At Rubick's urging, the Straw Hat Pirates left quickly. They planned to reach Nanohana's port today, resupply, then arrive at Tamarisk tomorrow and wait there for a day.
Aboard the Going Merry, everyone gathered in the Conference Room and waited for Sanji to serve the food.
Remembering the earlier fight, Luffy couldn't help saying, "That was a great fight! It's been ages since I faced someone who made me give it everything I had."
Luffy held out his fist. A small patch of it had turned black. "Uncle, I've learned Haki!"
"I'm getting the hang of it too," Zoro said.
Sanji silently kept cooking without a word.
Zoro hadn't forgotten him. "Aw, a certain Perverted Cook just can't keep up."
"Come on, I haven't learned it either, okay?" Rubick protested.
He changed the subject. "But this time, I think Usopp was the bravest."
Usopp was on cloud nine. Despite the bandages wrapped around his whole body, he planted one foot on a stool and pointed at the ceiling. "I am a brave Warrior of the sea!"
Sanji turned around with a plate, and his elbow accidentally bumped Usopp's back. Usopp screamed and toppled over.
"Ahh! Doctor! Doctor!"
Seeing Usopp like that, Chopper cried out anxiously, "Doctor! Where's the doctor? Oh, right, I'm the doctor!"
Chopper hurried to examine Usopp. Fortunately, it was only a minor bump, and he was fine.
After thinking it over for a long time, Rubick said, "Everyone, it looks like your training paid off. That means it's almost time for me to say goodbye."
"What?"
Everyone asked in confusion, "Why?"
"Because you're capable of adventuring on the sea now," Rubick said as if it were obvious. "I came to find the Child of Destiny, but I can't be your babysitter forever."
Rubick took out a sheet