As they walked, they saw a pale-faced Old Man fall from a horse's back.
Then he just lay lazily on the ground.
"Excuse me, young men, can you help me up?" The Old Man lazily extended his hand.
"I say, Old Man, are you just too lazy to get up yourself? How can there be someone as lazy as you?" Nami complained.
"Thank you for your trouble..."
Luffy and Zoro still went up and lifted the Old Man onto the horse's back.
As a result, the horse, like its Master, lay directly on the ground, head first.
"Hehehe... To thank you, I'll give you this basket of apples."
"Oh, thank you..." Luffy took the apple basket.
"Idiot, this guy with an unknown background looks suspicious." Nami immediately punched Luffy on the head.
Crunch——
"No problem, it's delicious." Luffy completely disregarded Nami's words.
"Spit it out! Spit it out now!"
"Hehehe... It's fine. If there was anything wrong, it would have happened with the first bite." The Old Man said with a strange laugh, "What a lucky little fellow."
Poison Q. In that basket of ten apples, only one apple was not poisoned.
He enjoyed such games of chance.
Since Luffy was fine, he no longer made a Move on Luffy and rode away on his White horse named'Strong.'
"Wait a moment." Rosen called out to Poison Q.
Poison Q turned his head to look at Rosen. "Hmm? You look a bit familiar, like I've seen you somewhere. Is there something you need?"
"Do you like rock-paper-scissors?"
"I don't dislike it." Poison Q replied.
"How about we play a game of rock-paper-scissors? If you win, I'll drink a bottle of your poison. If you lose, let me punch you."
Poison Q laughed strangely. "I've never seen anyone like you. Do you think your life is too long?"
"No, I just don't think I'll lose."
"Since you insist, I accept your invitation. Let's begin."
"You first." Rosen said.
"???" Poison Q looked confused. "What do you mean?"
"You make your Move first."
"This is rock-paper-scissors?"
"I can also make my Move first."
"Oh, then you make your Move first."
Rosen punched Poison Q in the face.
"Bastard, why did you hit me?" Poison Q immediately shouted in anger.
"Did I hit you with my left hand or my right hand just now?"
"Ah?"
"Wrong answer." Rosen punched Poison Q in the face again.
"You, you're deliberately looking for trouble, aren't you?"
"That's right. You're allowed to poison my Captain, but I'm not allowed to hit you?"
"I'm going to kill you." Poison Q intended to activate his ability. He was a Sick-Sick Devil Fruit user.
The Sick-Sick Devil Fruit could not only make people sick but also forcibly change gender, whether it was the enemy or himself.
However, the negative status effects of Devil Fruits could be dispelled by powerful Conqueror's Haki.
In the original work, Poison Q used his gender-changing ability on Trafalgar Law, but it was nullified by Trafalgar Law's Conqueror's Haki.
"If you dare to activate your ability, I'll stuff you into a toilet."
Poison Q looked at Rosen, then at the group of young people behind Rosen, each of whom was staring at him with menacing eyes.
Ultimately, Poison Q chose to back down. A wise man knows when to retreat. The other party had strength in numbers, and he might not be able to win, so it was better to go back and find his Captain for support.
"Old Man, you were so Haoshoku just now." Luffy's eyes were full of stars as he looked at Rosen.
"Mhm mhm... Let's find a place to get something to eat first. I'm getting old; I need to eat on time."
"I'm hungry too. There's a restaurant up ahead." Luffy immediately rushed towards the restaurant.
Luffy immediately sat down at the counter. "Give me something delicious."
The uncle behind the counter immediately served Luffy a glass of juice and a cherry pie.
Luffy stuffed the cherry pie into his mouth.
"Hey, Uncle, your cherry pie is too terrible." Luffy had a constipated expression.
"Hey, Uncle, your cherry pie is too delicious."
Luffy turned his head and saw a tall, bearded man sitting next to him.
Luffy and the big man simultaneously took a sip of juice.
"Why is this juice so bad?" The big man.
"Why is this juice so good?" Luffy.
The two looked at each other again. The big man looked at Luffy unhappily. "Hey kid, is there something wrong with your tongue?"
"Is there something wrong with your head?"
The counter uncle looked indifferent. "Say whatever you want, I'm not a chef anyway."
"Hey, Uncle, give me fifty portions of meat. I want to take them back as gifts."
"I want fifty-one portions of cherry pie."
"Then give me fifty-two portions."
"I want fifty-three portions..."
"Fifty-four..."
"Sixty..."
"Seventy..."
"I want eighty portions."
"I want a hundred portions!"
"Are you deliberately trying to go against me?!" Luffy and the big man were almost nose-to-nose, shouting at each other.
"Hey kid, are you a pirate?"
"Yes, I am. Any advice?"
"How much is your bounty?"
"Thirty million Berries."
The big man looked at Luffy suspiciously. "You, kid, have thirty million Berries?"
"Don't look down on people." Luffy looked at the big man unhappily.
Just as the two were about to fight, the counter uncle placed their takeout boxes between them.
"No fighting allowed in this establishment."
The big man ultimately gave up on fighting inside the restaurant.
As he walked out of the restaurant, Bellamy brushed past him.
Bellamy walked into the restaurant and loudly said, "Is there a straw-hat pirate here?"
"Hmm?" Luffy turned his head. "Who are you?"
"Hee hee..." Bellamy walked up to Luffy. "I heard you have a thirty million Berries bounty. Is that true?"
Thud——
Bellamy was suddenly kicked over from behind.
"Who?" Bellamy turned his head angrily, only to see the Old Man from the Straw Hat Crew looking down at him.
His gaze was just like the way he usually looked at others.
Rosen strolled past Bellamy. "You're in the way."
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