On the open sea.
There was nothing to see around us but ocean.
"Ugh, I'm starving."
They say that throughout history, mankind repeats the same mistakes.
"Isn't it weird that you don't know how to navigate?"
That's right. When three people get together, there's that saying, three people make a tiger—if three people gang up on one guy....
No, that's not it.... Wasn't that a four-character idiom? Anyway, they say that if you meet three people on the road, at least one of them
has something worth learning from. But apparently, three people weren't enough in this world.
"There's nothing weird about it! We just drifted at sea, that's all!"
"I'm an adventurer!!"
Feeling needlessly called out, I struck first.
"Weren't you supposed to be a bounty hunter who ruled the seas?"
Luffy asked Zoro.
Yeah, exactly!
"I never once called myself a bounty hunter."
"I came out to sea looking for a certain man, but then I couldn't find my way back to the village."
"So I had no choice but to attack pirates nearby and make a living that way...."
"Oh, so you're lost."
"You wanna die?!"
Zoro got angry at Luffy's words.
"Idiot. Kids get lost. Adults are missing persons, right, Zoro?"
"...."
"You guys, seriously.... At this rate, we've got no way of even finding the Grand Line.
We need to find a navigator, fast."
"And a cook and a musician, too."
"We can find those later!!"
"I'm hungry."
"Next time, let's at least bring fishing rods aboard."
Starving, we lay down and stared up at the sky.
"Oh, a bird."
"It's pretty big...."
"Bird meat is tasty...."
"Let's catch and eat that bird!"
"Sure, I'll fly—"
"Gum-Gum Rocket!!"
Before I could finish speaking, Luffy grabbed the mast and launched himself toward the bird.
"Come to think of it, he probably is faster than me."
"Huh??"
I'd been getting ready to catch him in case he missed, but the bird was way bigger than I'd expected.
The bird clamped Luffy in its beak and flew away. In other words, Luffy had been captured by the bird.
"Somebody save me!!!"
"Aaaahhh!!!"
"You idiot!!"
"Zoro, I'll fly after him for now."
'This is from the original story, right? It has to be from the original story!!'
I spread my wings and followed the bird carrying Luffy away.
Thankfully, before long, the bird passed over a village.
Now that we're over land, he'll get down on his own, right?
The moment I thought that, Luffy was struck by a cannonball and fell to the ground.
"Luffy!!"
I folded my wings and descended where Luffy had landed. There were people there.
"Whew, I'm alive!!"
"Seriously, that scared me this time!"
After talking to Luffy and looking around, I saw three people who looked like circus performers, along with
a pretty woman with orange hair.
Oh!! Nami!!!
"Ah!! You came to rescue the boss!! We'll leave the rear to you!!"
"I don't know which one of you is the boss, but hand over Captain Buggy's map!!"
Ah, Buggy and his Chop-Chop Fruit.
I instantly took out Henchman One, Two, and Three with a punch each.
"Amazing. You've got some strength, huh? You beat opponents with swords barehanded!"
"Is Straw Hat over there strong too?"
"Ah! Who are you?"
"I'm Nami, a thief who specializes in stealing from pirates. Want to work together?"
"You specialize in pirates?"
"That's right! I'm a thief who steals treasure from pirates! If you team up with me, we can make a fortune."
"No! I don't want to team up with you."
'Why, Luffy!! Is this how it went in the original? I'll just stay quiet for now.'
"Then how about you, handsome?"
"Hmm~ I don't know. I've decided to travel with that guy for now."
Nami led us into a house, and we talked.
"So you got separated from your crewmate at sea. How many of them are there?"
"One besides us right now. Is this your house?"
"No, it's a stranger's house. Everyone in this town has evacuated to avoid the pirates."
"Is that pirate named Nami really that scary?"
"I'm Nami!! The pirate is Buggy!!"
"Buggy is a pirate famous for loving cannons.
I heard that in one village, kids made fun of his nose, so he used cannons to
blow away the entire village."
"Then why isn't anyone in this town?"
"I just said they evacuated!! What have you been listening to?!"
"Ah, so that's why you're burglarizing empty houses?"
"How rude!! I told you, I specialize in stealing from pirates!!"
"Talking to you is exhausting!!"
"Hey, calm down."
I couldn't squeeze into the conversation between the two of them as their incredible back-and-forth continued.
