chapter 177 part 4
"Before I answer that question," Pirate Ren Arakawa said, looking at her somewhat familiar face, "What's your name?"
She looked at Ren Arakawa with very innocent eyes, pointing to herself at the same time.
"Me? I'm called—"
"Carrot!"
As soon as this name was spoken, Ren Arakawa's chat group immediately exploded!
Uchiha Ren: "Isn't this Zou's future queen? How is she here?"
Stephen Fang: "Was she sold here by slave traders?"
With confusion, Pirate Ren Arakawa pulled her along as they walked outside, asking, "How were you abducted and sold here?"
"Ah! That day, Carrot was walking on the island, and then she got caught in a trap and hung on a tree!" Carrot recalled, bouncing and hopping, very playfully.
"Then I fainted! When I woke up again, I found myself on a ship!"
"I love adventure! Before, when I was on the island, my master always told me stories from outside. I've never been outside the island, I really wanted to explore!"
"Ah, now that I think about it, those guys weren't kind people, were they? I thought they specifically took me out of Zou to bring me on an adventure!"
"Hiss," Ren Arakawa looked at Carrot's face with some worry. This fellow's intelligence, no wonder she could get along with the Straw Hat Pirates.
"What then?"
"Then I was caught by these bad guys! It must have been some trick they used to make the kind people who brought me out hand me over. I even heard them arguing! Saying something about it not being suitable, too much or too little, hmph!"
Ren Arakawa shook off the black lines on his forehead, "So, are you willing to go on an adventure with me?"
"Of course I am!" Carrot looked around, "Where are our crewmates?"
"We'll have a ship. Let's buy supplies first."
"Yay!"
Walking down the street with such a Mink Tribe female rabbit, the head-turning rate was almost like walking down the street hugging an inflatable doll.
One person and one rabbit passed a tailor shop. Ren Arakawa picked a red hat and a pair of green suspenders.
"Wear these."
Carrot's expression was solemn: "You, you mean, you mean to say, for, for *me* to wear them?"
"What else? Should I wear them?" Ren Arakawa looked at the boss, "Is there a fitting room?"
Carrot immediately burst into a strong scream, rushing into the tailor shop with the clothes and hat!
Not long after, she jumped out, blinking with innocent big eyes, asking, "Do I look good?"
Ren Arakawa nodded: "Quite good-looking."
Carrot touched her ears: "But, but, if it's like this, my ears will stick out. Let's get a hat without holes!"
At this moment, Stephen Fang's shout came from Pirate Ren Arakawa's mind: "Change what? The rabbit ears are the point!"
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In the dim corridor, a knocking sound echoed.
Bruce Ren had already blocked the peephole of his room with toilet paper.
He didn't need to use the peephole; he could know who the visitor was through Observation Haki.
"Creak~"
Pushing open the door, a green-haired Joker with ghastly pale skin stood at the door, looking extremely creepy!
"Heh~ My good neighbor, sir~" Joker first performed a very gentlemanly tip of his hat, then asked, "Have you eaten?"
"I have."
Joker's eyes were full of anticipation. He rubbed his hands together: "Oh, that's great! I'm here because I want to discuss something important with you!"
Bruce Ren looked at the closed door across the way: "Do we need to talk here?"
"Oh, heavens! My thoughtful neighbor, sir!" Joker looked into Bruce Ren's eyes, "Are you inviting me into your home? Aren't you afraid that I'm a... vampire or something?"
Bruce Ren smiled, "Trust me, Jack, I eat more than a vampire."
"Hahahaha! I like that joke!"
Joker moved into the room with extremely comical movements. He curiously sized up his surroundings, and at the same time hooked the door shut with his foot.
"Oh, good neighbor, sir, now we can have a good talk."
"Alright, you speak, I'm listening." Bruce Ren pointed to the distant sofa, "If possible, how about we sit down and talk?"
"No need, no need. I only need to ask you one thing."
His eyes turned ferocious, and he asked, word by word, "Let me think, you little mushroom, do you want to give my wife a chili oil mushroom feast? Hiss! Luckily you're a small mushroom; if you were a black mushroom, you might even poke my son's head, who knows?"
Bruce Ren sighed: "I know that's not what you want to ask. Speak freely."
Joker's face immediately returned to that cynical look: "Hehehe~ Just kidding." He locked his eyes onto Bruce Ren's, staring for over a minute, until his own eyes ached, but he found Bruce Ren still calmly watching him, not even blinking once.
He immediately sat up straight, glanced at the door, then lowered his voice and smiled mysteriously, "Do you want to make a small fortune by robbing banks?"
(End of 10,000-character update. Are there any crewmates you want to recruit? Leave a message here!)
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