Chapter 8: Departure.

The party lasted for two days and two nights, and it was finally time for Gun's group to leave Cocoyashi Village. He wanted to leave earlier, but the villagers were very enthusiastic in wanting him to stay to enjoy the party. In addition, Gun also wants Nojiko to use this time to say goodbye to the Cocoyashi villagers.

With Gun preparing to set sail, everyone on the boat was busy, Akaza was training as usual. Rize was lying in the sun while wearing a bikini. As for Cane's group, they were doing manual work to prepare to go to sea, and after spending time on the boat with Gun, they got used to jobs like this.

Gun couldn't help but feel surprised mixed with a bit of confusion when he saw these guys' attitudes. They seem to have considered running errands as their favorite job.

'stockholm symptoms?' was what Gun thought when he saw Cane untie the sails while chirping a tune. However, he quickly shook his head when he decided not to care about these guys anymore.

He received many rewards for defeating Arlong. He is currently level 90 , which means he has increased over 30 levels . Gun was a little surprised to learn that he had increased a lot of levels in just one day. 10000 experience from completing quests, 5000 experience from killing Arlong, the rest from Rize and Akaza killing mermaids pirates and corrupt marines.

The amount of experience he received now was much more than he had slaughtered nearly a hundred pirates in the past days. That led Gun to come up with a few theories on the matter.

Later, Gun thought about the items he got from Gacha. The first is senzu beans, an item that appeared in Dragon Ball. Gun clearly knows the use of this OP item. Anyway, he used to be a fan of this popular manga. The Senzu Bean is extremely useful in Gun's eyes as it can save him or others in bad situations.

' I have 5 Senzu beans at the moment… I'll have to use it carefully. Who knows if I can gacha it again tomorrow.' Gun mused while staring at the beans in his hand. He knew that senzu beans could also be purchased from the store but it was quite expensive so he considered gacha making it extremely lucky.

Next comes the item called Twice Critical. Gun read the description of this so-called Sacred Gear and was surprised when the system said it was just a basic Sacred Gear and nothing special.

For Gun, this item OP is no less than senzu beans. Twice Critical has the ability to double the user's strength for a while, and the number of uses of the power-up is two times.

Just doubling the user's strength was a terrifying ability. Just with this item, Gun can fight on par with Akaza, even overpowering this guy.

Gun also notices that Twice Critical has a state called Balance Breaker. In this state, the number of power-ups will be increased two more times. This makes Gun more curious about the origin of this item.

' It was created by a god, so that world has gods huh? The gods must be powerful. It's curious.'

"GUNNNN , I'M HEREEEEE ." Nojiko's voice came from below. Now that she had just finished picking up her personal belongings and saying goodbye to everyone, she arrived later than the others.

Gun poked his head out from the railing of the boat before jumping over it and landing in front of Nojiko and Genzo.

"You came at the right time." Gun said as he held Nojiko's bag with one hand. Beside him, Genzo was bowing his head to show his respect.

"Thank you for helping the villagers of Cocoyashi escape from Arlong…"

"Well, Nojiko thanked me for you and the others already." Gun replied and shrugged.

"I know… Please, take care of her."

"There is no need to beg me for such a thing. She is now a member of my team. It is my responsibility to take care of her and ensure her safety." Gun answered simply before walking to Nojiko's side and then he wrapped his arms around her waist.

"Eh? ." Nojiko blushed furiously when she felt Gun's muscular arm and hand touching her flesh.

"Come on, I'll take you to the boat. Sell ​​tight."

Nojiko nodded at what he said. She shyly wrapped her arms around his neck. Looking at Nojiko's expression caused Genzo to become surprised. Nojiko used to tease boys but now she looks so meek as if she were a girl in love. Especially when she stared at Gun's face with sparkling eyes.

Gun stomped his feet and jumped on his boat. He then gently put down Nojiko and her bag.

"Welcome, Nojiko. For the time being, this will be your new home." Gun said.

" Ara… Welcome new member ~ You already know my name but I will introduce you again . I am Rize Kamishiro, nice to meet you." Rize said.

"Ah yes, hello Rize-san… Please take care of me from now on."

"Akaza." Akaza introduced a simple way before returning to one-finger push-ups. On his back is a weight that looks quite heavy.

Nojiko also greets Akaza in the same way she greets Rize. Then Cane's group walked in and they also introduced themselves causing a mark to appear on his forehead as they claimed that they were also members of Gun's crew.

"Who told you that I accepted you as my crew members?" Gun roared before kicking Cane's ass so hard that his body jumped several meters high.

"You bastards, get ready to set sail."

"Obey Gun-sama's orders." They all shouted in unison before rushing back to their work.

" Are they really not members of your gang?. ' Nojiko asked curiously.

"No, I just see them as those running errands." Gun spoke to Nojiko then looked at Cane, who was currently in the cockpit.

"Let's head to Lougetown. And if you see any pirates, approach them quickly."

"Obey Gun-sama's orders." Cane replied.

As the boat began to move, Nojiko stood at the edge of the boat and looked towards her hometown. This is the place where she grew up, filled with her happy and sad memories. Tears rolled down her cheeks as she took a brief look at the place one last time. She looked at Genzo, whom she considered her father. She then looked towards the villagers who were waving goodbye to her.

"EVERYONE IIIIII LETS LIVE GOOD." Nojiko shouted her goodbyes.

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Gun sat alone on the bow while gazing at the charm of the moon. He enjoyed the quiet of the night and the cool breeze peacefully. At least until Nojiko walks up to him.

" Do not go to sleep yet ?." Gun asked.

"Um… I'm not used to this kind of life." Nojiko said. She's only been on this boat for a day, so she still can't get used to this strange life. Rize is a charming and easy-to-talk girl, while Akaza looks rather cold. As for Cane's group, in Nojiko's eyes, this group is strange. She heard about Gun beating them up and making them steer his boat. She felt rather pity for these people, even though they seemed proud of being on the same boat as Gun.

"Why do you want to earn so much Beli?." Nojiko asked curiously, she wanted to know more about her captain. She heard Gun talking to Rize and Akaza about how they would try to get as much Beli as possible.

"Well, I need a lot of money because I want to have my own boat. I want my future boat to be of the best quality so that it can withstand the rigors of this world. That requires a lot of money, probably hundreds of millions of beli." Gun answered Nojiko's question. He did not lie to her about this matter. In addition to earning a lot of beli to receive rewards, Gun will also use this money to build himself a quality boat.

"We worked quickly because soon we might be wanted as pirates. Then I won't be able to get money from the navy anymore. That's why I'm speeding up my Beli sword."

Nojiko nodded in agreement with what Gun said, which showed that Gun is a person who always calculates carefully. He wanted to prepare everything carefully before becoming an enemy to the Marines.

"So do you still want to invite Nami to join your crew?"

"…Yes and No."

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Author : Help me think of the name of the OC Pirates . I plan to name their pirate crew Evil God pirates. I want it to be related to mythology or something like that. I wanted to bring an element of mythology into this pirate crew.