'That idiot Luffy's a total pro!!'
I recalled the countless dating shows I'd watched in my previous life.
Oksun: "My ideal type is a man I can have a good conversation with."
Jeongsuk: "I like a man with great banter."
Hyeonsuk: "Conversation is really important to me."
No, no!!! Stop talking!!! Banter with me!!!
"My goal is to save up one hundred million Berries, no matter what!!"
"So you can buy a village!!"
"Buy a village? One hundred million Berries is a fortune. You'd have to rob some pretty serious pirates...."
Luffy answered Nami.
"I've already got a plan!!"
"Look. This is a map of the Grand Line I just stole!"
"First, I'll seize Captain Buggy's treasure in this town, then head into the Grand Line."
"Once I'm there, I'll target the treasure of even bigger-name pirates."
"What do you think? Want to team up and make a killing?"
Nami smiled as she spoke to Luffy.
"Say, do you know how to navigate?"
"Of course! There aren't many people who can beat me when it comes to navigation."
"Is that so? Perfect timing."
"We're headed for the Grand Line too."
"Really?"
Nami's face brightened at Luffy's words.
"Yeah. Become the navigator of our pirate crew!"
"No!!"
Nami answered with an expression of absolute refusal.
"?"
"The thing I hate most in this world is pirates!"
"What I like is money and tangerines!!"
She likes money and tangerines? Is she from Jeju Island?
Then again, if she were from Jeju Island, maybe she'd hate tangerines?
"Really? Then do you want to join our adventuring party?"
I finally joined the conversation.
"I'm an adventurer, you see."
"As long as they're bad pirates or the ones who attack us first, you can rob them as much as you want."
"What? Aren't you two crewmates?"
"Luffy's a pirate, and I'm an adventurer."
"But you said you were traveling together."
"Well, yeah?"
"It's hard to explain, but should we take down the Buggy Pirates first?
From what I've heard, they sound bad enough. What do you say, Luffy?"
"Sure!"
"Nami, can you show us the way for now?"
"Fine, I'll only take you as far as the front. And if it looks like you're going to lose, I'm running away immediately."
"Oh, and if the green-haired swordsman asks about us, show him the way too."
All right. The goal is to show off how strong I am.
Then Nami will tell me about Arlong.
Honestly, Arlong should be a piece of cake. Crocodile, though, I'd have to fight him to know for sure.
But if Luffy and I beat him up together, wouldn't we win?
Some enemies worth fighting need to show up so I can awaken my Haki....
Thinking this and that, I followed behind Nami.
Hmm. Even from behind, she was incredibly pretty.
If Nami was this pretty, just how beautiful was Hancock?
Then I looked at Luffy beside me.
He looked like he wasn't thinking about anything at all.
Right. They say pretending not to be interested in pretty women works well.
You bastard, Luffy!!! So this was your game!!
"The pirates are gathered in that tavern over there!"
"But can just the two of you really do this?"
"I can do it alone."
"Hey, handsome, I like handsome men, but I don't like reckless ones."
"It feels nice being called handsome, but my name is Origin.
Call me Jin."
"No, I'm saying you're being reckless!"
"No, I'm telling you, I really can do it alone."
"Yo!! What are you guys doing here?"
While I was bickering with Nami, Zoro appeared.
"Zoro, you found your way here properly? You didn't get lost?"
Luffy said upon seeing Zoro.
"I'll kill you!! More importantly, who's the woman?"
"Oh, she's my girlfrien... my female navigator."
"No, I'm the pirate crew's navigator."
"No, Nami said she hates pirates!"
"You're all riding around on one ship anyway, so does it really matter?"
"Of course it matters. Luffy, your pirate crew has two people now,
so my adventuring party needs two as well. You give in this time."
"Hmm.... I thought about it, and no. Shishishi."
"Yeah, I knew this day would come eventually! Then how about we decide it based on who takes down more enemies?"
"Hey, guys?? Aren't you going to ask what I want??"
"Shishishi. Sure, that sounds fun."
"Zoro, you're the judge!!"
"Fine. Do whatever you want."
"Ready!! Go!"
Fair and square, I activated Observation Haki first.
Then I used Shave, the only one of the Six Powers I could use.
Hey, if you've got a problem with it, use Gear or something.
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