
**Three Hours Later**
It has been three hours since the crew got the Eternal Pose to Jaya, their voyage has been very smooth since then. Luffy is currently sitting on Merry's head with Chopper right behind him, on the bow, relaxing in the sun. Usopp was sitting in the watchtower using binoculars to try to see Jaya.
"Did you see anything Usopp," Chopper asked from below.
"No, I saw nothing, only the sky, and the sea" Usopp replied as he looked through the binoculars.
"I don't think Jaya Island will be too far from where we are" Zoro said, looking around.
"No," Nami replied as she also looked around. "We should have been able to see the Jaya coastline an hour ago" he said.
"Don't worry about that" Luffy said in a relaxed tone, looking up at the sky. "Just relax and enjoy the beautiful weather we have" he said.
"Spring weather is the best" Chopper said, agreeing with Luffy. "Even seagulls enjoy it" Chopper said, staring at the three seagulls flying above.
Suddenly out of nowhere the three seagulls fell onto the deck, right in front of Chopper, dead. "Oahhhh! They've been shot!" chopper's yell caught everyone's attention before she ran towards the seagull.
"I don't think they could have been shot, Chopper," Usopp said from the watchtower. "I didn't hear any gunshots" Usopp added. Luffy stared at the three seagulls while narrowing his eyes before he looked around, around the ship to check on the enemy.
"I found a bullet!" Chopper shouted while taking out a bullet from the birds. "And judging from the trajectory, the gunfire came from there," Chopper added as he pointed to the front of the ship.
"You mean somebody shot those birds off an island we can't even see yet?" Nami asked somewhat doubtfully. "That can't be Chopper" he added.
"But I saw it happen,“ whine Chopper. Luffy simply narrowed his eyes and raised his vigilance. They sailed for another hour before the island was finally spotted.
"Wow, this place looks like a vacation spot," Usopp said as he stood next to Luffy and Chopper, gazing towards the approaching island.
"Right," Chopper agreed in an excited tone. Luffy just stood there and squinted his eyes at the several ships anchored there.
"Either my vision is wrong or the harbor there is indeed filled with pirate ships," said Luffy, causing all the crew to look towards the harbor.
"Don't be silly captain" Nami said as she walked towards Luffy. "Pirates cannot anchor their ships without immediate expulsion by law enforcement" Nami said.
"Yup, it's a pirate ship" Nojiko told his sister.
"It looks like this city will be a lot of fun" Sahut Zoro grinned. As the Going Merry sailed closer and closer to the harbor, the people in the harbor and surrounding areas noticed the arrival of the Luffy and Jolly Roger ships on their sails.
"Hey, look over there" said someone as he pointed at Merry. "Isn't that the symbol of the Straw Hat Pirates" he said, gaining more people's attention.
"Right," said another as they stared at the approaching ship. "That's The Thunder Demom's ship!" he yelled. Luffy heard all of this but still showed a flat expression on his face.
When the ship docked at the harbor, there was a crowd near the Going Merry, some wanted to see the Thunder Demon directly while some wanted to challenge the man who formed an alliance with one of the four Yonkou. Luffy turned around and started walking towards the main deck to get off the ship. As he walked, he shouted orders to his crew.
"Zoro and Robin came with me to the mainland" said Luffy, causing them both to nod their heads and follow him. "The others stay here and guard the ship" Luffy added before jumping to the side of the ship.
"If any fool is foolish enough to disturb my ship or my crew.send them and this port to the bottom of the ocean" Luffy said coldly, while staring at the crowd that was waiting for them at the dock. Luffy, Zoro, and Robin then jumped off the Going Merry and landed in front of the pirate crowd who were all staring at him with hungry eyes.
Luffy simply turned around and looked at all of them with cold eyes before he sent out a wave of Conqueror haki that uprooted everyone on the dock. Luffy then adjusted his hat and started walking towards the city, followed by the bodies of the Pirates crashing in front of him.
"He ... he beat them all without moving," cried a pirate in a frightened tone as he stared at the three approaching straw hats.
"He's a demon" said another. Luffy and the two members of his crew did not even look at the people who were still awake and see who was talking, they continued walking. The three continued walking in the city watching the pirates fight and drink at every turn.
The three of them suddenly stopped halfway and looked to the left as if they were waiting for something. Sure enough, one second later a man was thrown through the wall of the building to their right and flew past the trio.
Thanks to their haki observation, they were spared from being hit by the man hovering towards them. When the man flew past them, he, Luffy stuck out his left hand and caught a piece of wood that was about to hit Robin's head before he turned to the left and looked at a pirate who was clearly sending the man flying.
"You're almost about this beautiful woman" Luffy said coldly, staring at the man. The pirate looked at Luffy with eyes as big as plates when he recognized who Luffy was.
"You are ..," he would speak, but was cut off because Luffy threw the piece of wood back at a terrifying speed, sticking the wood right in his head like an arrow.
The pirate then fell face forward towards the ground, making the piece of wood go further into his head until it pierced out from the back of his head.
"Damn," Zoro said as he looked at the now dead man. Luffy didn't say anything, he kept walking. As they walked a little further, they found themselves stopping once more. This time because of an old man who fell in front of them.
"Woah, he's like a bum" Robin said, staring at the man.
"It looks like he fell off his horse" Luffy said as he pointed to the white horse standing next to the man.
"That must have hurt," Sahut Zoro looked at the man.
"Hey, sorry to bother you but can you help me," the old man said with a sickly tone causing Luffy to raise his eyebrows.
"What, you're not in the mood to help yourself?" Zoro asked sarcastically. The old man simply looked at the three of them with a sad expression on his face, causing the swordsman to sigh.
"Luffy, do me a favor" Zoro said with a sigh as he started walking forward.
"Sure," Luffy replied as he shrugged his shoulders as he walked closer to the old man with Zoro. They both picked up the old man and threw him back on his horse.
"Hey, can you see that, I'm back on my horse" the old man said with a smile. "I was a sickly child growing up and have never been healthy since" he said before staring at his horse.
"Now, let's go, Stronger," he told the horse. The horse took one step forward before it fell down with its face first.
"We must rid the two of them of this misery," Zoro gave advice before the old man and Luffy took his horse.
"Thank you again buddy" said the man before he took out a basket of apples. "you know, today I don't have enough money for a gift. Do you want an apple?" he asked as he lifted the basket full of red apples.
"Do we look like idiots to you" Luffy said as he stared at the man on the horse. When he said that one of the buildings behind them exploded, attracting all their attention.
"What's been going on?!" ask someone randomly on the street.
"One of them bit the apple they got from that horse-riding freak and then he exploded!" A man replied in a frightened voice that caused Luffy, Zoro, and Robin to turn their attention back to the man on the horse.
"It looks like we dodged a bullet there, captain," Robin said with a sweet smile on her face as she looked at the captain.
"I think so," said Luffy with a laugh before they walked past the old man and continued on to the city.