Seeing Kaguya defeat the two Pirate Crews, Nami and Nojiko led the villagers out.
“Kaguya!
You’re so strong now!
You actually dealt with Buggy so easily!”
Nami still remembered Kaguya’s last fight with Buggy in Orange Town, where he was cut with more than a dozen wounds by Buggy’s flying knives.
Today, he actually resolved it without a scratch.
“My strength has indeed improved.
Fighting the Arlong Pirates made me grow a lot.”
Nojiko stepped forward and felt around Kaguya’s body.
“I was far away just now, so I didn’t see clearly.
You’re not hurt, are you?”
Kaguya quickly held down the small hands that were touching him all over.
“Not hurt, I’m perfectly fine.”
Nami, standing by, watched her sister and Kaguya’s intimate interaction, a hint of slyness flashing in her eyes.
She deliberately cleared her throat and teased.
“Sister, are you really checking if Kaguya is hurt?
Why do I feel like you’re taking advantage of him~”
Nojiko’s cheeks immediately flushed crimson at the words.
She hurriedly withdrew her hand and glared at Nami reproachfully.
“You girl, what nonsense are you talking about!”
Kaguya lightly coughed, trying to ease the strange atmosphere.
“Alright, the pirates have been dealt with, and everyone is safe.
Kensuke, please lead everyone to clean up the beach.”
“Okay.”
Kensuke nodded and led the village men to clean up the bodies on the beach.
“Let’s go, let’s check out Alvida’s treasure on the ship.”
Hearing about treasure, Nami’s eyes immediately lit up, like two sparkling stars.
“Treasure?!”
She excitedly grabbed Kaguya’s arm.
“Hurry!
Hurry!”
The three boarded the miss love duck, and the two women ignored the headless corpse on the deck.
When Kaguya saw it, he kicked it into the sea.
Nami led her sister Nojiko into the cabin to search for the treasure room.
Meanwhile, Kaguya was carefully examining the miss love duck.
Although the miss love duck was similar in size to the Circus Tent, both being large three-masted sailing ships.
Its materials were clearly not as refined as the Circus Tent’s.
The ship’s timber was slightly rough, and the rivets on the deck showed some signs of rust.
However, with some money for renovation, it would still be a decent ship. Get faster updates on g.com.
Kaguya caressed the gunwale, already planning in his mind how to modify this ship.
Perhaps he could install a few cannons and reinforce the hull structure, so that even when entering the Grand Line in the future, there would be no need to change ships.
“The swan at the bow must be replaced.
What kind of aesthetic is that, it’s so ugly.”
Kaguya walked around, and only the color of the hull and the swan head at the bow left him somewhat dissatisfied.
Just then, Nami’s excited scream came from inside the cabin.
“Oh my god!
So many Berries!”
This was followed by the crisp sound of coins clinking.
Kaguya followed the sound and saw Nami kneeling before an open treasure chest, holding handfuls of gold coins, her face beaming with a happy smile.
Nojiko stood beside her, also too stunned to speak by the mountain of treasure before her.
“It seems Alvida hasn’t robbed fewer merchant ships over the years.”
Kaguya squatted down and casually picked up a gold coin to play with.
“Adding Buggy’s treasures, that’s about eighty million Berries!”
Nami roughly estimated the value of the spoils Kaguya had seized from the two Pirate Crews.
“Eighty million?
That’s enough for me to spend for a long time.”
“Kaguya, with so much money, how do you plan to spend it?”
Nami ran over, hugged Kaguya’s arm, and looked at him expectantly.
“What?
Do you have plans?”
“No, it’s just, if you don’t know how to spend it, I can help you keep it~”
Kaguya looked at Nami’s eyes, sparkling with cunning, and couldn’t help but laugh.
“You little money-grubber, your abacus beads are practically hitting my face.”
“Oh dear~
I’m just afraid you’ll spend money recklessly~”
Nami said coquettishly, hugging Kaguya’s arm.
“Alright, I already have plans for this money.
I’m going to modify this ship, and the remaining money will be used for daily food purchases.
I heard that Sea Kings meat has better energy and can help us quickly strengthen our physique.
I didn’t have money before, but now that I do, I can buy some Sea Kings meat.”
“You’re going to modify this ship?
What for?
You’re not going out to sea to become a pirate, are you?”
Nami looked up at Kaguya nervously, unconsciously tightening her grip on his arms.
Nojiko also looked at Kaguya with some tension.
“What are you thinking? This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
It’s just a precaution.
Although I won’t actively become a pirate, if the Marine forces me one day, at least I’ll have a fallback.”
“How would the Marine force you?”
“Yeah, the Marine wouldn’t force you to become a pirate, would they…?”
Nami and Nojiko both said, completely puzzled.
Because of Kaguya’s early appearance, Colonel Nezumi hadn’t appeared yet, and Belle-Mere used to be a Marine.
So, the two women still held good feelings and trust towards the Marine.
Kaguya didn’t explain the two women’s confusion further, as he couldn’t speak of things that hadn’t happened yet.
“I’m saying, just in case, it’s always good to have a backup plan.
Let’s go, let’s get off the ship.”
Afterward, Kaguya led the two women off the ship, but Kaguya did not take the treasures with him.
Back on shore, Kensuke and the others had already cleaned the beach.
Aside from the bloodstains on the sand, there were no traces of battle left.
“Kensuke, I need to go to Loguetown.
Can you find some people to sail the ship for me?”
“Hmm?
What are you going to Loguetown for?”
“I think this ship is pretty good.
I plan to modify it and use it for future voyages.”
Kensuke heard this and glanced at the miss love duck.
“Such a large ship would require at least a dozen people.
When do you plan to depart?”
“No rush, you find the people first, and we’ll depart once you have enough.”
“Okay, not all the men in the village can leave, so I’ll go to a few other villages to find more people.”
“Alright, you make the arrangements.”
Afterward, Kaguya led the two women towards the tangerine grove.
Kensuke sighed softly as he watched the three figures disappear.
“Belle-Mere, Nami and the others have found a good home.”
A sea breeze blew, and the windmill above slowly turned, making a creaking sound, as if responding to Kensuke’s words.
After two more peaceful days, Kaguya set off with the sailors Kensuke had arranged.
And the Nami Sisters insisted on coming along.
As Nami was a Navigator, Kaguya naturally wouldn’t refuse.
Nojiko said she could be the ship’s Cook.
Kaguya thought about it and agreed to let her come along too.
Moreover, with them accompanying him, Kaguya could continue to direct their training during the voyage.