Buggy felt that he should have been happy, because Lynn had only made him pay for lunch, not dinner.
By the time lunch was over, night had fallen.
Lynn slept well through the night. The Energy Value in his body was slowly consumed, gradually restoring his exhausted body.
The next morning.
Facing the rising sun, Lynn packed up his belongings and boarded the small manually powered sailboat that Buggy's group had "gifted" him, under their moved gazes.
Buggy rubbed his face, thinking that they had finally sent off the Big Eater who could have eaten them into poverty. Still, driven by curiosity, Buggy asked:
"Hey, the sail on your ship is still white. Don't you have your own pirate flag?"
Lynn shook his head. "I'm not a pirate."
Buggy could not help laughing. "Stop joking around. With a bounty of 100 million beli, what are you if not a pirate?"
"If I had to say..." Lynn scratched his head. "I'm a hero?"
"Tch, what a strange guy."
Buggy shook his head helplessly and sighed. "I'm not becoming a hero. Heroes have to share their treasure with everyone else, while pirates can keep it all for themselves! I want treasure, so I don't want to be a hero!"
"Then work hard!"
Standing by the side of the boat, Lynn waved goodbye to Buggy and the others. Then he kicked a wooden post at the harbor, sending the entire boat slowly away from shore.
After that, Lynn opened the book in his hands, How Even Beginners Can Learn to Operate a Small Manually Powered Sailboat.
"The shopkeeper recommended it. What a long title..."
Lynn sighed as he chewed on bread bought in Loguetown and began his familiar Learn and Use Immediately Great Voyage.
Under the morning light, a small boat carrying a