Vice Captain of One Piece

Chapter 60 Navy Curry and Blooming Fireworks

Dense fog lingered in the morning, and the vast expanse of whiteness made navigation very troublesome. The Merry drifted with the current and slowly moved forward in the dense fog.In the kitchen, Sanji was carefully preparing breakfast for a boatload of people. Except for Usopp who stayed on the watchtower and looked ahead, everyone else stayed in the kitchen, waiting for the thick fog to clear.Luffy was lying on the table boredly, watching Sanji's back while cooking, staring straight at the steaming breakfast in the pot, Zoro was still leaning against the wall and dozing, Robin was reading a book, and Chopper and Nami looked at the two knives placed in front of Encore.

Chopper looked at the two knives curiously, and wanted to stretch out his hoof to touch them, but was stopped by Encore: "Chopper, these two knives are very dangerous, it's better not to touch them lightly~"

"Really, last time Sauron took that white knife and almost had an accident. If we are not swordsmen, we should not touch it." Nami warned, looking at the two beautiful but extremely dangerous knives.

"Why?" Chopper asked curiously.Anke didn't answer directly, but picked up the white demon knife and asked softly: "Do you like snow, Chopper?"

"Yeah!" Chopper nodded vigorously, and said with a smile, "I grew up on Winter Island, and I haven't seen snow since I went to sea~~~"

At this time, Luffy was also attracted attention, instead of staring at the food in the pot, he looked at Encore and laughed: "Hahaha~~Encore~~ Let's make a snowman~~ Last time in Winter Island I haven't had enough fun yet~~" Robin also put down the book in his hand and looked at her curiously.

"Liuxuxue..." Xue Lian drew across a beautiful arc.It didn't take long for Chopper to have snowflakes in a radius of one meter from the center. Chopper looked at the sudden snowflakes in surprise and laughed.And Luffy began to squeeze into the circle and prepare to make a snowman.Nami and Robin reached out to take a snowflake, looked at the crystal clear ice and snow in their hands and smiled at each other, their good mood is self-evident.Zoro, who was disturbed by them, opened his eyes helplessly. When he saw Luffy and Chopper playing with Snow Flower, he sighed and said, "Really, are you still a child?"

Looking at them with a smile, Anke suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the bow of the ship, and put away the fluttering snowflakes, "It seems that there are ships parked there ahead, and there are many huge ships..." At this time Usopp also He shouted loudly: "Hey! It's not good! There are a lot of big ships ahead!!" Except for Sanji, who was still in the kitchen and was preparing to steer, everyone went outside.

"Sanji!! Helm! Full right rudder!!" Nami shouted to Sanji in the kitchen.Anke, on the other hand, squinted his eyes at the logo above, and the pattern of seagulls faintly visible in the dense fog made people vigilant, "These are naval ships, let's escape here under the cover of dense fog." Hearing Luffy with the word 'Navy' habitually ran to the next door to Encore, putting her behind him.

"In this way, aren't we surrounded by the navy??" Usopp said in panic.And Luffy laughed without nervousness: "Hahahaha~~ That's also very powerful~~~"

"Even the navy can't move in this thick fog," Nami said cautiously, "We'd better keep quiet, especially Luffy!"

The Merry slowly shuttled through the warships, and everyone carefully watched the passing warships.Suddenly, Sanji seemed to see something, raised his voice slightly and said, "Hey, can you see if there is someone on that warship?"

Everyone looked up, and sure enough, at the edge of the warship sailing on the right, there was a little boy wearing a chef uniform and glasses standing there blankly, and there was a big iron bucket next door.The child seemed to have discovered the Merry, and was shocked when he saw the sign on it. The iron rail next door began to fall into the sea. He panicked and wanted to jump down to catch it, but his whole body began to fall .Robin immediately crossed his hands and said, "Leave it to me!!" Several hands grew out of the wooden board on the side of the warship, grabbing the falling child.

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After the Merry slowly moved away from the warship, it stopped.The rescued boy was also placed in the kitchen.After shaking a medicine bottle in front of the unconscious boy, Chopper said: "The sedative is about to work, he should wake up after a while." Hearing this, Luffy and I Said to move forward immediately, while Encore, Zoro and Robin leaned against the far wall, and Sanji was still cooking his breakfast attentively.

The boy opened his eyes vaguely, then sat up in panic and asked, "This is..."

Usopp clasped his hips and explained: "This is the ship of the Luffy Pirates. Didn't you just fall off the warship?"

