One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 135 The ocean has no right to tell me what to do!

"..."

Nami stared blankly at the wanted poster, as if she had been petrified.

Xia Nuo and Nuo Qi Gao remained silent, patting her on the shoulder with sympathy.

They had only patted each other twice when they looked at each other and then turned their heads away at the same time, their bodies trembling slightly as they desperately tried to hold back their laughter.

"Meow?"

Nuomizi, however, became interested. She climbed onto Nami's head, lay on it, tilted her head, and carefully examined herself in the wanted poster.

"Meow~"

The glutinous rice ball nodded in satisfaction, stretched out its tail to pat the photo, as if to say—"Look, how photogenic I am!"

"..."

A tic-tac-toe pattern slowly appeared on Nami's forehead.

She took a deep breath, trying to suppress her impending outburst of anger, but her voice still trembled uncontrollably:
"Glutinous rice, rice cakes..."

"Get down here right now!!!"

She suddenly reached out to grab the glutinous rice ball on her head, but the little guy reacted very quickly, nimbly rolled away, jumped onto her shoulder, and even blinked innocently.

"Meow?"

"Are you still pretending to be stupid?!"

Nami gritted her teeth, "Why is all the credit taken from me?! What, so you're the one with the Flame-Flame Fruit power? So you're worth a hundred million Berries?! Are those bastards at Marine Headquarters blind?!!!!"

Mochi finally got caught. Nami kept squeezing its face until it was deformed. It hurt so much. It looked aggrieved and wanted to cry but couldn't.

Ah Yin, who was lying by the railing, wagged his tail rapidly, watching this scene with schadenfreude.

Hehe, that's great, now I'm finally not the one to suffer all of this.

What is Senior Yin showing off about?

Xia Nuo couldn't stand it anymore, so she kicked Ah Yin and sent it into the sea.

"You can talk to it so much, but it won't understand."

Xia Nuo rescued the mochi from Nami and placed it on his head with a smile. "Look, you usually let it stick to you like this and rarely separate it. I guess that's why the Navy thought the flames that day came from it."

"So, the Navy used mochi as a flamethrower, and you were the one holding the flamethrower."

Smoker exhaled a smoke ring and murmured, "Tsk, a cat tree, huh..."

"Go to hell, you chain smoker!"

Boom!
Nami, unable to bear it any longer, punched Smoker on the head.

Smoker was instantly bruised and battered, his cigar flying out of his hand. He clutched the large, red welt, incredulous.

"That doesn't make sense. You don't even know any domineering aura, how did you manage to beat me?"

"Didn't I already tell you that fire can control smoke?"

Nami clapped her hands, and after venting her anger, she felt much better. However, when she saw her wanted poster, which still only had a bounty of 80,000, her face immediately fell again.

"still have a chance."

Nami, clutching the bounty poster, went to the bow of the ship, gazing at the distant sea with a resolute look in her eyes. "There will definitely be another chance. In the next battle, I will prove myself completely..."

What proof are you talking about?!
Nami suddenly ripped the wanted poster to shreds and threw it into the sea, then roared at the ocean with tears streaming down her face:

"There won't be a next time! I'll never pay attention to bounty posters again!"

Just you wait, Marine Headquarters!!!

Sooner or later, I will personally follow my brother to Marineford and turn the entire harbor into a raging sea of ​​fire, and see if you can still mistake my abilities!

"This resentment... has reached the heavens."

Everyone shivered involuntarily as they looked at the orange-haired figure ahead.

It looks like the next two days...

It's best to avoid provoking her as much as possible.

“By the way, Smoker,” Nojiko turned around and asked, “what’s your bounty? I skipped over that earlier and haven’t told you yet.”

"It's gone up a little."

Smoker turned his gaze away from Nami's retreating figure and glanced at the wanted poster in his hand. "One hundred and sixty million."

"Damn it, they still have so many more than me!" Nojiko said indignantly, then asked, "What about Uncle Zeff and Sister Robin?"

"Like Gintoki, Zeff's bounty hasn't changed either. After all, he didn't make a move that day, so it's normal. As for Robin..."

After searching for a while, Smoker raised an eyebrow in surprise. "...Strange, it seems like hers isn't here."

"No? How could that be?"

Nojiko refused to believe it and searched for a while herself, but she really couldn't find it.

"That makes sense."

