Chapter 206 New Straw Hat Pirates
The sun has been shining and heating all day long, and it's time to clock out. The remaining rays of light dye the sea of clouds in the sky red.
"Nami!!!"
on the pier,
The young man looked up at the sky, his dark eyes stained with the afterglow of the setting sun, as if there were flames burning.
Nami was kidnapped. The red-haired woman in a maid outfit took Nami and flew into the sky. Luffy's straw hat and Zoro's Wadou Ichimonji were also taken away. They stood on the ground and watched helplessly. Looking at the retreating figure, nothing could be done. Luffy's father was also entangled with Prince Eleus and was unable to reach out to help them recover their kidnapped comrades.
The only thing left in the wind was the boy's extremely unwilling roar.
Watching his companions being kidnapped, he couldn't even resist.
Sanji lowered his head, guilt biting at his heart like a poisonous snake. He had obviously boasted in front of the captain that Haikou would use his life to protect Miss Nami, but in the end... it was completely useless, Miss Nami. Being snatched from his arms...
Zoro closed his eyes and remained silent.
There are only two newly acquired swords left in his waist, the third generation of Kitetsu and Yuki Kakeru.
After Usopp regained consciousness and understood the current situation, he scratched his head and wanted to explain to everyone, but every time the words came to his mouth, he involuntarily stopped. He didn't know what to say at this time, and felt that nothing was appropriate. .
After a while,
"Zoron, Sanji, Usopp..."
Luffy stretched out his hand out of habit, but what he returned with his right hand on top of his head was not the familiar touch of braided fabric. The stiff and prickly hair reminded him of the fact that the treasure he valued had been taken away, and his face was expressionless. There have been too many changes, and he looked at his friends in front of him with determined eyes, "It's time to set off! Go to that Alabasta, and get Nami and everything that belongs to us back."
"Luffy, this can't work!"
It was Robin who spoke and stopped Luffy.
"You should understand what the consequences will be if you set sail without a navigator, right? The climate of the Grand Line is more than ten times worse than that of the East China Sea. To break into the Grand Line recklessly... let alone go to Ala It’s so bad, it’s unclear whether we can survive a week.”
The extremely straightforward words penetrated deeply into the hearts of the Straw Hats.
"Luffy, this woman is right, we need a navigator." Zoro was still a little wary of Robin, but he also admitted that Robin was right.
Without navigators, it is impossible to sail with only a few of them.
Zoro, who has been working alone as a pirate hunter for a period of time, knows this best.
"······Navigator."
Luffy clenched his fists, "...I understand, but can navigators... be hired from Rogue Town?"
"sure!"
"Six hundred thousand beli a month, I can temporarily serve as your navigator. When we get to Alabasta, you go rescue Nami, and I can also find new business in Alabasta. Alabasta is said to be great. There are only a handful of superpowers on the route, and there are definitely opportunities to make big money there.”
What appeared in front of everyone was a beauty.
She has short snow-blue hair, beautiful facial features like a fox, and a figure that is not inferior to Nami. Sanji's eyes widened when he saw it. At this time, at normal times, Sanji would have been there long ago. He prostrated himself under the other's short skirt.
"Hello everyone! I'm Nami's good friend, just call me Karina."
The beautiful beauty introduced herself openly.
"Nami's friend?"
Zoro stared at the woman who appeared out of nowhere with suspicious eyes.
"Yes, Nami and I are very close sisters!" Karina smiled like a flower, "We are good sisters who worked together to steal half of the East China Sea. To be honest, I didn't expect to hate pirates the most. Nami will join a pirate group, but... now it seems that Nami has a good vision!"
"...Another thief fox is here!"
Zoro's eyes twitched.
However, the vigilance has been reduced a lot. Currently, Luffy is the only one in the Straw Hats who is on the wanted list. Nami's information has not been widely disseminated. Not many people know that she once stole pirates from all over the East China Sea. Either Nami's enemy or her friend.
And Karina has a very similar feeling to Nami...?
