Splash...
Twenty years flew by...
East Blue.
Upon the tranquil sea, a massive light-blue merchant ship sailed through the waves.
Two enormous flags stood at the very center of the ship.
One bore the image of a three-legged firebird wreathed in flames, while the other displayed the shape of a white goat.
Beneath those two flags, on the bow deck, under a colorful parasol, a beautiful young woman dressed in cool, revealing clothes lay comfortably on a lounge chair, basking in the sun behind a pair of sunglasses.
She casually picked up a glass of honey tangerine juice from the small table beside her and gulped it down. The sea breeze brushed against her face, drawing a satisfied sigh from her.
Just then, footsteps sounded behind her. A gentlemanly man in a black suit, with a goat-like head, walked over and asked gently.
"Miss Nami, aren't you going inside to rest? This kind of sun is very unfriendly to a girl's skin!"
"Don't worry, Mr. Merry. This much sunlight is nothing to me."
The young woman named Nami merely lifted her sunglasses slightly and answered with complete confidence.
The man named Merry nodded gently at that.
"That's wonderful. As our navigator, Miss Nami, we'll be relying on you again for this voyage."
The girl's eyes were full of pride and slyness.
"Don't worry, it's easy. Besides, Kaya paid me quite well. By the way, how is Kaya doing now? She always hides it from me over the Den Den Mushi."
At that, Merry said with a troubled expression.
"She's still the same. The master and mistress's deaths a year ago dealt Miss Kaya a severe blow."
Nami's face also filled with concern. In the end, she encouraged him.
"Don't worry. I believe Kaya will recover soon. Once this is over,