Nami could finally remove it. The face of Arlong on her map, marked as Arlong Park. She had wished for this for a very long time, and she could finally do it. Her hand gently placed a thin strip of paper over the map of Conomi Island, specifically Arlong Park, then brushed a drop of coffee onto it and let it dry. Once that was done, she started redrawing the land from memory.
When she finished, she held up the map with a smile, grinned, and kicked her feet in joy. "Finally!" She got up and immediately went toward the kitchen of their ship, where Nojiko was currently cooking their meal. "Look, sis!"
Nojiko stopped, her eyes widening as she stared at the map. Slowly, she grabbed it from Nami's hand and gazed at a specific spot for quite some time. "I wish Bell-mere was here to see this…" she muttered, looking a bit down.
Nami wished that too, but alas, their mom had been taken from them too early. Not wishing to dampen the mood, she asked, "Should we stick it on the wall here?" It's a good way to remind them of their home and to show that they're finally free from Arlong's tyranny.
"That's a good idea," Nojiko agreed, removing the pot from the stove. She then used a ladle to scoop a small amount of soup and put it in front of Nami. "Taste it and tell me what you think."
"Hmm. It's perfect."
"Thanks. Can you call Elric here while I prepare the plates?" Nojiko asked, making Nami cringe a little. She was still not used to his presence, he was handsome and muscular, but she just couldn't stand him at all. At first he had been an open pervert, grabbing Nojiko whenever he wanted and fucking her whenever he felt like it. They even kissed when she was here. She felt like she was being preyed on for some reason. They always made eye contact, and there were occasions when his door was open while he was changing.
She didn't have evidence for it, but she felt like Nojiko was part of it. It felt like Nojiko was pushing her toward Elric, just like now, and she couldn't complain since Nojiko had already done everything.
"You know I still don't know what to feel about your man, right?"
"Come on, Nami, you two are going to journey together. Warming up to him quickly will make our journey more fun and less awkward," Nojiko responded, smiling with a hidden glint in her eyes.
Nami still found it suspicious, but all she did was sigh and accept it. "Fine, I will do my best. But don't expect it to happen in one day…just like you did."
"Pfff." Nojiko burst into laughter. "You'd understand if you were in my position that day. When there's an opportunity, you should take it. Now go before our food gets cold." She wave her off and then started preparing the plates
"Yeah, yeah." Nami rolled her eyes joyfully at her sister before opening the door and heading to the deck of the ship. There, she found the guy responsible for all of this, doing upside-down push-ups for probably hours now, for what he called preparation. She didn't know why. He was already strong enough to kill Arlong very easily. And Arlong was the strongest pirate she had ever seen.
Her eyes lingered on his muscular back as he bent his arms, the muscles forming wings. She could swear that this type of muscle development was not possible, but this world was massive and this was probably not the first time she would see something like it.
She cleared her throat silently before looking away. "Hey, my sister is done cooking." She waited awkwardly for a reply, but Elric took his time doing another five push-ups before standing up and looking at her as she wiped the sweat from his forehead. She instinctively pulled her face away before deciding that she had had enough and started to walk away.
Before she could take two steps, Elric wrapped his arm around her, forcing her to stop. "Wait, help me move for a bit, I can't feel my leg…" Nami felt her heart pounding and her face heating up.
"Get off me!" she screamed, clenching her fist and closing her eyes, but she did not do anything to push him away.
"Come on, don't be like that." His finger pushed her cheek. "I mean, that's cute, but I really don't think I can walk to the kitchen after this exercise."
He looked like he could do a thousand more push-ups, but he seemed very tired and was breathing heavily. Against her will, she agreed to help him walk. "Fine!" she said, but she didn't put in more effort than that.
"Thank you, Mi!"
"And don't call me that!"
Finally, after what felt like an eternity, they reached the kitchen, where everything was prepared and Nojiko sat with a smile.
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"I still don't have a bounty yet? " I said, flipping the newspaper pages left and right, trying to find my face in there. Sadly, it seems that killing the strongest pirate on East Blue wasn't enough to get me a bounty.
"Yes, we still need to make a name for ourselves or establish that we're pirates officially," Nojiko, who was lying on my arm as we sat together on a deck chair, said. She was wearing a thin blue bikini with her nipples clearly visible and hard. I can feel her slit touching my legs as she wraps her arms and legs around me. "If my guess is right, you need to at least defeat a pirate with a reputable reputation or defeat a high-ranking marine to finally get your first bounty," she explained, brushing her fingers against my chest gently. "And the island we're heading to is the perfect place for that."
"Your really good at this." I grabbed her head and made a passionate kiss with her. She's right, we're heading towards Loguetown, the place where Gold Roger was born and where he was executed. It's also the place where Luffy encountered many previous pirates like Buggy and Alvida and where Smoker was stationed as the captain of the marines. Nojiko tried to put it down with the word 'defeating,' but she likely knows that I won't just defeat them.
