Daily Life Sailing at Sea

Flame Dragon Julian's Flame Dragon continued to weave through the rough seas, followed by several massive warships. Julian sailed for another five days, and this time, the island they planned to land on was Rockies Island.

Julian asked Garud, "Brother, how much longer until we reach this island?" Navigator Garud replied with a serious expression, "Reporting, Captain, it might take another two days to arrive." Julian looked at Herbert at the stern, who was still using his Devil Fruit ability. Julian spoke, "This First Mate is truly dedicated. It's the third consecutive day of work."

Julian even considered giving Herbert a share of the company's profits. Julian thought to himself, He's incredibly dedicated. Julian walked up to Herbert and said, "Old Sen, that's enough. Go rest. It's fine if we sail for two more days."

Julian secretly thought, This is all thanks to the Great Sea Pit. For the past few days, the sea has had headwinds. We've relied entirely on Herbert manually using his Devil Fruit ability to change the wind direction and airflow to propel the sailboat and accelerate our voyage. Herbert replied sincerely, "Captain, I'm truly fine. The more I use my Devil Fruit ability, the deeper my development of this ability becomes. My stamina recovers very quickly. These headwinds will delay the Captain's plans."

Julian said to Herbert, "Old Sen, having you is truly wonderful. Your assistance is like gaining a million elite Marines. Meeting you is truly like a fish finding water."

Seeing Herbert's humble expression, Julian continued, "My plan is to conquer a vast sea territory and bring prosperity to all my brothers. I'll need your strong support, Old Sen." Herbert replied excitedly, "Captain, rest assured, I will lend my full support."

Julian continued to paint a rosy picture, "Those who betray me, I'll give them a million Belly. Those who follow me will receive at least ten billion in the future. For a brother like you, I can only say at least a hundred billion. Understand? Applause~" Herbert could only condense his thousand words into one sentence: "Captain is truly righteous and heroic, viewing wealth as dirt and valuing friendship above all else."

Watching the moved Herbert, Julian inwardly complained, If I had said these words in my previous life on the street, people would have thought I was a fool. Here, they've become famous quotes about righteousness and valuing friendship over wealth. Julian thought to himself, If my intelligence wasn't so high, I would have believed it.

Julian then said to Herbert, "You go rest first. I can also propel the ship." Julian had no intention of overworking Herbert. These workers were all brought up by Julian. Julian treated his crew like Cao Cao treated Xu Chu. Julian thought to himself, Originally, I was just pretending to be benevolent and righteous, but after saying some things too many times, I started believing them myself.

Julian then took Herbert's hand and walked towards the third floor of the ship. Julian had previously instructed Herbert to rest well, saying it was fine for the fleet to sail slowly against the wind. Herbert was a model worker, using his Devil Fruit ability for three days and three nights, making Julian consider giving him a share of the profits and turning him from a worker into a partner. Julian then thought he should find a wife for Old Sen.

The Captain already had three wives, but the First Mate didn't even have a girlfriend. Wasn't that like a weasel being worse than a rat? Julian arranged for Herbert to sleep and gently tucked him in. Herbert was deeply moved by Julian's actions again. Julian then said, "Brother, who are we kidding? You rest first, and I'll go change the headwinds." Julian then instructed, "Make sure to rest well." Herbert was already deeply touched, wanting to bare his heart to Julian, filled with Julian's image.

After leaving the room, Julian immediately summoned Head of Logistics Pablo. Julian said, "Brother, do you know the First Mate's story?" Pablo asked, "What story does the First Mate have? Did something happen to him?" Julian said, "The First Mate's father wished for him to marry and have descendants soon. Old Sen's father has been dead for over ten years, and he still hasn't married."

"Old Sen hasn't married because he's been working day and night for our Flame Dragon Pirates, and I, your Captain, feel very distressed. I now order you: you must find him a suitable wife so he can pass on his surname. The First Mate has sacrificed too much. Do you understand?" Pablo said emotionally, "The First Mate is indeed a great person. I will do my best to help the First Mate. I will find him a suitable girlfriend."

