Nami yelled in a panic, "You can't do it. Who are you to go around like that!" as she frantically tried to let go of my hand before rushing out of my room in a hurry.
I decided not to waste my time chasing after her and instead told her, "It's useless. You won't be able to go anywhere. I'll be waiting for you here."
Nami continued to run while ignoring me, and not long after that, Makino came with a tray that had two plates on it. She looked at me confused before asking:
"What the heck is wrong with that girl? Why does she appear to be so terrified?
"I don't know… is the food for me? What a coincidence I'm also hungry."
Makino quickly forgot about Nami, and as she sat on the bed with me, she started to hand me one of her plates and joined me for breakfast.
"Even though I brought breakfast for that girl too, it seems as though she knows not to disturb our time together, hehehe..."
I couldn't help but crack a smile after hearing Makino's stupid laugh, but after that, I showed her the map of the Conomi Islands that I had drawn and asked:
"what do you think?"
Makino took quite a while to give her answer because it seemed as though she wanted to see all of the details on the paper she was holding in her hand. Before she commented, her eyebrows were visibly raised as she said:
"It's a map of an island, right? Did you make it yourself? I think it's pretty good, but since I don't know the island, I'm not sure how accurate this map is. Do you want to go here?"
While Makino and I were eating breakfast together, we discussed many topics, including the Conomi Islands, which I wanted to visit, but I didn't tell her about Arlong and his Fish-man crew or Nami's secret.
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*panting
*thud
*thud
I continued to run frantically, but for now, I wanted to get far away from that boy. The direction I was currently aiming for was towards the rear deck of the ship, and my expression changed into one of immediate horror as I got closer.
"Why is there nothing? Where is my little boat?"
Because, to the best of my memory, they kept it in the back here, but I didn't see anything. When I refer to the small boat, I am referring to the boat that Johnny, Yosaku, and I were traveling on prior to finally boarding this marine ship.
"The lifeboat that is normally stored in every large ship like this doesn't seem to be here either. Was this Luffy's doing too?"
When I thought about that, it made me angry because I had stored all of the treasures I got during my adventure this time, and I kept them all in secret inside my small boat.
"Is there a problem? Why do you look panicked?"
When I turned around, and saw that Captain Hina was already standing there with a confused expression on her face. This made me feel a little more safe for a second, which is why I hurriedly asked:
"Do you know my small boat from yesterday?"
I was greeted by Captain Hina's warm smile, and she stroked my head tenderly before telling me, "Your little boat is being repaired by my ship technician. There are a few spots that need patching."
*sighs
I thought to myself, at least it's not because of Luffy, but I hope my treasure has not yet been found by others because this time I got quite a lot,' and I quickly devised a plan to get out of this predicament by pleading to this woman with the pink hair.
"Umm… can you drop me off at the nearest island from here? I'm already very homesick."
"Hahaha, don't worry, I will definitely do it, but before that, would you mind coming to eat with all of us? I heard that there is a floating restaurant nearby."
After hearing the offer, my initial reaction was to decline it. Yet, after recalling what Luffy had said earlier, I believed I would be safer being around Captain Hina, so I nodded my head.
"You look pale. It seems as though there is indeed a problem. You can tell me, is one of my men bothering you?"
When Captain Hina wiped the sweat dripping off my temple this time, she showed concern, and I responded with tears in my eyes, saying, "Luffy... he threatened me... he also said something weird that made me uncomfortable.."
I have no idea why, but I immediately got the impression that Captain Hina's expression had changed, and before I knew it, she replied, "I thought you were in serious trouble... Luffy, he really is that kind of person. He even bullied me a lot..."
The color of Captain Hina's cheeks suddenly turned red, and before I could ask what was going on, she quickly turned away from me and coughed several times. After that, she dashed out, leaving me with a smile that appeared to be fake.
"What the fuck is going on in this ship?...it's a marine ship, isn't it? Why is the captain even acting weird like that?"
While wiping away my fake tears, I then sat in the corner, hugging my knees on this lonely rear deck as I thought about the reaction of Captain Hina earlier, who seemed to have a secret that she was trying to cover up.
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"Hey Sanji, get your ass up! We have a special customer!" Zeff shouted before he entered the kitchen, but his face immediately turned into annoyance when he saw Sanji sleeping on the table with a book covering his face.
*smack
"Wake up! How long are you going to keep sleeping! Quickly make 100 portions of our restaurant's signature menu!"
Sanji, who woke up in shock, went straight to the cold kitchen floor, and while wincing in pain, he asked confusedly, "100 servings, why so many? Who are our customers?"
Then, Zeff lifted Sanji's small body by his collar and slammed him against the window. Sanji could only scream in pain, but his eyes immediately opened wide when he saw a marine ship parked in front of their restaurant.
"You don't need to act that excited, you know. This is not the first time we have received customers from Marine," said Sanji in an annoyed tone while also busy straightening out his wrinkled clothes.
"Yeah, but this time, Black Cage Hina and her crew were the Marines that came, so I hope you don't mess things up."