One Piece: Who still has dreams?

Nami, with her sharp teeth, yelled, "Are you an idiot?! How could a weak woman like me possibly handle something this heavy? I'm not some kind of super-strong man like you!"

She laboriously tossed the cloud back to Redio, who caught it with one hand and then returned the first three sticks to her.

Given the randomness of the three-in-one result, if the item is of low value, Redio usually makes a copy of the original sample as a backup.

The Imperial Chef's Chef is now too valuable for Redio to replicate, and he's also reluctant to use it for synthesis casually. If the quality of the synthesized product is lowered or the synthesis is ruined, it would be a huge loss.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have used Nami's nunchucks to combine with Seastone; he would have directly used the chef's Seastone instead.

"Besides, these aren't some kind of three-section staff, just three short sticks that can be assembled." Nami re-tied her three sticks back to her thighs and hid them. "You'll have to practice how to use the three-section staff yourself, just don't knock your head out..."

……

"boom!"

"Pong!"

"Snapped"

As dusk fell, the sea was bathed in a blood-red glow from the setting sun.

On the dilapidated deck, only Redio remained, wielding his 30-kilogram nunchuck in the sea breeze. Because of his clumsy technique, he would occasionally hit himself on the head, and the nunchuck would slam against his shoulders, arms, back, and chest, leaving bruises.

To avoid his shirt getting torn, Redio simply took off his shirt, revealing a well-built physique with defined muscles that weren't bulky but rather perfectly proportioned and well-defined.

Especially when he was vigorously swinging the nunchucks, the undulation of his muscles stunned Nami. The paint bucket in her hand fell to the ground with a "bang," startling her.

"Why should I do it all by myself?"

Redio, on deck, looked in her direction, but Nami preemptively pointed with her brush at the red-nosed skull design on the huge sail, "You're strong, you should paint the sail, I'll go take down the pirate flag..."

Reddio, wielding the Cloud-Wandering Three-Section Staff with a rather impressive stance, muttered loudly to himself, "Huh, how strange, who did I give all that gold to?"

You're ruthless!

For Nojiko's sake, for the sake of the village... for the sake of the gold, endure it!

Nami, her chest heaving, angrily climbed up to take down the pirate flag and start painting the sails...

[Mastered: Basic Staff Techniques (Introduction)]

Redio looked at the system's assessment and was overjoyed. Who could understand the feeling of seeing one's own progress with the naked eye?

Without such positive motivation, he himself doubted whether he could have endured the self-torture-like environment of the gravity training room. After all, in his previous life, he was just an ordinary person, not someone with a monster-like physique like Zoro.

The so-called initial insight, or initial understanding, as determined by the system, in Redio's experience means "sometimes effective, sometimes not."

"Snapped!"

Just moments ago, Reddio was wielding the Cloud-Wandering Three-Section Staff with impressive skill, but suddenly his technique faltered, and he inexplicably struck himself on the head, wincing in pain and rubbing it rapidly.

This is what it's like for beginners...

Reddio wasn't in a hurry. He calmed down and continued practicing with the nunchaku, getting familiar with its weight, center of gravity, and how it moved when he swung it from different positions, adapting to its "temperament".

……

Are you sure it's going that way?

The sound of waves crashing against the shore drifted into the wheelhouse as night fell. Nami, with a lamp lit, compared the ship's route to a nautical chart and said with skepticism, "If you're going to Mirror Ball Island, the chart says you need to go at a slightly different angle."

Reddio lay on the hammock beside him and selected one of the tasks in the task list: [In Progress Task, Client: Eureka], then clicked on the details.

Three months ago, the Tulip Pirates' years of accumulated treasure were all swindled away by a female thief named Nami. Captain Eureka was heartbroken; destroying countless villages and towns couldn't soothe his pain. If he ever saw that hateful thief again, he would make her regret it.

[Mission Objective: Capture the female thief Nami and deliver her to the Tulip Pirates.]

[Client: Eureka]

[Distance: Medium]

[Estimated Difficulty: ★]

Redio selected the mission, glanced at the sea outside, saw the approximate location of the client indicated by the system, and nodded, saying, "That's right, it's in this direction."

Nami had no choice but to obey; she planned to slip away at the next location anyway. Once the course was stable, she curled up to the side, intending to rest for a bit.