Zoro couldn't describe this feeling accurately. He just felt that Karina and Nami were a bit similar, not in appearance... Although they were indeed equally proud in terms of figure, ahem, if I really wanted to say it, it felt like Nami and Karina were similar. Lina's first impression is particularly similar.
"Karina... are you a navigator?" Luffy looked at Karina expectantly. He didn't think as much as Zoro. His intuition told him that the woman in front of him had no ill intentions towards them. When it came to Nami, It's not time to lie.
That's enough.
As long as she can help reach Alabasta, it doesn't matter what other purposes Karina has.
"Of course, my navigation skills are no worse than Nami's."
Karina is confident.
"But it's agreed! Six hundred thousand berries a month. If it's less than a month, it will be calculated as 20,000 berries a day. If you are injured in battle, it will be counted as a work injury. If you make a contribution in the battle, you will be counted as a work-related injury. There are corresponding bonuses, and the treasure I harvest belongs to me personally..."
Listening to Karina's long list of conditions, Luffy and Sanji had nothing to do with each other. One had no concept of money in his eyes, and the other only had beauty in his eyes.
Zoro and Usopp turned pale upon hearing this.
But... this is definitely an acquaintance of Nami's, and his money-grubbing appearance is almost carved out of the same mold. Although he is a little worried about whether his family's finances will be enough, he does feel a lot more at ease in his heart.
After finding the Navigator, the Straw Hats didn't dare to stay in Rogge Town any longer. Although Luffy's father blocked the Black Prince, and the navy in the town didn't show up for some reason, but for the sake of safety, they still set off for the greatness as soon as possible. The route is better.
Although,
They haven't figured out how to save Nami from the Black Prince.
Regarding the power of the Black Prince, Robin is educating everyone in the Straw Hats.
"...This is the current situation of the Grand Line. The three major forces of the Navy, the Four Emperors, and the Shichibukai coexist. The Black Prince's full name is Socacio Elus, and he is the second half of the Grand Line. The prince of a country in the new world called the Kingdom of Exmundo, is also a member of the Shichibukai, and can be said to be one of the strongest people standing on this sea."
"Everyone has witnessed the battle between the Black Prince and the Golden Lion. I won't go into details about the Golden Lion. I will just say that the Golden Lion was a great pirate as famous as One Piece. All such people were killed by the Black Prince." ·····We need to think carefully about how to return to Nami."
The storm in Rogue Town was dispersed manually.
The storm on the sea was still very powerful.
In the restaurant inside the cabin,
The Straw Hats, whose members have undergone some changes, are having a meeting.
"We understand the horror of the Black Prince, but the question now is... why are you here?" Zoro looked at Robin, who was naturally sitting on a chair drinking hot coffee, with veins jumping on his forehead. , completely unaware of when this woman got on the ship.
"Ah! What's the problem?"
"I have too many questions, okay?"
Sauron had a splitting headache, "First explain your purpose of coming. What is your intention to get on our ship?"
"Intention? There is no such thing. To put it simply... let me join your pirate group."
"······What did you say?"
Zoro blinked, as if he had seen a ghost in the daytime.
Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp all had their eyes widened.
"This is what was agreed upon!"
"Hey, I don't remember inviting you on the ship." Luffy crossed his arms in front of his chest and put on an expression like "Who are you kidding?"
"This is something I agreed with your father, Mr. Monkey D. Long, to allow me to freely choose where to go in the future...I don't like staying in the revolutionary army very much. Through my observations in Rogge Town, , I think you are very interesting, so...let me be your companion!"
"So casual? And Luffy's father?"
Usopp has a big mouth.
"Luffy?"
Zoro looked at the captain.
"okay!"
Luffy agreed.
"Oh yeah!"
Sanji cheered excitedly. If Miss Nami hadn't been kidnapped, he would have fainted from excitement right now.
Zoro frowned, but... this woman mentioned Luffy's father. Judging from the previous situations, it might be true.
"Hey, are you okay? If you let a woman who doesn't know the details join so casually, she will be tricked into losing her pants!" Karina, who had been watching the excitement for a long time, added with a smile.
