Part nine - Once, a liar, a cheater and a deciver met 11/??

From the tree, as in the palm of your hand, there was a view of the road leading from the very bank to the village. The difference between water and land was about thirty meters, which is why the road descended to the water along a rather steep slope surrounded by rocky cliffs. It turned out to be a kind of compact corridor of natural origin, seven meters wide and one end strongly lifted up to the top. Ideal for an ambush.

- A little surprised that he decided to listen to you and set up an ambush right here, - Johnny admitted, as did Luffy, scrutinizing the area below, only through his binoculars. - I, personally, was sure that after all, he would not listen to your advice, only out of sheer obstinacy.

- Apparently, I was more convincing for him than for you.

The attack of acute paranoia, caused by an even more severe attack of panic, for the guys and Nami ended safely with the onset of the morning, so everything returned to normal. Zoro was sleeping under a tree, next to him was Yosaku, puffing his cigar in his mouth, and next to Luffy himself, on a tree, sat Johnny and Nami. After Luffy, they were the most curious characters in their little family. However, this time Nami was more and more worried about Usopp than appeased her curiosity. Still, the feelings of the long-nosed guy about the village and its inhabitants were really close to the girl's heart, like no one else in the family.

- I hope they really follow this path, - Nami said. - On the other road, Usopp didn't even bother to prepare anything.

- And that was perfectly reasonable of him, - Johnny said. - Firstly, he would hardly have had time to prepare two normal ambushes at once, and secondly, he is an ordinary guy. He definitely does not have combat experience, which means that there is no reason to keep in abundance everything that could be useful to him for an ambush. You can see how many barrels he brought here. And I strongly doubt that he would have been able to get as many more in one night. So he took the risk of putting everything on Luffy's advice ... Let's hope he was right.

- If the pirates go the other way, it won't be interesting at all, - Luffy muttered displeasedly. - Then Usopp won't stand a chance and we'll have to intervene almost immediately. We won't even be able to look at it in action. It will be boring ... I hate it when it's boring, - he added after a little thought.

-Like we didn't know about it before, - Nami and Johnny muttered barely audibly, but prudently did not develop the topic.

The pirates appeared only half an hour later, and appeared where they were supposed to appear. Nami and Johnny breathed a sigh of relief. The girl may have worried about the long-nosed guy the most, but the others were not completely indifferent to him either. At least Johnny for sure ... possibly Yosaku ... but about Zoro it was difficult to say anything. No particular fight was foreseen, so the swordsman quickly lost all interest in what was happening. On the other hand, it was obvious that Luffy, at the current stage of his acquaintance with Usopp, was more concerned with how interesting performance the long-nosed guy could show him than Usopp's life itself. Long-nosed was still only a candidate for joining the family, which is why Luffy's usual tutelage was not yet extended to him ... It should be noted that Luffy's tutelage, in turn, was another monster, but this is a topic for another day.

- These are the arrogant bastards! - said Johnny with a bit of admiration, watching as the pirates descend ashore from the most ordinary watch ship. - Most of the time, impersonate the marines, and, when attacked, dress up as pirates. Clever, damn it. If this is the idea of ​​the Fake Zombie, then he seems to have earned his nickname "Thousand Plans" for a reason.

- Don't forget that there is also this Dango who can hypnotize everyone, - Luffy added. - Maybe that's his plan.

- Not Dango, but Bango, - Johnny corrected.

- His name is Jango, idiots! - Immediately put everything in its place Nami.

- What's the difference? Dango or Bango, never understood this need for you to know the names of the future dead. The main thing is that, in the place of this Mango, I would drag myself to the right place, hypnotize those who need it, and provide myself with the real title of captain ... By the way, it's a good idea, it will be necessary to try on a captain's cape somehow.

- In terms of? - Looking up from their binoculars, Johnny and Nami simultaneously turned in his direction. - Do you want our family to pretend to be marines? - added the girl.

The very thought of this seemed wild to Nami. Marines? From the team, which consisted of pair of completely cold-blooded pathological killers, and another couple diligently following on their heels? And this is in a team of five? Marine from Luffy? Rave! There you always have to obey someone, even if you are the Fleet Admiral himself. And no matter how masterly Luffy could lie if he wanted to, his monstrously hypertrophied Ego would simply not allow him to hold out in the system for a couple of days ... a couple of days? Not a chance! He would not have lasted even a couple of hours ... If only he had not passed himself off as a Vice Admiral, Admiral, Fleet Admiral or the Commander-in-Chief himself - only these ranks could act more or less freely, so for some time Luffy could play around, completely ignoring the raining down on him orders.

The problem was that there were only three active admirals in the world, one Fleet Admiral and one Commander-in-Chief, so almost every dog ​​knew them by sight. So it turned out that Luffy, at most, could pretend to be only one of the Vice Admirals. For a while. Ultimately, no matter what rank he tried on himself, everything would have ended in numerous victims and destruction, because the concept of subordination was familiar to him only from the position of authority, but not subordinate. In general, if there was one idea that shouldn't have come true, it was the idea of ​​Luffy the marine. There is no need to once again check the universe for strength, otherwise suddenly it really breaks down?

- What does our family have to do with it? - the guy dismissed. - No, I was only talking to myself. I just thought it would be fun to put on a marine uniform, and then arrange an all-out hunt on you when the whole world already knows that you are pirates. I will pretend to be some kind of bas-ass, specially sent to deal with a bloodthirsty gang of pirates, terrifying the entire Grand Line ... or at least its first half. Hmm ... this idea is definitely worth thinking about. I think it will be at least funny.

Luffy's care was indeed that monster. Sometimes this very care seemed to the family more terrible than any enemy. Although, why only seemed? This is often the case! And when such moments came, every family member, without exception, began to wonder why he generally follows the captain unquestioningly, death by whose hand, literally or figuratively, is much more likely than death by a sword, bullet or fist of enemy? Of course, then Luffy always did or said something so inspiring, after which all such thoughts began to seem blasphemous ... exactly until everything was repeated again.

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