18: Chapter 18 Luffy Sets SailTen years later, Luffy stood on a small boat, waving to the crowd on the shore and shouting, "Goodbye, everyone, I'm setting sail!"
"Let's hurry up and leave.It's such a disgrace that our village has produced a pirate," the village chief said angrily, but the worry in his eyes betrayed him.
"Luffy, you should take my bigger boat with you.This little boat is easy to capsize," a villager said worriedly.
"It's alright, it's alright, this is enough," Luffy replied with a smile.
"Ah, be careful, Luffy.But if Mr.Garp knew you'd gone to sea to become a pirate, he'd be furious," Machino said with a laugh.
"As for that, I already wrote him a letter in advance."
On an island somewhere along the Grand Line, a letter reads: "Vice Admiral Garp, Vice Admiral Garp, there's a letter for you."
"A letter?Where did it come from?"
"It seems to have been sent from Windmill Village, and the sender's name seems to be Luffy."
"Luffy!" Garp was startled, quickly took the letter from the soldier, and after reading it, his face darkened instantly.He gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go, set sail back to Windmill Village!Luffy, you brat, how dare you go to sea as a pirate!I'll teach you a lesson with my Fist of Love (╬▔皿▔)╯"
Luffy looked in the direction of Dadan's family.Although Dadan didn't come out to see him off, he knew that she must be crying her eyes out.Luffy then turned to look at the sea, remembering everything that happened when Sabo set sail ten years ago.
Ten years ago, although Luffy's crew wiped out the Sapphire Pirates, Sabo was still forcibly taken back due to unforeseen circumstances.Just like in the original story, his destination was burned down.Unable to bear it any longer, Sabo escaped from home again, leaving a letter at the place where he and Ace usually trained, and set sail alone.Just like in the story, he was bombarded by the Celestial Dragons.However, unlike in the original story, Sabo survived thanks to the golden light charm given to him by Luffy."Sabo must have joined the Revolutionary Army by now.We'll definitely meet again at sea.I wonder what Ace's expression will be like then," Luffy thought with a mischievous grin.
Thinking of this, Luffy looked at the mission list, which clearly showed: Final Mission (1): Eliminate all Celestial Dragons and kill Im.Success reward unknown, failure reward host with a purple-gold coffin and one round of black coffin carrying.
With that thought in mind, Luffy waved to the people on the shore once more, then rowed his boat away into the distance.
Suddenly, the sea surface churned, and a huge sea monster emerged from the seabed, its blood-red eyes fixed on Luffy, drool dripping from its mouth, as if it wanted to swallow Luffy whole.
"Luffy, come back quickly!That's the King of the Coast!It'll eat you!" the villagers on the shore shouted anxiously.
Luffy turned back and smiled, then looked at the Lord of the Coast again, calmly saying, "The Lord of the Coast, huh?If we defeat you, everyone in Windmill Village can go out to sea to fish again."
After saying that, Luffy used Moonwalk and Gum-Gum Pistol.Before the Lord of the Coast could react, Luffy's powerful fist slammed into its body.A moment later, the Lord of the Coast collapsed on the sea surface with a wail.
After a moment of silence, the people on the shore erupted in cheers: "What incredible strength!Thank you, Luffy!Now we can go out to sea and fish again!"
"Ding-dong, Final Mission (Second) issued: Find and obtain the four Poneglyphs, become the Pirate King.Success reward unknown, failure will result in the confiscation of the host's male functions (●°u°●) 」"
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Luffy shook his head helplessly.Over the past ten years, the system's rewards for missions, big and small, were almost all Pirate Coins.The only time it allowed him to master the Flame Breathing technique was when he had mastered the first and second forms.The system said that the timing for the Water Breathing technique was not yet right, and that he would naturally learn it when the time was right.Thinking of this, Luffy waved to the shore again and continued rowing his boat into the distance.But after rowing for a while, just like in the original story, he encountered a whirlpool.Luffy had no choice but to empty the fresh water from the barrel and dive in himself.
Meanwhile, on a luxury cruise ship, a young woman with orange hair was standing by the window gazing into the distance when a well-dressed man approached her, smiling, and said, "Beautiful lady, may I invite you to dance?"
The orange-haired girl turned around, smiled, and said, "Okay." Then she extended her hand and began to dance with the man.