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

Chapter 139 An Encounter with Aokiji [First Update]

Five o'clock in the evening was the agreed meeting time.

The location was set in the town's central square.

As the sun set, Robin, carrying books, walked out of the museum with light steps and a satisfied smile on his lips.

It was very quiet, and no one bothered her the whole time. There were also very few people in the museum, which allowed her to spend a fulfilling and wonderful afternoon.

This kind of life was almost a luxury for her before.

But since joining the Fallen Adventurers, it has become the norm... Robin squinted at the sky, recalling that day on the turtle's back when the boy laughed and reached out his hand to her; it seemed the sunset was also this warm orange-red.

Why do I keep thinking about that day? She chuckled to herself, trying to clear her mind.

As soon as I arrived at the central square, I heard Nami's voice, trembling with tears—

"Waaaaah!"

"Why?! Why am I the only one who's so unlucky?!"

Robin looked over in surprise and saw Nami sobbing on Shano's shoulder, her short orange hair trembling with each sob.

"Even though Kuina is sitting right by the fountain, they don't even dare to glance at her. Nojiko is drinking coffee on the second floor above me, and hardly anyone goes looking for him. But all the pirates on the island, one by one, have come here!"

"That's really going too far."

Xia Nuo gently patted her back, his expression serious, as if they shared a common hatred for the enemy.

But when Robin turned to the side, she clearly noticed that her captain's lips were twitching, and he was obviously struggling to hold back his laughter and was about to burst out laughing.

How is this going?

She couldn't help but feel curious, so she lowered her voice and quietly asked Nokigo, who was sitting on the bench next to her.

Nojiko was also trying hard to suppress her laughter. Upon hearing this, she moved closer to Robin and whispered an explanation in her ear.

"Brother, do you know what other hurtful things they said?"

Nami, unaware of Robin's approach, suddenly straightened up and imitated the rude manner of the pirates:

"That's right! It's her! She's the mascot with 80,000 Berries!"

"Remember to go easy on her and give her some leeway. She's Lord Xia Nuo's sister; we can't afford to offend her!"

"Don't offend them my foot! The fact that everyone comes to me is already an offense!"

She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her hair practically sparking. "How dare you call me a mascot? So what if I have 80,000 Berries! Did 80,000 Berries eat their rice?!"

"That's really going too far."

After hearing the whole story, Robin couldn't help but chuckle and said:

"But there's no need to be so sad, Nami. If you look at it from another angle, isn't this a great opportunity to show off your true abilities and also give these guys a good beating to vent your anger?"

"I wish it could be like that!!!"

Nami was even more annoyed and searched around, "Where is that little rascal? He was just here a moment ago."

"Meow?"

A fluffy, pale yellow ball popped out from the top of her head. The mochi blinked its big, round eyes, tilted its head, and looked down at Nami.

Looking for me?
"How did you manage to hide in my hair when you're so fat?!"

Nami grabbed him and vigorously rubbed his round face. "It's all your fault, you know! I was about to make my move, but you had to jump out. The moment you opened your mouth, all those cowards ran away in fear!"

"She was screaming something like, 'Oh no! That monster is going to set everyone on fire!'"

"Meow!"

The glutinous rice ball proudly raised its tail, its little expression extremely proud.

How about that? I'm awesome, aren't I!

"You're so great, my foot! You're just a bully pretending to be powerful, don't you know that?!"

Nami was furious and immediately started beating him up. "Until you give me back my bounty, don't even think about me taking you shopping next time, and definitely don't even think about fighting. In short, don't keep lying on my head all the time!!"

"Meow……"

Nuomizi felt dizzy and fell backward, with several smoky bumps on her head.

Looking at this familiar scene.

Everyone burst into laughter, and the square was filled with a joyful atmosphere.

"Everyone's here."

Once Nami had vented her anger and everyone had finished laughing, Shano straightened up again, cleared his throat, and spoke:
"I've already booked a table at the most famous restaurant in the north of the city. Let's all have a good meal and drinks together later!"

