After a year, Luffy returned to the familiar villa again, and his mind was full of thoughts.
"I am now a Commodore, so shouldn't the Fleet Admiral give me a house?"
Hina looked at the luxurious villa with its own small garden with envy.
She couldn't help but said sourly:
"I wish I had a house like this. Hina can only live in a single apartment at the headquarters now."
"What are you afraid of? When I become a Fleet Admiral, I will take you to live in a place even more luxurious than this."
Luffy began to make big promises reflexively.
After Hina ate the cake with satisfaction, the two entered the villa together.
As soon as they opened the door, the quarrel between Ain and Nami reached their ears.
Nami:"No, I want to stay here. If I don't watch you guys, who knows what you and Hina will do to Luffy!"
Ain:"Pooh, pooh, pooh, we are not so shameless.
Go back to your dormitory quickly, there is no place for you here."
Nami: "can you decide? This is Luffy's home, I will wait for him to come back and ask him in person"
"Hey, what's going on? I'm back."
Luffy tried to mediate helplessly, and with Hina's help, he took off the Cloak of Justice and walked towards the living room where the two were arguing.
Seeing the real owner coming back, Nami rushed over as if she had seen a saviour.
She hugged Luffy's waist and started to act like a spoiled child.
"Honey, I don't want to live in the assigned dormitory. I just want to be with you. What do you think?~"
"Of course, those dormitories were originally allocated to marines who have no houses in the headquarters.
You have a place to live, why go there?"
Luffy agreed as a matter of course.
Nami cheered immediately, jumped up and pecked Luffy on the face.
Then she cast a provocative look at Ain.
Ain glared back angrily, but she couldn't say anything about Luffy's arrangement.
After all, this is not her home, and it is not even a residence under Luffy's name, so she has no right to say anything.
So a conflict was avoided with Luffy's intervention.
Grandpa Garp was not there, and the four did not want to go out .
Ain bought the vegetables before coming back, and everyone simply prepared by themselves.
At home, Ain changed into a light blue cotton short-sleeved shirt with white lace decoration on the collar and cuffs.
The lower body is Loose shorts of the same colour.
In order to avoid getting stained with oil when cooking, she also wore a cute black apron with a kitten pattern.
Standing in front of the stove, Ain clumsily turned on the fire, carefully set up the pot and began to pour oil. Luffy opened his mouth, wanting to remind her to heat up the pot first.
But seeing her serious expression as if she was going to the battlefield, he gave up. Apart from them, Nami and Hina seemed much more calm.
The two girls, one big and one small, each wore two sets of light, breathable silk nightgowns in black and white.
The big one was busy cutting meat, and the small one was responsible for washing vegetables, handling them with ease.
Filling a pot with water, while waiting for the water to boil, Luffy asked:
"Ain, how are Zoro and the others? Have you found them a place to live?"
After he finished speaking, no one in the kitchen responded, only the crackling sound of ingredients being poured into the oil pan.
Turning his head, he saw Ain struggling fiercely with a half-dead fish, and she obviously had no time to pay attention to him.
Luffy had no choice but to ask Nami...
"Well, they found it. I took a look and the environment is not bad.
There are kitchens and bathrooms. The key is that the three of them live in a four-person room. The empty room can also be used for exercise and storage."
"Sounds good." Luffy nodded with a smile.
"Then tell them after dinner.
I will take Zoro and Sanji to meet someone at noon tomorrow. Nami, you and Usopp will go find Cook tomorrow and ask him to take you to the Equipment Research Department.
Let the technicians of the headquarters improve your weapons.
By the way, you can also go to the library. There are many books about navigation.
If you like anything, just take it and leave my name."
Nami wrote down his words one by one.
The great inventor Usopp had thought about modifying their weapons a long time ago.
However, in the East Blue, the two of them only hastily upgraded their weapons. For more specific and in-depth modifications, Luffy suggested that they come to the headquarters.
With the help of the excellent technicians and various rare materials of the headquarters, they can upgrade again.
Apart from anything else, there are definitely a lot of strange things in the headquarters.
'There are also scientists and technicians recruited from all over the place to help. I believe they will definitely have a big harvest this time.'
After talking here, Ain finally killed the poor fish that was still trying to struggle.
After covering the pot, she breathed a sigh of relief and joined the topic
"Who are you going to take Zoro and the other two to meet?"
"Needless to say, it's Zephyr-sensei." Luffy said as a matter of course.
"With their talents, they will definitely improve rapidly with the guidance of teacher Zephyr.
It is enough for the teacher to teach them personally, or if he just develops a detailed training plan based on their characteristics."
"I'll go with you tomorrow."
After thinking for a while, Ain replied.
"Of course, and we met with the teacher when we came back and told him about it.
He was quite surprised that Hina and I were together."
Speaking of this, Luffy almost couldn't help laughing again.
Ain secretly pursed his lips and glanced at Hina in annoyance.
Damn, this woman actually got there first.
Noticing her gaze, Hina raised her head and snorted with pride, and at the same time reminded:
"Watch your pot carefully. If you leave it simmering like this, it will burn."
"Ah! My fish!"
With a cry of surprise, Ain could no longer care about these things, and hurriedly opened the lid of the pot to check.
Fortunately, it was not long after, and her victory was still lying in the pot.
After this little episode, the four stopped talking and prepared the dishes quietly.
Several people took turns to cook a few of their favourite dishes.
The rest of the time was mainly spent preparing for Luffy.
His appetite was so terrible that several people cooked four pots of rice in total and cooked dozens of dishes, but they were still afraid that it would not be enough.
It was at this time that the three women felt fortunate.
Fortunately, he found enough helpers (old) and (wife).
If they were alone, they would be tired to death just by cooking in the future.
