Chapter 19 Koby"Hmm, what's this?" Two crew members who were chatting by the ship's side discovered a wine barrel next to the hull.One of them took out a rope with a grappling hook from the cabin, hooked it onto the barrel, and pulled it up.
Just as the two men who had been pulled aboard were about to open the wine barrels, a crew member standing on the lookout tower spotted a pink ship flying a pirate flag sailing out from behind an island not far away.The crew member shouted in terror, "Pirate ship sighted directly ahead!Pirate ship sighted directly ahead!" The two crew members below hurriedly dropped the wine barrels they were holding and ran towards the ballroom inside the ship.
At that moment, the pirate ship also launched an attack.Three cannonballs landed beside the merchant ship, splashing up huge sprays of water.The people in the ballroom were also knocked to the ground by the impact.Just then, two crew members ran in shouting, "Captain, pirates spotted!Pirates spotted!"
The crowd in the dance hall immediately panicked, and the man who had invited the orange-haired girl to dance sat down on the ground in fright.The orange-haired girl merely glanced at him indifferently before looking up at the chaotic crowd, seemingly lost in thought.
Just then, the pirate ship fired again, this time shattering the merchant ship's mast.The shock woke Luffy, who was sleeping in a wine barrel."Hmm, what happened?" Luffy mumbled sleepily.As he spoke, he used his Observation Haki to sense everything happening outside."So that's how it is.The story has begun.Looks like I'll be meeting Nami soon." Thinking this, Luffy punched the wine barrel open, stood up, stretched his limbs, and rubbed his stomach."Never mind, I'll go find something to eat first," he said, heading towards the ship to find the kitchen.
"Kobby, who is the most beautiful woman on the sea?" a short, plump woman with freckles on her face asked a little dwarf next to her.
"Of course it's Miss Alvida," the little dwarf said tremblingly.
"Hahahaha!" Alvida laughed loudly, "Men, go!Go and seize all the treasure on this ship!"
"Yes, Miss Alvida!" A group of pirates, as if injected with adrenaline, roared and charged towards the merchant ship along the ropes."You too!" Alvida kicked Coby over."Ah!" Coby screamed and crashed into the wall.Before he could recover, Alvida had already leaped over him, startling him so much that he immediately dodged."Boom!" Alvida crashed through the wall and lay there, looking completely bewildered.Seeing this, Coby immediately ran away in fright, descending the stairs to the bottom and shakily walking forward, thinking about what good things he could get so that Alvida wouldn't beat him with her spiked club.Thinking of this, Coby shuddered again.
"Hmm," at that moment, Koby noticed that there seemed to be a figure moving in the room ahead.Koby mustered up his courage and went forward to investigate, and found a young boy wearing a straw hat eating something.
"H-Hello, who are you and why are you here?" Koby asked, mustering his courage.
"Huh?" Luffy, who was eating heartily, paused and turned around to see a short, pink-haired boy standing there shakily.He thought to himself, "Is this Coby?I can't believe this chubby kid will become a Marine Headquarters Captain in a few years."
"My name is Monkey D.Luffy," Luffy replied."As for why I'm here, well, after I set sail, I encountered a giant whirlpool.To survive (and see Nami), I jumped into a barrel of sake, and then the crew of this ship pulled me out."
"Uh, going to sea?Mr.Luffy, are you a pirate?" Coby said speechlessly."Yeah, by the way, I still don't know your name.Why are you here?" Luffy asked, pretending not to recognize him."My name is Coby.As for why I'm here, it's because I was forced into it," Coby said helplessly."Forced into it?" Luffy thought speechlessly.It seems that this guy went fishing before, got on the wrong ship, and then became a pirate in a daze, and with a very low status.
"Yeah, I was forced into becoming a pirate.If it weren't for the fact that I got on the wrong ship," Coby said, on the verge of tears.
Just then, three burly men walked in and immediately spotted Koby chatting.They angrily shouted, "Koby, what are you doing?Are you slacking off?And who is this kid?"
"I.I.I.I." Koby was so frightened that he couldn't even speak.
"Hmph, I don't care who you are!" A pirate charged at Luffy with a sword.Luffy's eyes turned cold.He glanced at Coby, thought for a moment, and decided, "Never mind, it wouldn't be good to scare this kid."
Luffy raised his hand and shouted, "Gum-Gum Rocket!" He unleashed a powerful attack that sent the pirate flying off the ceiling, his fate unknown.The remaining two pirates were terrified by Luffy's move and had scattered, leaving only Coby standing there dumbfounded.
"Mr.Luffy, you're so strong!" Coby exclaimed."Of course, after all, my goal is to become the Pirate King," Luffy said calmly, secretly thinking, "If I weren't afraid of scaring you, those guys would be gone by now."
"One Piece!One Piece!One Piece!One Piece!Impossible!No matter how strong Luffy is, he could never do that!" Coby exclaimed.
Luffy walked up helplessly, punched Coby on the head, and said, "How can you know if you can do it if you don't even try?If one day I risk my life for my dream, I will have no regrets."
"To risk my life for a dream?" Koby muttered to himself, clutching his head.
"Coby, what's your dream?" Luffy asked."My dream is to become a Marine, capture Alvida, and then become a Marine Admiral!" Coby shouted with all his might.Luffy looked at Coby and wondered: Should I try to trick you into becoming a pirate too?
"Koby, what did you say?""Who do you think you're going to catch?" Just then, another large hole appeared in the ceiling, sending up a thick cloud of smoke.