"Captain Luffy, the voyage is dangerous, take care!"
"Everyone, let's prepare some food for Captain Luffy!"
"Okay, let's fill Captain Luffy's ship to the brim!"
Someone said something extra, and it immediately drew a lot of responses. Everyone rushed home and moved all the food they had stored to Luffy's ship. Unfortunately, the enthusiasm of these commoners made it impossible to refuse.
Luffy stood there, speechless. "..."
Nami hid behind him, holding back a laugh and saying, "Luffy, you might have become the most popular pirate, right?"
Zoro, on the side, twitched his mouth. "That's quite impressive!"
It took a full twenty minutes to move everything. Although the ship wasn't big, it was packed to the gills. Luffy finally managed to squeeze out of the crowd and get back on the ship. He was afraid that if he delayed any longer, he wouldn't be able to leave tomorrow.
"Alright, partners, let's set sail!" Luffy put his arm around Nami's waist and raised his fist high.
"Luffy, did you forget about me?" Zoro, below, looked at Luffy on the ship, his eyes wide.
Oh my goodness, he almost forgot about Zoro!
Luffy scratched his head and pointed to the small boat they came in. "You take that boat and follow us!"
"What the heck?"
Zoro was completely baffled. Didn't we agree that I would be your crewmate? Why did you get me a separate small boat? I'm truly screwed!
"Zoro, you'll have to do that for now. This ship is full of stuff, there's no room. You follow in that small boat for now, and when we get to the next place, I'll get you a bigger ship and even the First Division!" Luffy yelled, explaining.
Zoro nodded. What else could he say?
The Captain is really something, giving me a First Division with only three people!
Helplessly, he had no choice but to walk towards the small boat.
"You're going the wrong way!" Nami, on the ship, widened her eyes. "Are you an idiot?!"
*Luffy: The directionally challenged one is an upper-tier. *
Zoro grinned, his mouth twitching stiffly. "Uh… I wanted to go there to find some sake to bring along. Never mind, let's just go!"
This time, he focused on the direction of the small boat as he walked. Zoro jumped onto the small boat, grabbed an oar, and prepared to paddle.
"Big brother swordsman~" A little girl came over with a bag of rice balls and said gratefully, "Thank you for saving me and my Mama back then. Here, eat these on your way."
"Alright, thanks." Zoro took the rice balls and placed them in front of him, then took a closer look. "No sake?"
Little girl: "..."
"I'm telling you, is this person you found really reliable?" On the big ship, Nami looked at Zoro, her face full of suspicion.
"Should I go to the small boat and tell him to come aboard?" She pondered.
"No, you can't. If you go, who will cook for me?" Luffy stopped her for the sake of his stomach.
Nami couldn't help but laugh. "Are you sure it's for food, and not to take advantage of me?" As she spoke, she glanced at Luffy's hand wrapped around her. From just now until now, that man's hand hadn't let go of her for a moment!
"Oh, I'm afraid you'll fall."
"Fall what? The ship hasn't even started moving!"
"Then… then why aren't you fixing the sail?"
"Luffy, you're too thick-skinned, I'm a girl!"
"Heh, so what if you're a girl? I'm the Captain, and I order you to get going now!"
"Are you the devil incarnate?!"
The two of them laughed and played for a while, and then the ship slowly sailed away from the dock of Shells Town. The people on the shore kept waving to them. In everyone's heart, Luffy was a great benefactor!
As for where to go next, Luffy already had a plan. Of course, it was to send Buggy to Zoro's ship first.
This person will be magnificent in the future, not only the first person to master Haki, but also one of the Four Emperors. Later, when Luffy was defeated by Kaido and became a Four Emperor with a bounty of three billion, this person's bounty even soared to three billion one hundred and eighty-nine million! If he could be used by me, his ability would definitely not be inferior to Zoro's!
Thinking of this, Luffy decided to go find Buggy before heading to Cocoyashi Village. To take the opportunity to get some benefits from him!
And along the way, Luffy wasn't idle either. He earnestly taught Nami how to become stronger, starting with the Marine's Six Styles. At first she was reluctant, but after hearing Luffy's introduction, she immediately became interested. After all, she was now at sea as a pirate, and who wouldn't want some self-defense skills?
So she began to train with Luffy, forgetting to eat and sleep.
Luffy was very smart and could teach her the basics of the Six Styles using the simplest methods. In a few days, she had already gained an initial understanding of several techniques.
One day at noon, "Soru!"
Luffy, who was teaching Zoro the mental cultivation of the Six Styles on the boat, suddenly heard a clear shout. He looked back, and the orange-haired girl was gone.
"Huh?" Luffy's eyes widened suddenly. "Did you already learn the basics of Soru? That fast…"
It had to be said, Nami was truly a genius. Although her intelligence couldn't be compared to "heaven-defying," it far surpassed ordinary people.
Luffy hadn't fully recovered when he suddenly felt something wet on his face. Opening his eyes, Nami had appeared beside him at some point, leaning down to kiss his cheek. She even lightly licked his face in the process.
Before he had a chance to react, Nami was already standing up, saying with a smile, "Thank you, Luffy, for teaching me such a powerful power."
Zoro on the small boat: (OvO)
Oh my goodness, he could see that!
He immediately slowed down and hid behind the big ship. Previously, he was too naive, thinking Nami was just a crewmate. It seemed, this was clearly the Captain's wife! My bad, my bad!
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