One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! BOOK1!

Chapter 52 - Mysterious Island 6.

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Third Person POV
On island in the sea, East Blue.

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Luffy noted his gains. An unknown Devil Fruit, shaped like an apple with three colors: red, blue, and white. Last but not least, two Poneglyphs that he somehow managed to shrink for compactness. Luffy was sure that he could describe what that strange fruit was and its story of how it ended up there, along with some mysterious history, but that would have to wait.

"I'll have to ask Robin when we get to Alabasta. For now, it's better not to consume the fruit since it's not described in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia. But it's clear that it's special; otherwise, the government wouldn't have been searching for it for centuries. I'll have to figure out what it does and then give it to whoever is most suitable for this fruit before having someone from the crew eat it," Luffy concluded and moved on to the next treasure.

An enormous amount of gold that he absorbed into the system. [Shop Money: 7,920,000,000 Berries.]

"That's a lot, a whole lot of money!" Luffy was in awe of the immense wealth he had acquired on this ship inside the cave. Nami still wept for all those mountains of money disappearing from one moment to the next, thanks to Luffy and his sorcery.

"I don't want to waste any more time here. We've explored the whole place; now let's move forward because I know you all have questions, and I want to explain some things to you," Luffy said, prompting everyone to follow quickly. There were many questions, but he promised to answer them all, so everyone waited.

Soon, they exited the cave. With Luffy removing the key, the doors began to close, and they continued through the forest toward the beach.

"Hm? Looks like Lami is here too," Yamato said after a while as everyone approached the beach. They were already at the last trees, and soon they spotted the Marine ship with a boat beside it and a massive empty raft. Lami and Bepo were waiting for them.

As the group approached them, Lami broke the silence first. "I was ready to go after you; it was quite boring here." Lami lamented and looked at the group, not recognizing Jhonny, Yosaku, and Reiju.

"You guys seem to have left some behind, but still, the group has increased even more," Lami said with a smile, as the strange couple was nowhere to be found, but the number of people did not decrease.

"New companions!?" Bepo exclaimed beside her.

"A talking bear!" Jhonny and Yosaku said simultaneously, surprised.

"What a strange group..." Reiju found these people increasingly peculiar, and their numbers seemed to be growing even more.

Lami looked at the woman she didn't know, and somehow, when their eyes met, it seemed like sparks flew between them. It looked like, from that moment on, they would be sworn enemies.

Luffy looked at that a bit worried, but before he could say anything, someone shouted, "Wait! You're that woman with the bear from the newspaper!" Jhonny shouted strangely, recognizing Lami now along with Bepo.

"You guys are the new bounty hunters from the East Blue! We're your fans after you took down Buggy the clown!" They shouted in unison.

"They're not our companions, right?" Lami asked with a grimace at this strange duo that was screaming in admiration for her, ignoring her words.

"No, they're just accompanying us like Kuina," Luffy said, smiling.

"I see. Anyway, it looks like you guys have been through some things," Lami commented, observing the remaining excitement of some with gold adorning everything they could, while others seemed to be in a state of depression, like Nami in a corner with tears since they left that cave, even though she had three bags of gold behind her.