Chapter 21: Freedom
The battle on the rooftop came and went faster, and in the blink of an eye, many pirates lay on the ground wailing, and the remaining pirates hid aside, looking at Luffy in horror.
"I'm a little capable, but that's the end of it!"
Kabaji stepped on a wheelbarrow with his right hand in his mouth and slowly drew a long knife.
"Oooooooooo......oo Kabaji's acrobatics! The pirates who were hiding on the side cheered loudly.
"I'll have one enough!"
Moki rode on top of the lion niche and stared at Luffy menacingly.
"I've had some itchy hands lately!" Kabaji seems to have Luffy in his pocket.
Luffy geared up, ready to beat the two of them and go in search of food.
"Hmph...... There is a fight, why don't you take me one! β
There was a laugh from the rooftop, and Sauron came to the rooftop, wearing a dark green turban.
"Zoro!" Luffy had a look of surprise in his eyes.
Zoro stared at Kabaji, a smile on the corner of his mouth, pulled out a knife with his backhand, bit it in his mouth, and then pulled out the remaining two katanas, assuming a three-knife posture.
"But a nobody!" Kabaji said dismissively.
"Lord Kabaji, he's the pirate hunter Zoro! He has robbed us of all our treasures! The three pirates who followed Sauron also came to the rooftop, and when they saw Kabaji despising Sauron, they hurriedly explained.
"You are the pirate hunter Zoro, so it's an honor to kill you as a swordsman!" Kabaji was surprised at first, then smiled sinisterly.
"I don't feel honored!"
With a swing of his long knife, Zoro rushed towards Kabaji in an instant.
"Hey......
Luffy grinned. Raise your arms and hit the niche sitting on the lion.
Fierce fighting broke out between the two sides at one time. Just as the members of the Bucky Pirates were waiting for their deputy captain and chief of staff to easily base the enemy, a figure emerged from the camp behind them.
"It's noisy. There's no end to it! I remember telling you, don't bother me! β
Bucky angrily got out of the tent, he heard a noise outside, thought the pirates were messing around, and sure enough, he quickly regained his composure, who would have thought that soon after, the sound sounded again, and it became more and more violent, even penetrating the tent of wood and thick cloth.
"Rubber eraser - bazooka!"
Luffy's hands stretched back at great speed. Prepare to unleash powerful attacks with the power of the eraser's rebound.
"Huh? They are...... Poof......"
Bucky looked at Luffy and Zoro in amazement, and the next second a fist appeared in his eyes and slammed into his face.
Rumble!
Because of Mochi's dodge, the unsuspecting Bucky was hit by Luffy and smashed directly into the camp behind him.
"Captain Bucky!"
The many pirates seemed to have just discovered Bucky and exclaimed in unison.
"Ahh Captain? Captain! β
Mochi looked back and was dumbfounded.
The tent was in ruins, and Bucky lay in it with his back up. Pi Qing's face was swollen, and his feet twitched, and he seemed to have suffered a lot of damage.
"Damn!"
Bucky's eyes flashed with rage as he slowly rose from the rubble. Staring at the dazed Luffy.
"Wow...... Captain Bucky is going to be angry, they're finished. β
Many pirates huddled together and shivered. I'm afraid that Captain Bucky will kill Luffy and Zoro, and I don't feel relieved. I'm taking them out of my anger.
Mochi and Lion Nicki swallowed together, and they were engrossed in fighting Luffy. I really didn't pay attention to Lord Bucky in the back, everything was a misunderstanding, who let Lord Bucky come at the wrong time.
"Huh?"
Sauron's twin blades stood on the ground, looking at Bucky warily.
Bang!
Bucky pulls out the flintlock pistol on his waist, pulls the trigger, and rushes at Luffy with deadly lead bullets.
Ever since he had lost the ability to bear fruit, he had three guns on his back, and he wanted to carry the cannon on his back, because he was no longer the unkillable splinter.
"Captain Bucky, beware of that guy in the straw hat, he's the rubber man who ate the Devil Fruit."
Moki hurriedly reminds Bucky that the pistol is ineffective against the enemy.
Sure enough, as soon as Mochi's words fell, the projectile hit Luffy's body and returned in vain.
"Huh?"
Bucky looked startled, then even angrier.
It's okay that Mochi doesn't mention the Devil Fruit, and the mention of it reminds him of what happened to him.
"Is he hiding his strength? It doesn't look good! β
Zoro had heard of Bucky in the mouths of the three pirates, he was simply the number one devil in the world, and he thought he was a very powerful character, but he didn't expect it to look no different from ordinary pirates.
"Captain Bucky, destroy them!"
The pirates raised their arms and shouted, waiting for their captain to easily kill the two men. But they didn't know that their captain mud bodhisattva crossed the river, and it was difficult to protect himself.
"Hmph...... This kind of small role, how to use me, Mochi and Kabaji to kill them, and let the enemy know that our Bucky Pirates are absolutely unprovoked existence! β
Bucky stood with his hands in his hands, looking at Luffy and Zoro proudly, as if he really didn't bother to make a move with each other.
"Oo......oo Captain Bucky! β
The pirates looked at their Captain Bucky with reverence.
That's their captain! What a majesty, just a sentence made their chests surge with blood.
Bucky looked up at the sky, with a lonely expression of a master, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, "It's finally over!" It's hard to do now, I've been relying on fruit ability, I haven't trained my physical fitness, and now I can be sure that I have absolutely lost the ability of the Devil Fruit, what should I do in the future? β
Back on Roger's ship, Bucky was also a battle-hardened man, and if he hadn't eaten the Devil Fruit and followed his dreams, he would have achieved something in a few years.
But when he ate the fruit, everything changed. The first was unwilling, and the last was resigned. His dreams were shattered, and he could only change his way of survival and continue to realize his dreams. With his ability to disintegrate, Bucky has made a name for himself, but he has also become more and more dependent on the fruit's abilities.
Bucky, who is now incapacitated, is like a bird with broken wings, which has been soaring in the sky, but now he cannot fly and even loses his way.
It stands to reason that Bucky should be happy, after all, he is no longer a capable person, and can swim in the long-lost sea. But since Bucky lost his ability, he has always been gripped by a sense of crisis, locking himself in his room, not wanting to see anyone. Because for some reason, he doesn't have the confidence to not be afraid of anyone in the past.
Unbeknownst to Bucky himself, his mind could not go back to the past, accustomed to the power of the Devil Fruit. The object that once brought him the greatest humiliation, the power that prevented him from going to sea, was the benefactor who had protected him all these years.
If you want to survive in this sea, you must have extraordinary skills. Even the so-called free pirates need strength to protect that freedom.
It is because of that power that they are free. Otherwise, if you are free for a while, you will not be free for a lifetime.
One day, they will encounter an existence that hinders freedom, and if they can't break the shackles, they will only hit their heads and bleed, and even fall into the Yellow Spring.
If you don't change, you'll die! (To be continued......)
PS: Thank you for the reward of 'Mars, δΈ¨Zhiyan'!