Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 328 An Ordinary Day for the Straw Hat Pirates 3
Anke took back the crystal in his hand, and was not interested in watching the chase between the two men. He pointed to the dirty ground in front of him and said, "Usopp, Chopper, bring some buckets of water over later. And, Usopp, you better hurry up and wash it, it makes you feel uncomfortable just looking at it."

"It's actually very uncomfortable..." Usopp frowned and tugged on his clothes, sighed and had no choice but to take a shower before lunch.

"Then I'll fetch water first~~Encore, please take a look at these herbs~~" Chopper trotted along to keep up with Usopp's footsteps.

"OK~~", after Anke lazily agreed, he yawned a little tiredly.

"!!!", Seeing this, Lu Fei immediately stared at her nervously, and then began to make all kinds of loud noises, "Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[-]

"What's the matter?" Encore, who was instantly chased away from sleepiness, looked at the nervous man.

"Are you going to sleep?? Isn't it morning??"

"It's okay... just a little tired..." After reaching out to pat his face to wake up, Anke got up and left, "I'm going to lie down for a while~~"

"No, no, no~~ How can we relax our vigilance as a pirate~~ Let's go on the swing~~~", the smiling Luffy took her and strode towards the lawn deck with a nervous expression on his face.

"Since you have to be vigilant, why are you going to swing..." The girl, who was a little confused, let him pull her to the bottom of the tree, and then put herself on it.

"It's okay, it's okay~~~ It's easier to wake up when you swing on a swing~~~", Luffy smiled and began to shake the swing,

"I hope so..." The still unspirited person stretched out his hands to hold the rope, and after answering hesitantly, he began to rest with his eyes closed.The slowly swaying swing is very comfortable to sit on, and the oncoming wind is also speeding up the girl's sobriety.
The hand shaking the swing slowly stopped, Luffy watched the girl's head quietly leaning on the swing rope for a while, and then called out in a low voice: "Encore?"

The girl didn't respond, she quietly hugged the rope with her eyes closed and remained motionless, only the occasional passing wind lifted her short shoulder-length hair as a response.

"..." Lu Fei walked around silently and stood in front of her, then bent down and reached out to touch her closed left eye.In the warm summer climate, the cold temperature from his fingertips made him feel chills, and the girl who didn't respond at all made his heart sink.

The retracted right hand trembled slightly, then clenched into a fist.The young man with his head down pressed his lips tightly and calmed down for a while, then suddenly smiled lowly, his suppressed low-pitched laughter flowed in the quiet air, and his low-pitched words carried a shocking heaviness, " Encore, you have never kept the promise... You have been by my side all the time, but you have been away from me... You have promised to watch me become the One Piece, but now the time to close your eyes is getting worse It's getting longer..."

The girl who had fallen into an unconscious slumber did not answer, and her peaceful sleeping face was hazy and unreal under the shadows of the trees, as if it would disappear at any moment.

"But, forget it..." The gloom on Lu Fei's face gradually faded, he stretched out his hand to pull the girl's short hair and said with a chuckle: "I won't let you leave me, I don't believe you are doomed to die or something Woolen cloth."

At this moment, Chopper just walked over with a wooden bucket filled with water, and after staring blankly at them, he said in a low voice, "Well, Luffy?"

Luffy didn't look at it, but asked blankly: "Chopper, have you studied the thing Robin gave you last time?"

"Is that the medicine bottle with the special inhibitor?" Looking at the sleeping man, Chopper nodded solemnly, "It's been researched. But I don't dare to give it to Anke, because I can't really be sure whether it is really harmless or not." .”

"Don't tell anyone about this in advance, so as not to worry others. Besides, there is plenty of time, so don't be in such a hurry for now." Luffy carefully picked up the person on the swing and walked towards the girl's room.

Seeing the back of them leaving, Chopper was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute, Luffy. Is that real?"

"Yes, but it depends on you." Luffy stopped, and after a moment of silence, he continued: "Chopper, she is very important to me. It's a bit difficult, but please."

"I know!" Chopper nodded rigorously, and then said to him comfortingly: "Don't worry, Luffy. I will work hard!"

"Thank you." After thanking in a low voice, Luffy left with the sleeping man in his arms.

After watching them go away, Chopper couldn't help clutching the bucket, with a look of discomfort on his face.

In the evening, the wind had already blown, and the bulging sails made the Qianyang, which was parked on the sea, move forward rapidly, unimpeded all the way in the evening sun.

Franky and Usopp were at the helm at the bow, Sauron was still on the observation deck, Robin and Chopper were discussing something in the medical room, and Brook, who was confused, also stayed there.

Encore was still sleeping in the room, Sanji stood by, and Luffy and Nami were outside the room discussing the next itinerary.

Nami looked at the record pointer on her wrist, and asked solemnly: "Is it really necessary to speed up the sailing speed? Will this make her suspicious?"

Luffy just leaned back against the railing, lowered the brim of his hat and said in a deep voice: "No, she rarely cares about such things. And now the time interval between her falling asleep is getting shorter and shorter, and the time of falling asleep is also getting longer. I fell asleep for 3 hours five days ago, but this time it's almost six hours."

"I hope nothing will happen. Although I don't know what happened to Encore, I just feel more and more uneasy now." Nami frowned worriedly, and after looking at the closed door, bit her Lip tried to make his expression normal.

"Now don't let her know that we have noticed something wrong with her, just try to be normal and pretend that nothing has been discovered. Tell other people about this and let them pay attention.", finished in a low voice After that, Luffy got up and walked towards the door, reached out and grabbed the doorknob, then paused, and opened the door after a few seconds.