Smoker pondered, "After all, Robin didn't make a move that day, and because she was in the desert, she wore a local-style sun hat and sunglasses the whole time. She probably wasn't recognized by the reporters and wasn't photographed. So the Marine Headquarters had no way of knowing that Robin had boarded our ship."

Robin took a sip of his coffee, his gaze calm, and said nothing.

"What's wrong? Are you thinking to yourself, 'Oh well, I guess I'm still not considered part of this ship.' But that's fine, at least someone like me with a dark past won't drag these guys down with me."

Xia Nuo sat down across from her at the round table and laughed heartily:

"Don't worry, it won't be a secret for long. I'm actually quite curious to see what the World Government's expression will be when they find out you're on my ship. No matter how angry they are, it doesn't seem to matter."

"..."

Robin's fingertips trembled almost imperceptibly, causing tiny ripples to appear in the black coffee in his cup.

She looked up at Xia Nuo, wanting to refute something, but ultimately fell silent.

It was clearly her who had always been quietly hiding in the shadows, observing others.

But the black-haired boy who pulled her onto the boat always managed to see through her little schemes at a glance.

A hint of self-pity had just begun to rise in my heart...

"Where to next, Captain?"

Robin gracefully set down her coffee cup, naturally changing the subject with a smile, and said, "If I remember correctly, the next stop on the Alabasta route is Jaya Island. Are you going there?"

"Gaya Island?"

Xia Nuo recalled for a moment.

If I remember correctly, following the surging ocean currents nearby, you can leave the Qinghai and head to the Sky Island region ruled by Enel.

He ultimately shook his head.

"No, the World Government is now paying much more attention to us. Continuing along this route would be too risky and we could easily be ambushed. We need to find a new way."

We still need to be prepared.

He felt that the island of Jaya was now probably teeming with naval spies.

You might just push open the shutter door of a pub and find a guy in a baseball cap waiting for you at the bar.

"I remember you had permanent pointers on all the islands around Alabasta, right?"

Shano looked at Robin and said, "How about this? Remove Jaya Island, and also remove those that take the same route as Drum Island. Cover up the tags on the rest and let's have a lottery."

Do you go wherever you draw the lottery number?

Nokiko's eyes lit up: "Great idea! I agree!"

"I agree too."

"Me too, after all, unknown adventures are more fascinating."

The other crew members nodded in agreement.

"Wait here for me." Robin walked towards his room and returned shortly with a backpack.

wow-

A dozen or so permanent pointers with their labels covered are scattered on the round table, their glass casings refracting a crystal-clear light in the sunlight.

"Come on, Captain."

Robin chuckled and gestured for him to proceed. "A choice of destiny."

"I've always been very lucky."

Xia Nuo picked one up casually, examined it against the sunlight, and the pointer trembled slightly inside the glass case before quickly stabilizing and pointing northwest.

"Let's go! Let's go here!"

Xia Nuo laughed and tossed the pointer high into the air, then caught it steadily. "Go to this... well, I don't know what kind of island it is!"

…………

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

The curtain falls, still sailing at full speed on the sea.

The climate along the Grand Line is always unpredictable.

One second the sky was clear and blue, the next second, dark clouds swallowed the entire sea like a giant beast.

Rumble!
In the distance, the sky began to flash with lightning.

"It seems like a terrible storm is about to break out."

Nami stood up from the wicker chair under the parasol, looked up at the sky and murmured.

At this moment, she had recovered from the shock of the bounty. She stretched out her fair palm, feeling the flow of the wind, her expression solemn. "It's much more terrifying than all the previous ones combined."

Just as Shano said.

His luck has always been very good. In the month or so since he entered the Grand Line, the Fallen has encountered very few natural disasters.

The ship was only hit by storms a few times, and none of them were particularly large. Thanks to the sturdy hull made of Adam Tree, it escaped unscathed.

But this time, the situation seems to be a little different.

"Attention everyone!"

Nami turned around and shouted, "Fold the sails! Fold the mainmast and the first gunnery, and turn the rudder to left with full force!"

Before the words were even finished, large raindrops began to fall.

At first, it was just a few scattered drops, but in the blink of an eye, it turned into a torrential downpour. Amidst the lightning and thunder, the raindrops pounded on the deck with a loud crackling sound, as if thousands of pearls were shattering at the same time.

"Damn it!"

Smoker hurriedly threw on his raincoat and rushed to the helm. "I'll take charge of steering. Nami, don't stay on deck, go somewhere sheltered from the rain and give directions!"

