บท 37: Part seven - Buggy and Zorri 3/4
- ... And why is it? - Looking into the smiling face of her captain from under his hand, asked Nami suspiciously.
- I received new information from the Orc back in the last city. And according to this information, at Craig's base, more than six thousand pirates have already gathered and this is still an inconclusive figure. Do you understand now? There is no point in worrying about five thousand when there are already more than six of them!
- S-six thousand ?! It was nice to meet you, but I have to go home!
- Nami, the last few days you are somehow especially emotional. Do you have red calendar days? - The guy asked nonchalantly, and a moment later, Luffy was smacked into the wall of a nearby house with such force that a large network of cracks spread out at the site of the impact.
Involuntarily moving closer to each other, as if seeking protection from the monster in front of them, Zoro, Johnny and Yosaku, holding their breath, - what if the monster pay attention to them? - stood to the side, and, with a clearly felt chill in their chest, watched as Nami diligently tries to break through the stone wall of the house with Luffy's body. Did not work out. Then the girl, for loyalty, once again kicking the body of her captain lying near her feet, turned around and, literally projecting a tangible Aura of Death into the world, walked towards the pier. Zoro, Johnny and Yosaku breathed a sigh of relief, and then, cautiously looking after the retreating Nami, they approached the motionless body of their captain.
- How are you, still alive? - asked Zoro, although, thanks to the Observation haki, he already knew the answer ... and without any haki, he would have known it too, just like this very answer knew Yosaku and Johnny. Luffy cannot be killed like that.
- She didn't even try to hold back, - Luffy complained widening his eyes. - Not a bit!
- It's your own fault, - Zoro expectedly didn't show sympathy. - Nami have been on edge for the past few days, and you tease her even more.
- Isn't that so… - began Luffy, jumping to his feet.
- … Only more interesting, - Zoro finished for him, waving his hand in the air. - I know, I know, but you could have restrained yourself a little.
- Nami gets scary when she is angry, - Johnny nodded.
- Does she definitely not have haki? - Yosaku asked. - And then I'm willing to bet that I felt something like that from her.
- Only if you're talking about the fourth type of haki, - Luffy said mysteriously, stroking a non-existent beard.
- What is the fourth type? - the guys asked amicably.
- The haki of the Angry Women! - raised a finger to the top of their captain. - A haki capable of ignoring not only all other types of haki, but any powers of the devil fruits. The most powerful type of haki in the world! Although, in due time, from the Fists of Love I also got a good deal.
- You were kidding, right, Luffy? - Zoro asked. - Because I'm not sure myself that it was just a joke.
- Do you know what the people say? In every joke, there is a grain of a joke ... and in general, let's hurry up, otherwise such a Nami will begin to sail alone, so that we do not have time till Craig's departure.
There is probably no reason to be surprised that as soon as Zoro heard such a suggestion, he immediately rushed after the girl. Seriously, who does he even want to fool? Damn maniac! Luckily for the guys, Nami didn't steal their favorite "Thing". But the girl gave Luffy a cold shower for two whole days, strenuously pretending that he did not exist. Not that it has any results. Satisfied, Luffy was simply gaining new experiences, clearly enjoying Nami's unaccustomed coldness. And getting angry at Luffy's behavior was as pointless as angry at the weather - it is what it is. In this connection, it was more surprising that the girl generally lasted two whole days.
For the week that followed, after visiting Orange Town, the Straw Hat Pirates devoted themselves to sailing from island to island and exchanging their treasures for money. They managed to plunder a lot of gold, and there were no big cities in the district, so they had to engage in such idiocy. Small-town banks simply didn't have enough money to pay their family several billions at a time. In turn, Luffy and Nami exchanged most of the money they already had for the highest denomination bills in order to minimize the number of cases.
A few days later, the Straw Hats dropped anchor on a small uninhabited island near Don Craig's main base. There, armed with the best binoculars that could ever be bought in the East Blue, the whole team loaded into a small boat and sailed together on reconnaissance. According to the latest information transmitted by the Orc, received a little over a day ago, new ships still continued to sail to Craig's base.
- Eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one, ninety-two ... ninety-two ships ?! Luffy forget about it! - Nami's voice was full of unconcealed panic. - We're leaving here right now! Ninety-two ships are almost double what you originally counted on! We just can't handle that! Just look at the dimensions of some of the ships. Hundreds of people float on such colossus. Now there are not five thousand pirates gathered here, but all ten! Even we can't handle that many! Two thousand per person? This is sheer madness!
In some ways, Nami, of course, was right. The cove - or it would even be more appropriate to say the bay - originally designed for thirty or forty freely moored ships, now turned out to be filled with them, like their cases with money. The ships were literally lapped to each other. It was enough to throw a wide six-meter stick to go from ship to ship without any problems. As a matter of fact, it was done that way. Almost all the anchored ships were connected into one network, along which several hundred porters were now prowling - preparations for the future trip to the Grand Line were in full swing.
- And you know, - Zoro said, - Nami's words have a reason. - After this phrase, for a whole second, the girl sincerely believed that Zoro was going to support her, but then the guy continued: - Ten thousand people under the command of one person? Isn't that too cool for a pirate valued at a measly seventeen million?
The first mate, as expected of him, was completely match his captain - Zoro did not care about the number of his opponents at all, much more the swordsman was interested in where they could come from with such a number.
- Have you tried to think about it yourself? - Luffy asked back. - Seriously, you only want to kill and kill ... and kill and kill and kill and kill and ...
- Yes, I got it, I got it!
- And in such a large number of people, in the first place, they are to blame ... you will definitely like it ... and so, first of all, we are to blame! Ta-dam! There should be sounds of fanfare here, but they are not. This is sad.
- In what sense we are to blame? - Johnny didn't understand, and from the expressions on the faces of the rest of the Straw Hats a similar question was easily read.
- Imagine a situation when an absolutely merciless gang of brutal murderers and thieves is operating in the sea, killing and robbing all pirates without exception, except for one. Moreover, they not only do not touch him, but also none of his people. And then what is left to do to other, poor, unfortunate pirates, who are terrorized with complete impunity by these inhuman murderers and robbers? The answer is obvious, isn't it? It is necessary to stand under the flag of the one whom they do not touch!
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