Their Own Lives

Knock, knock, knock--

The study door was gently knocked, and warm yellow light cast a silhouette on the wall.

"Come in."

Putting down the completed drawings, Nami took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes, taking a deep breath and stretching lazily.

"Mmm~~, hoo--"

After stretching, Nami began to tidy up the drawings and documents on the table, neatly stacking the thick pile of blueprints.

After twelve years of traveling the world on the small sky island of Visseria, the sea charts of all the routes on the Grand Line, including all the islands they passed, were finally completed and organized.

Each one had been meticulously surveyed and measured by her personally, and it also included a sea navigation guide compiled by the meteorologists on Visseria after their in-depth research into local climate patterns.

The stack of blueprints in her hand could be considered priceless if put out into the world.

After organizing the files, Nami leaned back against her chair and let out a satisfied sigh.

Next, she planned to publish this information into a book and share this precious knowledge with the world. By then, the Grand Line would no longer be the 'graveyard' people spoke of.

More importantly.

"I'll definitely be able to earn a lot of money then."

Nami covered her mouth with her hands, tears of joy and emotion streaming down her face.

The thought of her book being treated as a bible by all the navigators at sea, and being snatched up the moment it was released, made her eyes gleam with the image of money.

"Looks like you're done organizing, your Grand Line Navigation Guide. New? Complete. Official. First published."

Lina slowly approached from behind, wrapping his arms gently around Nami from behind, his chin resting lightly on her orange head.

"Congratulations in advance, the first historical navigator scholar."

"Mhm~"

Nami smiled sweetly, hooking her arm around Lina's neck and nuzzling her cheek against his, the cool sensation refreshing her.

"With this information, the progress of your Railway Net plan can also be accelerated quite a bit, right?"

Nami closed her eyes slightly, feeling a bit tired, and rested her head on Lina's shoulder, a hint of relief on her face.

"Within 20 years, maybe we can really cover over ninety percent of the islands on the Grand Line with the Sea Train."

"...20 years, ...30 years, it will happen someday, maybe even sooner."

Lina smiled and nodded in agreement.

As early as 6 years ago, Vegapunk had already designed the Sea Train to be capable of handling any environment and climate.

Later, the Black Snake Trading Company acquired the Galley-La Company in Water 7.

Through continuous practice and improvement, they finally completed the full laying of the sea railway on the route that Lina and the others had traveled that year, and successfully traversed the entire route with the 'Rampaging Rocket Man' last year.

Starting from Twin Capes, passing through Drum Island--Drum Island--Alabasta...

All the way to Sabaody Archipelago, trade along the entire route became active under the management of the Black Snake Trading Company.

With the experience and technical accumulation from before, and now with Nami's sea chart data covering all the islands on the Grand Line, it was by no means impossible to connect the entire Grand Line with railways within 20 years.

It's just a pity for Krista.

By the time she grows up and becomes a pirate, she wonders if ships will still be a popular mode of transportation on the Grand Line.

Karl and Krista had already gone to sleep. Nami peeked through the crack in the door before returning to the bedroom to rest with peace of mind.

"Calculating the time, we should reach Sabaody Archipelago around tomorrow morning. I wonder how they've been lately."

Poof--Poof!

Patting the fluffy pillow, Nami lay down, pulled up the covers, and snuggled closer to Lina.

"The last letter we received was half a year ago. I heard Little Randy can already help out with the restaurant business."

"It's been about two or three years since we last saw each other, time really flies. If it weren't for Luffy's wedding, it would probably take three to five years to get together again."

Lina said with a smile, gazing quietly at the ceiling.

Shortly after arriving at Laugh Tale twelve years ago, the Straw Hat Pirates, having completed the feat of circumnavigating the Grand Line, announced their disbandment. Not long after, they went their separate ways and began their retired lives.

Luffy and Uta returned to Foosha Village. Later, they received a few letters from Uta, and the two of them set off on their sea journey again.

Uta started her own company and toured the world.

Usopp also returned to his hometown and has been living in Syrup Village ever since.

Zoro disappeared for quite a long time. Occasionally, there would be rumors of a certain Three-Sword Style Swordsman and Princess Ghost duo performing acts of chivalry.

It wasn't until a few years ago that they heard from a letter from bos that Zoro had settled down in Sabaody Archipelago. Tired of being broke and unable to drink, he opened an izakaya on Peninsula 41.

It's not hard to imagine that business wouldn't be great, and he mainly relied on his part-time bounty hunting (which was actually his main job) to keep the establishment running. He was living a comfortable life.

Lina and Nami stayed on the small sky island of Visseria, flying around the world. Nami was fulfilling her dream of charting sea maps, while Lina was also building and managing his Black Snake Trading Company.

Sanji and bos opened a new sea restaurant. It was originally planned to be in the East Blue, but Boss Zeff drove them away under the pretext of stealing business.

The two of them opened their restaurant near Sabaody Archipelago. As the final convergence point for the seven routes of the first half of the Grand Line, it possessed top-tier ingredients from all over the world. Coupled with Sanji and bos's culinary skills, the business was, as one could imagine, booming.

It was just that they heard it wasn't very profitable; basically, all operating income was used for charity. They had also established a foundation called [Justice of Chefs], specifically for rescuing people worldwide who couldn't afford to eat.

Lina's Black Snake Trading Company, Nami's copyright income, Uta's music company, and the sea railway company jointly established by Franky and Vegapunk with the Galley-La Company, all invested large sums of money into this foundation every year.

Chopper returned to Drum Island to care for Doctor Kureha in her old age, while simultaneously helping the country develop its medical industry.

Today's Drum Island had recovered its former glory and become one of the world's leading nations. It was rare for a winter island with no production capacity to reach this point through technology.

As for Robin, she chose a life of solo travel, continuing to explore the historical remnants buried all over the world, and had become a renowned archaeologist.

Franky, naturally, needed no introduction. He returned to Water 7 to lead his old crew and, alongside his idol Vegapunk, was striving to achieve their dream of 'changing the world with technology (mainly combat robots)'.

The project to popularize the Sea Train was basically handed over to the Galley-La Company.

As for Brook, he naturally returned to the Twin Capes to fulfill a promise spanning half a century.

He lived with Laboon and Uncle Crocus for a while. Later, when Uta established her company, she recruited all three of them. The four of them and a whale began their world concert tour.

"To think that twelve years have passed in the blink of an eye..."

Lina felt an infinite wave of emotion.

Over the years, they had flown all over the world. They would occasionally visit others along the way, but ever since they retired, everyone had been busy with their own affairs, with virtually no opportunity for the entire crew to gather again.

This time, for Luffy and Uta's wedding, everyone must have received the news and come.

Nami rolled over and climbed up along Lina's chest, sighing with a complaining tone:

"What should I do, Lina? Thinking that I'll be able to see everyone tomorrow makes me too excited to sleep."

"..."

Lina glanced at her speechlessly, "I'm tired."

"Stop the nonsense and get up for me."