Luffy's eyes widened instantly, his gaze darting around before finally settling on a building.
With a powerful flick of his right hand, he stretched out a distance and wrapped it around the top of the building.
Then, thanks to the properties of rubber, Luffy's figure instantly flew towards the building, dodging the laser attack.
Who is it?
Luffy on the building and looked in the direction from which the laser attack was coming from.
Then a huge little girl with half white and half pink hair appeared before his eyes.
He exuded an aura of harmlessness.
Of course, that's if you ignore the high-tech gun in her hand.
"Um?!"
Seeing this, Luffy tilted his head and then asked her:
"Hey! Was it you who attacked me?"
"Who else could it be but me? Those despicable intruders deserve to die!"
The giant little girl spoke again, and she was none other than Astra, one of Vegapunk's six Clone!
As she spoke, Astra raised the gun in her hand again and pointed it at Luffy.
Luffy slowly stood up and looked at Astra below, explaining:
"I'm not an intruder, I just came to this island to take a look around, and maybe find Vegapunk!"
"Um?!"
Upon hearing this Astra stopped what she was doing, thought for a moment, and then asked:
Why are you looking for Vegapunk?
"I admire him so much! He's hailed as the world's greatest scientist, so I want to meet him!"
Luffy said with a look of longing.
(⊙o⊙)...
"Hahaha!"
"It's not that great! Don't exaggerate! It's only a tiny bit great!"
"Really, only a tiny bit!"
"Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning!"
Astra smiled and waved her hand, putting away her laser gun at the same time, showing that she had let her guard down Luffy.
But Luffy was a little confused by her behavior.
Wasn't he praising Vegapunk? Why does this guy's expression look like he's praising her?
"Hey! Who are you?"
Luffy looked at Astra and asked.
"Me? You're asking who I am?"
"I am the Vegapunk you've been talking about!"
Art stood tall and proudly declared.
"Oh! Vegapunk!"
Luffy answered instinctively, but the next second his eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Astra, his face displaying an extremely exaggerated expression, and he shouted in a strange voice:
"Are you Vegapunk?"
"That's right!"
Astra nodded calmly.
"Really? I'm so lucky, I saw Vegapunk as soon as I arrived?"
Luffy's face was full of excitement, and he jumped down from the top of the building.
It landed in front of Astra in no time, looking at Astra with excitement.
However, just as Luffy was about to go up and shake hands with Vegapunk, he suddenly remembered something, stopped, and took two steps back.
His expression suddenly turned serious and earnest!
Looking at Astra, he said, word by word:
You are not Vegapunk!
"Um?!"
Astra was just about to enjoy Luffy's compliments, was stunned by Luffy's expression and then said somewhat anxiously:
"I am Vegapunk!!"
"Really, you have to believe me!!"
Luffy:...
Upon hearing this, Luffy became even less trusting of Astra. He took a few steps back, looking at Astra with wariness, and even assumed a fighting stance.
"Impossible! You think you can fool me? I'm not that easy to fool!"
Xia Chen told me that Vegapunk is an old man!
"Putting aside your age, it's impossible just based on your gender!"
"Oh dear! You're really up to no good! Knowing I wanted to find Vegapunk, you deliberately pretended to be Vegapunk!"
"Luckily, I'm incredibly quick-witted, or I would have fallen for your trick!"
"Hurry up and confess! Who are you? Otherwise, don't blame me for being impolite!"
As he spoke, Luffy even wrapped Armament Haki around his fists, looking ready to fight at any moment.
"No! I really am Vegapunk! How come you can't understand human speech, you little monkey?"
Seeing Luffy's expression, Astra became anxious and hurriedly spoke loudly again, a hint of urgency on his face, as if he was trying his best to prove his identity.
!!
Seeing that Astra was vehemently denying his 'identity' and was still lying to him, Luffy's patience gradually wore thin.
Normally, even if he didn't know Astra's identity, he certainly wouldn't attack her, but the problem is that Astra is now going to great lengths to impersonate Vegapunk's 'identity'.
This Luffy think that Astra was not a good person.
If he's not a good person, then he can only be a bad person!
"You silly boy, you just won't believe me, will you?"
Seeing that Luffy refused to believe him, Astra became angry and pulled out his laser gun again.
They stared intently at each other, a heavy atmosphere hanging between them.
Just as the two were about to make their move, a deafening scream rang out.
"Ah!!!"
This shout immediately drew the attention of both of them.
Chopper was being carried by Flying Nimbus towards the two of them, eventually landing on a house not far away.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, Chopper smashed a huge hole in the futuristic house.
Dust billowed everywhere.
The two standing to the side were stunned by what they saw. After a moment, Luffy was the first to react, and hurriedly ran towards the house, shouting loudly:
" Chopper!!"
When Luffy in front of the house, he saw a round, plump butt swaying rhythmically from side to side in front of him.
Just like--
Boom boom boom boom boom boom...
Luffy shifted his position slightly and saw that Chopper's head was stuck in the ground, and he was currently trying to pull out a carrot, which was why this situation had occurred.
"Don't be afraid, Chopper! I'm here to help you!"
Luffy shouted and rushed to Chopper's side, grabbing Chopper by the neck and then forcefully pulling with both hands.
!!!
Chopper paused for a moment, then began to struggle violently, much more violently than before.
Seeing this, Luffy immediately comforted him:
" Chopper, don't worry, I'll be there to rescue you soon!"
With that, Luffy tightened his grip again, causing a vein to bulge out.
With Luffy's immense help, Chopper's head also stretched slightly, much like Luffy's rubber body.
After relentless effort, Chopper's head was finally pulled off the ground, and the two of them flew backward due to inertia.
Upon landing on the ground, Luffy couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Hahaha... Chopper, you're so clumsy! You actually managed to get stuck in the ground! Luckily, I was there to help you!"
However, as Luffy was laughing, he suddenly sensed a strong killing intent around him. He turned his head and saw a maddened deer with bloodshot eyes...