"Luffy..." Nami watched his figure disappear behind the door, lowered her head a little sadly, then immediately stretched out her hand to pat herself, tried her best to regain her spirits and smiled cutely, then turned and walked towards the bow, "Should go talk to that A few idiots talk about it, otherwise it will be troublesome."

In a somewhat dark room, Sanji was in a daze with his head down, smoking an unlit cigarette.Anke lay on the bed with her eyes closed and slept soundly, her hair was messy, holding a bear puppet in her hands, and the curtains were thoughtfully drawn to block the harassment of the sunlight outside the window.
The door was opened, and Luffy walked in softly, then closed the door behind him, looked inside and said in a low voice, "Sanji, go prepare dinner first, Encore should wake up soon..."

"Yeah." Sanji nodded, but didn't go out. After a few seconds, he asked in a low voice: "Luffy, is there something wrong with my cutie? Why do you fall into a deep sleep now and then?"

Luffy paused, and then replied in a low voice: "It's nothing, don't worry, it's just that she's tired."

"After so many things, who would be so stupid to believe such an innocent and simple reason?" Sanji said lightly, but his brows were tightly frowned with a dignified expression, "I felt something was wrong with the question she asked you last time. Yes, 18 years old definitely has a dark secret."

"It's good to know this kind of thing in your heart. Chopper and Robin are already thinking of a way. But no matter how worried you are, don't say it. We still can't hide it from Encore." After Luffy finished speaking in a deep voice, he left Going to the side of the bed and looking down at the sleeping girl holding the doll, she pursed her lips lightly.

Sanji looked at them quietly, then lowered his head and said softly "I'm going out first" before opening the door and leaving.

The sunlight peeped through the crack of the open door, and then disappeared with the closed door.The light in a few seconds was finally noticed by the girl, her long eyelashes trembled a few times, and then she opened her eyes, the bright pupil color had a different kind of seclusion, with the confusion of awakening, she looked very harmless.

"Morning, Encore~~", a face with a bright smile appeared in her vision, a pure smile without any impurities.

"Luffy..." Recognizing who the owner of this face is, Anke greeted with a smile, and continued lazily hugging the doll not wanting to get up.

The young man who was still smiling could only relax at the moment, he bent down and stretched out his hand to pull her up and sit down, "I can't continue to sleep, Enke~~ Let's go eat~~ You have slept all day~~"

"Is there..." The man who was almost asleep rubbed his eyes, shook his head to wake himself up, and then saw the orange sunlight through the curtains.After being stunned for a moment, Anke's eyes became deep, but the corners of his lips evoked a faint smile, "It's really, it's actually night~"

Luffy looked down at her smiling face, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Hey, Encore..."

"What's wrong?" Anke looked up at him suspiciously, but didn't understand the seriousness in his eyes.

"Next time, when I call you, can you wake up?"

An Ke was taken aback for a moment, then nodded hesitantly, "It should be fine..."

Hearing this unconfident answer, Luffy fell silent again.

Anke had already guessed what he might know, sighed, looked at the dim sunlight outside the curtains, and said lightly: "Hey, Luffy. Now there are more and more partners in the pirate group. You have to cheer for the captain~~, the future adventures will become more and more difficult and dangerous, but no matter what, you..."

"We'll talk about this kind of thing at a later time!" Lu Fei forcefully interrupted her, and said in a cold voice: "I know what I should do, as long as you stay by my side!"

It was the first time I heard him say such a strong word, Enke was stunned for a moment, and the next second, she immediately looked at him with teary eyes and pitiful eyes, "Lu Fei..."

"Wow!! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!!" The captain, who was instantly frightened back to his original form, began to comfort and apologize in a hurry, "Don't cry!!"

"Hmm..." After the little guy in the play wiped away tears that didn't exist, he began to ask, "Don't yell at me next time, don't scold me!"

"Yes! It's my fault!!"

"This time it's almost~~", the satisfied person lifted the quilt and jumped out of bed, stretched and said: "Then, let's go eat~~"

"That's right! Let's eat~~~", a certain foodie's whole body and mind was occupied by the word 'eat', and he kept running on the spot and urged, "Encore, hurry up, Encore, hurry up~~"

"Yes, yes..." Anke shook his head helplessly, then his smile subsided, "Looks like Luffy has already sensed something, if this is the case, the worst premonition has already appeared.However, there is still time, I will not give up so easily...'

The next morning, after breakfast.The weather is still as beautiful as ever, with blue sky, white clouds, and sparkling waves. The Qianyang is wandering in the blue sea, and its sailing speed is much faster than before.

Luffy and Usopp were sitting on the starboard side fishing, while Chopper and Brook were sitting on both sides and waiting with their fish pockets, but unfortunately no fish had been hooked.

Nami, Robin, Sanji and Franky were sitting around a small round table drinking tea, Zoro was sitting in the corner studying the snow-white demon sword, making a few snowflakes flying there from time to time, but still There is no way to control freely.An Ke sat on the swing under the tree, studying the leaves that had just fallen from his hands full of energy.

"It's so boring, why haven't there been any fish..." Luffy, who was too bored, no longer looked at the buoy, but impatiently looked at the navigator who was drinking tea on the boat, "Nami, when will the murlocs arrive? Island??"

"Mermaid???", Sanji instantly imagined the legendary mermaid, and immediately jumped around in circles exuding love, "Mermaid mermaid~~~Where are you, the longing mermaid~~~"

(End of this chapter)