"No pirates should dare to bother us tonight. Let's relax and rest tonight, and set sail for our next destination after we wake up tomorrow morning."

"Eh?"

Now it was Nami's turn to be surprised, "Leaving tomorrow morning?"

"What, you're reluctant to leave this place?" Nojiko said with a grin. "No way, someone was just complaining that shopping on this island isn't fun at all."

"It has nothing to do with that kind of thing!"

Nami glared at her sister with displeasure, raising her slender, fair wrist. "It's a Log Pose. If we leave tomorrow morning, the magnetism won't be fully charged yet."

She's a professional navigator.

When everyone parted ways in the morning, the first thing she did was to determine the time it would take for the island to record the magnetism.

After several inquiries, the answer I received was that it would take a full five days.

"That's generally true, but it's not necessary for this island."

Xia Nuo reached out and pinched Nami's cheek. "You're usually so clever, have you been crying your eyes out this time? Have you forgotten what we saw on the tower this morning?"

"Eh?"

Nami was taken aback at first, then her eyes lit up. "That's right! The Sea Train! We can follow the Sea Train's tracks and go directly to the next island!"

"bingo."

Xia Nuo snapped his fingers.

The current sea train has a total of five stations, connecting five islands.

From south to north, they are Carnival City, Food City, Spring Queen City, Water Seven, and Judiciary Island.

Xia Nuo and his group are currently at this second stop.

The next stop is San Bobra, the city known as the Queen of Spring, famous for its annual grand carnival and thriving underground industry.

Xia Nuo didn't actually have much of an impression of this city.

This city never appears in the main story of the original manga; it is only mentioned in the cover story.

After being wanted by the World Government, the CP9 group used this city as their base, living in hiding for a period of time. They used their various skills to raise money for Rob Lucci's medical expenses in all sorts of ways.

"Actually, you can also take the train directly to the next station."

Xia Nuo chuckled and said, "I guess none of you have ever experienced this before. I'd like to try it myself. What about you guys?"

"Me, me, me!" Nami was the first to raise her right hand. "I want to try it too and see what it's like!"

“Me too.” Nojiko nodded as well.

The reactions of the others were similar; clearly, everyone was very interested in this novel thing that had only been piloted in the Grand Line a few years ago.

“This is going to be difficult…” Xia Nuo pinched her chin.

Everyone wants to ride the sea train.

Who will drive the boat?
Everyone looked at each other, their gazes gradually turning in the same direction.

Ouch?

Ah Yin stared wide-eyed at the group of people in disbelief.

Should I steer the boat?
real or fake?

"You're kidding, that definitely won't work."

Xia Nuo smiled and ruffled its hair:
"Forget it, let's go have dinner first. We'll draw lots tomorrow morning. Half of us will go by boat, and the other half by train. Anyway, there will be other opportunities to take the train later, so we can just switch again then."

That was indeed a fair idea, and everyone nodded in agreement.

The streetlights came on.

The group followed Xia Nuo toward the restaurant on the north side where they had made a reservation.

As we walked along, we happened to pass through a garden, a rather tranquil setting.

On the roadside benches, couples can be seen cuddling together and whispering softly, with a faint fragrance of flowers wafting in the air.

Only one of the benches was different.

There was a tall, slovenly man lying there fast asleep in a very unseemly sleeping position, with a white coat covering his head.

The crowd didn't think much of it and walked past as usual, but the man's snoring stopped at that very moment.

"Oh my, it's so lively..."

A lazy voice sounded from behind my ear.

Before the others could react, Shano, Robin, and Smoker all stopped in their tracks, their expressions changed slightly, and they turned around.

"I have so many acquaintances here."

Aokiji put on his coat, took off his eye mask, yawned sleepily, and calmly said, "What a coincidence, everyone, to run into you here."

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P.S.: Something came up today, and I started writing quite late, so I'm posting a shorter update now. There's a longer update coming up, but I probably won't finish it until early this morning. You can check back tomorrow.

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