"Okay, it's up to you!"

Nami nimbly flipped up to the open-air kendo dojo on the second floor and came to the eaves.

Her soaked orange hair clung to her cheeks, which she casually brushed aside. She squinted and gazed into the distance through the rain. The wind whipped across her face, but it did nothing to diminish her sharp gaze.

"Let's break out from the 10 o'clock direction, the clouds are thinnest there! Going in this direction will allow us to escape this storm-covered area as quickly as possible!"

"learn!"

Everyone immediately got to work.

Smoker followed Nami's instructions without hesitation and quickly turned the rudder in that direction.

Nami's talent for navigation has long been recognized by everyone.

Even Smoker, who came from the elite Marine Headquarters, had to admit that among all his colleagues, Nami's navigation skills were second to none.

Wow!
Suddenly, the wind intensified, howling and tearing at the waves. The once docile seawater suddenly became enraged, whipping up giant waves hundreds of meters high that crashed onto the deck.

Swish!
A dark shadow swept past, and Kuina flashed to the bow of the ship.

"Wind Barrier".

She whispered calmly and gently pushed the hilt of the knife with her thumb.

Zheng——

As the sword was drawn, a fierce wind suddenly erupted!
In an instant, the air in front of the bow twisted and trembled, and a gust of wind sword energy more than ten meters wide blocked the way, forming a semi-transparent wind wall above the deck.

boom! ! !
A hundred-meter-high surging wave crashed into the wind wall, but the force that should have been devastating vanished instantly, like a mud ox sinking into the sea.

Only a small portion of the seawater at the edge turned into a drizzle and sprinkled on both sides of the ship, having no effect whatsoever on the Shumo.

"Huh? They just confiscated it?"

Nokiko's eyes widened. "Did you learn this from that Gale Sword Technique book? That's amazing!"

She was originally planning to freeze the oncoming giant wave into ice and snow.

The giant wave came quickly and suddenly, and she wasn't really confident about it.

Unexpectedly, Kuina easily resolved the crisis with just one sword strike.

"Hmm, we only had a small success with this trick yesterday, so let's give it a try."

Kuina smiled.

Although she appeared calm, she was breathing slightly heavily, indicating that this move was more physically demanding than "Steel Slash".

I still need to practice more.

Kuina sighed inwardly, realizing that the Wind-Controlling Sword Technique was far too profound; she had only just grasped the basics.

What does it matter if a single wave is confiscated?

If one were to fully master the "Wind Barrier," according to the manual, it would be able to completely absorb all ranged attacks.

I don't know when I'll be able to reach that point...

She shook her head, snapped out of her daze, and looked up.

Under the eaves on the second floor, Nami did not relax after the giant wave was easily subdued. Instead, she stared intently into the distance, her expression even more solemn.

Is it because the storm is getting worse?
Guina turned her head and looked up at the sky.

In the pitch-black clouds, lightning bolts danced wildly, each flash illuminating the entire sea area as if it were daytime.

The roar of the waves grew more and more intense, like the roar of a giant sea monster, while the surrounding currents suddenly became turbulent and violent, swirling rapidly like whirlpools.

"No, no! These unusual ocean current phenomena shouldn't occur at the same time..."

Nami stared intently at the sea, then suddenly realized something. Her pupils contracted sharply, and she shouted:

"It's a colossal sea king! The storm is so strong that it has disturbed this giant creature that roams the seabed in this area, and it's unleashing its fury!"

As if to confirm her words, a huge bulge suddenly rose from the sea, more than a kilometer in diameter, and the surrounding sea began to churn violently as if boiling.

boom! ! !
A cyan tentacle, hundreds of meters thick, burst out of the water, carrying tens of thousands of tons of seawater, and angrily crashed into the Fallen!

not good!

Kuina was horrified and immediately drew her sword to try and stop it, but as soon as she made contact, she was smashed away by the tentacle and slammed onto the deck.

"Kuina!" Nami cried out, her face pale.

At this critical moment——

boom!
The training room door was suddenly kicked open, and a dark figure shot out like a cannonball, leaving spiderweb-like cracks on the deck before soaring into the sky!

"The Spear of Elbaf..."

Xia Nuo's figure collided violently with the tentacles, yet he remained unmoved. He grinned and slammed his domineering right fist into the enormous, sky-covering figure.

"Wei Guo!"

(End of this chapter)