[One Piece] Courage to Dream

Chapter [-]: Another Courage

Memories, wake up.

Hiluluk stopped as if he was looking for something, his shoulders trembled, and his breathing suddenly became short of breath.

Doriel's expression froze, and with Xiluluke's physical condition, it was still too reluctant to come to Winter Island after all.It seems... is the limit already?

"I'm fine..." Hiluluk said to Doriel, "We have to rush to the village as soon as possible."

"I'm sorry, Jyoti," Hiluluk said after a short pause, still turning his back to Jyoti, "It seems that I remembered the goodbye this time..."

Hiruluk's words made Jyoti's eyes widen.

"Doctor, could it be that you...!" She said in surprise.

"do not come!"

Just when Jyoti was about to run to Xiluluke happily, Xiluluke stopped her sharply.

"Doctor...?" Jyoti hesitated and stood there. In fact...she wanted to say a lot to Hilluluk, but she didn't know where to start.

Thousands of words, and finally turned into a simple sentence.

"For these years, Chopper and I have been thinking about when we can get together with the three of you again..." Jodi said, with a slight smile on her lips.

"Stupid, do you think I don't know?!" Hiluluk said incoherently, and his tone seemed to be a bit unfriendly, "Your heart is still on...that boat!"

"Huh?" Jody was taken aback.

"Arbitrarily decided to take care of me, I'm not the kind of fragile man..." Hiluluk said dissatisfiedly, coughed twice, and his voice softened, "The number is wrong now, it's not a reunion. But, Since the three of us are together...then, we will definitely get together again."

"At that time, let's meet again..."

Jyoti looked at the back of the man in the wind and snow. She didn't know whether it was because she had grown up or because of Shiruluke's illness for many years. His shoulders were much weaker than before, but... still made her feel the same. So wide, as if——can hold up her entire sky.

Doriel, who was standing beside Xiluluke, also smiled, and said, "If you don't leave, your last chance... will be missed."

Today's Meli should have set sail...

Driving their dreams as Jyoti has seen so many times.

Ride the wind and waves.

With the endless sea as the background, the smiles and gestures of the partners come to mind.

"Thank you! Doctor, Madam Doriel!"

Without saying sorry, Jyoti bowed deeply.

Yes, even though - she doesn't have much power in her hands, she still wants to walk on the road of dreams with everyone!

"You must come back, you two..." Hiluluk never turned around, just turned his back to her, and said, "I... will also be here, waiting for you all the time."

"Yeah!" Jodi nodded heavily, and said loudly, "Chopper and I... will definitely come back safely!"

After saying this, she turned around and ran.

From the bottom of my heart, I was deeply touched.

It was the doctor... who gave her courage again...

The wind and snow are blowing, and the pace is hurried.

I don't know if I can catch up with Luffy and their ship in time.

No, it's too late——

Jyoti stopped in a hurry. If I remember correctly, Nami said that they were going in the direction...it seems to be this way!

With no time to pack her things, and no time to rush to the place where the boat set off, Jyoti had no choice but to desperately turn in one direction and run towards a cliff somewhere in Winter Island.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh," Doriel asked after Jyoti left and disappeared, "why don't you turn around and look at her? You should miss her very much, too."

"Have you been seen through, who made me...can't stop." Hiluluk raised his head, with two lines of tears streaming down his cheeks, "I want to greet them with a smile."

"Say, let's go," Hiluluk took a moment to wipe away his tears, and embarked on the journey again.

"Let's give them the gift of practice!"