the beast and the bandit

"Why the long face, Luffy? "

"I've just not been able to hit a good place these days, my brothers are too busy, usopp never tags along because he's too scared, "

" Hmm what if I say I know a location you might like? "

Luffy perks up at that and looks at her with expectant eyes.

" There's a castle in the forest said to have a beast living inside it, it's surrounded and protected by wild wolves. Rumour has it you might find Jewels there if you're sneaky enough to-"

"Luffy! "

Luffy is already rushing towards his bike and starts peddling, Medusa calls out to him but to no avail, he's already rushed past in the stormy night; Medusa goes back home to check at her crystal ball.

And sighs in relief seeing Luffy get up and try to remove mud from his body, he's right infront of the caste somehow and starts climbing up...