The entire Red-Haired Pirate crew, including Shanks, fell silent. After a moment...
"Shanks, Makino went to Luffy's side, do you have any thoughts on that?" Benn Beckman glanced at him. 'Didn't you just confidently say she'd wait for you? Now look, she's been kidnapped by Luffy!'
Shanks stared blankly at Makino. Makino even smiled and waved at them, a basic etiquette for greeting acquaintances. Shanks' heart suddenly sank, feeling that his most precious possession was about to slip away. His face gradually darkened, and the light in his eyes also faded.
"Love is gone?" Shanks looked up at the sky, his face full of grief. 'The woman who made me fall in love was kidnapped by my potential son-in-law? How tragic! If only I knew Makino would agree to join a pirate crew, why didn't I invite her sooner? I'm an Emperor, my ship is bigger and safer! Could it be that I'm really inferior to this brat?'
"Alas, the boss is truly too pathetic." "Pathetic for what, the boss brought this on himself!" "Yeah, you guys need to learn from this. When you meet someone you like in the future, don't be like him."
The crew's whispers behind him made Shanks' eyelids twitch. His fists clenched! 'Even if Luffy treats her like a big sister, he can't take her on the ship! Does he think the Grand Line is as safe as the East Blue? It's extremely dangerous!'
However, before Shanks could even speak, a shriek of confusion came from behind Luffy:
"What did you say?! Luffy likes me?!"
Shanks: ??
The whole place was silent, and everyone's eyes turned toward them. Makino covered her mouth, looking at Nami in disbelief. Her eyes were full of surprise, almost overflowing. Makino's face instantly turned red. She instinctively bowed and apologized, "Sorry, I was just chatting with Nami, please continue."
After that, she secretly glanced at Luffy. Her ears were so red they could bleed. 'She always thought of Luffy as a little brother, how could he possibly like her? This... how could it be!'
Luffy looked back and was also stunned by the scene in front of him, freezing for a few seconds. He saw Nami secretly whispering private things to Makino, and a huge question mark appeared on his forehead. 'Nami, what kind of trick are you playing?'
At this moment, Nami seemed to sense something, suddenly wrapped her arm around Makino's back, and gave a thumbs-up in Luffy's direction, meaning: 'I got this!'
Luffy: "..."
He was completely convinced. Makino had always treated him like a child. He had originally planned to slowly make her fall for him after he had a chance to win her over. But now... Nami was too reckless. 'Sigh, whatever. Things are already like this, just being dumbfounded here by myself is useless.'
"Shanks, just like Nami said, I like Makino, sorry I'm only telling you today!"
When Shanks heard this, his whole body instantly froze!
'Who can understand his feelings right now? What nonsense are you talking about? And... What about Uta? Forget Uta, even Makino is confused right now.'
At the very back of the Straw Hat Pirates, Nami pulled Makino aside. The two of them were talking more and more deeply. The more Nami talked, the more shocked Makino became.
"What! He even stole my underwear?!" Makino's eyes went wide. She didn't know what they had been talking about, to get into such "unspeakable secrets."
"Yeah, and that's not all. He also secretly kissed you when you were sleeping. He said he kissed you for a full half-hour, and your lips were swollen."
Makino: "!!!"
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