"Wuwuwu, waoh, wuwuwu."
Luffy cried while Bai Yun bandaged him.
Bai Yun didn't mind. If it were him with those injuries, he wouldn't just be crying; he'd probably be screaming loud enough to shake the heavens.
But Ace was annoyed. After being tricked by Bai Yun, Luffy's crying was getting on his nerves more and more.
"Stop crying!"
Luffy immediately pursed his lips and stopped crying, looking a bit comical.
Bai Yun finished by tying a bow on Luffy's arm, and the bandaging was done.
Luffy sat up and bowed to the three of them, "Thank you for saving me, thank you Bai Yun, Ace, Sabo."
Seeing Luffy like this made Ace even angrier. He knew Luffy was captured because of him, even though Luffy followed on his own. He was also angry that Luffy didn't speak up and had to endure such a beating.
Was this concern or blame?
It was tsundere.
"Honestly, why didn't you speak up! Those were pirates who kill without batting an eye."
"But if I spoke up, we couldn't be friends."
Luffy replied, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.
"You! It's better not to be friends than to die! Why do you want to be friends with me so much?!"
Ace yelled back, not understanding.
"Because Bai Yun and I only have you to rely on!"
"We hate the mountain bandits, and we can't go back to Windmill Village!"
"We can only find you, can't we?!"
Luffy yelled back too!
These two brothers.
Bai Yun put his hand on Luffy's head. So he's relying on me now? I didn't plan on relying on this rude kid... Fine, you decide, Luffy.
Ace was stunned, recalling the harsh words people had about "the Pirate King's descendant."
It was the first time he'd been valued so much, and he felt very... confused. He'd never felt this way before, maybe a little happy.
But at the same time, he was also a tsundere.
"Honestly, but I still hate weaklings like you!"
Luffy bared his teeth and started arguing with him.
Bai Yun shook his head, ignoring them, and looked at Sabo.
"Having offended 'real' pirates, you probably can't stay on this Gray Terminal anymore."
"Want to go to Dadan's together?"
"I suggest you bury your treasure in the forest. There are always people on this Gray Terminal, and if someone digs it up one day, it'll be a joke."
Bai Yun couldn't directly tell Sabo that the Gray Terminal would eventually be burned down and their treasure would be completely destroyed.
He also thought that the burning of the Gray Terminal was inevitable. He couldn't stop the Celestial Dragons from coming, nor could he stop those fawning nobles from burning down the Gray Terminal to curry favor with the Celestial Dragons.
The cancer of this world wasn't just those pirates who indiscriminately killed, burned, plundered, and robbed; the biggest one was those Celestial Dragons, those so-called nobles who didn't treat people as human beings.
"Why? We've hidden it for so many years without incident," Sabo asked.
"After this incident, the Bluejam Pirate Crew will inevitably conduct a carpet search. It's better to be careful," Bai Yun replied.
"Hmm, what Bai Yun says isn't unreasonable."
Ace propped Luffy's face with one hand, nodded, and agreed with Bai Yun's suggestion.
"Okay, then let's start moving it now and leave. We don't want the Bluejam Pirate Crew to catch up."
Sabo also agreed, walked up the hillside, and began moving the treasure... Back at Dadan's, Dadan almost fainted when she saw another little brat.
"Ace! Bai Yun! Luffy!"
"What's with all of you?"
"And who is this kid?!"
Sabo introduced himself. Bai Yun didn't have time to bother with them and walked straight into the house, to the bathroom. He felt like he'd been pulled out of a cesspool and would start to smell if he didn't wash up soon.
"Mmm~ comfortable~"
After cleaning himself first, Bai Yun lay directly in the bathtub, feeling his body and mind being cleansed.
"I can't stop the Gray Terminal from being burned later."
"At least I can do something about Sabo. I wonder if stopping him and making him lose the chance to join the revolutionaries is good... or bad?"
"Ugh, I'm exhausted. If it doesn't work out, I'll just use all my trump cards from replicating the Red-Haired Pirates! I'll worry about the future later!"
He cast his thoughts aside. People can't always be thinking and working; it'll kill them. Rest when you should rest, and enjoy when you should enjoy.
But just as Bai Yun closed his eyes, thumping footsteps came. Bai Yun opened his eyes and saw three naked boys running over.
They got into position to jump, about to land in the bathtub.
Bai Yun immediately stood up, his bracelet turning into a long staff, and with one strike, he sent all three of them back!
"You three!"
"Wash yourselves clean before you get into the bathtub!"
"And Luffy, you're so injured, yet you're touching water! Do you have a death wish?! Just wipe yourself with a towel."
"Yes."
The three immediately bowed their heads like "Apology Bepo."
Sabo and Ace went to rinse off.
Bai Yun stood up, tied his bathrobe around his waist, and took a towel to wipe Luffy's back.
"Thank you, Bai Yun."
"We're partners, aren't we?"
"Hahaha, yes, we're partners."
Luffy and Bai Yun chatted warmly here.
Suddenly, Bai Yun's back was splashed, getting him soaked.
The atmosphere was ruined.
"Get further away, Luffy, so you don't get caught in the crossfire."
"?"
Luffy showed a question mark.
Bai Yun turned around, his bracelet transforming into a water gun Gatling.
"Namu Gatling Bodhisattva, three thousand six hundred rotations in one breath!"
"Receive the purification of the Buddha's light! You fools!"
That day, Dadan heard it clearly from the living room, thinking there was a battle in the bathroom.