Listening to the surrounding patrons discuss Luffy, the supernovas' expressions varied.
Kid's eyes held fighting spirit. After taking a big gulp of wine, he slammed the glass on the table with a bang.
"Everywhere I go, it's all talk about Straw Hat. It's really annoying!"
Apoo's eyes darted around, constantly scanning the other supernovas in the bar, thinking to himself,
"The gap between us and Straw Hat is too big."
"These people in front of me are my opponents for the future!"
Hawkins held a fortune-telling card in his hand, frowning slightly, and said indifferently,
"Today's fortune isn't very good!"
"It seems something bad will happen!".
Capone Bege frowned, holding a cigar, and said in a deep voice,
"Attacked a Celestial Dragon?"
"If he really attacked, this island would probably be in chaos by now!"
"It seems Straw Hat's name has been exaggerated by these people!"
Among the few, only Bonney made no comment, just continuously stuffing her face with food.
Just as Bonney finished the last piece of meat, she suddenly slammed the table and stood up.
She then walked towards the bar's main entrance.
Seeing this, someone among Dibaruo's group immediately said nervously,
"Dibaruo, she seems to be leaving, what should we do?"
"Idiot! Lower your voice!"
"She's leaving, we'll just follow her."
"Straw Hat isn't here right now, if we're discovered, we'll be in big trouble!"
Just as everyone was whispering, they suddenly saw Bonney, who was walking towards the door, pass by them and suddenly pounce, stepping on their table, gritting her teeth and roaring angrily.
"You bastards!"
"You've been watching me since just now!"
"Now what are you mumbling about here?"
"Who are you people?"
"Why are you watching me?"
The sudden commotion immediately attracted everyone in the tavern.
They all looked in the direction of the noise and saw Bonney standing on a table, her face full of anger.
And on that table, a group of people were trembling.
Someone in the tavern quickly recognized Dibaruo and his group.
"Th-They are the Flying Fish Riders!"
"Flying Fish Riders? Isn't that the kidnapping gang that's recently emerged?"
"Have they already set their sights on a supernova? Are these people really that strong?"
Listening to the discussions in the tavern, Bonney immediately frowned and asked angrily.
"You bastards want to capture me to be a slave?"
Dibaruo and his group were almost crying listening to the discussions of the people in the tavern.
If they had the strength to take down a supernova, they wouldn't be so sneaky and scared.
Moreover, their main fighting force, the Flying Fish, was not with them right now, so they didn't even have a chance to escape.
Facing Bonney's angry questioning, Dibaruo could only tremble and answer honestly.
"W-We were actually sent by Straw Hat!"
"He told us to tell him after we found you!"
"Now my people are already bringing him here!"
As Dibaruo finished speaking, the tavern suddenly fell silent.
Everyone stared at Dibaruo, as if frozen by his words.
However, it was only for an instant, and then the crowd seemed to be activated, bursting into laughter.
"Wahahahahaha… He's using such a clumsy excuse!"
"Saying he was sent by Straw Hat? Who doesn't know that the Straw Hat is all supernovas?! I've never heard of them having anyone else under them! There should be a limit to lying!"
"But having said that, countless people on this island now want to join Straw Hat! If they really recruited ordinary people, this island would definitely go crazy."
"I really want to join Straw Hat too!"
As these people yearned and sighed, Bonney became even more furious, pointing at Dibaruo's nose and saying angrily.
"You bastard, do you think I'm a child?"
"Do you think I'll be scared if you just mention Straw Hat's name?"
"I don't even know that guy, why would he be looking for me?!"
Dibaruo trembled upon hearing this and said.
"It's true!"
"Straw Hat Young Master personally said he wanted us to help him find you!"
"He also carries your bounty poster with him."
"He seems to care about you a lot!"
As he spoke, Dibaruo suddenly trembled, a thought flashed through his mind, and then he looked at Bonney and said.
"I know!"
"Straw Hat Young Master… has a crush on you!"
As soon as this was said, Dibaruo's subordinates also looked enlightened, finding it very reasonable, and nodded repeatedly in agreement.
"That's right! That's right! It's a crush!"
"Straw Hat Young Master has a crush on you!"
Dibaruo's group said the latter sentence in unison.
However, as soon as they finished speaking, they saw Bonney suddenly flare up.
"You bastards, what are you kidding about?!"
She kicked over the table, and then started punching and kicking Dibaruo's group.
Although the scene was extremely tragic.
However, the spectators in the tavern applauded and cheered, as they were very interested in watching such a lively scene.
Just as Bonney was beating Dibaruo and his group, and the tavern was full of noise and cheers.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and a voice sounded at the same time.
