Boom! Boom! ...
Dark clouds gathered in the sky, accompanied by lightning and thunder.
Amid the howling gale, heavy rain poured down.
Sandasonia stood on top of the mast. While gazing into the distance, she shouted loudly to the three people on the deck:
"A big ocean current vortex is likely to show up ahead. Adjust the angle of the sails and let the ship sail against the wind!
We can't get sucked in, or the ship will be destroyed and we'll all perish! ..."
In the storm, Marigold turned the ship's helm. While Sephiroth and Hancock each stood on one side of the mast, they quickly loosened the ropes to adjust their lengths.
Under the strong wind, the angle of the sails immediately deflected.
The rain, as sharp as knives, lashed at their bodies, causing their body temperatures to drop rapidly. But none of them took shelter in the cabin.
In this situation, a single slip-up could lead to the destruction of the ship and the death of everyone on board. No one would slack off at this moment.
After sailing for quite a distance, the temperature suddenly dropped sharply. Sleet began to fall from the sky, and occasionally, a few hailstones would drop.
Gradually, the rain subsided and the wind weakened. But the sky was filled with heavy snow, as if they had entered the coldest winter months. Meanwhile, the ship entered a phase of smooth sailing.
At this point, all four of them heaved a sigh of relief.
"Achoo!"
Sephiroth suddenly sneezed. He couldn't help but touch his nose and murmured:
"The summer-like climate has suddenly shifted to winter-like conditions...
The weather in the Grand Line is really changeable!"
The storm had passed, and Sandasonia jumped down from the mast. She smiled and said to the other three:
"Now we've entered the winter sea area. Besides the cold, the sea waves here are relatively smaller. We can take a break for now."
There had been nine slave traders living on this ship before.
Therefore, for the four of them, there was an abundance of water, food, and warm clothing.
They rummaged through the cabin for a while and soon found thick cotton-padded clothes.
Although the three girls were a bit disgusted because the clothes had been worn by men, there was no other way. To keep warm, they had to put on those clothes obediently.
Among the three girls, Hancock was probably the most reluctant. She just draped a black furry cape over herself without even changing her wet clothes underneath...
Sephiroth rummaged through the wardrobe in the crew's lounge. After putting on a blue cotton overcoat on top and a pair of black cotton trousers below, he walked into the kitchen and started preparing dinner for today.
Boa Hancock crossed her arms and leaned halfway against the kitchen door. She said in surprise:
"Huh!? ... Sephiroth, you can actually cook?"
Hearing this, the silver-haired boy stopped peeling potatoes. He looked up in surprise and said:
"Isn't cooking a basic skill in daily life?
Why do you look so surprised..."
"Ah! Really? But I think cooking is so hard!"
I often either burn the food, or don't cook it thoroughly, or put too much salt... So Sandersonia and Marigold won't let me cook...
I was actually quite interested in cooking.
"..."
Sephiroth glanced at this future Pirate Empress. Finally, he held back his impulse to mock and simply said,
"Just practice more in the future..."
"By the way, aren't you going to change out of those wet clothes?
You'll catch a cold and get sick like this, right?"
The silver - haired teenager then noticed the long black - haired girl in front of him. Under her fluffy cloak, she was still wearing wet red shorts and a short skirt.
Boa Hancock blinked her big, charming eyes and asked curiously,
"What does it feel like to catch a cold and get sick?
I've never experienced it since I was a kid..."
Sephiroth: "..."
The silver - haired teenager thought carefully. It seemed that the physical fitness of the people in the Pirate King world was indeed different from that of ordinary people he knew in his previous life...
Let's not even mention freaks like Whitebeard. He could still go on a rampage even after losing half his head.
However, even someone like Usopp, a total weakling who would often break all his bones and lose excessive blood in the early days, could fully recover without any after - effects after some time...
Even some minor characters were slashed several times and bled profusely. But they could survive and recover completely after a while, as if nothing had happened!
As a graduate of clinical medicine, in Sephiroth's view, this was simply unscientific!
Huh!?... No! The laws might be different in different worlds. Without proper research, I can't draw such a hasty conclusion. I have to be rigorous and scientific!
With Sephiroth's hard work, beef stewed with potatoes, pork stir - fried with Chinese kale, braised fish chunks, and tomato and egg soup were successively placed on the dining table in the restaurant.
The tempting aroma of the dishes made the three girls sit around the table, constantly swallowing their saliva and staring eagerly.
When the silver - haired teenager brought out the last dish, braised pork, from the kitchen and shouted, "Dinner is served!", they could no longer hold back their eagerness and started to tuck in with gusto with their chopsticks.
Hancock picked up a piece of fish and put it in her mouth. While chewing, she moaned,
"Um! It's so delicious..."
After taking a bite of the pork stir - fried with Chinese kale, the green - haired girl Sandersonia felt the perfect cooking time and flavor. She couldn't help but sigh,
"Sephiroth, are you a professional chef?
Your cooking skills are much better than our Kuja Pirates' chef!
That guy just boils a big pot of vegetables in water every day, adds some salt and oil, and at most some spices... The taste makes me want to vomit!"
The silver - haired teenager first smiled and then shook his head and said,
"Thank you for your compliments!
But... I'm not a chef. I'm a doctor!"
"A doctor with such great cooking skills?"
Mary Gorud exclaimed, 'It's simply incredible...'
Mary Gorud picked up a piece of potato with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. With the rich soup and the taste of beef, she couldn't help being a little intoxicated.
'Well, it's a long story...'
A flash of nostalgia crossed Sephiroth's face. He instinctively reached into his pocket, wanting to light a cigarette for himself.
When he found his pocket empty, he remembered something. The original owner of this body was a well - behaved boy who didn't smoke at all. This made him sigh disappointedly.
Actually, the initial reason why he could have such good cooking skills originated from a corpse dissection class...
He still remembered that strong stench of the corpse and the cold body he touched through the rubber gloves...
After he endured the nausea and dissected the corpse, he had no appetite for several consecutive days. Especially when he saw meat, he felt like vomiting.
But...
Maybe he was too hungry. The hunger overcame the shadow in his heart.
At that time, he had hardly eaten for several days. When he accidentally passed by a roadside barbecue stall, he was attracted by the smell of grilled meat in the air. He completely threw the corpse dissection out of his mind and feasted at that barbecue stall.
Since then, he seemed to have a kind of obsession with delicious food and became a foodie, going from eating out to cooking by himself.
Before he knew it, he had excellent cooking skills!
After dinner, it was too dark outside and it had been snowing.
This was the unpredictable Grand Line. For safety's sake, Sandersonia decided not to sail anymore and dropped the anchor.
The four of them discussed and decided to divide into two groups of two, with each group keeping watch for one night.
In this way, it not only ensured that everyone had enough rest time but also could prevent any sudden changes at sea.
Tonight, Sephiroth and Hancock would keep watch...