Julian then nodded with satisfaction and said to Pablo, "You truly are the strategist of our ship. Go!" Julian happily said, "Old Sen, this Captain can only help you this much." With that, Julian transformed into his Flame Giant Dragon Form and flew to the back of the ship.

He began fanning the wind with his wings, which were over two hundred meters long, towards the twelve ships. Gusts of wind blew into the sails of the sailboats, and the ships instantly accelerated. Julian directed the wind according to the sailing route.

Julian didn't want to blow the ships into the Calm Belt, which was a nest for Sea Kings. Sea Kings were generally five to six hundred meters long, with some even reaching a thousand meters. Some Sea Kings could even launch wave attacks. Julian didn't want to die at seventeen. Those Sea Kings were mostly immune to fire.

Many Sea Kings resembled serpentine dragons or had large-mouthed catfish appearances, which were very strange. Especially on the sea, Julian was very cautious. Although this wasn't the Calm Belt, Julian preferred to be steady.

By noon, Julian returned to the ship. Flying for the entire morning was indeed tiring. Julian began to eat voraciously in the restaurant, consuming hundreds of pounds of food before letting out a satisfied burp. Julian then repeated the morning's task, transforming into a hundred-meter Flame Giant Dragon and fanning the wind with his wings. If he didn't fan the wind, the opposing ocean currents would blow the ship back to its starting point.

Julian thought to himself, Why hasn't the sea breeze arrived yet? If I don't wish for Momonosuke, this little bastard, every day, you go against me. As he spoke, Julian began to silently chant, I am willing to exchange Momonosuke's five hundred years of lifespan for a strong gust of wind. Julian continued to flap his wings and blow wind. After a while, gusts of wind indeed began to blow.

Julian said with a proud expression, "You all just can't stand to see Momonosuke living well, can you? You're always trying to shorten Momonosuke's life. Oh dear, Momonosuke, you see it yourself. Heaven wants to torment you, and I, Flame Dragon Julian, can do nothing about it."

Saying this, Julian flew the Flame Dragon to the open-air deck on the fourth floor and began practicing his fist techniques. Julian also planned to recruit some talent on this island. He still didn't have enough subordinates. He already had a user of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit on his ship, whose strength was already formidable, at least at the level of a Major General.

Julian planned to give him a Division Captain position. Julian had an idea: he would make him the Seventh Division Captain. Then, he would select another powerful Division Captain to establish an Eighth Division Captain, making a total of eight divisions. Later, he would add the Ten Flying Generals and the Twelve Dark Dragon Guards.

With these positions established, Julian would have the confidence to venture into the New World and make a name for himself. He would conquer Wano Country and turn those Japanese Samurai into his lackeys, the kind who would be skinned and have their tendons removed.

Julian said, "These Wano Country people have good strength, and Wano Country is surrounded by waterfalls on both sides, making it impossible to ascend without a ship. If it were another country, Julian would indeed have no interest. Those countries are difficult to defend and easy to attack. Only Wano Country meets Julian's environmental requirements."

Julian thought, I should probably raid Teacher Kaido's home first. I really can't defeat Kaido. If the entire crew were to gang up on Kaido, we can't defeat the Beasts Pirates right now. Kaido also has King as his First Mate.

Julian felt that being on Sky Island was better. That place was like heaven, with birds singing and flowers fragrant. Other places were truly meaningless.

Julian didn't fancy Whitebeard's territory; it was too easy to attack. It consisted of dozens of islands around Fish-Man Island, located in the first half of the New World. The only advantage was collecting protection fees from passing ships.

Big Mom's Whole Cake Island was in the center of the New World, leaning towards the first half. It overlapped slightly with Whitebeard's territory, but Big Mom still didn't dare provoke Whitebeard.

Kaido was in Wano Country. Later, the Red-Haired Pirates would take the latter half of the New World. Julian thought it over and decided Sky Island was still the best, with Wano Country second. Julian had no interest in the latter half of the New World at all. That place had nothing but torrential rain or strong winds, with no decent commercial development despite the sun, rain, and wind.

