One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! BOOK3!

[Chapter Size: 2000 Words.]
Third Person POV

Zounisha.

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"Alright. Hahahahaha."
Luffy started laughing on top of the giant's head as it began moving in the direction of Wano, just as Luffy had asked.

Kozuki Momonosuke was on the ground crying, his hands covering his eardrums after having spoken with Zounisha from so close, the colossal elephant practically yelling right in front of him.

It was strange for young Momonosuke when Luffy asked for the third time for him to shout at Zounisha, until the creature finally responded with its own booming voice that nearly threw Momonosuke away—before he was caught by Luffy.

He placed him back as Zounisha spoke to Momonosuke for the first time, explaining that he was imprisoned and introducing himself to them.

Apparently, only Luffy and Momonosuke could hear him, as the elephant explained that only Momonosuke had the ability to give him orders.

After Momonosuke gave Luffy's instructions, the elephant began to turn around, but it wasn't easy for a child to endure the explosive sound that came from his words, which is why Momonosuke was still trying to recover.

Luffy nodded in satisfaction and returned with the boy to the land of the Minks, who were astonished by the situation of Zounisha simply changing direction—something that had never happened before.

Lucy soon appeared, claiming that she had heard the elephant speak too, casually revealing—unsurprisingly—that she shared the same ability as him and Momonosuke, being the only ones who had it as far as Luffy knew in this world.

Roger also had it, but he didn't count, and Luffy had never met him. He assumed Im should also have that ability.

In any case, Luffy took the opportunity to increase the elephant's speed several times, with Momonosuke asking him to adjust direction every now and then.

"Please... stop... my ears can't take it anymore..."
He cried.

"Take this."
Luffy approached, handing him two earplugs.

"Why didn't you give me this before?!"
He exclaimed with a bizarre face.

"You didn't ask."
Luffy simply replied.

"And I had to ask while I was dying of ear pain here?"
He exclaimed.

"Calm down, I'm already training you."
Luffy explained.

"What kind of training is this? Are you trying to kill me or something?"
Momonosuke was stunned as Luffy said those things so casually.

"You're already complaining too much... just wait until we start your real training."
Luffy said.

"Training? Why do I need that?"
The boy mumbled, still trying to relieve his ears as he finally put in the earplugs.

"Because I want you to be strong, like your father. I might have been hard on you, but I believe you'll be a good ruler for Wano, and everyone in your country expects that..."
Luffy said as he looked at the boy.

The boy just gestured at Luffy, saying he couldn't hear him.

In the next moment, the boy was beaten up, with a closed and swollen eye, as Luffy handed him over to the Minks to treat him due to his condition.

And so they continued toward Wano again for a few more days. Since Wano hadn't received any news, he wanted to see Morgans' current newspapers and ended up going to a random kingdom nearby where they were, picking up a newspaper and returning, while in the past few days, Morgans claimed he had big news about the Cross Guild led by Buggy, the fourth emperor, and would publish it as soon as everything was ready.
He wasn't wrong to pick up the newspaper that day, as it really did contain information about them, revealing they were an independent organization forming an alliance between Buggy, Crocodile, and Mihawk, the latter two being extremely powerful.
Some information on their activities came out, as well as their plans, followed by the bounties they were placing on Marines and government agents—Garp and others who had left the Navy were also included, along with Marines like Akainu, Kizaru, and Green Bull, whose bounties were among the highest, classified with stars.
The report went on to say how the government was somewhat worried about this, with the seas becoming even more chaotic, and that they would go after the Cross Guild alongside the Navy.