"Ahem."
Nami coughed twice, and turned around in front of the two of them in her brand new marine uniform without any miscellaneous words, showing off:
"It's not just him, I'm also a Seaman."
Usopp became even more jealous and shouted in dissatisfaction:
"Damn it, I am a gunner and a soldier.
Why do you all get promoted, but I have to do odd jobs with this green moss-headed who only has muscles in his head?
I also want a promotion and a raise!"
"Idiot, who are you calling a green moss?"
Zoro yelled in anger and rushed towards him.
Usopp screamed and ran away.
Soon the warship became a mess, and Nami was helpless.
Bang!
Sanji kicked the door open and rushed out of the kitchen with a plate of dessert in each hand.
After a quick look, he found Nami alone.
"Miss Nami, this is my new dessert."
"Thank you."
Nami took it from him politely, picked up the fork and tasted it, then gave Sanji a thumbs up.
Sanji smiled slightly, turned his head with exaggerated love in his eyes, his legs turned into a whirlwind, and flew away shouting Ain's name.
Nami shook her head at this, and sighed in her heart again.
This guy hasn't learned his lesson at all, this is the number of times.
Unlike the original Sanji who fell in love with Nami when they first met.
The current Sanji is not interested in Nami, who is still a little kid.
Giving her dessert is just his special treatment for ladies.
Sure enough, it was as Nami expected.
Sanji's screams soon rang out at the bow where Ain and Luffy were.
Not long after, he was thrown down with a bruised face, and had to drag his injured body back to the kitchen cursing.
"Alas~ What kind of people are these? The green-haired training freak, the long-nosed big talker, and the curly-browed cook.
This team seems to have no future at all."
Just as she was sighing, Luffy called out her name.
"Oh, and there is also an idiot captain who is not reliable at all and has poor eyesight."
With a long sigh, she walked towards the bow unhurriedly.
"Here I am, Captain, what can I do for you?"
Time flies by like a white horse, and the years fly by like a shuttle.....Well, only one year has passed.
During this year, the guerrilla's squad, led by Luffy, attacked every pirate they met.
They wiped out the two famous pirate groups in the East Blue, Krieg Pirate and Black Cat Pirate.
They scared away Buggy, the future Four Emperors.
The pirates in the East Blue suffered an unprecedented blow.
Of course, not only the pirates, but also the marine underwent great changes during this period.
A base commander was executed, and two were sent to a marine court.
Dozens of middle and senior officers in the branch were dismissed and investigated.
A large number of old and weak were laid off, and batches of broken equipment were replaced.
Many branches began to recruit new soldiers and intensify training under the supervision of the guerrilla's squad.
For a time, the entire East Blue was completely renewed.
After the guerrilla's squad results were reported back to the headquarters, they were unanimously recognized by the senior officer of the Marine HQ.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku specially commended Luffy, promoted him from Lieutenant Commander to Captain, and awarded him a medal.
Recently, he was ordered by the Fleet Admiral to return to the headquarters and wait.
Sea calendar 1516.
The guerrilla warship passed the Reverse Mountain and returned to the Grand Line.
At the age of 13, his height had grown again, reaching 1.84 meters.
Standing on the mast, he took a deep breath, opened his arms and said excitedly:
"Grand Line, your emperor is back!"
The other team members also let out various ghostly howls to celebrate their return to the Grand Line after a year.
Cook, who had grown into a muscular man, pulled Binz to raise his glass and celebrated wantonly.
"Hey, you three, who allowed you to drink?
And Luffy, what nonsense are you talking about? Come down and take care of them."
Ain came over with her hands on her hips and scolded the four people.
She is 21 years old and has grown up completely.
Dark blue hair draped over her shoulders, smooth and delicate snow-white skin.
Her dark eyebrows wrinkled slightly because of the unreliable behaviour of several people, and there was a hint of helplessness in her severity.
The white suit on her upper body was held up high by the huge white rabbit.
The combination of short skirt, black stockings and high heels on her lower body perfectly showed her graceful figure and slender legs.
"Is this the Grand Line? The compass is out of service."
Nami, who came to the Grand Line for the first time, said in surprise.
The little girl of 14 has grown into a graceful young lady now.
Her short hair, which was originally ear-length, has begun to grow longer under the influence of Ain.
She wears the large marine cap crookedly on her head, and does not wear the marine uniform properly.
She changed into a blue and white short-sleeved shirt and hot pants, which is barely considered to fit in with the group.
Not far away, Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji, who are a little taller but have not changed much, are lying on the side of the ship with a look of surprise on their faces, looking at the sea that is not much different from the East Blue, and sighing.
"That thing is useless, let's change it to this."
