Luffy looked indignant.
"Impossible."
"Shanks said pirates are the freest people in the world."
"How could they disappear?"
The corner of Zoro's mouth twitched. They weren't even on the same wavelength...
"Well... forget it."
"I'm wasting my breath."
"Never mind all that..."
"We need to hurry."
"If we don't reach the New World soon, you might not even get to see Shanks one last time..."
As he spoke, his right hand rested on Wado Ichimonji's hilt, unconsciously tightening its grip...
Kuina... wait for me...
Luffy's head snapped up in shock.
"What?!"
"What happened to Shanks?!"
He appeared in front of Zoro as though he had teleported and shook him by the collar.
Veins bulged on Zoro's forehead, and he kicked Luffy away.
"Get off me!"
Bang, bang, bang-
They started brawling again...
East Blue, Cocoyasi Village.
On a golden hillside covered in orange trees.
A young orange-haired girl sneaked into Bellemere's room, deftly opened a drawer, and slipped a stack of Beli inside. Just as she was about to leave,
she suddenly spotted the freshly harvested oranges by the door. With a mischievous chuckle, she grabbed two bags and ran off.
At noon.
Bellemere and Nojiko returned, each pushing a cart piled high with oranges. They had just stopped at the entrance and set the carts down.
Then they noticed that two bags of oranges were missing.
Nojiko smiled.
"Oh my, looks like Nami came back again."
Everyone in the village knew one another. Nami was the only one who would pull something like this.
Bellemere snorted.
"So she still remembers to come home."
Then she went inside and opened the drawer. Sure enough, there was the Beli.
Snap-
She shut the drawer and walked out of the house, putting on an indifferent expression.
"Couldn't even be bothered to