One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! BOOK2!

Chapter 373 - Sabaody Again 02.

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Third Person POV

Sabaody.

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"What happened..." The so-called Straw Hat awoke at this moment, while he calmly stood up with everyone in the bar not moving an inch since that stranger left the bar—and it has been 20 minutes.

The questions about what happened were on Straw Hat's mind as he touched his head with some pain, and all his crew members also stood up at this moment.

"Does anyone know what happened, tell me immediately!!" He exclaimed, looking at the people in the bar, but everyone was too afraid to answer.

"Nobody knows... Lord Straw Hat... that stranger simply did something and left the bar, no one knows where he went..." The bartender replied, trembling.

"Tsk!! Where did that bastard go!! Let's look for him!!!" The supposed Straw Hat exclaimed as his entire crew nodded, leaving with frustration, leaving the bartender aside, going after this man who humiliated him, something he would not let pass.

Meanwhile, powerful people were getting ever closer to Sabaody. The man with the cloak, moving calmly, continued walking through the streets and entering the forest of giant trees, looking for a place to sit after going to an open side of the area.

He finally found a place near some old structures of abandoned buildings. There were a few groups in that place, but he kept his distance. He removed his cape, revealing his own Monkey D. Luffy—or at least the real one. Smiling after settling down, Luffy took another bottle out of the system to drink immediately after.

He had gone to that bar just out of curiosity, wanting to meet the iconic crew that was impersonating the Straw Hats in the original work. Although surprised that they had appeared a year earlier than expected, he understood the situation. After all, the Straw Hat had accumulated so much fame and power in his name that they did not want to wait two years of inactivity to emerge with their flag.

He wondered who would appear in that square soon, so he decided to wait and see. After all, this would be a good opportunity to start recruiting some groups that interested him for his fleet, if they pleased him.

He remained there, feeling someone approaching. A woman descended from the sky with her white dress and approached Luffy. She looked where he was, observing how a crowd was beginning to form in that space.

"What are you doing here?" Uta asked, squatting down next to him.

"I'm just enjoying Sabaody," Luffy simply said while drinking.

"I see. But then, you don't mind if I stay by your side, right?" she asked.

Luffy just smiled while wrapping his arm around her waist, placing her by his side. Uta eventually moved her head to her husband's shoulder, both watching the square calmly.

The search for the supposed Straw Hat by the mysterious man ended up being a frustration for the fake pirates. Quickly, having no results, they called through the Den Den Mushi and asked everyone to meet at the location mentioned in the poster ahead of time. After all, the recruitment would begin soon.

The crowd began to grow while Luffy continued at a distance, along with Uta, watching more and more groups gathering. "Wait, this is what we saw in the recruitment paper those people are pretending to be you and many of our crew," Uta murmured in surprise now seeing what this crowd of pirates gathering here was about..

"Yes, it will start soon," Luffy spoke before opening a smile, before he glanced at the crowd a bit surprised by who was there. "So he is here," he murmured with the appearance of some members he did not believe he would see there this year.