Luffy jumped down from the mast, walked to Nami, took the compass in her hand, took out the Log Pose and put it on her wrist. After fiddling with it for a while, Nami, who had some prior knowledge of the Grand Line, immediately asked:
"Luffy, there are 7 routes in total. Which route should we choose?
Or should we use the Eternal Log Pose to return directly to the headquarters?"
Luffy, who was in a good mood, rubbed her head through her marine cap.
He had become accustomed to this action over the past year.
"You are disrespectful. You should call me sir or captain, understand, Seaman First Class Nami."
Nami clenched her fist and angrily slapped his hand away.
In the past year, her knowledge of navigation has brought a lot of help to the guerrilla's squad, so she was promoted quickly.
But even so, except for Zoro, Usopp, and Sanji, all the other veterans in the guerrilla's squad were promoted to lieutenants, and Ain was promoted even faster.
It is said that she will be promoted to Lieutenant Commander soon.
"Okay, stop teasing her."
Ain couldn't stand it anymore and walked forward to separate the two.
"Okay, okay, no more jokes."
Luffy shook his head and took two steps back, then he stopped smiling and said seriously:
"There is no time to follow the route slowly.
With the increasing rampage of pirates in recent years, our power in the New World has been shrinking slowly.
Fleet Admiral Sengoku does not want to see the marine being completely driven out of the New World.
So, he mobilized elite troops from all over the country and asked us to gather at the headquarters as soon as possible and be ready to go to the New World for support at any time."
"What? We just returned to the Grand Line, and the Fleet Admiral wants to transfer us to the New World.
This is too fast."
Cook and the other two, who were originally laughing, suddenly lost their composure.
Ain also tightly grasped Yubashiri around her waist and frowned.
Zoro and the other two who heard the news also ran over, surrounded Luffy, and looked at him nervously and expectantly. Luffy looked around and secretly had a headache.
These people, including himself, were newcomers who had not even ventured into the first half of the Grand Line. Then to suddenly transferred to the dangerous New World, and he was also worried that he or one of his companions on the ship would unfortunately die in the battle to come.
"Okay, stop thinking too much. We will face the New World sooner or later.
Are we not going there just because it is dangerous?
Instead of worrying, we might as well train hard. Only by mastering our haki as soon as possible can we have the capital to gain a foothold in the New World."
Under Luffy's encouragement, except for a few timid companions, everyone rekindled their fighting spirit.
Watching Cook and the others disperse to train, Luffy said to Nami and the other four who stayed where they were with a nervous look on their faces:
"Especially you guys, I'm not worried about Zoro and Sanji.
But Nami, you and Usopp need to be prepared.
The danger there is far beyond your imagination."
Nami and Usopp swallowed their saliva and immediately turned pale.
If it weren't for the strict training of the marine this year, Usopp would have died in the New World.
After giving a few more instructions to the four people, Luffy took out a eternal log pose and said to Nami:
"Before going to the headquarters, go to this place first, I have something to do."
Nami was still in panic, just nodded mechanically
After driving away all four people, Luffy called Ain and took her into the cabin.
The two came to the room with "Captain's Room" written on the door and pushed the door open.
As soon as he came in, Luffy went directly to a sofa against the wall and lay down.
Ain paused, and after a slight hesitation, she took the initiative to sit next to Luffy. She lifted his head and placed it on her plump thighs wrapped in black stockings.
Luffy opened his eyes in surprise and looked at her, but due to the angle, his sight was blocked by the mountains so he could not see the other's expression.
The slender and soft hands touched the temples and kneaded them gently.
Luffy did not delve into it under such a comfortable service and slowly closed his eyes.
After a long silence, Luffy suddenly said:
"Ain, what do you think of the Revolutionary Army?"
Ain didn't stop massaging, and while thinking, she gave his answer.
"I don't know. I only heard about the Revolutionary Army occasionally in newspapers and headquarters.
In the newspapers, Morgans described the Revolutionary Army as a rebel army that attempted to usurp the World Government.
They overthrew the government member states everywhere and disrupted the world order. They are out-and-out terrorists."
Luffy nodded. This is indeed the style of Morgans, the old bird.
"So you think they are villains like pirates?"
"No." Ain's tone remained unchanged, but the strength in her hands increased a little.
"It's strange. As a part of the government, our marine should be irreconcilable with the revolutionary army.
But I have heard some private conversations among the superiors in the headquarters.
Many of them actually approve of the practices of the revolutionary army, and even feel dissatisfied with what the government has done."
As he said this, Ain shrank back so that the mountain no longer blocked Luffy view.
Looking at the handsome face of the sleeping beauty Luffy, she didn't understand why he suddenly brought up this matter.
His nose twitched slightly as he sniffed the faint fragrance coming from the beauty.
Luffy sneered, "It seems that there are still many normal people in the marine. I thought they were all fooled by the government."