After a fairly hearty lunch, the four people who were full and satisfied had no intention of going out.
Luffy took the three women to choose rooms in the villa.
In addition to Garp's master bedroom and his own, the villa also has 6 guest rooms, which are enough for them to live in...
The first day at the headquarters was spent resting.
The next day, the four of them got up early, dressed up, and decided to take a walk around the headquarters before visiting Zephyr.
Of course, this was mainly to take care of Nami. Luffy and the other three either lived in the headquarters since childhood or were trained in the headquarters for many years. They were already familiar with Marinford.
The first stop when they went out, Luffy did not take Nami to a fun place.
Instead, he took her to various offices of important Marine institutions, and told her what kind of trouble she encountered and which department to find to solve it.
Later, Luffy pointed out many important areas for her.
He warned her not to approach without permission.
Finally, the group came to the busy streets.
Here you can see Marine families living here, soldiers and officers on leave, or world government officials who come to the headquarters for business.
"Hey~ It seems to be more lively here than before.
Many shops are newly opened, it seems that the headquarters is also developing well."
Hina looked around in surprise and commented.
Luffy sneered,"It's because the pirates are rampant now, and the marine expenditure of the headquarters is not enough.
The Fleet Admiral has no choice but to work hard to build a commercial street, hoping to get some money back through means such as collecting taxes."
"Yes, that's true. In the past, there weren't so many businessmen in our headquarters, and the management was still very strict."
"Eh? The marine kills so many pirates every year, and the treasures they confiscate must be quite a lot, so why is the marine budget tight?"
Nami was surprised and asked in confusion.
Luffy patted her head with amusement.
"Silly girl, even if all the pirates in the world were wiped out, how much would they gain?
Do you know how many marines there are in the headquarters alone, and how much are the daily expenditure?
Not to mention that the marine also has to govern all the branches in the four seas and the Grand Line.
Adding all these together, it is definitely an astronomical figure that you can't even imagine.
In addition to world government funding, there is currently no other force in the world that can afford the marine's huge marine expenditures."
Nami nodded with a very impressive look on her face, and then she actually counted on her fingers, trying to figure out the marine's expenses.
Seeing this, the three of them were speechless for a while, and no longer said anything else, and concentrated on shopping, buying some daily necessities and gifts for Zephyr later.
Luffy still remembered that Zephyr particularly loved this particular drink
For this reason, Luffy almost walked through the commercial streets before buying a box.
After buying these things, the time was almost up.
The group went home to put down the trivial items, and then called Zoro and the other two.
"All right, let's separate from now on.
Zoro, Sanji, you come with me, Usopp, you and Nami go find Cook.
Cook is a veteran, and those guys in the Equipment Research Department can't stand the harassment of a bastard like him."
After hearing Luffy's arrangement, no one objected.
Usopp responded excitedly, and called Nami to set off impatiently.
Zoro and Sanji followed Luffy and the others honestly, and walked towards the villa not far away next door.
Since Luffy said yesterday that he would come to visit, Zephyr took a day off and waited at home early. As soon as he heard the doorbell ring, Zephyr knew that the bastard had arrived.
But before he could open the door, another guest who happened to be visiting today took the initiative to help open the door.
Outside the villa, as soon as the door opened a crack, Luffy greeted them warmly:
"Teacher Zephyr, I'm here to see you!"
"Hehe, you called the wrong person, little Luffy, I'm not your teacher."
A mature and slightly seductive voice came from behind the door.
Luffy frowned subconsciously when he heard the voice.
Behind him, Sanji, who heard the elder sister's voice, immediately looked out.
Soon, a sexy lady with a well-proportioned figure, dazzling blonde hair, and charming green eyes slowly walked out from behind the door.
"Kujaku?! You're back!"
Seeing that it was indeed this woman, Luffy frowned even more deeply.
Ain and the other two girls also felt an inexplicable strange aura from this woman.
Subconsciously, their bodies tensed up and showed a little hostility.
The woman called Kujaku didn't care about the abnormality of the few people.
She stared at Luffy with her eyes and said with resentment:
"Hey~ So little Luffy still remembers me, I thought you had forgotten me a long time ago~"
As she said that, she covered her face with her hands and sobbed.
Luffy's mouth twitched, looking at the dangerous eyes cast by Ain and Hina at the same time.
His scalp suddenly tingled, and he quickly spoke to stop her:
"Hey, stop acting. I've called you over the years, don't act like I've abandoned you."
"So, Luffy has been thinking about me?
Wow~ I'm so happy~~"
Kujaku's expression immediately changed. She ran forward with a smile on her face, squeezed past the two women and hugged Luffy's arm.
Feeling the two gazes with increasingly strong murderous intent, Luffy's back broke out in a cold sweat.
He quickly pushed Kujaku away and explained to the two:
"Don't think too much, this woman is not very smart, just pretend she doesn't exist."
Hearing this, Kujaku's mouth drooped and she wanted to talk again.
Luffy quickly reached out and covered her mouth, and formally introduced her to everyone:
"This is Kujaku, granddaughter of Vice Admiral Tsuru, user of the Whip-Whip Fruit, is a pervert who likes to abuse people with the whip.
We have known each other since childhood, and she likes to pretend to be an innocent girl abused by me, scaring away the girls around me.
In this way, she satisfies her perverted desires."
Hiss~
Everyone took a breath, partly because they were surprised by her identity as Vice Admiral Tsuru's granddaughter.
Partly because they were shocked that there was such a pervert in the world.
Even Sanji, who had red hearts in his eyes when he saw the elder sister, silently withdrew his gaze after hearing Luffy's introduction.
This sister is too high-level, so let the captain enjoy it himself.
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