Arriving at Loguetown

The Thunder Phoenix set sail towards Loguetown; it now carried with itself the dreams and hopes of another remarkable young man.

I and Noelle were sitting together at a table and having tea. At the moment, Grrrr… Noelle was baring her teeth at me. She couldn't understand why I wanted to waste her time in such a foolish way.

"I've already told you no, Cross! Though the design is fun, but it will take me too much time for something this stupid. I have to work on my own weapons too!"

I frowned slightly and pondered on how to deal with this problem.

Earlier today, I'd asked Noelle to make a Clima-Tact with the features I remembered from the manga. When Noelle heard of the features including: the heat ball, cool ball, cloudy tempo, she thought I was using her time for nothing but party tricks.

'How could these plebeians understand the minds of us transmigrators,' I thought with my nose in the air

"Noelle-Chan…!!!"

All of a sudden, Sanji came running with heart jutting from his eyes and his spinning tornado movement. He said, "Here's an ice-cream for you ♥… And… how about you come and take a walk with me as we gaze at the beauty of the sea?"

"Oh, thank you Sanji! But no, I've got to go tinker with my guns right now…"

Noelle grabbed the ice-cream and went to the store room, Sanji's enthusiasm remained unfazed, and he went back into the kitchen.

Zoro was deadlifting when he saw Sanji. He said, "What a tool…,' and went back to his training.

**

At the Marine Headquarters, at the office of Commodore Brannew, there stood a whole division of Marine bureaucrats who worked in the Intelligence department.

Commodore Brannew was a tall, tanned man with dark-green curly hair, sideburns and large lips. More importantly, he was the man with the highest authority at the Marine Headquarters to assign bounties to criminals.

Currently, Commodore Brannew was receiving intelligence reports with a tight-lipped smile on his face. "So, it was true. The man, Cross, seemed to be capable of causing large-scale destruction and didn't even take a second to kill the top 3 pirate crews of East-Blue."

"Yes Sir, he's expected to arrive in Loguetown in 2 days sir. He should be captured by the Captain stationed there soon, Sir!"

The Marine subordinate reported, his demeanor fitting of a diligent, serious Marine.

"No, that should not be enough… According to those reports, we have already heavily underestimated his worth at the current 40 million bounty"

Branney tugged his ears, and he collected more reports on the East-Blue section from the subordinate.

"With all due respect, Sir… East-Blue is the weakest sea and we don't really need to send any reinforcement. Besides, most our admirals our busy, and the Warlord won't move just for this."

Branney heard the subordinate's report quietly, when his eyes paused from seeing the bounties of the Straw-Hats too.

"Now… Now… Let me tell you one thing. Never underestimate the pirates that come from the East-Blue Sea. Send in the secret unit from file 77… … It's all for Absolute Justice!!!"

Absolute Justice…! The marines chanted and rallied behind the ideology.

**

In the background, the town of Loguetown appeared. The legendary town where Gold. D. Roger was executed… 'the town of the beginning and the end.' Almost all the ships, especially pirate ships, pass through to stock up supplies for the Grand Line, since Loguetown is in a convenient location very close to the Reverse Mountain.

Presently, I was walking across the bustling street of Loguetown. Many traders and stalls were open for business, for this was peak hour right now.

My entire crew had already separated from me; they all had their supplies they needed from the town. I'd already warned them about Smoker, so I wasn't too worried for their safety.

Growl… my stomach voiced its wishes.

'Sigh… I never knew that I could ever become such a glutton,' I shaked my head and remembered that it hadn't even been 2 hours since I ate Sanji's food.

With a sigh, I headed towards the stall to buy some chicken skewers.

"It's would be 500 Berrys for 5.", The stall owner said, handing me the 5 skewers.

I grabbed the skewers with one of my hand used the other to reach my back pocket to take out my wallet. As soon as I handed the money to the stall owner, I felt something odd about the weight on my hand holding the skewered meat.

Soon I was shocked when I noticed the meat on the skewers was missing, and a person munching the meat next to it. I grinded my teeth and immediately lifted the person by holding his collar without a thought.

"Just dare me to smite you man… just please dare me and I'll end you-"

Before I could finish my words, my eyes blinked from witnessing who was at the other end of my hand. My hand trembled and dropped the person it was holding.

Thud… a girl with a curvaceous body landed on the ground.

"Munch… Munch… Swallow… Ahh, I'm sorry I just couldn't hold myself back from the smell… Shishishisihishishi." A girl smiled and then started to walk away from me.

I watched the small girl leave in the distance, my eyes frozen. She was about 5 feet tall, wore a red tank and jean shorts. I noticed that she wore a straw hat on her head with a red ribbon tied to it. Her jet-black hair was short and shaggy, complementing her fun, bright smile she had given me.

Gulp… 'Isekai services sure works in mysterious ways', I ran after her.