Comparing Crews

Meanwhile, in another part of town, Nami, Vivi, Sanji, and Usopp were gathering supplies, while Chopper decided to stay on the Going Merry since the heat wasn't doing him any good.

While the group of four was buying copious amounts of meat, a commotion started within the city, drawing their attention.

"Mhh, it's quite loud over there. I wonder what's going on?"

"Well, probably just some stupid pirate making trouble. No need to worry about it."

"Yeah, you are right. Just some troublemaker."

Hearing Sanji's words, Nami simply nodded her head and agreed that it was just some random troublemaker. However...

"Wait a second. Stupid pirate... troublemaker..."

""""...""""

A deafening silence covered the group as those two titles seemed to materialize into two people within their heads before anyone could say anything else.

"FASTER, MY TRUSTY STEED!!!"

"YUNA, I'M NOT A STEED!!! I'M THE FUTURE KING OF THE PIRATES!!!"

"BOTH OF THEM HAVE BOUNTIES!!!"

"GET THEM!!!"

"SURROUND THEM!!!"

"SHOOT THEM!!!"

"DON'T SHOOT STRAW HAT, THE BULLETS ARE COMING BACK!!!"

"HOW DO SO MAY BULLETS MISS THAT DAMN WOMAN!!!"

In the distance, Yuna could be seen sitting on Luffy's shoulders, pointing forward, and laughing happily. Behind them were around 50 Marines, frantically chasing the duo and shooting them with their guns.

Seeing that spectacle, Nami sighed deeply before quickly making a decision.

"We don't know these peo...""

"YUNA-CHWAN!!! FORGET ABOUT THE IDIOT!!! LET ME BE YOUR STEED INSTEAD!!!"

Nami couldn't even get a full sentence out before Sanji rushed forward to replace Luffy, resulting in Nami feeling deep despair.

"This crew is doomed, isn't it?"

Noticing the despair in Nami's voice, Vivi and Usopp decided not to answer and just averted their heads. Half the crew was doubtless hopeless in one aspect or another, but at least everything had worked out more or less so far.

"A blond man is approaching the two Straw Hats! He must be a fellow pirate!"

"Quickly take a photo for the bounty poster!"

By now, Yuna had switched "steeds" and was now sitting on Sanji's shoulder, who had a trickle of blood slowly flowing down his nose.

Luffy, on the other hand, had enough of being chased around, so he swiftly spun around and blasted most of the Marines away with a well-placed Gomu-Gomu-no-Whip.

Unfortunately, one person was mostly unaffected. When Luffy's attack hit him, his body simply turned into smoke, allowing the attack to pass through him without doing any damage.

Earlier, within the restaurant, Luffy had briefly blinded Smoker with a well-placed accidental spit-take, resulting in Smoker shortly being blinded. Using that small window, Luffy and Yuna swiftly left, leaving an annoyed Smoker behind, who only managed to catch up to them at this moment.

"THIS TIME, YOU WON'T BE GETTING AWAY, STRAW HAT!!! [WHITE BLOW]"

Smoker punched forward, resulting in his fist shooting toward Luffy while still being attached to his body with white smoke.

Seeing the attack coming, Luffy panicked a little, as he had already learned in Louge Town that his attacks wouldn't work against Smoker.

However, Yuna wasn't worried. She quickly left her "steed" behind and placed herself between Luffy and Smoker, her fist reeled back with a cocky smile on her face.

She punched forward, meeting Smoker's fist head-on. Surprisingly, the two attacks actually met instead of Smoker's hand turning into smoke, confusing Smoker.

'Haki? No, I know what Haki feels like, and she isn't using any. Maybe a Devil Fruit.'

"Hehe, [White Blow]? You part of the clan or something?"

Yuna's words confused Smoker, but he didn't think too deeply about them and instead continued attacking. At the same time, seeing that Yuna could actually block Smoker's attacks, Luffy quickly made a decision and retreated with Sanji.

His logic was rather simple: I can't hit him, but Yuna can so let Yuna hit him!

"[WHITE OUT]"

"I'm not too certain about their slogans, but you're definitely part of the clan, huh? How despicable. Why are you even attacking me? I'm not even black."

"What kind of nonsense have you been babbling on about!"

Although Yuna's words were irritating, what truly enraged Smoker was how casually Yuna managed to block his attacks. He hid in his smoke and sent his left fist attacking from one direction while using his other to attack from a different direction, and yet, no matter what he tried, Yuna quickly blocked and dodged his attack.

'Is this Observation Haki? Damnt, I can't hit her at all!'

Well, it wasn't Observation Haki but simply a difference in battle experience. Although Smoker was by no means weak, at the end of the day, he spent the last ten years in the East Blue, bullying no-name pirates with his Logia Devil Fruit. Combat experience? I'll just use my Devil Fruit!

In the end, Smoker was hopefully bullied by Yuna due to his lacking combat experience.

Well, while that was happening, a pillar of flame rose in the distance, making it clear that "Fire Fist" Ace had made a move. Yuna was pretty confident that Ace claiming to be Luffy's big brother was the truth, so she wasn't worried but decided to see what was going on anyway.

So, after dodging another one of Smoker's attacks, Yuna gave him a solid punch into the stomach, resulting in him flying away looking like a curled-up shrimp.

