The Great Voyage: The Props Master on the Straw Hat Ship

"There's no need to be so wary of me."

Link laughed, "Didn't I just give you a cotton candy?"

"If I truly harbored ill intentions towards you, why would I give you a gift upon meeting you?"

"Besides, if I were really a bad person, your Physician Doriel wouldn't have invited us in; she would have kicked us out long ago."

"Well……"

Hearing Link say this, Chopper's young and innocent mind couldn't help but hesitate.

It seems that what this human in front of me said is indeed correct?

What do you think of pirates and the sea?

Link simply sat cross-legged in front of him.

"How about it……"

Chopper hesitated. He thought it sounded pretty good, but...

"Not bad, right?"

Link spoke for Chopper, revealing what was on his mind.

"You're not very good at hiding your thoughts, are you?"

Seeing the other person's dumbfounded expression, Link smiled and said.

"There's nothing to be ashamed of saying it. As men, every good man has the dream and expectation of going to the sea."

“In the hearts of Luffy, you, and your doctors Hiluluk, pirates are synonymous with these free spirits.” Link raised his hand and placed it on Chopper’s hat, who was somewhat speechless.

"If you aspire to the sea, you will leave behind an irreparable regret in your life if you do not go out and see it."

"So, would you like to come with us and see the outside world?"

Link finally extended an invitation to Chopper, saying, "Our ship happens to be short of an excellent ship's doctor."

"I imagine that as Dr. Kureha's only son and disciple, your medical skills must be quite superb, right?"

Chopper looked up, staring blankly at Link sitting in front of him, touching his hat.

This time, unusually, he didn't hear Link praising his medical skills and instead awkwardly twist his body.

Instead, his throat bobbed slightly.

"What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Chopper, realizing what was happening, suddenly shoved Link's hand away from his hat and took several steps back.

"I'm a reindeer!! How could I possibly become your partner?!"

He was roaring and screaming there.

Why can't reindeer be companions?

Link asked with some confusion, then turned to look at Luffy beside him.

"Hey Luffy, do you still remember the Buggy Pirates from the East Blue?"

"Ah, is that Buggy that the sunflower uncle was talking about? He used to be a member of the Pirate King's crew?!"

When it comes to One Piece, Luffy remembers this point quite clearly.

Link: "Hmm, there was a huge lion on his ship, do you remember?"

Luffy: "Is that the juggling lion? It's quite interesting."

Link: "And you haven't forgotten the sea otter and the vulture that Crocodile's men painted, have you?"

Luffy, "Hmm...when did this happen?"

Link: "Forget it, with your memory, I don't expect you to remember it. You still know Vivi's 'Running Fast Karoo Duck,' right?!"

Luffy: "Ah, of course! By the way, Link, when are we going to roast it and eat it?! I've been craving that kind of roast duck you mentioned for ages!!"

Chopper, who had been listening intently, exclaimed: "?? Danger!!!"

Link: "...What else can you think about besides food?!"

Link was speechless. He had been building up the atmosphere, but Luffy had ruined it all in the blink of an eye.

"Ahem, in short, it's quite normal for animals and humans to become partners on the open sea."

Link looked at Chopper, whose face was filled with terror and fear, as if he were saying, "Are you going to eat me?" and pretended nothing had happened.

"So what if you're a reindeer? Ordinary animals can get along well with humans and become companions. But you're a user of the Human-Human Fruit, you can talk, and you have human-like abilities."

Their thinking wisdom and way of thinking are essentially quite similar to those of humans.

He said very sincerely, "If we didn't really think you were suitable to be a ship's doctor, we definitely wouldn't have invited you."

"Hey, read it?!?"

Upon hearing this, Luffy suddenly understood and looked at Chopper with wide, bulging eyes.

"So you're a doctor after all?!"

Link: "..."

So, you, as the captain, didn't listen to a single word I said to Dr. Kureha?!

Why don't you just shut up and be a quiet mascot?

Link rubbed his forehead, while Chopper on the other side forced himself to stay upright and swallowed hard.

"Even if you don't mind that I'm a reindeer, I still have a blue nose!!"

He pointed to his nose with his little hoof, his arm trembling, "Blue-nosed reindeer are the worst!!"

"Who said that?!"

Link feigned surprise and said, "Isn't a blue nose pretty and unique?"

"Yeah, yeah!"

Luffy spoke up again at this moment, and Link almost couldn't help but go over and shut him up.