"You are the least qualified to say such things, right?"
Zoro felt like his head was about to explode.
Inexplicably, there were two unfamiliar companions on the boat, which really made people feel uneasy.
"Don't worry, Robin is not a bad person. She even helped me lead the way in Rogge Town!" A smile appeared on Luffy's face for the first time since Nami was kidnapped. "Robin, what do you mean? I have an agreement with my dad... Can you contact my dad now?"
"Of course, but...Captain, are you going to ask Mr. Long for help?" Robin asked with a smile.
"That Black Prince... We are not his opponents yet. This is a fact, and the gap between us cannot be erased in a short while. As long as we can help save Nami, I will show my respect to my father." Asking for help is nothing, even if you ask me to kneel down, nothing is more precious than companions."
The smile faded like a flash in the pan, Luffy said in a deep voice with a sullen face.
Anyone can clearly feel Luffy's determination with his serious attitude.
"I understand, please contact Mr. Long now." Robin took out a small phone bug from his chest.
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Push the time forward a little,
Before the sun set completely into the sea, the Straw Hat Pirates' Golden Merry had just sailed out of the port of Rogue Town.
"Oh! This is... really amazing! How long has passed, a navigator actually comes to your door automatically... Mr. Long, your son is so lucky!" Elus stood on top of the arch-like building in Rogge Town's commercial street. From here, he could see the pirate flag hanging on the main mast of the Golden Merry.
"Prince Elus, what on earth are you going to do?"
The dragon stood beside Elus.
It's not like the big fight that Luffy and others imagined.
"It's nothing, I'm just looking for a reason to shut up the mouths of those old ghosts in the Holy Land. By the way, help Mr. Long train your child. It can be seen that Luffy's foundation is very solid, but... I don’t have much actual combat experience! Especially the experience against real strong men is too little... Fighting a beast that lasts for a hundred years can only train the basic skills. If you want to make greater improvements, you need to compete with the real strong ones. The master’s actual combat.”
"how do you want to do it?"
"It's very simple. I plan to arrange some subordinates to go to Alabasta. As long as they can defeat my subordinates, they will return the people and things I took away to Luffy... Of course I won't take action, no. It’s just me, Fran and the others won’t take action, I will arrange suitable opponents for Luffy and the others!”
Elus pinched his chin and said with interest.
This kind of villainous boss feeling is really good! It's like playing chess, and compared to the cold and rigid chessboard, where chess players and chess pieces are clearly separated, the reality is more vivid and flexible. The chess players may become chess pieces, and the chess pieces may counterattack and become chess players... Full of unpredictable unknowns... It's a hundred times more exciting than ordinary board games!
"...Don't go too far."
The dragon warned.
"Don't worry, we are allies after all. I can't do things like plotting against allies." Elus nodded with a smile, "But, Mr. Long, I didn't expect you to send Nico Robin to Luffy. Around here...is this okay? If the World Government and the Navy find out about this, I'm afraid Luffy will be in big trouble!"
"How can you grow without going through hardships? This is an obstacle that Luffy must overcome, and... Robin joining the Straw Hat Pirates was not forced by me, it was a choice she made by herself."
"I see."
Elvus does not doubt Long's character. Since he said so, it must be Robin's own decision. But...is this also fate? It was obvious that the Grand Line had been disturbed by Elus and had lost its original appearance, but I didn't expect that Nico Robin would join the Straw Hat Pirates after going all over the place, and so far in advance.
Is it because of yourself? Eleus thought silently.
At this time,
The phone bug in Long's pocket rang.
"Robin? What's the matter..."
"...Tell Luffy, the Black Prince is watching over me, and he won't do it himself. All you have to do is defeat the Black Prince's subordinates who stayed in Alabasta. Also, there's only so much I can do. , don’t expect me to do more, the rest...you need to work hard on your own."
"Eh? You still know how to ask for help. You are not the kind of stubborn person who always wants to solve all problems by yourself!"
After hearing the entire call, Elus immediately praised him.
"Prince Elus, as I said before, please don't go too far." Long emphasized again.