Part nine - Once, a liar, a cheater and a deciver met 1/??

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OK, I lied a little to you. This part will be more than 22 chapters, maybe even 25

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"… So now we can safely say that there are no pirates left in East Blue as such. They simply do not exist. The infamous team of hunters, led by the even more infamous Roronoa "Pirate Slayer" Zoro, slayerd or brought to justice all the more or less known teams. The only exceptions were the team of Buggy, nicknamed "The Clown", whose bounty for the head, in connection with all recent events, has grown from fifteen million bellies to thirty, which is an absolute record for the East Blue. It is quite obvious that in such a simple way the authorities are trying to attract the attention of the Roronoa Zoro team to the pirate mentioned above. Interested? Unlikely.

Unfortunately for the authorities and ordinary citizens, the information we recived from seven (!) independent sources, as one asserts that the Pirate Killer team has repeatedly crossed paths with the Clown Buggy team. And each of their meetings was watched by at least several witnesses who saw how both teams fought with each other. Moreover, the Buggy Pirates have lost to The Pirate Slayers every time we know! And yet, in spite of this, Buggy's team still continues to terrify the residents of East Blue. So the author of this article strongly doubts that the move of the authorities, with an increase in the bounty for Buggy's head, will give the desired result.

Now, the attentive reader may wonder: what about the leader of the fish-man pirates, Arlong, nicknamed "The Saw"? The thing is that the author of this article is not sure of the answer himself. Arlong's bounty flyers are constantly updated, but who ever heard of this Arlong? According to available information, Arlong sailed to East Blue from the Grand Line and ... disappeared. No one knows where he is, and no one has seen him for many many years. Some of our informants claim that Arlong is located on one of the islands, having built his own base, but, according to Captain Nezumi, the head of the sixteenth branch of the Marines, all this, I quote: "Vile lie!" Although, according to rumors, Arlong is hiding on an island, which is precisely the responsibility of the aforementioned captain. However, rumors are rumors. Due to the fact that there is no specific information on Arlong, Buggy Clown's crew is, at the moment, the only active pirate crew in the entire East Blue with a bounty assigned to the captain's head. The author of the article is ready to go even further, and declare that the Buggy team remained the only pirate team still operating in the entire East Blue. Still, being a pirate is too bad for your health these days. The Pirate Slayers guarantee."

Author of the article: "Riord Draf "

- Boys, what did you do there at all? - Nami said in some shock after reading the article and now looking at the numerous photographs attached to it.

The girl had the impression that she was now looking not at the consequences of a raid on a pirate base by a group of bounty hunters, but at a photo from somewhere on the military front. The plowed coast and slope, completely covered with huge craters, black, still slightly smoking, shipwrecks sticking out of the water, a ruined fort and corpses. Thousands and thousands of corpses are laid in long rows. No matter how she looked at the photos, Nami could hardly believe that all this was the work of four people. She, of course, knew about the monstrous power of Luffy, Zoro, Johnny and Yosaku, but something like that even she could hardly accept. The photos gave the impression that all these were the consequences of a clash between two armies, one of which was supported by naval artillery.

- It's all Zoro's fault, - Luffy, who was behind Nami, said. - We tried our best to stop him, but it was in vain. If the marines were late even for a couple more hours, there would have been no one alive there. Seriously, Zoro, you can't be that bloodthirsty. - Luffy shook his head disapprovingly. - You need to be kinder to people, kinder!

Casting a glance over the newspaper at the swordsman now sitting on the oars, Nami, in turn, saw Zoro's gloomy gaze directed behind her, where, on the bags of things, Luffy sprawled at ease. And although Zoro did not object to the words of his captain, the girl already understood everything.

- Where do the funnels come from then? - Nami asked, returning to looking at the photographs.

- One of Zoro's techniques, - Luffy responded instantly.

- And why did the ships burn down?

- One of Zoro's techniques, - was the instant reply again.