"Pirate?!" The boy said vigilantly, "Don't come here! Are you planning to attack a navy ship??"

Usopp said helplessly: "What's going on, this kid..."

Nami smiled and said, "It can't be helped, who called him a navy." At this time, Sanji brought up a bowl of soup and said, "Let's eat first and then talk about it."

"I don't want it!" The boy was still very vigilant, "I don't accept the favor of pirates!!"

"Hey, can't you drink the thick soup made by the chef on the Pirates?" Sanji said kindly: "There is no poison in it, and you will feel calmer if you put something in your stomach." Hearing Sanji's words , the boy looked down at the bowl of fragrant soup, slightly surprised to pick it up and taste it slowly.Seeing that the boy finally let go of their hostility, Luffy and the others smiled in satisfaction, while Anke still casually covered his face with his hands and stood far away.

After finishing the thick soup, the boy smiled at Sanji who was sitting beside him and said, "Thank you for the hospitality. I am Taji, an apprentice cook on the warship just now."

Sanji took the bowl with a smile and said, "I am Sanji, the chef on this pirate ship."

"Sanji-san, your craftsmanship is super good, it's a pity to stay on this dilapidated boat!" Taji's words instantly aroused Luffy and Usopp's dissatisfaction. "What did you say?? This ship is not bad!!" Luffy shouted unhappily.Usopp also agreed and said: "Yes! This boat is a treasure given to us by a girl named Keya in the small village where I used to live!!

Seeing Luffy and Usopp arguing, Nami said helplessly, "Yes, yes, calm down..."

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On the rear deck, Taji looked at the warship looming in the distance in the thick fog and said in a low voice: "Actually...I overturned the curry for lunch today, and the chef asked me to make it again. After that, I will try I've done it many times, but I can't always do it right..."

"Taji, have you ever been a chef before?" Nami asked curiously.

"I have only been an apprentice chef for half a year..."

"Half a year is enough," Sanji said affirmatively with a cigarette in his mouth, but Taji vehemently retorted.

"Impossible!! I peel and wash dishes every day, and I haven't cooked at all! And..." Taji said in a low voice: "And once a week, the captains of the ships gather together for lunch It is the custom to taste curry together from time to time, and this week just happens to be held on our ship. How can the curry I make taste like the taste of naval officers..."

"Navy curry is very famous," Robin said lightly. "The chefs of each ship show their own skills, so as to highlight the flavor of their own ship."

Luffy said excitedly: "It sounds delicious~~~" Anke poked his head out from behind Luffy to look at the boy with a tangled face, then at the warship in front, and gently grabbed the road. Fly clothes.Luffy moved his steps and completely covered her behind him.

"If you don't have confidence after staying in the kitchen for half a year, just go and cry with the chef and beg for mercy..." Sanji said lightly, then turned and prepared to go back to the kitchen.

"I don't want it..." Taji whispered, "If I do this, I will definitely be kicked off the boat...".

Usopp asked curiously, "Is there any reason why you must stay there?"

"ALL..." Taji mumbled something, and Sanji stopped abruptly.Taji suddenly turned around and said excitedly to them: "Do you know about ALLBLUE? West Sea, East China Sea, South China Sea, and North Sea, the place where all the seafood of the four seas gather is ALLBLUE, which is the sea of ​​miracles that every chef yearns for. Senior Everyone is saying that I am dreaming, but I firmly believe that there must be ALLBLUE in the world, and it is very possible to go there on a naval ship, so I cannot be kicked off the ship!!"

Luffy and the others were slightly surprised, and their eyes shifted to the figure standing there motionless.Nami looked at Sanji and said with a smile: "Originally, this kind of place should have left earlier, otherwise it would be very troublesome if it was bombarded together. But now it seems that we should send this child back first, Sanji rule."

"Just send it back to the ship," Sanji turned to Luffy and said, "Luffy, help me."

"Ah?" Lu Fei was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Encore who was hidden behind him.Encore smiled understandingly, and gently pushed Luffy.

"Rubber rubber-ladder!!" Luffy extended his hands towards the warship, firmly grasping the side of the warship, "Hey, Sanji, it's connected~" This action just revealed Encore behind him, Taji Staring blankly at An Ke who covered his face slightly, he said, "That child..."

"Hurry up and catch Luffy, we need to leave before the fog clears." Zoro interrupted Taji lightly, nudged him who was stunned, and naturally blocked him from looking at Encore. look.

