Luffy might not have looked particularly bulky, but his muscle density was roughly comparable to Zoro's.
Both of them had built their bodies little by little since childhood.
For Nami, his weight was completely impossible to push away.
"Mm!"
When Nami opened her eyes, Luffy had already fallen on top of her.
Nothing cliché had happened, like their lips somehow landing perfectly against each other.
But Luffy's head was resting against her neck.
And he kept breathing.
"Not there! Something's going to happen!"
Nami felt the warm breath against her neck, and her face instantly turned bright red.
A tingling sensation spread through her body.
This was the first time she'd ever been in such close contact with someone of the opposite sex.
Especially while being pinned down and unable to move.
That only made the sensation even stronger.
"Luffy! Hurry up and get off me!"
Nami shouted with a red face.
This feeling was...
"Ah, I told you you'd regret it," Luffy said.
"Fine! I regret it, okay?!"
"Then bark like a puppy?"
Luffy sounded rather pleased with himself.
Nami gritted her teeth.
Her hand grabbed whatever she could reach and squeezed.
Luffy immediately screamed in pain.
"Sorry! Sorry!"
"But I seriously can't help it. The side effects haven't completely worn off yet. My body's back to normal, but I still can't move. Get Usopp to help."
Luffy immediately behaved himself.
Seriously!
If Nami didn't genuinely know that Luffy was a one-track-minded idiot, she would've suspected he was deliberately taking advantage of her.
And she couldn't even find an excuse to blame him.
She was the one who'd decided to lift him up in the first place.
Luffy had even warned her.
Nami: "......"
Sometimes, when someone was completely speechless, all they could do was laugh.
"Zoro, Usopp, come help me."
Nami looked to the side.
But the two people who had been standing nearby moments ago had somehow disappeared.
From Luffy's position, however, he could see what was happening.
A man wearing glasses and carrying a large blade had appeared on deck.
A huge character meaning "sea" was marked on the left side of his face.
"You pirates were trying to kill my companions?!"
"Hey, Johnny! Why are you here?!"
Zoro looked shocked.
"Big Bro Zoro?!"
Johnny looked like he'd finally found someone he could rely on.
He immediately ran over to Zoro and started tearfully complaining.
He and Yosaku were known as the Sword God and Sword Saint!
But because of some damned illness, Yosaku was on the verge of leaving him forever.
They'd been planning to let him recover on a rocky island.
Then a cannonball suddenly came flying over.
Together with Zoro, Johnny brought the severely injured Yosaku aboard the ship.
Seeing the man's miserable condition, Luffy exclaimed,
"Huh?!"
Usopp was terrified too.
Luffy had bounced a cannonball away.
Usopp had also fired one.
Who the hell knew whose fault this was?
Nami trembled when she heard Luffy speak.
For a moment, she'd thought he was about to do something to her.
Then she heard Johnny's voice and roughly understood what had happened.
After carefully listening to Johnny describe Yosaku's symptoms, she barely managed to speak.
"I mean... that sounds like a pretty common deficiency disease. Go get some limes and make him eat them!"
Usopp practically rolled and crawled away to get them.
After eating several limes, the previously lifeless Yosaku immediately revived.
H-He survived!
【Warning. It is currently mealtime. Immediately replenish your energy with food for thirty minutes...】
Luffy had only just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the voice.
He finally remembered what he was supposed to be doing and immediately shouted,
"Hurry up and help me! Go prepare food for me!"
Nami froze.
She hadn't even figured out what was happening when she suddenly felt something.
A blush spread across her face like fine rain falling upon pear blossoms.
She somehow unleashed an unbelievable amount of strength.
And punched Luffy flying.
......
Inside the dining room.
Nami wiped the moisture from the corner of her lips and glared at Luffy, who was stuffing himself with food.
"You'd better remember everything you did today!"
"Huh? I didn't do anything."
Luffy didn't even raise his head as he continued shoveling food into his mouth.
Nami's anger was practically becoming visible above her head.
Her fists clenched tightly.
Deep breaths.
Deep breaths.
At least she'd made more money earlier, right?
Like Zoro before them, Johnny and Yosaku were bounty hunters.
They were extremely grateful for Nami's help.
"Just give her money."
Even while eating, Luffy didn't forget to put in a word for Nami.
This guy talks like he knows me so well.
Nami muttered quietly.
But...
Luffy wasn't wrong!
"Still, doesn't Big Bro Luffy eat way too much?"
Johnny couldn't help asking.
"Is there going to be enough food left on the ship?"
This was the first time he'd ever seen a man stuff his stomach to such an absurd size.
As expected of Big Bro Zoro's captain!
"Long voyages require careful attention to food supplies and nutritional balance. Luffy, if you keep binge-eating like this, we're going to run out of money very quickly."
Nami sighed helplessly.
She had a feeling that if she really left, Luffy might actually starve himself to death.
"...We'll find more food when that happens. I have to eat for half an hour!"
Luffy stubbornly stared at Nami.
"Otherwise, something really bad is going to happen!"
Something really bad?
Like what you just did to me?
The pen Nami was using to write the ship's log nearly snapped.
"We really do need a cook."
Johnny leaned closer.
"If you're looking for someone like that, I know a pretty good place."
"Where?"
Zoro asked.
"Somewhere close to the Grand Line. There are also rumors around there about that Hawkeye guy you've been searching for, Big Bro Zoro."
The floating restaurant, Baratie!
Zoro excitedly tightened his grip around his sword.
At that moment, Luffy finally finished eating and drinking.
He grabbed Zoro by the shoulder.
"Let's have another fight!"