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South Blue, Sorbet Kingdom:
"I never expected you to appear in such a strange way. I always thought that you would have a certain role in the story since you are my daughter, but..."
At this moment, Kuma was talking with Bonney after seeing what Luffy had just done in the manga.
"But what? Didn't you like my appearance in the manga, dad?" Bonney looked at her father with tearful eyes and asked.
Kuma sighed before patting her head gently. "Your choice of the path of piracy seems like it was not an easy decision – from a country princess to a pirate... it seems that my decisions at some point in my life will have serious consequences for you too."
"Fortunately, it seems that life will become much easier for us from the moment this book appears." Kuma pointed to the manga book whose pages were open at the scene of Luffy punching someone.
"I won't have to make so many suicidal decisions to protect you and this country anymore." A big smile appeared on Kuma's face before he continued saying:
"But I'm kind of happy because I'm going to see the consequences and outcomes of actions that I wouldn't take in this life but I did in the manga."
"And this also applies to you, little sweetie." Kuma tapped Bonney's forehead after saying that.
"Ouch~ this Luffy is a big idiot! I saved his buddy Zoro previously from committing a big crap, but unfortunately, I wasn't there to save Luffy from committing the same crap~ huh ~ I still can't believe it."
"How can they cope with the enormous power of the Navy in such a situation? I can't even imagine how it will end."
"I don't even want to imagine that."
Hearing the words of the little girl, a great silence fell on the members of the Revolutionary Army who tacitly agreed with her ideas.
"At least Mugiwara-boy healed my boil by doing it, N-fufufufu~!"
Ivanov was still laughing hard since he saw the previous scene.
"He's already broken the jar. I hope he kills him. Hitting him alone is not enough; this celestial bastard must die along with his father and sister."
Everyone could tell how much Crocodile hates Carlos and his father and sister by the tone of his voice.
Crocodile obviously felt happy from the previous scene.
"Bonney, keep calm. Justice will always prevail." At this moment, Dragon spoke.
But the words he said to Bonney made everyone think about her a lot.
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"One Piece" Events:
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"FATHER!!! LOOK!!! I CAUGHT THIS FISH-MAN!!! I CAUGHT HIM, SO HE'S FREE, RIGHT?"
The Celestial Dragon, Charlos, danced with joy after managing to shoot Hatchan and bring him down to the ground.
"FREE~, FREE-! AN OCTOPUS FOR FREE~!!!"
"…!!"
Luffy's eyes darkened upon hearing that, but he continued to ascend the stairs quietly until the injured Hatchan caught him.
"... WA... WAIT... HAA... STRAWHAT...!!! HAA… HAA…"
"YOU CAN'T... HAA… HAA... DON'T GET MAD... IT WAS MY FAULT... COUGH"
Despite being fatally shot, Hatchan still thinks of Luffy and his friends' well-being and tries to protect them.
"YOU PROMISED... THAT… EVEN IF SOMEONE IS SHOT RIGHT BEFORE YOUR EYES... YOU WOULDN'T GO AGAINST THE TENRYUBITO...!! HAA…"
"I'M A PIRATE ANYWAY…!! I'VE DONE BAD THINGS... THIS IS MY PUNISHMENT!!"
"…" Upon hearing this, the last bit of darkness vanished from the Straw Hat crew's feelings towards Hatchan, including Zoro and Sanji.
"HAA… HAA… I'M SORRY... I... I DIDN'T MEAN FOR THIS TO HAPPEN...!!"
"NAMI...!! I WANTED TO MAKE IT UP TO NAMI... EVEN A LITTLE… I JUST WANTED TO HELP YOU GUYS…"
"HATCHI…" Nami forcefully held back her tears in this moment.
"EVERYTHING I'VE EVER DONE... IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE..!! I'M REALLY USELESS..."
Hatchan continued to shed tears and speak as if these were his final words.