"Well, it was fun messing with you, Smoky. Thanks for the money, and see you later~"

Before Smoker could regain his bearings, Yuna was already gone, leaving him behind, fuming like crazy. However, seconds later, he realized what Yuna had just said, wondering what she meant by "Thanks for the money."

Supconciously, he reached for his pocket and pulled out his wallet. Although the wallet was still there, all that remained of his money was a small piece of paper with the symbol ";P" drawn on it.

Smoker crushed the paper in his hands, smoke coming out of his ears due to the raw fury and humiliation he was feeling. The problem wasn't even the money she had stolen. The problem was that she did so while he was giving it his all, fighting her. Not only did she somehow steal his money mid-fight, but she also returned his wallet and left a little message.

Humiliation! Utter Humiliation! He had never felt this humiliated!

"DAMN YOU, YUNA!!! I'LL DEFINITELY KILL YOU!!!"

Meanwhile, unaware of Smoker being close to a mental breakdown while screaming rather familiar words to the world, Yuna arrived at the place where the flame pillar had previously erupted, but all she could find was a bunch of beat-up, partially burnt people.

'Did someone seriously try to capture Ace? These bounty hunters sure have guts thinking they can capture one of Whitebeard's commanders~'

As Yuna's eyes wandered over the beat-up bounty hunters, not a single one drew her attention, meaning that there were likely just a bunch of nobodies, thinking that the 550 million bounty on Ace was a charity event sponsored by the Marines.

'It's always fascinating to see just how stupid people can be~"

[Didn't their so-called hero Crocodile only have a bounty of a little under 100 million? Seriously, what are these people even thinking?]

'Well, clearly, they aren't thinking at all. They see the big number on the poster, and instantly greed overwrites all their survival instincts, turning them into idiots.'

Shaking her head, Yuna quickly spread her senses and noticed two rather familiar figures in a nearby alley.

'Seems like the two brothers have met. Let's see what they are up to.'

Moving quickly, Yuna arrived at a roof directly overlooking Luffy and Ace, who were currently competing in an arm wrestling competition. However, seeing Ace and Luffy fighting like that, Yuna could only shake her head.

'Just like Smokey, Ace's physical strength isn't that impressive. It seems like people with those elemental transformation powers don't pay much attention to their physical strength. Well, considering they seem almost invincible without my method of attacking, I guess it's no wonder they are like that. I wonder if this world has a different method to break through the invincibility of these types of Devil fruits.'

[Following the usual pattern, there probably is a way.]

'Yeah, I bet the World Goverment is hiding it away. It seems like I've got to do some interrogations in the future~'

[That's not how you spell bullying.]

'Mah, details.'

After finishing her conversation with Kurama, Yuna noticed the barrel Luffy and Ace were having their match on breaking, resulting in their competition ending in a draw.

"Hahaha, it's good to see you again, Ace."

"Yes, Luffy, it has been a while."

"I see, so you really are Luffy's brother. Good to know~"

While Luffy and Ace were greeting each other after not meeting for around three years, another voice interrupted their conversation.

Looking upward, the duo saw Yuna standing horizontally on a wall, dumbfounding Ace while causing Luffy's eyes to shine as bright as a star.

"H-How are you doing that? A Devil Fruit?"

Naturally, Ace was surprised by Yuna's antics, but before Yuna could answer Ace, a smug expression appeared on Luffy's face as he patted Ace's shoulder, looking like a senior showing off in front of his junior.

"Shishishi, isn't Yuna being able to stand on the wall normal? She is a ninja after. That's right, she is a ninja. A ninja that is part of my crew. My crew has a ninja... ninja, shishishi!"

The more the word "ninja" left Luffy's mouth, the more smug he became as he continuously pattered Ace's shoulder with a condensing expression on his face, irritating Ace more and more.

"N-Nonsense! As if I would believe you! If she were a ninja, she could do shadow clones!"

Ace quickly raised his last line of defense, claiming ninjas should be able to use shadow clones. So, Yuna detached herself from the wall and landed next to Ace while shrugging her shoulders.

"Unfortunately, I can't do shadow clones."

Hearing Yuna's words, Ace was about to mock Luffy, but Yuna resumed speaking before he could do so.

"That being said, I'll give you something else: [Ice Clone No Jutsu]!"

After going through around 20 random hand signs she came up with on the spot, Yuna slapped her hand on the ground in a dramatic fashion, and, seconds later, around a dozen ice statues that looked identical to Yuna crew out of the ground. Of course, these statues were still made out of ice, so the color was completely off, but before Ace could comment on that, ice covered Yuna's body, making her look exactly like the statues she had conjured.

The next complaint Ace had about Yuna's techniques was that there was no use in just having some unmoving statues around, but before he could utter the complaint, all the statues started moving simultaneously. Some were walking up a wall, some were wandering around the alley, and... are these two kissing!?

Ace could have sworn he saw two statues making out, but after briefly rubbing his eyes, they were no longer there, so he was sure that what he just witnessed was just his imagination.

Despite that, he couldn't help but grit his teeth. After all, Luffy actually had a ninja on his crew! That was so cool!

Of course, he wasn't jealous at all. Not in the slightest. Not even a little bit!

"Cough That's rather interesting... hahaha. W-Well, we Whitebeard Pirates actually have a Samurai on our crew!"

Hearing Ace's words, one of Luffy's index fingers disinterestedly plunged into his nose and started digging.

"Heee~ A samurai, huh? So, a guy with a sword? I have one with three swords~"