[One Piece] Mindless and unhappy

"Ace——!!!"

Luffy saw him as soon as he turned around, grinned, and then directly used his fruit power to pull the railing in front of the orange grove, quickly ejected himself in front of Ace, looked around him, and grinned. smiled.

"Ace!!! It's great that you're okay!!!"

Ace patted the hat on his head and gave him a hug.

The two of them had known each other since childhood, and they separated only when Ace went to sea as a teenager. It had been seven years since they had known each other. When Ace was tracking Blackbeard, he had been with Luffy for a short period of time in Alabasta, and they later met during the war. However, they started special training not long after they met. Compared to when they were young, Ace had almost Having been together for a long time, they haven't had this kind of peace and quiet together for a long time.

"Not only am I fine, but I also found news about Sabo before I found you."

Ace suddenly dropped another bomb. Luffy's eyes widened unnaturally, and his pupils even trembled because he was too surprised. Ace patted his head again to signal him to come back to his senses.

"Saab was rescued by your father at that time. I heard that he had amnesia. He regained his memory a while ago and couldn't find you at once, so he left his life card to me."

Ace thought about the oath they had made together. Whether it was Sabo's accident or his execution, too many things happened in those years, but they still did it in the end.

"We really meet on the sea."

Luffy also finished digesting the information Ace said, but he still couldn't hold it back. He jumped up and hugged Ace, wrapped his legs around his waist, and raised his hands into fists above his head.

"We! See you on the sea!"

He knew clearly that Luffy was a rubber fruit user and he wouldn't fall if he got entangled like this, but Ace still stretched out his hand to help him behind his back. He originally wanted to complain that Luffy was messing around again, but he saw Luffy's eyes out of the corner of his eye. The tears that came to my lips were suppressed, but I suppressed the words that came to my lips and replaced them with comfort.

"Everyone is doing well, you have to work hard too!"

Hui Yuan Ai looked at this scene of brothers and sisters, and felt that there was always a subtle sense of disobedience when he was standing next to Ace.

She took two steps next to her and looked at the rest of the Straw Hat Pirates on the other deck. They all looked very pleased to see Luffy looking so happy.

"I don't know why I always feel like a dad is drinking on the ship, but everyone wants to stop him but condones him. Is this the capriciousness of the captain?"

Haibara Ai murmured quietly beside her. She thought she would give Luffy a surprise.

But when Luffy was so surprised that he couldn't hold back his tears, she felt a little guilty. The two brothers were so happy that they didn't care about the others, thinking of something to break the overly sensational atmosphere.

Ace was so close that he naturally heard what Huihara Ai said, and he replied: "This is a companion."

At this moment, Luffy also noticed that Ace was coming alone. After he stood up, he made a mistake and walked to Haibara Ai, squatting down to look at her.

"Ace, is this kid your companion?"

kid?

Haiyuan Ai's forehead suddenly twitched. Her appearance was indeed very confusing, but she had stayed on Whitebeard's ship for a long time before, so everyone was already familiar with her. Her daily behavior style was not as noisy as a child's, and everyone was not familiar with it. Treat her as a simple child, and Ace and Luffy are indeed brothers. Ace often treats her as a child. Even if he knows that she is older, he still sometimes unconsciously thinks that she is a child. Children, but Ace didn't directly say the word "kid" at first.

But it was hard to explain this kind of thing to Haibara Ai. She only introduced herself, then walked to the deck with Luffy and Ace, and listened to Luffy introduce his crew to Haibara Ai.

After all, Ace has met Luffy before, so of course he already knows his crew...

——"This is Franky, super handsome! He can transform!"

——"Oh!! So handsome!!"

——"This is our musician Brooke!"

——"Musician! So cool!"

Haibara Ai watched as Luffy first introduced the two new members, and then explained that he joined the pirate group after meeting Ace last time. Ace also expressed his approval.

Then after everyone finished introducing themselves, her eyes naturally turned to a certain creature that she could also look down at...

"...Is it a civet cat or a reindeer?"

Hearing this question, Chopper silently hid behind Robin beside him, but it was rare to meet someone who didn't directly say that he was a tanuki. He said happily: "It's a reindeer!"

Haiyuan Ai saw that although he had made a gesture of hiding, but due to the wrong direction, most of his body was exposed, making it more conspicuous. He couldn't help but sigh: "It's so cute."

Chopper rubbed his paws back and forth, with an uncontrollable blush on his face, but he still said firmly: "Even if you praise me, I won't be happy."

On the other hand, Robin, who was being used as a shield by Chopper, stood still, looking at a little cat hiding behind her legs, and a little girl standing in front of her who said she was cute with an expressionless face, and laughed happily.

"Pfft, Mr. Ship Doctor and the little lady are both cute."

"Wow, are you the ship's doctor too?"

Haihara Ai caught the key point of Robin's words and thought of what Ace said when he called her out at the beginning that there was a good ship's doctor on the passing spacecraft...