Nami said with a smile: "Indeed, the fog will clear by noon, we can't wait until then."

Sanji said lightly: "Enough is enough..."

Anke chuckled and said in a low voice, "How far are you going to help him?"

Sanji slowly stepped forward and grabbed Luffy and said, "I just went to see how good the Navy's kitchen is..." Luffy said excitedly, "Okay~~Let's go!!!"

Seeing Luffy flying towards the warship with Sanji and that child, Usopp propped his chin and said, "Luffy...has passed too..." Nami nodded and said, "Really, it will definitely mess with a lot of people. Please come back..."

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Time passed by every minute and every second, and the fog gradually became thinner.Encore and the others stayed in the kitchen waiting for Luffy and the others to come back.

Suddenly there was a loud sound of objects hitting the wall outside, Anke and the others watched in astonishment as a human figure protruded from the wooden wall of the kitchen, and then came the voice of Sanji gnashing his teeth outside: "You...do you have something with me? Hatred??"

"I'm sorry." Then Luffy's serious voice sounded.

"Your face shows no apology at all..."

"I already said I'm sorry~~"

"I'm going to kill you!! If I can move now!"

When Nami and Usopp saw the trace, they rushed out.Usopp yelled at Luffy: "You hurt the Golden Merry again!! This is the precious ship Kaya gave us! How many times do you have to tell me to understand??"

"Oh~ Usopp, Nami, I'm sorry~" Luffy said with a smile, "I was discovered by the navy, so I had to rush back, ahahaha~~~"

"Can't you be quieter when you come back?" Sauron, who was taking a nap, opened one eye helplessly, and was stunned when he saw the humanoid trace: "What's going on??"

"Luffy's masterpiece." Encore made another pile of snowflakes near Chopper, looked at the smirking reindeer and said with a smile: "Haven't you been thrown by Luffy several times? So, Long, Sir." Sauron was speechless for a moment.Robin just smiled and narrowed his eyes in a good mood, and continued to flip through the book.

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It's raining outside, and it's annoying.Sauron was wearing a raincoat and observing the nearby sea from the observation deck.Everyone else stayed in the kitchen.Chopper was standing upright in front of the helm, while Sanji was washing the dishes, Usopp was messing with his own invention as always, Robin was reading a book, and Nami was helping Encore with her hair.She didn't care what Nami made her long hair look like, Anke just sat cross-legged on a chair holding two knives in a daze.As for Luffy...

"It's so annoying..." Luffy, who had been frowning since the rain, sighed for the Nth time, lying on the table in a daze.Everyone is used to Luffy who is completely restless, so he directly treats his complaints as air. "Hey... Usopp..." Luffy said slowly, "Is there anything interesting?"

"There is one for fireworks," Usopp said, stopping his work and taking out a white ball.Luffy's eyes sparkled in an instant, and Nami interrupted Luffy's next words lightly: "I don't want the fireworks, what if the navy is brought over? And it's raining now."

"That's right," Usopp retracted the fireworks and continued to study his invention.And Luffy, who was completely depressed by Nami's blow, fell silent for a long time, then fixed his eyes on Robin who was reading a book quietly, leaned his head over and asked, "What book have you been reading?"

Luffy's ordinary words were like dropping a bomb.Except for Robin, the movements of the others froze, a drop of cold sweat emerged from their heads, and a thought flashed tacitly: "Luffy is actually interested in books?" ? '

Feeling that the atmosphere was not right, Luffy looked at Encore and the others, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

"No, it's okay..." The five voices answered Luffy's question in tacit understanding but lacked confidence. Sanji and the others continued their work, and Enke, who was startled by Luffy's question just now, was not in a daze, and opened his eyes wide. Holding the knife in his eyes, he looked straight at Luffy.

"RAINBOWMist, which means colorful mist," Robin pushed a book with a red cover to Luffy and said, "It is a novel written by a person who returned from an adventure in the wonderful sea area based on his personal experience."

"Adventure, it sounds interesting," Luffy took the book and opened it, but this action made the corners of Encore's mouth twitch, as if the book was so impossible in Luffy's hands .

With a "squeak", the kitchen door opened, and Sauron walked in and said, "I saw the island..."

"Really? Yoho~~~Island!!!" Hearing this, Luffy immediately dropped the book in his hand and ran outside, regardless of whether it was raining or not.Nami and Usopp collapsed powerlessly on the ground in an instant, and Zoro asked strangely, "What's wrong?"