I will cripple them.
I can kill them, but I don't want people from the Grand Line coming here to release their hate on me. I can't die or be defeated by them, but I'm worried about Nojiko and Nami. For now, while I still think I'm not ready, I won't necessarily make an enemy of everyone.
"Do you want to go shopping once we land?" I figured we should prioritize this since the clothes I have are plain and low quality. It's not uncomfortable because of my body, but it doesn't fit me and it doesn't make me unique. I also want Nojiko and Nami to have better protection, like pistols, just in case I'm not around. We got a lot of money now – Nami's savings plus Arlong's treasury, which was left by most of his crew except the two fishmen named Chew and Kuroobi. They wanted to be buried together with Arlong, so I accepted their request.
"Yes, it's been a while since I went shopping. Though Nami… she manages the money, and did I ever tell you how stingy she is when it comes to money?"
I know that more than she thinks, but I don't think Nami is that hard to handle. It's quite the opposite. I just need to approach her, tease her a bit, and enter her personal space, then she'll give me whatever I want just so I can leave her alone. I just love her tsundere energy. "I'll handle it," I said, wrapping my arms tighter around her neck. "By the way, before we reach the town, what weapons are you familiar with?"
"My mother, Bell-mere, is a marine who uses a pistol, so I guess I will just go with that," she explained, closing her eyes. She tried to hide it, but I could see her sadness every time she muttered her mother's name. "But I don't think guns will do anything to higher-bounty pirates, though. Just like what my mother tried to do but ultimately failed."
"Don't worry about that. There are many abilities in this world that can make your bullets lethal for anyone." Haki is one of the main powers here, and anyone can have it with enough knowledge about how to train it. I have quite a bit of knowledge about Rayleigh's training for Luffy, so I will go with that.
"I trust you." Nojiko muttered, hugging me tighter and going silent after that. I didn't say anything more, letting her rest for a bit.
I still have many things to think about and prepare before we reach Loguetown. Will the Straw Hats arrive there as well? Or could they? What will happen to canon now? It's probably fucked, but now what? I threw my canon knowledge off the bus, and it's not like I really care. However, it's pretty chaotic and dangerous if I can't predict what will happen every time. A Buster Call might suddenly happen and, coincidentally, we're on that island. I'm going to survive, but that's unlikely for everyone with me.
"Ah, fuck it." It's more enjoyable this way. New journey, just like starting a game after seeing an ad for it. I will be able to create my own story and explore the world without following the Straw Hats' direction from canon.
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"Woah, this is bigger than I thought," Nojiko said, admiring the big structures spanning the whole town. It was also way too crowded, with people who had One Piece style bodies and faces, some even holding weapons openly. If I were to compare this to modern Earth, it would be the New York City of One Piece. "Where should we start?" she asked, hugging my arm and pressing her breast against it.
"Hey, don't overbuy anything, alright? We might need it once we arrive in the Grand Line," Nami warned, glaring specifically at her sister this time. She was as stingy as in the anime, a little cute but unnecessary, since we wouldn't run out of money in this world as pirates. "And only buy things that we really need."
I grabbed her wrist, pulling her closer to me. "Don't be stingy, and you'll be coming to us as well," I said, moving my head closer to her ear and causing her to flinch. "And we're pirates, remember? We don't need to have a job to have money. We take it from other people."
"Still! You two let me handle the money, so listen to me!"
"Hahaha, you're being a little too cute. Alright, let's go!"
I pulled them into a clothing shop we happened to pass as we walked. The displays looked high quality and diverse, with some being long casual dresses for women while others were far too revealing. Of course, the two immediately set to work finding their own clothes, and I told them they could buy anything they wanted since we had plenty of money on hand.
Now that I thought about it, I had to look for a cigarette shop after this. It had been a while since my lungs tasted that classy dopamine. I had an indestructible body now, so I might as well use it to the fullest.
Soon, the two found clothes they liked and stood right in front of me.
"What do you think?" Nojiko asked, spinning around in a casual yellow long dress with a white hat. She was so fucking hot — that's what I thought. "It's beautiful… and sexy," I answered.
"Thank you. Now tell me what you think about Nami as well." Here came the woman hiding behind Nojiko, wearing a long, tight red dress with fur on the neckline. Nami looked even more like a mafia lady because of the tattoo on her shoulder.
"There's no man here other than you, so I have no choice," she clarified, refusing to look in my direction.
I felt like I was in tears right then. It reminded me of my previous world, having two girlfriends who were also biological sisters. We had dated once like this and my money had almost vanished when we went to a clothing store, but it was worth it. And just like before, these two were worth all the money. "You two are so fucking beautiful, let's buy these two."
Nami's ear went red while Nojiko merely smiled. Well, I had said more blunt words to her during our sex sessions, so she was used to it.
They bought a couple more outfits, including bikinis, skirts, and crop tops before we left the shop. In total it cost around 500,000 Beli and it didn't put a dent in what we had. Still, that didn't stop Nami from crying as I handed the payment to the owner.
