Laugh Tale (Part 2)

No matter what had happened to Monkey D. Luffy, Dragon D. William said helplessly, "Luffy, you're our captain. By rights, I should follow your orders, but this time..."

Before Dragon D. William could finish, he seemed to recall something.

What had Monkey D. Luffy just said?

He had heard some kind of voice?

Dragon D. William knew that Captain Monkey D. Luffy was not the sort of person who casually made up facts. Perhaps he really had heard something.

And it was a voice only he could hear. Considering where they were, perhaps that voice was guiding them forward.

"I see!" Dragon D. William suddenly grinned and said seriously to Captain Monkey D. Luffy, "Luffy, my captain! Don't take part in this battle!"

"Why?" Monkey D. Luffy, the person concerned, was rather confused.

Dragon D. William did not explain much to someone as slow on the uptake as Monkey D. Luffy.

There was no time to explain now. Even if there were, he feared everyone else would understand while their captain still would not get what he meant.

Boom!

Another cannonball was nearly about to strike the Thousand Sunny when Roronoa Zoro casually blocked it with a Flying Slash.

Though Roronoa Zoro was also somewhat puzzled, he trusted Dragon D. William's judgment.

Among the Straw Hat Crew, aside from the Castle Army, Roronoa Zoro had spent the longest time with Dragon D. William. He knew that Dragon D. William considered every move carefully. Though Dragon D. William sometimes appeared to be someone who, like them, solved problems with violence, once he became serious, he was a master at scheming against others.

"Stinking lizard, what's gotten into you?" Vinsmoke Sanji did not fully understand, even though he knew Dragon D. William must have his reasons.

Still, he would not agree to