One Piece: Starting by Rejecting Shanks' Invitation
Chapter 288

Daily life: A certain Thunder God's tattling / Daily life: Goodbye

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"Ooh, you sound pretty brave." Lin MuMu waved a hand, bored. "All right, I'll stop teasing you."

Enel: "..."

"Damn it!" Enel snapped. "Do you have some kind of misunderstanding about the word 'teasing'?"

Lin MuMu turned and leaned against the lookout railing, shifting her gaze back to the calm sea. "Whatever," she said lazily. "That's just how I am. The boss... my brother has beaten me plenty of times too. We do have one thing in common."

Enel looked baffled. "?"

Lin MuMu continued, "We're both the type who keep making mistakes even after getting punished. We just can't learn to behave, no matter how many beatings we get."

Enel: "You bastard, I'm nothing like you!"

Lin MuMu smiled. "Still, that's not such a bad thing. Hehe. I'll be counting on you all to take care of my brother from now on. He might always keep to himself and seem like he doesn't like being around people, but he actually feels very insecure."

"Huh? Lin Mo, insecure?" Enel reacted as though he had heard a huge joke. "That's hilarious. He's so strong. Isn't his strength enough to make him feel secure?"

"Shallow." Lin MuMu gave a dismissive chuckle and continued, "There's a saying: I'm afraid of ghosts, yet ghosts have never harmed me; I'm not afraid of people, yet people have left me covered in wounds."

After a brief pause, Lin MuMu continued, "Actually, my brother closed off his heart when he was very young and never trusted anyone again. But now, I can feel him changing. You were the ones who pulled him out. There are things my brother could never bring himself to say, so I'll say them for him. Maybe it's selfish of me, but I still hope you'll always stay by his side. Please don't

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