CH20 Straw Hats

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On the seventh route in the first half of Grand Line.

It is in a sea area that was not very far from Long Ring Island and takes about several days to sail.

A pirate ship about ten meters long with a sheep's head decoration on the bow was moving slowly on the undulating sea.

There is also a rare orange tree planted on it, which was not particularly tall and above the towering mast, a flag with a skull and crossbones wearing a straw hat was fluttering. It was the Straw Hat Pirates' pirate ship, the Going Merry!

"Today's weather is also very good!"

Wearing a white T-shirt and casual denim shorts, Nami, the refreshing and lively Straw Hat sailor, habitually flipped a coin and bought a copy of the latest newspaper from a news bird that had just flown over. After catching the newspaper delivered by newsbird, she glanced at it casually. Her eyes suddenly widened. Somewhat frozen there.

"Everyone--" Her expression changed. She was a little excited and ran down from the attic.

There she yelled to call Luffy, Chopper, Usopp and others who were chasing and fighting: "Everyone, come here and take a look!!!"

"What's wrong? Nami..."

A figure jumped up.

She saw a boy wearing a red vest, denim pants, slippers and a straw hat. He jumped directly onto a barrel and sat down.

He was the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates——Monkey D. Luffy.

Chopper, Usopp and others on the side also looked over. It was the Straw Hats' chef Sanji who just walked out of the kitchen with a fresh fruit platter.

Sitting on the beach chair, quietly reading a book, full of mature and intellectual atmosphere, was the beautiful archaeologist "Devil Child" Nico Robin.

They were all a little curious and looked at Nami who was suddenly excited. Not far away, a green-haired young man who was holding dumbbells and sweating profusely looked over subconsciously.

"It's Ren—" With a shocked face, Nami turned the newspaper and gestured to the others: "He may have gained some incredible ability... He even turned into a very exaggerated flame beast!"

"Moreover, he just destroyed a Marine fleet and was offered a bounty of 400 Million Berries by Naval Headquarters!"

The giant Qilin, bathed in blazing flames, with thick scales and armor looked unbelievably ferocious. It was just mind-numbing.

"What!?" Looking at the news headlines Sanji, Zoro, Chopper, Usopp and others could not help but shrink their pupils and lost their voices in disbelief. There was also the extremely ferocious flame beast published above, with its majestic horns and flames surrounding its body.

Is this the Ren they know?

"The whole body is surrounded by flames. This shouldn't be an ordinary Zoan ability... it's probably the ability of the Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit that Ren once mentioned, which is even rarer than Logia!"

The knowledgeable Robin said in surprise: "But this... this should be the legendary Qilin, right?" Ren collected two Devil Fruits.

Not just her, everyone in the Straw Hats knew it.

After all, Vice Captain Ren has never hidden anything.

One of the fruit, which is purple-black and looks like a piranha, was found after killing Wapol in the Drum Kingdom, and was identified as the Paramecia Munch-Munch Fruit.

The other one was obtained from Prehistoric island. It was in the shape of a strange dragon fruit and wasn't identified.

Ren said before that he didn't mind becoming a devil fruit ability user but he had been unable to make up his mind.

When he was on Sky Island, he was frantically searching everywhere, trying to find the amazingly powerful Logia Thunder Fruit that should have been reborn in a corner after the death of the god Enel.

Unfortunately he couldn't find it. She guessed that the when he left the Straw Hats, he chose the dragon fruit-shaped Devil Fruit and gained such amazing abilities.

"It seems that he must have made up his mind and made a decision from those two Devil Fruits..." Zoro looked serious.

He put down the dumbbells and said in a deep voice: "Is it the ability of the Devil Fruit found on Prehistoric island? It's really amazing!"

As the swordsman of the Straw Hat Pirates. He has a tough character and has always been relatively rational. He made a promise with his childhood friend Kuina and determined to become the world's greatest swordsman.

Three years ago, he went out to sea alone and worked as a bounty hunter, specializing in catching pirates in exchange for bounties. He was called a "pirate hunter".

Relatively speaking, he is not as naive as Luffy, Sanji, Nami, etc. He was not particularly repulsed by Ren's usually decisive and ruthless and bloody behavior.