"... BUT IN THE END, I JUST CAUSE TROUBLE... I'M SO SORRY...!!!"
"YOU DAMN FISH!!! I SHOT YOU, BUT YOU'RE STILL TALKING... YOU PISS ME OFF!!!"
The celestial Dragon, Charlos, pointed his gun once again at Hatchan, but a glance from Luffy filled him with secret terror.
Luffy stopped and continued walking towards the Celestial Dragon.
"STRAWHAT, STOP!!! YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET AWAY!!!" exclaimed Pappag.
"WHAT IS HE DOING...!?" shouted someone from the auction crowd in astonishment.
"IS HE SERIOUS!?" even Kidd couldn't believe what he was seeing.
"YOU PISS ME OFF, TOO!!!" Charlos fired a shot at Luffy as well.
However, Luffy easily avoided it and delivered a powerful punch, bursting the bubble around Charlos's face and his face, too, in this process.
"VUOGEEАННННН!!!"
The punch was extremely powerful, as it was capable of flattening the face of the celestial dragon, breaking many of his teeth and the bridge of his nose, causing him to lose consciousness immediately and sending him flying out of the auction.
This angry punch from Luffy was far more impactful than getting shot in the face.
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Marineford:
"Buwahahahahahaha!!!! This is my grandson! ...Hahahahahaha...!!!"
Garp placed his hands on his stomach and burst into laughter, tears continuously leaking from his eyes as he couldn't control himself from laughing even more.
"Haaah~ what a good punch, what a refreshing sight~"
"Don't you agree, Sengoku?"
Garp wiped away a side tear caused by his previous fit of laughter and asked his dear friend.
"…" At this moment, Sengoku couldn't accurately describe his complicated feelings. He had expected something like this, but he had never expected Luffy to hit the Celestial Dragon so hard.
"This punch could have killed the man, ahem, I mean, he probably deserved it. It was really refreshing..."
Sengoku whispered his last words in a low voice, as if he was afraid that one of the Heavenly Dragons would hear him.
"Buwahahahaha!! See! I told you hahahaha!!! Even you, Sengoku, found it interesting."
"Quickly take a look at the forum; everyone there is laughing at the Celestial Dragon and cheering for my beloved grandson!"
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Monkey D. Garp ✅:
As expected from my grandson, he won't let a friend of his suffer from injustice. It's good to see this Fishman becoming a friend to my grandson. Even if it costs me my Marine rank, I still love what my grandson did in the manga! One punch to crush the face of the Celestial Dragon Buwahahahaha!
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-The Professor Clover ✅ (Ohara):
Which scene do you think is more enjoyable? Luffy punching the Celestial Dragon or the Straw Hats burning the World Government's flag?
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-Fish-Man Tom ✅ (Fish-Man Island):
Tahahahaha!! In my life, I've never laughed like today. I mean, I've seen a lot of cases of racial oppression, but none defended us against normal humans, let alone a Celestial Dragon… But Luffy did it… That punch was like a blow against 800 years of injustice and tyranny we've endured.
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"Damn you, Garp! Do you really want to step down from the Navy that bad!"
Sengoku almost had a heart attack after he saw Garp's tweet.
"Garp-san, seriously, you have to delete that tweet..."
"Garp, the Celestial Dragons will target you after seeing the tweet-"
Before Zephyr could finish what he intended to say, everyone was shocked after seeing dozens of Celestial Dragons respond to Garp's tweet by cheering and showing their admiration for what Luffy had done.
"Buwahahahaha!! Apparently, they also hated that stinky Charlos!"
At this moment, neither Sengoku, nor Akainu, nor everyone in the room knew how to respond to this strange situation.
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Chapter 540: The Fishmen Can't Control Their Emotions. The Beginning of Chaos in the Archipelago at the Hands of the Strawhat Pirates!
Chapter 541: Readiness... Rayleigh Enters the Stage!
Chapter 542: One Look Causes Many to Faint!
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