[One Piece]Nix likes idiots

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One day, the Roger Pirates were camping on the beach.

Little Shanks and Little Bucky were having a water fight, and Little Nicks was sitting under an umbrella on the beach, drinking juice and watching them.

Little Bucky waved to her: "Sister Nyx, come over and play together."

Little Nix hesitated and shook her head.

Little Shanks took the opportunity to pour water on little Bucky: "Flaw!"

Little Bucky: "So cunning!"

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Little Shanks held down the aggrieved Little Bucky with his left hand, and waved his right hand towards Little Nyx.

"Nix, come and play together. I will definitely hold your hand this time!"

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Little Bucky looked at Little Nyx in confusion as she grabbed Little Shanks hard and refused to let go.

Little Nix had a serious face, but Little Shanks actually put away his usual playful expression and stared at her solemnly.

Little Nix pursed her lips tightly and took a small tentative step towards the seaside.

The incoming waves covered the top of her feet, and Little Nyx instantly stiffened. After realizing that nothing happened, she quickly forced herself to relax.

Little Shanks cautiously pulled Little Nyx and walked a few steps following the receding waves. When the seawater came in again, little Nicks' eyes flashed with fierceness. She raised her foot and stepped into the water quickly and accurately, causing a wave of waves.

Then, as if she had completed some kind of ritual, she breathed a sigh of relief and nodded towards little Shanks.

Little Shanks laughed and then pulled her into the deeper water.

Little Bucky, who was watching the whole process from the sidelines, was full of questions: "...What are you doing?"

4

Where Little Nix and the others were playing, the sea water just reached their knees.

Little Nix, who was treading water happily, seemed to be two different people from the one who stiffened when she touched the water just now.

Little Shanks held Little Nyx's hand without letting go, and kept talking to Little Bucky like that.

"Nix can't swim." Little Shanks scratched his head with a free hand, "But it's not so much that she can't... Oops, it's very troublesome to explain."

He shook his left hand that was holding hands with little Nicks: "Anyway, if this were not the case, Nicks would cry...it hurts, it hurts! I was wrong, I'm sorry!"

Little Nix snorted and relaxed her strength.

This was the first time little Bucky heard about this.

"Sister Nix, don't you know how to swim? Do you want me to teach you?"

Little Nix shook her head: "If it's just about holding my breath, I can still do it."

She just couldn't...get over her fear.

Little Shanks calmed things down appropriately: "Okay, do you want to continue playing?"

"Yes!" Little Bucky also skipped this topic wisely, "Wait a minute... If you do this, wouldn't it become two against one!"

He called Nyx over, but in order to get Nyx to team up with him, he had to fight Shanks two against one!

"What are you talking about?" Little Shanks raised his right hand, and Little Nyx raised her left hand in response, "You have two hands, and we only have two hands that we can use, so it's Two against two!”

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Rayleigh, who had been swimming happily in the sea for a while, was splashed with water as soon as he emerged from the sea near them.

"……sorry!"

Little Nix panicked and apologized to Rayleigh who she had accidentally injured.

"It doesn't matter." Riley wiped the seawater off his face and walked towards them, "Speaking of which, can you go to this depth already, Nyx?"

Little Nyx blinked, and belatedly realized that the water was almost up to her waist.

The excitement brought by playing faded, and another weird feeling took over Little Nyx's senses again.

Little Shanks helped little Nix in time, who suddenly lost strength and almost lost her balance.

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Little Bucky, who didn't understand why, was at a loss to comfort little Nyx, who was pale, while little Shanks complained helplessly to Rayleigh.

"Vice Captain," little Shanks sighed, "I originally wanted to take her back when she wasn't paying attention."

Knowing that he had said the wrong thing, Rayleigh coughed twice unnaturally, and skillfully picked up little Nix, who looked like she was about to cry, and lifted her whole body out of the sea.

"Sorry, do you feel better?" Reilly coaxed softly, "Don't be afraid, I will take you back right away."

