One Piece: Initially tricked into joining the Marines by Garp

Chapter 187 Straw Hat Crew

Before long, the group of marines charged aggressively toward the shore, ready to welcome the Straw Hat Pirates.

On the Straw Hat Pirates' side, Luffy spotted a group of Marines standing ready on the shore from afar and excitedly shouted, "Wow, there are enemies! This looks interesting!"

The marines all wore excited smiles; they had made some preparations before they even arrived.

At the port, two frozen beings who had eaten the Ice-Freeze Fruit exhaled icy breath and dipped their hands into the seawater.

In the blink of an eye, the once turbulent seawater froze solid.

Even the Thousand Sunny, which was sailing on the high seas, was frozen on the surface of the sea.

Seeing this, Luffy remained completely calm and instead burst into laughter: "Haha, are they trying to trap us?"

Zoro drew his sword, his eyes sharpening: "Looks like we have to break through the ice."

Just then, Sanji took a deep drag of his cigarette, and his legs spun rapidly, generating high temperatures that instantly melted some of the ice.

However, the two frozen beings were very powerful, constantly replenishing the ice layer with cold air.

Usopp had a sudden inspiration. He took out a special tool and fired a series of projectiles loaded with explosives, which blasted many cracks into the ice.

Nami then used her weather stick to create a strong wind, which blew towards the cracks, causing more ice to break apart.

Seeing that the Straw Hat crew was not flustered at all, the marines on the shore became anxious.

They had never seen a pirate crew like this in the two years they had been committing crimes.

Everyone is playing their part.

Normally, they either encounter those who are with Yin Fengying or those who are easily crushed by them.

Even Jack, one of the Four Emperors, couldn't handle the situation with such ease.

The leading dragon roared, and its body instantly transformed into a thunderbird, with the marines following behind it undergoing the same transformation.

More than sixty Thunderbirds and Fire Phoenixes spread their wings and flew swiftly toward the Straw Hat crew, who were about to escape.

When Luffy saw the flock of large birds flying in, he grinned and said, "Perfect timing! Watch me shoot you all down."

As he spoke, his arm stretched out like rubber, reaching out to grab the approaching marine.

Robin crossed his arms, and countless arms emerged from the enemy ranks, disrupting their flight path.

Chopper transforms into a giant reindeer, leaps onto the ice, and uses his antlers to lift large chunks of ice, hurling them at the Marines.

Franky activated his laser beam and shot it at the approaching Thunderbird.

Brook played a soul-stirring elegy, unleashing a series of lullabies upon the marines.

The marines were caught off guard by the Straw Hat crew's fierce counterattack and were thrown into disarray.

Long Yi transformed back into human form in mid-air and shouted, "Concentrate your firepower on that kid in the straw hat!"

The numerous marines adjusted their direction and attacked Luffy.

Luffy, however, showed no fear. Covered in Armament Haki, he withstood the next wave of attacks and seized an opportunity to punch several Thunderbirds away.

Meanwhile, on the G5 branch island, Garp, Rorschach, Smoker, and Gion looked at the shattered attack formation and couldn't bear to look at it.

Luo Xia almost covered his eyes, which made him frown and curse, "These idiots!"

Smoker scoffed, "These bastards, did they slack off during training?"

"Wait for them to come back!"

Luo Xia waved his hand and said speechlessly, "I'll go save them first!"

Luo Xia flashed and appeared in the sky above the battlefield.

A flash of grayish-white light appeared in his hand, and spatial cubes quickly enveloped the numerous marines. The next second, Rorschach threw the spatial cubes back onto the island.

Some of the marines who hadn't yet been knocked into the sea shuddered when they saw Rorschach like this.

After dealing with everything, Rorschach stared helplessly at the Straw Hat crew on the ship ahead.

Meanwhile, the Straw Hat crew also saw Rorschach floating in mid-air.

Luffy grinned and waved at Rorschach, "Hey! Aren't you Rorschach?"

"It's been such a long time!"

How did you end up here?

Luo Xia pointed to the ice below and said, "This is my territory, what do you say?"

Upon hearing this, even the usually timid Nami cried out in surprise, "Ah—!"

Everyone looked at Nami, seemingly confused about what she was doing.

Luffy asked in confusion, "Nami, what's wrong?"

Nami ignored Luffy and instead pointed at Rorschach in mid-air, saying warily, "This guy is a Marine from the G5 branch."

“Do you guys remember what this guy said before, that if we dared to pass by his island when we came to the New World, then… then the treasure on our ship would be gone.”

Floating in mid-air, Luo Xia opened his mouth in surprise. He hadn't expected that this little thief would have such an awareness of money.

I still remember what I said so long ago.

Just then, Zoro gripped his sword hilt warily. "You're not planning to take this opportunity to capture us, are you?"

Luo Xia rolled his eyes at him. "Arrest you? Forget it. Although the bounty on your entire ship is high, it's not high enough for me to want to arrest you."

And none of you have a bounty of a billion. I just captured a crew member of one of the Four Emperors a few days ago.

The Straw Hat crew were all surprised, and they didn't even try to hide it on their faces.

Zoro asked warily, "So what are you here for?"

Speaking of this, Luo Xia's lips curled up slightly, and his eyes unconsciously turned towards Nami with a slight smile.

"I'm here to take all the money on your ship, of course. After all, I don't care about anything else but money!"

Upon hearing this, Nami turned pale and immediately pulled Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji in front of her. Then, pointing at Rorschach in mid-air, she said, "Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, you three hurry up and knock him down and beat him up!"

The three glanced at Luo Xia, who was smiling in mid-air, and then said with a wry smile, "Nami, we...we can't beat him!"

"what?"

"Miss Nami, don't you remember that Luffy fought this Rorschach before and didn't even get a chance against him?"

Even Sanji found it unbelievable; Luffy that day was like a kitten that wanted to be petted and rubbed.

Nami glanced at Rorschach in mid-air, then turned and ran into the cabin.

About twenty minutes later, Nami pulled out a backpack filled with Berries.

Nami said with some heartache, "Here, we've given you all of our pirate crew's Berries."

Luo Xia glanced at the small backpack and said speechlessly, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

"Would the dignified little thief Nami save so little money?"

"Although we didn't get all of your Pele, this is about right."

Luo Xia waved his hand and put his backpack away.

Then, with a light tap of his finger in the air, the frozen ice surface instantly shattered into pieces.

Rorschach also vanished from the spot in an instant.

G5 Branch.

When Garp and the others saw Rorschach return, Smoker couldn't help but ask, "Are you just going to let them go like that?"

Rorschach shrugged. "What else?"

"I want them to cause trouble in the new world, how could I possibly arrest them?"

Rorschach glanced at Garp beside him, then said with a provocative look, "Why don't you have Lieutenant General Smoker arrest them?"

"Perfect opportunity to boost my battle merits?"

Smoker glared at Rorschach and cursed, "Get lost! I'm going to check out those bastards and see if I don't train them to death."