It has been a week since the Arlong Park incident and during this time a lot has happened.
With all their problems resolved, the Cocoyasi village returned to normal and the villagers thought they would have no more surprises. But some time after Nami's team left, Nojiko arrived with a surprise.
It turns out that Bell-Mere, who was supposed to have died several years ago, is now alive, according to Nojiko. After abandoning the village with her crew, Nami used a very valuable item that she obtained by chance to resurrect her.
The villagers were quite surprised at first, but eventually, they calmed down and with some persuasion from Bellmere decided that they would keep quiet about this, and if anyone from outside came to ask them they would say that she was imprisoned all this time.
But things didn't end there from that moment no one saw Nojiko for a week when they asked Bell-mere she just said "She's busy" and quickly changed the subject.
"Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang"
Shots could be heard from the island's forest. If someone approached, they could see a figure surrounded by targets at which he was shooting with her eyes closed.
This figure was none other than Nojiko who, despite having woken up recently, the first thing he did was come to practice her new skills.
Her appearance had changed quite a bit. Her skin became lighter, leaving aside her tanned complexion and moving to a paler complexion. Her eyes and hair became lighter, going from a deep blue to a light blue.
"Hmm...I've hit the center of only 5 out of 10, I still have a lot to improve but anyway it's only been 3 hours since I woke up" Nojiko said with a quite relaxed expression.
Her character template gave her many good things but what she likes most is her great physical improvement to the point that she can easily crack the ground with a simple punch.
There are also her skills in transmutation that allowed her to create the ammunition she needed. In addition, with the original character's knowledge about weapons and everything she achieved during the first maze, she has many ideas that she can implement in the future...
"Well first I should completely control my abilities before thinking about future plans after all so what's the point of creating more things if I can't hit it perfectly 10 times with my eyes closed"
"Hehehehe I wonder how Nami is doing? I would like to see her surprised expression when we meet again" Nojiko said as she laughed planning the pranks she would play on her sister in the future.
Nami, who was far away, felt a chill run through her body. She had a bad premonition. She realized that she would have a bad time in the future, but she quickly shrugged her shoulders since she had Ron to help her.
"How is Mr. Ron doing? Surely..." Boom ".... Nojiko couldn't continue because at that moment he heard something collide with one of the trees.
"Uggh...Damn Kuma, I won't ask you for a ride next time, I'll travel like a normal person using a boat."
Nojiko turned in the direction of her voice and could see a figure that was lying on the ground and behind her a tree completely uprooted. Her impact raised a cloud of dust but it quickly disappeared.
Now you could clearly see the figure. This was a girl of average height, her hair was orange and of a medium-short length.
She is wearing a crimson newsboy cap, accompanied by gold diving goggles; a pale pink half-sleeved blouse with a collar, and a maroon miniskirt that highlights her figure.
This girl is Koala, a member of the Revolutionary Army who serves as the substitute Fishman Karate teacher.
"Huh?" Koala, who was still lying on the ground, turned to look in a certain direction and ended up exchanging glances with Nojiko who was looking at her with a confused expression.
Nojiko quickly approached her, sat down on her haunches, and asked, "Hey, are you okay? And if you are, who are you?"
"Ummm... My name is Koala and I'm fine, just a little dizzy because I crashed here," Koala said, somewhat embarrassed since she didn't expect to crash directly into a tree and there would just be someone near her.
"Your name is Koala? And by any chance do you have a...Diary?" Nojiko was surprised for a moment when she heard her name since it was one of the many mentioned by Ron but she put it aside and asked the most important question that in the end was confirmed.
"Ehhhh!! I didn't expect to meet another owner of the Diary". She came here because I was looking for someone, By any chance, are you Nojiko?" Koala was very surprised since she found another Diary Owner while she was on her mission.
Nojiko nodded quickly although she wondered why she was looking for this girl.
"Miss Nojiko, on behalf of the revolutionary army, I invite you to join. If you hide your reward, it must be because it is something quite powerful."
"So please do not reject my invitation since someone like you could help our cause a lot," Koala said, she was serious about recruiting Nojiko since according to her deductions she could see that the reason why she hid her reward was because it is something quite valuable so if Nojiko rejects her invitation he will continue trying as many times as necessary.
"I agree to join," Nojiko said flatly since with her abilities she would not stay in the village for long and would go out to sea perhaps becoming a bounty hunter or a pirate.
But now that she is being recruited, she sees no reason to refuse since at least then she can bring a great change to this world.
"Miss Nojiko reconsider...Eh?" Koala who was about to persuade Nojiko fell silent after hearing her direct response.
She didn't expect him to be able to recruit her the first time but it turns out better since she saves herself a lot of time.
"Welcome to the revolutionary army, Miss Nojiko, for now, you will be under my command. I would like to ask you what her reward was, but first..." Koala took out the diary and upon seeing this, Nojiko did the same.
[Ding]
[A nearby Journal is detected; do you want to Add it?]
[Yes.]
[No.]
The two quickly pressed the Yes button and they flashed confirming that they had already added each other.
They quickly put the journals away and continued the conversation where they left off.
"So, you want to know what I got don't you?" Nojiko asked to which Koala nodded in response.
"What I got was the template of a character called Hajime Nagumo that gives me everything related to this character, be it skills, equipment, or experiences, but without altering myself and in general everything I got was..." Nojiko began to explain everything in great detail. what she got with her Template.
After Nojiko finished speaking, Koala's expression was one of complete amazement. She did not expect that the person she recruited had obtained so much with a single reward. This made her long to obtain a reward as well, so for now she can only dream.
Koala was eager to quickly return to the revolutionary army base to present the talent she recruited.
But Nojiko told her that she would only leave when she completely mastered her basic skills since she didn't want to be a burden.
Koala, seeing this, could only sigh since she would not leave immediately but she was not worried since she had no missions to complete.
Ten days later Nojiko had completely mastered her basic skills. It took her about 4 days to achieve this and the rest of the time she spent creating ammunition for her revolvers and building a boat since Koala was sent flying here.
The tenth day arrived and Nojiko and Koala set sail towards the grand line where they would meet with Kuma who would take them to Baltigo before leaving. Nojiko asked Bellmere if she wanted to join them but she refused saying "I already spent part of my first life as a marine." "And I retired to take care of you and Nami, now that I'm revived and you two are independent, the only thing I want is to enjoy my retirement once and for all."
"Also don't worry I can keep up to date with the situation out there thanks to the Diary and speaking of the Diary stay away from that Bastard Ron the same goes for you Koala I don't want you two to end up in the clutches of a bastard like him."
Remembering that, Nojiko couldn't help but laugh because despite how her mother talked about Ron, she still thanked him for allowing her to revive and be able to see her daughters.
After this, nothing more was heard about Nojiko until she appeared later, surprising everyone, especially a certain blue-eyed bastard who was wondering what was happening with the plot.
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Note: This chapter is an extra showing what happens on the side of some of the girls we have met so far. This first chapter focused only on Nojiko. The next one may come out after the Arabasta arc and will focus on either Vivi or Kaya. so I listen to your opinions in the comments.