Chapter 255: The Petty Thief Cat and the Vice Captain Descending from the Sky
The young girl's slender fingers gently stroked the rough surface of the newspaper, her eyelids drooping slightly as she muttered to herself:
"Luffy, that idiot who only knows how to act recklessly... and that bastard Tatsuya..."
"If I don't work hard to get stronger here, two years from now..."
"Facing those monsters in the New World, I might not even have the qualifications to stand behind them."
Then, her voice took on a hint of resentment as she pouted her tender lips and mumbled:
"And, that hateful Tatsuya... how could he not even show his face for so long..."
Nami pressed her cheek against the cold wooden table, looking at the pure white sea of clouds outside the window, a trace of deep longing and lonely solitude quietly flashing in the depths of her eyes.
Just as Nami was secretly grieving.
"Beep— Beep— Beep—!!!"
The radar on the central weather tower of Weatheria suddenly emitted an incredibly sharp and piercing highest-level alarm without warning.
Haredas and the other old men resting in the square were startled, and one after another, they fearfully leaned on their canes, looking out the window and down at the sea of clouds.
They saw that the previously calm and peaceful White Sea clouds were now beginning to boil crazily.
It was as if an indescribable, terrifying ancient beast was forcibly breaking through the barrier of clouds from the Blue Sea below!
"Boom—!!!"
"Boom—!!!"
Accompanied by a loud noise that seemed to tear the very sky apart.
The thick and tough White Sea clouds were torn open by a violent force, creating a massive gap.
Under the gaze of all the meteorologists, whose breathing had completely stopped.
A crimson energy giant with huge wings, exuding an endless aura of destruction, broke through the clouds and hovered right above this peaceful Skypiea.
The wild wind raged, blowing the old men's beards into a mess.
Then, the god-like massive crimson giant dissipated into countless points of light in the air.
A tall, upright black figure, like a god descending to earth, landed lightly on the cloud-covered street of Weatheria, which felt as soft as cotton.
Seeing the face of the newcomer clearly, Haredas and a few other old men felt their legs go weak in fear:
"That... that is the heinous criminal with a bounty of 2.5 billion Berries published in the newspaper a few days ago, 'Crimson Lotus Victor'!!!"
Hearing the earth-shattering commotion outside and the old men's exclamations.
Nami's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly pushed open the door and rushed out.
The wind whipped up her short orange hair.
When she looked up and saw the black-haired man standing in the middle of the street, wearing the familiar, mischievous smirk that haunted her dreams, quietly looking at her.
Nami froze completely.
The meteorological notebook she had been clutching tightly in her hand fell onto the soft clouds with a "patter."
Nami's eyes turned red in an instant, and warm mist blurred her vision.
She bit her lower lip hard, holding back her tears.
Then, like a gust of orange wind, she rushed over regardless of anything else.
She raised her delicate fist high, wanting to punch this bastard Vice Captain, who always made people worry, just like she usually did on the ship.
She wanted to yell at him for being so reckless in such a desperate situation like the Marineford War.
To yell at him for taking so long to come and see her.
However, when she rushed in front of Tatsuya with a gust of fragrant wind.
The fist raised high, looking at the man's gentle smiling face, just couldn't bring itself to strike.
Looking at the girl in front of him, whose body was trembling slightly, holding back her tears.
Tatsuya chuckled, his eyes so gentle they could melt ice.
He didn't speak, but directly stretched out his arms, pulling the trembling girl in front of him tightly into his broad, warm embrace.
"I've come to find you, my little navigator."
A low, magnetic voice rang in her ears.
Listening to the steady and powerful heartbeat in the man's chest, feeling that real, existing warmth.
Nami finally let go of all the pretense, strength, and anxiety she had held for the past few months.
She wrapped her arms tightly around Tatsuya's waist, as if afraid he would disappear again.
She buried her face deep in his chest, greedily breathing in his scent, and on this cloud layer ten thousand meters in the sky, she cried wantonly like a child who had suffered all kinds of grievances.
And the group of white-bearded old men standing in the distant square, watching this warm and moving scene, all breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at each other, picking up their dentures from the ground, they all showed knowing and kind smiles.
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