Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

Chapter 312 Gathering

Sanji didn't know why he made this decision.

It was as if a voice from the shadows was telling him to do it this way.

Theoretically speaking, he is a naval officer, so if he encounters pirates, he should either kill or capture them.

But facing Sanji in front of him, he inexplicably wanted to fight him.

It was a strange feeling, and he didn't know why he had this thought.

It's really strange that Sanji in front of him is much weaker than him.

But he didn't care anymore. He didn't want to figure out why he had this thought. Since he had it, he would just follow his heart.

"Let's go, I know where the best spots in this city are for fighting. Follow me!"

Sanji glanced at Sanji indifferently, then turned and walked straight in a certain direction, leaving Sanji and Nami behind him.

He wasn't worried that Sanji wouldn't come along.

First of all, given his strength, there is absolutely no chance that Sanji could escape from him.

Secondly, judging from Sanji's reaction just now, it seems that he wasn't the only one who felt that inexplicable sense of familiarity.

He was willing to spend time fighting Sanji to find out the reason, and Sanji must have wanted to find out the reason in the same way.

And that's exactly what Sanji thought.

After seeing Sanji walk straight ahead without even glancing at them, Nami immediately went to Sanji's side and tugged at his sleeve.

"Sanji, let's run while he's not paying attention to us, or we might not be able to escape later!"

After saying that, Nami scanned her surroundings several times, looking for the best escape route.

But when she tugged at Sanji's sleeve again, she found that he didn't budge. Instinctively, Nami turned her gaze away.

At the same time, Sanji spoke softly:

"Miss Nami, go find a safe place to stay and wait for me to come back!"

"I...I'm going to fight that man!!"

! !

Why?!

Nami's brows furrowed tightly, her tone full of doubt.

She couldn't understand why Sanji didn't run away when it was such a good opportunity, but instead chose to fight the other party.

There's no benefit to winning, and the outcome of losing is likely to be bad, so why bother going?

Sanji gently shook his head and spoke softly:

"I don't know, but I just had a feeling I had to go!"

"I don't know why I feel this way, but I don't want to go against my heart. I want to fight him!!"

Sanji stared intently at Sanji's retreating figure, then walked straight ahead, reminding him once again:

"Miss Nami, find a safe place. If I win, I will definitely be back before dark!"

"If I don't get back before dark... Nami-san, you should leave this city, and get as far away as possible!!"

……

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Water City, Shipwreck Island.

This is an artificial island within the Water Seven territory, formed by a massive accumulation of abandoned shipwrecks, and connected to the main island by a stone bridge.

Even with the rapid development of Water Seven in recent years, no one has bothered to renovate Shipwreck Island.

There's no need for that; the purpose of Shipwreck Island is simply to house those old, abandoned ships.

So this place has been preserved ever since.

At this moment, six figures appeared here, looking at each other in bewilderment.

Then, the six people spoke at the same time in perfect unison:

"What are you doing here?" * 6

……

The air fell silent for a moment.

These six people are Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji.

Sanji and Sanji's group came here on their own.

Luffy's group came after Luffy.

Zoro's group, on the other hand, simply wandered around aimlessly after getting lost and ended up here by chance.

But no matter what the process is, the final result is always the same, as if it were an arrangement of fate.

Zoro turned his gaze toward Luffy and Sanji.

"Weren't you two supposed to have gone out early to prepare to capture Eustace Kid?"

Sanji glanced at him indifferently, then spoke calmly:

"I was worried you wouldn't have a chance then, so I thought I'd let you have a chance to warm up here. But you proved to be useless. Well, there's nothing I can do now. Once I've settled things here, you won't have a chance at all. Prepare to bow to me for a month!"

"laugh!!"

These words immediately drew a sneer from Zoro, who then refrained from engaging in a lengthy argument with Sanji, simply uttering a few words:

"Shut up, you seventh-ranked guy!!"

(⊙o⊙)...

(╬▔盘▔)╯! !

"You green algae head, what did you say? Are you looking for death?!"

Sanji's face immediately turned red, his blood rushing to his head as if forming an invisible flame, and he stared fiercely at Zoro in front of him.

The number seven has been a source of pain for him for a long time!

The seventh place here refers to the ranking of the highest bounty on pirates captured by members of their Canglan Squad.

Zoro is ranked fifth, while Sanji is ranked seventh.

So Sanji has been criticized by Zoro a lot because of this ranking, and the key is that he doesn't really have a way to deal with it.

Even though he wanted to improve his ranking, he was limited by various conditions and still couldn't make a breakthrough.

Therefore, in this respect, Sanji has always been overshadowed by Zoro.

Looking at Zoro and Sanji across from them, Zoro and Sanji on the other side subconsciously glanced at each other.

Why do I feel like these two people on the other side are not only similar to them in some way, but also in their irreconcilable differences...?

How come they're so similar?

After some time, Luffy looked at Zoro and the other two, and asked with a curious expression:

"So you two came here to fight with those two too?"

Sanji glanced at Luffy, then spoke:

"Watch your words. What do you mean by 'fighting'? I call this a battle. Don't make it sound like we're some kind of petty thugs having a brawl!"

"This is a life-or-death battle between the Navy and the pirates!!!"

"Soga!!"

Luffy slapped the table as if he had just realized something, and then nodded emphatically.

"That's right, this is a life-or-death battle!!"

Then, turning his gaze to Luffy opposite him, he spoke:

"Come on, I'm going to send you flying and show you the power of my fists!!"

"I'm the one who sent you flying!!"

Luffy shouted, then charged straight at Luffy without hesitation...