"Master Dibaruo! I've brought Straw Hat Young Master!"
As soon as this was said, the laughter and noise in the tavern became even louder.
"Wahahahahaha… Is it really arranged so thoroughly? They even arranged for someone to act in advance."
"That idiot, does he really think someone will believe them?!"
"I heard that this newly emerging team was quite powerful, but now it seems they might just be relying on this kind of trickery and deception to get by!"
"Wahahahahaha…"
As most of the people in the tavern laughed, a terrified voice suddenly sounded.
"St-Stop! Don't say it!"
Upon hearing this, some people were still confused.
"Huh? What's wrong? You don't really believe them, do you, and think Straw Hat will come here?!"
"Stop talking!!!"
The person was about to say something else, but was sharply stopped by someone next to him.
Looking at the other person's terrified expression, he couldn't help but curiously follow the direction the person was looking and looked towards the door.
Boom!
With just one glance, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
At the entrance of the tavern, a man wearing a Straw Hat was standing there, perfectly still.
Even without doing anything, he made people feel a sense of suffocation.
And as exclamations continued to sound, everyone in the tavern quickly noticed Luffy standing at the door.
The originally noisy and bustling tavern instantly became incredibly quiet.
Bonney was punching Dibaruo when she suddenly noticed Luffy appearing, and she couldn't help but be startled, her fist suspended in mid-air, her whole body frozen there.
Dibaruo, on the other hand, saw him as a savior and cried as he crawled towards Luffy.
"Ugh ah ah ah ah…"
"Straw Hat Young Master! You're finally here!"
"If you don't come soon, we'll be beaten to death by that woman!"
Luffy didn't know that his reputation had been harmed!
He just thought that these people must have been misunderstood by Bonney and were beaten up.
For a moment, he felt a little bad and asked.
"Are you all right?"
Upon hearing this, Dibaruo suddenly lifted his face, looked up at Luffy, revealing two rows of large front teeth, and at the same time gave Luffy a thumbs up, smiling.
"I'm fine! My face is well protected!"
Luffy couldn't help but feel speechless at this.
He didn't bother to pay attention to them anymore and turned his attention to Bonney.
When Dibaruo crawled towards Luffy and cried, and when Luffy opened his mouth to ask about Dibaruo's injuries, everyone in the tavern was deeply shocked.
And when Luffy turned his gaze to Bonney.
Everyone present was even more shocked to their core.
They gasped in low voices, one by one.
"Is it real or fake?! I didn't expect the Flying Fish Riders to really be Straw Hat's people!"
"Is that Straw Hat himself? He looks so imposing!"
"When did Straw Hat recruit new members?"
"It's over! That supernova hit Straw Hat's people, now she's definitely dead!"
"I heard that Straw Hat kills without batting an eye, he won't go on a killing spree here and implicate us, will he?!"
"No way?! If that's the case, it would be bad!"
As people exclaimed and discussed, the other supernovas all looked solemn, staring intently at Luffy's figure.
Their eyes were filled with curiosity, wanting to see firsthand what it was like when Luffy made a move.
And Bonney's forehead was already covered in cold sweat at this moment.
She bit her teeth tightly, and the thought that Dibaruo's words just now were actually true filled her with fear and doubt.
On one hand, it was because she had hit Luffy's people, and she was afraid that Luffy would pursue revenge.
On the other hand, it was because Dibaruo said that Luffy had been looking for her.
This was what puzzled her the most.
She didn't know Luffy, so what reason would he have to look for her?
Of course, she definitely couldn't believe such nonsense as Luffy having a crush on her.
As her mind raced with countless thoughts, Luffy walked towards her.
Bonney, including everyone in the audience, gradually stopped breathing at this moment, becoming extremely nervous.
"Wh-What do you want to do?"
Bonney asked nervously.
Luffy glanced at the many onlookers in the venue; it was not convenient to talk about Kuma here.
So he simply reached out and said.
"Come with me!"
As he finished speaking, he forcibly abducted Bonney amidst the shocked gazes of Bonney and everyone present.
As Luffy left, the entire tavern became incredibly quiet.
Everyone's mouths were wide open, looking towards the tavern door with expressions of disbelief.
Suddenly, at some point, a worried exclamation came from within the tavern.
"Captain Bonney!"
Immediately after, a group of people anxiously called Bonney's name and ran out the door.
And after they ran out, everyone in the tavern was also pulled back to their senses by them, and it completely erupted!
"Is it real or fake?!"
"I didn't see wrong, did I?!"
"It's impossible, isn't it?!"
