Chapter 240 - 98

Chapter 98"Marimo! You just got lucky and realized it first, what are you so smug about?! Watch me kick those green hairs of yours away with my love-filled kicks!""Heh, you perverted Cook, you're just all talk! The gap in strength is obvious. Number Five is just Number Five, just accept your fate!"Tsk.It's truly lively."If you want to learn, come and take my fists."Luffy wanted to invite the two, but knowing them, he knew they wouldn't listen to a word.As the Captain, he was still training hard. The weather was nice today, but it was boring to be the only one training.He sat cross-legged under the main mast, steam faintly swirling around him. In Luffy's eyes, there were several ways to increase his strength now.The first was physical training anytime, anywhere. The body was the foundation of battle, and he still had much room for improvement there.Then there was the development of his Devil Fruitabilities.Gear Second, which he could enter at any time; Gear Third, the giant form; Gear Fourth, derived from animal-based moves; and Gear 5, which he hadn't awakened yet but could borrow some power from.His fruit development had hit a bottleneck, but Luffy felt there were still many paths to take. For instance, incorporating Haki into the Rubber Fruit. He could also draw inspiration from the terrain-altering power that Ace mentioned regarding fruit awakening.What? Nika Fruit is a Zoan? Terrain alteration is a power of a paramecia-type devil fruit?Luffy knew how to be flexible.If it needed to be a Zoan-type Devil Fruit, then it was a Zoan.If it needed to be a paramecia-type devil fruit, then it was a Paramecia.Luffy could now enter a training state anywhere, with terrifying efficiency.He glanced at the noisy Zoro and Sanji, then at the leisurely fishing Usopp and Chopper, and Namiand Vivi chatting heatedly, and couldn't help but curl his lips."It's so nice, the taste of freedom."Luffy was extremely envious.Sitting quietly nearby by the railing was Robin.She maintained her calm and elegant posture, a thick ancient book resting on her knees.It was brought from the Alabasta royal library. Sunlight danced on her black hair, making the scene look quiet and beautiful.Luffy and Robin were both doing their own things without any verbal communication, but they inexplicably gave others a sense of harmony that no one wanted to break.It was like an unspoken understanding, as if no one else could intervene.Therefore, the side where Luffy was actually became a quiet corner, which was quite unusual on this ship.Robin joining the ship seemed expected; no one else on the ship was surprised, as Robin had been with them from Small Garden all the way to Alabasta.Robin's stance had always been too clear. Even as a nominal captive, she seemed to have said everything she should and shouldn't have. Even Vivi, who was most wary of her, had expressed gratitude, so everyone on the ship had already accepted her in their hearts.Even Nami, who was most guarded against her, had a 180-degree turn in attitude after Robininadvertently showed a small bag of priceless red and yellow jewels as payment for accommodation and reading fees, patting her chest and saying:"Sister Robin is one of us from now on, feel free to read those books!"Uta: "Damn it..."Chapter 135: Admiral? If he dares to come, I'll blow him away.Chopper even thought for a moment that it was the last one to join the ship, until Robin formally took out her luggage, and it realized in a daze.Eh, was that not the case?For Robin, who had always been on the edge of darkness and lived in betrayal and vigilance, the noisy, trusting, and vibrant atmosphere on the going merry was a novel experience."Do you have something on your mind?"Luffy finished a round of training, wiped his sweat, walked to Robin's side, and suddenly asked:"Why are you so distracted?"Robin's book-turning movement paused slightly, and she looked up at Luffy with some surprise.She didn't expect this seemingly dense Captain to be so perceptive."Why do you ask, Luffy?""Because I have a lot of experience with being focused and unfocused!" Luffy answered righteously.After all, he had been under the pressure of plans to perform hellish multi-tasking training for a long time.Want to be distracted?Then start with some small visual shock.Hearing this, Robin couldn't help but smile and closed the book in her hand.She pondered for a moment and decided to be partially honest."Actually, I might bring some trouble to everyone."Her tone was soft, but her smile carried a hint of imperceptible heaviness. "It's trouble in every sense, so I was still wondering how to tell everyone.""Trouble? Is it an enemy?" Luffy asked.Robin nodded and said: "You could say that. It's mainly the people from the World Government, and some dark forces that have their eyes on my skill of deciphering the poneglyph."She paused and added:"Besides, there is a man who has been watching me. That man is still observing me to see if a certain decision he made back then was correct. That guy is terrifying."She didn't say Aokiji's name, but the weight in her words was already heavy.That was why Crocodile said back then that only he, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, had the qualifications and guts to choose to protect her after knowing Robin's identity."Don't worry, as long as they are enemies, no matter who comes, I'll just blow them all away." Luffy was very confident.Just then, Nami walked over with two glasses of iced juice and happened to hear the last sentence."Blow who away? What are you two talking about?"She handed a glass of juice to Robin and asked curiously.Robin