He said something that sounded a bit inappropriate to Ain.
Luffy sat up, left Ain's comfortable lap pillow, and shared his distress.
"The reason I say this is because I received a call two days ago.
The other party claimed to be from the Revolutionary Army and wanted to cooperate with me."
"Ah, what are they thinking?!"
Ain opened her mouth wide, totally in disbelief.
Luffy thought of the phone call he received a few days ago, and shook his head and smiled bitterly.
It was outrageous. His father, Dragon, is obviously the leader of the Revolutionary Army.
But the commander of the East Blue Army of the Revolutionary Army actually called him.
She said that after a year of observation, their Revolutionary Army believed that Luffy was a friend worth associating with, and hoped that he could join the Revolutionary Army to change the world together.
Luffy was stunned at the time and didn't know how to complain at all.
It felt like a rival company was poaching people, but it ended up poaching the son of its own boss.
"Ahem, that's pretty much the process. Anyway, I agreed to their request."
"What?! You!"
Ain stood up in surprise, her eyes full of surprise.
That was the Revolutionary Army, the enemy of their marine and the world government.
Luffy, her superior and the descendant of a high-ranking marine officer, actually betrayed this institution.
And he told her about it.
Ain didn't know what to say for a moment, her heart was in a mess, and her brain became empty.
But apart from these random thoughts, she was inexplicably a little happy.
If the world government knew about this, he would definitely be brought to a marine court, but Luffy actually told her.
This is enough to show Luffy's trust in her.
"Don't think too much, sit down and listen to me."
Luffy took the girl's hand and led her to the sofa to sit down again.
While playing with her white and smooth hand with clearly visible veins, he explained:
"You also said that there are actually many voices in the marine that support the Revolutionary Army.
In the final analysis, this is because the Revolutionary Army has not done anything harmful to the world.
Instead, it has been committed to overthrowing the corrupt member states and leading local civilians to live the life they want.
Of course, there are more important reasons for me to help the Revolutionary Army, but this needs to be kept secret for the time being.
Later, you will understand after you complete the mission."
Nodding, Ain's brain was still a little confused and unable to think normally.
But in a flash, she grasped the key point
"Mission? You want me to complete a mission with the Revolutionary Army?"
Luffy nodded and admitted openly, "Yes, I want you to go to Alabasta. Do you know Nico Robin?"
"I seem to have some impression of her." Ain recalled.
Luffy didn't care whether she remembered or not, and directly introduced Robin's background.
"Nico Robin, a historian, is 24 years old and from the West Blue.
When she was 8 years old, her hometown Ohara was destroyed by the buster call, and the world government offered a bounty of 79 million berries on her.
For so many years, she has been hiding from the world government and the marine.
Recently, I received news that she has become a subordinate of Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, in Alabasta."
"79 million? I remember now."
Ain suddenly realized and remembered this wanted criminal who was the focus of the world government's attention .
"But how could she be mixed up with Crocodile? Did she want to use Crocodile's status as a Shichibukai to withdraw the bounty and seek asylum?"
"No, she was wanted by the world government for a serious criminals, even if she had the support of the Seven Warlords, She can't seek asylum in the open"
After a pause, Luffy continued:
"Don't worry about this matter for now. What's more important now is that I want to give this woman to the revolutionary army.
Her historical knowledge will be of great use to the revolutionary army.
And the task I want to give you is to persuade her to join"
"But...", Ain opened her mouth to refuse and persuade Luffy to stop getting too involved with the Revolutionary Army.
But when she saw Luffy's trusting eyes, she hesitated.
"I, I will try."
Hearing this answer, Luffy finally smiled.
He reached his hand around Ain's head, put his arm around her shoulders, and gently held her in his arms.
"Please."
Ain's face turned slightly red, and she hummed muffledly.
This was the first time for the two of them to have such an intimate behaviour.
So it only lasted for about 10 minutes, and Ain couldn't stand it anymore, and struggled to get out of his arms.
Luffy didn't force it, but just held her hand and didn't want to let go, and began to describe the action plan in detail.
First, they will temporarily stay at the G27 branch of the Marine, and Alabasta is under the jurisdiction of this branch.
Ain can take this opportunity to go to Alabasta to complete the mission.
Luffy also handed Ain a Den Den Mushi, which can be used to contact the people of the Revolutionary Army.
They will also send someone to pick up Robin.
As for whether they will encounter difficult problems during the mission, such as being discovered by Crocodile.
Luffy is not very worried, Ain has already mastered the Armament Haki, plus she has her bug like devil fruit.
Luffy can't say she can defeat Crocodile, but she can still escape unscathed.
And the Revolutionary Army also has support. Since it's about Robin, they will definitely send a member of importance.
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