Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

"Doctors don't distinguish between men and women, you know?" Luffy said this with a hint of lack of confidence.

That's true, but he's not a professional doctor!

"Doctor...you?" Uta stared at Luffy with a look of suspicion.

"What, are you shy? It's not like I haven't seen you when you squeezed into my bed and dragged me to the hot springs when we were little."

Who's shy?

Uta was speechless for a moment.

And can we compare what we were like as children to what we are like now?

Even with your head down, you can see that it's a whole size bigger.

Just as Luffy was about to speak, a warning rang out.

"I'm very busy, you should rest first."

What are you up to?

Uta poked her head out and, upon seeing the book Luffy was flipping through, her expression instantly turned strange.

"Luffy, you idiot, do you even understand this stuff?" Uta asked with a doubtful look.

"What kind of preconceived notion is that? We haven't seen each other for so many years, how could I still be an idiot?" Luffy said, head held high, quite confident. How to put it... not bad.

I used to be the kind of person who couldn't say anything back when people said that to me.

"...I don't believe it."

Uta gave a soft snort.

It's unimaginable. When she was little, she was completely defeated by Luffy, and now she's saying that he cured her illness?

Moreover, he even reads books on his own during his rest time, books he enjoys. Do you even understand them?

Uta is more inclined to believe that Luffy is deliberately trying to get her attention.

Just like how little boys always like to mess around with random things and then show them to little girls to get their attention, this idea perfectly matches Luffy's personality.

A slight smirk played on her lips; for some reason, she felt a secret sense of satisfaction.

Luffy is that age now.

"What are you thinking about? Your temperature has come down. If you're still in the process of your temperature dropping, make sure you're dressed warmly and take your medicine."

Luffy stretched out his arm and handed the water and medicine to Uta. "By the way, Uta, are you also a Devil Fruit user?"

"how do you know?"

Uta paused for a moment, took the water and drank it. She ate the Devil Fruit after separating from Luffy. As if she had thought of something, she frowned and asked.

"Did Shanks tell you that?"

"No, Shanks only left me the hat."

Luffy noticed Uta's gaze lingering on his hat, so he took it off, stretched out his hand, and put it on her head. "When Shanks and the others came back, they said you left the ship to pursue your dream. You promised to go with them, you untrustworthy guy."

"Did he tell you that?"

"what?"

"It's nothing, just consider it as such. Here, take the hat back."

Luffy was quite puzzled.

Uta looked preoccupied, and when she talked about Shanks, she no longer had the same smile and pride she remembered.

The long-standing distance between them disappeared without them even realizing it, and they regained their previous feelings in just a few words.

Especially after Luffy explained the specific treatment details, and even helped her take off her clothes and wipe her body with an ice towel... Uta didn't say a word, then took off her clothes and changed behind Luffy, comforting herself that, given Luffy's carefree and impulsive personality, he would forget everything in a couple of days!

She let her hair down, her red and white bangs swaying gently, and wore a red and white coat over a white short-sleeved shirt as she leaned close to Luffy.

"You're actually watching? What's with this sudden interest in music? Do you want to sing with me?"

Uta exuded youthful energy, her face still flushed, giving her a sickly fragility that easily stirred a protective instinct in people.

A faint, pleasant fragrance wafts towards you.

Luffy took a sniff.

“Hey, it’s very rude to do this in front of a lady.” Uta grabbed Luffy’s face and pulled him toward her.

"How can even breathing be wrong?"

"Do you like pretty girls who smell of sweat?" Uta said irritably.

"...But it smells really good."

"...Are you really Luffy?" Uta asked in shock. Could Luffy really say something like that?

Clutching her wildly beating heart, why did this praise taste as sweet as honey? Damn it, Luffy! Uta, somewhat embarrassed and angry, tugged at his face, because the rubber man's face really did feel very smooth and comfortable to touch.

"You're just like Nami," Luffy couldn't help but retort.

"Nami?"

Luffy felt a chill run down his spine. In fact, he didn't know why he felt this way. It was probably because there were too many ice packs in the room and the temperature wasn't high.

"It sounds like a girl's name. Are you close to her? There are a lot of scammers in the ocean. Be careful, someone like you might get scammed until you're penniless. Don't trust women too much..." Uta's words spilled out uncontrollably.

She felt inexplicably annoyed. She only had Luffy as a friend, but Luffy had more than just her.

However... the only one who could get Luffy to share this straw hat is probably her.

Secret pleasure.

"Nami is my navigator."

Luffy, his eyes still glued to the book, couldn't help but say something.

"If we're talking about deception, haven't you deceived me enough?"

Luffy pursed his lips, thinking to himself how many underhanded tricks Uta had used in various competitions when they were kids, and how he had actually believed them so naively, and once he believed them, he believed them two, three, or four times.

"In the end, someone said they'd come back next time, but they left without even leaving a letter, which made me..."

Uta didn't really want to talk about that.

After all, Luffy is Luffy, and Shanks and the others are them. The somewhat gloomy mood suddenly turned into interest when they heard what Luffy said next.

"What's wrong? Didn't you see me crying?"

"Heh." Luffy rolled his eyes. "Don't get too cocky. I just feel a little cheated that I didn't beat you even once."

I'm just not willing to accept it.

However, Luffy's self-regulation ability is quite good. He then comforted himself, saying that he would just have to pin Uta down when he met her in the future.

It's like when Uta learned a few basic kung fu moves as a child, and before he could learn how to use the Gum-Gum Fruit to ride on him.

He desperately wants to turn the tables and become the master of his own destiny.

But taking advantage of a brief moment, he turned back to look at Uta, sized her up, and couldn't help but say:

"And what's wrong with your body right now? Why do you look so weak?"

"You talk like you're so strong." Uta retorted defiantly, then reached out and touched Luffy's arm.

Good, such strong hardness.

You wouldn't believe it, Luffy doesn't look like the kind of person with a bulky build.

On another note, Uta thought of the Marines and pirates outside. Had Luffy taken care of them all? Those people weren't the kind of people you could reason with and get to sit down and have a peaceful conversation with.

"Just consider it as me neglecting my training."

More than that, Uta was curious about what had happened to Luffy.

This is not the Luffy she remembers.

She bent down and realized that Luffy seemed to have grown taller than her.

Chapter 38 I was here first

Uta was very curious about what had happened to Luffy.

Who is that navigator named Nami?

Putting aside his seemingly eloquent medical knowledge, Uta believed that Luffy was simply trying to attract her attention. She casually asked him about two simple theoretical points from the book, and Luffy answered them without hesitation.

Uta suddenly felt like he was still dreaming.

Could it be that she projected Luffy's most perfect image into her dream?

Thinking of this, Uta suddenly bit Luffy's arm.

"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!!!"

Uta's little tiger teeth were sharp, and Luffy gasped, "What are you doing?"

"I just wanted to see if I was dreaming."

"...Then why don't you bite yourself?" Luffy's lips twitched slightly.

"I'm afraid of pain." Uta looked away shyly.

"You bite me back!" Luffy, ever vengeful, fixed his gaze on Uta's arm.

Uta: "......."

"If you do that, I'm going to yell 'pervert!'" Uta stared at Luffy with the look of someone looking at trash, arms crossed.

"Then you're a pervert too."

Luffy sneered.

"When did you become so eloquent? Could it be that someone trained you? Was it that woman named Nami?"