Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 23 New Ship, New Partner, New Pirate Flag

It was almost noon.

"Luffy!!!!" Encore and Zoro who rushed to the slope saw that Luffy was lying there covered in blood, and Nami was taking care of him beside him. All the pirates ran away, even the boat. gone.

"Are you okay?" Encore asked Sauron to put himself down, knelt down next to the scarred Luffy and asked softly.

Luffy kept his mouth shut and didn't answer, Nami said worriedly: "I was injured by that Captain Crowe's cat's paw, there are many wounds where the bone is deep enough to see the bone, and there is a lot of blood, but this guy refuses to go Clinic."

Encore looked at the wound, and found that Lu Fei still didn't speak with his mouth flattened, so he patted the wound lightly and said, "What's the matter, Master Captain? Why are you not energetic?"

"Ah, it hurts!!" Lu Fei was so painful that tears were about to burst out, and he said aggrievedly: "I'm hungry, I want to eat meat first..."

Everyone present was completely speechless, Anke stood up and said: "Then let's get the wound healed before eating meat."

Sauron lifted Luffy up and said, "Go to the clinic??" Luffy became bitter when he heard that.

"No, I'll take a look at it for him. Heal the serious part. If you don't let him go to eat, he will be angry. You can help me carry him to the forest first." Ke patted Luffy on the head and said with a smile.

Knowing that Encore wanted to use his ability to heal Luffy, Sauron walked into the forest knowingly.An Ke followed behind, and Nami wondered on the spot: Why do you need to go to such a hidden place to heal an injury...

Thoughts failed, and Sauron and the others were completely hidden in the forest. Nami ran up quickly, but just when they reached the edge of the forest, they ran into Sauron who came out.Sauron stopped her and said, "Just wait outside."

Nami glanced inside curiously, then looked at Sauron's serious face, and had no choice but to follow him back to the slope and wait.

"So, what's going on?? Is there a doctor inside??" Nami was still spying on the forest and kept asking.

"Nami, there are some things that An doesn't want people to know, just pretend it never happened." Zoro closed his eyes, sat cross-legged, and waited for Luffy and the others to come out.

"Didn't it happen at all..." Nami said slowly, looking at the forest.

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In the forest, Enke is using the ability of reincarnation eyes to heal Luffy. Luffy looked at Anke's blood-red left eye boredly, and said, "Hey, Anke, didn't you say that you should try not to use reincarnation eyes. Dogula You told me that too, but..."

"Luffy," Anke interrupted Luffy, looked down at Luffy lying on the ground, and said with a faint smile: "The ability of reincarnation eyes really disgusts me, but I don't want my friends to endure the pain." , So, even if there is a danger of being seen, I will use my healing ability to help you."

Luffy looked at her quietly, closed his eyes after a while and said with a smile: "Well, I know, just do what you like. Anyway, I will protect you no matter what! Hahaha..." Laughed brightly.

An Ke looked at him with a gentle smile, and continued with his hands.The charming bloody left eye is no longer desperate and cruel, but a touch of gentleness...

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In the restaurant, Nami bit the straw and stared straight at Luffy, who was feasting, and thought to herself, "There really is no wound at all!! How did you do that?"

"What's wrong? Nami?" Seeing Nami staring at Luffy, Enke, who knew what she was thinking, said lightly, but there was a slight hint of warning in his tone.

"Huh? Nothing?" Seeing Encore's pale purple eyes, Nami shuddered, shifted her gaze, and answered vaguely.

Zoro drank the beer in the glass, looked at Luffy who was already full, and changed the subject with a smile, "I'm full, so I should go."

"Yes." Luffy said vaguely while biting the fishbone.

At this moment, the door of the restaurant was pushed open, and Ms. Ke Ya walked in and said, "So you are here."

"Yo, miss." Luffy raised his hand to say hello.

Nami leaned forward and asked with concern: "Why don't you go to rest?"

Ke Ya stood in front of them dignifiedly and said: "My illness is caused by the sadness of losing my parents. Usopp tried so hard to cheer me up, I can't go on like that."

An Ke tilted his head and didn't understand what they were talking about. After thinking about it, it might be because he didn't go when Luffy and the others went to borrow a boat last time, so he didn't know much about this young lady.

Ke Ya also saw Anke, and asked suspiciously, "Who is this little girl who looks like a doll?"

"Oh, she's Encore, my vice-captain." Luffy said with a big laugh.

Nami went on to say, "No wonder Ms. Kaya doesn't know, because you don't seem to have met."

Anke didn't speak, just smiled.

"That's it, that's right!" Ke Ya squinted her eyes and said with a smile, "I carefully prepared a gift for you, I hope you will like it."

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On the coast on the slope, Kaya and Mellie (Miss Kaya's housekeeper, Enke still hasn't seen him) stand in front of a big ship.

"Wow!! Clavier" Nami exclaimed excitedly looking at the ship.

Lu Fei excitedly opened his hands and shouted: "This is really for us!!"

Ke Ya said softly, "Yes, for you."

"Although the form is a bit old, this is the boat I designed. The skeleton structure, the spinnaker all use the stern central helm method, and it is called the 'Golden Merry'!!" Merry proudly introduced.

"Wow!!!" Luffy and others exclaimed excitedly.

"Then let me introduce how to use it. First of all, in terms of power start adjustment..." Meli explained responsibly.But Luffy, Encore and Zoro had no interest at all as soon as they heard this.

"Ah, no, no, no! Just tell me about the ship." Nami hurriedly stopped Meli, and said anxiously.

