"Luffy, how about you come with me to develop the Fruit?"
"Brother, I'm feeling much better. Do you want to check up on me?"
"Luffy..."
After staying in Coco Yashi Village for two days, Luffy said goodbye to the villagers and prepared to set sail with his two squads. Yes, he was afraid that if he stayed any longer, he wouldn't be able to leave. "This gentle heaven!"
Thinking about it, Luffy had probably "collected" most of the beauties from the East Blue in his memory. Maybe there were still a few he missed, he pondered carefully...
Oh, right!
There were also "Marine Tashigi," "Cook Carmen," and "Makino from Windmill Village"!
The first two were easy to handle. But as soon as he thought of Makino, Luffy helplessly rubbed his forehead. "How to put it…"
Red-Haired Shanks and he had a telepathic connection, they were playing a game of wits. Red-Haired gave him a Fruit and taught him Haki, but he went and snatched Red-Haired's beloved.
Tsk tsk… how funny.
"As for Makino, she's always considered him her 'sworn younger brother.' But all that doesn't really matter!"
Luffy yelled, "Who cares about a few idiots! Who cares if she cares about Red-Haired's beloved, every woman I set my sights on is mine!"
One could only blame Shanks for his own incompetence... "You couldn't get her yourself, and you're stopping others from pursuing her?"
"Besides... what if Makino considers him her sworn younger brother?"
"Who says 'sworn' in 'sworn younger brother' has to be a noun?"
"Nami, let's go to the Baratie Restaurant first to find a great chef, then we'll head back to Windmill Village."
"? You're going home?"
"Hmm... it's not that far anyway. We'll take a quick trip back and then head to the Grand Line."
"Okay, got it."
If he had known it would be this troublesome, he should have just brought Makino with him when he first set sail. But then again, if he had brought Makino back then, how would he have pursued Nami? "Hmm, everything happens for a reason!"
Ten minutes later.
With Luffy's help, Nojiko brought some small tangerine trees and planted them on the Going Merry.
"Nojiko, are you a good cook? From now on, you can cook for Nami."
As soon as he got on the ship, Luffy lay down on the table: "Please!"
"What?!" Nami put her hands on her hips, fuming: "Luffy, what do you mean by that? Are you looking down on me?"
"It's really, really unappetizing!"
"? You guys… stop right there!!"
Watching Luffy run back to his room, Nami stomped her feet in anger: "Damn it, I'm not playing with him tonight!"
Nojiko watched this scene from the side, laughing uncontrollably. Aside from anything else, Nami seemed quite happy following Luffy.
Kaya turned and smiled at the two of them: "Nami, Nojiko, how about we do some sit-ups together?"
"Okay~"
Splash splash~
Five days later. The sea was fierce.
The Going Merry, with its two smaller squad ships, sailed leisurely. During this period of training, Zoro, the captain of the first squad, had originally already mastered the Marine Six Styles. Coupled with his nearly touching the threshold of Observation Haki, his strength had greatly improved.
Buggy was still the same, personally leading his team in Six Styles training. In addition to his Luck Haki, the red-nosed guy also had a good talent, otherwise, he wouldn't have been on Roger's ship. His training results during this period weren't much worse than Zoro's. He had completely mastered the Six Styles, and combined with his Chop-Chop Fruit, his strength was absolutely top-tier in the Four Seas.
As for Usopp, he was busy modifying the cannon on the Red Boat. He licked the corner of his mouth, saying he was going to do something big.
"So boring~" Luffy sat alone at the bow, resting his chin on his hands, thinking about what he had gained during this period. He opened his personal attribute panel.
Host: Monkey D. Luffy Age: 17 years old Physique: 7.5 Mental Strength: 7.7 Swordsmanship: 6.9 Armament Haki: 5.5 (Intermediate) Observation Haki: 5.4 (Intermediate) Conqueror's Haki: 4.5 (Intermediate) Special Ability: Extremely sharp mind. Fused Fruit Abilities: Gum-Gum Fruit, Lightning-Cloud Fruit, Repair Fruit, Time Fruit. Combat Power: Top-tier expert among Marine Vice Admirals!
Overall, the changes weren't too big, but the three types of Haki had improved rapidly.
"Around seventy percent mastery, I should be able to enter the advanced realm of Haki, right?" Luffy mused.
Advanced Armament Haki: Can injure internal organs (Ryuo) Advanced Observation Haki: Can foresee the future Advanced Conqueror's Haki: Haki coating
"With his amazing intelligence, as long as he works hard to learn, he'll definitely reach the advanced level in a few days."
So there were too many things to do now! He hadn't fully researched the Time Fruit and the Gum-Gum Fruit yet, so he didn't have many trump cards. Looking at the New World, his overall strength could only be considered upper-middle-class, right? However, this guy was always careful in his actions.
Thinking carefully, how many crew members had he recruited so far?