Next we bought kitchen tools, which cost around 50,000 Beli. After that, we purchased improved beds and a sofa to be delivered directly to the ship docked at the western port. That cost another 350,000 Beli plus shipping. By the time we reached the weapon shop, Nami was completely down and looked like she used up all her tears.
"Welcome to my shop!" said the owner. He was the old man who had also sold the cursed sword – I forgot the name – to Zoro during their visit to Loguetown. "What will you be buying, sir and ladies?" He rubbed his hands together like a typical bootlicker.
"I want to buy your highest-quality guns, preferably the ones with weak recoil. I don't care about the cost."
"I do…"
The owner immediately put on his best smile. "Ah, yes, yes, I will go get them now!" he said, grabbing something under the counter.
While he does that, I looked around, trying to find some high-quality swords, and hopefully spotted the cursed sword as well. I don't really need it, but just in case I found someone worthy of it, I'll have to buy it. Canon is fucked anyways, Zoro can just find a new sword or whatever. Everything in this shop, as its name suggests, is a weapon, ranging from a typical sword, a katara, to even a flintlock pistol. Nojiko has started looking around the pistol category with visible interest, and Nami just stayed on my back, still down after the money spending we did.
"Here it is!" the owner said as he placed three boxes on the counter, two small ones and a long one. He opened them up one by one to reveal what was inside. "These three came from the Grand Line itself and are probably the best long-range weapons you'll ever see. These two are entirely different from the typical flintlock. They're called revolver flintlocks and can fire six rounds rapidly. And this big boy over here is a long-range weapon that can hit targets kilometers away! Two million for each revolver and 4.5 million for the rifle."
"Two t-two million and f-four point five!" Nami cries were ignored.
"I'll take them," I said. I walked to the counter and put the right amount of Beli down before stacking the boxes of weapons. "Before we go, do you happen to still have the cursed sword…?"
"How did you kno- I mean, what sword? Cursed sword? I don't know anything about that," he stammered. The owner was obviously lying, despite looking like he didn't have a nose. I immediately grabbed him by the neck and put some pressure on it. "Listen here, I want to buy that sword and you'll point out where it is, or-" I threatened, then grabbed a sword by the blade and crushed it into pieces with ease. "Or this could be you. Do you fucking understand?"
"Y-yes, I'm sorry about that. The sword you're looking for is in the corner, the one with the red handle." I let him go and walked toward the pile of katanas in the corner before grabbing the one with the red handle and unsheathing it.
It was clean and really sharp, as expected of a graded sword. But before I took it, I needed to test its sharpness and durability. I grabbed two more swords from the pile and slashed the cursed sword against them, and it cut through both like butter. "I'll take it."
"Ah, y-yes, that'll be 50,000 Beli. Of course, you don't have to pay for the other two if you don't want to," he said, nervously wiping the sweat from his forehead.
I threw 150,000 Beli on the counter and grabbed the guns as well before leaving the shop with the two confused women.
"What's special about that sword?" Nojiko asked, walking beside me. I could tell she'd been wanting to ask about it since my encounter with the owner. "And isn't it cursed like you said?"
"It's one of the graded swords, and no weapon made by a simple weaponsmith can break it. As for the curse, I think it only kills those unworthy of it." If I remember correctly, Zoro tested his will by offering his whole arm to see if he was worthy of the sword, and he succeeded. Now I plan to recruit more people into my crew and give this to them so they can test their luck. If they die, that simply means they don't fit to be a member of my crew or the holder of this sword. And I don't plan on giving this to any of my women, they don't have the legendary plot armour of main characters like Zoro.
"So beautiful~!!!" I suddenly heard a loud shout from behind me. I slowly turned to see which lucky guy would meet their end today. However, those words were not aimed at Nojiko or Nami, but at a tall woman wearing a cowboy hat and holding a giant spiked mace she shouldn't be able to lift, walking past men who seemed entranced by her beauty. "Alvida…" I muttered. The woman with freckles on her cheek had been lucky enough to obtain a Devil Fruit that turned her into what she might have looked like had she not been obsessed with food.
"Do you know her?" Nojiko asked, seeing that I was staring at Alvida. She looked a little disappointed that I wasn't different from the ordinary men in the crowd.
"No, but she suddenly changed… She was a fat woman who could've weighed as much as twenty men before, which is why I'm curious if she's really that pirate."
"Really? You muttered her name like you knew her too well," Nojiko said, looking away and acting like it wasn't her business. I didn't expect her to be jealous over something like this, and I didn't expect her to act like we were in a real relationship. I had thought she agreed to my every demand because I had won our bet. She's even pushing Nami toward me herself because she knows about my fetish. "What's this?" I said, wrapping my extra arm around her neck and pulling her. "Is my baby jealous?" I kissed her neck and then her cheeks.
"Hey, you two, quit that! We're in the middle of a crowded area!"