The best location was Whitebeard's, the most promising was Kaido's Wano Country. When Red-Hair Shanks became one of the Four Emperors, all other territories were snatched up. He was too young then to defeat Whitebeard, nor could he defeat Big Mom, and certainly not Kaido. Red-Hair Shanks was the youngest.

At the Marineford War, Red-Hair Shanks was only thirty-seven years old and already the second strongest of the Four Emperors, slightly inferior to Kaido. The Red-Haired Pirates had one major advantage: their numerous crew members were powerful.

The Red-Haired Pirates' Ten Captains: Tenth Captain Monster, Ninth Captain Howling Gab, Eighth Captain Limejuice, Seventh Captain Hongous, Sixth Captain Rox D., Fifth Captain Benk Pinch, Fourth Captain Nek, Third Captain Deck, Second Captain Lucky Roo, First Captain Yasopp. First Mate was Ben Beckman.

At the Marineford War, Red-Hair was only thirty-seven years old. With these elite crew members, he forced back the Beast King Kaido. Julian felt that elite crew members like Red-Hair's were the perfect crew Julian sought. Julian secretly thought, "This young Red-Hair is still with the Roger Pirates."

Julian was a bit interested in this young Red-Hair Shanks. Julian calculated his age and found he was only about three years older than Red-Hair and about one year younger than Hawk Eyes. Julian greatly looked forward to clashing with the strong individuals on the sea. Red-Hair and Hawk Eyes were relatively principled.

The others, Doflamingo and Old Sand, were quite unprincipled. Julian said, "Old Sand is twenty-one years old this year. Old Sand challenged Whitebeard in the New World at twenty-four. Whitebeard must have said to Old Sand, 'Be my son!' Old Sand refused to submit and ultimately found he couldn't even touch Whitebeard's clothes."

Whitebeard even pinned Old Sand to the ground and rubbed him. Whitebeard must have let Old Sand go, otherwise Old Sand wouldn't have had the chance to get the Pluton. Julian felt like laughing thinking about these interesting anecdotes of the sea: the stubborn Old Sand, the arrogant Doflamingo.

Julian calculated that Doflamingo was still in the North Blue dealing in arms. Doflamingo had great business potential and had already begun developing underground forces.

As for Old Sand, after being defeated by Whitebeard, he came into contact with Nicole Robin and heard about the ancient weapon Pluton. Old Sand then went to Alabasta to lie low for over a decade, eventually being defeated again by Monkey D. Luffy and imprisoned in Impel Down to tighten screws.

As evening arrived for dinner, Julian prepared many dishes and called the three women. Marlena was the first to arrive at the restaurant. Why Marlena was willing to marry Julian? Julian simply said to Marlena, "Are you willing to become my family?" Marlena nodded and said, "I am willing." Julian then treated Marlena as family.

Alice and Beatrice slowly appeared in the restaurant. Julian asked, "What have you two been busy with every day? I feel like you're busier than me, the captain." Alice said with a dark expression, "It's clearly you who has no serious business, often using the excuse of visiting to chat with those young nurses about dreams." Julian said, "I'm just promoting harmony on the ship, don't talk nonsense."

Alice said, "I'm pregnant. I have your child." Julian let out a long sigh and said, "What did you say? You have my child? So soon?" Julian secretly thought, "It seems I've been a bit too frequent lately." At the same time, he felt a little bit of happiness.

Julian hugged Alice and said, "How long have you been pregnant? Why are you only telling me now?" Alice said with a happy expression, "Not long, only about ten days. I just felt dizzy and nauseous today, so I checked my body. My body is fine, and the child is very healthy." Alice said, "Don't you want to fulfill your father's last wish? Aren't you very happy now?" Julian said, "I am indeed very happy. Someone will inherit my family business."

Julian secretly thought, "This child must be educated well. They can't be like Yamato, using Thunder Bagua to strike their own father Kaido. Nor can they be like Luffy, using a Gum-Gum Pistol to hit his own grandfather Garp during the Marineford War. Blackbeard directly killed his own father Whitebeard. Chiffon wants to kill her own mother Charlotte Linlin. These stories of filial sons, filial daughters, and filial grandsons are very dangerous."