"fine……"

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As the boat approached the island, the rain that had been falling finally stopped, and the cloudy sky began to clear.The coast where the Merry docked happened to be a small cliff, just high enough for them to walk from the top of the mast to the hillside.

"Wahha~~~Island~~~" Luffy stared at the green mountain, jumped onto the cliff before the boat stopped, and ran around excitedly.

"Really, so what if you wait a second more?" Nami looked helplessly at Luffy who was alive and kicking.After tying the ribbon, An Ke smiled and said, "The rain just now bored Luffy, let him play for a while, as long as it's not for reading..."

"Indeed," Usopp put the little firework into the bag he was carrying and said, "I'd better forget what happened just now, it really doesn't fit Luffy's character."

Sanji nodded in agreement with a cigarette in his mouth, Chopper also carried his little blue bag on his back, while Robin stayed in the kitchen and read a book, Zoro sat on the deck and slept.

The Merry stopped against the cliff, and Luffy ran to the edge of the cliff to pick up Enke who was coming over, and said with a big smile, "Enke~~ Do you think there is any food in it? Eat~~~"

Anke said with a smile: "There is someone behind the mountain, maybe..." Before Anke finished speaking, Luffy rushed to the top of the hill with her in his arms, and when he saw the densely packed houses at the foot of the mountain, he said loudly: "Hey !! I see a town~~~" As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed directly to the town.Seeing Sanji and the others slowly climbing the mountain, Anke waved to them with a smile, and said loudly, "Hurry up~~"

"Of course it's easy for me not to walk, this hillside is so steep..." Usopp hadn't finished his helpless words before Sanji kicked him hard on the head.Sanji lowered his legs with a cigarette in his mouth and said, "Really, how hard it must be for the cutie to climb such a steep hill? You don't protect LADY at all..."

"Hurry up, Sanji and Usopp." Nami stood on the top of the slope and said to them: "If you don't follow up, you will spend time looking for Luffy again..." Chopper nodded, moved his nose and said: " They're almost inside the town now."

"Yes~~~Nami-san~~~~I'll be there right away~~~~"

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The houses in the town were hung with ribbons, and there was a lot of people everywhere, as if preparing to celebrate some important festival.

"Although this town is a little smaller, it's still quite lively~" Anke hugged Luffy's neck and looked around curiously.

"Hotel restaurant~~~~" As soon as Luffy entered the town, he began to look for his target, looking around excitedly, suddenly he seemed to see something interesting and immediately ran to a wall and said happily: "Encore, Look here~~It’s so interesting~~~~”

There were a few beautiful posters of the fireworks on the wall, Encore looked at them and said, "Fireworks, and it's still today~" Luffy loudly said to Sanji and the others who were walking slowly behind: "Hey! , everyone, come and take a look~~"

Hearing Luffy's voice, his companions who thought something had happened immediately stepped up to catch up. "Is it a new reward order??" Nami asked nervously while running, and she felt relieved when she saw those posters, "What, so it wasn't..."

"There will be a fireworks show tonight," Anke said to them with a smile, "Maybe there will be many interesting activities, let's take a look~~"

"It's great~~~" Nami put her hands together and said happily: "I haven't seen fireworks for a long time~~~" At this moment, Sanji immediately stepped forward and said with style: "Let me accompany Nami-san~ ~~"

Nami shook her head and said with a smile still: "No need, don't bother me~~~" Sanji froze for a moment, Usopp and Chopper looked at Sanji's mushroom as tall as a man, and then looked happily Nami, who smiled softly, twitched the corners of her mouth.

"Are you from other places?" A passerby who walked over said with a smile, "Are you here to watch the fireworks?"

"Why, are the fireworks on this island so famous?" Luffy asked curiously, Anke leaned on his shoulder and blinked secretly, and turned slightly to look at the uncle who was talking.

"Ah, it's the island's signature celebration," the uncle explained with a smile, "it's 400 years old~"

"400 years??" Usopp asked in surprise, "It's such a long history..."

The owner of the grocery store next door pointed to the mountain not far away and said: "Look, isn't there a tower in the mountain behind? It has been handed down from generation to generation to make fireworks for 400 years. Now there is only one old man and granddaughter living in it." There." He pointed to the Encore that Luffy was holding and said: "That child is about the same age as the kid in the straw hat guy's arms, but she has a lot of research on fireworks."

