When night falls and the weather clears up, the bright moon pours down countless moonlight, as if it has covered the earth with a thin veil, which is beautiful and intoxicating.
The lively atmosphere of the banquet still did not dissipate, and all the villagers fell asleep heavily drunk and snored subtly.
In the hut next to Tangerine Grove, the lights are on.
Mikuru packed the clothes, "Nojiko, I have to leave."
Nojiko recovered quickly under Kaya's increasingly skilled treatment. If it weren't for Nagao's warnings and instructions, she would have gotten out of bed and walked around. At this time, she stood up, put her hands flat behind her head, and spoke calmly.
"You are leaving... I have expected this day for a long time, but I am afraid that as time goes by, I will not be able to help but miss you."
"I've been staying here for more than a year, and I'm going back. I'll take a ride on the Red Nose boat."
Nojiko looked at Mikuru's busy back, "Arlong was defeated by that Red Nose's Buggy. He came here just for Nami. As for you, why do you have to do this..."
"Hmph." Mikuru snorted coldly.
"Who told Red Nose to take away my credit! I originally saved 100 million Beli to liberate the village, but I didn't know it was a futile effort, and Arlong was not defeated by me. I will definitely not be able to repay my life-saving debt.,Nami originally hated pirates, and letting her become a pirate would definitely be more uncomfortable than taking her life away. But if I become a navigator in her place, I can repay my kindness, and she won't have to suffer so much. Isn't it the best of both worlds?"
Nojiko shook his head, "I had no intention of letting you repay the favor. Even if you stay here every day, no one will gossip about you..."
"A cat's repayment of kindness is not so casual! Anyway, I made an agreement with my Red Nose. As long as I can predict the time when the weather will turn sunny and prove that I am a cat who can sail, he will allow me to board the ship."
"I don't have the power to make decisions for you... Where is Nami, does she know?"
Mikuru stuck out his tongue, "I haven't told her yet, but she will know when the time comes."
Nojiko smiled and said nothing.
Early the next morning, Buggy summoned Cabaji, Mohji, Shuma and Kaya, hoisted the sails, put in the anchor, and left with the new navigators.
Big Top makes waves on the sea and sets off forward.
On the deck, Mikuru said goodbye to everyone in Cocoyasi Village with tears in his eyes, waving reluctantly, "Uncle Nami, Nojiko, Genzo, everyone, take care!!"
Buggy glanced at the other party sideways. The night before yesterday, she suddenly came over and took out a sailing note she had recorded casually to prove her excellence. She also made a bet to predict that the weather would be fine and asked to replace Nami boarded the ship and became a navigator, and then insisted on giving a series of convincing evidence, such as that she came from New World, was more familiar with the weather of Grand Line, and would not make mistakes when sailing.
That night, Buggy thought over and over again and agreed to the other party's request, and then the weather cleared up at the time the other party expected. Of course, Buggy still tried to win Nami on the ship, but since he couldn't return, the ship could not keep him. Even though he still felt a little regretful, he decided not to stay anymore since his goal was achieved.
Nami was worried a lot on the shore. Buggy's story made her toss and turn all night. She always felt that it made sense, but also felt that something was very wrong. However, her heart began to change towards pirates, and there seemed to be outstanding people among them.
But even so, she didn't want to get on a strange ship and become partners with a group of strange people who she didn't know if she could be friends with. But when she finally found out that Mikuru had replaced her as a crew member on the pirate group, she felt like she had overturned a condiment bottle. She felt like she had overturned a condiment bottle, with mixed emotions including happiness, surprise, guilt, uneasiness, and self-blame.
When she came back to her senses, Mikuru had already left decisively amid her own hesitation, without any chance for discussion. Why not wait any longer? Maybe she could come up with a better way to let pirate Buggy leave voluntarily without any care...
But... is there such a person? Nami's eyes are hesitant, and he helps others without any reward or hesitation, relying only on his belief. Is there such a pirate in this world...
Nojiko beside him seemed to see what Nami was thinking, and put his right hand on the latter's shoulder, "I think he will definitely not be the first pirate to shock us. In the future, you will definitely meet your favorite partner to help you complete your dream of painting the world!!"
Mikuru was heartbroken at first, but as soon as he left Cocoyasi Village, he seemed to be a changed person. There was still a trace of tears everywhere. He stretched out his index finger and kept poking Buggy's cheek.
"Red Nose, I promised you to be the navigator of this ship. You must not play Nami's ideas anymore, otherwise I will never be done with you. Do you know, do you know, do you know!"
As he said this, he seemed to find it very funny and couldn't stop poking at all, but his face became more and more angry.
Buggy looked at her expressionlessly and threw a ball of yarn onto the deck.
"Jujuan~juanjuan~" Mikuru's eyes were filled with stars, and he pounced on the yarn ball without hesitation. He couldn't help but "enjoy" the yarn ball on the deck, his body rolled around, and his cat ears kept trembling.
Shuma slowly walked up to Mikuru, squatted down, looked at the latter curiously, stretched out a hand, and touched Mikuru's head.
Snap!
His hand was only stretched out halfway before it was mercilessly knocked off. Mikuru stared at the other person dissatisfied and pouted.
"Let me touch you, little bear."
Shuma didn't look discouraged at all and stretched out his hand again.
Snap!
Being slapped away mercilessly again, Mikuru bared his teeth and yelled, "Idiot, I'm a cat, not a bear, not a bear, I'm a cat!"
"Hey, it turns out it's not a bear, but a cat-panda?"
"It's a cat, it's a cat, it's a cute cat!"
"Oh..."
Shuma didn't care at all about what the other party wanted to say. He took out a branch at some point and poked the ants on the deck who didn't know where they came from. "Come and play with ants, it's fun!"
"Playing with ants, okay, okay~" Mikuru subconsciously raised a smile and responded happily, but as soon as the words came out of her mouth, she realized something was wrong, she made a disgusted face and curled her lips, "Don't treat me like a child--"
The weather was perfect. Kaya was sitting on a chair on the deck, flipping through some medical books given by Nagao. From time to time, he looked back at Mikuru, who was playing with Shuma, and smiled knowingly. Although he didn't know how uncle Buggy managed to get this little kitten onto the ship, the atmosphere made people feel very warm and comfortable. Well... this ship is indeed a very interesting ship.