An Ke looked at Nami, who obviously had intentions, with a flash of confusion in his eyes, but then he smiled habitually and said, "Then let me get on the boat and have a look." Before boarding the boat, An Ke scanned the furtive Nami glanced at her, planning to find out her details one day, anyway, this kind of thing is easy for Encore.

Luffy walked to the side of the boat and said in admiration: "What a great boat, especially this sheep head, it's so cool!!"

"I put all the things needed for sailing on it," Keya said thoughtfully.

"Oh! Thank you. Misfortunes never come singly!" Luffy looked at Kaya and said with a smile.

The corner of Zoro's mouth twitched, and he slowly corrected Luffy, "You must be grateful, idiot!"

Seeing Encore get on the boat, Luffy also wanted to run up to have a look, but was held back by Sauron, who motioned him to look at the top of the slope, so the two looked at it, and then Usopp carried a huge green backpack rolled down.Usopp was still rolling and shouting "Ah!! Someone stop for me!!!"

Sauron measured his orbit and said, "It will hit the ship."

"Then." Luffy raised one foot, and Zoro also raised his leg tacitly, kicking towards the round backpack, but it happened to step on Usopp's face.

Usopp said without tears, "Thank you..."

Luffy still maintained that posture and responded lightly: "Oh."

Encore, who heard the noise, was lying on the side of the ship, his hands were just enough to be on the side of the ship, he tiptoed out of the ship, and saw Luffy and Zoro stepping on Usopp's face with one foot, Usopp Thorpe was also carrying a huge backpack.An Ke blinked, a little confused about what was going on...

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Usopp and Ms. Kaya were talking not far away, and Luffy and the others were lying on the boat waiting for them boredly.

"Hey, take care too, I hope to see you again!" Usopp, who seemed to have finished speaking, shouted to Luffy.

"Yeah? Why?" Luffy asked puzzled.

"Why?" Usopp breathed a sigh of relief and spread his hands, "You really are not likable, I will be pirates with you in the future, we will definitely see you at sea!"

"What are you talking about! Hurry up and get on the boat." Sauron leaned on the side of the boat and pointed at the boat.

"We're already partners, aren't we?" Luffy said while lying on the side of the ship and looking at Usopp in a daze.

Usopp stayed for a few seconds, and after recovering, he jumped up with tears in his eyes and said, "Ship...captain, I will be the captain!!"

"What are you talking about!! I'm the captain!!!" Luffy said angrily when he stepped on the side of the ship when he heard this sentence.

Hearing their argument, everyone laughed.

Anke looked at them with a smile and looked up at the blue sky

New ship, new partner, what a lucky day~~~
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On the boat, Luffy was drawing a picture on a dark cloth with a pile of paint.Usopp tilted his head and asked, "Luffy, what are you doing?"

"I'm drawing the Pirate Flag, because now that there are all pirate ships, the only thing missing is the Pirate Flag!" Luffy was still immersed in the drawing.

Encore, Zoro and Nami who heard this sentence also came together and said, "Really? Is the painting finished?"

"Yeah!" Luffy stood up and smiled and squinted his eyes, holding the black cloth in both hands and opened it excitedly: "clang, clang, clang~~~"

"..." The four people in front of the canvas blinked and looked at the so-called 'Pirate Flag': a distorted skull wearing a straw hat, a rare unanimous expression, twitching mouth corners, and cold sweat.

"Then... is that our logo..." Sauron struggled to hold back a sentence.

"Yeah!" Luffy said proudly, "How? Not bad~~"

"The pirate flag is a symbol of death, a symbol of terror..." An Ke carefully considered the words.

"It's really scary, but it's just because of your talent!" Nami said, rubbing her chin.

"Tut tsk tsk tsk~~~Why didn't you tell me in advance~~" Usopp shook his finger and said with a cracked smile: "Don't forget that I am a talented painter~~ I have 50 years of experience in graffiti on the wall , No one is better at painting than me!!" He raised his chin triumphantly and waited for Luffy's praise.

"50 years?? That's amazing!!" Luffy said in a fuss.

"Grandpa..." An Ke raised his head and said word by word.

"Really, you are an old man." Sauron pretended to be surprised and said.

"And there must be 5 or 6 grandchildren!" Nami added sharply.

"But, that's also very powerful~~~" Luffy, who obviously didn't know where the point was, continued to say in surprise.

"Hi!!" Usopp watched the topic run away with shame, and couldn't help but interrupt them.

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"Okay, please look at the artwork!!" Usopp proudly stood up holding the canvas after finishing the painting. Encore took a look and said, "Luffy's Pirate Flag isn't like this~"

Luffy and Zoro, who were standing on both sides of Usopp, took a look, each of them punched Usopp on the head, and shouted: "Who told you to draw your own pirate flag!!"

After a while, Usopp proudly stood up with a brush and said, "Is this okay?"

Everyone saw that Luffy's original pirate flag became taller in an instant.

"Not bad, I like it!" Luffy was very satisfied, then pointed to the sail and said, "Usopp, draw one on the sail too!"

Usopp swallowed a mouthful of saliva looking at the fluttering sails, and said in shock, "How to draw!!!"

Anke smiled and pressed his hands on the ground: "Crystal-Net!" The crystal that suddenly appeared slowly turned into a net framed by the side of the sail.

"Come on, genius painter~~~" Luffy, Encore, Zoro, and Nami stood in two rows and gestured invitations.

Usopp looked at their malicious appearance, and began to regret that he lied...

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Luffy looked at the big skull painted on the sail of the Golden Merry with satisfaction, and the pirate flag was flying on the pole, and shouted with high spirits: "Okay!! If this is the case, the pirate ship Golden Merry The number is also completed!! Let’s go on an adventure together!!”

"Oh!!!"

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(End of this chapter)