- Everything is clear with you, - Nami nodded understandingly. - It's all Zoro's fault.

- What did I tell you about? - Luffy smiled, pleased with himself, for which he bothered to get another gloomy look from his first mate.

- And the fact that you are not in any of the photos, too, probably Zoro's fault, right?

- Uh-uh ... what?

- You are not in any photo, - raising her hand, Nami chatted in the air with the newspaper. - The photo has everyone except you. Moreover, in most cases Zoro, Ryu and Yosaku look like they are the messengers of Hell on earth, and only you are not in any of the photos.

- Probably it was just bad photographer, - Luffy tried to shake off with little success.

- He also clearly possessed invisibility, - Yosaku added, looking at his copy of the newspaper. - Because most of the photos printed in the newspaper were taken before the first Marine ship sailed.

- Then this unknown photographer not only possessed invisibility, but also the ability to fool the Observation haki of Luffy and Zoro, - supported his friend Yosaku.

- Wonders! - Luffy was impressed. - And what can happen in the world? Nami, do we have to sail for a long time? - the guy transferred the topic into a brazen one. - I want fried meat! Two days without fried meat!

- You should have thought about that before you decided to dress up as Zorri.

- Who knew that Zoro didn't understand jokes?

- I'm not even going to answer this ... and we will sail for another four hours ...

- So we'll have lunch on land, - Luffy nodded in satisfaction, summing up the results.

The whole conversation took place in a very large boat, but still a boat. Much of the "Thing" sank to the bottom of the sea, so the Straw Hats had to look for an alternative. And this very alternative became several large boats, tied one after another, in the manner of a caravan. One boat was filled with money, another with food that did not spoil too quickly, the third and fourth were packed to capacity with various personal belongings and kitchen utensils. The fifth boat was hopelessly buried under Nami's belongings, and in the sixth, and the largest, the whole team settled down, and at the same time the guys' belongings, on which Luffy lay down with the look of the long-established Pirate King. Johnny and Yosaku collapsed in the bow of the boat, and Zoro sat at the oars, as the "main culprit" of the sinking of the "Thing". Naturally, if a total dictatorship of Luffy had not been established in their family, such a statement could well have been disputed, and there was simply no point in arguing. According to the established order in the family, Luffy's point of view was considered the only correct one, even if it was fundamentally wrong. As a result, it was Zoro who sat on the oars.

- Luffy, so what have you decided about the ship? - after some time asked Nami. - If we go to the Grand Line soon, we need to get ourselves a sturdy ship. There are no options. We'd have to get it even if Zoro hadn't sunk the "Thing".

- I bet we can easily sail the Grand Line even if we only have a raft of logs instead of a ship? - Luffy yawned lazily.

- No log rafts! - Nami was immediately indignant. - I'm a girl, and I want a normal ship! With a normal sink for washing in the morning, bath, shower and toilet! And also a separate cabin with a large soft bed, and a normal kitchen. So no more resemblances of the "Thing", or all our further journey, I will throw up prolonged tantrums every day until we get ourselves a normal ship.

Luffy's face looked like he had eaten a lemon. Luffy hated ultimatums, and Nami's small but extremely emotional speech meant it. Of course, their bonds had already acquired an indestructible fortress, so it did not even occur to Nami to threaten Luffy with a complete refusal to continue sailing, but she could seriously complicate the life of her captain. Monstrous monster or not, even Luffy was vulnerable to certain things. And the constant standing over the soul, sooner or later - rather late than early - would begin to influence him too. And Nami could have arranged something similar for him. Although Luffy, in turn, would have figured out how to respond to that, it wasn't worth it. It was easier to buy a ship. Or steal it from someone. The difference is not important here.

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Hello everybody. I'm not sure, but there is a chance, that for today there will be no more chapters. I just really want to sleep, so good night, have a fun, and maybe after 2-3 hours, 2 more chapters will be published