One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! BOOK1!

Chapter 20 - Orange Town 5.

[Chapter Size: 1550 Words]

Third Person POV

Orange Town, East Blue.

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"Is he going to be all right?" the mayor asked as he inspected the dog being bandaged by Lami's side.

"Yes, old man, you've asked that 12 times already. Worry about yourself and don't bother me anymore!" Lami was irritated with the old man, who was now wearing a cast on his broken arm but still concerned about the dog that the captain had asked her to take care of.

After that, seeing that her job was done here, she turned to her captain.

"Now we need to go over our next steps," Luffy announced, so she stepped back to see what Luffy had planned for them.

Arriving at a quieter spot, away from the screams coming from Buggy in the barrel, the crew formed a circle to listen to Luffy speak in the middle of it.

"First, we took some treasures from these pirates, but it's not enough," he said calmly.

"That's why I also want the bounty on their heads." As soon as he said these words, everyone looked confused.

"But we're pirates... I doubt the Marines would give us money, even if we turn in a pirate with a price on their head," Zoro said curiously.

"You're right, Zoro, I wouldn't be surprised if there's already a bounty on my head after I killed a Marine commander, took over a Marine base, and stole one of their ships," Luffy said calmly.

"But apart from Zoro and me, they have no knowledge of you guys, as hardly anyone here has been seen by the Marines as part of our pirate crew." Luffy reasoned and continued.

"In that sense, I'm going to have Lami and Bepo set up near a Marine base to turn in these men. They'll be known as bounty hunters, exchanging the heads of the pirates we capture on our journey until we leave this sea."

Lami understood Luffy's reasoning and nodded. Before she could ask about their next meeting point, Luffy continued, noticing her evident confusion.

"Don't worry about that, Yamato here will make vivre cards for us, so we can find each other anytime using them," Luffy said, raising some eyebrows while most of them didn't understand what he was talking about.

"Hm? Ah, this? Great idea, my Luffy!" Yamato said with a smile, as she could create vivre cards.

"Vivre cards?" Kuina asked, looking puzzled, as she wasn't aware of their existence.

"Also known as life cards, made from a part of someone's body, typically their fingernails, they move toward the person they represent no matter where you are in the world. They also represent the user's life, and if it starts to burn, it means the original person is nearing death. If the paper disappears in flames, it means the person has died," Lami explained calmly, earning many surprised looks. Kuina, Zoro, Nami, and even Shirahoshi had no knowledge of this.

"So I'm going to turn in Buggy's crew for their bounty and then we'll meet again with the paper, right?" Lami asked.

"Exactly, that way you'll become our unofficial bounty hunter," Luffy said with a smile, and Nami could be seen with dollar signs replacing her eyes at this idea.

After planning how they would do this, Luffy turned his attention to Chouchou, who had awakened as they discussed their plans. Nami was the only one who stayed quiet in the group.

"Yo, Chouchou!" Luffy greeted the bandaged dog beside the mayor after separating from his group, and the elderly man hadn't left the dog's side all this time.