"...How to avoid conflict between the effects of red seaweed and amber branches?"

Chopper didn't expect that she would immediately start the subject of professional direction after knowing that he was a ship's doctor. However, he was also very pious and studious in medicine, so he directly followed Haibara Ai's words and thought about the effects of these two medicines.

"If the amber branch juice is extracted, can it be combined with red seaweed? But what is the use of these two together?"

Haiyuan Ai thought of the dry and hard branches of the amber branches and pursed her lips: "I have also considered this method, but it is too difficult to extract and I haven't found a good method. According to the component analysis, These two can try to make a hallucinogenic potion..."

The Winter Island where Chopper once lived happened to produce amber branches, and he knew a little more about this plant than Haibara Ai.

"Soak the amber branches in water and then bake them directly. Then the core in the middle will become soft. If you break it off and extract it, the success rate will be much higher. I still have some materials here, do you want to try it?"

Hui Yuan Ai nodded, and they simply held hands and ignored the group of people standing here, and went straight to Chopper's infirmary.

Ace waved his hand: "Xiao Ai couldn't stop researching once she started. I originally brought her out because she rarely goes out, but I didn't expect that it would be better to study to attract her when we go out to play."

Robin thought about his guess after meeting Haihara Ai for a while: "If she really doesn't want to go out and won't come out with you, maybe she's just shy."

"Haha, that's the best." Ace thought for a moment about Haihara Ai's always cold expression. It seemed that his expression was more lively than usual when he was at the amusement park. He might actually be happier, and he didn't hesitate to put Luo Ai's expression on it. Bin's speculation became fact.

By the time Haihara Ai and Chopper were called out from the research room in the infirmary, it was already time to eat.

The chefs on the airship are very good at their craftsmanship, and Haihara Ai can clearly feel it after taking one bite.

She didn't think she was a very voracious person, but she couldn't resist eating half a bowl more, not to mention someone with a big appetite like Ace. She and Luffy immediately started clearing the remaining food on the table, and After eating, she rubbed her bloated belly and saw Sanji bringing the ladies' desserts.

The small white pudding is topped with purple jam, and the fragrance of grapes and sweet milk comes to your face. In addition, it shakes left and right due to the slight vibration caused by moving, which is very eye-catching.

The pudding was not big. After taking it, Haiyuan Ai said thank you and took a bite with a small spoon. The melt-in-the-mouth texture made her squint her eyes in happiness.

After passing the dessert to Robin and Nami, Sanji immediately started to bleed from his nose after receiving compliments from the two beauties.

Haibara Ai was stunned, not knowing whether he should continue eating, but he saw that only Chopper was looking for tissues to block Sanji's nostrils, Zoro was still sitting in his seat and taking a nap, and Nami and Robin were not affected at all. Savoring the pudding carefully, Frank was drinking Coke, Luffy and Ace were still eating hazelnuts, while the others had already picked up the teacups on the table and drank tea slowly.

"Don't worry about it?"

"Hopeless."

The one who answered her was Zoro, who she thought had already dozed off and was about to fall asleep. He yawned, looked at Sanji who had fallen to the ground with heart-broken eyes, and let out a "tsk" sound, dragging his collar and throwing it away. Arriving at an inconspicuous location, I found a railing with a nice view and leaned against it to sleep.

Seeing that everyone seemed accustomed to it, she continued to pick up the desserts and continued to taste them.

After eating, when Chopper called her to go to the infirmary to continue observing the extraction method, Chopper asked her a question.

"Um... Xiao Ai... you may have seen it more in the Yonko's pirate group. If the body function is improved by accelerating blood flow, and the body is enlarged by injecting air, do you have any side effects of this? How to treat it?"

Haihara Ai guessed this mode. Whether it is accelerating blood flow or injecting air, the former is just regulating body functions if it is not excessive, but the latter is directly fatal to ordinary people. She thought Ace asked tentatively when he saw Luffy's fighting mode before his execution.

"Both of these are temporary enhancement effects. Under normal circumstances, they will affect the body's metabolism and overdraw life, right?"

Chopper also frowned at this moment: "Luffy used to be overtired if he turned to second gear, and the side effects of third gear will be directly reduced. I will check after every use. Now, although he can send and receive completely freely, but these two It’s difficult to use any of these combat modes for a long time, and I’m worried that there will be backlash in my body.”

"Just become smaller?" Haiyuan Ai was startled.

Chopper nodded: "When Luffy first learned Gear 3, the side effects of becoming gigantic would come back later, and he would become smaller, and the duration would be the same as that of gigantism."

"Most of the side effects come from previous overdrafts..." She habitually twirled her hair in a circle.

"...Overdrawing your life?" Haiyuan Ai crossed one arm, raised the other arm, tapped his index finger twice at the corner of his eyes, and showed a somewhat interested smile, "Do you mind letting me check it out? ?”