"That pirate we met before, Buggy, he had a really bright red nose, it looked so funny!!" He put his hands behind his head and grinned as he finally managed to utter a sentence that Link thought was somewhat human.

Eh?!

Chopper was visibly taken aback. "Having a nose of a different color can make you a pirate?!"

"Who says you have to have a normal nose to become a pirate?"

Link said, feeling both amused and distressed:

"The magnificence of this sea lies in the fact that it can embrace any man in the world who aspires to adventure and sailing."

"No matter what kind of being you are—fishman, long-legged race, long-armed race, long-necked race, blue-nosed, red-nosed, crescent-shaped white-bearded, even if you have a ship's wheel stuck in your head—it will open its arms to you."

Link reached out his hand to Chopper again, "What you're worried about is nothing at all."

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"On the contrary, it is precisely because of the participation of these people that such a magnificent, fantastic, and wonderful ocean has been created!!"

His powerful voice also stirred Chopper's heart.

"But……"

Chopper covered his face with his hat and bit his lip hard.

"I'm still a monster!!"

"The sea has no shortage of monsters."

Link continued to comfort him, "Strictly speaking, Luffy and I are actually considered monsters in the eyes of other normal people." Seeing Chopper raise his head, Link didn't hesitate to pull Luffy over and use him as a tool.

He tugged hard at Luffy. "Look, he's a rubber man, isn't that interesting?"

"You're hurting me, Link!! Huh? I'm a rubber man, how can I feel pain?!"

Luffy initially complained, then suddenly realized what the problem was.

"How about it?"

Link ignored the guy's confusion and continued looking at Chopper.

"The monster I'm talking about..."

The next moment, Chopper's body suddenly grew larger, "But like this!!"

He raised his strong, thick arms high, looking more like King Kong than a gorilla.

"When I approached humans before, they called me a Yeti!!"

Chopper pretended to be extremely fierce and violent.

"How could a Yeti possibly go out and become a pirate with you guys?!"

"A Yeti?!"

Upon hearing this name, Luffy, who was still confused, immediately abandoned his thoughts. "Are there really Yetis?!" He looked at Chopper's huge figure, his eyes sparkling with excitement.

"So you're a Yeti after all! That's perfect!!"

"good?!!"

Chopper, who was originally planning to act even more ferocious and show how terrifying he was, was stunned again.

He felt that the two people he met today were quite different from the others.

It seems that not only is she not afraid of him or disgusted by him, but she also keeps trying to get close to him.

"On our way here, we were still talking about whether we could find a Yeti on this winter island to be the ship's doctor."

Link chuckled and explained, "Our captain is quite interested in all sorts of strange and powerful creatures."

"Besides, who says a Yeti can't be a pirate?!"

"No one has ever been unqualified to become a pirate."

Link laughed and said, "This ocean welcomes any man with a dream!"

His resounding words instantly silenced the room.

Link's words and figure were reflected in Chopper's stunned gaze and in his young heart.

In my mind, Dr. Hiluluk's familiar figure and hearty laughter seemed to reappear:

"Chopper, one day you too will sail the high seas, carrying your own pirate flag!!!"

"My...pirate flag?"

Chopper murmured to himself, and before he knew it, his body slowly shrank back to its original form as a little tanuki reindeer, and two lines of clear tears slowly flowed down his face.

When he looked at Link again, he felt that Hiruluk's figure was slowly overlapping with Link's figure.

"Come with us."

Link approached again, finally placing his hand on Chopper's pink cap, and said gently:

"Join us, carry our flag, become true pirates, and adventure and roam freely on this sea!" The scene fell silent for a moment.

After a while~

"Can I really...do it?"

A trembling sob echoed in the room.

[Thank you so much to 'ReverseBI' for the 2000-point reward and for urging me to update! Thank you!!]

095 Our ship's doctor is a tanuki?! We still need Link in a pinch!

Inside the pharmacy next door, Dr. Kureha, who had overheard this, was silently gulping down plum wine.

Because she drank so quickly, a lot of the glistening liquid slid down her lips and cheeks.

A faint, silvery sheen, like teardrops, seeped from her neck into the golden plum wine.

"If I say yes, then you can."

Link extended his arm. "Let me introduce myself. I'm Link, the vice-captain of the Straw Hat Pirates."

"I am Luffy, Monkey D. Luffy, the man who will become the Pirate King!!"