"Just as I thought, your way of navigating is still as simple and brutal as ever.
"But that's fine. I've been cramming navigation, especially the geography and climate of the New World. I even brought a pile of books on the subject. I'm going to study them properly.
"You can decide where we go from now on, but I decide how we get there. How's that?"
Werther thought Anita had a point. The New World was different from the Grand Line he knew. Its weather was even stranger, and its countless climates could easily destroy a ship and everyone aboard.
"Really? So you're a Navigator now?"
Anita thought for a moment, then nodded.
"I suppose so. I've only studied navigation in the New World, but I can handle most problems. I'll keep learning more as we go."
Hearing that, Werther felt bringing Anita along had been a wise choice. He would need a Navigator in the New World; without one, he would get nowhere.
Besides, Werther did not have the best temper. If a stranger started giving orders aboard his ship, he might kill them the moment they annoyed him. Anita was different. She was his best friend.
"So how were you planning to reach Fish-Man Island before?"
Werther was puzzled by Anita's question. Wasn't Fish-Man Island directly beneath Sabaody?
"We just sink straight down. Won't we reach it when we hit the bottom?"
Anita stared at Werther as though he were some rare species.
"I can't believe you. Seventy percent of the pirates who sail from Sabaody to Fish-Man Island die in these waters. If it were that easy to reach, how could so many people have died?
"Good thing I got here in time. Otherwise, the sea might have swallowed you and Tuski."
Anita's face scrunched up in