Onmyoji of the Grand Line

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"You bastard, you've lost all your friends! What are you going to do next? Keeping you alive will only bring you pain and despair, leaving you to wait alone forever. Why not just die together with your companions?"

The Baron kicked Luffy and then grabbed his hair, indicating that he could see him.

“But…” George’s expression turned serious.

"Listen to me! So far, everyone I've captured has been handed over to Lily in front of their captain. As a result, almost everyone, unable to bear the loneliness and despair, has chosen suicide. It's simply the best option! It's impossible for a pirate to survive alone. I'll say it again, what are you going to do? Live a wretched life? Or die?"

Just then, Brief stood up and shouted loudly.

"Who do you think you are? Oh! I remember you, the one with the bushy beard back then. How did this pirate crew survive? How did she manage to live peacefully under Lily's rule until today!"

The Baron of Revelry slowly stroked his beard and glanced at Brif with disdain.

"Red Arrow, this is..." All your comrades are dead! They died more than twenty years ago!

"Still alive!"

This was Baron Carnival's answer. Brief pointed to an ancient bounty in his hand.

“Take a close look at this old bounty! How old are you? Your companions aren’t old at all! You’re the best proof! Your men were all blown to death by the typhoon! This is just a monster’s puppet!”

"Don't call Lily a monster! You bastard!"

"I'm going to kill you!" the Wild Baron roared at Brif. These words struck a nerve.

"..."

"Even if you're an imposter, where is your heart?! The heart of Mouchigoro and the others, the heart of those who embarked on the Grand Voyage with me, that's absolutely true! Can you deny that? How could you?! Then stop talking nonsense!"

The revelry baron walked toward Brif.

"So, you've always known that all the connections are fake? But because of that monster, you can only live in dreams until you die?"

"Don't tell me our relationship is a lie!" Carnival Island! Was everything that happened on this island a dreamlike spectacle, like a night of sacrifice? But for you pirates, it's a nightmare! I can't abandon my companions! Since I can't go with them anymore, I'll dream with my friends here!"

"No! What do you think those pirates are all about?"

"Ha!" The Wild Baron burst into laughter. As the name suggests, it's a grand voyage where if you don't eat people, you'll be eaten!"

At this point, the Baron of Revelry raised his longbow and aimed it at Brif. Just then, a voice rang out from behind the Baron:

"Run, Mr. Brief!"

Baron Gale looked back, only to find Luffy had vanished. Rick had quietly slipped into the tunnel, released Luffy, and was preparing to rescue him. Brief's earlier words were merely a distraction.

"Damn it, we've been tricked."

"Wow!" came a gasp.

Despite being hit by an arrow, Rick still threw Luffy down and jumped down himself to close the lid.

"I can't let him go to his death!"

"I don't know what you're talking about," Brif shouted.

He looked back and saw that Brief had vanished. Then, a face with a thick beard appeared from another hole.

"What are you doing? Over here!"

Brief disappeared from the cave once again. This happened several times before Rick finally led Luffy out of the passage.

"Where to run!"

Brief finally disappeared from Lilith Mountain. Only the Baron of Revelry remained alive.

Brief and Rick, survivors of the ordeal, along with the father of the Butler Pirates, returned to Brief's underground chamber.

Rosa took care of Luffy and found her a place to stay. It turned out she was a junior doctor.

"The head injury is not serious, that's good."

When Rosa asked if there were any medical facilities, Rick shook his head. He could only wash off the mud with water first, and then use the herbs that Brief had brought back from the woods to bandage his hands and legs.

"I never imagined there was such a passage beneath this island."

The father paced anxiously in the basement.

"…………"

"And Rick! Have you been here the whole time? Do you know how worried my sister and I are about you?"

"Nonsense!" George smiled faintly.

Rick vehemently opposed his father.

"We'll talk about family matters later; now is not the best time."

Brief interjected, "That's what I think too."

Chapter 274: The Promise!

"What? Who are you? What gives you the right to tell a child what to do?"

I don't belong to you!

"Kid, stop fooling around!"

"So, does that mean you can lie now? My mother didn't die from illness! My mother was—"

"Shut up! Someone's injured!"

Rosa shouted, her voice filled with anger.

Rick was about to say that his mother had been devoured by the strange flower, but when he saw his sister Digi, he immediately shut his mouth.

"Ouch! Straw Hat Boy, open your eyes!"

As he spoke, Brief shook Luffy's chest.

"Brothers, it's all my fault, it's all my fault."

Luffy didn't seem to be completely unconscious yet; he just kept repeating the same words.

"Nonsense! Where's your aura? Hey! You...you're the captain!"

"Cheer up!" Rick shouted. The pirate flag is no joke! That number 687 is a promise he made to his comrades! You're the captain; treat them as your companions, as your friends, and find a way to protect them! We haven't completely failed yet!"

Luffy listened to Rick's crying but didn't react at all.

"Brother Rubber".

Daisy took something out and handed it to Luffy.

A straw hat.

That was a promise I made to Shanks, the red-haired man.

Pirate flag, straw hat.

A promise made with my friends.

He was a pirate king!

"I want to be like them, the Pirate King!"

With trembling hands, Luffy took the straw hat he was wearing.

Then, he got up on his own.

"fine?"

"Thank you, this is a very important hat."

Luffy smiled and looked at Daisy.

"Wait! You're already severely injured!"

"it's not a big deal."

Compared to the pain of losing a companion.

After Luffy answered Rosa's question, seemingly to prove his promise, he put his hat back on.

"They're not people who die so easily!"

"That's right! Now is not the time to give up."

Rick cried out. His father, 852104278, who was watching from behind, was surprised to find him.

"It's not that there's no chance."

“I understand,” Brif said.

"That uncle with the thick beard?"

"Is the lily carnation glowing? In my experience, that's a sign it's eating. The lily carnation is a monster that eats people."

"So, if that light is still there..."

"Your companion is still here. He must be!"

Upon hearing this, Luffy reached out and placed his hand on the doorknob.

"Wait!" a voice suddenly rang out.