"Is grandpa the only one making fireworks now?" Nami asked, looking at the mountain in doubt.

"No, no, there was also that little girl who made fireworks together," the uncle continued, "They made fireworks silently for a whole year for this day. It's really amazing."

"Ah, that's right!" Usopp suddenly clapped his hands and said, "The gunpowder is almost used up. If you go there, you can still get some~~Then I'll go first~~~" After finishing speaking, Usopp Go straight to the hut on the mountain.

"Tonight is definitely an unforgettable banquet, enjoy it, hahahaha~" the uncle said with a smile.At this time, Luffy, who was no longer interested in their conversation, suddenly turned around and said excitedly: "Ah, yes~~ I'm going to tell Zoro about this~~~" Sanji, who was squatting on the ground, was also full of blood Resurrection, said happily: "Oh!! Then I'll tell Robin-chan~~~"

"Luffy, what about your meal?" Encore said with a light smile.Luffy turned around in an instant and continued to walk forward: "Indeed, let's go eat first~~ahhahaha~~~~~"

"Hello..."

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The night came simply and quickly, and the sunny sunshine after the rain was replaced by the black night. Before the 8 o'clock fireworks display, in the small town, the brightly lit streets are full of people coming and going, laughing and laughing.The festive activity stalls filled the entire street, and Sauron and Robin, who were originally staying on the boat, were also pulled into the town to participate in the fireworks display.Except for Usopp who still hasn't come back, a group of people wandered the streets in a relaxed and happy atmosphere.

Luffy is holding the meat with bones in both hands, and there is still a piece in his mouth, his eyes are constantly scanning the surrounding restaurants or stalls like radar, while Robin, Nami and Chopper are staying at a goldfish fishing stall There, Zoro was drinking slowly with a large glass of wine, while Anke and Sanji stood at a booth selling masks.

"Little cutie, which one do you like?" Sanji bent over and gently asked Encore who was thinking.

"I don't know..." Anke tried to raise his head, his big eyes looked around among a bunch of masks, but he still couldn't decide which one to buy.At this time, Sauron just walked behind them, estimated Anke's height, looked at the mask hanging high above, and said lightly: "I guess your little cutie is worrying about the height problem, MR-Prince..."

Zoro's simple words immediately caused two people to explode, one because of the height and the other because of the title.Seeing the black air slowly gushing out from behind the two of them, Sauron stepped back silently and hid in the crowd in an instant.

"Go back and definitely let you go into the sea to calm down!" An Ke stared at the direction where Sauron disappeared, and said slightly angrily with a bulging face.And the cigarette that Sanji was biting moved up and down, "That green algae...will definitely kill him next time!!"

After simply buying two masks, Encore and Sanji began to walk towards the booth where Nami and the others were, but the crowd made it difficult for Encore to move forward. "Damn it, if the body is not a child, you don't have to worry about it." Enke pulled the mask to the top of the head, walked carefully with the hem of the skirt, but was still squeezed by the crowd a few times.Sanji smiled softly and bent down to hug her, saying, "Now that Luffy is not here, let me be your knight first, little princess~~"

All of a sudden, Encore, who was much more relaxed, pulled down the mask to cover his face, and said with a light smile, "Thank you, Mr. Knight~~"

It was almost eight o'clock, and everyone gathered at the place to watch the fireworks. The beautiful railings separated the crowd from the place where the fireworks were set off.Luffy and his group squeezed to the front excitedly waiting for the moment of eight o'clock.Luffy was still holding a lot of meat in both hands, Encore and Chopper sat on the railing, and the others stood behind them, waiting for the moment when the fireworks bloomed.

At eight o'clock, accompanied by the roaring sound, colorful fireworks bloomed on the island, but the beauty that disappeared in an instant left a deep impression on people's minds.Everyone looked at the sky in admiration and rolled their eyes with a smile.

Time passed slowly, and although the colorful fireworks were colorful, they would eventually come to an end. After the final burst, the sky returned to calm, but people's faces were still full of smiles.Suddenly there was a sound from the hut in the back mountain, and after everyone turned their eyes away, they saw a small firework blooming there. "What's going on? That little firework that doesn't pull the trigger." Nami lowered the corners of her lips in disappointment.

Suddenly there was another loud noise from the mountain, and a huge firework flew up into the sky, and then burst into bloom, covering the entire island with beautiful light.The people on the island immediately cheered to celebrate the end of the celebration.

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(End of this chapter)