I know! I wasn't expecting that. I thought he was just another pirate gunning for Luffy, but his interest was something else entirely.
Wait...what?
I mean, okay, maybe I could see Barolomeo maybe joining the Luffy/Law alliance just as an excuse to follow Luffy around. But Don Chinjou isn't even a pirate anymore. He's going to go home and dig up his goddamn treasure!
Sure, he wants to make Luffy head of his navy, but Luffy's not gonna do that.
Every character Luffy makes friends with isn't going to suddenly start joining his pirate alliance.
It's just...soooooo much cutting and pasting...