Little Nyx hugged his neck tightly.

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Little Bucky became more and more confused.

"What happened to her?"

This was the first time that little Bucky saw little Nicks showing such obvious fear.

"I've never seen her afraid of water, is she?"

And after playing together for so long, except for the beginning and just now, I didn't see her showing any discomfort.

Little Bucky thought hard: "Could it be that she is actually acting coquettishly?"

"I'd rather be." Little Shanks looked worriedly at the direction Rayleigh left, "That way she won't feel so uncomfortable."

"Nix, she originally learned swimming with me."

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Little Nix showed no fear of the water until the day they started swimming lessons.

At that time, they were still "brother and sister".

Even though Rayleigh informed them that he would teach them swimming skills when they docked the next day, little Nix had no objection and still took note of this matter seriously.

Until Reilly let go of little Nix's hand and let her try swimming on her own.

But Rayleigh only let go for a few seconds. Little Nyx rushed over and hugged Rayleigh tightly, as if she was frightened by something.

Little Shanks remembered what she said.

Something... was pulling on her.

Little Shanks remembered it very clearly, because Rayleigh looked quite confused.

Where they were, the water was still very clear, and they could see the sand directly at a glance. No seaweed or octopus to tangle around your ankles.

The water flow is also gentle.

At least that's what little Shanks on the side thinks.

In short, apart from the three of them, there was nothing here that could make little Nyx feel pulled.

Perhaps Little Nix also realized this. She slowly let go of Reilly's hand and tried to sink herself into the water to escape reality.

But after more than ten seconds, Rayleigh, who sensed something was wrong, quickly fished little Nix out of the water.

She seemed to have been drained of strength by the sea water, and her whole body was weakly leaning on Rayleigh.

If you look carefully, you can still notice that she has been shaking.

That was the first time in little Shanks' memory that little Nyx looked so embarrassed and scared.

It was also at that time that he realized for the first time that Nyx was also afraid of something.

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What is Nyx afraid of?

Little Shanks couldn't understand.

Afraid of water? Does not look like.

Is it possible that you are afraid of swimming?

Little Shanks still felt something was wrong.

10

Little Shanks followed Rayleigh back to the ship in a hurry, listening to Rayleigh and Roger talking to the ship's doctor.

Ship doctor: "I'm out of strength and unable to swim. It looks a bit like the state of a person with abilities when they encounter sea water."

Reilly shook his head: "But when she first entered the seawater, she didn't show any signs of losing strength."

Roger also added: "And when she is in a natural-like state, we can't touch the entity with her armed color."

Ship's Doctor: "Vice Captain, please think about the situation again."

Reilly thought about it and recounted the situation.

Roger noticed something keenly.

"She said something was pulling on her?"

Reilly smiled bitterly: "Yes, but I didn't find anything."

Little Shanks sat on the edge of the bed and found that the hands of little Nix, who was in a coma, were shaking unnaturally.

He took the trembling hand.

Little Nix's breathing calmed down.

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After getting the consent of Little Nicks who woke up, several people decided to go to the beach to do another experiment.

For safety reasons, they left little Shanks on the ship.

Reilly: "You can't swim yet, just wait here."

Little Shanks didn't force him to follow, but just asked: "Nix will be fine, right?"

Roger smiled and touched his head: "Don't worry, we are all here."

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That day, after Roger came back, he called little Shanks over and told him with a serious face that if he wanted to take Nyx to play in the sea, he must not let go of her hand.

Little Shanks responded ignorantly.

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That night, he covered himself with a quilt and secretly asked little Nicks what she was afraid of.

Little Nix also hid under the quilt, and it took a while before she replied to him in a dull voice.

"I always felt like it would take me somewhere else."

"I don't want to...leave you."

"So scared."

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Little Shanks grabbed Little Nicks' hand: "Don't worry! When you play in the sea from now on, I will definitely hold your hand tightly so that you won't be swept away by the sea water!"

Little Nix didn't respond.

Just the hand he held quietly tightened.