However, with this heavy bag of gold as her pillow, her heart was pounding, and she couldn't fall asleep. She couldn't help but stare at the young man—no, the boy—on the hammock.

She had already asked, and this guy was only 15 years old, a month younger than her! He was just tall and big.

"Hey, Redio, who exactly are you?" Nami couldn't help but ask.

“Someone who’s planning to go to sleep,” Redio replied.

"You're really giving me all this gold? You can't take it back."

"Are you complaining that it's not enough?"

"No..." Nami muttered, shifting to a more comfortable position on the gold pouch. Gazing at the pitch-black night sky and sea outside, she suddenly asked, "Why did you say in the passenger ship's restaurant earlier, 'If you take out 5000 million Berries, you can turn it into 1 million'?"

The 1 million Berries was a deal she made with her enemy. If she could gather that 1 million, she could buy her village and rescue everyone from that scoundrel's clutches.

Unfortunately, the wheelhouse was silent, and Redio did not answer.

Because Reddio's attention was focused on a system notification that popped up in front of him...

[Ongoing mission, client: Tony Tony Chopper]

Daily reward: 8 Essence

[Remaining Essence: 2120]

I actually got 8 essences today, not bad luck!

Redio smiled, then heard Nami ask, "—before we went to the restaurant, did you already know me?"

"I suppose so," Redio said noncommittally.

Do you like me?

"Ha ha……"

Nami suddenly asked, "Did someone hire you to capture me?"

Seeing that Reddio didn't answer, she added, "Because I've noticed that you seem to really enjoy having people ask you for help, so... But I've only been messing with pirates, you shouldn't be asking pirates for favors..."

Redio said, "I suppose so."

"what?"

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[East Blue, a certain island, the hiding place of the Tulip Pirates]

Redio, holding the rope, brought Nami in front of the group of pirates for display.

“This is Nami, the little thief who robbed you of everything three months ago.” Redio cleared his throat. “Do you still recognize her? If you do, hurry up and confirm receipt.”

Nami, bound behind him, burst into tears, fangs wailing, "You really did something like this?! Waaaaaah!!"

Chapter 12 Lucky Cat

The Tulip Pirates are characterized by each member having a tulip-shaped hair ornament on their head. This place is very close to Mirror Ball Island, the fashion center of the East Blue; I wonder if they get their hair done frequently.

"This is Nami, the little thief who robbed you of everything three months ago."

As Redio spoke, the pirates were lying in a neat row on the beach sunbathing. Upon hearing this, they all turned to look at him, including their captain, Eureka.

"Do you still recognize her? If you do, hurry up and confirm receipt." Redio tugged on the rope, revealing the orange-haired girl who was being dragged over from behind.

"..."

Just as Nami was crying her heart out, the pirates looked at each other for a while and whispered among themselves, "Who is this guy?" "Never seen him before..." "He looks kind of familiar!" "I think I saw this guy next to the captain a few days ago when we came back for vacation."

"Of course I remember that little thief."

Captain Eureka stood up, his body covered in scars that throbbed with pain every now and then, so he had been resting here lately. He never expected that an idiot would come knocking on his door.

He looked coldly at Redio. "But who are you? I don't remember."

Nami was thunderstruck. That bastard Redio actually claimed he was hired to catch her, a petty thief. Turns out, she didn't even know him!

Of course, this mission was detected by the system's radar. I was just passing by and accepted it casually.

Redio said to Eureka, "Just tell me, didn't I catch the thief for you?"

Eureka glanced at Nami and gave her a cruel smile, which terrified Nami, turning her face green with fear.

“Okay!” Eureka nodded. “Consider it a favor you’ve done for us. What do you want? Do you want to join us?”

[Task Completed]

[Task Reward: 15 Essence]

What do I want?

Redio pointed behind him, "I want to say something to her."

The other pirates burst into laughter: "Hey! You've captured her and handed her over to us, you can't go back on your word, even though she's very beautiful! Hahahaha!"

Redio said, "Nami, you said before that you discovered what I like?"

"what?"

Nami, tears welling in her eyes, froze upon hearing this, then suddenly a brilliant idea struck her. She took a deep breath and cried out, "Redio! I beg you, kill these pirates! Save me!!!"