took the juice, took an elegant sip, and then looked at Nami with a meaningful smile on her face:"We were talking about Mr. Luffy saying he would take responsibility for me.""Pfft, cough, cough!"The juice Nami just brought to her mouth almost sprayed out. She choked and coughed repeatedly, eyes wide, looking at Luffy and then at Robin in disbelief. "Res, responsibility?! Did you guys do something that requires responsibility?!"She felt like her home had been stolen.In the short time she and Vivi were reading the newspaper?!"Hey, hey, hey, don't say things that are so easy to misunderstand." Luffy hurriedly explained, "It's just a normal partnership, it's a very clear thing!""A very clear thing?"Robin blinked with feigned confusion, then raised her fair finger and gently brushed her plump lips, the action carrying an indescribable ambiguity.Nami: "!!!"What, what does that action mean?!Nami's brain buzzed instantly, her CPU was almost fried.She inexplicably felt a sense of familiarity.Could it be that Robin had tied her hair and eaten at some point? That would really be turning from partners into comrades-in-arms, having carried guns together.Amidst the warning sounds, Luffy looked at the mischievous expression on Robin's face, rolled his eyes speechlessly, and said to Nami: "Anyway, if you were the one injured at that time, I would definitely do the same thing to save you!""So it was because of an injury?" Nami was stunned for a moment, subconsciously imagining Luffy carrying an injured Robin on his back, or using some other way to provide emergency aid, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, oh, is that so? You scared me."She automatically interpreted Robin's ambiguous action as another meaning, not thinking about kissing or feeding medicine at all.It was mainly because that was just Robin's personality!Even Vivi couldn't help but complain that Robinwas too mischievous, sometimes even more devilish than the ship's tyrant Nami, a black-bellied woman.Just then, a news bird flapped its wings and landed on the railing."Everyone, come and see, it's big news about us!"Vivi exclaimed, waving the latest stack of bounty posters and attached newspapers she just bought from the news bird excitedly at everyone."What happened?""Should be the new bounty posters, right?""Bless me, bless me, I, the great Usopp, must not become a wanted criminal!" Usopp immediately put down his fishing rod, put his hands together, and began to pray piously.As a result, Nami next to him, after taking her bounty poster and glancing at it, immediately hugged the little Merry and cried bitterly:"Why, why was I taken a picture of too?! And it's ten million Berries! I don't want to be a wanted criminal!!"Luffy curiously leaned over to take a look, his eyes lit up, picked up Nami's bounty poster, and exclaimed: "Nami, not bad! Ten million Berries for your first bounty! That's amazing!""This is not worth being happy about at all, okay?!" Nami grabbed Luffy's collar and shook him wildly, teary-eyed. "This means I will be hunted by the Marine wherever I go from now on! My peaceful life!!""Hahaha, luckily it's not me!"Usopp confirmed that he wasn't in the bounty posters, immediately put his hands on his hips and laughed at the sky, rejoicing that he had escaped a disaster.On the other side, Zoro got his new bounty poster. Looking at the [60 million Berries] amount on it, a satisfied arc hooked at the corner of his mouth.Then, he took the bounty poster and, with an extremely punchable and arrogant expression, tapped Sanji's shoulder one by one: "60 million Berries, see that, Number Five? My bounty is 60 million now! What about you? No way, no way, there wouldn't still be someone without a bounty, right? Tsk tsk, as expected, Number Five is Number Five, always destined to eat dust behind.""You damn Marimo, do you want to die?!"Veins popped on Sanji's forehead. Looking at his empty hands, he was furious and wanted to duel Zoro on the spot."Hey, hey, don't fight!" Chopper was anxiously trying to mediate, waving its little hooves.Then it suddenly thought that it might also become a wanted criminal, closed its eyes nervously, and whispered a prayer:"Not me, not me, not me..."However, the thing it feared happened.Usopp laughed and patted Chopper's furry shoulder: "Chopper, congratulations, you've also become a glorious wanted criminal!"Chapter 136: Luffy, you even know ancient scripts?"Waaaaah! No!"Chopper screamed in fright, eyes closed tight, not daring to look.Under Usopp's repeated urging, it carefully opened one eye and looked at its bounty poster.[Tony Tony Chopper][Bounty: 10 Berries][Note: Pet of the Straw Hat]Chopper: "..."It first breathed a sigh of relief; fortunately, the amount was ridiculously low. But immediately, an inexplicable sense of humiliation welled up in its heart.Ten Berries?!What does the World Government take me for?!I'm a doctor, at least! Even cotton candy costs more than this!"Pfft..." A suppressed laugh came from the side.Chopper turned its head angrily and saw Nika also holding a small piece of paper, jumping up and down, swearing, using some dirty words.Chopper curiously leaned over to take a look, and immediately covered its mouth, preventing itself from laughing out loud.[Mysterious Creature (Suspected Raccoon Dog)][Bounty: 1 Berry][Note: Unknown pet of the Straw Hat, extremely low danger]On Nika's bounty poster, there wasn't even a formal name, just a photo of it drinking from a wine jug, and the amount was shockingly low at 1 Berry.There was actually someone lower than itself?"Damn World Government! You're blind! Nika is a noble X@#¥!"