After losing to Ren in the swordsmanship competition in the bet, he has always regarded him as one of his future challenges.

Zoro even often competed with Ren on swordsmanship and received guidance from him, which benefited Zoro a lot.

He always felt a bit regretful about the departure of this vice-captain.

"Gulp! What a terrible guy..." Usopp's face turned pale and he said, "After he gained powerful abilities, he immediately went to Marine and continued to vent his inner desire to kill?"

"Ren's appearance is indeed a bit scary..." Witness the other party slaughtering the Wapol gang from the Drum Kingdom, in particular, after witnessing his killing spree and mercilessly killing a large number of people, Marine began to attack the Straw Hat Pirates after receiving Wapol's request for help, mistaking him for the king.

After joining the Straw Hat Pirates, Chopper, who has always respected and feared Ren, couldn't help but swallow in fear: "It's like a monster walking out of hell!"

"That guy still has such a bad character..." Sanji put down the fruit platter. He lit a cigarette for himself and said calmly: "I thought he could calm down and reflect on it after he left!"

Among the entire Straw Hat Pirates, he is the one who had the biggest conflict with Ren. The other party not only always won the favor of Miss Nami & Miss Robin, but was also his biggest love rival and he was completely dismissive of his chivalry.

Especially in many cases, when the battle was over and you could leave directly, there was no need to kill again. He also insisted on being cruel to those female pirates and female Marines.

This was really unacceptable to him. The two had quarreled many times and even fought more than once. Although he was taught a lesson every time, Sanji really couldn't stand Ren's indiscriminate killing and ruthless behavior.

In fact, Although everyone in the Straw Hat Pirates was a little reluctant to let him leave. But the male crew members like Chopper and Usopp, were more or less repelled & disgusted with him, even frightened & awed by him, were relieved.

Even Captain Luffy was the same. After Ren left, he stopped worrying about it after being depressed for a few days and gradually thought about it.

He also doesn't like Ren killing people indiscriminately, and thinks that the other person is indeed incompatible with them, so leaving might not be the wrong choice.

As for the Nami and Nico Robin, two female members of the Straw Hat Pirates who have been saved by Ren many times when facing crises.

Although they were full of affection for Ren in their hearts but Nami's overly kind nature makes her really dislike Ren's often insistent, cruel and bloody behavior.

Although she had tried her best to persuade him to stay, he had already decided to leave and there was nothing she could do about it.

The only one who is more understandable is Robin. Although she still remained kind, as a survivor of Ohara, she has been wanted by the World Government since she was a child. She has experienced countless betrayals and all kinds of darkness, was no longer so naive.

But she, like Nami, was also unable to persuade Ren. In fact, she was once saved by Ren because she almost self-destructed and gave up on living in Alabasta.

She liked Ren far more than anyone else, and she even had the idea of following him off the ship.

However, Robin was well aware of her special status as Ohara's only surviving archaeologist. She used to hang out in the dark world, and it wasn't long before she joined a force that the World government and Navy will always find her hiding place.

Then those forces will unfortunately face extinction because of her.

Over the years, she had time and again escaped the pursuit of Marine and World government by betraying those forces without hesitation before danger came and survived countless near death experiences.

She was fully aware that she will bring misfortune to others. Hence she could only hide her emotions because she really didn't want to involve Ren.

But no one expected that Ren has only been away for a few days and there was such a big commotion again!

"Ren?" Luffy stood up.

He suppressed his smile and pressed down his straw hat. Under the gazes of Sanji, Chopper and others, he turned around and pretended not to care and said, "What he pursues is different from us, let him go!"

After Ren disembarked, in fact, recalling his experiences along the way, he has gradually seen a lot of things clearly.

Although Luffy was a bit nervous and liked to play around, he was not a real fool. After getting along for a long time, he could actually feel it vaguely.

In his heart, Ren doesn't really agree with his dream of becoming the Pirate King.

Therefore, he was not able to accept Ren's increasingly bloody and murderous behavior, but instead looked away.

Their dreams were inconsistent and there was no need to force them together.

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