through! Then that bastard inexplicably dragged us along with them! I have absolutely no desire to come here and provoke the World Government!"
"Oh?"
Sherwin narrowed his eyes. As he pulled the Longsword out from his dimensional bag, he said menacingly, "So, that means you guys aren't one of us?"
The entire Buggy Pirates: "!!!"