Free Web NovelChapter 20: Chapter 20
Chapter 20
Cocoyasi Village
Thanks to Rorschach deliberately slowing down their pace, they arrived exactly on the fifteenth day when the sign-in became available.
[Ding! Sign-In System has detected the target location: Cocoyasi Village. Would you like to sign in?]
"Sign in."
[Ding! Reward: Marine Six Styles – Moon Step] [Ding! Reward: Advanced Cooking Manual] [Ding! Reward: Devil Fruit Stripper]
Rorschach was initially disappointed by the first two rewards, but the last one genuinely surprised him.
The Devil Fruit Stripper could extract a Devil Fruit from a dying ability user, allowing it to reincarnate elsewhere. It was a one-time use item, but incredibly valuable.
He already started thinking about whose fruit he wanted to steal.
Whitebeard? Too risky right now. Waiting until Marineford would be too chaotic. Blackbeard? That was tempting. The Dark-Dark Fruit was extremely powerful.
Heh heh heh... I’m getting more and more excited.
As for Moon Step... it was basically useless for him since he had the Float-Float Fruit. Its only real value was teaching it to his crew.
The Advanced Cooking Manual was nice though. Reading it would grant mid-level cooking skills, and further study could reach high-level proficiency. He could let the girls learn from it later.
Under Nami’s guidance, they arrived at a small house beside an orange orchard.
A beautiful girl with short blue hair, a red headband, a tank top, and long pants was bent over watering the flowers in front of the house. She had an attractive, curvaceous figure.
Rorschach’s eyes lit up. Another high-quality beauty. Gentle and kind personality — perfect wife material.
The blue-haired girl noticed them approaching and turned around. Her face immediately lit up with a warm smile.
"Nami!"
"Nojiko!"
Nami ran forward happily and leaped into her sister’s arms.
"Hehe, you’ve grown so much, but you’re still acting like a little kid," Nojiko teased, even as she hugged Nami tightly, clearly overjoyed to see her sister again.
"It’s been so long. How have you been?" Nojiko asked, rubbing her cheek against Nami’s hair.
"I’ve been doing really well outside."
"Oh right! These are my companions I met on my journey. This is Rorschach, the captain of our adventure crew. This is Karina, and this is our ship doctor, Kaya."
Nami happily introduced her new friends.
"Hello," Nojiko greeted them with a gentle smile.
"Ahem. Beautiful Miss Nojiko, would you be interested in joining my crew and sailing the world with us?" Rorschach struck a pose he thought looked cool as he extended the invitation. freёweɓnovel.com
"Hey! Don’t hit on my sister the second you meet her, you damn pervert!" Nami kicked him flying with both feet, furious.
"Haha, your companions are quite interesting," Nojiko chuckled. It had been a long time since she’d seen Nami acting so freely. It seemed like she had found good friends.
"Ouch, what was that for?" Rorschach rubbed the spot where she kicked him (it didn’t hurt at all).
"Everyone loves beautiful things. Of course I want to invite someone as lovely as Miss Nojiko onto my ship. Plus, you two wouldn’t have to be apart. It’s a win-win!"
"Hmph." Nami turned her head away. "Let’s go inside, girls. Leave this guy outside to reflect on his behavior."
Rorschach stood there scratching his head.
Huh? I just got ditched? Aren’t I the captain?
Whatever, I’ll just take a walk.
Rorschach wandered through the orange orchard, occasionally picking and eating a ripe orange.
These really are delicious. No wonder Nami loves them so much.
It wasn’t until evening that he returned to Nami’s house. He had expected to run into some fishmen to test his strength, but he didn’t see a single one.
Creak.
He opened the door. Laughter filled the house as the girls were happily preparing dinner.
"Yo~ I’m back. I picked some oranges from the orchard. I assume no one minds, right?"
Rorschach greeted them, but no one paid him any attention. He stood there awkwardly.
Thankfully, Nojiko noticed him and smiled gently.
"So you’re Rorschach. We’re still preparing dinner. Have a seat. It’ll be ready soon."
Ugh... Nojiko is such a good woman. She even cooks. I definitely need to recruit her.
Rorschach peeled an orange while daydreaming about how to get Nojiko onto his ship. Before long, dinner was served.
After the meal, they began discussing the Arlong Pirates.
"I took a walk around the village earlier but didn’t see any trace of the Arlong Pirates. Have they left?" Rorschach asked.
"They go out every so often to collect ’protection money’ from nearby islands. They should be back soon," Nojiko said worriedly.
"Are you really planning to fight the Arlong Pirates?" Nojiko asked. "They’re not like normal pirates. Fishmen are naturally ten times stronger than humans, and each one has different abilities."
Although Nami had told her Rorschach was strong, she couldn’t help but worry.
"If fishmen are ten times stronger than humans, then my body is a hundred times stronger than fishmen! So don’t worry."
"Instead of worrying about that, why don’t we talk about you joining my crew? I’m serious about wanting Miss Nojiko to sail with us."
"But I don’t have any special skills. I’d only be a burden at sea, and I also need to take care of Bellemere’s orange orchard," Nojiko said hesitantly.
"Hahaha, you don’t have to worry about any of that. I have my own ways of... ahem... training my crew into powerful fighters."
"Plus, your cooking is so delicious. If I could eat your meals every day, I’d die a happy man."
Rorschach turned up the charm, looking at Nojiko with sparkling eyes.
"But..."
Nojiko was still hesitating when the door suddenly opened.
"Nojiko, if you want to go, then go. You don’t have to stay stuck in this small place like us old folks. I’ll take care of Bellemere’s orchard for you."
A man covered in scars, wearing a windmill on his head, walked in.
"Genzo!"
Both Nojiko and Nami cried out in surprise.
Genzo looked at Rorschach with a serious expression.
"Young man, you said earlier that you have the strength to defeat the Arlong Pirates, right?"
Rorschach smiled with interest.
"That’s correct. I can completely crush the Arlong Pirates. Even Karina alone could defeat them."
"Eh?! Me?!" Karina exclaimed in shock.
"Karina, don’t underestimate your Barrier Fruit. In the East Blue — and even in the Grand Line — very few people can break through your defenses. You possess the strongest defensive fruit in the world."
"Wow... So I’m actually this strong now? Hehe~" Karina covered her mouth and giggled proudly.
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