Although everyone exclaimed in disbelief, deep down, they all implicitly believed one thing.
That was, what Dibaruo and his gang said just now was true.
And Bonney the Glutton was very likely to join Straw Hat.
Even Kid, one of the supernovas, had a look of surprise in his eyes.
They all lamented.
"Tch! I thought I was going to get rid of an opponent!"
"Does Straw Hat like this type?!"
"Is Bonney really going to join Straw Hat?"
"The probability of Bonney the Glutton joining Straw Hat is... how can it be?! It's one hundred percent?!"
After Luffy left with Bonney, the other supernovas, seeing no need to stay, gradually left.
But their departure did not cool down the atmosphere in the tavern.
On the contrary, the atmosphere in the tavern was incredibly lively at this moment.
Everyone gathered around Dibaruo and his gang, frantically and eagerly clamoring:
"I want to join the Flying Fish Riders!"
"Let me join the Flying Fish Riders!"
"I want to join too!"
What happened in the tavern was just a small interlude.
But it triggered two major pieces of news.
And it began to sweep across the entire island like a plague.
First, Straw Hat might add a new supernova, Bonney the Glutton.
Second, the Flying Fish Riders might be the only subordinate organization under Straw Hat currently, and it had already attracted countless people scrambling to sign up, breaking their heads to join the Flying Fish Riders.
...
Luffy was not yet aware of these rapidly spreading news on the island.
He was currently in an uninhabited alley with Bonney, telling her about Kuma.
After listening to Luffy's explanation, Bonney's eyes welled up, and she asked excitedly,
"Is what you said true?"
"Did my father really choose to join the World Government and agree to undergo Transformation for my sake?"
Luffy nodded and said,
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"It's true!"
"Now, only if you join us can he safely withdraw from the Shichibukai and keep his personality from being erased."
Luffy had already explained all the reasons to Bonney.
Although Luffy didn't produce any evidence to prove that this matter was decided by Kuma and him together.
But Bonney believed him.
After all, some of the things Luffy said were indeed things that only happened between her and Kuma.
After crying sorrowfully for a while due to Kuma's silent sacrifice, Bonney bit her lip and nodded in agreement.
"I'll join you!"
"As long as my father can gain freedom, I'm willing to do anything!"
...
After Bonney agreed to join, she said she wanted to say goodbye to her former pirate crew members and have them disband and return to their hometown.
Those people were originally from Bonney's hometown and had come out to sea with her to help her find Kuma.
Now that Kuma's matter was resolved and Bonney had a new team, they could safely return to their hometown.
While Bonney was talking to those people, Luffy received a den den mushi call.
As soon as he picked up, Chopper's wail came from inside.
"I'm sorry, Luffy!"
"Because there were too many types of ice cream!"
"We stayed there too long!"
"Wuwu..."
Chopper said, crying sadly.
Luffy asked in confusion,
"Calm down, Chopper!"
"What happened?"
Chopper sniffled on the other end of the den den mushi, then cried out loudly,
"Kaimi... has been kidnapped!!!"
"Wuwuwuwu..."
Hearing this news, Luffy immediately frowned.
And Chopper cried again, saying,
"Hatchan said she was probably taken by human traffickers."
"Although I don't know why, this island seems to condone human trafficking."
"Wuwu..."
"Kaimi is going to be sold!"
"I'm sorry, Luffy!"
"You specifically told us!"
"But we still failed to protect Kaimi."
Listening to Chopper's self-reproaching words one after another, Luffy said,
"It's okay, Chopper!"
"We'll just go rescue Kaimi!"
"She was just captured, she definitely hasn't been sold yet!"
"The Flying Fish Riders are near me right now, I'll have them help gather information."
"We should find her very soon!"
After speaking, Luffy quickly hung up the den den mushi and went to the previous tavern.
Inside the tavern!
Everyone surrounded Dibaruo, their faces filled with admiration and joy.
They kept calling his name.
"Lord Dibaruo!"
"Lord Dibaruo!"
Noticing Luffy's arrival at the tavern, these people frantically surrounded him again, cheering,
"Young Master Straw Hat!"
"Young Master Straw Hat!"
Faced with such a strange sight, Luffy's mouth twitched involuntarily.
And Dibaruo, at this moment, looked at Luffy with extreme excitement and said,
"Young Master Straw Hat!"
"You've come!"
"You are truly my great benefactors!"
"Not only did you turn me into a peerless handsome man, but now you've also made me an object of admiration and pursuit."
"Such great kindness, I..."
Dibaruo still wanted to say some nonsense in Luffy's ears, but he was directly interrupted.
"I need your help with something."