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Chapter 40 - Defy us to the very last...?!

All the people inside started screaming and shouting at the octopus Hacchin, while some people even started to throw everything they could get their hands-on on the octopus Hacchin.

Sanji and the others couldn't grasp as to why the people started acting this way. "What the hell is going on...?" Sanji said in shock, looking at the scene before him.

The seastar quickly got to the octopus Hacchin. "Hachi! You've got to get out of here right now! You're in danger now!" but the octopus Hacchin didn't listen and just replied. "I'm fine, get Camie!"

Chopper and Nami were also in shock. "It's just like Robin said... on these islands, Fishmen, and Mermaids... are discriminated against...!" Nami said, realizing that. "What!? Both Camie and Hachi!?"

Just a moment later, a loud bang was heard that rang throughout the whole Auction Hall with gasps in shock and terror. "Kyaaaaaaah!"

While others were dead silent until the victories laughter rang out from Saint Chalros as he started dancing and jumping as he loudly said, "Ahaha, I hit him! I finished off that Fishman."

Sanji and the other voices rang out in the hall as they started screaming Hacchin's name when they noticed what had happened.

Finally, people in the hall started talking to each other some even started laughing loudly. "Haaaah, I'm so glad they shot him. I was worried that I would get some kind of disease from that thing." one woman told the person next to her. "He must have been up to something. He has the brain of a fish after all." the man said with a grin.

No one noticed that Luffy was slowly advancing towards Hacchin with this menacing look on him.

Alexander, seeing this still, had not remembered anything that he should know, but he had the feeling that he should have bought popcorn.

Saint Chalros was still happily celebrating his accomplishment. "Father! Look! I caught this Fishman. I caught him. so he's free, right?"

Without waiting for someone to answer him, he announced. "Take him away! I got a Fishman slave for free!" seeing that he got a free slave, he started singing in happily "Free~, Free~! An octopus for free~!"

No one still took notice of the marching Luffy even when there might be a few people that noticed his advances. No one would expect him to do anything.

But his march comes to an abrupt end as the supposedly dead Hacchin grabbed on to Luffy's leg and arm with his last strength. "... wa... wait... ha... Strawhat...!" as he tries to talk to Luffy with heavy breaths. "You can't... haa... haa... don't get mad... it was my fault..." he said with great difficulty as he noticed Luffy's intentions.

Letting out a small cough of blood he continued. "You promised... that... even if someone is shot right before your eyes... you wouldn't go against the Celestial Dragons." taking a deep breath. "I'm a pirate anyway... I've done bad things... this is my punishment!"

"I'm sorry... I... I didn't mean for this to happen...!" with another difficult breath. "Nami...! I wanted to make it up to Nami... even a little... I just wanted to help you guys..." Luffy slowly goes down on his knees next to Hacchin.

"Everything I've done... It was all a mistake...! I'm really useless... But in the end, I just cause trouble... I'm so sorry...!" with tears in his eyes Hacchin tells them how he feels.

But the whole sad moment got ruined with the roar from Saint Charlos. "You damn fish!?! I shot you, but you're still talking... you piss me off!"

Hearing Saint Chalros voice angered Luffy to his breaking point as he quickly got up and walked towards Saint Charlos with clear anger on his face.

"Strawhat, stop! You won't be able to get away!" the seastar spoke out with tears in his eyes.

People finally seeing Luffy saw him standing almost before Saint Charlos. "What is he doing...!?"

"You piss me off, TOO!!??" Luffy roared as he punched the fat and arrogant Saint Chalros on the face with everything he had sending him flying back towards the empty chairs.

The whole crowd was dead silent no one dared to even gasp or even breathe out loud.

Alexander seeing this thanked himself for not remembering everything as this moment was just pure bliss and remembering such a thing would just destroy everything.

The Supernovas in the hall just smiled and to the point of bursting out of laughter.

Luffy standing there awkwardly said. "Sorry, you guys... I hear if you hit one of these guys... A Marine Admiral's gonna show up with battleships in tow....."

Zoro just acted like Zoro. "Why'd you have to go and punch him...? I wanted to slice him up myself....."

Nami quickly got to Hacchin's side checking his injuries.

A loud scream rang out coming from the young female Celestial Dragon. "Charlos~niisama...! He's never even been hit by his own father before!!"

"Why, you! How dare a lowly peasant such as yourself lay a finger upon my son?!" the middle-aged Celestial Dragon loudly said with anger on his face.

People seeing how angry he was started screaming and telling everyone to leave the Auction House.

"Do you have any idea what will happen to you if you rise against us... against the descendants of the creator of this world..?!" he continued to loudly speak.

The guards of the Celestial Dragons and Auction House started running towards Luffy, but Sanji and the others blocked them as they took them down.

As the whole thing played out Alexander wondered if he was supposed to do anything, but he decided that if things got even worse than this and they can't handle it he would step in.

The middle-aged Celestial Dragon seeing that the guards couldn't do anything. "I see you scum intend... to defy us to the very last...?!" Luffy ignored and just said again. " Camie's not a "thing" you can sell!"

"Call a marine admiral and his battleships! Let us put these scum in their place!" he loudly announced seeing that nothing worked.

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