4 Chapter 4. Shell town

Spending 300, happily acquired... a ship named Sunny.

Luffy was also curious about how the boat he bought would appear.

Could it be like the Devil Fruit, suddenly appearing and ending up in his hands?

Soon, he had an answer.

"It's a ship!" Koby was the first to notice the anomaly on the sea.

Luffy and Nami looked over together.

They saw a pirate ship with a straw hat flag slowly approaching them on the sea a few hundred meters away.

Straw hat?

Nami looked at the ship, then at the straw hat on Luffy's head.

"Is that your ship?"

"No, it's our ship."

"I haven't officially agreed yet, not until I confirm that your grandfather is a Vice Admiral." Nami glared at him.

Grandfather, you're really something. Even from thousands of miles away, you helped me recruit my first crew member.

Luffy chuckled lightly and instructed Koby, "Bring that fat woman up."

"Yes... Luffy-Sama."

Koby was on the verge of tears.

Leaving the wolf's den and entering the tiger's mouth.

However, his small arms and legs obviously couldn't move Alvida, a woman of that size.

In the end...

Did they think about Luffy?

Luffy would never do it himself.

In the end, it was Nami and Koby working together to move Alvida onto the Sunny.

"You really know how to boss people around...!!"

Nami, covered in sweat, walked into the activity room of the Sunny and saw Luffy lying on a comfortable sofa, holding a drink in his hand.

"You've worked hard."

Luffy raised his eyelids, glanced at her, and smiled. "There's a bathroom on the ship, that room is yours."

Feeling sticky all over, Nami didn't refuse either.

She found the room with a bathroom, quickly locked the door, and let out a sigh of relief.

"This guy doesn't seem like a pirate..."

Nami entered the bathroom and started bathing, her mind constantly pondering.

She had been a thief since she was very young.

She had seen all kinds of pirates.

Luffy didn't give her the feeling of a pirate at all.

Pirates in general weren't so easy to talk to; they were usually very fierce outlaws.

["If what he said is true, as long as I report the village's situation to the Naval Headquarters, it should be solvable! Arlong can't possibly be a match for a Vice Admiral, right?"]

Nami, who had limited experience, now believed that they needed a Vice Admiral to deal with those fishmen.

"It would be great if it could be resolved..."

...

Activity room.

Luffy opened the Adventure Shop again.

"There are 300 coins left, might as well spend them."

After scanning today's items, he finally chose two.

[Haki Fruit]: After consumption, randomly awaken one type of Haki. If already awakened, increase proficiency. Price: 200 adventure coins.

[Lifespan Fruit]: After consumption, gain one year of lifespan. Price: 100 adventure coins.

Spent it all!

With a flash of white light, two fruits appeared in Luffy's hands.

The fruits were small, without spiral patterns, only different in color. The Lifespan Fruit was red, and the Haki Fruit was black.

By the way, let's review some knowledge. Awakened fruits are white.

Without hesitation, Luffy decisively ate the black fruit.

The next moment, Haki awakened.

However, what awakened was... Observation Haki.

Observation Haki is the power of "hearing."

It sharpens one's senses, allowing them to perceive the breath and emotional changes of surrounding creatures. This Haki can also be used to predict and avoid danger.

Luffy calmed down and heard Nami's bathing sound, even hearing her muttering about him from behind...

He also heard Koby on the deck, wiping the floor with a cloth.

Don't misunderstand.

It's not that Luffy forced Koby to work, it was the boy's own choice.

Perhaps he thought that if he didn't show any value, he would be killed.

In any case, Luffy let him be.

When we arrived at the Marine Base, we sent the person away.

"The Color of Observation is quite impressive. With advanced training, one can even foresee the future."

Luffy deactivated the Color of Observation and didn't want to continue listening.

Mainly because the sound of Nami taking a shower was annoying and easily led to improper thoughts.

Looking at the Life fruit in his hand, Luffy exited his Room Form.

As soon as he exited, a strong feeling of weakness came over him.

"I knew it would be like this... Huh... Luckily I prepared in advance."

He quickly ate the Life fruit and the life force that was consumed was replenished in an instant.

There was even a surplus.

...

Half an hour later.

Nami, who had finished showering, wiped her wet hair with a towel and entered the activity room.

"Luffy-san..."

"No need to be so polite, you can call me Luffy, Captain, or *****."

Luffy waved his hand.

"*****?"

Nami was taken aback.

She could understand the first two titles, but what did the last one mean?

"Speaking of which, what happened to your hair..."

"Do you want to know?"

Nami rolled her eyes.

Temporarily not thinking too much about it, she sat down and took out a sea chart, pointing to a coordinate and said:

"Luffy, we need to go to the nearest Marine Base, right here, Marine Branch 153."

"Branch 153?"

Luffy furrowed his brows slightly.

He felt like he had some impression of it.

"What's wrong?" Nami noticed Liffy's expression and asked nervously.

This guy wouldn't go back on his word, right? It wouldn't be a lie, would it? Don't give people hope and then shatter it so easily.

Luffy easily understood Nami's emotions and couldn't help but smile.

"I just feel like it sounds familiar."

"This branch is quite famous,"

Nami breathed a sigh of relief, "The base commander of the branch is a Marine Colonel named 'Morgan'."

So it was that place.

Luffy  thought to himself.

This could be considered a coincidence. That place also had a moss head.

To be honest, Luffy didn't really want to invite male crew members onto the ship.

"Well, I want to think about forming a large ship group and buying a few more ships."

But considering the future battles, it is estimated that male combatants are still needed, not to mention Zoro his right-hand man although a big road idiot.

"Well, let me think about it. Let's form a big fleet and buy a few more ships."

Inviting Nami to join would cost 500 coins.

With the qualifications of the moss head, it shouldn't be any less than Nami's.

We can buy another ship later.

The Straw Hat Grand Fleet, 1st Division Captain, Roronoa Zoro, also known as the moss head.

Joining the fleet comes with a ship!

"Then let's go to Branch 153." Thinking of this, Luffy nodded in agreement.

Nami's face showed joy.

This guy's expression was very confident, he didn't look like a fraud!

"At our current speed, we should arrive around noon tomorrow." She said happily.

"Got it, go make some food, I'm hungry."

Nami: "..."

He really knows how to boss people around!

She angrily got up and went to make food.

...

The next day.

[You sailed in East Blue for one day and earned 10 adventure coins.]

Too little!

[You arrived at the new island, Shells Town, and earned 100 adventure coins.]

Oh, not bad.

At noon, Thousand Sunny arrived at the port of Shells Town.