One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! BOOK1!

Chapter 9 - Zoro.

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Monkey D. Luffy's POV

Shell City, East Blue.

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As Luffy took flight, he looked towards the Marine base.

"I should have had some time to deal with the girls before, but now I'll rescue him. Wait for me, Zoro!" I said and used my momentum to increase my flight in that direction.

It didn't take long to be above the base at a distance of one kilometer.

"Thanks to my Mythical Zoan, I can see every detail from this distance. It's great to have enhanced eyes like all the other animal senses," Luffy said to himself as he looked at the base below, examining all the structures. He glanced in one direction and finally spotted the man tied up in an empty courtyard.

"Damn it!" He heard the green-haired man muttering quietly with his sharp ears.

I started to fly and descend towards him. He didn't notice me as I silently landed behind his cross. The sun was in front of him, so he couldn't see the shadow of a "giant bird" behind him.

Turning off my wings silently, I began to approach him from behind.

"You seem to be in a tight spot, huh... There's even food on the ground..." Luffy said casually and noticed the dropped bun on the ground, realizing he arrived a bit later than the original timeline.

"HM?!" The green-haired man quickly startled by this sudden voice from behind.

"Who are you? How did you sneak up behind me without me noticing?!" He became quite alarmed by Luffy approaching from behind, but the man with the straw hat couldn't blame him for his reaction.

"How I got here doesn't matter, but let me introduce myself to you. I am Monkey D. Luffy! The man whose dream and goal are to conquer all the seas and shake the very foundations of this world in the process!" I said with a big smile.

"Hmm? Conquer the seas? Shake the foundations of this world?" Zoro said, raising an eyebrow, but he didn't laugh at this declaration; after all, he was another dreamer.

"That's right, I'm a pirate," I said, looking into his eyes.

"And I hunt pirates sometimes to get by, so you better leave," he simply said, and Luffy smiled.

"Hold on there, my friend. Let me finish speaking. I can't be arrogant and think I can do all of this alone. I need a crew to fight against the world and turn it upside down. I can see your ambition too. What's your goal?" Luffy asked, knowing already what his next words would be.

"I made a promise to someone a long time ago that one of us would become the greatest swordsman in the world. I am Roronoa Zoro, the man who will become the greatest swordsman in the world!" He said firmly, while I smiled enthusiastically.

"Very well, my friend. A worthy dream for a swordsman in my pirate crew!" I said, and he looked at me strangely.

"I'm not interested." Knowing what I was insinuating, he cut me off.

"Sorry, Zoro, I won't force you to join my crew because I don't think you deserve that, and I don't find it very cool with most people. But now you're a criminal, and you'll never survive being hunted by the Marines when you're alone at sea to become the world's greatest swordsman." I said, trying to persuade him.

"I made a deal with the Marines. If I stay here for a month without eating, they'll set me free. I've been here for a few days, and I can stay much longer like this!" Zoro said.